Ladyfest Out West Press Release

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LADYEST OUT WEST FEATURES--

MUSICAL ACTS: PARTYLINE (FEATURING ALLISON WOLFE FROM BRATMOBILE) ORIGAMI,TRICROTIC WITH NOMY LAMM, SUPPLY BOY, BREATHLESS, SARAH DOUGHER, BONFIRE MADIGAN, THE PINDOWNS, AND RACHEAL POLLARD

SPEAKERS/SPOKEN WORD: THEA HILLMAN, ASHARA EKUNDAYO, EBONY “ISIS” BOOTH, ANGELA PALERMO, JEANETTE HENRIQUEZ, AND ANDREA GIBSON

ALONG WITH: A SHORT FILM SERIES, WORKSHOPS AND A VISUAL ART OPENING.

AUGUST 5TH, 6TH, AND 7TH, 2005 IN DENVER COLORADO

EVENT SCHEDULE AND VENUES RELEASED


(Denver, CO, July 5, 2005) Women's music and art will take center stage in Denver as the international Ladyfest movement makes it's second appearance in Denver, Ladyfest Out West organizers have announced. Two years ago, June 18-22, 2003 Ladyfest Out West left attendees reeling from the women powered art, workshops, films, and musical performers. A non-profit community-based festival organized entirely by volunteers, Ladyfest Out West is designed to showcase the artistic and political achievements of women and trans folk. It will feature three days of entertainment, including musical performances by PartyLine, Origami, Tricrotic, Supply Boy, Breathless, Sarah Dougher, Bonfire Madigan, The Pin Downs, and Rachael Pollard; Slam Poets Thea Hillman, Ebony “Isis” Booth, Angela Palermo, Jeanette Henriquez, Andrea Gibson; a short film series; workshops and a visual art opening.

Festival Venues Include:
The Hi-Dive (7 S. Broadway), Hysteria (114 S. Broadway), Double Entendre (120 S. Broadway), The POD art gallery (554 Santa Fe Dr.), and The Assembly (766 Santa Fe)

The first Ladyfest, brainchild of Riot Grrrl musicians and artists such as Bratmobile and Sleater-Kinney, was a six day festival held in Olympia, Washington in August 2000. Thousands of participants traveled from around the world to attend this landmark event that updated the Riot Grrrl movement to the21st century. Organizers encouraged participants to create future Ladyfests in their own communities and a movement was born. To date over 75 Ladyfest's have taken place or are in the planning process all over the world. Cities include; New York, NY; Washington DC; San Francisco; Glasgow, Scotland; London; a few.

Events for Ladyfest Out West are still being added please check www.ladyfestoutwest.org for updates.

The festival schedule with confirmed events and performers follows:


Thursday Aug 4th, 2005

9pm Ladyfest Out West Kick Off Party presented by "Under the Hood" at The Walnut Room (3131 Walnut St.)
21+ 5$ at the door Featuring: The Maybellines and DJ Yer Mom.

Friday Aug 5th, 2005

6pm Feminist Visual Art Opening and fashion show at the POD (554 Santa Fe Dr.)

7pm, All Ages, $10 at the Hi-Dive (7 S. Broadway)
Featuring: Toilet Training (film), Rachael Pollard, Andrea Gibson, Origami, Tricrotic with Nomy Lamm, and Party Line with Allison Wolfe from Brat Mobile.

Saturday Aug 6th, 2005

12:00-4:00pm Ladyfest Out West Bazaar; more than your grandmother’s church bazaar at the Hi-Dive (7 S. Broadway)

12:00-4:00 pm Workshops at the POD (554 Santa Fe Dr), Hysteria (114 S. Broadway) and The Hi-Dive ( 120 S. Broadway). Including: silk screening, making your own sex toys, polyamory 101, Intersex 101 or Why Intersex Makes Good Dinner Table Conversation, Building A Movement: Performers Sarah Dougher and Allison Wolfe talk about the roots of Ladyfest, Sex Health: Hot, Sexy and Safe, Intimate Partner Abuse within the Queer Community, Art is like good bread, and more TBA.

4:30-6:30 pm Women and Human Rights film screening brought to you by Argus Fest at the POD (554 Santa Fe Dr)

7:00 pm All Ages, $10 at the Hi-Dive (7 S. Broadway) Featuring: Supply Boy, Thea Hillman, Angela Palermo, and Sarah Dougher with emcee Ashara Ekundayo.

12:00 am All ages outside after hours party and short film series at The Assembly (766 Santa Fe Dr.)

