Check Out Our Photos From Happy Hour

happy-hour-17-june-09-and-green-glasses-024Have you been missing the famous FDL Happy Hours? Well, we’re bringing them back with a new attitude and a lot more involvement from supporters like you. Props go out to Boiscout for all the hard work of making these events so successful.

Check out our photo galleries page to see the pics from the latest event (18 June 09). We took over the Monkey Wrench and had a wonderful crowd!

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The Sirens:: Upcoming Summer Engagements!

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photo by robin herrington

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Interview with Tiffany!

tiffany_80s-popI recently got to interview Tiffany for a piece in LEO Weekly. She’s one of the headliners at this weekend’s Kentuckiana Pride Fest.

It was truly a highlight for me, and I just about shit my pants when she called my office, personally, from Nashville, which is where she lives now. She was so nice, sweet and honest. And she didn’t even mind talking about Debbie Gibson. She even forgave me for liking Debbie more when I was a headstrong 12-year-old who thought she had the world figured out.

Read the interview here.

(My coworker Sarah Kelley interviewed Indigo Girl Amy Ray this week as well. Read that interview here.)

See you at Pride!

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KY Commission on Human Rights Holds Advocacy Hearing for Statewide-Fairness Law — Fairness Campaign Leader Carla Wallace to Speak

(From the desk of Chris Hartman)

The Kentucky Commission on Human Rights will host the first state agency sponsored hearing on the need for a statewide Fairness law, protecting all Kentuckians from discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in employment, housing and public accommodations, at Richmond City Hall, Wednesday, June 17, 6:00 p.m. The public is invited to attend; carpooling will leave from the Fairness Campaign office at 4:00 p.m.

Titled “A Fair Future for Kentucky: A Public Hearing on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Discrimination,” the event will be moderated by former Lexington Mayor Teresa Isaac and include panelists from across the state: Jody Cofer, Murray; Jennifer Crossen, Lexington; Rev. Don Smith, Covington; and Fairness Campaign Leadership Council member Carla Wallace, Louisville. The panel will discuss the adverse impact of ongoing discrimination against Kentucky’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (“LGBT”) community.

The Kentucky Human Rights Commission is the state government agency that enforces the Kentucky Civil Rights Act and policies of federal civil rights laws that give people the right to live free from discrimination in the commonwealth. For the past year, the Commission has held a series of Citizen’s Advocacy Hearing panels to examine the concerns of various members of protected classes under the Kentucky Civil Rights Act. On June 19, 2008, the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights unanimously adopted a resolution calling for the passage of a statewide fairness law prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in any person’s pursuit of employment, housing and the goods and services of public accommodations. Currently, these protections exist only within Covington, Lexington, and Louisville.

“A Fair Future for Kentucky”

WHAT: Public hearing on sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination

WHEN: Wednesday, June 17, 6:00 p.m.

WHERE: Richmond City Hall, 239 West Main Street, Richmond, KY

WHO: Kentucky Commission on Human Rights

Teresa Isaac, moderator, former Lexington mayor

Jody Cofer, panelist, Murray

Rev. Don Smith, panelist, Covington

Jennifer Crossen, panelist, Lexington

Carla Wallace, panelist, Louisville

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Local Musicians to Compete at National Women’s Music Festival

Two local musical acts — The Sirens and Teneia Sanders — will go head to head with about six other acts this July at The National Women’s Music sirens2Festival in Madison, WI.

The groups, which are avid attendees of FDL events, competed earlier this month in Indianapolis for this honor. Sanders took the top spot at that regional level while The Sirens came in as runners up. Both, however, will be competing at the national level.

Headdy Mays, lead singer of the Sirens (which are pictured), said the honor is awesome.

“We’re grateful to be a part of something bigger than ourselves,” Mays said. “We’ve worked really, really hard and we’re trying to bring something to women’s music that is different and exciting and sexy and rowdy as hell.”

And Sanders agrees (pictured right).

“This opportunity means alot to me,” she said. “I feel as though my time has come to shine on like a Crazy diamond.”teneia

The National Women’s Music Festival is a four-day event that celebrates the music and culture of women. There is a wide range of workshops and concerts. The event is in its 34th year and is July 2-5.

There were five regional competitions held across the country in places such as Indianapolis to glean competitors for the national event.Sanders and The Sirens competed in Indianapolis. The event there was sponsored by IndyIndie — an organization that promotes the work of female independent artists.

The winners of this year’s competition at the national level will win a place on next year’s bill of performers. That means they will score a place on the main stage and get paid, Mays said.

The festival has attracted such performers at Melissa Ferrick, Sweet Honey in the Rock and Betty.

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well, you always left me satisfied and smiling!

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A CALL FOR ART: Dreams: A Journey Within

Dreams: A Journey Within

Our dreams are gifts from our consciousness, lucid awakenings, that impress balance between fantasy and reality.  Dreams allow us to explore great distances beyond the scope of reason. They inspire a wealth of aspirations and influential happenings that shape them.
Come take a journey within…..
Dreams:  An Exhibition.

Our website is up & working but is still under construction
Please stop by for more info:   www.theartcartel.org
or visit us at:  www.myspace.com/artcartel
Questions ????: artcartel@hotmail.com

If you know any other dreamers that would be interested please pass it on.

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2009 Mighty Kindness Montage

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2009 Mighty Kindness Hootenanny from Angela Impellizzeri on Vimeo.

A video montage of the day’s events, from my point of view. Enjoy the peace of the day @ the Mighty Kindness Hootenanny– Visit http://www.mightykindness.org for more information on how you can Be a Part of a Mighty Kindness!

Be Peace Now.
angie

(filmed & produced by me)

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