Thursday, August 16
Opening Night:
5:30 PM | l Le Tigre, Amy Ray, the Butchies, Tami Hart, Puerto Muerto, Summer Chance
| ‘ Shorts by Becca Albee and KJ Mohr
| x Lara Oppenheimer, Haymarket Hussies | all ages | Congress Theater
11 PM | ‘ Videos in Heaven | Heaven Gallery
After Hours Party:
10:30 PM | l Chicago Drag Kings, Trixie Delicious
& the Lott Lizards, His & Her Vanities
| Subterranean Cafe & Cabaret (upstairs)
11 PM | l Lauren Flax, DJ Jenuine, DJ Minx
| Subterranean Cafe & Cabaret (downstairs)
Friday, August 17
9 am | U “Ladyfest on Candid Camera” (photography)
| Association House
10 AM | U “A Cappella With Attitude!” (voice)
| Holstein Park, auditorium
10 AM | U “Dirty Work” (community gardening)
| Wicker Park, fountain
10 AM | U “Yoga” | Moksha Yoga Center
noon | x Faustina, Little Angel of the Sea (puppet play) | Senior Citizens Memorial Park
noon | x Congress Day Show (variety) | l Evil Beaver, Star Death, Effloresce, Rainbow Sugar, Paris by Night | all ages | Congress Theater
noon | l Lisa Hahn, Meghan Galbraith, Brigitte DeMeyer, Jeanne Dark Band, S’yen U, Flaming Red, Katie Todd | all ages | Local Grind
noon | U “Behind the Scenes: Women in the Music Industry” | Association House
noon | U “Freewriting Workshop” | Chopin Theatre
noon | U “Women and Youth Incarcerated in the Criminal ‘In’justice System”
| CASA Central Community Center
noon | U “Girls and Activism: Challenging Girls to Challenge Themselves” | Holstein Park, balcony
noon | U “Plasticene Physical Theater Workshop”
| Moksha Yoga Center
1 PM | x Mixing Up the Beat (music, spoken word, dance) | Chopin Theatre
2 PM | U “Run Your Own Show!” (entrepreneurship)
| Association House
2 PM | x Ladyfest Spoken Word Organizers Showcase
| Chopin Theatre
3 PM | U “Violence Against Women Panel”
| Association House
3 PM | U “Kids of Queer Families”
| CASA Central Community Center
3 PM | x Korean drumming and dance by Kate Hers
| Wicker Park
3:30 PM | ‘ I Say I Am: Women’s Performance Võdeo From the 1970s | x Lara Oppenheimer, Kathryn Williamson, Bridget Irish | Chopin Theatre
4 PM | l Tallulah, From Quagmire, Jenny Toomey, Rebecca Pearcy | Hideout
4 PM | U “GirlZone Basic Automotives” (auto repair)
| Holstein Park, parking area
4 PM | U “Funding for Artists: Where Is It?”
| Holstein Park, auditorium
4 PM | U “Busting Out Loud and Proud: Queer Youth Speak From the Front Lines” | Association House
4:30 PM | U “Natural Health Care: Sage Femme Talks” (reproductive issues) | Chopin Theatre
5:30 PM | l Shannon Wright, Cynthia Plaster Caster, Bees Are Black, Pistol Whipped, Tuffets | Empty Bottle
5:30 PM | l “Blisster” panel discussion and reception
| Artemisia Gallery
5:30 PM | U “Street Harassment Project: Discuss the Problem, Discover Solutions” | Association House
5:30 PM | U “Womyn in Action Organizing for Social Justice” | CASA Central Community Center
7 PM | ‘ Pirates, Zinesters, and Ciphers | Congress Theater
7 PM | x Consequence: Beyond Resisting Rape
| Association House
7:30 PM | l Danielle Howle (see Critic’s Choice), Kelly Hogan, Antje, Kaytee Bodle | Old Town School of Folk Music
7:30 PM | x Women OutLoud (spoken word) | Chopin Theatre
8 PM | x Close Proximity: Performative Voices | Spareroom
9 PM | x Kathryn Williamson, Pussy Posse |
l The Need, Hissyfits, Loraxx, Mary Timony (with James Iha), Barbara Manning & the Go-Lucky’s, Nicole Mitchell & Women of Black Earth, Teresa Vasquez | 17 & over
| Congress Theater
9:30 PM | l Grana Louise | Rosa’s Lounge
10 PM | l Rose Polenzani, Tegan & Sara, Ellen Rosner
| 18 & over | Schubas
10:30 PM | x “Scrawl” | Chopin Theatre
11 PM | x Estrogen Funny | Chopin Theatre
11 PM | ‘ Border Bandits | Heaven Gallery
midnight | ‘ Saturday Morning Animations and Fantasy Shorts
| Heaven Gallery
saturday, August 18
11:50 AM, 12:50 PM, 1:50 PM, 2:50 PM | x Public water ballet by Elyce Semenec (ten-minute performances)
| Holstein Park, swimming pool
10 AM | U Tai Chi | Holstein Park, baseball field
10 AM | U Self-Defense Workshop
| CASA Central Community Center
11 AM | ‘ Saturday Morning Animations and Fantasy Shorts
| Local Grind
11:30 AM | U “Basics of DIY Home Recording” | women only | Empty Bottle
Congress Day Show:
Noon | l Three Dollar Bill, Tormentula, Apocalypstick, the Shame, Stewed Tomatoes |
