The Big She-Bang V Schedule, happening today

The Big She-Bang, which we wrote about earlier, is happening today! Make sure to stop in and get informed. The feminist music and arts event is happening in Greenpoint, Brooklyn today. 

12:00 – 12:15 Plenary presented by Kathleen McIntyre (For the Birds)

12:15 – 1:30 Panel on FEMINISM THROUGH CREATIVITY
presented by members of Sister Spit & YOUNITY

1:30 – 3:00 Panel on CONSENT & INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION
presented by Support New York & Fuckin’ (A)

3:00 – 3:45 Lunch

3:45 – 5:00 Panel on CONSENT & INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION
presented by Support New York & Fuckin’ (A)

5:00 – 5:30 Dinner break

BANDS/ARTISTS:
5:30 – 6:00 bell’s roar
6:15 – 6:45 Aye Nako
7:00 – 7:30 Bless Roxwell
7:45 – 8:30 Des Ark

The Big She-Bang V, a feminist, music, & art event, Saturday in Brooklyn

The Big She-Bang V, organized by For The Birds Collective, is being held on Saturday, August 14th at Church of the Messiah, located at 129 Russell Street (Lower Level), Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY from 11AM to 10pm. The price is a donation, sliding scale of $6-10. This year's theme is: Feminist Communication.

The Big She-Bang is an all-day event of workshops, panel discussions, visual art, and music by and for women-identified artists & community members. The Big She-Bang strives to cultivate a space for women to share creative endeavors, exchange ideas, and provide support in a safe and open-minded environment. It is a multimedia event that serves as a platform for women artists and activists. This year’s She-Bang festival will include workshops and panel discussions, live musical performances, an all-day art show and tabling by various feminist organizations from New York. The event is always all ages, and everyone is welcome.

Musical acts playing are Des Ark, Bless Roxwell, Aye Nako (ex-Fleabag), Bell's Roar, plus 1 more tba.

• Des Ark is a Philly based band. Singer Aimee Argote will perform a solo acoustic set.
• Bless Roxwell is a hip-hop artist from Brooklyn  that rocks. She writes her story into her songs.
• Aye Nako (pronounced eye na-KO) is a newly re-formed band, formerly known as Fleabag with Angie of Cheeky, Little Lungs, and Each Other's Mother's local fame on drums. The band plays sweet pop and the name means "my goodness" or "for crying out loud."
• Bell's Roar is the indie/blue solo project of Sean Desiree, a project dedicated to fighting homophobia, sexiam, and racisim. 

A tape and CD compilation of bands fronted by female and woman-identified rockers, including some of those performing, will be available for purchase.

The Big She-Bang IV: Music, Art, & Discussions on D.I.Y. Feminism @ Judson Memorial, NYC 8/15

The Big She-Bang IV
A Celebration by Women, for Women

The Big She-Bang, organized by For The Birds Collective, is being held on Saturday, August 15th at Judson Memorial Church, located at 55 Washington Square South, New York, NY from 10 AM to midnight.

The Big She Bang is an all-day event of workshops, panel discussions, visual art, and music by and for women and women-identified artists & community members. The Big She-Bang strives to cultivate a space for women to share creative endeavors, exchange ideas, and provide support in a safe and open-minded environment. It is a multimedia event that serves as a platform for women artists and activists. This year’s She-Bang festival will include workshops and panel discussions, live musical performances, an all-day art show and tabling by various feminist organizations from New York. The event is always all ages, and everyone is welcome.

THIS YEAR, our theme is – A How-To Guide for D.I.Y. Feminism!

Throughout the day, there will be an art show exhibiting different mediums of work created by various women in New York City:

Demostina
Heather Kelly
Caroline Paquita
Anna Sgherzi
Kristine Virsis

Workshops and panel discussions will also be happening throughout the day, covering topics such as:

Feminist Urban Mobility (presented by Right Rides, Safe Walk, & HollaBack NYC)
Women and Resistance in Prisons(presented by Victoria Law)
Queer Eye for the DIY (presented by For the Birds Collective, featuring Karen Soskin of Strength In Numbers)
Sexual Assault and Accountability workshop (presented by Support New York)

The event will end with performances by:

Full of Fancy
Zombie Dogs
Little Lungs
Ina Ina
Kate Ferencz
Inertia

& one more TBA...

The event is accepting $6-$10 donations, although no will be turned away. A tape and CD compilation of the bands performing, as well as many more, will be available for purchase.


The collective that organizes The Big She-Bang is called FOR THE BIRDS. For The Birds is a collective of New York women whose main intent is fostering the creative empowerment of women, as well as the dissemination of feminist projects: art, music, information, and scholarly work. A large part of this feminist info-sharing occurs in the form of a distro and a label imprint. In our distro, we carry writing, art, and music by feminists and women-identified folks. On our label imprint, we continue to publish similar work.

The Big She-Bang was previously a celebration thrown by the Long Island Womyn's Collective. Information on The Big She-Bang 1 & 2 can be found here: http://myspace.com/liwomynscollective

All information on The Big She-Bang 3 & 4 can be found here.