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DESCRIPTION:What:   QUEER OPEN MIC –hosted by Cindy M. Emch  When:  February 11, 2005 
   Siren’s Iris Poetry Tour Featuring: Slam Champs Suzy La Follette &  
 Andrea Gibson  Sign up @7:30, Show @ 8pm      Where:  Three Dollar Bill 
 Cafe   1800 Market@Octavia      How:  $1-$5 donation – no one turned away 
 for lack of funds  Details:  Come on over for a rowdy revolution of song, 
 dance, poetry and art of all forms. Queer Open Mic is ready to ROCK OUT 
 2005 as we try to bring a heady blend of art, performance, and poetry to 
 the caffeinated masses. The readings are meant for queers and allies of all 
 stripes, colors, and affiliations to come together and share art, thoughts, 
 conversations, passions and a damn good cuppa joe. All donations benefit 
 the performers and The Center.    Feb 11th – The Siren’s Iris Poetry 
 Tour Starring Andrea Gibson and Suzy La Follette   Suzy La Follette is a 
 chainsaw packing, gender-role smacking, rooftop shouting poetista. She was 
 the Grand Slam champion of the Flagstaff, AZ team in 2002.  She placed 
 sixth in the nation at the National Poetry Slam in Chicago, 2003. She has 
 toured across the country performing at prestigious venues like the NYC 
 Bowery Poetry Club and Bay Area LadyFest. It has been said that "she could 
 spit a poem through a brick wall," and she has. She is a political, poetic 
 warrior that will make you laugh, cry and infinitely change you. She 
 silences audiences with her wit and extraordinary performance. Taylor Mali, 
 The President of Poetry Slam Inc. says, "If you are searching for truth, 
 listen. You will find it in Suzy La Follette."  Andrea Gibson rushed onto 
 the poetry scene in 2000 as a member of the Denver Slam Team. Since then, 
 it has been full speed ahead. Andrea is the four-time Denver Slam Champion, 
 leading her team to a sixth-place finish at the National Poetry Slam in 
 Chicago in 2003, and the 2004 finals in St. Louis where they took second 
 place over all. She also finished fourth in the individual finals in St. 
 Louis where she competed against the top slam poets in the nation. Coming a 
 long way from an upbringing in rural Maine, Andrea is now known for her 
 politics and is active in the Denver-area communities. She is a member of 
 Vox Feminista, a performance tribe of radical political women bent on 
 social change. Andrea has shared the stage with such names as Amy Goodman, 
 Dennis Kucinich and Leslie Feinberg. She uses spoken word, political 
 theatre and direct action to influence positive social movement. In her 
 spare time she keeps a job as a Montessori pre-school teacher, during which 
 she is careful to make sure children do not leave her classroom until they 
 are well-versed on why it is not OK to kill Lady Bugs.  Scheduled upcoming 
 featured readers include: Angie Krass (2/25), Soledad Decosta (3/11) and 
 many many more!  SPECIFIC EVENT DETAILS:  QUEER OPEN MIC happens on the 2nd 
 and 4th Fridays of every month at the THREE DOLLAR BILL CAFÉ on the first 
 floor of the SF LGBT COMMUNITY CENTER at 1800 Market @ Octavia in SF and is 
 hosted by Cindy M. Emch.   Open Mic sign up begins at 7:30, readings start 
 at 8pm. Anyone with special needs should contact Cindy the night of the 
 event for any specific accommodations. $1-5 donations benefit the 
 performers and The Center (http://www.sfcenter.org) in an effort to 
 encourage more queer art in our community. No one turned away for lack of 
 funds. (Open mic readers get 5 minutes, one poem or 3 pages of prose, 
 whichever fits the material best)  For more QUEER OPEN MIC info contact:   
 Cindy M. Emch, indigo_cin@yahoo.com or visit http://www.threedollarbill.com 
  Host Cindy Emch is a farm town poet finding the small bits of rural in the 
 big city. She has been published in Lode Star Quarterly and has self 
 published three chapbooks: "The Brahma of the Blue Shoe", "Autumn Leaves 
 Don't Always Turn", and "Notes from a Big Tough Journal". She has read at 
 open mics from Michigan to San Francisco. A true believer in the 
 revolutionary power of art, she tries in every poem to provoke the listener 
 to feel just a little more.  \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2005/01/18/55643.php
SUMMARY:Queer Open Mic
LOCATION:Three Dollar Bill Cafe  1800 Market St @ Octavia
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2005/01/18/55643.php
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