x Babes With Blades, Haymarket Hussies
| all ages | Congress Theater
Noon | U “Retain Power, Minimize Misrepresentation: How to Get Press Your Own Way” | noon | Quimby’s Bookstore
Noon | U Writing Workshop | noon | Chopin Theatre
Noon | U “Women in Male-Dominated Fields”
| Holstein Park, auditorium
Noon | U “Sing, Clap, and Play Capoeira!” (dance, martial arts) | Wicker Park
Noon | U “The Question of the Real Conditions of a ‘Space’ for Independent Musicians”
| CASA Central Community Center
Noon | U “Keep Your Flora Flowering: How to Have a Healthy Vagina” | Autonomous Zone
1 pm | U “Embody” (holistic somatic practices)
| Moksha Yoga Center
1 pm | U “Feminist Perspectives on Pornography”
| Chopin Theatre
2 pm | x Spoken Word Features | Local Grind
2 pm | x A Real Read (spoken word) | Chopin Theatre
2 pm | U Bike Maintenance | Holstein Park, front porch
2 pm | U “Kinky Crafts–Cheap and Fun Ways to Enhance Your Sex Life” | Autonomous Zone
2 pm | U Zine Workshop | Quimby’s Bookstore
2 pm | U “Women of Color Discussing Racism”
| Women of color only | CASA Central Community Center
3 pm | ‘ Distance Marked | Heaven Gallery
3 pm | U “Same Gender Loving Women’s Health Panel” | Association House
3 pm | U “Gentrification Issues: Preserving Your Neighborhood” | Association House
3 pm | U “Stitch and Bitch Circle” (sewing and knitting) | Wicker Park
3 pm | U “Women in Noncommercial Radio”
| Holstein Park, auditorium
3:30 pm | U “Drumming Dames Workshop” | Association House
3:30 pm | x East of the Sun, West of the Moon (play)
| Senior Citizens Memorial Park
3:30 pm | x Cultural Rhythms (theater, performance, music)
| Chopin Theatre
4 pm | U Zine Making | Association House
4 pm | x Preferably Solo (one-woman pieces)
| Trap Door Theatre
4 pm | U “Sisters in Struggle: Women Political Prisoners” | Autonomous Zone
4 pm | U “Almost Unknown–Women Making It in Music Journalism” | Quimby’s Bookstore
4:30 pm | U Self-Defense Workshop
| CASA Central Community Center
4:30 pm | U “Sex for Women Workshop” | Chopin Theatre
5:30 PM | l Janet Bean, Sally Timms, Fast Product, Heather’s Damage | Empty Bottle
5:30 pm | l Sara from the Cooperators, Jennifer Peterson, Joy Eden Harrison, Aerin Tedesco, Emily White, Josephine Foster, Stolie | Local Grind
5:30 pm | U “Multicultural Networking Workshop for Women Artists” | Holstein Park, auditorium
5:30 pm | U “Transgendered Forum” | Association House
5:45 pm | ‘ Media Grrrls | Chopin Theatre
6 pm | l Blectum From Blechdom, Lupine, Kim, Slumber Party, Sailor Harlette, the Rope, Silverado | all ages | Fireside Bowl
6 pm | x Spoken Word Blockbuster | Congress Theater
6:30 pm | U “GeNiE (Gender Norm Exploration) Workshop” | Autonomous Zone
7 pm | l “Blisster” reception | Heaven Gallery
7 pm | l “Blisster” reception | Joymore Gallery
7:30 pm | ‘ Todos estan muriendo aqui | Chopin Theatre
7:30 pm | U “Clothesline Project” | Association House
8 pm | x Close Proximity: Telling Movement | Spareroom
Ladyfest Congress Main Event:
8 pm | x Stand-up comedian Jen Slusser | l Mystic, ESG (see Critic’s Choice), Bratmobile, Puta-pons, Misty Martinez, Dishes, Long Goodbye, Sonido Ink from Quieto | 17 & older
| Congress Theater
9:30 pm | l Ruby Andrews (see Critic’s Choice)
| Rosa’s Lounge
9:45 pm | ‘ Plaster Caster | Biograph Theater
10:30 pm | x Rare Interdisciplinary Performance Reunion
| Chopin Theatre
11 pm | ‘ My First Time | Heaven Gallery
12:45 Am | x Erotic Open Mike | Chopin Theatre
sunday, August 19
9 am-3 pm | U “BBQ Basics” | Humboldt Park Stables
11 AM-12:45 and 2-3:45 PM | U “Breast and Cervical Self-Exams”
| Autonomous Zone
1 pm | U “Rockin’ the Boat Offshore” (festival postmortem) | Humboldt Park Stables
2 pm | U “Color Me Bad: Ethnically Diverse Women in Entertainment” | Humboldt Park, Division and Kedzie
3 pm | l Big Smith (drum ensemble) | Humboldt Park Stables
3:30 pm | x Drumming and Performance Extravaganza!
| Humboldt Park Stables
5 pm | l Minim, Ripley Caine, Sur La Mer, Millenary
| HotHouse
5 pm | l Open Mike | Subterranean Cafe & Cabaret
7 pm | l Tracy & the Plastics (see Critic’s Choice), Metalux, Analog Tara, Occasional Detroit, Aches | Empty Bottle
8 pm | l Stella Marie, Yvonne Doll & the Locals, Doria Roberts, Diana Darby, the Push
| Subterranean Cafe & Cabaret