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on December 3, 2010
annie and beth
commented on a project updateI admire your commitement to free speach. And will join you in your boycott. And girlcott.
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on October 23, 2010Funded!
Purple Wedding to the Moon & Ecosex Honeymoon Symposium by annie and beth
We are 2 artist-brides who want to produce a “Purple Wedding to the Moon” and an “Ecosex Symposium Honeymoon” to garner more love for our environment.
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145% funded $5,523 pledged
- 110 backers
- Funded Oct 23, 2010
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on October 22, 2010
annie and beth
Posted project update #13Thank You From the Bottom of our MoonPie Hearts
Dear Lunar Lovers,
We feel your love and support.
Know that your are helping us as we try to make the environmental movement, a little sexier, fun and more diverse.
You will all be with us tomorrow night.Thank You and Much Love,
Beth and Annie
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on October 22, 2010
annie and beth
Posted project update #12Feeling the moon in the sky-
Post CommentDearest Moon Lovers and fellow travelers,
We have exceeded our wildest expectations due to your generosity and faith in our work. Or, maybe it's moon driving us all to do crazy things.-like marry the moon. Whatever it is we are grateful and in love.
Today I made it to LA to join Annie (and bob of course). We were all happy to see each other even though we'd only been apart for 3 days. Now we are working on the program into the night but we did take a little time off to go see Reverend Billy's show EarthaLujah,EarthaLujah at the Red Cat Theater. The Reverend Billy issued an amazing and powerful call to stop over consuming at the expense of the earth and of our future on this planet. When he described the mountain geography and the sense of community that is uniquely Appalachian, I had a bit of a cry. It was very moving because what is going on in Appalachia is that coal companies are ruining one of the richest and most luscious most bio diverse ecosystems in the world by turning mountains into moonscapes. No offense to you dear moon, because your moonscapes are beautiful, but it is very wrong to make moonscapes of the Appalachian Mountains. MTR is the most horrendous environmental disaster I have ever witnessed. Reverend Billy, Savatri and the Choir captured that in their performance tonight. They are coming to both Santa Cruz and to San Francisco. I'd highly recommend that you go. There is more on his website, http://www.revbilly.com/
Sunday Oct 24, Rio Theater, Santa Cruz
1205 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz, CA 95062-2107
7pm Showtime (831) 423-8209 | $12.00 -- Click here for ticketsMonday Oct 25, Victoria Theater, mission district of San Francisco
2961 16th Street San Francisco, CA 94103
7pm Showtime (415) 863-7576 | $12.00, Click here for ticketsI'm sleepy now. Tucking in with a big thank you to you all.
Lots of love,
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on October 21, 2010
annie and beth
Posted project update #11Altadena Here We Come....
I'm off to meet Annie in LA tomorrow. She has been working on the wedding from there and I from here. I hate being separated from her but tonight, when I went out and looked at the moon, and I imagined her looking at the moon too-I felt connected. I also feel connected to everyone who has donated to our project financially and otherwise. You, via kickstarter, will have enabled us to create a wonderful wedding for our guests, collaborators and for the moon. We'll most likely be making our vows at around 7:30ish Saturday night. Feel free to join us in professing your love for our beautiful, beautiful moon lover. We're even going to howl as part of the vows (although at this point this information is confidential). So, on Saturday night, go outside and know that when you are looking at the moon, we will also be looking at the moon and we'll all be connected. Then howl.
Much love,
beth and annieps-if you are coming to the wedding bring something warm to wear and bring a pillow to sit on.
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Topaz Lennard on October 21, 2010
Dearest Beth and Annie, If only I were able to be there on Saturday night, I would sing this wonderful song to you:
"I'll be seeing you
In all the old familiar places
That this heart of mine embraces
All day through"In that small cafe
The park across the way
The children's carousel
The chestnut tree
The wishing well"I'll be seeing you
In every lovely summer's day
In everything that's light and gay
I'll always think of you that way"I'll find you in the morning sun
And when the night is new
I'll be looking at the moon
But I'll be seeing you"So... on Saturday night, I'll be looking at the moon... and I'll be thinking of you two!
