Sue Scott's Island of Discarded Women - Rally to Win!
Schedule
Thu Oct 03 2024 at 07:30 pm to 09:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
Crooners Supper Club | Brooklyn Center, MN
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Sue Scott's Island of Discarded Women - Rally to Win!Live Show And Podcast
Island of Discarded Women is a live variety show and podcast that is all about amplifying women’s voices via personal stories, social commentary, original music and special guest conversations. For this show, we are highlighting the issues that are so important to ALL women in this election with an evening full of powerful music and stories that will move us, motivate us and get us to the polls! Musical guests, Rachel Kurtz and Jaspar Lepak will share original songs underscoring the need to vote for reproductive rights for all! LGBTQ+ rights for all! To pass the ERA now and More! A brand NEW SONG celebrating this historic female candidate will be debuted by musical guest Kennadi Hurst! Thrilled that documentarian Mary Beth Yarrow will be our special guest for the conversation segment. Mary Beth is the niece of MN Senator Eugene McCarthy and was there at the Democratic Convention in 1968! PLUS Actor/writer Silvia Pontaza, our singer/songwriter Zippy Laske & your host Sue Scott! Let's Rally to Win!
Sue Scott Host
Mary Beth Yarrow Special Guest
Rachel Kurtz Musical Guest
Jaspar Lepak Musical Guest
Kennadi Hurst Musical Guest
Silvia Pontaza Actor Writer
Zippy Laske Singer/songwriter
+ Live Real-Time Captioning available at this show. Bring your smartphones!
Creator, host Sue Scott is a veteran actor, who for 24 years was the female cast member on the public radio show A Prairie Home Companion. Since 2019, Sue has been thoroughly immersed in producing Island of Discarded Women live show & podcast. Special guest Mary Beth Yarrow is a producer of social and political documentary films and television. Originally from Willmar, Minnesota, she began her producing career in 1980 with the documentary, " The Willmar 8," directed by her lifelong collaborator, Lee Grant. This is the story of eight women tellers who walked off their jobs at The Citizens National Bank in Willmar, creating the first bank strike in American history. Mary Beth has created a series of television productions for HBO, NBC, CBS, and Lifetime Channel and is currently finishing a documentary about her uncle: "Gene McCarthy: Alone in the Land of the Aardvarks." Rachel Kurtz has a magnetic stage presence. With her powerhouse voice, Rachel has found acclaim and a national audience with her appearances at community service events held in sports arenas raising awareness for world hunger, hurricane relief, and multi-cultural reconciliation. Jaspar Lepak writes songs from the heart with a remarkable gift for melody and poetry that underscores her feminist advocacy and activism.She sings with an emotional depth with a focus on themes of choice, parenthood, and more! Kennadi Hurst discovered her call to music and the arts at a very early age. Sharing stages with her family, her church, and behind renown artists, Kennadi has become an incredibly versatile performer with a searing voice that must be heard!
“Island of Discarded Women…a popular happening dedicated to the idea that women’s voices must be heard.” --Chris Hewitt, Star Tribune
IslandOfDiscardedWomen.com
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Where is it happening?
Crooners Supper Club, 6161 Service Dr, Minneapolis, MN 55432-5105, United States,Fridley, Minnesota, Brooklyn CenterEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
