woke up this morning to find articles about patty berne (a force behind sins invalid) & leah lakshmi piepzna-samarasinha (mangos with chili superstar) in my google reader. this is what disability justice looks like & queer disabled people of color are forging fire so watch out yall…
announcement below is from leroy & the sins invalid crew! if you are in the san francisco area, don’t miss this:
4th annual –
Sins Invalid: An Unshamed Claim to Beauty in the Face of Invisibility
Friday, October 2nd 2009 @ 8 pm
Saturday, October 3rd 2009 @ 8 pm (ASL Interpreted by Stage Hands)
Sunday, October 4th 2009 @ 7 pm
Brava Theater
San Francisco
2789 24th Street at York
Sins Invalid is a performance event celebrating the power of embodiment and the tenderness of struggle, stripping taboos off of sexuality and disability and offering a vision of beauty that includes all bodies and all communities. Join Sins Invalid as a night of resistance to invisibility!
Artists include:
Aurora Levins Morales
Cara Page
Antoine Hunter
Mat Fraser
John Benson
Maria Palacios
Ralph Dickinson
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
Nomy Lamm
Todd Herman
Leroy F. Moore Jr.
Seeley Quest
Patty Berne
Supported by the Aepoch Fund, the San Francisco Arts Commission and the Zellerbach Family Foundation
Wheelchair accessible. Although we cannot guarantee a scent free environment, we ask that people please refrain from using scented products.
Please Note: Show contains explicit content
Tickets are available at www.brownpapertickets.com and for cash at the door on a first-come-first-served basis.
For more info please call 510-689-7198
