Tomorrow’s a big day for Portland shenanigans, with the Soapbox Derby up on Mt Tabor, followed by The Last Splash pool party/art and fashion runway show featuring experimental swimwear from some of PDX’s most interesting visual artists and designers—in a pool! Check out the floating runway-in-progress:

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Where else can you watch an avant garde runway show while floating in an 82-degree junior Olympic-sized swimming pool? Nowhere, that’s where. Mark it: 6 pm tomorrow at the Peninsula Park Pool at 700 N Rosa Parks, $8.

Marjorie Skinner is the Portland Mercury's Managing Editor, author of the weekly Sold Out column chronicling the area's independent fashion and retail industry, and a frequent contributor to the film and...