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Queer Mondays Un-Curated By Ian MacKinnon

Posted in Cultural Events, Parties and Club Nights with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on January 24, 2012 by Mommy Fiercest

Queer Mondays Un-Curated By Ian MacKinnon

Monday, January 30th, 7:30p-9p 

Queer Mondays is a non-elitist LGBT experimental performance series on the last Monday of every month. It’s an ever-changing grab bag of short pieces and happenings that has something for everyone and you never know what you’re gonna get! QM is dedicated to providing a consistent venue for the development of new queer work, and is open to all artistic disciplines.

This month performances by: Scott Backman Dan Wentzel Martin Wiech Justin Jorgensen Dino Dinco Gregory Barnett hosted by: Ian MacKinnon

$5 www.highwaysperformance.org Highways Performance Space

1651 18th Street, Santa Monica, CA 90404

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Femme Day of Action Los Angeles Edition

Posted in Cultural Events, Parties and Club Nights with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on January 21, 2012 by Mommy Fiercest
Los Angeles Femme Day Of Action

Los Angeles Femme Day Of Action

Saturday February 21, at 3:00pm until Sunday at 1:00am

Instigating and Imagining Femme(inine) Community in LA

Calling all self-defined queer folks on femme/inine spectrums to come together for a day of conversation, creativity, and community-building. And a party afterward.

Whether you feel uneasy with the word “femme” but still wonder if it could apply to you, or whether you came out of the womb an 8th level card-carrying high femme, we welcome the wide scope of identities and experiences to contribute to building a smarty-pants good time. We will interrogate and celebrate the definitions, embodiments, and spirits of femme-ness. In this city of such rich diversity and sprawl, let’s intentionally reach across our divisions to imagine and instigate an inclusive, powerful femme community.

And did we mention there’s a dance party?

Saturday Jan 21
Starting at 3 p.m. sharp

Human Resources Gallery
410 Cottage Home Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012
(3 blocks from Chinatown stop on the Metro Gold line)

Schedule for the day:

3-4 pm: Meet & Greet
4-6 pm: Facilitated group discussion/workshop time *
6-7 pm: Dinner break (bring something or run out for something)
7-9 pm: Collaborative crafting/party decorating
9 pm on: Dance party**

4-6 pm Group Discussion / Panel:
FACES OF FEMME … Instigating & Imagining Femme(inine) Community in LA

*GROUP DISCUSSION: It’s All About You! Let’s talk about how You identify as femme, tell us when/how you ‘came out’ as femme, and if you could imagine femme community in LA what would it look like?

*PANEL: an amazing group of LA femmes bring perspectives & raise questions about everything including Femme Failure, Trans-femme, Black Femme Identity, Xicana femmes, Body autonomy, and Femme Naked?

-Prof Laura Harris (Pitzer College) co-editor of ‘Femme: lesbians, feminists & bad girls’
-Prof Talia Bettcher (Cal State LA) – co-editor ‘Transgender Studies and Feminism’/Hypatia
-Prof Mignon Moore (UCLA) – Author of ‘Invisible Families: Gay Identities, Relationships and Motherhood Among Black Women’
-Laura Luna Placencia – Queer Fat Femme community activist & ‘Creative Xicana’ blogger
-Lynn Harris Ballen – queer femme(inist), co-founder LEX, host ‘Feminist Magazine’ radio/KPFK

** Dance party is open to everyone. We respectfully request that events from 3 – 9 p.m. are attended only by self-identified femmes (of all genders) and folks exploring their femme/ininity.

This event is FREE. We will provide light snacks and adult beverages by donation

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Space/Adversity/Motion @ den contemporary art

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on January 19, 2012 by Mommy Fiercest

