Event

Holly Near - Singing For Our Lives Watch Party

A few friends have joined together to host a watch party of the Holly Near documentary "Holly Near: Singing for Our Lives."

In honor of Women's History Month, we will stream to moving on March 22, 2019, at Aquarius KC. The doors will open at 6:30 pm and the film will begin at 7:00 pm.

This is a free event, but an RSVP is required.
We will be taking donations for the use of the space at Aquarius, so bring a little cash.

A little about the film...
Holly Near: Singing for Our Lives tells the tale of a talented performer whose virtuoso vocals and songwriting inspired generations of people working to bend the arc of justice forward. From Free the Army tour performances with Jane Fonda to million-person global peace rallies, from women-only concerts and sold-out shows with Ronnie Gilbert to midnight marches against campus sexual assault or police brutality, Nears on-stage charisma and songwriting have captured, fueled and melded together social change movements, spreading new feminism, gender identity, lesbian politics and more since the 1960s. Best known for her coming-out anthem Imagine My Surprise and the LGBT movement anthem Singing for Our Lives, written after Harvey Milks assassination, Near was also at the forefront of DIY music recording and distribution, founding Redwood Records in her home in 1976 to support the release of her first album, Hang in There. One of the pioneering independent record companies run by women, Redwood Records was active for 18 years and sold over 1.5 million records by lesbian and politically-conscious artists from around the world. Early in her career, Near was an actress with roles in The Partridge Family, All in the Family, Hair on Broadway and more.