Category — art

A musical slide show of today’s Cuba and its contrast to Gitmo. Music by Los Lobos, Photo’s by Dan Heller, posted on you tube by gustaf3. Thanks to all for this tape.

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Hartbeat Ensemble, Hartford’s Theater for Change will once again give free performances this July in the parks of Hartford. The plays this year are about people and health care. There will be family activities and live music starting at 4:00 and the performances begin at 5:00. Hartbeat suggests that one brings a picnic lunch or buy food from local vendors. In case of rain the performances will take place at Hartford Children’s Theater, 360 Farmington Ave in Hartford.  [Read more →]

Rene Marie sings 

“Come Out” is a piece of music written in 1966 by composer Steve Reich. This piece was written and performed at a benefit for the retrial of the “Harlem Six”, six black youths arrested for committing murder during the 1964 Harlem Riots for which only one of the six was responsible. For more info on this amazing piece see here. The Choreography Dance was added in 1982 by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker and Michele Anne De May. Check out more of Reich’s music exp. “Clapping Music” found on you tube, which is an attempt to write a piece of music requiring nothing more then the human body.

Enjoy this video, I truly have. Source Narcy’s MySpace. Or go to narcys.com.

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***OOOOOOH a MUST LISTEN*** 

The Ballad of The Skeletons

performed by Allen Ginsburg and Paul McCartney

Even if none of us around here can fly off to San Francisco check it out–Mattilda’s book, which I believe is on of the more important works done in these days will be coming out in a expanded second edition. Mattilda will be celebrating this event and there will be “a dangerous and illuminating discussion.” That’s Revolting! Queers Strategies for Resisting Assimilation, will have its launch this Thursday June 5th. Info follows.

FORGET MARRIAGE, IT’S TIME FOR…

That’s Revolting!: Radical queer activism–past, present, and future.

Thursday June, 5, 6pm

San Francisco Main Library

Latino/Hispanic Meeting Room (downstairs)

100 Larkin Street

Co-sponsored by the National Queer Arts Festival.

Click here to read about the book launch this Thursday, 6p.m. Thanks Mattilda. Keep on keeping on!!!

LMF Press Release: 

Marriage Makes a Word of Difference

Is a featured film at the Gay and Lesbian Film Festival

Saturday, May 31st at 3pm

Cinestudio, Trinity College, 300 Summit Street, Hartford.

Marriage Makes A Word of Difference, which portrays the personal struggles and political challenges of Connecticut’s same-sex couples and their families who are fighting for the freedom to marry. Many of these loving couples have been in committed relationships for more than a decade, but despite their dedication to each other , they continue to be denied the respect, dignity, and legal protections that marriage provides. Through compelling interviews and archival and “slice of life” footage, Marriage Makes a Word of Difference celebrates our common humanity and shows why marriage equality is a fundamental civil right.

The Film Festival runs May 30 through June 7th. Check out QWB posting ***OUT Films*** for more details.

The Connecticut Gay and Lesbian Film Festival will present its 21st festival this year from May 30-June 7, 2008. All screenings will take place at Cinestudio, 300 Summit Street, Trinity College in Hartford. For festival info: 860-568-1136. Click here for full schedule, tickets, and all other details.

The Internationale

by Billy Bragg

Billy Bragg complained to Pete Seeger that the traditional lyrics to the Internationale were somewhat dated. Pete Seeger said: “why don’t you write new ones?” So Billy Bragg did. For May Day 2008 Queers Without Borders sends out to all of you this wonderful version of the Internationale. The original Internationale was first written and sung after the brutal suppression of the Paris Commune in 1871. This rallying cry sings out loud and clear for all exploited and oppressed people of the world to rise up and overthrow their masters.

Don’t forget to come out to the True Colors exhibition this Friday. The celebration of the founding of True Colors and a visual time-line created by Jamie Bassell and Kyle O’Toole will be a highlight of the festivities. True Colors a lgbt organization was established 15 years ago to provide support and services to sexual minority youth and families in Connecticut. Visit them on-line at: www.OurTrueColors.org.

The event is free and open to the public, the time 6:30-8:30. The location is the Elihu Burritt Library at Central Connecticut State University. Located within the Library is the Gender and Equity Collection a collection of the history of the LGBT movement in Connecticut which houses the archives of many individuals and organizations.

The Burritt Library has over the years hosted many GLBT exhibitions not only from their collections but from LGBT collectors as well.

Let’s Get a Move On

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note: Poem by T.E.D, Winter 69-70                                                   

My Shrink Is A Fink

My shrink is a fink

   I think.

He tells me I’m schizo;

          SCHIZO!!!?????

                          SCHIMITZO!!!!!

     He’s full of beans.

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A visual time-line celebrating lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transsexual and queer rights and history in our state during the last 15 years, highlighting the evolution of True Colors, Inc., an  LGBTQ organization established 15 years ago to provide support and services to sexual minority youth and family in Connecticut. [Read more →]

This is the first installment in Queers Without Borders Music for a Multi-Issue People/Movement. We invite everyone to send in suggestions or to post some music that you wish to share. We will be posting on Tuesdays by 8:00 pm EST. So join us as we listen to Patti Smith perform the song "People Have The Power." Let us remember that means all of us, we do have it, but we have to use it.

