EVAN GREER & GEPETTA SOUTHEAST TOUR
WINTER 2010
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Wednesday, February 17, 2010
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7 - 10 pm
With the amazing local band Jeremy Treetop Window opening up!Wed
Greetings!
Radical
folk singer Evan Greer and queer fabulist puppeteer Geppetta met in
Boston several years ago while working with a youth-oriented climate
justice organization. Since then, they have collaborated on an array
interactive social justice-focused workshops and performances, uniting
their different artistic styles and creative languages with a message
of collective liberation.
They will be touring the Southeast
together in Winter of 2010, performing and offering workshops on topics
like Queer and Trans Liberation, Resisting Gentrification, Climate
Justice, and Community Organizing.
Please get in touch if you are interested in bringing this tour to your community!
E-mail: evangreer@gmail.com
Phone: 978-852-6457
ABOUT EVAN GREER
Evan
Greer is femme genderqueer singer/songwriter, community organizer, and
popular educator based in Boston. He writes and performs high-energy
acoustic songs that inspire hope, build community, and incite
resistance! At 24 years old, he tours internationally and performs
inspiring music to support movements for justice and liberation. With
fiercely radical songs that vary in style from pop-punk singalongs to
foot-stomp’n bluegrass, Evan has shared the stage with artists as
musically diverse as Pete Seeger, Immortal Technique, Pamela Means,
Billy Bragg, Boots Riley, Chumbawamba, State Radio, and Tom Morello of
Rage Against the Machine. In February 2009, Evan biked 1600+ miles
during the Respect Yer Mama Bicycle Tour with Shannon Murray, stopping
along the way to offer workshops and performances, and carrying a
guitar in a bike-trailer. He recently completed the Steel Strings &
Break Beats Tour with with New York-based activist hip-hop group
Broadcast Live.
LISTEN TO EVAN'S MUSIC: www.riotfolk.org and www.myspace.com/evangreer
ABOUT GEPETTA
Currently
based in Philadelphia, Geppetta creates mystical creatures and
imaginary, yet nostalgic landscapes from recycled materials with a
whimsical fervor. Her work features enchanting stories as told through
puppet theater, multimedia art, and musical interludes that has been
described as “mournful but ingenious” with delightful twists and turns.
Her performance style has an ever-evolving nature that spills from
theaters to subway cars, galleries to street corners and interweaves
social justice issues, such as transgender liberation, queer activism,
environmental justice, post-colonial struggles, youth education, and
mental health support. Geppetta has been featured nationally with the
Tranny Roadshow, the Femme Show, Puppet Uprising, Fresh Meat
Productions, and Red Sun Press. The artists collaborate once again to
tour the Southeast with high-energy performances and insightful
workshops that engage and educate and invoke the spirit of creative
resistance.
CHECK OUT: www.trans-genre.net, www.stitchingtentacles.wordpress.com
In
support of the time and dedication of the fight for social justice
across this nation, we will be accepting a $10 - 20 sliding scale
donation at the door for the artists.