Bent: A Writing Institute

Join bent students on the spoken word stage at this exotic, erotic carnival extravaganza. Enjoy carnival booths to entice your senses, challenge your trepidations, and tickle your fancy.

This event is a fundraiser for Queering Femininity, a national conference to explore and celebrate the many ways queers consciously construct femininity.

February 19, 2005
Time: 4 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Location: 704 19th Ave. E, on Capitol Hill, Seattle
Cost: $10 per person includes one booth ticket; $20 per person includes four

For more information please see the Wild at Heart website.
This event is for people 18 and over.

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Oratrix Productions (an independent spoken word troupe born in a bent classroom) presents:

The Second Annual World Drag Federation Showdown:
A Limp-Wristed Gender Smack-Down

Friday, March 4th, 2005
Doors: 7:00 p.m. Show: 8:00 p.m.
Re-bar / 1114 Howell Street/ Seattle, WA
Cost: $10 (No one will be turned away due to lack of funds)

Acts include:
The Queen Bees, Charley Horse and Honey D. Licious, The Lebsack Sisters, The Von Foxies and Ultra Vixen, Violet Green, Kitty Maraschino, a special appearance by Meat Loaf and much, much MORE!

In the first WDF Showdown we saw Britney vs. Justin, Madonna vs. George Michael, and Boy George vs. himself...

This years sexual sissy fight promises everything from Von CockRock to Vintage themed drag and burlesque. Come see Napoleon Dynamite vs. Summer Wheatly and the Young Gentlemens Academy Cheer squad taking on their cross-town rivals. Then get transported back to 1986 for the Over the Rainbow Spring Semi-Formal.

The World Drag Federation Showdown is a benefit for the April 2005 Write Off tour, featuring Michelle Tea, Tara Hardy, Katinka Kraft, Lane Stroud, Amy Mahoney, and Sara Seinberg. Brought to you by Oratrix Productions.

For more information please contact: oratrix@hotmail.com
www.oratrixproductions.com

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