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Thursday, May 17 at 7:30
An Evening with
Dr. Maya Angelou

Three-time Grammy Award winner Maya Angelou has been hailed as one of the greatest speakers of our time. A renowned poet, playwright, producer, director, conductor, performer, best-selling author, and social activist, her words and her spirit have been a source of inspiration and comfort for millions of people around the world. Don’t miss the special evening at NJPAC.

Saturday, April 14 at 8:00pm
NJPAC’s Alternate Routes presents
HIP HOP: OUT, LOUD AND PROUD

Gay, straight, queer, lesbian, bisexual – how do you identify? For this provocative performance, six powerful word mavens (who collectively represent all orientations and persuasions) will come together to voice their views on one of life’s hottest topics: sexuality. This cutting-edge spoken word performance, curated and hosted by Pandora Scooter, will also incorporate an open forum for conversation. This event, presented as part of the award-winning Alternate Routes, takes place in NJPAC’s intimate Chase Room. Tickets for this performance are $16 per person.
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Thursday, May 17 at 7:30
An Evening with
Dr. Maya Angelou

Three-time Grammy Award winner Maya Angelou has been hailed as one of the greatest speakers of our time. A renowned poet, playwright, producer, director, conductor, performer, best-selling author, and social activist, her words and her spirit have been a source of inspiration and comfort for millions of people around the world. Don’t miss the special evening at NJPAC.

Saturday, April 14 at 8:00pm
NJPAC’s Alternate Routes presents
HIP HOP: OUT, LOUD AND PROUD

Gay, straight, queer, lesbian, bisexual – how do you identify? For this provocative performance, six powerful word mavens (who collectively represent all orientations and persuasions) will come together to voice their views on one of life’s hottest topics: sexuality. This cutting-edge spoken word performance, curated and hosted by Pandora Scooter, will also incorporate an open forum for conversation. This event, presented as part of the award-winning Alternate Routes, takes place in NJPAC’s intimate Chase Room. Tickets for this performance are $16 per person.

KING GUISE

Call for visual/ digital / photographic images of self-identified, of ‘Color’ Drag Kings, Genderqueers, Male Impersonators, Masculine Impressionist, Studs, FtMs, Butches and related trans- identities for proposed coffee table book.

This collection of images and accompanying text will focus on and explore the act of putting on masculinity / man / he / h?m. Special consideration for ‘action images’ depicting the putting on, taking off, performance or ‘captured desire’ of the
‘masculinized-self.’ King Guise will use critical inquiry to
investigate the process and execution of these  transformations and the eventual outcome, if any, of public display and interaction. Thru dialogue with actual image ‘recorders,’ the subjects/objects themselves and the voyeurs drawn to these particular ‘looks,’ King Guise will delve into the murky palette of ‘gendered desire and play,’ with particular attention given to the operation and influence of cultural,  racial and regional ‘ethics/values/norms.’

All submissions, commentary and visual submissions shall be fully considered. IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE ACADEMIC, “POLITICALLY APPROPRIATE” or “GRAMMATICALLY CORRECT” I am also accepting portraits, written works, sketches, drawings, digital imagery, reprints, cartoons, erotica and more.

King Guise will be published in English, French, and Spanish!

Word Count/Page Limits:
Poetry/Rhymes – Maximum 3 pages per poem/rhyme and 3 poems per poet/mc
Graphic Stories – Maximum three pages/submission (number of panels up to you) Up to three pieces per ‘artist’.
Photographs/Paintings/Collage/Drawings- 3-5, scanned as B/W only.

Royalties will be paid!

Please send entries as .tif, .jpeg format, word or txt attachments DEADLINE: May 1st, 2007

Collaborative Editors: Drag King Sile Singleton, Erin O’Neill, and Noelle Campbell-Smith.

Publisher: Homofactus Press. (www.homofactuspress.com )

Send submissions to kingguise@homofactuspress.com.

