UW-La Crosse &
OUTMEDIA’S QUEER CAMPUS CULTUREFEST
Saturday, April 9
The festival will be held at the University of Wisconsin- La Crosse in La Crosse, Wisconsin as a prize provided by OUTmedia, the nation’s leading multicultural and LGBTQ advocacy in the arts production company, in recognition of Emily Wunderlich’s winning video from the ‘Be Queer, Buy Queer!' campaign.
Welcome begins in Valhalla, Cartwright Center at 10:30 am
Tentatively we will have three workshops scheduled with the three artist.
Workshop titles and order TBA.
Welcome 10:30 am
Workshop A 11 am-12 pm
Break for lunch 12-1:30 pm On your own
Workshop B 1:30-2:30 pm
Workshop C 2:45-3:45 pm
This event is FREE and open to the public!!!!
Saturday, April 9
The festival will be held at the University of Wisconsin- La Crosse in La Crosse, Wisconsin as a prize provided by OUTmedia, the nation’s leading multicultural and LGBTQ advocacy in the arts production company, in recognition of Emily Wunderlich’s winning video from the ‘Be Queer, Buy Queer!' campaign.
Welcome begins in Valhalla, Cartwright Center at 10:30 am
Tentatively we will have three workshops scheduled with the three artist.
Workshop titles and order TBA.
Welcome 10:30 am
Workshop A 11 am-12 pm
Break for lunch 12-1:30 pm On your own
Workshop B 1:30-2:30 pm
Workshop C 2:45-3:45 pm
This event is FREE and open to the public!!!!
** QUEER CAMPUS CULTUREFEST WORKSHOPPING WILL START AT 10:30 AM on SATURDAY, APRIL 9TH**
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN- LA CROSSE TO HOST OUTMEDIA’S
‘QUEER
CAMPUS CULTUREFEST‘
La Crosse, WI & Brooklyn, NY, January 28th, 2011- The University of Wisconsin- La Crosse will be hosting OUTmedia’s Queer Campus CultureFEST on April 8th and 9th, 2011 in La Crosse, Wisconsin in recognition of Emily Wunderlich’s winning video from Campus Pride and OUTmedia's ‘Be Queer, Buy Queer!' international video contest and campaign.
OUTmedia’s Queer Campus CultureFEST will feature several of OUTmedia’s premier artists that have been featured nationally and internationally, promoting positive LGBTQ visibility and multiculturalism, including:
Ben Lerman, NYC Ukulele Comedian
If the Flight of the Conchords and Zach Galifianakis raised a secular Christmas miracle baby, it would be NYC's ukulele comedian Ben Lerman. Armed with his wee ukulele, powerful voice, and twisted point of view, Ben gets huge laughs because his songs have real emotion behind them. From a pirate love story to tender lullabies, Ben's songs point to the humor in all of our lives and relationships, and in the world around us. His affable nature and playful wit have made his live show a perennial hit in from Chicago to Edinburgh. Ben appeared at Creating Change 11, headling the main youth event, MassQUEERade Ball and is now currently touring the Mid-Atlantic. TimeOut NY raves, "Ukulele player Ben Lerman tickles our funny bone with his big mouth and tiny instrument. Ben Lerman’s deadpan delivery [is] so damn funny... ."
Kit Yan, NYC Slam Poet
Kit’s work has been taught at universities coast to coast, from San Francisco State to Harvard, most recently appearing at Creating Change as the emcee of the MassQUEERade Ball and continuing his Midwestern tour. He is the voice of the "Be Queer, Buy Queer" contest, the "Queer the Census" campaign and HBO's "East of Main Street: Asian's Aloud." He spoke to over 200,000 from the stage of the 2009 National Equality March, performed on the San Francisco Pride main stage, and earned a spot in as a top 3 finalist at the National Queer Slam. Kit Yan is the reigning Mr. Transman 2010, the first person to ever hold this national title. Kit Yan’s spoken word tackles race and gender with candor, eloquence, and humor. Hailed by the press as“a slam force to be reckoned with”, Yan’s resolute delivery packs a mighty punch, leaving his audience completely transfixed. Wittily crafted and genuinely passionate, his pieces are rare treasures amongst a new generation of slam poets.
C.C. Carter, Chicago Spoken Word Artist
C. C. Carter is a full-figured and humble diva. She is an amazingly engaged, spirited, and loving poet who teaches the world about being a whole, sexy and sound woman striving for truth, justice, and peace. Carter strives to reshape (pun intended) our thinking about size and sensuality, ranging from body positive speaking to erotic domains. She has been featured with folks such as StaceyAnn Chin, Andrea Gibson and Nikki Giovanni. She is an actress, a teacher and an activist, working with colleges in developing creative writing. In her larger organizational work, Carter has contributed to the board at Astraea and organized the cultural festival for Chicago's hosting of the 2002 Gay Games.
