Saturday, October 4
The Center for the Arts presents
A Celebration of Female Creativity in All Forms
Ladyfest
Workshops begin 9:00AM and run to 5:00PM
Concert doors 7:00PM, show 8:00PM

Ladyfest Nevada County announces it’s first ever one-day festival at the Center for the Arts in Grass Valley, CA. Ladyfest will showcase local female artists and celebrate female creativity in all its forms.

Over 25 women from Nevada County and other neighboring communities will lead informative and exciting workshops on everything from Salsa Dancing, Seasonal Cooking with Local Faire and Herbs for Women’ Health, to Clothing Design, Carpentry, and Creative Writing. Also included is an empowering workshop on Breast Cancer Prevention, a round table multi media group discussion with women writers, journalists and filmmakers who are telling the stories of their communities and finally an evening concert with an array of local and regional musicians.

Workshops lead by:

* Katie Carter, Wild Mountain Yoga
* Patricia Coe Miller, Literature Alive
* Kathi Keville, American Herb Association
* Julie Baker, Julie Baker Fine Art
* Wendy Van Wagner, In the Kitchen Organic Cooking School
* Tina Basich-Haller, My Favorite Things
* Elisa Parker & Leta Gibney, KVMR’s See Jane Do
* Kathy Irving, Seeds of Life Gardens
* Anne Brannan, Troupe Al Ama, Belly Dancing
* Nancy Shanteau, Writing Coach, Skills for Change Coach
* Carolyn Weisswasser, Whitewater Naturopathic Medicine
* Lovie Bucknell, Sierra College Dance Instructor, The Movement Alliance
* Reinette Senum, City Councilwoman, APPLE of Nevada County
* Lynne Cody, Nevada County Recycles
* Samantha Hinirchs, North Columbia School House
* Barbara Seibert, Sierra Dance Institute
* Dominique Del Chiaro, Salsa Sierra
* Lila Reyna, Safety Awareness Training
* Cara Beth Rowley, former owner of Lay Swing
* Tresa Honaker, AirAligned
* Pascale Fusshoeller, YubaNet
* Plus More

Music by:

Sasha and the Shamrocks (Grass Valley), Uni and her Ukulele (Sacramento), Agent Ribbons (Sacramento), BEESHARQ (Nevada City), Catherine Scholz (Nevada City), Coal Beautiere (Grass Valley), MaMuse (Chico), and Ricky Berger (Sacramento).  Special fashion show with Troupe de Trash.

Ladyfest aims to provide a platform for a variety of arts disciplines while creating a space for the women in our community to meet, network, and explore ideas on how to work together on one another’s projects and strengthen our community. Ladyfest is a benefit to the Center for the Arts and a variety of local breast cancer awareness organizations.

The first ever Ladyfest was organized in Olympia, Washington in August 2000 where Sleater-Kinney, Cat Power and Neko Case performed and over 2000 people attended. Since then, the event has branched out into other urban centers such as Amsterdam, Atlanta, Berlin, London, Dublin, Chicago, Los Angeles, Madrid, San Francisco, Toronto, Melbourne and more. Each Ladyfest is organized primarily by local volunteers and independent of other Ladyfest events in other states or countries. Most proceeds raised from each festival are donated to non-profit organizations.

Doors 8:30am, Workshops begin 9am and run to 5pm. Concert doors 7pm, show 8pm. Tickets are available through the Center for the Arts box office. $15 adv/$18 door for workshops only. $25 advance/$30 door for workshops and concert.
$12 adv/$15 door for concert only. All-Ages welcomed. Center for the Arts, 314 Main Street, Grass Valley, CA 95945.

More information at www.thecenterforthearts.org or 530-274-8384

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