Femme Wave Workshops
Saturday November 19
HiFi Club (219 10 Ave SW)
Free – Open to the Public
Life Of The Party: An introduction to harm reduction & other strategies for feeling good and staying safe
This workshop will introduce some easy harm reduction strategies that are useful and applicable whether you are at a house party, a live show or festival. We will cover common intoxicants, warning signs, strategies to minimize harms, and how to intervene when someone you know (or don’t know) runs into trouble.
Facilitated by Stacey Forrester of Good Night Out Vancouver
Stacey Forrester is a nurse living on the unceded Coast Salish lands of Vancouver, BC, where she is studying urban planning through a health and gendered lens. She is the Harm Reduction Manager for Bass Coast music organization and one half of Good Night Out. Good Night Out is an organization that believes in the safety and celebration of women (as in anyone who identifies as one), femme, trans, and non-binary folks in nightlife culture.
Sunday November 20
Royal Canadian Legion #1 (116 7 Ave SE)
All workshops are All Ages with Pay-What-You-Can admission.
Some workshops require pre-registration. See links in descriptions below.
Safer spaces policy in effect.
Attention : All Parents Who Rock!
The service is offered on a drop-in basis, and there will be waivers to sign upon arriving.
Sunday November 20, 2016
Facilitated by Bree Gardner
Participants: Open to all - no signup necessary
Not Enough Fest! is a festival dedicated to bringing queer, trans, non-binary, two-spirit, and femme folks together with practiced musicians from across Calgary to develop music skills, take up space, and collaborate. Providing accessible, all ages, dry, jam spaces for collaboration, as well as access to music equipment and skill development, this festival has most notably thrived in Edmonton, Portland, Winnipeg, Ottawa and other cities across North America. It is our focus to bring together a community of folks who have dreamed of putting together a band, but have been unable to do to lack of safer spaces, experience, ability, or access.
In our first year in Calgary, we welcome community members to come to our town hall meeting to experience Femme Wave's clinics, as well as provide insight into what you would want Not Enough Fest Calgary to look like. Through this interaction, we will be explaining in more detail what NEF Calgary will be taking on, as well as listening to concerns and desires of our impacted community. Participant and volunteer registration will be discussed, as well as a mailing list to keep updated with NEF Calgary.
Facilitated by Caitlin Alexandra
Lilith was a figure demonized by the patriarchy for her resistance. We all have Lilith present in our own personal astrological profile, and where she sits in our stars tells us where we resist oppression, smash the patriarchy, and claim our wild selves. Join Caitlin Alexandra for a workshop where we will explore and identify our own Lilith and strategies for calling her power into our everyday lives.
Facilitated by Rebecca Dawn
Learn beat science, rhyme writing and how to express yourself by raising your voice in a positive way. This fun workshop will explore social issues that the participants feel are important, through the art of lyricism: R.hythm A.nd P.oetry (RAP). Try writing your own spoken word poem, song verse, and even freestyling! It's easier than you think.
Facilitated by Brianna Johnston
This workshop will explore the fundamentals of swordplay for stage. We will develop a basic understanding of posture and footwork, and use this as the underpinnings of the defenses and attacks. By the end of the workshop, we will learn a segment of choreography as actors would in preparing for a show.
The Society for the Advocacy of Safer Spaces is proud to present this discussion panel focusing on cultural appropriation. We ask you to join us in an open and complex discussion on cultural appropriation, how it differs from cultural appreciation, and the harm that it can cause.
Our panelists include:
Adora Nwofor, comedian, activist and Femme Wave board member
Danielle Black, manager with REDx Talks, educator at the Glenbow Museum and Niitsitapi Blackfoot
Khalil Alomar, founder of VOICES – Calgary’s Coalition of People of Colour
Stacey Forrester, Harm Reduction Manager for Bass Coast Festival and founder of Good Night Out Vancouver
Tarot Readings by Rebecca Reid
Swing by Rebecca's table to get a one of a kind tarot reading on your way to or from our other amazing workshops. Rebecca Reid is also an artist based in Calgary.
Learn how to fingerweave with traditional Metis healer Kalyn Kodiak. Participate in this uniquely Canadian indigenous art form by weaving a simple wrap-around bracelet. We'll also learn about the contributions of women and non binary healers in medicine, ancient and modern, whose powerful stories are conspicuously absent from the written histories.
Facilitated by Nicole McDonal from Not Enough Fest Edmonton
Make noise and take up space. This workshop will teach you the basics of creating noise soundscapes using a variety of instruments. Learn what noise is and how to incorporate it into any type of music project to fill it out or add a bit of edge. Experiment with the instruments available in the workshop or bring your own.
Instrumental gear available for this workshop will include micro korgs, keytar, sample pad, loop pedals, vocal processors as well as guitars and amps.
Facilitated by Nicole Boychuk from the ‘I Hate Sex Not Enough Fest Edmonton Scream Workshop’
Learn to make noise, take up space, be loud and safely exert your vocals. Participants should attend this workshop prepared to use your voice while a live drummer and instrumentalist provide the groundwork for you to scream and learn how to properly project your vocals.