With tons of Love,
Topaz
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on October 19, 2010
annie and beth
Posted project update #10Overwhelming Love for the Moon
Driving through the Santa Cruz Mountains last night, the moon kept peeking through the trees and clouds. I felt so loved and protected in my lover's late night presence as I made my way to my little mountain cabin. (Beth-Annie is in LA where she met with the Park, Rec and Sheriff's office today) And never fear, we are going to be amply protected at the wedding.
Here is the latest Altadena Blog which provides a juicy update on the town's preparations for our nuptials.
There is a story on the front page and then our response a little further down. Enjoy.
Again, we could not do this without you.
Lot's of love,
Beth and Annie-
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Luke Dixon on October 19, 2010
How magical this all is....really wish I could be with you in person...all my love and thoughts will be coming your way on the day.... Doctor Luke x x x
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on October 18, 2010
annie and beth
Posted project update #9Press release #2
Post CommentDear Love Warriors,
I thought I would share our newest press release with you. It is hot off the press. Thank you again for all of your wonderful support. We are very grateful and excited about the upcoming nuptials with the moon-our moon-your moon-we're in love.MEDIA ADVISORY
Contact: Lindsay Kelley 720-260-4507
Email: interruptions.coordinator@gmail.com
Savitri Durkee 347-693-8857
Email: savitridnyc@gmail.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 17, 2010LA COUNTY PARKS AND LAPD ALLOW BIG, GAY, ECOSEXUAL ART-WEDDING IN FARNSWORTH PARK TO GO ON
Brides to be, Annie Sprinkle and Elizabeth Stephens were stunned when the Deputy Director of the LA County Parks and Rec Department called them on a Friday afternoon to inform them that their Farnsworth Amphitheater rental contract (in Atladena, CA) had been cancelled. This call came just two weeks before their big full moon wedding was to take place there. The brides flashed back to a rainy day at the San Francisco City Hall in 2004 when their original legal wedding was cancelled by a court order banning gay marriage. They were distraught.
The Altadena Blog had posted an announcement about the bride’s “ecosexual” themed wedding. Someone read about it and tried to stop it from happening. They complained to the Parks Department. For some reason, the Parks Department and the Sheriff decided that they didn’t want this ecosexual wedding in Altadena. The Parks Department contacted Sprinkle and told her the wedding was cancelled due to “public safety” concerns. The alleged reason was that since there had been a few postings on a few websites about the wedding, it was likely that thousands of people would attend, and that there was simply insufficient parking. The Parks Department and the Sheriff claimed there were only 65 parking spaces available, and thus the wedding couldn’t take place in Altadena. This reason was clearly a pretext, since the contract the Parks Department had already signed with Sprinkle authorized 500 participants, so obviously there were enough parking spaces for 500 (and not just 65 spaces). Quick Internet research showed many other events and concerts at the Park involving hundreds of attendees that were advertised widely, both over the Internet and in print publications, and that the Park’s MySpace page says it has a capacity of 1,300. The brides were troubled because they sensed that something else was going on. They felt that they were being discriminated against because this was a wedding of two women, and also because of discrimination against the environmental themes of the wedding.
Their wedding officiant, the New York based preacher-performer Reverend Billy, and his director and wife Savitri D., were outraged at this sudden venue cancellation. Reverend Billy said, “It is bad enough that same sex marriage is illegal in California but now even the performance of a same sex marriage is called un-safe. Reverend Billy and Savitri presented this case to a well-known constitutional lawer, Terry Gross of San Francisco-based Gross Belsky Alonso LLP, who is a fierce advocate for First Amendment Rights and also Burning Man’s general counsel. Gross then forced the LA Parks and Rec Department to withdraw its cancellation, by demonstrating to the Parks and Recreation Department that the cancellation violated state and federal constitutions and laws -- just in time for the upcoming nuptials to proceed as planned.
Sprinkle and Stephens explain, “We are lovers, not fighters, but we had no choice except to fight this. We tried to find other venues but nothing appropriate was available on such short notice. Family and friends are flying in from all over the US, and overseas, there was no way we could change the date. We’re very happy to have Farnsworth Park Amphitheater back. It’s beautiful and we love the mountain setting. Now that there is peace in the land we can finally start to write our vows and spread the love. And if you are coming to the wedding, please car pool. It is better for the environment.”
