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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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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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Rally And March To Demand An End To SCOM/Poli-Migra

Posted in Demonstrations with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on December 8, 2011 by Mommy Fiercest
Human Rights are (Im)Migrants Rights December 10 NO SCOMM In Los Angeles

Human Rights are (Im)Migrants Rights December 10 NO SCOMM In Los Angeles

March and rally to demand an end to SCOM/Poli-Migra, by LA Sheriffs Baca. This ICE attack detains and deports thousands of working class Mexican and Central American migrants! The march begins at La Placita, we will march to The LA Federal Detention Center to protest Obama’s deportations, then march on the Sheriffs Central Jail to demand a stop to deportations as well as SCOM.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stop La Baca! Sheriff Baca stop abusing our people!

 

This is co-organized and endorsed by Hermandad MEXICANA, NDLON, SCIC, IDEPSCA, CSO, UdB, SGV Dream Network, CHIRLA, Carwasheros Campaign, IAC, MAPA, Partido Nacional la Raza Unida and CLAS.

La Plazita Olvera, Los Angeles, CA
Cesar Chavez & Alameda, Los Angeles, CA 31028

Saturday, December 10th 2011 10:00am until 12:30pm

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Men and Feminism Panel Discussion

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on November 29, 2011 by Mommy Fiercest
December 1, 2011 6:30pm until 8:30pm

The Santa Monica College Feminist Majority Feminist Leadership Alliance invites you to join the Men and Feminism panel discussion in Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) 263 as we help promote and facilitate a robust and productive dialogue on men as feminist activists and allies.

The panel will be moderated by Melanie Klein, SMC Associate Faculty and SMC FMLA adviser, and Mary Grace Baldo, SMC student and SMC FMLA member.

Featured panelists, in alphabetical order:

Yashar Ali is a Los Angeles-based blogger, commentator, and political veteran whose writing is showcased on The Current Conscience. http://thecurrentconscience.com/blog/

Kalil Cohen, M.Ed. is a nationally touring educator, performer, speaker, and filmmaker whose work centers on gender with a strong emphasis race and class. His short films have screened in college classes, at academic conferences, and at over 50 LGBT film festivals worldwide. He is the founding director of The Los Angeles Transgender Film Festival. www.kalilcohen.com

Pia Guerrero, Founder + Co-Editor of adiosbarbie.com
Pia is a media literacy expert with a focus on body image, race, privilege, and representation. For over a decade, she has designed and delivered educational workshops across the country to hundreds of teachers, youth workers, and young people. Pia has also worked extensively with boys and young men         around equity, gender bias and dating violence.

hugo schwyzer

hugo schwyzer

Hugo Schwyzer is a professor of gender studies and history at
Pasadena City College, and a nationally recognized speaker and writer
on issues of masculinity, self-image, eating disorders, the beauty
industry, feminism and sexuality. http://www.hugoschwyzer.net/

Jacqueline Sun is a National Campus Organizer with the Feminist Majority Foundation. She specializes in reproductive rights and access, and encouraging youth civic engagement. She is also a Program Manager for imMEDIAte Justice, a reproductive justice film mentorship program that teaches media literacy to young women of color in Los Angeles and empowers them to make their own films about sexuality and sexual health. www.Feministcampus.org

Shira Tarrant, PhD is the author of Men and Feminism (Seal Press) and appears in The Bro Code, a new documentary about sexism and masculinity. She is associate professor of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies at California State University, Long Beach. Read more at http://ShiraTarrant.com/

This event is *free* and open to the public. Again, it begins at 6:30 sharp in HSS263.

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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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Jeanne Córdova’s “Outlaws” Starring Raquel Gutierrez as “Córdova”! Book Launch Event

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on September 13, 2011 by Mommy Fiercest

A multi-media dramatization of

WHEN WE WERE OUTLAWS: a Memoir of Love & Revolution

Starring Raquel Gutierrez as “Córdova” in 1975,
plus other performers.  Scenes & images from the book come alive.
     Narrated by Jeanne Córdova
Nov. 6th,  2pm – 4pm 
Macha Theatre,  1107 N. Kings Rd, West Hollywood 90069
       $20  includes book.  Booksigning @ 4pm.  Parking across the street
Advance Tickets: brownpapertickets.com  Limited seating!  
(Already bought your book? Pay $10 for event & bring your copy with you for signing! )

Check out the Facebook page for other upcoming events
Be the first to know.  Get on the email list: outlaws1011@gmail.com
http://jeannecordova.com/

 

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Will Fellows & The One Archives Present, “GAY BAR” A Closer Look at Helen Branson’s Queer Little Book

Posted in Cultural Events, Parties and Club Nights with tags , , , , , , , , , on September 3, 2011 by Mommy Fiercest
"Gay Bar" By Helen Branson

"Gay Bar" By Helen Branson

Sunday, September 18 · 2:00pm – 5:00pm

ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives

909 W Adams Blvd
Los Angeles, CA
Helen P. Branson operated a gay bar in Hollywood in the 1950s and her book Gay Bar was published in 1957. Part memoir, part pro-gay testimonial, it was an extraordinary book for its time.

Will Fellows, creator of a new edition of Gay Bar, will discuss the 1957 book’s origins, how it was received when it first appeared, and its enduring significance.

Read C heryl Santa Maria’s review of Helen Branson’s 1957 novel, “Gay Bar” here.

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Summer Youth Organizing Acadamy Fundraiser Film Screening of “La Mission” Tues, 8/16

Posted in Cultural Events, Parties and Club Nights with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on August 10, 2011 by Mommy Fiercest

The Summer Youth Organizing Acadamy will host a screening of the film “La Mission” on Tuesday, August 16th at 5:30pm.

The screening is a fundraiser for the Summer Youth Organizing Academy is a comprehensive training program created to build a coalition of young anti-racist organizers. Throughout the six week program, students participate in political seminar classes, civic engagement, and on-the-ground organizing. SYOA creates solutions to poverty, racism and community violence by turning youth from different backgrounds into active agents of change.

"La Mission" Film Poster

"La Mission" Film Poster

About “La Mission” Growing up in the Mission district of San Francisco, Che Rivera (Benjamin Bratt) has always had to be tough to survive. He’s a powerful man respected throughout the Mission barrio for his masculinity and his strength, as well as for his hobby building beautiful lowrider cars. A reformed inmate and recovering alcoholic, Che has worked hard to redeem his life and do right by his pride and joy: his only son, Jes, whom he has raised on his own after the death of his wife. Che’s path to redemption is tested, however, when he discovers Jes is gay. To survive his neighborhood, Che has always lived with his fists. To survive as a complete man, he’ll have to embrace a side of himself he’s never shown.

Tuesday, August 16 · 5:30pm – 8:00pm

3780 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 1200; L.A., CA 90010

Tickets will be $5 at the door and include nachos, a drink and baked goods.

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