WHOO- you're joining us! We're so excited to share in a weekend of inspiring, radical, creative, extravagant collaboration in ritual, arts, food, dancing, a shpiel, and general ruckus to celebrate the rich holiday of Purim. With the Purim story comes questions about power, class, group identity, division, and, in OUR Purimshpiel, unionizing against the exploitation of the ruling class! The theme of this weekend will be celebrating survival, exploring solidarity between and within communities who face threats to our cultures & lives, and taking joy in our existence. The weekend will be FUN & SILLY, SERIOUS & PONDERING, OUT OF LINE and IN STYLE, and will open and build us up to the culminating PURIMSHPIEL and SHVITZ DANCE PARTY on Sunday night!
This event is open to all, and in order to make it safe AND fun for all, we have a hard stop against racism, transphobia, homophobia, antisemitism, xenophobia, and any & all other oppressive habits/behaviors. We've all been socialized in an oppressive society, but let's do our real BEST to leave the junk at home (and clean the house) so we can build something beautiful together.
We will be releasing a more detailed program of events and schedule in the coming weeks, so keep your eyes out and tell your friends!
With love,
<3 PurimFest!