DRED Performs in 18th Annual SF Drag King Contest!
March 13, 2011 by Nursha
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Thursday, September 29, 2011; 7pm Screening of Paris is Burning . milDRED will facilitate a discussion about the film immediately after a brief performance.
Houston Museum of African American Culture (HMAAC)
4807 Caroline
Houston, Texas
This HMAAC program is a continuation of its mission “to invite and engage visitors of every race and background, and to inspire children of all ages through discover-driven learning.” HMAAC is partnering with Our Image Film and Arts ( http://www.ourimagefest.com ) for this film screening series.
FREE!!!
For more information about milDRED’s activities, visit www.DredLove.com
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JUST MISSED….
Friday, August 5, 2011
milDRED performs in and judges 18th Annual SF Drag King Contest at DNA Lounge in San Francisco!
DNA Lounge
375 Eleventh Street
San Francisco, California
Doors @ 8pm; 21+ to Enter!
Band @ 9pm
Show @ 10pm
Tickets: $20 Advance; $25 @ Door
Phone: 415. 626.1409
For more information, click here .
“The San Francisco Drag King Contest is a mash-up of the Miss America Pageant, American Idol, Halloween and a Monster Truck Show,” states impresario Fudgie Frottage . “We have every kind of drag from suits to fruits; studs to puds — Everything from Elvis impersonators to Leather Daddies, Wrestlers, Contortionists, Hillbillies, Clowns, Jocks, and their female counterparts. It’s a mind-boggling, dress-to-impress occasion, where part of the fun is just trying tell the performers and audience members apart.”
Sunday, June 5, 2011; 6-8pm
D.R.E.D., Mister Overdone and other special guest perform at:
Voices Breaking Boundaries
Houston Institute for Culture
708-C Telephone Road
Houston,Texas 77023
FREE–food and drinks available with donations!
For more info go to: www.vbbarts.org
Just missed milDRED at the Houston Transgender Unity Banquet! 
DRED delivered the keynote address at the annual banquet at the Sheraton Brookhollow in Houston, Texas.
This enchanted evening was a celebration of the Trans community in Houston. The Unity Banquet is organized by the Houston Transgender Unity Committee, the consortium of area transgender organizations. Proceeds from ticket sales support the Peggy Rudd Transgender Scholarship Fund . This was the fifth year that the Unity Committee presented scholarships that were established to help trans-identified students pursuing higher education and named in honor of advocate and educator Dr. Peggy Rudd.
For more information, click here .
milDRED Goes to College!
December 31, 2010 by Nursha
Filed under Nursha Project Artists, Nursha World Featured Content
Join NPA milDRED on tour as she captivates college/university audiences around the country!
UPCOMING DATES
February 7th, 2011 from 12-2pm
Shepherd University
301 N King Street
Shepherdstown, West Virginia 25443
Stay tuned for more details
February 19, 2011 @ 7pm
MilDred performs her unique one woMan show at Dickinson College
Place: Carlisle Theater Cubiculo
44 West High Street, Carlisle, PA, 17013
PAST DATES
October 7th, 2010 @ 7 pm
The College of William and Mary
The Sadler Center, Commonwealth Auditorium,
Williamsburg, Virginia A 23187
October 12th and 13th, 2010
Penn State
University Park, Pennsylvania
On the evening of Tuesday October 12th, 2010, milDred performs at the HUB Auditorium (which is in the HUB-Robeson Center) at 7pm and on Wednesday October 13th, 2010, attends the rally at the Old Main Steps starting at 12pm.
Stay tuned for details at http://www.sa.psu.edu/lgbt/
The Week of October 18th-22nd, 2010
St. John Fisher College
Rochester, New York 14618
Stay tuned for more details!
October 23rd, 2010
University of Vermont’s Women Of Color Conference!
Billings North Lounge
Burlington, Vermont 05401
MilDred speaks at 5:00pm for closure of Women of Color Conference and at 8pm MilDred performs her worldly acclaimed one woMan show “When She Was King/ D.R.E.D.: Daring Reality Every Day”
Stay tuned for more details.
November 18th, 2010
Pomona College
Claremont, California
Stay tuned for more details
milDRED on Gender Performance
December 31, 2010 by Nursha
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MilDred is part of a panel on gender and performance, following Jomama Jones RADIATE!
EVENT DETAILS
FEED*:Post Show Discussion: “Performing Gender”
January 7th, 2011 at 9pm
After Jomama Jones * RADIATE (7:30pm)
Soho Rep.
46 Walker Street; New York City
Guests: Taylor Mac, Jomama Jones, Mildred Gerestant. Moderator: Djola Banner (Hampshire College)
Tickets: $25 Performance; Post show talk is FREE
*FEED is Soho Rep’s literary and humanities program. Free artist dialogues, in-depth discussions, online content, events, and more.
Rebecca Swan Is Here!
October 20, 2010 by Nursha
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Acclaimed mixed media artist, Rebecca Swan from Aotearoa / New Zealand is in New York to launch ” Assume Nothing ” – a searingly beautiful book celebrating gender diversity. This work has been aptly described by Art News New Zealand as: “Touchingly intimate yet powerful no holds barred approach . . . tremendous tenderness”.