New stuff is up:

• 7 new poems / 3 new stories
• JAI xxx in the Art Gallery
• Revamped the Kuma Library
• New dispatches from Skye

CALL FOR ARTWORK
BY TRANSGENDER AND GENDER VARIANT ARTISTS

DEADLINE: APRIL 30, 2007

Fresh Meat Productions is currently accepting submissions for our 4th Annual Fresh Meat in the Gallery transgender visual art exhibition (June 2 – July 6, 2007).

This year’s exhibition, BORDERS, asks transgender artists to explore the impact of borders on their lives, bodies and communities. We welcome artwork that investigates and challenges BORDERS as barriers, liberation, privilege or exclusion. Who/what do borders protect and who/what is kept out? How do borders function to create and divide nations, communities and identities? How do borders deny participation, inclusion, and visibility? Do borders offer community and at what cost? Who is celebrated? Who is unwelcome?

Fresh Meat in the Gallery is an annual exhibition of visual art by transgender and gender variant artists. We seek to empower artists, expand the repertoire of original work authentically exploring transgender experience, bring visibility to trans communities, connect transgender artists with diverse audiences, create dialogue and build community.

Part of the National Queer Arts Festival, Fresh Meat in the Gallery accompanies Fresh Meat 2007, the 6th annual festival of transgender and queer performance (June 14-16 at ODC Theater in San Francisco). Last year, approximately 1,500 people attended Fresh Meat in the Gallery.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

WHO?
We invite transgender and gender variant artists to submit original works of art, including painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, sculpture and mixed media.

HOW?
Please submit the following on a CD:
Up to three images, as medium-resolution JPEGs (640 x 480): no larger than screen size).
Images should be no larger than 5×7 inches and between 100-200 dpi. Please do not send large files!!
A completed Artist Information Form (24kb Word .doc)
[Having trouble downloading the Form? Send a request to erin.freshmeat@gmail.com ]

WHERE?
MAIL your submission package to:
Fresh Meat Productions
3128 16th Street, PMB #240
San Francisco, CA 94103

Or EMAIL your submission package (up to 3 images plus completed Artist Information Form) to: erin.freshmeat@gmail.com

DEADLINE:
Deadline for submissions is APRIL 30, 2007 (received, NOT postmarked by this date).
Late submissions will not be considered. Early submissions are much appreciated!
Artists will hear back from us by mid-May.

NOTES:
Please enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope if you wish to have your submission returned.
Please do NOT send original artwork.
If for any reason you’re having trouble getting your images onto a CD, please contact us to arrange something.
If you do not have access to downloading the Artist Information Form, please email erin.freshmeat@gmail.com to have a copy mailed to you.

EXHIBITION DATES:
Fresh Meat in the Gallery
ODC Theater Gallery
June 2 – July 6, 2007
3153 17th Street (at Shotwell), SF
Gallery hours: Wed-Sat 2pm-5pm
Admission: FREE
Opening Reception: June 14, post-performance (Fresh Meat 2007)

QUESTIONS:
Contact Erin at erin.freshmeat@gmail.com

We look forward to seeing your work!

New Jersey Performing Arts Center presents:

Wednesday, March 14, 2007 – Sunday, March 18, 2007

Marcia Leslie’s fiercely funny courtroom drama centers on Victoria, a successful, African American television producer who sets out to sue two stereotypes of American black women: the subservient mammy, and the lascivious slut. In the words of the playwright, it’s “an exploration of what Aunt Jemima would say if she popped off the pancake box.” As Victoria argues her case before a judge, Leslie uses her sly satirical eye to examine how contemporary black women relate to traditional stereotypes. Powerful, complex, and laugh-out-loud funny, The Trial… makes a powerful statement about the importance of loving oneself, even in the face of oppression. The New York Post calls it “a wickedly funny, thoughtfully provocative play that’s often funny but also deeply serious.”