Julie Goldman, LA comedian and screenwriter
Julie Goldman is currently a cast member of LOGO's Big Gay Sketch Show and winner of the LOGO's NewNowNext - Brink of Fame Comic Award. She was most recently featured with Jane Lynch as a musical and comedy guest at the 2010 VH-1 ‘DO Something Awards’. Julie glides effortlessly between lesbian folk singer "Pepper Stein Whalesong" to the beloved Liza Minelli in the now infamous "Super Liza" Series. Julie has been garnering massive attention around the country performing stand up in clubs and colleges - headlining various shows and working beside Sarah Silverman, Lewis Black, and Jeff Garlin, to name just a few. She is favorite on Olivia cruises and R' Family Vacations and has appeared doing stand up on LOGO, VH-1, and Comedy Central. Julie is a superstar with range, a politically progressive focus, and a history of being a pioneer in queer comedy of this generation.
OUTmedia’s Queer Campus CultureFEST is a festival providing a space for the celebration of LGBTQ and multicultural visibility, intersectionality, and coalition building around diversity issues on campuses nationwide. Through workshops and performances, students, faculty, and administrators alike will be immersed in the multifaceted aspects of queer culture on campuses nationwide, recognizing the interconnectedness of communities as they collaborate and come together in the Midwest.
OUTmedia’s Queer Campus CultureFEST will include two days of showcasing and sharing with a schedule that includes:
(* Do you have programming ideas? Are you local and want to share a workshop based on your experiences with Queer Campus Culture? Check out OUTmedia’s Queer Campus CultureFEST website for more information on how to share with us!)
queercampusculturefest.weebly.com
Willem Van Roosenbeek
Director of University of Wisconsin- La Crosse Pride Center
608.785.8887
608.786.6575
[email protected]
http://www.uwlax.edu/pridecenter/index.htm
Shelly Weiss
Founder of OUTmedia
Telephone: 718.789.1776
Fax: 718.789.8007
[email protected]
www.OUTmedia.org
The University of Wisconsin - La Crosse Pride Center is devoted to serving students, faculty, staff and members of the campus community that may or may not label themselves as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer, questioning, asexual individuals their allies (LGBTIQQAA) and students, faculty and staff with LGBTIQQAA family members or friends.
OUTmedia was founded in 1994 as a queer cultural activist organization and social enterprise promoting positive visibility for LGBTQQIA people and inclusive multiculturalism through the arts. Based in New York City, OUTmedia supports its mission by being recognized as a global source for LGBT and queer-affirmative national acts and celebrity talent. OUTmedia is deeply committed to the promotion of diversity within mainstream and LGBTQQIA culture, giving voice to Jewish, African-American, Latino/a, Asian, and women artists.
OUTmedia’s motto is “Changing the World, One Act at a Time” and works in close partnership with Campus Pride, devoting itself to being on the forefront of promoting queer visibility on US campuses and continues to actively invest in LGBTQQIA youth causes.
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La Crosse, WI & Brooklyn, NY, January 28th, 2011- The University of Wisconsin- La Crosse will be hosting OUTmedia’s Queer Campus CultureFEST on April 8th and 9th, 2011 in La Crosse, Wisconsin in recognition of Emily Wunderlich’s winning video from Campus Pride and OUTmedia's ‘Be Queer, Buy Queer!' international video contest and campaign.
OUTmedia’s Queer Campus CultureFEST will feature several of OUTmedia’s premier artists that have been featured nationally and internationally, promoting positive LGBTQ visibility and multiculturalism, including:
Ben Lerman, NYC Ukulele Comedian
If the Flight of the Conchords and Zach Galifianakis raised a secular Christmas miracle baby, it would be NYC's ukulele comedian Ben Lerman. Armed with his wee ukulele, powerful voice, and twisted point of view, Ben gets huge laughs because his songs have real emotion behind them. From a pirate love story to tender lullabies, Ben's songs point to the humor in all of our lives and relationships, and in the world around us. His affable nature and playful wit have made his live show a perennial hit in from Chicago to Edinburgh. Ben appeared at Creating Change 11, headling the main youth event, MassQUEERade Ball and is now currently touring the Mid-Atlantic. TimeOut NY raves, "Ukulele player Ben Lerman tickles our funny bone with his big mouth and tiny instrument. Ben Lerman’s deadpan delivery [is] so damn funny... ."
Kit Yan, NYC Slam Poet
Kit’s work has been taught at universities coast to coast, from San Francisco State to Harvard, most recently appearing at Creating Change as the emcee of the MassQUEERade Ball and continuing his Midwestern tour. He is the voice of the "Be Queer, Buy Queer" contest, the "Queer the Census" campaign and HBO's "East of Main Street: Asian's Aloud." He spoke to over 200,000 from the stage of the 2009 National Equality March, performed on the San Francisco Pride main stage, and earned a spot in as a top 3 finalist at the National Queer Slam. Kit Yan is the reigning Mr. Transman 2010, the first person to ever hold this national title. Kit Yan’s spoken word tackles race and gender with candor, eloquence, and humor. Hailed by the press as“a slam force to be reckoned with”, Yan’s resolute delivery packs a mighty punch, leaving his audience completely transfixed. Wittily crafted and genuinely passionate, his pieces are rare treasures amongst a new generation of slam poets.