EVENT DETAILS 
Friday October 29, 2010 from 7.30-9pm
354 W. 45th Street between 8th and 9th Avenues.
New York City
“Assume Nothing” is also an exhibition and film honoring gender diversity across cultures and continents – and resonates with the lanauage and music of Aotearoa and the Pacific. Rebecca’s portraits and her working relationship with some of those photographed have been documented by award-winning film-maker Kirsty MacDonald. This one night event is sure to open your heart and mind, make you laugh and cry, and leave you with an expanded sense of what’s possible. It is an intoxicating cocktail of stunning performances, teasers from Assume Nothing the film and passionate insights from Rebecca into the heart of this 15 year project.
Featuring:
Jack Byrne – performer, trans activist
Shigeyuki Kihara- a celebrated multi media artist and Rebecca Swan’s partner
fa’afafine Ema Lyon- a Maori weaver who describes herself as ia ( which in Te Reo Maori means both he and she)
Mani Bruce Mitchell- an intersex activist who shares the power of photographs in the reclaiming of her identity
MilDred Gerestant, the artist formerly known as DRED
“Not only does Rebecca Swan provide us with a timely and evocative motto for the 21st century, she does it with style and panache. Assume Nothing shows us what it looks like when theory is put into practice with love and considerable skill.”
-Del LaGrace Volcano- gender variant visual artist and activist.
Nursha Project Artist milDRED in Come As You Are, NYC
September 29, 2010 by Nursha
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Join us in celebrating Queer Sex at Come As You Are, NYC at the Main Stage Event at The Tank!
InterPlay:
Featuring performances by vocalist, composer, performance artist Charlie Demos. Get wet to the unwavering sounds of artist Baron, pleasure your senses with the intel-lectable “Busty Kitten,” and intoxicate your spirit with the mystical formations of milDRED at this queer arts main-stage event. Part of a week-long festival, Come As You Are: NYC (September 27 – October 3, 2010), Queer Art Impact presents this eclectic showcase as an inquiry into the status of post-Stonewall sexual values. Artists also include dirty gay boy Mathew Heggem, and a piercing installation by Boston-based Xray Aims.
Lighting & Sound Design by NPA Moira Cutler
EVENT DETAILS
Friday, October 1st, 2010 @ 9:30pm
The Tank
354 West 45th Street, New York City (Between 8th and 9th Avenues)
Subway: A,C,E to 42nd Street/Time Square — Tickets: $10
For more information, click here .
Come “Transcend Gender Love” at the Fresh Fruit Festival
July 13, 2010 by Nursha
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Join milDRED and Sokhna Heathyre Mabin (a.k.a.) DRED and Mystah-Ree as they PREMIERE their new show, “Transcendence of Gender Love” at the Fresh Fruit Festival . Transcendence of Gender Love is a sensual, spiritual, and 
transforming performance piece about loving one’s gender expression as well as those of others. Come celebrate with us and other artists!
EVENT DETAILS
“Transcendence of Gender Love”
July 26th, 2010; 7-9pm
The Fresh Fruit Festival at Leslie/Lohman Gallery
The Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation
26 Wooster Street, New York, NY 10013
(Between Grand & Canal)
FREE!
For more information, click here .
milDRED Is “Dyke Astaire”
July 13, 2010 by Nursha
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Check out NPA milDRED in “Dyke Astaire and the Queen of Tap”, a new tap dance/theater work written and choreographed by Margaret Morrison in completion of her degree of Masters of Fine Arts in Dance at Hollins University/American Dance Festival.
EVENT DETAILS
July 23rd and 24th, 2010 at 8pm
Reynolds Industries Theater
Duke University, West Campus
Durham, North Carolina
FREE and OPEN to PUBLIC
The show features Mildred Gerestant and Margaret Morrison, as well as group shows presented by the Hollins University/American Dance Festival graduate students. For more information, visit:
photo by Robin Burdulis
Join Us For An Evening Of Celebrating Powerful Women
May 27, 2010 by Nursha
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Join us for a delicious evening of poetry, music, movement, gender expression, juicyness, and more for Powerful Women! Presented by A Night of Three Goddesses including Nursha Project Artist MilDred , Tantra-Zawadi, & Sokhna Heathyre Mabin, join us in another great year in celebrating LGBT Pride Month and the powerful women in our communities.
Event Details: Powerful Women
Date & Time : Monday, June 28, 2010 @ 6:00 – 8:00p.m.
Location : NY Performance Arts Library at Lincoln Center
111 Amsterdam Avenue, btwn 64th and 65th Streets
NY, NY 10023
Ticket Pricing : Free Event
Join Us In Support Of Women Of Color Weekend
May 26, 2010 by Nursha
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Nursha Project Artist MilDred , Sandra Valls, and Mimi Gonzalez will be teaming up this June for Women of Color Weekend ! The trio will perform “a fierce and funny, hot and spicy, mack daddy, gender-bending comedy escapade!”. DARK, DIRTY AND DRAGALICIOUS is the show to to see during Women of Color Weekend.
” It’s about meeting new friends. It’s about doing something fun and making memories. It’s about community.”
Event Details: Women of Color Weekend
Date & Time : June 4 – 5, 2010 (Friday & Saturday)
Location : Provincetown, Massachusetts
Ticket Pricing : Register for Women of Color Weekend
Stay tuned for more details and events featuring Nursha Project artists. Learn more about Women Of Color Weekend at: www.womenofcolorweekend.com
