hey sudoroom & noisebridge an artist friend of mine and a founder of a mycology (mushrooms as material) company is also a really cool person! She's doing this pride weekend performance event Saturday at Lake Merritt in oakland. I think this would be appropriate for the sudoroom & noisebridge crew LET'S KEEP THE BAY AREA WEIRD! -- Hi friends & accomplices, you're receiving this personal invitation because you are: 1) awesome & experimental & not afraid of weirdness 2) are fond of me, Chani Bockwinkel, Caroline Alexander, Sappho, Kate Bush, Ciara, and/or any number of other contemporary and historical goddesses. hehe. 2) live in the east bay or are not easy bay-averse 3) will forgive me for this because we all love each other and you know the drill: SF Chronicle has decided to cover Heavy Breathing <http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/fitness-for-your-brain/Content?oid=4362132>, the summer conceptual fitness series i co-programmed, for the front page of their upcoming Datebook section. They're sending a journalist and photographer to our next session, THIS SATURDAY, and we'd love a strong showing of friends + participants for the occasion. Please come support!! :) Saturday's session is a one-hour weirdo fitness experience under the direction of Chani Bockwinkel and Caroline Alexander, that will involve stretching + dance-aerobic-type exercises inspired by the new work they have been developing around Sappho and Sapphic poetry + an awesome soundtrack featuring Kate Bush + Ciara + others. More details (from fbook invite): Get Sapphic on Pride Saturday with Chani Bockwinkel & Caroline Alexander!!! WHEN: Saturday, June 27, 11:30am - 12:30pm WHERE: Lake Merritt / Edoff Memorial Bandstand 666 Bellevue Avenue, Lake Merritt, Oakland https://localwiki.org/oakland/Lake_Merritt_Bandstand RSVP & QUESTIONS: heavyheavybreathing(a)gmail.com FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC DESCRIPTION: Imagine somatics + Kate Bush + Ciara: we'll get sweaty and circular, moving our A$$ muscles and feeling our insides together. Read at least one passage of Sappho (your choice; see resources below), and come ready to project yourself into history while invoking ancient greek women and contemporary goddesses. Wear gym shoes and an outfit that brings out your deep femme/tough exercise queen. RESOURCES: Anne Carson's "If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho": http://www.scribd.com/doc/82932076/Anne-Carson-Sappho-If-Not-Winter#scribd Poetry Foundation's Sappho resources: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/ bio/sappho#poet <http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.poetryfoundation.org%2Fbio%2Fsappho%23poet&h=SAQHvxwoX&enc=AZOzmHDLG-LGvkVvWcJ5fRhvBI9O7oGdIUNGPYTKn-PLEFAETapDA5tNSMN_Z00mT4Y&s=1> Poets.org <http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2FPoets.org%2F&h=2AQGtm8H6&enc=AZO2xSZM4KrFvWiSfpZbLl4Iatw8O2VwRQ8UJSVspqSXl5T1GPHPIs6TEfw7vQn0Ysw&s=1> Sappho resources: http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/sappho <http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.poets.org%2Fpoetsorg%2Fpoet%2Fsappho&h=tAQEPqDsn&enc=AZOEiIYhosHOs5vDclhD-_i2fYLIwcU7byLU-ckyIqip5m6Yxjd1TTeQ7uKKjfyZYO0&s=1> Poems of Sappho (Julia Dubnoff, trans.): http://www.uh.edu/~cldue/ texts/sappho.html <http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.uh.edu%2F%7Ecldue%2Ftexts%2Fsappho.html&h=kAQFvEhJ9&enc=AZONGwJyKp_crad-Top3QCkwdTBR1iPJ8DwQJsrziKAhsT1Gzd_1iVy3LutGMjjo1XQ&s=1> THANK YOU!!!! xoxo Sophia