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Femme 2006 Conference - Keynote Speaker: Jewelle Gomez
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Femme 2006: August 11-13, Cathedral Hill Hotel, San Francisco, CA. Jewelle Gomez will be the keynote speaker Saturday, August 12, 2006.
Femme 2006 Conference Announces Evening Entertainment Program
SAN FRANCISCO, California – June 05, 2006 – “Femme 2006: Conversations and Explorations” is proud to announce the entertainment program for the Friday and Saturday night performances at the August 11-13th, 2006 conference at the Cathedral Hill Hotel in San Francisco. (Register at http://www.femme2006.com ) Two amazing nights of performance have been planned at 12 Galaxies (2565 Mission Street at 22nd Street, 415-970-9777). Doors will open at 8pm, show begins at 9pm. Friday night will feature spoken word performers and Saturday night will be an evening of cabaret. Performers hail from all over the world and showcase the variety of talents swirling around in the Femme friendly universe.
Femme 2006: Friday Night Performance Friday, August 11th, 2006 featuring:
Simone De La Getto a.k.a. Teresa R. Ellis, is the Visionary/Artistic Director/Owner/Overseer of Harlem Shake Burlesque. A former member of the S.F. Burlesque Troupe and The Cantankerous Lollies , this singer, choreographer and lead dancer has won the hearts of many, performing at various venues. She's “changing history one shake at a time”!
Dossie Easton is a San Francisco therapist, author, and active sex radical since 1961. Dossie Easton also writes and performs spoken word and poetry which has been described as “spectacularly filthy”: she states her goal in performing is to leave “not a dry seat in the house.” Longtime pagan, poet, feminist, mother, survivor of the politically correct era, leatherdyke, whipmaker slut, she focuses her spiritual practice and her S/M practice on raising Eros as loudly as possible and playing with danger in the bottomless pit.
Veronica C. Combs is an accomplished producer, director, dancer, dance teacher and choreographer, and has been producing groundbreaking lesbian performance programming in the Bay Area since 1995. She is the founder and Artistic Director of liquidFIRE Productions, a non-profit organization dedicated to the authentic representation of lesbians of color on stage and in film. Veronica is the mastermind behind liquidFIRE's lesbian-of-color multidisciplinary theatre company, The liquidFIRE Project, whose original productions are collaboratively created by the cast during a five-month process that examines their experiences in relation to "erotic power." She also created WET, a monthly erotic cabaret and dance party featuring queer artists of color.
Femme 2006: Saturday Evening Cabaret Saturday, August 12th, 2006 featuring:
Rosie Lugosi the Vampire Queen is Manchester England's very own undead performer extraordinaire. She has been described as ‘one of the country's finest performance poets' and a ‘must-see act' . But poetry is not her only talent - she is also a riveting cabaret chanteuse, entertaining with her own brand of twisted tunes. These include perverse parodies of well-loved songs from Elvis to Andy Williams and Mozart arias.
Del LaGrace Volcano is a gender variant visual artist using herm's own body for politically pleasurably purposes.
Burlesque-Esque wants to be YOUR Tartine morning bun. They like slapdashery, meaningful messages, medium-high kicks and costumes held together by a single safety pin. They've been performing (on stage and off) for 107 years now and can STILL manage to combine sexy dance moves with bringing down the Republican Right. They have an agenda and aren't afraid to show it . . . just make sure you don't try to feed them any low-carb snacks.
Nykieria “Nyki” Chaney is a 24-year-old spoken word artist, playwright, feminist, poet, and speaker. Chaney is regarded as an underground artist, however, that may change with her upcoming autobiographical play. In her writings, Chaney addresses many issues of politics, socio-economic differences, misogyny, and future hopes for the African American community. All of Chaney's written works and her performances command the attention of all who read and hear it, and invites deep contemplation by all who understand it.
For full entertainment line-ups with more complete descriptions and bios of our wonderful performers for both nights, please visit http://www.femme2006.com/events.html.
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Of Special Note:
The complete program schedule for the Femme 2006 Conference is now online @ http://www.femme2006.com/program.html
REGULAR REGISTRATION HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 6/30/2006. Late registration will run 7/01/2006 through 8/01/2006. For pricing and other information, please go to http://www.femme2006.com/register.html . Details about volunteering and scholarships can also be found at http://www.femme2006.com/volunteercontact.html. Conference attendees are encouraged to support the host hotel by booking their reservations early at the Cathedral Hill Hotel.
RESOURCES
Performance Inquiries:
Krista Smith & Kebo Drew, Performance Co-Chairs http://www.femme2006.com/performerscontact.html
12 Galaxies
2565 Mission Street @ 22nd Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
415-970-9777
Hotel Information:
Cathedral Hill Hotel
1101 Van Ness Ave. at Geary Blvd.
San Francisco, CA 94109
Reservations: 1-800-622-0855
Phone: 415-776-8200
Fax: 415-441-2841
To make online reservations visit Cathedral Hill's website at https://reservations.ihotelier.com/crs/g_login.cfm?hotelid=3786
Conference Attendee Code is: FEMME06 ( Please note the "0" is a zero.)
Registration Inquiries: Angie Ward, Registration Chair http://www.femme2006.com/registrationcontact.html
Volunteer Inquiries: Ryn Hodes, Volunteer Chair http://www.femme2006.com/volunteercontact.html
All other inquiries: Gina Coffman, Media Chair http://www.femme2006.com/mediacontact.html
About Jewelle Gomez: Jewelle Gomez was born in Boston where she graduated from Northeastern University . She received her MS from Columbia University School of Journalism and lived in New York City for 22 years before moving to San Francisco . She was on the original staff of SAY BROTHER, one of the first weekly black television programs in the U.S. (WGBH-TV) and on the founding board of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD).
She was formerly the Director of the Literature Program for the New York State Council on the Arts, as well as the Executive Director of the Poetry Center and American Poetry Archives at San Francisco State University from 1996-99. Currently she is the program director for Cultural Equity Grants at the San Francisco Arts Commission.
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