At bbatx, our programs are effectively postponed through May 1 due to COVID-19 orders. And we are taking the hit—we want to flatten the curve. We’re thinking you’re probably right there with us. And if you’re anything like our team, staying put and staying quiet isn’t quite what we do best. Especially in times of uncertainty.

So, to keep us indoors and connected, we’re launching STAY HOME CLUB. STAY HOME CLUB is a once-weekly virtual gathering on Saturdays in April, featuring creatives, entrepreneurs and leaders from our programs. We’re going to share resources, explore rest and new routines, talk about layoffs and career pivots and show up for our creative and small business community.

All genders and professions welcome.

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— A VIRTUAL BABES FEST: THE SCHEDULE OF E-VENTS —

On April 4, 2020, we’ll launch STAY HOME CLUB with a digital evening event referencing our ~ annual convening of minds ~ BABES FEST. Come e-hang with us as we recommend film screenings from previous BABES FEST lineups, discuss creative community-building and jam out to a curated selection of DJs from around the country and our residency.

11:00 AM CT: Keep an eye out on our socials for a comprehensive list of recommendations of films to watch from previous BABES FEST lineups.

4:30 PM CT: Doors are officially open! Feel free to log on, say hi, and get comfortable before our panel begins.

5:00 PM to 6:30 PM CT: We’ll be hosting a Zoom panel on Why Building Creative Community is Important, where we’ll have both local and national creative leaders and community organizers discuss the importance and logistics behind artistic space-making and its sustainability (with a focus on queer and other historically disempowered communities). This panel will be featuring Chicago-based artist and DJ Ariel Zetina, WOMEN SOUND OFF founders Evangeline Elder and Carmena Woodward, Fusebox Festival Associate Artistic Director & Curator Anna Gallagher-Ross, and will be facilitated by Austin-based writer, performance artist and comedian Andie Flores.

6:30 PM to 9:00 PM CT: Let’s dance. :) Tune into BABES FEST Radio as we livestream three one-hour sets from our curated selection of DJs from around the country, including Ariel Zetina and DJ La Moon. Get in your favorite dancing clothes, turn your party lights on, and join the virtual dance floor.

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— FEATURED PANELISTS AND PERFORMERS —

Andie Flores (facilitator)

Andie Flores is a clown, writer, performance & visual artist, and comedian. She performs drag and experimental comedy all over town, with an ongoing artistic focus on audience, excess, and legacy. She is currently a PhD student in Mexican American Latinx Studies at the University of Texas at Austin.

Ariel Zetina

Ariel Zetina is a Chicago based artist, focusing in music production and deejaying. Though her music can be considered techno, she takes inspiration from Chicago house, Belizean genres punta and brukdown, and the queer club scene worldwide. Her ruthless, cross genre DJs have been heard worldwide- her favorites include R4R (Berlin), Brutaz (Warsaw), Festival Grounded (Ljubljana), Femmetopia (London), Mixed Forms (SF), Directory (LA), Swetboxx (Miami), Discwoman (Detroit) & Wrecked/Carry Nation (NYC).

WOMEN SOUND OFF

WOMEN SOUND OFF is a platform celebrating creative women from all industries and walks of life. WSO is focused on empowering, educating, and connecting women throughout their creative entrepreneur journeys. From music and media to tech and art, they work to create powerful and safe spaces for women to form alliances and have their voices heard.

Anna Gallagher-Ross

Anna Gallagher-Ross is Associate Artistic Director & Curator at Fusebox, an annual contemporary performance festival based in Austin, Texas. A graduate of the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, she has curated performances, exhibitions, and public programs in New York, London, Toronto, and Austin. Anna serves on the advisory board of UNESCO Creative Cities Austin and Sightlines Magazine for Arts and Culture as well as panels for organizations such as the MAP Fund, Apex Art Foundation, and Charlotte Street Arts Foundation. Her writing and interviews have appeared in Art Papers, C Magazine, The Walker Reader, Theater Magazine, Written & Spoken, and other places. Anna is co-editor of Imagined Theatres, Issue #04: Curating Performance (Fall 2020).

La Moon

La Moon is a Recording Artist, DJ, Singer, Songwriter and Co-Owner of Night Owl Studios in Austin Texas. Originally from San Juan, Puerto Rico, she embraces her roots in her music she makes very vibrate, sexy heavy influenced reggaeton, urban with Caribbean sounds. 

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— HOW TO RSVP —

All events within the STAY HOME CLUB series require an individual RSVP and can be attended for free or by donation. The series begins at 5 PM CT on April 4 and ends at 6:30 PM CT on April 25.

To RSVP for events in the series, select one or all events you’d like to virtually attend. For every event you’re RSVPd to, you’ll receive a pre-event email at least 24 hours in advance, containing relevant links, schedule info and ZOOM meeting invitations.

To donate when you RSVP, name your own ticket price during checkout. If you can’t donate right now (times are swirly! we get it!), but you'd like to support our recovery efforts and the STAY HOME CLUB team, you can: 

• support our partners

• become a member when we launch our membership program in May

• or donate later. :)

All STAY HOME CLUB event registrants will receive an archive of STAY HOME CLUB event recordings, complimentary copies of bbatx’s guides (normally $5 to $10 each), the option of receiving bbatx’s continual COVID-19 resource guide, and discounted perks from our partners.

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— MEET THE PRODUCERS —

About bbatx (#bossbabesATX): We’re a Texas-based nonprofit that amplifies and connects women and nonbinary creatives, entrepreneurs and organizers. We create space to share our crafts, catalyze multi-industry coalitions, promote intersectionality across disciplines, seek guidance and provide each other with practical and emotional resources. Anyone interested in our mission, core values, and initiatives are invited to participate—and learn more about how intersectional gender equality can improve their daily lives. We provide 1500 opportunities to women and nonbinary creatives, entrepreneurs and community organizers per year. More than 20,000 community members also annually attend our showcases, markets and dialogues—and in the last three years, our programs generated an additional $1million for the Austin economy. So, whether you apply to participate in one of our programs, attend our workshops, conferences and dialogues, or come out to a festival or market to support the community we’re building, you’re a member of this movement. All babes, all people, are welcome. :) Learn more at bossbabes.org.