Events
previous readings:
2009
Femina Potens Presents:
Sizzle
"Outlaws: Writing our Own History"
August 14th 8pm
2199 Market St.
Thea Hillman, Madison Young, Judy Minx, Luna Maia
Mythfits: Queering Mythology
June 10, 17, 24
Curator: Michelle Tea
SF Public Library
6pm
June 10: Gigi Otalvaro-Hormillosa, Robin Coste Lewis + Sadie Lune
June 17: Elan, Leah Lakshmi Piepezna Samarasinha + Luna Maia
June 24: Samuel Topiary + Sara Seinberg
Queer Relations:
New Writings from Queer and Two-Spirit Native Americans
June 11th and 12th
Femina Potens
featuring:
Qwo-Li Driskil
Miko Thomas
Kim Shuck
Luna Maia
films by: Jillian Soto and Miko Thomas
Encuentro Xican@:
Xican@ Love and the New Familia: Gender, Sexuality, and Alliance
Friday, April 24th 2009
University of California, Berkeley
Featured Reading
Saturday,April 11th 2009
Revolutionary Grounds Books and Coffee 606 N 4th ave. Tucson,AZ
7pm.
Foreplay: A Night of Erotic Readings
Februrary 14th 2009
Velvet
Queeriosity IV
February 11th 2009
CSU East Bay
featuring:
Yosimar Reyes
Luna Maia
Sherilyn Connelly
2008
Xochiquetzalli Poetry Night and Benefit
December 12th 2008
Galeria de la Raza
featuring:
Gabriela Erandi Rico,Nanette Bradley Deetz, Luna Maia, Celeste Guzman, Naomi Quinonez, Genny Lim (Literary Judge) and many other poets will share their work to be published in the forthcoming anthology. Music by DJ Mixtek and Red Bird Giving.
Insurgency: Mixed Queer Bodies
June 18th 2008
Mama Calizo’s Voice Factory
Nico Dacumos
Kirya Traber
Luna Maia
set design by Luna Maia and Gronk
Queer Loving: A Celebration of Mixed-Race Communities
June 12th 2008
SF LGBT Center
2007
June 30th 2007 Nude Space Party, Porn Palace
June 24th 2007 SF Pride Writer's Village, UN Plaza
June 15th 2007 Mi Cuerpo, Mi Revelucion, Galería de la Raza
June 9th 2007 Representaciòn: Performance, Femina Potens
2006
The Book Release of WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER WAVE: DISPATCHES FROM THE NEXT GENERATION OF FEMINISTS, with editor and writers MELODY BERGER, ELIZABETH LATTY and JOSHUA RUSSELL
Friday November 24th 2006
AK Press Warehouse
674-A 23rd. St.
special guests:
CINDY EMCH,
LUNA MAIA,
SHERILYN CONNELLY,
ROSE MILLER
LAUREN WHEELER,
and MELIZA BENALES
Saturday November 25th 2006
Feminia Potens
465 So. Van Ess @ 16th St.
special guests:
LYNN BREEDLOVE,
DAPHNE GOTTLIEB,
LAUREN WHEELER,
CINDY EMCH,
LUNA MAIA,
SHERILYN CONNELLY,
and
ROSE MILLER
Officially- The Hottest Sizzle ever
November 17th 2006
Carol Queen
Nina Hartley
Michelle Tea
Cindy Emch
Luna Maia
Madison Young
Thea Hillman
and Raina Bird
www.feminapotens.com
RADAR presents-
Pages from the Past: a Day of the Dead literary tribute
Nov. 2nd 2006
Alive writers you love salute dead writers they love
with:
Ida Acton on Tennessee Williams
Kate Braverman on Sylvia Plath
Kat Case on Theresa Hak Kyung Cha
Johnny Ray Huston on John Wieners
Luna Maia on Freida Kahlo
Laurenn McCubbin on someone excellent
Michelle Tea on Rona Jaffe
Tiny on Mama Dee
Carla Trujillo on Gloria Anzaldua
David West on Doris Fish
San Francisco Public Library / Main Branch
Latino Reading Room / Basement Level
Dia de los Muertos: ¡Celebramos la Vida!
presented by the SF LGBT Community Center’s Latino Forum
Thursday, November 2, 2006
Blessing ceremony by: Mixcoatl
Spoken word featuring: Luna Maia
and others
Plus and Open mic
The SF LGBT Community Center
1800 Market Street, SF
Radar Love - a nite of music & literature to benefit Carole & Mitzi
August 24th, 2006
Varnish Fine Art
hosted by Michelle Tea
featuring:
Joan Jett Blakk,
Fear of the Outdoors,
Kaui Hart Hemmings,
Zoey Kroll,
Luna Maia,
Michelle Richmond,
Shauna Rogan,
Sara Seinberg,
Chelsea Star,
Horehound Stillpoint,
with a special appearance by Mitzi and Carole
and a special screening of Diving for Pearls.
