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6/26 3rd Annual Lexington Pride Festival

WHAT:

3rd Annual Lexington Pride Festival

Theme: A Horse of Every Color for 2010

WHEN:

11 a.m. - 9 p.m. Saturday

June 26

WHERE:

Robert F Stephens Courthouse Plaza

120-150 N Limestone St

Lexington

Click here for a map.

Free & open to the public.

DETAILS:

The Lexington Pride Festival is taking place at a new location this year! We've outgrown Cheapside and have moved to the Courthouse Plaza Annex. Tons of vendors and booths in support of the GLBT community, A full schedule of on-stage entertainment throughout the day, and much more will be available this year. For updates and limited edition merchandise available only online, please check out our website at www.LexPride.com 

Please, no coolers or glass containers allowed in the Plaza and remember to clean up after your pets if you plan to bring them out with you. See you there!

The Festival will be a celebration of the gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, or transgendered community. Pride Festival activities will include: entertainment, booths, activities, speakers, food, and drinks.  Click here for additional information.

Who's playing? Nhojj, a neo-soul music artist from Guyana, takes the stage at 11 a.m. The video for his song Love reached No. 1 on the MTV Music Top 100 chart. Last year, Nhojj made OUTMusic Awards history when he became the first black male to win an OMA. Check out Gay Warrior Song at www.nhojj.com .

My Dear Disco, a band based in Ann-Arbor, Mich., will come to the main stage at 5 p.m. The group's MySpace profile, at www.myspace.com/mydeardisco , describes its debut recording, DanceThink LP, as a fusion of electro-pop, funk, rock and techno.

Other acts throughout the day include Spooky Os, 8-Inch Betsy, Critical Impact Cloggers and Lexington's own March Madness Marching Band.

Miscellaneous fun stuff: There will be a dunking booth and the final of the Pride Festival Idol. Contestants, who competed for a spot in the singing competition earlier this year, will croon their favorites for a chance at the crown.

SPONSORS:

GLSO Gay Lesbian Services Organization

Lexington Fairness

Click here to see many other co-sponsors

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:

Chad Hundley

(859) 253-3233

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6/18 Celebrate Latitude Arts 10th Anniversary

WHAT:

Celebrate Latitude Arts 10th Anniversary

WHEN:

During Gallery Hop

5 - 8 p.m. Friday

June 18

WHERE:

CKCPJ Offices

112 North Upper Street

Lexington

Free & Open to all.

Click here to view & post the event poster.

DETAILS:

Join us for a retrospective of Latitude Arts' 10 years of work in the community.  Meet directors Bruce Burris and Crystal Bader.  Click here for more information about Latitude Arts.

Reception will be hosted by the Central KY Council for Peace & Justice.  For information about the reception call Gail Koehler (859) 338-2418.

SPONSORS:

Latitude Art

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:

Crystal Bader

Bruce Burris

(859) 806-0195

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11/20 LAL presents 'Witness' - - a creative collaboration between artists and women who have experienced violence

WHAT:

Witness

- a creative collaboration between artists and women who have experienced violence

WHEN:

Opening Reception

5 - 8 p.m. Friday

November 20

Exhibit continues thru 11/25

WHERE:

J Allen Studio and Spa.  

527 S Upper St.

Lexington

Click here for a map to the event.

Free & open to the public.

DETAILS:

Witness is the culmination of months of work that was done by partnerships that consisted of survivors of violence against women and visual artists.  Survivors became story tellers and shared their journeys with their partners and together they created works of art to depict their stories.  

Every 15 seconds, a woman in the United States is battered . Every two minutes, someone in this country is sexually assaulted . These staggering statistics are personalized in the Lexington Art League's upcoming exhibit "Witness."

“Witness is an example of the way in which arts and activism can come together and affect social change,” said LeTonia Jones, vice-president of the LAL Board of Directors and the Advocacy Programs Administrator for the Kentucky Domestic Violence Association. “The artists, who were carefully screened and uniquely trained for this type of work, can creatively help survivors find another way of expression that’s different from counseling or journaling, which are typical approaches to treatment. And the survivors, or storytellers as we are calling them, can feel empowered by sharing their story and encouraging others to take action for themselves or on behalf of others in these dangerous situations.”

“This is an uncomfortable subject to talk about, and it can elicit a very emotional response, but Witness is an accessible way to bring it out, make it less furtive and talk about it,” said Maria Almario, a member of the Witness work group, an activist and UK Ph.D. candidate concentrating on human trafficking. “By coming together for this program, in such a visible way, the organizations participating in the project, the artists and the participants have a much stronger voice, resulting in what we hope will be a big, positive impact on the community’s knowledge of how to work to end the violence.”

Witness is sponsored in part by the UK Center for Research on Violence Against Women, and LAL has partnered with Kentucky Domestic Violence Association (KDVA), Bluegrass Domestic Violence Program (BDVP), Bluegrass Rape Crisis Center (BRCC), Third Street Stuff and Kentucky United Methodist Homes for Children and Youth (KUMH) to develop and produce the program, making this project one of the most comprehensive visual arts activist efforts in Lexington.

This exhibit is in conjunction with the November Gallery Hop.  

SPONSORS:

Bluegrass Domestic Violence Program

Bluegrass Rape Crisis Center

Kentucky Domestic Violence Association

Lexington Art League

Third Street Stuff

UK Center for Research on Violence Against Women

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:

press@lexingtonartleague.org

859.254.7024

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10/3 FrancisFest: Dances of Universal Peace

WHAT:

5th Annual FrancisFest: Pathways to Peace

Dances of Universal Peace

dances for all ages

WHEN:

1:30 p.m. Saturday
October 3

WHERE:

Unitarian Universalist Church
3564 Clays Mill Road
Lexington

Click here for directions to the church.

Click here to view & print the FrancisFest flyer. 

Click here at view & print the flyer about the dances.

Free & open to the public

DETAILS:

Facilitator: Fran Belvin
Guitarist: Nathan Wilson
Drummer: Jerry Moody

(Please bring your favorite "peace-filled" appetizer to share!)

From the beginning of time, sacred movement, song and story have brought people together – at times of seasonal ceremony and celebration, as part of everyday life and life passages, in daily renewal and meditation.

The Dances of Universal Peace are for all ages. They are simple, joyous, multi-cultural circle dances that use sacred phrases, chants, music and movements from the many spiritual traditions of the earth to touch the spiritual essence within ourselves and to recognize it in others.
Building on the work begun by Samuel L. Lewis in the 1960s, the Dances promote peace and integration within individuals and understanding and connection within groups worldwide. There are neither performers nor audience: new arrivals and old hands form the circle as everyone sings and dances together.

Samuel Lewis believed that when people “eat, dance and pray together: the world finds peace.

About Francisfest:

The Lexington-based Franciscan Peace Center is celebrating its 5th annual October FrancisFest with a 5-event “Pathways to Peace” series that embodies a variety of genres: live theatre, documentary film, dance, live presentations and discussions. All events are free and open to the public.

Voices for Peace and Justice (October, 2009)

This event is also part of 'Voices for Peace & Justice,' the Central Kentucky Council for Peace and Justice's October 2009 event series. For a complete schedule of "Voices" events click here.

SPONSORS:

Franciscan Peace Center, Inc.
Central Kentucky Council for Peace and Justice
Clinton Franciscans (Iowa)
The Interfaith Alliance of the Bluegrass

One World Films

The Unitarian Universalist Church of Lexington

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:

FranciscanVision@aol.com

859-230-1986