CURRENT MISSION

Work hard in service of a better world, play and love as much as possible.

ABOUT ME

I have lived most of my life in Chicago. I am currently a performance artist traveling and touring. I like making performances and hosting parties/events, and I also teach Cultural Studies and Womens/Gender Studies as an adjunct factulty member at 2 colleges.

PHILOSOPHY

I am interested in creating performance and visual art work that is directly political, critically conscious, and community building.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I enjoy hosting and surfing, and stalk the Chicago CouchSurfers hoping to make it to an event.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have been a house guest many times in many different places, although not officially with CouchSurfing. Most recently I spent 3 weeks in Moscow with a friend. I have had many people stay with me in my apartment for various reasons, including hosting visiting artists I did not know. I enjoy both hosting and staying with people in their homes!

Interests

Performance, Theater, dance, music, singing, percussion, ceremony, ritual, reading, cooking, dancing, movies, good conversation, travel, convenings of interesting people, social and racial justice, crafts, embroidery, camping, being in beautiful natural places.

• arts
• singing
• theater
• performing arts
• dancing
• cooking
• partying
• crafts
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• music
• canoeing
• camping
• surfing
• cultural studies
• gender studies

Music, Movies, and Books

Currently reading: Mab Segrest's Memoir of a Race Traitor, Daniel Pinchbeck's 2012, Chris Rose's One Dead in Attic, Alan Weisman's The World Without Us.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have found few things more amazing than a silent canoe ride on a lake in the Upper Penninsula of Michigan when the air is cooling and creating fog on the surface of the water.

Teach, Learn, Share

I am a pretty good cook, I can facilitate groups of people, I've done a lot of fundraising, I programmed my own web site in Dreamweaver, I can teach cultural theory and I have a special expertise in the study of whiteness and white supremacy from an anti-racist point of view.

Countries I’ve Visited

Japan, Mexico, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Russian Federation, United States

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