Women’s FEST 2019 – Event Schedule
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Friday, April 12
9 a.m.- 4 p.m. All-Day Book Fair, author signings and readings—FREE. Atlantic Sands Hotel. Meet prominent lesbian writers from Bywater Books and the Golden Crown Literary Society. Meet your favorite authors and hear them read from their newest novels. Already on the roster are Cheryl Head, Fay Jacobs, Ann McMan, Rachael Spangler, Carol Rosenfeld, Lisa Gitlin and more.
1-2 p.m. 10 Queer Women Artists Who Changed the World—FREE. Atlantic Sands Hotel. Liz Bradbury, artist, educator and lesbian activist, mixes art, history, and comedy in this informative and funny overview of 10 Queer Women who changed the world of the arts. If you never learned in school about lesbians who made history, this is for you!
Saturday, April 13
9 a.m-2 p.m. Women’s FEST EXPO—FREE. Atlantic Sands Hotel. Dozens of craft artisans, award-winning author book sales, and signings. Open to all FEST attendees and general public.
12:30-1:30 p.m. Keynote Address by Pamela Stewart—FREE. Atlantic Sands Hotel. Stewart is Vice President for Retail Sales of Coca Cola North America and Board Chair of Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD). Hear her fascinating story about navigating the corporate and non-profit worlds as an LGBTQ advocate–and what we should be doing to advance equality.
Sunday, April 14
3-4:30 p.m. STILL Aging Gracelessly: 50 Shades of Fay—$20 Tickets. CAMP Rehoboth Community Center. Sit-down comedian, Fay Jacobs, brings her national tour back home to catch up with the hometown crowd and try out some new material. The show highlights the author’s insistence that along the road to LGBTQ equality, nothing is ever so horrible if it’s worth the story you can tell.