Press Release

March 10, 2008

allgo's presents...

Besos & Blues: an evening with Adelina Anthony & Sharon Bridgforth

When: Thursday, March 20, 2008
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Where: The Historic Victory Grill [1104 East 11th Street – Austin, TX 78702]
Cost: $5 suggested donation
Contact: Lorenzo Herrera y Lozano – (512) 472-2001 / lorenzo@allgo.org

Austin, TX – March 10, 2008 – Join allgo for an intimate evening Los Angeles-based artist Adelina Anthony and Austin’s own Sharon Bridgforth!  Don’t miss this evening of performance, reading, laughs and tears bringing together two outstanding queer women of color for a on-night-only show at the Historic Victory Grill.  Complimentary appetizers and cash bar available.  Suggested donation of $5 with proceeds benefiting allgo. For more info please call: 512-472-2001. 

Adelina Anthony, hailed by critics for her comic performances as “bawdy, proud and hysterical” to “screamingly funny,” has been fine-tuning her poetry to small private audiences on lesbian beds throughout Aztlán.  Her poetry has been published in Germany, Texas and California; she performs her poetry at various cultural and university venues-most recently at Serafemme. Adelina is a multidisciplinary artist garnering Best Actress nominations in comedy & drama, Best Production & Director write-ups, and she is featured in Simon & Schuster’s Best American Erotica series.  In 2002, Adelina was selected as one of the top queer activist by Tentaciones Magazines in Los Angeles.  Her website www.adelinaanthony.com is available for viewing 24 hours a day, although her diehard stalker fans have probably already found her on www.myspace.com/adelinaanthony.

RedBone Press, Lambda Literary Award winning author of the bull-jean stories, Sharon Bridgforth is currently touring The love conjure/blues Text Installation (RedBone Press. http://loveconjureblues.com). A recipient of the Theatre Communications Group/National Endowment for the Arts Playwrights Award, Bridgforth is Anchor Artist for The Austin Project (produced by The Center for African and African American Studies, U.T. Austin). For more information go to: http://sharonbridgforth.com

About allgo
allgo works to create and sustain a statewide network of queer people of color activists, groups, organizations and allies, which through nourishment of relationships, grassroots organizing and artistic expression can radically transform systems and policies toward a collective liberation.  www.allgo.org
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