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Oregon Tradeswomen, Inc. presents the 16th Annual Women in Trades Career Fair Explore exciting careers and apprenticeships for women in the building and highway construction trades through interactive, hands-on workshops and exhibits; meet experienced tradeswomen and industry employers. For more information visit www.tradeswomen.net or call 503.335.8200 x21 |
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Check out some of the great press we received about the Festival in 2007:
- Read the story in The Portland Mercury about Siren Nation!
- Listen to Interview on KBOO fm with Siren Nation performers Myshkin, (Myshkin's Ruby Warblers), and Sailor Banks, (aka Sugar ShortWave, Myskin's Ruby Warblers)!
- Read about Siren Nation in The Oregonian A& E
- Read the Just Out COVER STORY all about Siren Nation. Click to view the article online - or download the .pdf!
Story starts on page 22 - full schedule on p. 25!
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Team Dresch Reunite to headline Siren Nation Festival!
The Gossip cancels performance.
On October 10, 2007 The Gossip sent Siren Nation an email via their manager stating their intent to cancel their contracted performance at Siren Nation in order to perform in Europe.
Siren Nation is honored the Iconic Portland Band Team Dresch has graciously offered to step in and perform in their place.
In the early 1990’s Team Dresch was a part of a group of brainy, technically proficient bands like 66 Saints (later Parini ), Juned, Huggy Bear, the Lookers, Slant 6, Containe, and Ruby Falls that kept the focus on breaking new ground creatively and politically. No other artist exemplified that two-pronged attack as beautifully as Team Dresch, the four-piece from Portland who were essentially the Ramones of their time.
In 1994 the band dropped Personal Best, one of the finest debuts in punk-rock history; it sounds as potent today as it did when it was released jointly by Donna Dresch's Chainsaw Records 13 years ago (earlier pressings were jointly released by Chainsaw and Jody Bleyle's Candy-Ass Records ). This 24-minute hurricane of self-proclaimed "lesbionic punk rock" is a barely contained capsule of sleek pop hooks being mercilessly overdriven by the dual guitars of Dresch and Kaia Wilson and hammered heavenward by Marci Martinez's adrenalized drumming. The call-and-response vocals of Wilson and Bleyle (who also handled bass and occasional guitar duties) gave both political weight and fierce beauty to anthemic punk screeds "Fagetarian and Dyke" and "Hate the Christian Right!" while their sweeter solo moments on tracks like "She's Crushing My Mind" and "Growing up in Springfield" were both moving and mesmerizing. Recorded in a scant five days in Seattle (at producer John Goodmanson's shoebox-sized Fremont studio), Personal Best set the bar so damn high that the band faltered on their follow-up, 1996's Captain My Captain, and dissolved shortly thereafter. Dresch returned her attention to her label, releasing the first two records for Sleater-Kinney, a band clearly inspired by Team Dresch's trademark vocals and disciplined musicianship.
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Friday, September 28
Harvest Hoedown: Square Dance and Cake Walk
8:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Liberty Hall
311 N. Ivy
The renowned Caroline Oakley will be calling the dance with The Round Peak Girls providing live musical entertainment. This event is all-ages and family-friendly! $5 entrance fee + extra to walk the cake.
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Thursday, October 4th
Women Who Rock Fundraiser for Siren Nation
8:30 pm
White Eagle Saloon
836 N. Russell St.
Angela Davise Band, Gina Noell, Felina's Arrow
$5 cover with all 100% of proceeds going to Siren Nation
myspace.com/WomenWhoRockPDX
For more information contact womenwhorock@comcast.net or reina@reinagcollins.com
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Saturday, October 6
Saturday Morning Bartoons
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Crush
1400 SE Morrison
Come enjoy the cartoons of your youth while indulging in fabulous cocktails and tasty brunch treats.
$5 suggested donation
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Superfun Bingo Night
July 19, 2007
7:00 pm
The Vita
NE 30 & Alberta
You won't want to miss this fun fundraiser! We'll have a DJ, tur caller will be the amzaing Ezmerelda of Le Grande Q Revue and the card girls are some of the red hot members of the Rose City Rollers!
Only $5 a game and the prizes are fabulous! See you there!
Dolly Parton Hoot Night
Mark your calendars and save the date for the 2nd Annual Dolly Parton Hoot Night:
A Benefit for the Siren Nation Music and Arts Festival
Friday, June 1st
The Mission Theater
NW 17th and Glisan
Portland Oregon
Check the Events page for additional details.
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Liv Warfield National debut on BETJ
May 15th at 4:30 PM PST
May 29th at 4:30 PM PST
Tune in for an amazing performance from up and coming soul star, and confirmd Siren Nation Festival performer, Liv Warfield, and her band the Warfield Project. She will be interviewed by legendary R&B Superstar Jeffrey Osborne.
Check out Liv Warfield online or on MySpace.
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Motherhood Manifesto
May 12, 2007
Hollywood Theatre
4122 NE Sandy in Portland, OR
This fabulous documentary produced by
momsrising.org will be shown in conjunction with a day of events!
- 10am: There will be a free Mother's Day Bazaar featuring local women-owned businesses
- 11am: There will be a free performance by Super XX Man
- 1:30pm: Motherhood Manifesto will be screened followed by a Q and A with filmmaker John de Graff with representatives of Momsrising.org who will also be in attendence.
Tickets are $7 and sales will benefit the Portland Women's Film
Festival and momsrising.org. More information available at www.powfest.com.
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Women in Trades Fair
May 3-5
Community partner Oregon Tradeswomen will host their annual Women In Trades Fair May 3-5. School Days - Thursday May 3 & Friday May 4 with workshops for girls and open to the public- Saturday May 5 with workshops and a job fair. It will take place at at the NECA/IBEW Electrical Training Center at 16021 NE Airport Way, Portland, OR 97230. For more information about sponsoring, exhibiting, leading a workshop, volunteering or attending, please visit Oregon Tradeswomen online.
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Are you woman filmmaker? We would love to see your film! All genres and lengths are welcome. Submissions accepted in DVD format only. If your film is chosen you will receive a Festival Pass.
Please send submissions to:
Siren Nation Music Festival
Attn: Luos Chain
1511 NE Junior Street
Portland OR 97211
Deadline: March 15!
Questions? Please send email to: chain@swimnaked.com
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Our next fundraiser will be a CD release party for "Voices from the Siren Nation" a fabulous cd put out by Sarah
Dougher's Cherchez La Femme label featuring no less than 16 of
Portland's finest women musicians including Pink Martini, The Gossip,
Kaia Wilson, Amelia, Swallows, Swan Island, Ashleigh Flynn, Marisa
Anderson w/Mirah, Myshkin's Ruby Warblers, Lara Michell, The Stolen
Sweets, Sugar Shortwave, Heather Perkins, Virginia Lopez, Jamie
Stillway and the Flat Mountain Girls. Be the first to get the compilation featuring beautiful artwork by
Nicole Georges. We will have live performances by Virginia Lopez (Mambo Queens),
Heather Perkins, Kaia Wilson (Team Dresch, The Butchies) and
Swallows
plus special guests those cuties of the mini-bike dance squad....The
Sprockettes!
This event will also be your first chance to get your hands on Siren
Nation stickers and our hot new t-shirts! details
Look for the cd at your local music store, In Other
Words or on-line at www.cdbaby.com . All proceeds from the album will go to
provide seed money for the festival.
In January we will host our second annual Pancake Breakfast, as it was such
a popular event last year. As with last year, it will be held the same
weekend as the Old-Time Music Gathering details.