Week of 2/27/2012

Our biggest event of the semester, God Save the Queens…and Kings Drag Show, is TOMORROW NIGHT at 7 PM!!! This is an event you do NOT want to miss! Tickets will be sold at the door, but we recommend getting them in advance to avoid the long line!

Also, this saturday we will be cleaning up the Brooklyn cemetery! This is going to be an amazing service project, so be sure to come and take part in some inter-generational volunteerism! There will be donuts! For more info: Brooklyn Cemetery Clean-up

Other Events:

Campaign Against Spiritual Violence Tabling by Ally Outreach
Monday, February 27th and Tuesday, February 28th from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Tate Plaza

Ally Outreach is tabling and flyering Monday and Tuesday to promote their campaign! Join us in supporting the Campaign Against Spiritual Violence!

Gender Transcender: Bulldawg Drag Race
Wednesday, February 29th at 6:30 PM
MLC 245

This will be a discussion through the lens of drag performance and gender performativity.

Athens ShowGirl Cabaret at LITTLE KINGS
Thursday, March 1st at 10:00 PM
223 W. Hancock Street, Athens, GA 30601

Drag at Little Kings!

Week of 2/13/2012

Events:

Lunch With Leaders: Joan Pretty
Wednesday, February 15th
Memorial Hall, Adinkra, 4th Floor

Lunch With Leaders is a monthly series created by UGA’s LGBT Resource Center so that students may gather and listen to a successful LGBTQ-identified leader tell their story. Students will be given the opportunity to ask questions about successes, failures, and even coming out stories.Lunch will be provided by MIRKO on a first come, first served basis! And there will be vegetarian options available!

http://www.facebook.com/events/171556869621213/

Athens ShowGirl Cabaret at Skate-A-Round-USA
Sunday, February 19th
3030 Cherokee Road, Athens, GA 30605

Drag Show at Skate-A-Round-USA!!

http://www.facebook.com/events/158061567635624/

The Vagina Monologues
Thursday, February 16th – Sunday, February 19th
UGA Chapel North Campus

36 women from UGA and the Athens community perform Eve Ensler’s award-winning play, The Vagina Monologues. Provocative, funny and eye-opening, the play is engaging to newcomers and Vagina Warriors alike.

Performances are at 8:00 pm Thursday-Sunday, tickets are $15 general admission, and all proceeds benefit Project Safe’s work to end domestic violence through crisis intervention, ongoing supportive services, systems change advocacy and prevention and education.

http://www.facebook.com/events/162359113866671/

Events of Week 2/6/2012

Drag 101 is TONIGHT at 5:30 PM in Tate room 480! Our God Save the Queens…and Kings Drag Show is just over the horizon, so this is something you don’t want to miss!

Events: 

One World Open Mic and “Win A Date” Fundraiser at GO BAR
Tuesday, February 7th – 9:00 PM to 11:00 PM
195 Prince Ave, Athens, GA 30601

Under the Rainbow presents the third installment of “One World Open Mic”, where everyone is welcome to get on the stage and share their talent.This time around we have added the “Win a Date” Fundraiser just in time for Valentine’s Day! Some of our community’s most fabulous individuals will be volunteering to be dates for lucky bidders.

http://www.facebook.com/events/128418560610997/

Let’s Talk About It!: Beyond Tolerance
Tuesday, February 7th – 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
MLC 213

How can you become an agent of change? In this edition of the Let’s Talk About it! series we will discuss thoughts on creating a community where tolerance is no longer simply tolerated but rather, one in which we learn to understand and appreciate each other for our differences?

Come discuss with us and let’s all work to move BEYOND TOLERANCE!

http://www.facebook.com/events/373778092639237/

Athens ShowGirl Cabaret at GO BAR
Friday, February 10th – 9:00 PM to 12:00 AM
195 Prince Ave, Athens, GA 30601

Amateur drag show open to kings and queens!

http://www.facebook.com/events/350809774934069/

The Vagina Monologues
Thursday, February 16th – Sunday, February 19th
UGA Chapel North Campus

36 women from UGA and the Athens community perform Eve Ensler’s award-winning play, The Vagina Monologues. Provocative, funny and eye-opening, the play is engaging to newcomers and Vagina Warriors alike.

Performances are at 8:00 pm Thursday-Sunday, tickets are $15 general admission, and all proceeds benefit Project Safe’s work to end domestic violence through crisis intervention, ongoing supportive services, systems change advocacy and prevention and education.

http://www.facebook.com/events/162359113866671/