Sunday Aug 7th, 2005

12:00-4:30 pm Workshops at Hysteria (114 S. Broadway) and Double Entendre (120 S. Broadway)
Including: S/M and Feminism Panel, Bike Tough: Bike Maintenance Workshop, Calendar Posters in China (1920s and 30s): Liberation or Objectification?, Fat Girl Cliché: Fatphobia/ Fat liberation, Why Is Your
Festival So White: An Open Discussion about racism in radical communities with the LFOW Organizers, The truth about tampons - What Your Mother Never Taught You, and more TBA

7:00 pm, All Ages, $10 at the Hi-Dive (7 S. Broadway) Featuring: The Pin Downs, local poet Ebony “Isis” Booth, Jeanette Henriquez Bonfire Madigan, and TBA.

Performance Highlights:

PartyLine- (Retard Disco) Fronted by Allison Wolfe, one of the founding members of the Riot Grrrl movement and front women for the legendary punk band Bratmobile. PartyLine once again blends punk rock with politics and feminism and still keep a beat that you can dance to. “With girlish yelps and post-feminist schoolyard choruses on their debut EP, Girls With G Glasses PartyLine fits beautifully into second wave of Riot Grrrl bands like Sleater-Kinney and Le Tigre.”- Spin.com http://www.partylinedc.com

Origami- (Shock Records) recently relocated to the United States; Origami is an all girl band from Melbourne, Australia that produces warm, almost fragile songs backed with rhythmic-groove orientated tracks that will make you want to shake your booty. Origami has toured the U.S and Australia with bands such as the Breeders and Sleater Kinney. In August Origami will be opening for Le Tigre on
their national tour. www.origamitheband.com

Sarah Dougher- Portland, OR- based singer/songwriter. As one of the founders of the Ladyfest movement, Sarah Dougher has played in groups like the Lookers, The Crabs and Cadallaca, which also features Sleater-Kinney's Corin Tucker. In addition she holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature teaches Greek and Roman Literature and writes for the Willamette Week, San Francisco Bay Guardian and other publications. Dougher also wrote Sent Out On The Tracks They Built: Sinophobia in Olympia, 1886, a book on racism and railroad building in Olympia, WA, with artist Nikki McClure. Her personal and political solo debut album, Day One, was released in 1999 on K Records; Walls Ablaze, her second album and The Bluff, her third we’re released on the now debunked Mr. Lady Records. She has toured all over the U.S., Europe, and Japan. She is currently working on self-releasing her forth solo album titled Harper Arrow. www.sarahdougher.com

Pin Downs- Formally a local band that rocked the Denver scene in the late 90’s and early 00’s, the Pin Downs broke up in broke up in 2002 when guitarist Ginger Richards moved to Washington D.C. Inspired by the sprit of Ladyfest, the Pin Downs have decided to do a reunion show. “The girls slam together a tough sound. Four-part harmonies blend with call-and-response power chords, and each musician takes a turn singing lead. Zesty, hacked off or both, the songs run the topical gamut from bad eyewear ("Tinted Glasses") to the joys of traffic violations ("Red Light Go") to rousing crowd-pleasers ("Bikini Tops," "Fuck Off)” - John La Briola, Westword August 19, 1999

Bonfire Madigan-Bonfire Madigan is an avant-pop, chamber-rock experiment. Madigan Shive plays cello and sings alongside a violin player and drums. Madigan ignites the Bonfire with a shebeen of soul-art-string-sounds. Since her performing songwriting first appeared with Seattle's first generation Riot Grrrl band, the seminal acoustic duo, Tattle Tale, to her Mad art, advocacy and activism of today – Madigan doesn't play for safety. As the first B.Mad live album declares -- she Plays for Change. It may take some folks awhile to catch up with this. But they're the ones who said Bob couldn't sing, Monk couldn't play and Patti wasn't rock and roll. Madigan is a new-music composer pulling from all that inspires her to create something often called ineffable. She repaints the sonic landscape with visceral interpretations of love, life, loss and liberation. Madigan is one of the globalization generations most potent cultural figures. SF Chronicle says "... Shive certainly sets the underground ablaze." http://www.bonfiremadigan.com

Thea Hillman- San Francisco Poetry Slam Champion, Hillman’s work has appeared in the San Francisco Bay Guardian, Berkeley Review of Fiction, On Our Backs, and Cometbus, among others. She has written two books “Depending on the Light” (Manic D Press) and “For Lack of a Better Word” (Suspect Thoughts Press). http://www.theahillman.com

Andrea Gibson- Captain of the Denver Slam Team and the kind of poet that brings goose bumps to the skin and tears to the eyes, while inspiring her audience with the passion that it takes to make the world a better place.

Tricrotic with Nomy Lamm- Nomy Lamm has been a leading voice in feminist and queer movements over the past decade. Lamm has been recognized in MS. Magazine as one of “Fifty Faces of Feminism,” and published in “Listen Up: Voices from the next feminist generation” by Seal Press. Her groundbreaking essay “It’s a Big Fat Revolution,” is used in Women’s Studies textbooks and curriculums at numerous colleges and universities throughout the US. Lamm will be speaking and performing with her band, Tricrotic. http://www.nomylamm.com

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