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Impetus Arts Presents
Stories, music, art, dance, and speeches by artists and activists who fall outside the norms of race, ability and/or gender
"We are artists of color with disabilities creating and advocating for Justice! We are multiracial and multicultural disabled dancers and activists! We are immigrant writers! We are black mothers fighting against the institutionalization of our adult children! We are white trans musicians striving for Racial and Disability Justice! We are hard of hearing poets! We are genderqueer chronically ill filmmakers! We are survivors being judged, institutionalized, and held back from housing and careers, yet we create on! We are performing and speaking October 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, and 12 at Zoomtopia Studio 2, 810 SE Belmont.
For further information or to reserve seats, contact Curtis Walker at 971.275.0794 or email.
Attention: We really want you to be able to attend and participate fully and we want all of our chronically ill community members to be able to also! Because chemicals and scents make some of our performers and audience members extremely ill, people wearing scents and chemicals will be asked to leave. Please see the scent free policy below for details. Be scent & chemical free!**
Trigger Warning: Some performances include mention of abuse, self harm and institutionalization. Don’t hesitate to contact Curtis for more information."
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Individual performance information
Friday, October 3
7:00pm - Open Mic Night ($5-10 no one turned away for lack of funds*)
ASL interpreters: Dana Walls and Kassie Hughes.
Be scent & chemical free!**
If you identify as D/deaf, Disabled, Black, Indigenous, as an Immigrant
and/or a Person of Color please come perform alongside some of the
cast. Share your dance, storytelling, gender-bending, comedy, poetry,
musings, singing/music or sing karaoke (make a note of a YouTube Link
for your karaoke song of choice) and get in free. Audience members
welcome of all identities.
9:00pm - Short Films (free)
Close Captioned! Be scent & chemical free!**
•Sins Invalid: An Unshamed Claim to Beauty.
for more information go to:
http://www.sinsinvalid.org/film.html
•salaMEanderings, directed and edited by Neil Marcus
for more information go to:
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~petra/salamander.html
Saturday, October 4
7:00pm - Feature film screening - R/EVOLVE
directed by Billie Rain and written and produced by Basil Shadid.
($10 no one turned away for lack of funds*)
Closed Captioned! Be scent & chemical free!**
(No interpreters this performance.)
Sunday, October 5
4:00pm - FallOut Live Performance featuring Bobby Fouther
($15, no one turned away for lack of funds*)
ASL Interpreters: Dana Walls and Kassie Hughes
**Be scent & chemical free!**
other performers include:
•Corinthia Bethune
•Ptery P. Lieght
•Tess Raunig
•Heiko Spoddeck
•Curtis Walker
5:30pm - Short Films (free)
Close Captioned! Be scent & chemical free!**
•Sins Invalid: An Unshamed Claim to Beauty.
for more information go to:
http://www.sinsinvalid.org/film.html
•salaMEanderings, directed and edited by Neil Marcus
for more information go to:
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~petra/salamander.html
Friday, October 10
7:00pm - FallOut Live performance featuring Billie Rain and
Emi Koyama ($10 no one turned away for lack of funds*)
ASL Interpreters: Kassie Hughes and Carolyn Brockway
Be scent & chemical free!**
other performers include:
•Corinthia Bethune
•Ptery P. Lieght
•Tess Raunig
•Heiko Spoddeck
•Curtis Walker
Saturday, October 11
7:00pm - Guest Speaker Emi Koyama -
Negative Survivorship
($10, no one turned away for lack of funds*)
ASL Interpreters : Dana Walls and Kassie Hughes
**Be scent and chemical free!**
Negative Survivorship: Reclaiming “Victim” and Embracing Unhealthy Coping.
9:00pm - Feature Length Film Heart Breaks Open
directed by Billie Rain, produced by Basil Shadid
($10, no one turned away for lack of funds*)
Closed Captioned! Be scent & chemical free!**
Sunday, October 12
4:00pm - FallOut Final live performance featuring Billie Rain, and Bobby Fouther ($15, no one turned away for lack of funds *)
ASL Interpreters: Dana Walls and Kassie Hughes
Be scent & chemical free!**
other performers include:
•Corinthia Bethune
•Ptery P. Lieght
•Tess Raunig
•Heiko Spoddeck
•Curtis Walker
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* We are committed to our no one turned away for lack of funds policy. People at the door will be trained to happily accept whatever you can afford.
**Scent free policy
Because some of the artists and audience members have multiple chemical sensitivities (MSC) and get extremely ill from perfumes and chemicals, all audience members are required to be chemical and scent free for all events. For the safety of the artists, presenters, and audience members, those wearing chemicals and perfumes will be asked to leave and return scent free.
FallOut organizers advise that scents and chemicals include but are not limited to perfume, deodorant, hairspray, gel, cigarette and pot smoke and much of mainstream makeup, and that audience members should be prepared in advance to use only scent free shampoo, soap, make-up, and laundry detergent a full 24 hours before attending, as well as to come in clothing that has not been smoked in, including during show intermissions. FallOut organizers will provide even more information on how to be scent free on
this website by a week before the performance including inexpensive or free home remedies/alternatives, and product suggestions. Those who wish to attend that are low income or need assistance purchasing products are encouraged to contact Curtis Walker at 971.275.0794.
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note: photos are from past Impetus Arts productions.
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