Space/Adversity/Motion @ den contemporary art

den contemporary is pleased to present space/adversity/motion, featuring painterly works by nine artists from the Los Angeles region. The common groundwork for the paintings and sculptures in the exhibition is the diverse approach to abstraction in their practice. space/adversity/motion refers to aspects of the personal journey and universal existence, as well as elements in the art making process. The artists examine subjects such as loss, hope and redemption, taking inspiration from childhood memories, found objects, imaginary landscapes, ethnic motifs, musical influences and the effects from natural as well as manmade disasters. Through stylistic shifts, attentiveness of composition, and by pushing the depth of the two-dimensional toward collage and sculptural forms, the artists activate a spatial dialogue with the imagery. Analogous to the individual quest through the vulnerabilities and trials of life, the artists traverse the terrain of the canvas or structure, navigating through with a quality of both personal vision and collaboration with the materials, instigating tension through juxtaposition of contrasting compositions,line work and texture. The artists engage in the production process through the motion of creating forms by hand and making marks with paint or tools. Their expression is further emphasized by a variety of bold swirls, swaths of pigment, minuscule flecks,and rhythmic lines within a sometimes dense and other times minimal atmosphere. The resolved energy in the works results in a kaleidoscope of evocative palette, anamorphic form, palpable physicality, and force of cadence.

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homo-centric: Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore “Why Are Faggots So Afraid Of Faggots?”

Posted in Artist Profiles, Cultural Events, Parties and Club Nights with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on January 19, 2012 by Mommy Fiercest
Why Are Faggots So Afraid Of Faggots? Mattilda Bernstein Scyamore

Why Are Faggots So Afraid Of Faggots? Mattilda Bernstein Scyamore

homo-centric is super duper excited to smother your January blahs with the only Los Angeles bookstore appearance of Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore! Mattilda is coming to town Sunday January 22nd at 6:30pmto tell you all about/read from/publicize her new book Why Are Faggots So Afraid of Faggots.Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore is a writer, editor, activist, artist, filmmaker, critic and troublemaker. Most recently, she is the editor of Why Are Faggots So Afraid of Faggots?: Flaming Challenges to Masculinity, Objectification, and the Desire to Conform, which will be released on Valentine’s Day 2012 from AK Press. Mattilda is the author of two novels, So Many Ways to Sleep Badly (City Lights 2008) and Pulling Taffy (Suspect Thoughts 2003). She is the editor of four additional nonfiction anthologies, Nobody Passes: Rejecting the Rules of Gender and Conformity (Seal 2007),That’s Revolting! Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation (Soft Skull 2004; 2008), Dangerous Families: Queer Writing on Surviving (Haworth 2004), and Tricks and Treats: Sex Workers Write about Their Clients (Haworth 2000), which now also appears in Italian (Effepi Libri 2007). Mattilda recently finished a soon-to-be-published memoir called The End of San Francisco.Why Are Faggots So Afraid of Faggots challenges not just the violence of straight homophobia but the hypocrisy of mainstream gay norms that say the only way to stay safe is to act straight: get married, join the military, adopt kids! This anthology reinvokes the anger, flamboyance, and subversion once thriving in gay subcultures in order to create something dangerous and lovely: an exploration of the perils of assimilation; a call for accountability; a vision for change.

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LA Queer Posada

Posted in Cultural Events, Parties and Club Nights with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on December 20, 2011 by Mommy Fiercest
LA QUEER POSADA

LA QUEER POSADA

Performance Event Collective Mama Pancha’s Queer Life Rituals presents the Third Annual LA Queer Posada, featuring Payasos L.A. and the Los Angeles chapter of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. A new take on the Mexican Posada celebration, LA Queer Posada will include performances in theatre, poetry, dance and music with intercultural queer artists.

The procession will take place on Friday, December 23, 2011 and will commence promptly at 7:59 pm at The Eagle in Silver Lake (4219 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, 90029). The procession will head north on Santa Monica Blvd, then east on Sunset Blvd, and end at Los Globos Nightclub (3040 W. Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, 90026). Guests are encouraged to bring instruments to join the Posada Band in playing some Christmas tunes as we strut down Sunset Blvd!

This year LA Queer Posada will end its mile-long procession at Los Globos (3040 W. Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, 90026) where performances symbolizing the gift of the Magi will take place. The gift of the Magi will feature performances by Selah Gospel Choir, Burlesque sensation La Cholita, and more to be announced. The dance party is scheduled to follow the performances. Please note that Los Globos is 21 and over. There is no admission fee however donations will be collected to benefit the Transgender Youth Clinic of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.

