FRIDAY, APRIL 11
Wig & Moustache Party!
Help us start LadyFest with a bang!Come dance and meet fellow feminist friends at the woman-owned Metro Gallery.
(Metro Gallery - 1700 Charles Street)(BYOB)(8PM)
(Cost: $6 for those with exaggerated hair, $8 all others)
SATURDAY, APRIL 12
WORKSHOPS & DISCUSSIONS
Please join us for a diverse array of workshops--check out our blog for full descriptions & presenter bios! Tablers—including artists, radical bookstores, and non-profit groups—will be set up all day.
Childcare provided 10am - 5pm
(10am .. 6pm, 2640 St. Paul St. &; Village Learning Place-2521 St. Paul St.)
10am .. 10:50am
Anusara Yoga with Regina and Casey[2640 St. Paul St.]
Raw Food "Cooking": Fresh. Delicious. Raw [2640 St. Paul St.]
11am .. 11:50am
The Basics of Gynecology [2640 St. Paul St.]
Seed Revolution:DIY Seed balls for guerilla gardening [2640 St. Paul St.]
12 noon .. 12:50pm
Take a lunch break (yummy food for sale from Red Emma’s), & be sure to check out the tablers!
1pm .. 1:50pm
DIY Screen-printing 101 [2640 St. Paul St.]
"Free to be you and me": Race, Feminism & Community Activism [2640 St. Paul St.]
1pm .. 2:50pm
Breast Casting: Celebrating the Goddess within [2640 St. Paul St.]
2pm .. 2:50pm
Cycle Awareness Discussion & PUPPET SHOW! [Village Learning Place 2521 St. Paul]
3pm .. 3:50pm
Live Lyrics!: Interpretive Poetry Workshop [2640 St. Paul St.]
HOLY KNIT!: the whats, whys and hows of knitting [VLP, 2521 St. Paul St.]
4pm .. 4:50pm
Buddy Massage [2640 St. Paul St.]
Consent: Communication & Sex [VLP, 2521 St. Paul St.] Participants must be prompt!
5pm .. 6:30pm
Men: Being a Feminist, Being an Ally [2640 St. Paul St.]
SATURDAY NIGHT, APRIL 12
Women ROCK at Load of Fun Studios
Come rock to the music of lady-bands/artists: ERINZ, ellen cherry, Odd Girl Out, Nicky Click and Pariah Piranha!
(Load of Fun Studios - 120 W. North Ave.)(8PM Doors)
(Cost: $10 for 21+ & $12 for under)
SUNDAY, APRIL 13
Feminist Family Indoor Picnic at 2640 St. Paul St.
Bring your lunches (potluck/picnic style) and the whole family to have fun with hoola hooping, crafts, live music and more!
(11am .. 12:30pm)(2640 St. Paul St.)(Cost: donations) Some features during the picnic.....
+ The Hooping Revolution. Professional instruction will have people of all ages & sizes hooping like a pro in no time! (Multi-sized hoola hoops provided for workshop)
+ Urban Plant Walk. Many useful edible and medicinal plants grow close to home, even in urban areas. We will leave from the picnic at 2640 and walk to Wyman Park.
+ Goddess Crafts @ the Feminist Family Indoor Picnic (with LadyFest volunteers)Create wonderful art with family and friends--feminist friendly crafts for all ages!
+ DIY Bike Maintenance with Velocipede! (12 - 12:50pm) Bring your bike & your questions! Velocipede Bike Project is a collectively run non-profit dedicated to helping people use bicycles as transportation.
(note: childcare resumes from 1pm - 6pm)
1pm .. 1:50pm
Don’t Leave your Friends Behind: Anarcha-Feminism & Supporting Mothers and Children [2640 St. Paul]
2pm .. 2:50pm
Creative Jam Session [2640 St. Paul St.]
Menstruation: Positive, Alternative, Activism [2640 St. Paul St.]
3pm .. 3:50pm
Women & Body Hair: An Intimate Relationship [2640 St. Paul St.]
3pm .. 4:50pm
Race Privilege and Gender Oppression [VLP]
4pm .. 4:50pm
TBA … in the works is a workshop on making rope from natural fibers! Could be that, could be something else….stay tuned!
5pm .. 5:50pm
Gender In/Ex-clusion in "Women’s" Organizing [2640 St. Paul St.]
SUNDAY NIGHT, APRIL 13
The LadyFest Cabaret!
7:30pm doors
An eclectic, unusual, inspiring, and simply amazing collection of acts will grace the stage. Includes hooping performances by Noelle Hooping Powers, folk stomping music and spoken word by JailBird Thunder Heart, performance art and more! Come celebrate the closing of a wonderful weekend with us!
(2640 St Paul Street) (Cost $4)
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