Out Loud expands festivities.Byline: Serena Markstrom The Register-Guard Last year - when the University of Oregon The University of Oregon is a public university located in Eugene, Oregon. The university was founded in 1876, graduating its first class two years later. The University of Oregon is one of 60 members of the Association of American Universities. Women's Center hosted a spring concert to highlight, honor and celebrate queer women - it covered just one night. This year, organizers have made it an all-day thing, with back-to-back entertainers scheduled in pop, rock, folk and hip-hop. "This year, we decided to go big," Women's Center employee Tara Allred says in a news release. "We want queer women to step out and be proud of who they are, to celebrate their music and their sexuality and to share that with their commu- nity." The event is connected to last weekend's Queer Women's Expository Entertainment Film Festival, which was held at the Downtown Initiative for the Visual Arts visual arts npl → artes fpl plásticas visual arts npl → arts mpl plastiques visual arts npl → . The headliners for the 2006 music festival are Gina Young and Katastrophe. Young has been compared to Liz Phair, PJ Harvey, Ani DiFranco and Le Tigre, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a press bio. Her songwriting style blends elements of "riot grrrl" music, queer politics, punk and folk music folk music: see folk song. folk music Music held to be typical of a nation or ethnic group, known to all segments of its society, and preserved usually by oral tradition. Knowledge of the history and development of folk music is largely conjectural. . Katastrophe is an "emo-hop" MC. His "lyrical skills merge with beats that slide from slick, to raw, to solid, to eccentric," his bio states, "creating a sonic otherworld oth·er·world n. A world or existence beyond earthly reality. Noun 1. otherworld - an abstract spiritual world beyond earthly reality that snags you in a dance-trance, while teasing your head with rhymes that snap, pop and educate." "We just want people to come out and have an awesome time," Allred says. EVENT PREVIEW The Out Loud Queer Women's Music Festival When: Noon to 10 p.m. Saturday Where: East Lawn of the Erb Memorial Union, 1222 E. 13th Ave. Admission: Free Schedule: Noon - Annie Vergnetti 12:30 p.m. - Kate Mann 1:10 p.m. - Emily Herring 1:45 p.m. - Stefani Crabtree 2:20 p.m. - Demimonde dem·i·monde n. 1. a. A class of women kept by wealthy lovers or protectors. b. Women prostitutes considered as a group. 2. Slumber Party 3 p.m. - Nicole Sangsuree 4 p.m. - Homo^2 4:45 p.m. - Vermillion Lies 5:30 p.m. - Ms. Su'Ad 6:30 p.m. - Scream Club 7:15 p.m. - Gina Young 8:30 p.m. - Katastrophe 9:30 p.m. - Androgene |
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