Hey, some of us all around the world are doing that now. Cough, and Choke, headache from the smell, Sinus clog up. All sorts of medical issues.  Exhaust smells bad. So let me begin with this—

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Years ago, in 1972, this piece was first performed. I lived in Davenport Iowa at that time. Most people would say “I am all ears, what pray do tell were you doing living in the land of pigs and corn.” Well the reason I was there was simply because I stopped off in Davenport on one of my travels around the country. I had heard that it was in Davenport that the Mississippi River flowed east to west rather than north to south. One of those little geographical quirks that an artist of my nature just loved. I went to quite a number of these types of places in my travelling days. Once stopping my start from going else where I got a nice little 3rd floor flat and went to work doing window design for a major department store. It was there that I met a young artist named Petal who was as white as a Full Sail Tea rose, pure as a ivory flake, and as fancy as a virgin’s bridal gown. Petal and I did many fine art pieces together all around the town. We were so very much in love. This piece was performed from the 3rd floor back porch on 3rd Street on a day very much like today. I bring it out once again as I have over the years for my enjoyment and for others amusement. Since I now live in a modern apartment with no back porch and no clothes line I work it up and out in my mind. I hope that you can do the same. [Read more →]

Click right over to The Bilerico Project and take a gander at Bill Browning’s hysterical post. Its well worth the trip. While you are there check out the comments and leave one of yours. Bill Browning is a real hoot with what he comes up with. Thanks Bill for a good laugh.

Click: www.bilerico.com/2008/01/for_he_is_the_glory_hole_the_light.php

THE RIOT-FOLK!COLLECTIVE

plays

WILLIMANTIC  CT.

Evan Greer and Shannon Murray will be playing their music at the Wrench In The Works on Monday, January 28th. The concert will start at 7:00 and is for all ages. Admission is sliding scale suggested donation of $5.00—$15.00.  No one will be turned away for the lack of funds. The Wrench in The Works is located at 861 Main Street, Willimantic, CT. www.wrenchintheworks.org  Shannon and Evan are touring radical songwriters and members of the Riot-Folk!Collective, a group of 9 musicians who work together to use music as a tool for change. www.riotfolk.org

The Struggle Is Our Art

The world is our studio, gallery, museum

With our lives we paint the new day.

Our thoughts, words, deeds and actions

like hammer and chisel shape reality.

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*Happy New Year*

So I’ve had this design floating around in my head for awhile, and I got the old layout-fever tonight. I really love to cut, paste, juxtapose, nudge, stretch, preview, adjust and touch-up flyers.

So, we have two slightly different versions here, and I’m open to suggestions on what to change/add. The differentiations have more to do with message clarity than content, which is the positioning of the “queers without borders” text. They’re meant to be cut in half.

First one

Second one

Be brutal.

Here’s a couple more with different logos.

This is a classic image everyone will recognize, and I like for leftists to identify with it.

And this is just because I like the flying pig. Plus, I think having it coupled with QWB gives it an interesting new dimension.

I haven’t designed any of the logos, just borrowed them from elsewhere. If anyone has any graphics they’d like to see on there let me know, or we could just go without one.

T. Trist who commented on one of the postings on QWB turned us on to a very interesting site. This site is called Faith of the Abomination. From the site are these words: “Faith of the Abomination is a provocative, independent documentary film created in Austin TX about the experiences of a lesbian couple who went undercover as a heterosexual couple inside a Evangelical Organization. The film is currently in post production.” The women also have a very interesting blog site at: http://faithoftheAbomination.com. You can also link from there to see a movie preview.

Thanks again to T. Trist for bringing this important work to the attention of QWB.

from deleteTheBorder.org

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The CIRCA Boredom Patrol shows up at a Borders bookstore, to protest Jim Gilchrist, [Read more →]

EROS which stands for Encouraging Respect of all Sexualities presents it’s ninth film festival beginning on Saturday November 11 at 2:30 with films being shown on November 12, 14,15,16,and 17th.  Tickets are available at Cinestudio, 300 Summit Street, Hartford Ct. For information, please visit, www.OutFilmCT.org.  This definition of EROS comes from their film festival leaflet and as stated: “is a gay/straight alliance at Trinity College. Members of EROS are committed to fostering awareness about issues of differing sexualities on campus with the ultimate goal of creating a more tolerant environment for gays, lesbians, and bisexual students.” All films and the dates with playing times are listed on EROS’s Webb site.

From QWB: 

On Saturday November 17th at 2:30 the movie “Truth and Transformations” is screened. Look for our fellow Queer Revolutionary Mattilda and prick up your ears to what she has to say. Many feel this way about marriage but we have been rolled over by the snowball of the “I do” crowd. Of course if you want to read more of Mattilda’s works just scroll down our side bar and click on Mattilda.  Once on Mattilda’s site look at her side bar and click on the movie or any of her blog works. 

Broad Street Gallery
Trinity College
1283 Broad Street
Hartford, CT

Be our Guest:
A contemporary look at immigration.

November 9- 20, 2007

Opening reception
November 9, 6:30- 10pm

Art by David Bacon
and Marela Zacarias

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Bees Swarm At Opening! Art Patrons Stampede!

San Diego-Calif.–An afternoon wine and cheese and art opening on Tuesday at the Gadtone Gallery ended abruptly and turned into a wild melee. Hundreds of bees came swarming down from the ceiling of the gallery startling patrons viewing a show entitled DANGER /ART! According to an eyewitness at the opening, patrons in their haste to get to exit doors knocked over tables of food and beverages, damaged works of art, and a women was injured when she was pushed and landed face down in Echo Vito’s sculpture, “Large White Eggs Buried In Fine White Sand,” causing massive damage to the work and ruining her cocktail dress.

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I Must Get Away

I must get away from these predators,

Who are politely called business competitors.

They do anything to make a buck.

They turn “making love”

                                     into fuck.

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