Join international gynecological surgeon Jaelene Mannerfeldt for a sewing circle and informal talk. Jaelene will share her experiences in Iraq and Pakistan where she educated young doctors and midwives on safe childbirth, as well as repairing women in Africa and the Middle East who have suffered from FGM. Jaelene is one of the only pediatric gynecological surgeons in Canada and is a wealth of knowledge, so pull up a chair and bring along some questions or sit back and learn about her international experiences with women in healthcare.
Not Enough Fest Calgary – Town Hall
Sunday, November 20th – 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Main Floor – Side Room
Facilitated by Bree Gardner
Open to all – no signup necessary
Not Enough Fest! is a festival dedicated to bringing queer, trans, non-binary, two-spirit, and femme folks together with practiced musicians from across Calgary to develop music skills, take up space, and collaborate. Providing accessible, all ages, dry, jam spaces for collaboration, as well as access to music equipment and skill development, this festival has most notably thrived in Edmonton, Portland, Winnipeg, Ottawa and other cities across North America. It is our focus to bring together a community of folks who have dreamed of putting together a band, but have been unable to do to lack of safer spaces, experience, ability, or access.
In our first year in Calgary, we welcome community members to come to our town hall meeting to experience Femme Wave’s clinics, as well as provide insight into what you would want Not Enough Fest Calgary to look like. Through this interaction, we will be explaining in more detail what NEF Calgary will be taking on, as well as listening to concerns and desires of our impacted community. Participant and volunteer registration will be discussed, as well as a mailing list to keep updated with NEF Calgary.
As a safer spaces, anti-oppression festival, we strive for all our events to be as accessible, safe, and welcoming as possible. Femme Wave has partnered with NEF organizers to provide the Legion as a venue for this, and trained safer spaces counsellors will be on site to consult with at all times. If you are unable to attend this meeting, but want to be kept in the loop, please feel free to email nefcalgary@gmail.com for future meetings, events, and details on what was said.
What is Cultural Appropriation?
Sunday, November 20th – 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
Main Floor – Main Space
Open to All – No sign-up necessary for this event
The Society for the Advocacy of Safer Spaces is proud to present this discussion panel focusing on cultural appropriation. We ask you to join us in an open and complex discussion on cultural appropriation, how it differs from cultural appreciation, and the harm that it can cause.
Our panelists include:
Adora Nwofor, comedian, activist and Femme Wave board member
Danielle Black, manager with REDx Talks, educator at the Glenbow Museum and Niitsitapi Blackfoot
Khalil Alomar, founder of VOICES – Calgary’s Coalition of People of Colour
Stacey Forrester, Harm Reduction Manager for Bass Coast Festival and founder of Good Night Out Vancouver
SASS, or Society for the Advocacy of Safer Spaces, is an initiative aimed at finding proactive solutions to the challenges facing vulnerable and at-risk people within the arts community. Through partnerships with venues and organizations as well as active engagement with the community, SASS provides advocacy, education, and facilitation for safer spaces.
Intro to Noise
Sunday, November 20th – 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Upstairs – North Room
Facilitated by Nicole McDonal from Not Enough Fest Edmonton
Participants must sign-up in advance, and priority for participants will be given to Queer/Trans/Women individuals – SIGN UP HERE
Make noise and take up space. This workshop will teach you the basics of creating noise soundscapes using a variety of instruments. Learn what noise is and how to incorporate it into any type of music project to fill it out or add a bit of edge. Experiment with the instruments available in the workshop or bring your own.
Instrumental gear available for this workshop will include micro korgs, keytar, sample pad, loop pedals, vocal processors as well as guitars and amps.
Intro to Screaming
Sunday, November 20th – 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Upstairs – North Room
Facilitated by Nicole Boychuk from the ‘I Hate Sex Not Enough Fest Edmonton Scream Workshop’
Participants must sign-up in advance, and priority for participants will be given to Queer/Trans/Women individuals – SIGN UP HERE.
Learn to make noise, take up space, be loud and safely exert your vocals. Participants should attend this workshop prepared to use your voice while a live drummer and instrumentalist provide the groundwork for you to scream and learn how to properly project your vocals.
Hip Hop Songwriting
Sunday, November 20th – 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Main Floor – Side Room
Facilitated by Rebecca Dawn
Participants must sign up in advance – SIGN UP HERE
Learn beat science, rhyme writing and how to express yourself by raising your voice in a positive way. This fun workshop will explore social issues that the participants feel are important, through the art of lyricism: R.hythm A.nd P.oetry (RAP). Try writing your own spoken word poem, song verse, and even freestyling! It’s easier than you think.
