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
FESTIVAL PASSES: We are selling passes that will get you into ALL events
(paid and pay what you can) for 25% off until September 1st! Buy your
pass now and save!
PURCHASE
YOUR FESTIVAL PASSES HERE
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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
PURCHASE YOUR RESERVATION HERE
Dinner,
Drinks and Conversation with Justin Bond
Friday, October 3rd, 2008
7:30PM at Floriana's
$100 per ticket
PURCHASE YOUR RESERVATION HERE
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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
PURCHASE
GALA/HOLLY WOODLAWN TICKETS HERE
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
(time and titles to be announced soon)
2.
Life
Underground - A Warhol/Morrisey Film Event
co-sponsored with Reel
Affirmations
7:30PM
Tickets - $15
PURCHASE
FILM EVENT TICKETS HERE
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!)
PURCHASE
GALACTICA TICKETS HERE
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
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
TBA
Pay
What You Can Admission - $10 dollar donation requested
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Tuesday, September 30th
Literary
Night
7:30PM
Pay
What You Can Admission - $10 dollar donation requested
(more information
coming soon)
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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
New Play Reading
7:30PM
Pay
What You Can Admission - $10 dollar donation requested
(Title to be announced)
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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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GANYMEDE ARTS
WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR SPONSORS FOR THE FESTIVAL. WE COULDN'T
BRING THE FESTIVAL TO YOU WITHOUT THEIR HELP!
(Click on their logo to visit their website!)
FESTIVAL SPONSOR
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