2nd Annual Ganymede Arts GLBT Fall Arts Festival
a 10 Day Festival Celebrating the GLBT Artist
September 26th-October 5th
Church Street Theatre
1742 Church Street, NW - just a half a block from JR's between 17th and 18th Streets

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Two Special Festival Events
Dinner, Drinks and Conversation
Come celebrate an evening with Ganymede Arts festival headliners Holly Woodlawn and Justin Bond at Floriana's Restaurant. Three-course dinner includes wine in a private dining room setting with Holly Woodlawn on 9/25/08 and Justin Bond on 10/3/08, hosted by Ganymede Arts Board of Directors. Floriana's is a Washington premiere fine-dining establishment, located in one of Dupont Circle's beautiful, historic manors. Reception begins downstairs at 7:30pm at Dito's Bar at Floriana's, followed by dinner at 8:00pm upstairs.

ONLY 20 AVAILABLE RESERVATION SLOTS FOR EACH DINNER ENGAGEMENT!!
To keep these two dinner events intimate, we have only allowed 20 available seats for each event. So don't think it over - reserve your seat at the table with the GLBT ICON of your choice!

Dinner, Drinks and Conversation with Holly Woodlawn
Thursday, September 25th, 2008
7:30PM at Floriana's
$100 per ticket

Dinner, Drinks and Conversation with Justin Bond
Friday, October 3rd, 2008
7:30PM at Floriana's
$100 per ticket
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The Festival Lineup:
The 10 day festival will include: a Gala reception; a Dance Concert; Stand-Up Comedy Night hosted by local GLBT comedian, Matt Henry; Cabaret/Choral Night; New Play readings; Instrumental performance day; GLBT Folk/Rock Band performances; a GLBT Visual Art show displayed throughout the theatre featuring over 15+ GLBT artists' work...and much more. Please come back and watch the festival take shape!

Here is the schedule of headliners and highlights as it stands thus far...

Friday, September 26th
Opening Gala
Gala Reception and Visual Arts Show- 8PM
Holly Woodlawn Show - approx 9:15PM
Tickets -$30

Holly Woodlawn is the last surviving Warhol transvestite Superstar and a GLBT Legend! As one of the first true transvestites of the pre/post Stonewall era, Holly gained fame when she starred in the Warhol underground films Trash with Joe Dallesandro and Women in Revolt along with Candy Darling and Jackie Curtis. Along with her other film and stage credits including an appearance at Lincoln Center in Holly Woodlawn/Jackie Curtis Cabaret in the Sky, she is the author of her autobiography A Low Life in High Heels.

visit Holly's website here
visit her myspace site here
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Saturday, September 27th - 3 Big Events!

1. One Act Play Readings
Pay What You Can Admission - $10 dollar donation requested

3:00pm - 4:30pm
Bite My Shorts - a collection of short GLBT play readings

Family Outing by Carol Mullen
Director TBA
Where did we go wrong? Our little lesbian is dating a boy...

Why Does Bush Hate Flags? by Kent Forsberg
Director TBA
The warm fuzzy side of the gay marriage debate.

Double Shot by Paula Martinac
Director TBA
Can two caffeinated women love their way through writer's block?

4:30pm - 6:00pm
One-Act Play Reading

Butchers by Nathan McGaughey
Directed by Ganymede Arts' John Moletress
Sex and violence and games for boys.

2. Life Underground - A Warhol/Morrisey Film Event
co-sponsored with Reel Affirmations
7:30PM
Tickets - $15
Warning - Material contains Adult Subject Matter, Nudity, Graphic Sexual Situations and Drug Use Depiction. No one under 18 Admitted without an Adult.

We are pleased to be able to present an evening of film clips and discussion about the beginning of the "underground" film movement, its major players and the effects it has had in helping shape the movies of today. And who better to talk about the experience than one of the major stars of the movement, Miss Holly Woodlawn! Come hear her live commentary to clips from such Warhol classics as Trash and Women in Revolt. This event will be moderated by local award winning GLBT filmaker, Rick Hammerly.

visit One In Ten's website here
visit Rick's movie (signage) myspace page here

3. Special Agent Galactica in Singing...with Tongues
sponsored by

10:15PM
Tickets - $15 (free drink included with admission!)
Student Tickets for $10 Available at the door - ID required