Rebecca Dawn is an underground Hip Hop emcee who got her start as a university student in Mexico, where she made an impact with her outspoken nature on television and radio using freestyle rap in English and Spanish to deliver messages of youth empowerment, women’s rights, respect for all sexual orientations, and environmental consciousness. Since returning to her hometown Calgary in 2010, the artist has joined forces with DJ Jayzen, co-created the Hip Hop crew ContraVerse Collective, co-founded the popular open mic night Elevated Etiquette, and launched the urban entertainment experience: Vibe N’ Out.
In February 2013 Rebecca won the “Beat Street Battles West” MC competition. Later that year she co-founded the Freestylimpics – a critically-acclaimed multi-skill rap tournament. During her time in Calgary, Rebecca has maintained her position as a femcee with Girls on Decks (Canada’s longest-running all-female DJ collective), celebrating the LGBTQ presence in music at the national level.
Rebecca teaches freestyle rap, songwriting, poetry and legal graffiti workshops to youth with several not-for-profit organizations in Calgary, including GlobalFest, Antyx, The Calgary Women’s Centre, Youth Central, Ignite, Mpact Music and Sound Kreations.
Swordplay and Fight Choreography
Sunday, November 20th – 2:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Main Floor – Main Room
Facilitated by Brianna Johnston
Participants must sign up in advance – SIGN UP HERE
This workshop will explore the fundamentals of swordplay for stage. We will develop a basic understanding of posture and footwork, and use this as the underpinnings of the defenses and attacks. By the end of the workshop, we will learn a segment of choreography as actors would in preparing for a show.
Brianna is thrilled to be joining Femme Wave this year; a certified Advanced Actor-Combatant, Apprentice Fight Instructor, and Paddy Crean Award winner with The Academy of Fight Directors of Canada, her recent credits include: Fight Direction – Goodnight Desdemona, Good Morning Juliet (The Shakespeare Company), Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo (Search Tower Company), Quarantine (Peripheral Theatre); Assistant Fight Direction – Romeo and Juliet (The Shakespeare Company), The Money Shot (Ground Zero Theatre/Hit & Myth); Stunts Coordination – Skinner (Cave Puppet Films), Sundowners (Egomaniacal Productions). She has also been an Instructor and Instructors Assistant at several workshops around the city, including the Calgary High School Drama Fest for the last two years. You can see Brianna’s fight direction in the upcoming production of The Three Musketeers with Calgary Young Peoples Theatre.
Fingerweaving and Indigenous Holistic Medicine
Sunday, November 20th – 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm
Upstairs – South Room
Facilitated by Kalyn Kodiak
Participants must sign up in advance – SIGN UP HERE.
Learn how to fingerweave with traditional Metis healer Kalyn Kodiak. Participate in this uniquely Canadian indigenous art form by weaving a simple wrap-around bracelet. We’ll also learn about the contributions of women and non binary healers in medicine, ancient and modern, whose powerful stories are conspicuously absent from the written histories. Supplies for this workshop have been generously donated by Alana Marchetto.
Kalyn is a traditional Metis healer, and the proud great-great-granddaughter of the famous Metis Medicine Woman of Alberta, Marie Rose Smith. She loves to share traditional knowledge and experiences with students, and is best known for leading herb walks and gathering adventures in the city of Calgary and surrounding foothills. Kalyn trained as a Clinical Herbalist and Iridologist, she sees clients and runs workshops through Kodiak Herbal Health & Education. www.KodiakHerbal.com
Stitch Circle with Dr. Jaelene Mannerfeldt
Sunday, November 20th – 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Upstairs – North Room
Open to All
Join international gynecological surgeon Jaelene Mannerfeldt for a sewing circle and informal talk. Jaelene will share her experiences in Iraq and Pakistan where she educated young doctors and midwives on safe childbirth, as well as repairing women in Africa and the Middle East who have suffered from FGM. Jaelene is one of the only pediatric gynecological surgeons in Canada and is a wealth of knowledge, so pull up a chair and bring along some questions or sit back and learn about her international experiences with women in healthcare.
Astrology, Feminism, and Resistance: Your Inner Lilith
Sunday, November 20th – 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Main Floor – Side Room
Facilitated by Caitlin Alexandra
Participants must sign up in advance – SIGN UP HERE.
Lilith was a figure demonized by the patriarchy for her resistance. We all have Lilith present in our own personal astrological profile, and where she sits in our stars tells us where we resist oppression, smash the patriarchy, and claim our wild selves. Join Caitlin Alexandra for a workshop where we will explore and identify our own Lilith and strategies for calling her power into our everyday lives.
Caitlin Alexandra is an Edmonton based astrologer with over ten years experience drawing and reading natal charts. Caitlin is offering a discount of 10% on their reading services for Femme Wave festival-goers and workshop participants. Please visit Caitlin’s business page here (http://caitlinan.wixsite.com/mysite) for more information and to get in contact.
Tarot Reading by Rebecca Reid
Sunday November 20th – 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Main Floor – Main Room
Open to All
Swing by Rebecca’s table to get a one of a kind tarot reading on your way to or from our other amazing workshops. Rebecca Reid is an artist based in Calgary.
