Check out the images from the show (which are still rolling in from community members all over the city!)

Alley 33 Flickr Pool

images by Beth Olson Design

images by Greenup Images

images by Travis Tanner

and some of the lovely things being posted about the show online:

Portland Mercury recap

Portland Mercury Street Style

EcoFashion World

Jitterbuggin Blog

Radish Underground Blog

Little Paper Cities Blog

Saturday, July 23rd, 2011
33rd Ave. Alley/ SE Hawthorne Blvd
doors at 4pm- show at 6pm
Tickets are $10. Available online or at the door.

Emceed by Alicia Wood

Featuring: R.A.W. Textiles, Make It Good Clothing, Una Rose Clothing, J. Calderon, Amai Unmai, Hello Amelia Designs, Carolyn Hart, Clair Vintage Inspired, Layers Squared, Lazy Lolita Designs, Michelle Is Well, Celeste Sipes, Sylvania, Moonwoods Eyewear, Jitterbuggin’ Designs, She-She Designs, Dress Up Alice Designs, and Sweet Cycle Clothing.

This is an all ages event with a separate Beer Garden provided by Gold Dust Meridian.

Music provided by DiscJockey Gregarious.

Please come join us as we re-shape the alley of 33rd Ave. into an urban runway, bringing high fashion to public space.

Purchase tickets here: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/180803

Fri, June 3rd, 7pm
All screenings take place at the Clinton Street Theater, 2522 SE Clinton Street.

Director P. David Ebersole and Producer Todd Hughes in attendance

From rock star to rock bottom, Patty Schemel has experienced both the highs and the lows of the music world. After picking up her first pair of drumsticks at age 11, she went on to join the predominantly female rock band Hole, whose 1994 album Live Through This is considered among the greatest of all time. But she also had her first drink at age 12, leading to years of substance abuse.

With a warm sense of humor and remarkable candor, Schemel shares her survivor story in Hit So Hard, which made headlines in March when its New York premiere brought together the members of Hole for the first time in 13 years. The film recounts Schemel’s childhood outside Seattle, conflicts with Hole singer Courtney Love and how she turned to drugs to cope with the deaths of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain and Hole bassist Kristen Pfaff. Hit So Hard features fly-on-the-wall footage of the Cobain family and interviews with a who’s who of women rockers from The Go-Go’s, The Bangles, Luscious Jackson and Veruca Salt.

Schemel, who came out in a 1995 interview with Rolling Stone, also explains how music helped her cope with feeling like an outsider: “I found other freakish people through music…androgynous icons like Klaus Nomi, David Bowie and Patti Smith who were playing with gender. That was interesting to me.”     —Jimmy Radosta

https://www.ticketturtle.com/index.php?ticketing=qdoc

Hit So Hard: The Life & Near Death Story of Patty Schemel: Dir P. David Ebersole 2011 USA 101 min.

Community Partners:
Rock n’ Roll Camp for Girls
Siren Nation Women’s Music and Arts Festival
Outside In
MusicfestNW

]]> http://sirennation.org/2011/06/hit-so-hard-the-life-near-death-story-of-patty-schemel/feed/ 0 http://sirennation.org/2011/05/clothing-swap-fundraiser-the-secret-society/ http://sirennation.org/2011/05/clothing-swap-fundraiser-the-secret-society/#comments Fri, 13 May 2011 21:33:45 +0000 siren nation http://sirennation.org/?p=821 Siren Nation and Mag Big Present:
The Alley 33 Recycled Fashion Swap!
Sunday, May 15 · 12:00pm – 4:00pm

The Secret Society
116 NE Russell St.
Portland, OR 97212

This is a SECOND clothes swap for the NE contingent of fashion lovers!
This is possibly the BIGGEST, most abundant clothes swap you will ever attend!!!
$5 and a small bag of clothes gets you a WHOLE NEW WARDROBE!

–this is an ALL AGES event–

Plus – for those over 21 – grab a glass of wine while you’re grabbing up your new duds!
Invite ALL your friends! The more attending, the more awesome clothes to choose from!

Don’t be shy! Come on down!
Both clothes swaps directly contribute to the first annual Alley 33 Fashion Event; bringing local production to public space!

http://thesecretsocietylounge.com/
www.sirennation.com

If you would like to volunteer at this or any other Siren Nation event please email december@sirennation.org

Noon – Annie Vergnetti – www.myspace.com/annievergnetti
1pm Beth Willis – www.myspace.com/bethwillismusic
2pm Elke Robitaille – www.elkemusic.com
3pm Paula Sinclair – www.sinclairsinclair.com

Taking a cue from a legendary “strong woman,” Portland’s most powerful, most talented female circus artists have united under a common goal. Their mission? To blow audiences away with their amazing feats of strength, skill and beauty. Welcome to Circus Artemis, Portland’s new all-women circus.

Circus Artemis will debut Oct. 16-18 with a variety show featuring the absolute finest female circus acts Portland has to offer, not to mention live music, a raffle of ridiculously fun prizes and pre-show antics. And it will all take place in a unique, supportive atmosphere where women artists can shine.

Circus Artemis performers have trained with instructors from Cirque Du Soliel and the Ecole Nationale de Cirque in Montreal, taught at the renown San Francisco Circus Center, performed nationally and internationally – and keep Portland entertained while working locally with Do Jump! Extremely Physical Theater, A-WOL Dance Collective, The Nomadic Theater Company, Flamebuoyant Productions and more.

Our stellar lineup includes: A-WOL Dance Collective (aerial and dance), Brittany Walsh (contortion/hand-balancing), Daniela Steiner (single point trapeze), Heather Pearl (clowning), Jack Stock Lynn (clowning), Kricket Caffery (aerial/acrobatics), Kyoko Uchida (aerial fabric), Revolva (hula hoops), Shireen Press (aerial/poi/acrobatics), Shersten Finley (aerial straps), Sophie Bloch (music), Sy Parrish (single point dance trapeze) and Tera Nova Zarra (clowning/comedy).

Show times and dates: Friday and Saturday Oct. 16-17 at 8 p.m., Sunday Oct. 18 at 7 p.m.

Tickets: $10 advance, $15 door, kids up to 10 pay their age – purchase tickets at www.a-woldance.org