GIRLS TO THE FRONT!

WHEW! PLUS, NOVEMBER RADNESS!

2010-11-01T23:13:00.000-05:00

OMG, Girls To The Front is over! Thanks SOOOOOO much to everyone who organized, volunteered, workshopped, played, and attended! We were super moved by peoples' excitement and dedication this year, even in the face of mucho last-minute craziness! Look for us again next year, and in the meantime, please keep checking in with us to find out about upcoming Milwaukee events with rad feminist, queer

Sara Marcus on WUWM right now!

2010-10-22T10:48:00.001-05:00

Check it out at WUWM 89.7 FM or online at WUWM

TODAY IS THE DAY!

2010-10-22T08:15:00.000-05:00

Good morning fresh peeps! It is 8 am, and I've already been awake for over an hour thanks to an overzealous 9-month-old who likes to rise with the demon sun. All the better to finish with the planning for your beautiful weekend! YES! GIRLS TO THE FRONT STARTS TONIGHT! Help us kick this shit off tonight at 6:30pm at the Cream City Collectives, where we are simply dizzy with pride to present

Lots of Press!

2010-10-19T22:48:00.000-05:00

Hey, awesomes!Just wanted to take a second to let everyone know that Girls to the Front is getting some amazing love from the community this week in the form of interviews! Check us out in the Shepherd Express this week, on www.brewcity101.com in the near future, AAAAND (omigod, I'm so stoked about this) TOMORROW AT 2PM ON WMSE (91.7FM) to hear Lauryl and Evelyn getting interviewed LIVE ON THE

Down to the Wire! LAST GTTF MEET-UP BEFORE THE PARTY!!!

2010-10-18T16:07:00.000-05:00

Felicitations friends! Today is Monday, which means we are DOWN TO THE WIRE!!!, planning-wise, and incredibly awesomely, we still have folks asking if we have room for more rad events. Hopefully, we will squeeze in just as much amazing riot energy as we can!! We still have plenty of room for volunteers, so if you're into it, now is the time to sign your ass UP! For all those that are

The Ask A Feminist Conversation Booth: What the eff is it, and how the eff do I get in on it?

2010-10-16T16:36:00.002-05:00

The feminist is IN! Remember Lucy in the Peanuts? Same basic concept, only we're a lot nicer than Lucy was, and we don't charge a quarter. We will be setting up the Ask A Feminist booth outside various event locations (and maybe even some other locations...more on that later) as a way of inviting people from the larger Milwaukee community to meet Real, Live Feminists of all kinds.

NEXT TWO MEETINGS!

2010-10-12T00:35:00.000-05:00

Yup, babies. You read that right. We are having two meetings this week! Not that we expect everyone to show up at two meetings in one week; we're just so close to the finish line, we thought we'd give people twice as many chances to make one or the other. So, pick your poison: NEXT TWO GIRLS TO THE FRONT PLANNING HANG-OUTS!... TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12th 6:30pm @ 2817 N. FRATNEY #2...this is a

MEETING 10-7! PLUS NOTES!

2010-10-06T22:16:00.000-05:00

Hey ladies and other lovelies! Sorry I'm late on my game about this one, but YES! WE will meet tomorrow night (THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7th!) at 6:30pm at Outpost on Capitol in their sweet community room. Hope some peeps can make it despite the late notice. ALSO: Here are our meeting notes from last week, compiled as always by the incredible Ms. JV. <3! 9/30/10In Attendance: Alden, Erin, Monica,

VOLUNTEER for Girls to the Front! Win Fabulous Prizes! Live Longer! Get Shinier Hair!

2010-10-03T23:18:00.002-05:00

Howdy Riot Ladies, Riot Gents and Riot In Betweens, Neithers and Boths! We now have a fancy VOLUNTEER form on our website! If you would like to donate a little of yer time to help us make this party go off without a hitch, then please, please with-sugar-on-top, consider hopping on over and filling it out! There are lots of sweet gigs you can hook yourself up with. For instance, maybe

NEXT MEETING! TOMORROW NITE!

