A BENEFIT FOR LADYFEST FILM FESTIVAL
SUNDAY, AUGUST 19TH
7:00 p.m.

$7 entry fee

The event will be located at:

Galapagos
70 North 6th Street (Wythe & Kent)
Williamsburg

FILM - 2 Documentary Features

"War Zone" is about sex, power and what happens when men---either knowingly or unknowingly---threaten a woman´s right to walk undisturbed on the streets. What exactly do catcalls, leers or a whole litany of other behaviors mean to a woman? And why do men engage in these behaviors? Shot all over the US, Hadleigh-West turns her camera on men in the same way that they turn their aggression on her. "War Zone" is 76 minutes of explosive footage as the filmmaker places herself in very real danger by daring to ask the men on the streets why they are treating a complete stranger in a sexual way. In the process, she has been hit, yelled at, apologized to and engaged in mesmerizing conversations with the men that have harassed her. Through these conversations, Hadleigh-West reveals the anger, fear and frustration as well as the affection, admiration and humor that characterizes relationships between men and women. About The Filmmaker Maggie Hadleigh-West is a New York-based filmmaker and activist. For a great interview in Time magazine, click here. Website For more about the filmmaker, visit her website.

Directed by Kerri Koch

Don't Need You is a documentary film that tells the story of the origins of the Riot Grrl in the American independent music scene of the early 1990's, and how this feminist movement evolved into a revolutionary underground network of education and self-awareness through music, writing, activism, and women-friendly community. The film gives audiences a chance to meet key figures in the history of Riot Grrl and see for themselves how these women have changed the history of music and feminism forever. The film features one-on-one interviews interpsersed with rare archival materials, including original Riot Grrl fanzines, flyers and photographs, as well as seldom seen footage from pioneering Riot Grrl bands like Bikini Kill, Bratmobile, and Heavens To Betsy. About The Filmmaker Keri Koch is an indeendent filmmaker from Jersey city, NJ. She holds a B.A. from New Jersey City University in Media Arts Production and recently completed her MFa in Media Arts Production from City College with a concentration in documentary filmmaking. She has produced a number of small projects, including "Looming Shadows", a work that recently received an honorable mention in the New Jersey Young Film and Videomaker's Festival. Website For more on Keri Koch, visit her website.

SPOKEN WORD - Eileen Myles

" In Cool For You, her latest autobiographical novel, poet Eileen Myles explores growing up female, queer, and literary in white, working class Boston. It's one of those rare books you read, and think, That's exactly it. That's the soul of the matter." by Kelly Cogswell Eileen will read from Cool For You. About The Performer Eileen Myles is a poet, performer and 1992 presidential candidate. She moved to New York from her home in Cambridge, Mass. in 1974 to be a poet. She ran the St. Mark's Poetry Project in 1984-1986. She has published several books of poetry and a collection of fiction, "Chelsea Girls" (Black Sparrow Press, 1994). For a list of her publications, click here. For the Village Voice feature: The Queer Issue: My Intergeneration by Eileen Myles, June 2000, click here. Website For more on Eileen Myles, visit her website.

MUSIC - The Color Guard

With the deceptively basic ingredients of drums, bass, guitar, and vocals, The Color Guard drags four distinct musical personalities thrashing and kicking into a set of throaty, unpredictable songs that nudge life's ugliest moments into vibrating harmonies. Lalena, who sings and plays guitar, hails from Houston; she left her art-punk band Catbox there to go to art school in New York, where she co-founded The Hissyfits. Native New Yorker Chris, whose usual reserved nature takes a U-turn when she sits behind the drum kit, last rocked the land as guitarist of Kittywinder. Jeanne, who maintains her no-nonsense attitude even in the midst of her most baroque bass melodies, played in Sleeves, and hails from Ann Arbor. And guitarist Valerie brings a wistful and sensual flair from New Orleans where she played with punk three-piece A.G.B.

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PAST BENEFITS

THE KNITTING FACTORY BENEFIT - ALL AGES SHOW!
Sunday, May 20th Doors open at 7:00 pm
The Knitting Factory, NYC
74 Leonard Street

Located four blocks south of Canal,
between Broadway and Church Street

TICKETS ARE $10

DIRECTIONS

You can take the 1 or 9 train to Franklin Street,
walk one block south to Leonard,
turn left and walk a block & a half to the club.

The A, C or E train can take you to Canal Street,
walk 4 blocks south and turn left on Leonard.

You could also take the N or R train to Canal Street,
walk down Broadway 4 blocks to Leonard,
turn right, and see the club at the far end of the block.

SCHEDULE

MAIN SPACE
7:30 pm	Nicole Blackman
8:00 pm	Semi-Automatic
8:30 pm	Crowns on 45
9:00 pm	The Hissyfits
9:30 pm	Brenda Kahn Band

KNITACTIVE SPACE
7:30 pm	Trouble Dolls
8:00 pm	Galvanized
8:30 pm	Bionic Finger
9:00 pm	One in Twenty

OLD OFFICE
7:30 pm	Martha Cabrera Estévez
8:00 pm	Marilyn McNeal
8:30pm	Open Mike Act #1
8:45 pm	Open Mike Act #2
9:00 pm	Open Mike Act #3
9:15 pm	Open Mike Act #4
9:30 pm	Jolie Rickman

LADYFEST*EAST BENEFIT CD RELEASE PARTY
Wednesday, April 18th at 8pm
Meow Mix, 269 East Houston @ Suffolk in NYC, 212-254-0688

$5 (ID required 21+)
Featuring: RedHot Secret, Triple Creme, Moxiestarpark, Lava Baby
And get yrself some kick-ass Ladyfest*East merchandise, including the benefit compilation CD! This show will be webcast on www.musictv.com

THE RISING BENEFIT
Saturday March 17th, 8pm, $5
The Rising, Park Slope, Brooklyn
Penny Arcade, Leener from Bionic Finger, Jennifer O'Connor, Jolie Rickman, Celena Glenn, Gina Young and Spit East!!

LADYFEST EAST BENEFIT EASTHAMPTON
Thursday, March 15th
Flywheel, Northampton
The Operators, The Branches, Gina Young, Soox, Jess Blay and Not without My Handbag
2 Holyoke St., Easthampton, MA
8PM, All Ages
Check out pictures from the 3/15 benefit!

LADYFEST OPEN MIC BENEFIT!
Brooklyn, NY
Sunday, February 25, 2001
Bake sale! Massages! Surprise guests!
Join at least 2 members from Bionic Finger, Farrell from Moxiestarpark, Gina Young, Toni Blackman, The Daughters of Cipher, and many more for this fun evening of spoken word and perhaps a song or two!
$5 - $10 sliding scale
Farrell's Loft
5 Delavan Street, #2i
Redhook, Brooklyn
4:00 - 8:00 pm
All ages, of course!