Girls just wanna have fun - and Special Agent Galactica knows how to deliver! Come join Galactica as she wows you in her new, overly-hyphenated, one-woman, no-holds-barred, full-length theatrical event. Filled with music, comedy, dancing boys and sexy back-up singers, Singing...with Tongues will set your weekend off with a bang!

visit Galactica's myspace site here
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Sunday, September 28th
Cabaret/Choral Music Night featuring the Gay Men's Chorus' Potomac Fever
7:00PM
Pay What You Can Admission - $10 dollar donation requested
(Cabaret Artists and Choral groups to be announced soon.)
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Monday, September 29th
A Little Night of New Theatre Works
Pay What You Can Admission - $10 dollar donation requested

7:30pm
Covered Dish by DC's own Steven Scott Mazzola
Directed by Alan Paul
Organic lube, home shopping, flash floods...and two men who have just run out of excuses.
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Tuesday, September 30th
Literary Night
7:30PM
Pay What You Can Admission - $10 dollar donation requested

7:30pm - 8:45pm - One-Act Play Reading
Cemetery Plot by F.J. Hartland
Director TBA
Saying goodbye for the last time...again.

9:00pm - Readings from the original play and novella
Chicago Love Tapestry by DC Native Eric Powell
Directed by Andrew Wassenich
...a hard habit to break.

(To be followed by book signing and meet the author.)
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Wednesday, October 1st
GLBT Stand-Up Comedy Night
Hosted by local comedian, Matt Henry
8:00PM
Pay What You Can Admission - $10 dollar donation requested

Come laugh your butts off with 6 of the finest up-and-coming GLBT comedians in a full night of racy, gut-busting comedy! Prepare to be sore on Thursday!

Also featuring:
WIT (Washington Improv Theatre) with their improved gay-themed show, SHAME

Along with comedians Joyce Rebar, Kat Wilderotter, Zach Toczynski, and Chris Doucette (with more to follow!)

visit Matt's website here
visit Matt's myspace site here
visit WIT's website here
Joyce Rebar
Kat Wilderotter
Zach Toczynski
Chris Douchette
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Thursday, October 2nd
Featured Play Reading starring Channel 4 Anchor Wendy Rieger
7:30PM
Pay What You Can Admission - $10 dollar donation requested

Dysfunction Spelled Backwards...is family
by Carl Menninger, Director of Theatre, Music Theatre and Dance, AU
Directed by Michael Baron, Signature Theatre
Featuring Wendy Rieger, News Channel 4 Anchor
and students of American University

Embrace your crazy...
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Friday, October 3rd
An Eclectic Evening of Dance
sponsored by

8:00PM
Tickets - Adults - $20
Student Tickets for $10 available at the door - ID required
PURCHASE DANCE CONCERT TICKETS HERE

One of our biggest hits from the last festival returns with four budding, local choreographers creating the 2008 concert. Corey Landolt & Tyler Savoie (both Washington Ballet company members), Elizabeth Loosmore, and Sylvana Sandoz will take ten dancers and set an exciting evening of dance. Local composer, Jonathan Powers will present a new piece of music, written especially for the festival, to be choreographed by Elizabeth Loosmore.
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Saturday, October 4th - 2 Big Events!
The Mesmers and Tom Goss - LIVE AND TOGETHER!
7:00PM
Pay What You Can Admission - $10 dollar donation requested

visit The Mesmers website here
visit Tom Goss' website here

An Evening with Justin Bond
9:30PM
Tickets - $25
Student Tickets for $10 Available at the door - ID required
PURCHASE JUSTIN BOND TICKETS HERE

Justin Bond is a celebrated queer iconic performer out of New York City.
He is most well known as one of his drag incarnations, Kiki, an aging, bitter chanteuse known for her raucous and edgy medleys of unusual cover songs. She performs with her piano-playing sidekick, Herb, as Kiki and Herb. Their show Kiki & Herb: Alive on Broadway was nominated for a 2007 Tony for Special Theatrical Event.
Justin also performs as himself, with his backup band, the Freudian Slippers.
Bond also appears, playing himself, in the film Shortbus (released October 2006), and, as Kiki, in Paul Festa's film Apparition of the Eternal Church.

visit Justin's myspace site here
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Sunday, October 5th
GLBT Youth Day
in conjunction with SMYAL

(additional information to follow)

visit SMYAL'S website here
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