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GIRL FEST
Soetoro-Ng among guests at GiRL FeST
POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Nov 07, 2008
This year's GiRL FeST Hawaii is especially diverse: Besides featuring the usual array of female-empowering concerts, workshops, poetry readings and films, it also includes roller derby and Barack Obama's half sister.
Not at the same time, mind you. Maya Soetoro-Ng, who's been faithfully stumping on the campaign trail for her older sibling, will be back in Honolulu to moderate a panel Wednesday afternoon about the continuing problem of international sex trafficking.
"She's concerned about the issue of trafficking and knows a good amount about the problem globally," said the festival's "nonexecutive director" Kathryn Xian.
Panelists include Dennis Dunn, director of the Victim Witness Kokua Services; FBI Special Agent Mary Intyre; and playwright Carol Chehade, whose short play "My Real Name" is based on the real-life stories of women who have survived the prostitution trade. (The play will be staged preceding the discussion.)
On the flip side of the festival, one of the original "extreme sports" makes a return to Hawaii after more than 30 years, as women's roller derby has its day Sunday at Hawaii Kai's Kamiloiki Park.
It'll be the Hawaii Pacific Roller Derby Oahu team's first official bout after training since the organization's founding back in February, and they'll be taking on the Maui Roller Girls.
Members of the team represented the 808 state at the annual convention Rollercon in Las Vegas this past summer and even scored a victory against a team from Alaska. So expect these self-described "badass women" to mix camaraderie with a healthy amount of bumps, bruises, sprains and rink rash.
5th ANNUAL GIRL FEST HAWAII
Place: Various venues (see schedule)Dates: Friday through Nov. 15
Call: 599-3931 or visit www.girlfesthawaii.org
Schedule highlights:
» 8 p.m. Friday: Opening night concert and performances, Cupola Theatre, Honolulu Design Center, 1250 Kapiolani Blvd. ($10 to $20 sliding scale admission, $7 students and seniors, 21 and over)
» strong> 8 p.m. Saturday: "Crying at the Aquarium" featuring poetry by Amber Tamblyn and Mindy Nettifee, with opener Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai, Cupola Theatre ($7 to $20 sliding scale admission, $5 students and seniors)
» Noon Sunday: "Interisland Down & Derby," with the Hawaii Pacific Roller Derby Oahu team vs. the Maui Roller Girls, Kamiloiki Park (Free)
» 8 p.m. Sunday: "The GiRL SLaM Bam!" open-mic, with poets Tsai, Brenda Kwon and Alex Armstrong, The ARTS at Marks Garage, 1159 Nuuanu Ave. (sign-ups start at 7:45, $5 to $20 sliding scale admission)
» 8 p.m. Monday and Tuesday: "Comedy on the Rock" with Ali Wong and Micia Mosley, Cupola Theatre ($10)
» 3:30 p.m. Wednesday: "Sex Trafficking: The New Abolitionists," with panel discussion moderated by Maya Soetoro-Ng, Cupola Theatre (Free, parental discretion advised)
» 7:30 p.m. Nov. 13: Screening of documentary "The Gits," followed by a "bands against violence" concert featuring Bari Bari 13 and the 86 List, Anna Bannana's, 2440 S. Beretania St. ($5 to $20 sliding scale admission, 18 and over)
» Noon Nov. 14: The Crunky Shorts Showcase, The ARTS at Marks Garage ($5, $3 students and seniors)
» 9 p.m. Nov. 15: "One Light" closing party featuring Imani Uzuri, the Malcognitas and Kings of Spade, The Loft, 115 N. Hotel St. ($10 to $20 sliding scale admission, $7 before 9 p.m., 18 and over)
This year's GiRL FeST Hawaii is especially diverse: Besides featuring the usual array of female-empowering concerts, workshops, poetry readings and films, it also includes roller derby and Barack Obama's half sister.
Not at the same time, mind you. Maya Soetoro-Ng, who's been faithfully stumping on the campaign trail for her older sibling, will be back in Honolulu to moderate a panel Wednesday afternoon about the continuing problem of international sex trafficking.
"She's concerned about the issue of trafficking and knows a good amount about the problem globally," said the festival's "nonexecutive director" Kathryn Xian.
Panelists include Dennis Dunn, director of the Victim Witness Kokua Services; FBI Special Agent Mary Intyre; and playwright Carol Chehade, whose short play "My Real Name" is based on the real-life stories of women who have survived the prostitution trade. (The play will be staged preceding the discussion.)
On the flip side of the festival, one of the original "extreme sports" makes a return to Hawaii after more than 30 years, as women's roller derby has its day Sunday at Hawaii Kai's Kamiloiki Park.
It'll be the Hawaii Pacific Roller Derby Oahu team's first official bout after training since the organization's founding back in February, and they'll be taking on the Maui Roller Girls.
Members of the team represented the 808 state at the annual convention Rollercon in Las Vegas this past summer and even scored a victory against a team from Alaska. So expect these self-described "badass women" to mix camaraderie with a healthy amount of bumps, bruises, sprains and rink rash.
5th ANNUAL GIRL FEST HAWAII
Place: Various venues (see schedule)Dates: Friday through Nov. 15
Call: 599-3931 or visit www.girlfesthawaii.org
Schedule highlights:
» 8 p.m. Friday: Opening night concert and performances, Cupola Theatre, Honolulu Design Center, 1250 Kapiolani Blvd. ($10 to $20 sliding scale admission, $7 students and seniors, 21 and over)
» strong> 8 p.m. Saturday: "Crying at the Aquarium" featuring poetry by Amber Tamblyn and Mindy Nettifee, with opener Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai, Cupola Theatre ($7 to $20 sliding scale admission, $5 students and seniors)
» Noon Sunday: "Interisland Down & Derby," with the Hawaii Pacific Roller Derby Oahu team vs. the Maui Roller Girls, Kamiloiki Park (Free)
» 8 p.m. Sunday: "The GiRL SLaM Bam!" open-mic, with poets Tsai, Brenda Kwon and Alex Armstrong, The ARTS at Marks Garage, 1159 Nuuanu Ave. (sign-ups start at 7:45, $5 to $20 sliding scale admission)
» 8 p.m. Monday and Tuesday: "Comedy on the Rock" with Ali Wong and Micia Mosley, Cupola Theatre ($10)
» 3:30 p.m. Wednesday: "Sex Trafficking: The New Abolitionists," with panel discussion moderated by Maya Soetoro-Ng, Cupola Theatre (Free, parental discretion advised)
» 7:30 p.m. Nov. 13: Screening of documentary "The Gits," followed by a "bands against violence" concert featuring Bari Bari 13 and the 86 List, Anna Bannana's, 2440 S. Beretania St. ($5 to $20 sliding scale admission, 18 and over)
» Noon Nov. 14: The Crunky Shorts Showcase, The ARTS at Marks Garage ($5, $3 students and seniors)
» 9 p.m. Nov. 15: "One Light" closing party featuring Imani Uzuri, the Malcognitas and Kings of Spade, The Loft, 115 N. Hotel St. ($10 to $20 sliding scale admission, $7 before 9 p.m., 18 and over)
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