Sister Spit

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Sister Spit
April 2012 Nationwide Tour

 

The legendary, raucous, rowdy performance gang, Sister Spit, comes to your town with a vanload of multimedia, queer-centric brilliance! Don’t miss this multimedia explosion of taste-makers, novelists, luminaries, chanteuses, performance artists, poets and filmmakers.

Featuring your host Michelle Tea (Best Music Writing 2010, Chelsea Whistle, Valencia, Rent Girl), legendary author Dorothy Allison* (Bastard Out of Carolina, Two or Three Things I know for Sure, Cavedweller), “The greatest cabaret artist of (v’s) generation” (Hilton Als, The New Yorker) and star of John Cameron Mitchell’s groundbreaking film Shortbus, Mx Justin Vivian Bond, writer and musician Brontez Purnell (FAG School, Younger Lovers, Gravy Train!!!), genius performer and playwright Erin Markey (Green Eyes, Puppy Love: A Stripper’s Tail), comic artist and writer Cassie J Sneider (Fine Fine Music) and nationally-ranking slam poet and Mr Transman 2010 Kit Yan!

*Dorothy Allison joins Sister Spit West Coast tour April 1 – 15; Mx Justin Vivian Bond joins Sister Spit rest of the country tour April 15-30.

APRIL 2012 TOUR DATES
Schedule updated often. Check back for updates and join Sister Spit on Facebook!

Sunday, April 1 
San Francisco Public Library, 100 Larkin Street San Francisco    
Koret Auditorium, 2pm  FREE
With special Bay Area guests!

Monday, April 2      
Pasadena, CA

Tuesday, April 3      
UC Riverside, CA

Wed, April 4             
UC Santa Cruz, CA
Porter Dining Hall
8:30pm, FREE

Thursday, April 5    
UC Santa Barbara, CA

Friday, April 6         
Long Beach, CA
Hosted by QSpeak and AMP ORG
Art Theatre Long Beach, 2025 E. 4th St.
Show 7pm, FREE
After party at Que Sera, 1923 E. 7th St.

Saturday, April 7     
Tucson, AZ
Fluxx Productions, 414 E. 9th St
TWO SHOWS: 4pm (with Dorothy Allison) + 9pm, FREE

Sunday, April 8   
Oakland, CA
Rock, Paper, Scissors Collective, 2278 Telegraph
Doors 7pm, $15

Monday, April 9      
Arcata, CA
Humbrews, 856 10th St
$10/door

Tuesday, April 10    
Portland, OR
Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison St.
Doors 9pm; $10 adv/$12 door
With Nicole J. Georges &  “Valencia-The Movie” chapter by Aubree Bernier-Clark!

Wed, April 11            
Seattle, WA
Richard Hugo House Theater
8pm; $15 students/$20 general

Thursday, April 12  
Portland, OR
Lewis & Clark College, Free
Council Chamber, Templeton Campus Center
7pm, FREE

Friday, April 13        
Denver, CO

Saturday, April 14   
Chicago, IL
Part of CIMMFest
Wicker Park Art Center, 2215 W. North Ave
7:30, $12

Sunday, April 15
Minneapolis, MN
University of Minnesota

Monday, April 16
Iowa City, IA
Public Space One, Jefferson Building on University of Iowa campus
7pm, FREE

Tuesday, April 17
Indianapolis, IN

Wednesday, April 18

Thursday, April 19

Friday, April 20
Pittsburgh, PA
The Andy Warhol Museum, 117 Sandusky St.
8pm, $15/general and $12/students  TIX HERE

Saturday, April 21

Sunday, April 22
Raleigh, NC
The Pinhook, 117 W. Main St.
Doors 7pm, $10

Monday, April 23
Baltimore, MD
Towson University

Tuesday, April 24
Philadelphia, PA
University of Pennsylvania
Kelly Writer House (front parlor)
8pm, FREE – RSVP REQUIRED wh@writing.upenn.edu

Wednesday, April 25
Middletown, CT
Wesleyan University

Thursday, April 26

Friday, April 27

Saturday, April 28  
Williams College, MA
Paresky Center Auditorium, 39 Chapin Hall Dr.
8:30pm, FREE and open to the public

Sunday, April 29
Providence, RI
AS220, 115 Empire St.
10pm, $6-$10
With Thomas McBee and Olivia Horvath!

Monday, April 30   
New York, NY