Serious
August 23rd 2006
Red Hill Books
401 Cortland Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94110
(415) 648-5331
SF Pride Writer's Village
June 25 2006
curated by: Larry-bob
UN Plaza
hosts: Tara Jepsen,Michelle Tea,Charlie Anders,Cindy Emch
Mark Abramson
Tara Jepsen
Sean O'Driscoll
Roger Pinnell
Danny Nguyen
Katia Noyes
Carla Trujillo
Michelle Tea
Joel Tan
Max Wolf Valerio
Luna Maia
Charlie Anders
Marvin K. White
Cindy Emch
Simon Shepard
Bhavana Chawla
NQAF and QueLACo presents:
Saints and Sinners: Queer Chicano/Latinos Re-defining Spirituality
June 23rd 2006
Curated by Meliza Bañales for Galeria & QueLACo
Galeria de la Raza
Featuring the talents of:
Tina D’Elia,
Prado Gomez,
Samuel Gonzalez,
Mario Balcita,
Luna Maia and many more!
Curated by award-winning poet Meliza Bañales
NQAF Presents:
Fixed/Broken
June 19 2006
Thea Hillman, Natalie Illum, Luna Maia and Ruth Villasenor
LGBT Center. Ceremonial Room
These artists write about who they are, what they know, and who they are willing to become. They embody disability, intersex, silence, and in/visibility on their own terms.
The Q-Ball:
June 3rd 2006
Qcc presents highlights from the 2006 National Queer Arts Festival
Performers at 7:15 pm include from
Momma's Boys,
Juba Kalamka,
Cindy Emch,
Thea Hillman,
Luna Maia
The Shuga-Glida Blues Revue with Katatrophe,
Guywriters,
Enrique Urueta,
Scarletto
and short films from Shani Heckman's Queer Tactics
and
Gigi Otalvaro Hormillosa's Dimension of IS
and way way more!
Volition
April 14th and 15th 2006
Los Angeles
@ Sugarshack House in Mid-City
An Ongoing Saturday Series
4402 West Pico Blvd. Los Angeles 90019
April 14th 7:30 Berlin's own Dahlia, Northrige's own Liz
O., the F-Haus own Violent Vickie, Luna Maia TBA
April 15th- DAY (2pm) reading with
Maria Elena Fernandez,
Gabriela Garcia,
Luna Maia,
Paloma Parfrey TBA
Word Warriors:
Queer Latina Writers
Speak about their Work,
Their Achievements, and
Their Lives
April 12th 2006
featuring:
Daisy Hernandez, Carla Trujillo, Luna Maia and Meliza Banales
SF LGBT Community Center
Sponsored by
The SF LGBT Community Center’s Latino Forum
INK:
On Our Pages, On our Skin
Fri. March 31st, 2006
presented by Jon Sims Center for the Arts and SF in eXile*
featuring:
Lauren Wheeler,
Kelly Lee Beardsley,
Meliza Banales,
Luna Maia,
Katrina James,
Heathen
with hostess
Cindy Emch
Jon Sims Center for the Arts
1519 Mission @ 11th St. / Van Ness, SF
Queer Open Mic
March 24th 2006
Three Dollar Bill Cafe
@ The GLBT Center
K'vetch
February 5th 2006
A Queer Open Mic, Sadie's Flying Elephant
Hosted by Lynnee Breedlove and Tara Jepsen
Guest Host: Michelle Tea
Featuring: Luna Maia and Frank Andrick (sacramento)
2005
K’vetch 9th Anniversary
November 6th 2005,
Sadie's Flying Elephant
features:
len plass,
daphne gottlieb,
justin chin,
mako,
luna maia ,
bucky sinister,
cindy emch,
meliza benalez,
michelle tea
& kate braverman
