4th Ave. between Washington & Franklin

Track House

Jefferson at 7th Ave.

Library

8th Ave. between Adams & Franklin

Down and Dirty Safer Sex

Toys in Babeland (Seattle)

Track House

Jefferson at 7th Ave.

State Theater

4th Ave. between Washington & Franklin

Le Voyeur

4th Ave. between Adams & Jefferson

Learning To Walk The Talk,
Anti-Racism for White Folks

CARW (the Coalition of Anti-Racist Whites - Seattle)

in this two-hour workshop, we will begin to push through anti-racist rhetoric and philosophy to look at our own actions and emotions as white people who are beginning to or are currently fighting racism. we'll break down how rhetoric is used as a distancing tool by white people, and look at how examining and working towards ending racism benefits us as white people too. come prepared to be moving around and feeling uncomfortable as well as challenged. this workshop is as much for white folx who think they are the "best" anti-racists as well as white folx who are just beginning to think about these issues.

CARW (the Coalition of Anti-Racist Whites) is a group of white people in the Seattle area working to undo institutional racism and white privilege through education and organizing in white communities and active support of people of color-led organizations. We support the self-determination of people of color, honor their leadership and strive to be held accountable to people of color-led organizations. More information about our work and ways to contact us can be found at http://www.carw.org

 From the Pen to the Planks

Ida Acton (Sister Spit- San Francisco)

Bring paper, pens, and a brave heart.

This is a writing to perform workshop! We're gonna explore moving the
solitary medium of writing to an audience and the difficulties and joys that
accompany such transitions. We'll read some excerpts of plays and performance
art together and talk about what works. We will write together and try our
hand at characterization and reading in the group space. And then possibly
take our creations to the open mic at K’vetsch that evening. Bring stuff
you're already working on if you have it and we'll all move towards a future with
more plays and performance in it!!!

Ida Acton is a playwright (2003's Hair-trigger Heart at Theatre Spanganga in
SF), a sometimes performance artist, a quasi-published writer, an artist, a producer, director, sewer, knitter, hairdresser, dog lover, and a fat dagger. Ida has been published in several anthologies including the recent "Without a Net" (the female experience of growing up working poor) by Seal Press (edited by Michelle Tea), has toured with Sister Spit, self-published many chap books, and has performed at the Nat'l Queer Arts Festival, Seattle Poetry Festival,
Harvey Milk Readers and Writers Conference, Albuquerque Poetry Festival, in the
How-to performance series at New Langton Arts, and in the back of many dive
bars across the U.S. Reinventing the definition of dilettante is a life mission.

Beginner’s Drumming Workshop

Lisa Schonberg (Thunder!Thunder!Thunder!-Olympia).

limit 10 persons
With Lisa Schonberg (Thunder!Thunder!Thunder!, The Strangers, Kickball -Olympia).

An introduction to playing the drum kit. We'll talk about how to hold
yer sticks, stretches, posture, ways to hit various drums and cymbals, how
to read a basic drum chart [notation], & time signatures. After that,
we'll practice a few rudiments [coordination & warm-up exercises], and
work on playing a basic beat. Those who think they have no musical
ability or rhythm whatsoever are highly encouraged to attend, as are those
socialized as females.

lisa schonberg is from staten island, ny, and has resided in olympia for
almost 4 years now. she plays drums in kickball, the strangers, and
thunder!thunder!thunder!, teaches drum lessons, likes to hike, likes to
bike, and studies tropical ecology - specifically neotropical ants. She
also writes about the things she likes, including "the d.i.y. guide to
drumming for the autonomous rock star", and an article about canopy ants
in the scientific journal Biotropica.

State Theater

4th Ave. between Washington & Franklin

Track House

Jefferson at 7th Ave.

Ginger Brooks-Takahashi & K8 Hardy (NYC)

With LTTR’s third issue, themed “Practice More Failure,” editors K8 Hardy, Emily
Roysdon, and Ginger Brooks Takahashi seek to enthuse process and practice as
opposed to the masterpiece. A collectively-made art journal, LTTR brings together a community of queer and feminist artists, writers, and cultural producers.

Artists featured in this issue of LTTR include: Itziar Okariz, Tammy Rae Carland, Suzy Liar, Zara Zandieh, Math & James, Judith Leeman, Marie-Therese Escribano, Boris Torres, Eileen Myles, Christy Gast, Allison Smith, Aisha Burnes, Elisabeth Subrin, K8 Hardy, Kate Schatz, JJ Chinois, Ely Shipley, Edie Fake, Michelle Marchese, Jesal Kapadia, and Carrie Moyer.

How Fat Is Your Gender?

With the Queen Bees (Seattle)

In this highly interactive workship, we will be discussing the concept of gender and bodies and how they interact on and off stage. Topics will include, but are not limited to how body size impacts how gender is perceive and acknowledging, welcoming and valuing the wide range of genders that are performed. Workshop participants are welcome and strongly encouraged to bring other topics to the table, as dialogue and discussion are the foundation of community building.

Through drag, cabaret, burlesque and spoken word, the Queen Bees perform
radical, entertaining, subversive art motivated by goals of liberation and revolution to diverse audiences. The Queen Bees are Queers and Allies of various identities who inject sass, humor and politics into our communities. The Queen Bees are committed to creating community/ies on a wide variety of levels. With fourteen
members who have a variety of sexual/gender/racial/class/size/ability identities we
have worked to nurture a strong sense of community within our troupe. It is also in our mission to perform for audiences of all identities and in doing so, we are
reaching out to a wide range of people with the intent to form community/ies.
Finally a goal of our troupe is to make connections with Drag Queens, Drag Kings and others who intentionally perform gender it its many variations.

SAY WHAT (you want)!

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