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If I dare speak

Thursday, 5 April 2012 – 11:03 AM | One Comment
If I dare speak

In celebration of National Poetry Month, Bent Alaska presents “If I Dare Speak”, a poem from the pen of Annie Muse.

Sermon

Sunday, 1 April 2012 – 10:20 AM | 2 Comments
Sermon

On the last Sunday before the April 3 Anchorage municipal election, when voters will decide on Proposition 5, some Anchorage pastors will preach about God’s call for us to love one another; others, wielding the same types of false witness propounded in the past few weeks by Jim Minnery and Jerry Prevo, will claim that we are not who we know ourselves to be… even that we “chose” to be “perverted.”

How have the gods

Wednesday, 14 March 2012 – 11:04 AM | 2 Comments
How have the gods

With Annie Muse’s poem “How have the gods,” Bent Alaska is pleased to continue featuring the creative writing of LGBTQA Alaskans.

Calves

Sunday, 19 February 2012 – 10:07 AM | Comments Off on Calves
Calves

With Annie Muse’s poem “Calves,” Bent Alaska is pleased to continue featuring the creative writing of LGBTQA Alaskans.

Twirl

Tuesday, 7 February 2012 – 1:09 PM | 4 Comments
Twirl

With Annie Muse’s poem “Twirl,” Bent Alaska is pleased to continue featuring the creative writing of LGBTQA Alaskans.

I Heard the Moon Call — A Song for My Trans Sisters

Monday, 19 December 2011 – 3:13 PM | Comments Off on I Heard the Moon Call — A Song for My Trans Sisters
I Heard the Moon Call — A Song for My Trans Sisters

Bent Alaska is pleased to welcome a new contributor, Annie Muse. With her poem “I Heard the Moon Call,” we’re also pleased to inaugurate Bent Alaska’s greater inclusion of the creative writing of LGBTQA Alaskans.

Does Anyone Beat Your Heart for You

Monday, 24 October 2011 – 9:00 PM | One Comment
Does Anyone Beat Your Heart for You

I spoke this poem today at the Community Building for Alaska workshop sponsored by the Alaska Community Foundation & Alaska Pacific University, after a morning’s discussion. It’s not possible to walk together in community as anyone other than who we are, carrying our own minds, hearts, souls.

The Music and Poetry of Celebration 09

Thursday, 18 June 2009 – 8:35 PM | Comments Off on The Music and Poetry of Celebration 09
The Music and Poetry of Celebration 09
The Celebration of Change Silver Anniversary show was performed on Saturday, June 13 in the Wilda Marston Theater, presenting a variety of female musicians, poets and comedians to the mostly female audience. 

Celebration is the main fundraiser for RAW, Radical Arts for Women, a Lesbian and Feminist philanthropic group that funds Alaskan women art projects.
The Wilda Marston Theater is also being used this month as the overflow room for the Assembly hearing on the equal rights ordinance, which seeks to add “sexual orientation” to the Anchorage nondiscrimination policies.
But on June 13, the Wilda Marston rocked with the sounds of women’s voices, from original jazz to pop and opera, Balkan folk songs on the accordion to the Mary Tyler Moore show theme song, and covers of rock and country. Several of the performers are new to Alaska or new to Celebration. Other performers, and many audience members, have been coming to Celebration of Change for years, or decades.
The Radical Woman Award 2009 was presented to Victoria Shaver for her work with Celebration and the LGBT community. Congratulations, Victoria!