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on October 17, 2010
annie and beth
Posted project update #8Miracle #3
Post CommentWe have reached our goal and are shouting out many, many thanks to all of you. We love and adore you and we literally could not have done this without you. Now we can relax a little, and wait to see if the universe will send us a few more generous souls to lend their additional support for this wedding.
We didn't want to ask for more than we needed in these challenging economic times, however, we welcome additional backers. The park controversy resulted in additional expenses for us. The Parks Department requested that we hire additional guards, plus obtain more insurance and fire permits as well as setting a host of other limits and rules around everything from parking to pasties. I guess I would be jealous too if the ecosexuals were marrying the moon and didn't invite me. But we did invite the park personnel (although we didn't think to invite the police) so we don't quite understand the bureaucratic nervousness surrounding our holding our wedding in the Farnsworth amphitheater.
Never-mind the pressure, we will be excellent guests because we always are and we still intend to have a meaningful ritual that is every bit as fun as it is serious-politically and in every other way. We're going to keep updating this blog until our kickstarter time runs out in a few days. We've never done this blogging thing before, although Annie is pretty handy with Face book. (hopefully you don't have to read this if you don't want).
And just for fun we thought we'd give you a sneak preview of our wedding costumes which we saw all together at our fitting today for the first time. They are surrealistic and stunning. We have the magnificent artist Sarah Stolar to thank for that. So many thanks all around.
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on October 16, 2010
annie and beth
Posted project update #7Luna, Lunatic, Luna, Love
Post CommentTonight we managed to hold a rehearsal and we crafted the basic structure of our vows to the moon. Neon Weiss, our director for Exposed; Experiments in Love, Sex, Death and Art, donated her time to help us sculpt our wedding performance. Everyones' generosity is making the moon smile. I felt that smile tonight as we edged closer to our goal. Your backing empowers us to get the message out concerning the urgent need for us to love the Earth and by extension, kinship, and necessity, to love the Moon as well.
This year our vows will address water as we pledge to love and cherish all H2O. We know what is going to happen if we don't. Perhaps not in our lifetimes (although as children, and even as a teenagers, we could never have imagined that bottled water would be a thriving industry) but water is a most precious resource and we can no longer take it for granted. The sexy liquid that all life depends upon should never have to be imprisoned in plastic bottles.
Ah, but we'll leave the preaching up to Reverend Billy-What we want to do is thank you from the bottoms of our moon illuminated hearts. We know that what comes around goes around, just like the moon orbits the Earth, and the Earth the sun. In this never ending cycle we are all in orbit together as long as gravity keeps us in the embrace of our beloved Earth.
Hearts are open and love to you all.
Beth and Annie
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on October 15, 2010
annie and beth
Posted project update #6The Moon is Half Full
And we are more than half way to our goal, thanks to you dearest love warriors.
We are so excited about the events in LA. The EcoSex Symposium is generating a ton of interest. This is the first ever symposium of its kind. EcoSexuality is an idea whose time has come. We're making history. So not only are you financial miracle workers but you are also avant-garde sexual evolutionaries. You Rock!!!!!!!
We also just wanted to say that we are so touched by your generosity and support. Thanks for being our friends and fellow travelers on all of our crazy orbits through life and art. And even if you can't physically make it to the events in LA you will be there in spirit-as well as in print on the program.
Plus, there is always next year. Chakra Crown White Enlightenment--maybe at the Salton Sea in SoCal.
Love, Love, Love,
Beth and Annie
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Judy Meath on October 15, 2010
Yay! Beth and Annie, I"m so glad you and Terri Gross and the aligning stars prevailed and will have the moon wedding at your orig location! I just went to Via's Vintage on Hennepin in Mpls and got outfitted properly, involving fishnets, crinoline, and yes, purple. All used because I love the earth. See you soon, viva la luna. Judy
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Elizabeth M. Stephens is interdisciplinary artist, activist and educator who has explored themes of sexuality, gender, queerness, and feminism through art for over 20 years. Her current passion is SexEcology: the art of exploring the Earth as a lover. ... view more
Too bad you can't webcast the ceremony for those of us that can't be there, or can/will you? Let us know.