Wednesday, November 25, 2009
St Andrew's Day
Come celebrate St. Andrew's Day in New Orleans! On Saturday, November 28th 2009 at Bacchanal Fine Wine & Spirits on 600 Poland Avenue,
Brought to you by our very own Reverend Psych Ward and NolaBulls.
With a bagpipe-led parade, traditional scavenger hunt, fortunetelling, tarot card reading, vodka tasting, and even a kielbasa-eating contest, St. Andrew's Day will transform Bacchanal into a mystical wonderland of infinite delights!
Rising-star chef Stephen Stryjewski of New Orleans' Cochon is catering the event!
Placki Kartoflane: Potato Pancakes
Kielbasa z Rusztu: Grilled Polish Sausage
Romlopsy: Pickled Herring with mustard, onions, and pickles
Paczki: Fruit jam-filled doughnuts
Chrusciki: Fried doug
Pierogi Ruski: Cheese and potato dumplings with sour cream
Bigos: Meat and sauerkraut stew with ham, bacon, sausage, and mushrooms
Golabki: Cabbage rolls with rice and meat braised in tomato gravy
Barszcz Czerwony: Beet soup
Festivities begin at 5pm and continue until after midnight
5: Gates open!
6:30: Bagpipe-led parade with The Big Easy Rollergirls
7:15: Kielbasa-eating contest
7:30: DeBauche (Russian Hooligan Music)
8:30: Scavenger hunt begins and DJ Butterfoot (Balkan Breaks, SissyGypsy)
9:30: Klezmurder (Funky Yiddish Music)
10:30: Dr. Gumbo (Balkan Mashups, Bucovina Dub)
11:15: Mud-wrasslin'!
Participants (that means you) are required to wear any combination of blue and white clothing and accessories.
Tickets are $10 and available at the door.
Free if it is your birthday (must provide valid ID)! A portion of our proceeds will benefit the International High School (IHS) of New Orleans
7:15: Kielbasa-eating contest
7:30: DeBauche (Russian Hooligan Music)
8:30: Scavenger hunt begins and DJ Butterfoot (Balkan Breaks, SissyGypsy)
9:30: Klezmurder (Funky Yiddish Music)
10:30: Dr. Gumbo (Balkan Mashups, Bucovina Dub)
11:15: Mud-wrasslin'!
Participants (that means you) are required to wear any combination of blue and white clothing and accessories.
Tickets are $10 and available at the door.
Free if it is your birthday (must provide valid ID)! A portion of our proceeds will benefit the International High School (IHS) of New Orleans
Friday, November 20, 2009
NEWBIE BOUT RECAP!
On November 14th, sixteen of our newbies skated in their debut bout.
The Wild Turkeys took on Santa’s Slayers.
Captained by Nasty, The Wild Turkeys’ roster included: Ammeaux, Anne GoLA, Herculetta, Megumi Nasty, Rogue Roulet, Roxy Monoxide, Snake, Turbo Doll, and veteran skater lacy underalls with bench coaches Crusty McKnuckle and ChessTosterone.
Captained by Afro, Santa’s Slayers roster included: Afro-F'N-Die-T, Combats Domino, DauFiend, Marilyn Merlot, Menopause Maniac, Quasi-MoFo, Tchouper, Vieux Careen, and veteran skater Beatrix sKiddo with bench coaches MILF Duds and Deb U Taunt.
With both teams evenly matched, The Turkeys took an early five-point lead. The Slayers fought back with consistent blocking and scoring. Both teams demonstrated excellent pack awareness and strong hitting.
In the end, while the Slayers shut down the Turkeys in the final jam, it was still not enough for them to gain the lead and The Turkeys were victorious with a final score of 31 to 29. As proud bench coach, Chess pointed out “The turkeys didn't let their feathers get too ruffled; the first rule of zen derby!”
Rogue from The Turkeys scored the most points per jam with 9 points.
Vieux from The Slayers followed with an 8-point jam.
Vieux also scored the most points overall for a total of 15; almost half of her team’s points! Vieux was also pleased with her debut bout. “I loved being able to play and I had the time of my life! I loved the adrenaline and the competitiveness of the whole event. Afro, our fearless leader, helped build up the confidence of our team, which motivated me to go out and do my best! Afro is a rockstar!”
Congratulations to all of our newbie skaters who broke, shattered, and burst their bout cherries. You played hard and clean, and made us all very proud.
The Wild Turkeys took on Santa’s Slayers.
Captained by Nasty, The Wild Turkeys’ roster included: Ammeaux, Anne GoLA, Herculetta, Megumi Nasty, Rogue Roulet, Roxy Monoxide, Snake, Turbo Doll, and veteran skater lacy underalls with bench coaches Crusty McKnuckle and ChessTosterone.
