Ladyfest Bay Area

Ladyfest Bay Area Wednesday, July 24, through Sunday, July 28, 2002 Wednesday – Friday, 7:00am – midnight Sunday, 8:00am – 8:00pm Ladyfest Bay Area is coming to San Francisco’s Mission District! This arts and activism festival will feature five days of lady- and trannymade music, film/video, visual art, spoken word, theater and workshops. Ladyfest Bay Area is pleased to present The Donnas, Bratmobile, Medusa, Sisterz of the Underground, The Gossip, Erase Errata (and 30+ bands); Michelle Tea, Penny Arcade, Nomy Lamm, Loolwa Khazzoom (and 30+ spoken word artists); a MadCat Women’s International Film Festival retrospective and “Reframing 9/11: Women’s Art & Activism” (and 85+ films); “Fighting Body Fascism” and an indie publishing panel with the editors of Bitch and ROCKRGRL (and 50+ workshops); multiple gallery exhibits including “POW! The Power of Women in Illustrative and Sequential Art” and “We’re still Feminists: New Art from a Renewed Movement”; plus much more. Ladyfest Bay Area is open to people of all ages and genders. Ladyfest Bay Area performances, workshops and shows will be held at the following San Francisco venues: Mission High School (3750 18th Street), the LGBT Center (1800 Market Street), Brava! For Women in the Arts (2781 24th Street), Victoria Theatre (2961 16th Street), Pond Gallery (214 Valencia Street), Mission Creek Café (968 Valencia Street), Spanganga Gallery (3376 19th Street), CELLspace (2050 Bryant Street), Artists’ Television Access (992 Valencia Street) and New College Theater (777 Valencia Street). Tickets: 3-day passes ($55-$90, sliding scale) and 5-day passes ($70-$100, sliding scale) can be purchased online at www.ladyfestbayarea.org or offline at Modern Times, 888 Valencia Street, in San Francisco, Mod Lang Records, 2136 University Avenue, in downtown Berkeley or at Mama Bear’s Women’s Books, 6536 Telegraph Avenue, in Oakland. Special sale (valid until July 19): buy 3 or more passes (either kind) and get $10 off each one! Tickets for single events will also be sold 20 minutes before the show at each Ladyfest venue during the festival. All art exhibits are free and open to the public. For more information, please call (415) 820-1697 or visit www.ladyfestbayarea.org.