Beth Elliott

6:30 PM potluck, 7:30 PM show. Singer-songwriter and author Beth Elliott featured at Works in Progress Women’s Open Mic, a WOMEN-ONLY event. Open Mic for poetry, prose, music and more. Plymouth United Church of Christ, 424 Monte Vista, Oakland, CA. $7-10 admission buys raffle ticket for one of ten prizes.

The event is scent-free, and the meal and performance space are wheelchair-accessible. Unfortunately, the bathroom, while on the same floor as the meal and performance space, is not fully accessible.

All women, cis and trans, are welcome. If you would like to perform, please contact the host Linda Zeiser WELL IN ADVANCE at ZeiserpoetMC@aol.com or (510) 701-1022‬ to reserve your 5- to 10-minute open-mic slot.

A shadowy figure of lesbian culture, third-generation Bay Area native BETH ELLIOTT continues to write, make music, engage in feminist activism, and pursue her Goddess visions in a way true to her counterculture roots. Though she shares responsibility for some early milestones in lesbian freedom, she ended up a women’s community outlier at a young age. She credits this with pushing herself to explore her individual creativity, calling it a simple “lack of adult supervision.” Her songs delight with their wit, even the darker ones.