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Hello friends!
Please join us for our 5th annual Pancake Breakfast
All-You-Can-Eat + coffee + live music! We will have vegan and gluten-free pancakes too!
Live music by: Emily Herring and Henpecked, The Old Yew, and Ric Rac.
Family friendly.
$5-15 sliding scale
This Sunday, January 17, 2010 from 10:00am – 1:00pm
@ Zaytoon, 2236 NE Alberta (at 23rd) Portland, OR
See you there!
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Check out October’s edition of Curve Magazine, the country’s best-selling lesbian magazine, to read about how Curve is “seduced by Siren Nation”. The festival is just over three weeks away! Be sure to buy your festival passes.
Learn more about this year’s festival.
Star Anna and the Laughing Dogs’ “Through the Winter” is NPR’s Song of the Day! From the NPR blog:
“It’s not the years; it’s the miles.” “It’s not you; it’s me.” Combine those two well-worn phrases and you’ll have a pretty good grasp on Star Anna’s biting breakup song, “Through the Winter.” The young singer-songwriter exudes hard living, from her world-weary, head-turning voice and classic-sounding take on Americana straight through to her biting tales of love gone bad.
The twangy, angst-ridden “Through the Winter” chastises a spurned ex for his post-break-up bitterness, taking full responsibility for her part in the relationship’s demise while urging him to own up to the fact that it wasn’t working. In the process, she lands a killer blow or two. Read the whole story >
We are extremely thrilled to be featuring Star Anna in this year’s Siren Nation festival, Friday Night, November 6th, at the Someday Lounge. Read more about our music lineup.
Siren Nation is very proud to partner with Circus Artemis, an all women’s circus, for their premier event this October. You can read a bit about them in this awesome article from the Portland Tribune.
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. Read the rest of this entry »
2 nights of live music, a huge visual art show, 4 documentary films by women directors about women pioneers, free workshops, and so much more.
We are proud to announce the line-up for this year’s festival, which will be held at the Someday Lounge! On Friday Nov. 6 will be Emily Wells (LA), Grey Anne, Star Anna, and Lovers. Saturday Nov. 7 will be Tender Forever, Y La Bamba, Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside, and The I’s.
Tickets for the festival will be available through our website by Oct. 1st.
Thanks so much for all of you who came out for “Lady Sings the Blues,” our 3rd annual Billie Holiday tribute night. It was a spectacular evening of song and music where were blessed with the talents of no less than 10 super talented ladies.
Photographer Stacey L. Chase was on hand to help capture some of the magic of the night. You can see her pictures at http://www.flickr.com/photos/stacey_chase/sets/72157617351954513/. Read the rest of this entry »