Akasia

I met with Freddie Twerkury, the founder of Sleaze Ball for a talk about the inspiration behind the show, drag as gender performance, and the importance of sex positivity for bigger bodied folks. Akasia: What was the inspiration for Sleaze Ball? Freddie Twerkury: I saw a real lack of representation of bigger bodies, as well as cis women, non binary people and trans men in drag. I wanted to be a part of a show that wasn’t centered on mass ...

What is Rainbow Cholla?Golden Saguaro is a monthly series of local experimental music, sound art, performance, and media art that was founded in late 2019. During the cooler months (September - May), the series takes place in a converted garage about a mile east of Splinter. This month, the curators of the series are doing a special show away from home, an in absentia show at Splinter, where the ambient temperatures may be somewhat cooler. This show will also serve ...

This screening is to commemorate the Nakba and educate our community, it will be followed by Q&A with local Palestinian activist Mohyeddin Abdulaziz & Scholar Dr. Maha Nassar. Donations will go to Middle East Children’s Alliance, fresh falafel stand like it’s done in Palestine! What is the Nakba? The Nakba refers to the mass displacement and thence cleansing of approximately 700,000 Palestinian Arabs during the 1948 Arab-Isreali war. Occurring around Israel’s independence on May 15, 1948, over 400 villages were ...

Click here to read Spencer Kyte’s article for Arizona Sonoran News published earlier this year!

🎸sign ups are open!!! 🥁 it took us a minute to catch up with all the things but everything is on schedule to make this another amazing show! sign up here cannot wait to celebrate with you! $12 February 14 @ 7:00pm in the Splinter Courtyard please reach out to SamBloom@SplinterCollective.org if you’re interested in vending this event! vending fee is 10% of your sales from the event! 💵 follow the tucson coverband show instagram!

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Hello Splinter Peep, catch up on October events at splinter, read a heartfelt writing from sam on anti-BLACK-ness, and updates and calls to action about STAR village, Global Sumud Flotilla, Nepal, Sudan and Congo. Click the link to read ✨ we. love. you.

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