Queer Community Care: a Night at the Drive-in
| Date | 10.18.23 |
| Doors | 6:00pm |
| Time | 6:30pm–10pm |
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| Admission | Suggested Donation $5 |
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| Associated Program | Drive-In |
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| 10.12.23 | Qmmunity: Y’alloween Fun by James Scott (Austin Chronicle) |
Spend an evening in community with queer folks practicing self defense, learning how to use Narcan, and watching a special screening of 'Cassandro' -- the Librace of Lucha Libre. Presented by Primrose Harm Reduction, Coach Lu ATX, and hosted by performance artist Andie Flores.
Schedule:
- Doors at 6pm
- Self Defense at 6:30pm
- Narcan Training at 7:30pm
- 'Cassandro' at 8pm
Self Defense 6:30-7:30pm:
Presented by Coach Lu ATX. Show up around 6pm to mingle and get settled before we go over ground rules at 6:30pm. Bring water and wear comfortable clothes and shoes for the self defense practice, which will take place in a covered open-air training area. Class is designed for beginners and will include a variety of interactive drills designed to help techniques enter your muscle memory. We will explore concepts like conflict de-escalation, balance, defensive movement, and attacks. Spandex and wrestling masks are optional!!
Narcan Training 7:30-8pm:
Presented by Primrose Harm Reduction. Learn how to recognize the signs of an opioid overdose and administer the opioid overdose reversal drug Naloxone. Learn more about local harm reduction resources, including where to find FREE Narcan in Austin. Class will include a Q&A.
Screening of 'Cassandro' at 8pm:
Bring your lawn chairs, blankets, and snacks for a special screening of 'Cassandro' (2023), a movie about the real-life story of the professional wrestler coined 'the Librace of Lucha Libre'.
Bios:
Primrose Harm Reduction is a collective acting as a supply chain and educational resource for harm reduction, street medicine, and other forms of community care. Primrose has affinity with the queer community, the unhoused, and people who use drugs. @primroseatx
Coach Lu ATX (they/he, elle/él) is a queer, trans, and Chicano self defense and combat sport coach from Austin, TX. Their self defense program at Austin Women's Boxing Club was voted by the Chronicle as 'Best of Austin' in 2022 and 2023. Coach Lu's classes are informed by their work in trauma-informed survivor advocacy and 14 years of experience as an athlete in several combat sport disciplines. @coach.lu.atx
ANDIE FLORES (b. 1990) (she/her) is a performance artist in Austin, Texas, who uses embarrassment as a medium for investigating hyper, almost obsessive, visibility in a racialized body across barriers of border, history, and capital. Her practice works to unsettle categorical, site-specific expectations of genres of performance (femininity, Latinidad, drag, citizenry) and aims to recontextualize the mechanisms required to do the work of the absurd. @bidibidibummer
