The Beebo Brinker Chronicles – West Coast Premiere

Summer Serafin (left) is Laura and Erin Maxwell is Beebo in “The Beebo Brinker Chronicles,” adapted from the novels of Ann Bannon, at Brava Theater Center.
Beebo Brinker Comes to California!

For anyone who is into LGBTQ history or Classic literature, this is the play to see. It is also history in the making as the story takes flight all the way from New York City where it began to San Francisco’s Brava Theatre for its west cost Premiere. I feel so very lucky and fortunate to know  the lead actress in the show, Miss Erin Maxwell, who is a dear friend, and who plays the swaggering Brinker herself – she does a dazzling job at it! Erin is also the founder and artistic director of QGTP (Queer Girl Theatre Project) in San Francisco. It was an absolute joy to see her shine on stage. Along with other strong performances of the characters Beth (Jayne Deely) and Lauren (Summer Serafin) as well as a creative set with an acoustic band as part of the back drop, I highly recommend seeing the show if you can. The show runs till March 13^th. If you can make it to the show on the 11^th you’ll get the chance to meet Ann Bannon, the creator of the famous Lesbian Pulp classic novels that inspired the play.  Cheers ~ Jenny

For more information and tickets visit: http://www.brava.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=115&Itemid=9

Ann Bannon visit: http://www.annbannon.com/

Erin Maxwell and QGTP (Queer Girl Theatre Project) http://www.queergirltheatreproject.com/

“The Beebo Brinker Chronicles” February 25 – March 13, 2010  Written by Kate Moira Ryan & Linda S. Chapman  Tickets $20-$40

 Adapted from Ann Bannon’s groundbreaking, award-winning pulp novels of the 1950s and 1960s, Beebo Brinker Chronicles follows the lives and loves of four friends in pre-Stonewall Greenwich Village. Beth and Laura, secret lovers in college, still pine for each other. Before they can reunite, they find themselves entangled in a web spun by Beebo Brinker, a butch denizen of the underground bar scene, and Jack, a flamboyant fop with caustic wit.

Ann Bannon, the Queen of Lesbian Pulp Classics and myself on the Premiere of The Beebo Brinker Chronicles. 

Queer Girl Theatre Project 1 Year Anniversary Show

I’ll be premiering part of my first graphic novel “Secret Agent Moscow.”

Come and see!!!

Cheers,

~ Jenny

Erotic Artist – Jamie Cotton “SAGE” writer of “WE WOMEN FUCK”

Jamie Cotton “Sage”

If you are from San Francisco, Oakland, Colorado, or Japan and are into Spoken Word/Poetry or erotic bodyscape photography you might have heard of Jamie Cotton aka SAGE.  If you don’t know her yet, you should.  So here is a brief introduction.

 

For many years Sage has graced a variety of nature’s landscapes as a nude model for erotic photography. She has also written several commentaries on erotic art, poetry, and is a strong feminist and sex positive voice.

 

Have you ever heard of, “The Fuck Poem”?

 

A few years ago when I was on my online treasure hunt for erotic (artistic) lesbian material I came across the poem and after I read it I felt that it was the best representation of a women trying to explain to (the Innocence and Ignorance in people) how lesbians fuck. Although, “fuck” and a few other sexually explicit words make an appearance in the poem, the poem is beautifully written and “fuck” a typically censored and bad word to say or write is rightfully used and becomes beautiful on it’s own.

 

To my surprise, about a year ago I had the pleasure not only performing in the same show with Sage at Femina Potens with Queer Girl Theatre Project in San Francisco, but to hear the “The Fuck Poem” out load by it’s author.

 

 

 

This April marks the beginning of the filming of, “We Women Fuck” based on “The Fuck Poem” and I’m ecstatic to be the director as well as co-producer with Sage on the project. We just finished Day 1 and 2 of filming this week and so far it is a riot! Please stay toned for stills and teaser trailers.

 

Once again, if you are in the Bay Area, CA meaning: San Jose, Santa Cruz, Oakland, San Francisco, Santa Rosa range and identify as a women who loves women, you still have a chance to be in the film. Please contact me at WWF@jenniferjigour.com if you are interested.

 

And if you are interested in seeing some of Sage’s modeling work please visit the site below:

http://lavondyss.com/bodyscapes/gallery/gallery.html

 

PEACE & LOVE,

~ Jenny

Barbed Wire Photography

 

Here are two interesting photos I took along my walk to Market Street from 3^rd street and along the Embarcadero in San Francisco. Both images caught my eye because of the barbed wire. The first image is of a vacant lot. There used to be a building there, who knows what happened to it, but the building that still exists next to the lot has a door that leads to nowhere (very Winchester Mystery House in my opinion) and I’ve always been fascinated with where the door used to lead. Now, it leads to a rugged dirt and concrete pit. The Barbed wire accentuated the oddity. The second image is of the Ferry Building near Sinbad’s bar. What I love about this image is the juxtaposition of a great and beautiful clock tower that survived the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and fire, but is masked by the ethereal barbed wire.

