SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4TH, 2008
THE CENTER FOR THE ARTS, GRASS VALLEY, CA
WORKSHOPS: 9-5PM
CONCERT: 7-10PM
Workshops
Sassy Lady Leaders teaching Life Skills and Fun Stuff
Self-Defense! Multi-Media Panel Discussion! Networking Basics! Greening Your Life! Running a For-Profit Art Gallery! Breast Cancer Prevention! Achieving your Goals! Personal Finance! Operating a Non-Profit! African Dance! Aromatherapy! Seasonal Cooking with Local Food! Lotion Making! Modern Dance! Women's Creative Writing! Event Planning! Sewing! Printmaking! Clothing Design! Planting your own Food Garden! Belly Dance! ...and more!
Agent Ribbons, Sasha and the Shamrocks, BEESHARQ, Coal Beautiere, MaMuse, Ricky Berger, Uni and her Ukulele, Catherine Scholz, and a fabulous fashion show by Troupe de Trash!
$15 adv/$18 door, workshops only
$25 adv/$30 door, workshops and concert
$12 adv/$15 door, concert only $1 of every ticket supports Breast Cancer Awareness
For more info and to purchase tickets, go to the Center for the Arts website here.
HER STORY...
The first Ladyfest was born in Olympia, Washington in August 2000; a one-of-a-kind event dreamed up by a group of Wild Women with a Mission. The purpose was to inform, educate, and connect the women of their community in the magical context of an All-Lady festival. The forces behind that first gathering went on to become the devilish damsels of legend: Sleater-Kinney, Cat Power, Neko Case, Sarah Dougher, and Teresa Carmody.
There was something about the energy of that first Ladyfest that resonated with women around the world. Soon there were Ladyfests popping up in Amsterdam, Atlanta, Belgium, Berlin, Birmingham, Brighton, Bristol, Brooklyn, Cambridge, Columbus, Chicago, Cardiff, Dublin, Glasgow, Lansing, London, Los Angeles, Madrid, Melbourne, Orlando, Ottawa, Philadelphia, San Francisco, San Diego, Sevilla, Toronto, Washington DC, and more! more! more!...
Our Ladyfest Nevada County started as a small spark; imagine your average group of girls eating lunch at the Briar Patch Co-op, talking about the lack of representation and promotion available to the artistic and powerful women in our community. Someone said the word "Ladyfest"... and it snowballed from there. Like all other Ladyfests, we are organizing our event locally and independently, fueled by volunteers and chocolate, and our proceeds will be donated to non-profit organizations benefiting women and the arts.
Booze-The Verves (a tribute to the Velvet Underground)-The Sleaze Tax
The Maltese 1600 Park Ave. Chico, CA 95928
9:30 pm 21+ $3 cover Local legend Lori Campion is blowing through town June 27 with her classic Chico bands, Booze (featuring Tom Little, Carey Wilson, Campion), The Verves - a Tribute to the Velvet Underground (featuring Campion, Joe Martin of Job's DeSoto, Charles Mohnike of Job's DeSoto and Carey Wilson).
Headlining the show will be Barbara Manning's local band, The Sleaze Tax.
That's right - for only $3 you can experience the best of the Chico rock scene, cheap beer, and loud women.
Kudos to Sasha and Jess and all the others who made Ladyfest a kick ass event! I feel energized, empowered, creative, and informed. Great presentations, well organized, and fantastic music-and we got it all in one day!! Can't wait tell next year ladies! Love.
Those interviews were way fantastic, ladies of work ethic! They were so brilliant that I could still read them with toothpaste splattered on my glasses.
Meh, I don't know, ladies... I think Ladyfest should have more chainsaw lessons, more firefighting skills, more shotgun wielding, more chicks kicking ass. Sewing is fun and all, but I might skip it. Count me in for the music part.
OK! I am SO seriously, EXTREMELY jealous now.. I want to be there!!! I might have to seriously look into flying out for a few days.. Which airport would I fly into?
