LIVE 17 JUNE 2021 @ 10a—8P(EST)

MODERATION BY AYN RANDY, REBECCA IRBY + EMMA PRITCHARD

MIDHEAVEN Network in collaboration with INTERNATIONAL PEACE BUREAU, INTERNATIONAL PHYSICIANS FOR THE PREVENTION OF NUCLEAR WAR, INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION, NUCLEAR AGE PEACE FOUNDATION, PEAC INSTITUTE & PEACE ACTION NEW YORK STATE proudly present “PATHS TO ACTION” — a broadcast series for open exploration of the questions and opportunities facing our society. These special events will be participatory, inquisitive, and fearless — beginning 17 JUNE 2021 for INTERNATIONAL PRIDE 2021.

“Re-Queering Identity: Colonialism, Sexuality and Gender”

A CYBER-CONFERENCE WITH JENNIE ANTONIO, BRIAN GONZALEZ / TAXIPLASM, NAVEEN KUNDANMAL & DR. CARLOS UMAÑA MODERATED BY REBECCA IRBY + EMMA PRITCHARD

17 June 2021 10A EST | 15 BST | 16 CEST

We’ve (always been) here, we’ve (always been) queer, get over it —

In their bid to maintain power, colonial regimes resorted not only to military force but imposed and controlled the identity of their subjects both at home and abroad. Anti-LGBTQ+ legislation and social values were a core element of colonial power. Today homosexuality remains criminalized in may countries, and new waves of anti-trans legislation and broader LGBTQ+ discrimination are taking hold in Europe and North America.

How can we redefine and reclaim gender, sexuality and identity in the context of colonialism? In celebration of International Pride, PATHS TO ACTION brings together an international panel of LGBTQ+ activists and artist-producers working to re-queer identity. REGISTER HERE to offer questions to the panel, and tune in at MIDHEAVEN.Network to listen and learn.

“Queerly Beloved: Open Mic”

A SAFE SPACE FOR EVERYONE — LGBTQIA+, ALLIES, AND ALL OF US STILL FIGURING OUT WHO WE ARE AND WHERE WE FIT IN THE WORLD — HOSTED BY AYN RANDY

17 June 2021 12P EST | 17 BST | 18 CEST

For hearts that need help carrying the load, or a space in which to sing.

Bring your self, bear your soul, or simply sit with us as we hold this space for others.

MIDHEAVEN Network & PATHS TO ACTION are excited to present our very first global open mic, and we’d love for you to join us! Share poetry, monologues, memes, music, art, dance, video and everything else you can think of that we can share via the Web. Make us laugh, make us cry, make us think — we have space for anything you want to share with us.

Each participant will have a 5 minute slot for their piece. You are also welcome to perform in pairs or groups. Follow this link to sign up for a slot. Let us know a bit about yourself and what you would like to bring, and then tell two friends about it!

REGISTER HERE TO JOIN THE GLOBAL OPEN MIC

MASTER OF CEREMONIES AYN RANDY

Ayn Randy A.K.A. Eleanor Fitzgerald (she/they) was born under a vastly different name just outside London in 1992. She grew up in Cornwall, for the most part, and has a deep affinity for the ocean. Eleanor currently lives in Oxford, Great Britain; the city where she studied. She read Chemistry at Trinity College, Oxford University, between 2010 and 2015. Eleanor came out as a Non-Binary Transgender Woman in the summer of 2014, after much soul-searching. Whilst she has professionally worked in science since 2015, she describes herself as having "the soul of an artist", with a passion for prose, poetry, sculpture, and painting. Eleanor practices Judaism, and is disabled; she walks with a walking stick due to chronic pain. She describes herself as 'Queer' and sits on the Asexual and Aromantic spectrums. She is ethically non-monogamous. Eleanor is a drag artist, and performs under the name Ayn Randy.

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“Rainbow in the Basement”

AN ORIGINAL THEATRICAL WORK BY GRAE BUDGEON, PRODUCED & DESIGNED IN COLLABORATION WITH GEORGE DEL BARRIO

17 June 2021 8P EST | 1 BST | 2 CEST

Rainbow in the Basement is a dedication to those forced outside of the reach of safety and acceptance. See the exhausting, angry, vulnerable and ultimately beautifully powerful process of one family and their neighbors as they rebuild a space of healing, community, love, and home in the basement of their New York apartment building.

Presented as an open workshop series, Rainbow in the Basement will premiere live 17 JUNE 2021 at 8P EST and continue in recursive open broadcast development, visit MIDHEAVEN.network for showtimes & tickets.

FEATURING

GRAE BUDGEON (Writer, Director) as Mrs. Rivers

JACK GRAHAM as Ethan

JACK IRWIN as Mr. Seymour

ANDY JOHNSTON (Assistant Tech) as Mr. Ahman

NATHAN DENNIS (Stage Manager) as Extra 1

RIOT (Lead Makeup Tech) as Extra 2

RACHEL DENNIS as Extra 3

LUCAS TINTINGER Lead Tech

TRUMAN BJARKE Camera Operator, Assistant Tech

GEORGE DEL BARRIO Creative Director × Executive Producer

MIDHEAVEN is a brave, generative space of healing and for the building — not “rebuilding” — of a fully inclusive society. MIDHEAVEN EXISTS IN PARADOX: FROM MANY, ONE.

THROUGH live arts programming from A GLOBAL phalanx OF performance, visual art, social justice, human development and cinema/ digital/ VR voyagers, MIDHEAVEN will ADVANCE COURAGEOUS, loving & possibility-driven VISIONS to the world.