---------- Forwarded message ----------<br><div class="gmail_quote">From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Allison Francis</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:communications@thetheateroffensive.org">communications@thetheateroffensive.org</a>></span><br>
Date: Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 2:51 PM<br>Subject: Queer Wave at Midway this week (tell all your friends!)<br>To: <br><br><br>Dear friends, <div><br></div><div>I'm writing to tell you about an exciting & fun event I organized for The Theater Offensive. This Wednesday, 8pm at Midway Cafe (Jamaica Plain), is our first Queer Wave benefit show. We've got an amazing lineup, featuring queer gypsy folk-punk band <a href="http://speakerforthedead.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Speaker for the Dead</a>, the amazing singer-songwriter/activist <a href="http://www.evangreer.org/" target="_blank">Evan Greer</a>, and True Colors alum <a href="http://mlbtmusic.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Melissa Li & the Barely Theirs</a>. There will also be spoken word by our own Kaamila Mohamed, as well as local poets Kemi Alabi & Scott Krave. You can check out the artists on our Facebook event here: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/382747365125874/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/events/382747365125874/</a>. </div>
<div><br></div><div>This is a great opportunity to connect with LGBTQ & allied community members in a fun setting, enjoy fabulous music and poetry by local artists, and support the amazing mission of The Theater Offensive: to form and present the diverse realities of queer lives in art so bold it breaks through personal isolation and political orthodoxy to help build an honest, progressive community. To learn more about TTO, visit our website: <a href="http://www.thetheateroffensive.org" target="_blank">www.thetheateroffensive.org</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>The show is 21+, $10, with all proceeds to benefit TTO. Definitely feel free to invite all your allies & music lovers! I'm incredibly excited to connect with TTO supporters in this setting and to enjoy a rad night of local music :) I hope you'll be able to make it. Let me know if you have any questions.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Best,<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br>Allison Francis<br>Communications Manager<br>The Theater Offensive<br><a href="http://thetheateroffensive.org" target="_blank">http://thetheateroffensive.org</a><div>
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<br></div><div><i>Rock out at our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/382747365125874/" target="_blank">Queer Wave Benefit Show</a> 9/26 at Midway Cafe</i></div><div><i>Experience off-Broadway hit <a href="http://expatriate.bpt.me/" target="_blank">Expatriate</a> Oct 4-6 at Villa Victoria Center for the Arts</i></div>
<div><i>See firsthand how your support helps True Colors <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/168364329966053/" target="_blank">Beyond the Stage</a> Nov 15</i></div></font></span><div><i><br></i></div><div>PS -- Earlier versions of this lineup included Mercedes Diaz -- unfortunately, due to circumstances beyond everybody's control, she will not be able to perform at this event. We will miss her, but we all hope to work together in the future!</div>
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