2nd City Council 4th Annual Womens Festival of the Arts ***Our Host*** Brenna Kelly Comedian, Mother, Rebel www.brennakelly.com Two Parts Two-day FESTIVAL Saturday, March 5           Sunday, March 6 Five-week Visual Arts Exhibition March 5 to April 8 Participating Visual Artists Will be listed soon...     Saturday's Performance Schedule Noon to 4 p.m. Main Stage Chinese Lion Dance (opening procession) Shaolin Temple Kung Fu School www.shaolinlomita.com Circe Link (cowboy jazz) www.circelink.com Carissa Hernandez from Flamenco Diverso www.flamencodiverso.com Colors of the Diaspora (female collective of poetry, song and dance) www.colorsofthediaspora.com Larisa Stow (world/trance dance) www.larisastow.com Ani (Muslim artist/activist) www.ilhamproductions.com Melissa Lewis (pop/alternative) www.melissalewis.com LA Salsa Kids www.lasalsakids.com ADAAWE (all-female percussion, world-music sensation) www.henhousestudios.com Gallery Stage Ahria (ethereal, free-flowing vocalist) www.ahria.com Justina Nadal (Long Beach award-winning violinist) Joselyn Wilkinson (percussionist/composer) www.joselynwilkinson.com Zendrea (sign language musical artist) www.geocities.com/musizen/zen Kristen Autry (home from touring with Yanni & Bella Musica) www.liquidelbow.com     Sunday's Performance Schedule Noon to 4 p.m. Main Stage Mariachi Divas featuring Maria Lupita (ten-year-old singer) www.mariachidivas.com Super SHEroes www.fathrivera.com Marijayne (urban soul) www.marijayne.com Bebop Babes of the Jazz Vocal Coalition www.jzvoc.org Rachel Kahn (poet) www.inspirachel.com Sambala Samba School (samba performance and dance class) www.sambala.org Nafeesa Monroe (poet) www.nafeesamonroe.com Eve Selis (americana/road house rock) www.eveselis.com Gallery Stage Marti Walker (world flautist/precussionist/vocalist) www.martiwalker.com Rachel Kahn (poet) & the ladies of Co-lab Larisa Stow (ambient world) www.larisastow.com Jennifer Jimenez (sacred dancer) Kristen Autry (home from touring with Yanni & Bella Musica) www.liquidelbow.com   The 2005 Women's Festival of the Arts is held in honor of California's women artists. It takes place in March in recognition of International Women's Day and National Women's History Month. The festival celebrates California's diversity and includes a visual arts exhibition and two days of entertainment by female musicians, dancers, singers, poets and spoken word artists. We are fortunate to hold this year's event in our new home. Back to Archive HOME