2010-09-30T00:31:00.000-05:00

Hey all you cool cats and crazy chicks, here's the haps for this week, like: OUR NEXT GTTF PLANNING HANGOUT: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29th, 6:30pm @ OUTPOST NATURAL FOODS (100 E. Capitol Drive), in the community room THAT IS TOMORROW, DUDES! Come on over and eat some awesome hippie food and drink a wheatgrass smoothie or whatevs and talk about feminist shit. It'll be so awesome. xo-The GTTF Crew

Meeting Notes from 9-21

2010-09-25T16:00:00.000-05:00

Here again for your edification and delectation are Julie's beautiful notes from the last Girls to the Front planning sesh. Before I present them, i am sending out a heads-up that the next meet-up will be this week THURSDAY!! instead of Tuesday. We don't have a location set up yet, but I'll post it as soon as I am able. This is because a lot of peeps have run into me or emailed me or

THIS WEEK'S PLANNING HANGOUT!

2010-09-20T15:04:00.000-05:00

We liked hangin' at the YNOT 3 sooo much last week that we've decided to do it again. They were really nice and gave us use of their spacious upstairs space, which was like being in a really cozy lodge in Northern Wisconsin somewheres. Also, there was beer. And Newman-O's. That is because I am a lady of honour, and I keep my word. If you'd care to join us for beer and conversation in a cozy

Meeting Notes from 9-14

2010-09-16T15:58:00.001-05:00

9/14/10 In Attendance: Brandy, Lindsay, Kathy, Susan, Julie, Chris, Milo, Mary Catherine, Sarah, Alex, Isabella, Elisa, Alden, Monica, Erin We met at the Y-Not 3. Space Updates: Y-Not 3 - Confirmed space for bands. The have been gracious enough to offer space for bands to play. They offered the space free of charge. Thank you again to the Y-Not and Brandy for spearheading this campaign.

Next Meeting!

2010-09-12T16:33:00.001-05:00

Is set for Tuesday, September 14th at 6:30pm. We're still trying to pin down a location, but we will post it here as soon as we know. In the meantime, we wanted to give all y'all a chance to clear your busy schedules so's ye kin stop by and say "Howdy" to us all. Love, rockets, and other sources of combustion- GTTF ADDENDUM DE DUM DUM... We've decided to meet up at the YNOT 3, right off

Meeting Minutes from 8-7. Par-tay!

2010-09-10T15:14:00.001-05:00

As promised, here are our minutes from the last meeting, as recorded by the lovely and talented JV: 9/7/10 Girls to the Front Planning Session *Bear with me, I tried my best to record what I could, edit where you see fit/ if you remember something and I missed it. Attendees: Alex, Natasha, Lauryl, Isabella, Monica, Julie, Milo, Chris, Mary Catherine, Sarah, Aldin, Erin, Angie, Brandy

Post-Meeting Thoughts

2010-09-07T23:33:00.000-05:00

SO. I just got back from this week's GTTF planning hangout and here is my report We were kind of worried that it would just be the two of us, alone with our little notebooks and our dreams of solidarity. Instead we got such a big crew that we had to move our asses outside and have our meeting out on Alterra's blustery patio. We've gone ahead and scheduled our next meeting for next week

GIRLS TO THE FRONT PLANNING SESH, TUESDAY SEPT. 7 @ RIVERWEST ALTERRA

2010-09-04T23:12:00.000-05:00

Oh. Em. Gee!This is our first blog post! We are super excited about it, but not as excited as we are about our upcoming planning hang-out/brainstorm/chill sesh for GIRLS TO THE FRONT! THIS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7th, 6:30PM @ ALTERRA in RiVERWEST (2999 N. Humboldt Ave.) Everyone who is interested in Girls to the Front is invited to come and talk, listen, invent, suggest, create, hang out, argue,