[sws_yellow_box box_size=”100″]In Conversation: Ron Athey [/sws_yellow_box]
In 1994, the Walker presented artist Ron Athey’s Four Scenes in a Harsh Life at Patrick’s Cabaret. (Read more here → http://www.flynncenter.org/blog/2014/01/blood-sacrifice/ )
The infamous performance, which involved ritual incision, sparked a national debate on art and censorship leading to the slashing of the National Endowment for the Arts budget, the near-complete elimination of individual artists’ grants, and a powerful chilling effect on controversial artwork. Twenty-one years later, Athey reflects on how, and if, the needle on creative freedom has shifted in a discussion with former Walker performing arts curator John Killacky and art historian Jennifer Doyle. Moderated by feminist/queer theory scholar and art historian Lauren DeLand.
A book-signing immediately follows the conversation.
FREE | More information → http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2015/in-conversation-ron-athey
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Date: Thursday March 27 at 7pm
Location: Walker Art Center, 1750 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55403
Admission: Free
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[sws_yellow_box box_size=”100″] Andrea Gibson [/sws_yellow_box]
Andrea Gibson is a nationally renown spoken word artist and is not gentle with her truths. It is this raw fearlessness that has led her to the forefront of the spoken word movement– the first winner of the Women’s World Poetry Slam –Gibson has headlined prestigious performance venues coast to coast with powerful readings on war, class, gender, bullying, white privilege, sexuality, love, and spirituality.
Her work has been featured on the BBC, Air America, C-SPAN, Free Speech TV and in 2010 was read by a state representative in lieu of morning prayer at the Utah State Legislature.
Now, on her fifth full-length album FLOWER BOY and her second book THE MADNESS VASE, Gibson’s poems continue to be a rally cry for action and a welcome mat at the door of the heart’s most compassionate room.
She just added MINNEAPOLIS to her tour (like, a week ago). So if you wanna come hang with amazing people and cry together, buy your tickets:
https://www.etix.com/ticket/online/performanceSearch.jsp?performance_id=8396694&cobrand=first-avenue
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Date: Thursday, March 26 at 7:00pm
Location: The Cedar Cultural Center, 416 Cedar Ave S, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55454
Admission: $15 at E-Tix.com
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[sws_yellow_box box_size=”100″] Vile Affections by Vanda [/sws_yellow_box]
In a time period when people are newly confronted with Galileo’s ideas of a sun-centered universe, a nun reveals herself to have visions of God. The Sisters of her convent express a curious allegiance to her. In fear of her growing power, the church sends a Provost to find the truth. What he ultimately finds challenges his understanding of the world to his very core.
Vile Affections unearths the first recorded lesbian affair and the intense inquisition of all parties involved. It ultimately presents a commentary on how the Catholic church has treated women throughout history and how powerful women are dealt with when they hold too much.
Vile Affections will run from March 20th – 29th at People’s Center Theater on the West Bank. Pay What You Can performances are offered.
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Date: Friday, March 20 through March 29
Location: People’s Center Theater, 425 20th Ave S, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55454
Admission: Varies. Visit Brown Paper Tickets for ticket information
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[sws_yellow_box box_size=”100″] Culture Wars Cabaret [/sws_yellow_box]
Patrick’s Cabaret presents…
THE CULTURE WARS CABARET
part of The Culture Wars: Then & Now
a partnership between Patrick’s Cabaret, the Walker Art Center, and the University of Minnesota
Friday, March 27th & Saturday March 28th, 2015 at 8:00 PM
$15 advanced online sales only, rush line available for at-door tickets
Tickets: culturewarscabaret.brownpapertickets.com
FEATURING:
Jaime Carrera
Venus DeMars
Sweet LilyBee
Junauda Petrus
Lazer Danger
Elliot Reed (Corporate Headquarters)
Interactive installation by Emmett Ramstad
Co-curated and hosted by Eleanor Savage and Scott Artley
ABOUT THE CULTURE WARS CABARET
In 1994, queer performance artist Ron Athey performed “Four Scenes in a Harsh Life,” under the aegis of the Walker Art Center, at the then-underground performance venue Patrick’s Cabaret. Athey’s infamous performance, which involved ritual incision, sparked a national debate around art and censorship, ultimately leading to the slashing of the National Endowment for the Arts budget, the near-complete elimination of grants to individual artists, and a powerful chilling effect on controversial artwork. Twenty-one years later, almost to the day, how does this controversy reverberate in our local and national cultural landscape?
In the culminating activity of a weekend-long series of events, the Culture Wars Cabaret brings together eight artists representing a snapshot of some of the most interesting queer performance art in the Twin Cities to reflect on the themes of censorship, contemporary queer aesthetics, and radical embodied performance. As an intergenerational team, Eleanor Savage and Scott Artley co-curate the Culture Wars Cabaret by pairing established LGBTQ performers (punk-rock pioneer Venus DeMars, performative provocateur Jaime Carrera, and the fiery burlesque of Sweet LillyBee) alongside emerging multidisciplinary queer artists who stretch new boundaries for embodied performance (Junauda Petrus, Elliot Reed, and the duo Lazer Danger). Emmett Ramstad premieres a new interactive installation called “Trimming Station,” a pubic hair trimming and collection station.
