February 2nd, 2010 maggie
In this new feature, I make our performers answer silly and serious questions! Some of them, like Geppetta (formerly known as Adelaide Windsome, but isn’t Geppetta the best name for a puppetteeress?) I haven’t seen since October so we are catching up! Comment below if you have questions for your favorite femme show folks, I’ll add them to the questionnaire as we continue this feature.
What have you been up to since October?
This autumn was a ridiculous catastrophe. With car accidents, canceled shows, and other detrimental events that I don’t have the energy to alliterate with “c”.
Though 2010, has been an incredible year so far. I toured with the Tranny Roadshow in January and am currently in the midst of a 40 day Southeast tour with genderqueer singer/ songwriter Evan Greer. So much warmth and magic.
See our dates here: myspace.com/adelaidewindsome
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February 1st, 2010 MimiTheFattie
Note from Maggie: In this entry, Lady Clara shares her thoughts from Common Threads. “All of us can feel happy, at times, in our lives, but joy, pure joy, the kind that gives you the energy to face the world, well, that emotion is rare and precious. These kids will remember this retreat as the time they experienced their first kiss, their first crush, learned about the rainbow flag, witnessed fierce femmes discuss their identities and made friends that finally *got* them. Powerful stuff.”
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January 29th, 2010 maggie
Or Best Performance Artist!
Take a minute to nominate The Femme Show for the Phoenix’s Best of Boston. You can vote once a day! Be sure to click “finished” at the bottom of the page and enter your email address on the second page or you will be disenfranchised like a hanging chad.
With our myriad talents, we think performance art is the best fit – the category is “Graffiti/Street/Performance Artist.”
While you’re there, be sure to vote for our friends and all your favorite local businesses and artists!
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January 20th, 2010 maggie
It’s really hard to feel upset about the senate race today because THIS IS RACHEL MADDOW HOLDING A FEMME SHOW T-SHIRT.
I have to thank Rachel Kahn and my femme pal Theadora for egging me on here. I got all nervous and shy. Mr. GF says he has never seen my shy side before. 
We explained what it was and she was so sweet and gracious. She asked, “Is it a femmey style t-shirt?” “No, we have different styles and we got you the butch one.” Ms. Maddow replied “that’s very perceptive of you.” She seemed happy to hear from queer fans and she was nice enough to tuck the shirt under her “butchy” blazer for the picture “so it looks like I’m wearing it.”
soon I will get off the couch and get on with my life and think about how the political situation in this country just got much much worse overnight, but let me just enjoy this moment, ok?
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January 13th, 2010 maggie
On Saturday a small group of us will be headed to the Common Threads Youth Empowerment Retreat to perform and present workshops. We’re super excited to make new friends and do our first show of 2010!
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January 13th, 2010 maggie
Friend of the Femme Show Rebecca Nagle is at Club Oberon tonight!
A Dozen Things I want to do on stage with Miss Madison West, Intro to Anatomy, Heywood Wakefield, and Madge of Honor. Hosted by Johnny Blazes.
Jan 13 at 8pm
Club OBERON
$10
18 and up
A Dozen Things I want to do on stage is a new one-woman cabaret by Rebecca Nagle. Of the dozen, Nagle will undress to “Wenn Ich Mir Was Wünschen Dürfte”, fit in a small box, tell your secrets, discuss why something is racist, fall in love, read her fantasies, act out your fantasies, induce a tragedy, fall down, take truth serum while letting the audience ask her questions, tell a tall tale, and disembowel herself.
http://www.rebeccanagle.com/
I love the poster!
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December 30th, 2009 maggie
…Hope everyone had a lovely Christmas or just a lovely day off from work! Things have been quiet here in Femme Show land but we are gearing up for shows this winter and spring.
I rearranged my priorities for a while and put dance at the top (or nearer the top) of the list to perform with Balletrox’s Urban Nutcracker. I was supposed to have a break between the fall Femme Show and my students’ big ballet show in the February but somehow that break turned into dancing almost every day and doing three weekends of shows.
Nice fascinator, huh? That thing is made of florist wire and plastic icicles from the Christmas Tree Shoppe and you have to stick it in your head with a dozen super size bobby pins. SPPSSM headgear is a lot easier on the scalp.
Stay tuned for updates as we get ready to hit the road in January!
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