Mama Pancha’s Queer Life Rituals is a performance, party, right-of-passage collective that serves the LGBT community through the creation of accessible, inclusive, and intercultural participatory spiritual happenings. The Posada is traditionally a community performance that reenacts the pilgrimage taken by Mary and Joseph as they searched for shelter leading to the birth of Christ.

LA Queer Posada is celebrated in Silver Lake to commemorate the area as a historically gay and Latino neighborhood, at a time when many markers of that history are vanishing. “This year in particular we call attention to the closing of Le Barcito, formerly The Black Cat, a landmark gay bar that launched The Advocate out of pre-Stonewall protests against LAPD raids,” says Mama Pancha. “Not only had Le Barcito become a sort of sanctuary for the gay Latino community, but they also hosted the previous two Queer Posadas and tons of other queer life rituals.”

Questions? Contact Miguel Barragan at LAQueerPosada2011@gmail.com.
For the latest La Queer Posada updates, follow us on Twitter: @LAQueerPosada.

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homo-centric: donning our gay apparel

Posted in Cultural Events, Parties and Club Nights with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on December 14, 2011 by Mommy Fiercest
Ofelia Del Corazon Reading At Homo-Centric

Ofelia Del Corazon Reading At Homo-Centric

I’ll be reading at homo-centric this Thursday. Internet stalking is for lazy people! Come on out and show me you’re really committed to your unhealthy obsession!

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Michael’s Kearns “TORCH” In Los Angeles

Posted in Cultural Events, Parties and Club Nights with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on November 26, 2011 by Mommy Fiercest
Michael Kearns TORCH World AIDS Day

Michael Kearns TORCH World AIDS Day

World AIDS Day

TORCH

written & performed by: Michael Kearns

directed by: Tony Abatemarco

original music by: Will Munroe

MICHAEL KEARNS IGNITES A TORCH
NEW SOLO PIECE
Produced by Katselas Theatre Company’s INKubator with Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, Torch will play one-night only—November 30 at 8:00 PM—in anticipation of World AIDS Day (the following day on December 1).

In his ninth solo show, the artist-activist explores the inevitabilities of aging on sexuality and sensuality, the body and the brain, the past and the future, the sacred and the profane.

Kearns has consistently written about AIDS for the past three decades, amassing a virtual library of material—from solo shows to theatre books. His solo performance work has been compared to the paintings of George Grosz, the writings of John Osborne, and the performing skills of Lily Tomlin.

Tony Abatemarco directs. He is an award-winning director of theatre who has worked on Broadway, TV, and internationally. As well as directing, he is an accomplished actor, writer, and producer who also teaches privately for Katselas Theatre Company, at The School of Theatre at USC, and is an Endowed Chair at Emeritus College.

A musical landscape for Torch will be created by Will Munroe, an up and coming composer/performer. An avid experimenter, his collaboration with Kearns and Abatemarco will introduce new sound.

Venue: SKYLIGHT THEATRE / SKYLAB: 1816 N Vermont Ave, Los Angeles 90027

Ticket price is $15 and reservations may be made by calling 702 582 8587 or ordering online at ktctickets.com.

The Skylight Theatre Lab is an intimate black box theatre 

located in Los Feliz Village on Vermont Ave just south of Franklin Ave

Theatre entrance is next to Skylight Books

Limited seating 

Parking: Street parking & pay lots (city & private)
- City lot directly behind the theatre.
- Private lots – the closest are:
$5 lot is on sidestreet just South of the theatre on Melbourne Ave
$3.50 lot behind the 7 Eleven corner of Vermont/Franklin
$2.00 lot at the Post Office on Vermont (avail in the evenings)

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fauxlographic by Elle Mehrmand, Opening Reception and Performance Monday, November 21st at 7:00pm