Tickets are available for $15 by online advanced sales only through Brown Paper Tickets. A no-guarantee rush line will be available for any remaining seats at 7:45 PM. Ticket-holders need to arrive by 7:45 PM to ensure their seats are held.
ABOUT THE CULTURE WARS: THEN & NOW PROJECT
Over the past year, a partnership formed between Patrick’s Cabaret, the Walker Art Center, and an ad hoc team at the University of Minnesota to present a weekend of events exploring the history of the Culture Wars in multifaceted ways. The combination of high-profile artist talk, paper presentations, and multidisciplinary performances represents a unique opportunity to revisit this important moment in local art history, consider the current reality of funding for the arts, and showcase the state of radical queer performance art in the Midwest.
SPONSORS
The Culture Wars: Then and Now is sponsored by the University of Minnesota, Patrick’s Cabaret, and the Walker Art Center. The graduate symposium is sponsored by the Departments of American Studies, Art History; Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature; English; Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies; History; Political Science; and Theatre Arts and Dance; as well as the Schochet Endowment for GLBT Studies.
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Date: Friday, March 27th & Saturday March 28th, 2015 at 8:00 PM
Location: Patrick’s Cabaret, 3010 Minnehaha Ave South, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55406
Admission: $15 through Brown Paper Tickets
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[sws_yellow_box box_size=”100″]Twin Cities Gay Men’s Chorus presents Here Comes the Sun: The Music of the Beatles [/sws_yellow_box]
The Chorus welcomes the return of spring (really, it is going to come back!) with an evening honoring the world’s most beloved band, The Beatles! Featuring new arrangements for men’s chorus, “Here Comes the Sun” anticipates the 50th anniversary of the Beatles’ one and only performance in the Twin Cities at the old Met Stadium.
No band in history has singularly transformed popular music like The Beatles. “Here Comes the Sun” will celebrate the timelessness of their music for all generations!
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Date: Friday, March 27, 2015 and Saturday, March 28, 2015 at 8pm
Location: Ted Mann Concert Hall, 2128 S 4th St, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
Admission: Varies
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[sws_yellow_box box_size=”100″]SUCK IT: Gag on the Drag MARCH EDITION [/sws_yellow_box]
Join the cast of SUCK IT: A New Drag Revue and Special Guests for a night of fabulously diverse entertaining drag!
The Cast:
Kamaree Williams
Laydee Swallowz
Nocturna Lee Mission
and Emcee Victoria DeVille
With Special Guests:
Dotti West, Toast of the Town House 2014
Ethan Prince, Mr. Drag King Minnesota 2011
Ty Torres, King of the Castle 2014
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Date: Saturday, March 28 at 10:30pm
Location: Town House Bar, 1415 University Ave West, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55104
Admission: Unknown
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[sws_yellow_box box_size=”100″]11th Annual SOY New Year: A Queer Hmoob Journey [/sws_yellow_box]
Join us for SOY’s 11th Annual New Year!
This year we celebrate and remember Queer Hmong and Southeast Asian history as the larger Hmong community reaches its 40th year in the United States as refugees from the Secret War in Laos. The SOY New Year will include fun and creative ways for attendees to watch, listen, and participate in creating our own Hmong and Southeast Asian Queerstory.
Saturday, March 28, 2014 – 5:30-9:00 PM
Midpoint Event Center (formerly DS Event Center)
Doors open & appetizers begin at 5:30, Program starts at 6
Presale tickets: Adults $15, Students $12
At the door tickets: Adults $20, Students $ 15
Children under 10 & Elders over 65 get in FREE!
Entrance scholarships available. Email [email protected] for more info.
Presale tickets end Wednesday, March 25th @ 11:59PM. Get them now athttp://sny2015.eventbrite.com/!
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Join us for our AFTER PARTY at LUSH
https://www.facebook.com/events/619413928158045/
NO COVER.
$1 drinks from 9pm to 10 pm.
Live DJ from 10 pm to 2 am.
21+ ONLY!
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SPONSORSHIPS AND VIP TABLES
Sponsorships and VIP tables are available. Your donation will go towards supporting our community and the SOY New Year.
VIP Tables for $250 include: 8 admission tickets, VIP table for 8 at the front of the stage, name in program and online. Sponsorship opportunities at all levels are available!
To sponsor the SOY New Year, please email [email protected]!
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VOLUNTEERS
The SOY New Year is an event that is run by all volunteers. Be a part of the crew to make this event a success! VISIT http://tinyurl.com/SNY15volunteers to be a part of our volunteer team.
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Date: Saturday, March 28 at 5:30pm – 10:00pm
Location: Midpointe Event Center, 415 Pascal St N, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55104
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[sws_yellow_box box_size=”100″] The Annual David O Brown Easter Bonnet Parade and Contest [/sws_yellow_box]
Brunch 10am – 2pm
Bonnet Contest – 3pm
Bonnet Parade – immediately following the contest
Bigger. Higher. Floweryer. Leatheryer. You decide!
Donations being taken for the American Cancer Society.
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Date: Sunday, April 5 at 10am
Location: EagleBoltBar, 515 Washington Ave S, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415
Admission: Free
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