C.C. Carter, Chicago Spoken Word Artist
C. C. Carter is a full-figured and humble diva. She is an amazingly engaged, spirited, and loving poet who teaches the world about being a whole, sexy and sound woman striving for truth, justice, and peace. Carter strives to reshape (pun intended) our thinking about size and sensuality, ranging from body positive speaking to erotic domains. She has been featured with folks such as StaceyAnn Chin, Andrea Gibson and Nikki Giovanni. She is an actress, a teacher and an activist, working with colleges in developing creative writing. In her larger organizational work, Carter has contributed to the board at Astraea and organized the cultural festival for Chicago's hosting of the 2002 Gay Games.
Julie Goldman, LA comedian and screenwriter
Julie Goldman is currently a cast member of LOGO's Big Gay Sketch Show and winner of the LOGO's NewNowNext - Brink of Fame Comic Award. She was most recently featured with Jane Lynch as a musical and comedy guest at the 2010 VH-1 ‘DO Something Awards’. Julie glides effortlessly between lesbian folk singer "Pepper Stein Whalesong" to the beloved Liza Minelli in the now infamous "Super Liza" Series. Julie has been garnering massive attention around the country performing stand up in clubs and colleges - headlining various shows and working beside Sarah Silverman, Lewis Black, and Jeff Garlin, to name just a few. She is favorite on Olivia cruises and R' Family Vacations and has appeared doing stand up on LOGO, VH-1, and Comedy Central. Julie is a superstar with range, a politically progressive focus, and a history of being a pioneer in queer comedy of this generation.
OUTmedia’s Queer Campus CultureFEST is a festival providing a space for the celebration of LGBTQ and multicultural visibility, intersectionality, and coalition building around diversity issues on campuses nationwide. Through workshops and performances, students, faculty, and administrators alike will be immersed in the multifaceted aspects of queer culture on campuses nationwide, recognizing the interconnectedness of communities as they collaborate and come together in the Midwest.
OUTmedia’s Queer Campus CultureFEST will include two days of showcasing and sharing with a schedule that includes:
- Panels and workshops by campus multicultural student groups and various activist organizations
- Slam poetry workshop with international slam poet, Kit Yan
- Music-meets-humor workshop with NYC comedian, Ben Lerman
- Gut-busting comedy and boundary-breaking workshop with Julie Goldman
- Student collabortively run drag show
- Showcase of festival efforts including performances by Kit Yan, C.C. Carter, Ben Lerman, and Julie Goldman
(* Do you have programming ideas? Are you local and want to share a workshop based on your experiences with Queer Campus Culture? Check out OUTmedia’s Queer Campus CultureFEST website for more information on how to share with us!)
queercampusculturefest.weebly.com
Willem Van Roosenbeek
Director of University of Wisconsin- La Crosse Pride Center
608.785.8887
608.786.6575
[email protected]
http://www.uwlax.edu/pridecenter/index.htm
Shelly Weiss
Founder of OUTmedia
Telephone: 718.789.1776
Fax: 718.789.8007
[email protected]
www.OUTmedia.org
The University of Wisconsin - La Crosse Pride Center is devoted to serving students, faculty, staff and members of the campus community that may or may not label themselves as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer, questioning, asexual individuals their allies (LGBTIQQAA) and students, faculty and staff with LGBTIQQAA family members or friends.
OUTmedia was founded in 1994 as a queer cultural activist organization and social enterprise promoting positive visibility for LGBTQQIA people and inclusive multiculturalism through the arts. Based in New York City, OUTmedia supports its mission by being recognized as a global source for LGBT and queer-affirmative national acts and celebrity talent. OUTmedia is deeply committed to the promotion of diversity within mainstream and LGBTQQIA culture, giving voice to Jewish, African-American, Latino/a, Asian, and women artists.
OUTmedia’s motto is “Changing the World, One Act at a Time” and works in close partnership with Campus Pride, devoting itself to being on the forefront of promoting queer visibility on US campuses and continues to actively invest in LGBTQQIA youth causes.
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What is bringing OUTmedia's Queer Campus CultureFEST to the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse?
This winning "Be Queer, Buy Queer" video from CampusPride and OUTmedia's first international video contest, by Emily Wunderlich!
For more information, visit the "History" page.
This winning "Be Queer, Buy Queer" video from CampusPride and OUTmedia's first international video contest, by Emily Wunderlich!
For more information, visit the "History" page.