Posted in Artist Profiles, Cultural Events, Parties and Club Nights, Projects with tags , , , , , , , , , , , on November 19, 2011 by Mommy Fiercest
fauxlographic elle mehrmand

fauxlographic elle mehrmand

Monday, November 21st at 7:00pm  

Description
fauxlographic
//elle mehrmand

november [21-23] 2011

opening reception monday 11-21-11 @ 6pm
performance @ 7pm

university of california san diego
visual arts facility // performance space

fauxlographic is a performative installation that takes place within an ethno-dysphoric cloning lab, where one can clone themselves in order to analyze their diasporic anxiety. The fauxlographic clones enact sonic rituals in Farsi, English and Perz-ish, based on multiple sources of information including embodied memories, wikileaks cables, and textual references concerning Iran and Persia. The ethno-dysphoric scientist performs a daily computing ritual wearing a neuro-headset, (pars)ing the (fars)e of the clones’ information. When high levels of CO2 are detected by the lab’s sensors, the pixellated flesh of the clones degrade and multiply, reciprocating the affective presence of other bodies. The use of organic sensors transforms the lab into a spatial interface, confusing the somatic architecture of the performance.

gallery hours: tues-wed 12-6
performance @ 3pm

ellemehrmand at gmail dot com

 

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ARTISTS’ MARCH TO OCCUPY LOS ANGELES: Monday, November 14, 2011 – 5:00pm

Posted in Demonstrations with tags , , , , , , on November 13, 2011 by Mommy Fiercest

Assemble at 5pm at California Plaza in Downtown Los Angeles, then march to City Hall.

Join members of the arts community as we march to Occupy Los Angeles for a performance-rally on the steps of City Hall. Artists, administrators, arts students, educators, and supporters from all disciplines are welcome. You are encouraged to wear costumes, bring musical instruments, carry banners and signs and generally make your voices heard.

Artists performing include Luis J. Rodriguez and Ruben Guevara anA Saldana, avantRadio, Ellen Geer & Melora Marshall, Allan B. Mancia, Jason Luckett, Jewell Jae Jeffers, Ivan Robles and more.

Bring your flashlights and sweaters!

We may still have space for a few short performances. Please contact Susie Tanner twproject@me.com if you would like to be on the program, or have any questions.

WE ARE THE 99%. POWER TO THE PEOPLE!!!

LOCATION:
CALIFORNIA PLAZA IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES AT 5PM
March to City Hall 200 N. Spring Street
Los Angeles
See map: Google Maps

DATE:
Monday, November 14, 2011 – 5:00pm

Update: Our performance lineup is currently full. If you would like to perform, you are welcome to do so at Califiornia Plaza while the marchers assemble and/or along the march en route to City Hall. Contact Susie at twproject@me.com for more info

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I’m Reading On The Storytelling & Readings Stage At The West Hollywood Book Fair Sun. Oct. 2nd

Posted in Cultural Events, Parties and Club Nights, Personal Narrative with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on September 30, 2011 by Mommy Fiercest
West Hollywood Book Fair Sunday, October 2nd

West Hollywood Book Fair Sunday, October 2nd

Sunday, October 2nd 2011 at 12:45p on the Storytelling and Readings Stage

I’ll be reading at the West Hollywood Book Fair on Sunday October 2nd as part of the diversity reading on the Storytellings and Readings stage. Hank Henderson’s vision was to get six different writers who represent each of the LGBTIQ letters in our beautiful queer alphabet. Hank had facebooked me about reading but I hadn’t been able to decide which letter I wanted to represent: it turned out to be an obstacle for a number of folks and I’d later learn it seemed to be a sore issue with Hank! He pulled out a small pad of paper, scrawling my name down under the mish mash of notes in the cluttered little booklet.

“How do you identify?” He asked me flatly. This is a common question in post modern identity politicking circles. It kink felt like of like going to see a new therapist for the first time; exciting but also a little bit like a police interview.

“Squeeze me in under ‘B’ for ‘bisexual’ or ‘Q’ for queer! Whichever you need me to be!” I smiled thinking I was being accommodating  but he seemed slightly perturbed.

“Pick one. It doesn’t mean you’re not both but for the purpose of this reading Puh-lease! Just pick one!” he said sounding a bit more queenie than usual.

“Okay! ‘B’ for ‘bisexual!’” I squealed uncharacteristically chirpy.

I’ve really been feeling the love for the bisexies lately and I feel excited and proud to rep the bisexy love at the West Hollywood Book Fair. Also reading will be:
Hank Henderson

Bonnie S. Kaplan

Philip Littel

Schaffer Nelson

Tracy Jeanne Rosenthal

Sunday, October 2nd 2011 at 12:45p on the Storytelling and Readings Stage

at the West Hollywood Book Fair

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