 

In contemplation,

~ Jenny

 

“Crafting Queer” – Panel Event

 

Here is a shameless plug for my good friend Masha Rotfeld who organized this fantastic panel this Friday. It also features the wonderful comic book artist of “Poor Little Dyke Girl” and fellow member of Queer Girl Theatre Project, Katie Kaapcke. If you are in San Francisco then please go and see it!!!

 

Host: GLBT Historical Society

Date: Friday, April 17^th 2009

Time: 6:00-8:00PM

Location: GLBT Historical Society (SF)

Street: 657 Mission Street

City/Street: San Francisco, CA

 

 

Door open at 6:00 p.m., Panel begins at 6:30 p.m.

CRAFT VS. ART, MASCULINITY VS. FEMININITY, SEXUALITY, LABOR, DOMESTICITY, RACE…

Please join us for a fun, artsy, and intellectual event where we reconceive queer women’s historical and current participation in craftmaking. An intergenerational panel will examine the binaries and paradigms that shape mainstream thinking around this art form.

Finally, we will consider the present queer feminist crafts movement and map future directions. The panel will be moderated by Masha Rotfeld.

Featured Panelists:

Katie Kaapcke- creator of “Poor Little Dyke Girl” comic, scrapbook-ist, blogger.

Sandy Shepherd – knitter, quilter.

Sherrill Crawford – quilter, tapestry artist.

Miki Foster – MFA graduate student, maker of comics, zines, small crafted things, installations and experimental videos.

The event is FREE and open to the public – REFRESHMENTS and SNACKS SERVED!

The GLBT Historical Society’s main offices at 657 Mission St., Ste. 300 in San Francisco between New Montgomery and Third Streets.

Wheelchair accessible.

 

Lesbian Images of the Past

I love history, especially LGBTQ history. For anyone who knows first hand the experience of growing up queer many will recall the feeling of being completely alone.  Discovering that the queer spectrum has a history and that I am not alone was one of the most amazing feelings I’ve ever experienced. Even though, the world had yet to be perfect for the queer community it is also very important to remember how lucky we are today. Today we have online sites and organizations dedicated to remembering the queer past and open for people to view in even the most remote parts of the world. We are vocal and visible in the media and have support groups. Now imagine what it must have been like to be LGBTQ several decades ago and to have no Internet, no organizations, societies, support groups, or icons to look up to – that must have been very lonely.

The photos in this post were taken several years ago when I was working on a mix-media and photography project called “Victorian Lesbian Photography.” I went to the GLBT Historical Museum in San Francisco and researched through their photo achieve. These images were real people, but the stillness of the image reminds me of how silent they were. They remind me that for all the loneliness I felt it did not compare to the lifetime of lonely silence that many queer people in the past felt. As I looked through the pictures I felt a connection and an understanding among the different women. I’m not related to any of them, but knowing that they shared mutual feelings for the same sex makes me feel as if they are part of my chosen ancestry.

Here is to the past – For staying strong and bringing us to a brighter future.

With Love,

~ Jenny

If you live or are visiting San Francisco please visit the GLBT Historical Society.

GLBT Historical Society
657 Mission Street #300
San Francisco, CA 94105
Phone: 415.777.5455

WE WOMEN FUCK – THE FILM

Photography – San Francisco Architecture

And here is another photographic journey I took through San Francisco in the fall of 2008.

PEACE & LOVE,

~ Jenny

 

PS: The last photo is actually taken by Chris Tann.

Photography – Chinatown, SF Part 2

Wednesday, March 24th 2009, 7:30 AM. Canon camera in hand.

Peace & Photography,

~ Jenny

Photography – Chinatown, San Francisco

I adore this photograph. Not just because it’s taken by the fabulous Chris Tann, but it has an old world feel to it. I love taking photographs all the time, but usually I’m taking pictures of other people or places and it’s nice to know that on this particular day the photographer was there, too. Below are a few photographs from a larger series I took of Chinatown in San Francisco yesterday. Whether you live in San Francisco, the Bay Area, or are just visiting make sure you go to Chinatown. It’s a must for anyone who loves Chinese culture, food, architecture, and photography. If you are an early bird like me I also suggest you wake up at day break (sometime between 6:30-7:30 AM depending on the time of year) and take a walk through Chinatown before all the tourist come out. It’s quiet, mysterious, and the lighting is perfect for beautiful photographs.

Enjoy,

~ Jenny