FULL PROGRAM OF EVENTS

FRIDAY MARCH 25

2-4pm REGISTRATION

Music provided by DJ Posie Strenz

4-5.30pm – Telling Our Stories – Women and Radio

  • Moderator, Sarah LaDuke – producer & interviewer, WAMC-Albany
  • Meg Griffin – legendary NYC radio DJ; SiriusXM channels
  • Carmel Holt – DJ (Woodstock, NYC, Kingston); creator of “Sheroes”
  • Palmyra Delran – musician & host of SiriusXM’s “Palmyra’s Trash-Pop Shindig”
  • Marisa Perez-Rogers – general sales manager, Radio Woodstock/WDST

CONCERT AT 8, DOORS OPEN AT 6.30

8PM Darlene Love in Concert

 

10.30-midnight – Slumber party 

Documentary Screening:
20 Feet from Stardom’

Popcorn and ice cream will be served…

SATURDAY MARCH 26

9am Yoga
Euphoria Yoga w/Corinne Gervai

Continental Boxed Breakfast available

 

10-11.15am  

Telling Our Stories – the Image Builders – Women, Music and Photography, or ‘How we broke into the boys club.

Janette Beckman – British photographer, whose 40+ years of work includes UK punk, postpunk, and US hip-hop scenes

Ebet Roberts – Memphis-born photographer, whose 40+ years of work includes the NYC music scene for NYT, Rolling Stone, & all Farm Aid concerts.

11.45 -1.00pm 

Telling our stories, staking our claim – The Frontline: Artists and Music-Biz Creatives

MODERATOR – Holly George-Warren, Grammy-nominated producer of RESPECT: A Century of Women in Music box set and author of 16+ books, including Janis: Her Life & Music. Moderating, with contributors from many areas:

  • Kate Pierson, founding member, B-52s; guest vocalist: R.E.M./Iggy Pop
  • Amy Rigby, singer-songwriter; recording artist
  • Cristina Martinez, bandleader of Boss Hog; former guitarist, Pussy Galore
  • Simi Stone, cofounder Afro-punks Suffrajet; solo recording artist.
  • Julie Last, producer, recording engineer, singer/songwriter, studio owner
  • Connie Kirch, partner Two Jakes Management/marketing exec
  • Julie Panebianco, former label exec; director of ARC’s From Her to Eternity

1.00PM BOXED LUNCH

1.45-2.00pm 

Tribute to Ronnie Spector in words and music by Holly George-Warren and Kate Pierson

 

2.00-2.45 

In Conversation with Genya Ravan

Legendary rock singer and producer Cofounder of Goldie and the Gingerbreads and Ten Wheel Drive; producer of Ronnie Spector & others

 

3-4.00pm

Telling Our Stories – On Our Own Terms – Women in Music Journalism

Moderator – Holly George-Warren, contributor to Rolling Stone, the New York Times, Village Voice, Entertainment Weekly, Time.com.

  • Amy Linden, contributor to The Rolling Stone Book of Women in Rock, The Source, Vibe, People, NYT, and cohost of the podcast ImmaLetYouFinish.
  • Kandia Crazy Horse, music journalist and contributor to The Guardian and Village Voice; editor/author of Rip It Up: The Black Experience in Rock ‘n’ Roll; singer-songwriter.
  • Johanna Hall, journalist and songwriter/BMI award winner for 10 million airplays worldwide for “Still the One” co-written with John Hall.
  • Amanda Petrusich, staff writer for The New Yorker and the author of Do Not Sell At Any Price: The Wild, Obsessive Hunt for the World’s Rarest 78rpm Records, among other books.

 

4-5.00pm

Staking Our Claim – with an Axe
A  conversation with Debra Devi & Cindy Cashdollar 

  • Debra Devi is a guitarist, recording artist, and author. Described as “A supersonic fretburner who writes hauntingly memorable songs, blending the intricacy of a good jam band with the catchiness of vintage power pop” by JamBase, Debra blends blues-rock, jam, and Americana influences into a potent blend, and has been described as “one of the most remarkable guitarists on the East Coast.”
  • Cindy Cashdollar is a five-time Grammy-winning guitarist who has performed and/or recorded with such artists as Asleep at the Wheel, Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, and Dolly Parton.

SUPPER BREAK 5-6pm

6PM In Conversation with Joan Osborne

CONCERT AT 8, DOORS OPEN AT 6.30

8PM Joan Osborne in Concert
 

10.30-midnight – Slumber party 

Introduction to ‘Shut Up and Sing’

the groundbreaking and passionate documentary that details the criticism and abuse endured by the Dixie Chicks for exercising their right to free speech.

There will be a Q&A afterwards with Filmmaker Cecilia Peck. 

Popcorn and ice cream will be served.

SUNDAY MARCH 27

9am Yoga
Shakti Yoga w/Selena Reynolds

 

10-11.00am  

In Conversation with Filmmakers Barbara Kopple & Cecilia Peck

(Shut Up and Sing/Harlan County USA/Miss Sharon Jones/Gigi Gorgeous/Woodstock Now & Then/A Conversation with Gregory Peck/Seduced/Inside the NXIVM Cult/Brave Miss World)

 

11-2.00pm 

Acoustic Brunch featuring Debra Devi w/ Martin Schmid and special guest Cindy Cashdollar.

2.00pm CLOSE

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FULL WEEKEND TICKET: $120   |    STUDENT FULL WEEKEND TICKET: $60

SATURDAY ONLY: $75     |    STUDENT SATURDAY ONLY: $45