Something to do

Here's yet another event being instigated by Michelle Tea, burning bright:

this Saturday, January 29th

an excellent show at the Edinburgh Castle pub

at 8:00pm ***  $5.00-50.00 sliding scale

& all money goes to benefit the BENT queer writing institute in Seattle



starring:

Justin Chin ~ author of Harmless Medicine, Mongrel & Bite Hard

Jennifer Blowdryer ~ author of White Trash Debutante

Ruebi Freyja ~ a snarling waitress with a sweet-hearted banjo

PK McBee ~ founder of K'Vetch Pittsburgh, now telling poignant & 

    revved-up queer tales in your town

KM Soehnlein ~ author of the Lambda-winning novel The World of Normal Boys

Aysha Cromenees ~ spectacular spoken word to make your brain swoon

from Seattle, Katinka Kraft and Amy Mahoney of the performance poetry 

gang Or-a-Trix; also from Seattle, Lane Stroud!

hosted by Michelle Tea, who will crack jokes.



here's something about the amazing BENT institute & why you should give 

them your dollars:



The Bent Writing Institute is a non-profit organization founded in 2000 

by Tara Hardy (featured in the anthology Without A Net), 

to promote written and spoken-word in Queer Communities. Bent began out 

of Tara's living room, and has since grown into a school with over 60 

students -- some of whom have attended classes for all 4 years. Because 

it strives to reach people who have had a lack of access to traditional 

education & can not afford to pay much for school, Bent relies heavily 

on fundraising events such as these.