THE WILD TURKEYS
Captained by Afro, Santa’s Slayers roster included: Afro-F'N-Die-T, Combats Domino, DauFiend, Marilyn Merlot, Menopause Maniac, Quasi-MoFo, Tchouper, Vieux Careen, and veteran skater Beatrix sKiddo with bench coaches MILF Duds and Deb U Taunt.
SANTA'S SLAYERS
With both teams evenly matched, The Turkeys took an early five-point lead. The Slayers fought back with consistent blocking and scoring. Both teams demonstrated excellent pack awareness and strong hitting.
Gola scores the first five points of the bout
Fiend scored 4 points in her first jam
Roxie helps hold back the Slayers
Afro fights her way through the pack
In the end, while the Slayers shut down the Turkeys in the final jam, it was still not enough for them to gain the lead and The Turkeys were victorious with a final score of 31 to 29. As proud bench coach, Chess pointed out “The turkeys didn't let their feathers get too ruffled; the first rule of zen derby!”
Victory!
Rogue from The Turkeys scored the most points per jam with 9 points.
Lead jammer, Rogue
Vieux from The Slayers followed with an 8-point jam.
Vieux moves past lacy to score some points
Vieux also scored the most points overall for a total of 15; almost half of her team’s points! Vieux was also pleased with her debut bout. “I loved being able to play and I had the time of my life! I loved the adrenaline and the competitiveness of the whole event. Afro, our fearless leader, helped build up the confidence of our team, which motivated me to go out and do my best! Afro is a rockstar!”
Congratulations to all of our newbie skaters who broke, shattered, and burst their bout cherries. You played hard and clean, and made us all very proud.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Come out and support your local artists!
For over ten years, ARTDOCS has provided medical care to visual artists, writers and perfomring artists in New Orleans who lack health coverage. Since 1999, ARTDOCS has seen over 2500 artist patients providing routine care and other important medical services.
On Thursday, November 19th they will be holding a live auction at 851 Magazine Street. There will be music, art, fire-eaters, circus performers, and The Big Easy Rollergirls.
DJ Soul Sister starts at 6:30 PM.
The auction starts at 7:30 PM.
Tickets are available at the door: $15 individuals/$25 couples.
ARTDOCS provides healthcare services to full-time artists in the New Orleans area who are uninsured or under-insured and whose income falls below 2 times the 2009 federal poverty level of $10,830. This means any uninsured artist in New Orleans currently making under $21,660 now qualifies for the program.
ARTDOCS will cover the costs of office visits with a family physician, including associated lab fees.
For medical appointments or general inquiries, please call: 504.827.2833.
Friday, November 06, 2009
The Last Bout of the Year!
Join The Big Easy Rollergirls for their last bout of the year! We will be Brawling on the Bayou November 14th at UNO's HPC. UNO's Human Performance Center is located on the corner of Leon C. Simon & Elysian Fields. The doors open at 6PM.
Newbie Exhibition Bout at 6:45! Come check out the rollergirl stars of tomorrow!
Our glorious Newbies
At 7pm The Big Easy Rollergirls face off against the Gulf Coast Allstars.
Your Big Easy Rollergirls
Tickets are $12 in advance, $15 at the door, $6 for children.
Our charity this month is HandsOn New Orleans. HandsOn has evolved from a disaster response project into a thriving resource center for grassroots service project by launching an array of new programs; including a Tool Lending Library, a Youth Engagement Corps, and no-cost Volunteer Leader Trainings. We will be holding a 50/50 raffle to benefit this local organization.
The Krewe of the Rolling Elvi and The Pussyfooters will guest star.
Half-time entertainment by The Tomatoes.
The Tomatoes
Buy your tickets now! Or you can stop by the Freret Market, this Saturday from 12 to 5 to purchase your ticket live from a real rollergirl. You can also enjoy over a hundred vendors and free live music. The Freret Market is located on the corner of Freret Street and Napoleon Ave.
After the bout, party with us at The Kerry Irish Pub in the French Quarter at 331 Decatur.
After the bout, party with us at The Kerry Irish Pub in the French Quarter at 331 Decatur.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
The Big Easy Rollergirls at Voodoo Fest!
Who do the Voodoo? We do!
The Big Easy Rollergirls will be at the entrance of The Voodoo Experience every day of the festival from 10 to 11am, 1 to 2pm, and 4-5pm. We will be skating in front of the New Orleans Art Museum on 1 Collin Diboll Circle. We will have flyers and tickets to sell. You can also catch us skating around the festival - be careful of our hip checks!
The Big Easy Rollergirls are also proud and pleased that so many of the bands and performers of The Voodoo Experience are part of The BERG family. Please be sure and check out the following acts and show your derby love for them.
Friday, October 30th
Ratty Scurvics: 11am at the Bingo! Parlor
The Vettes: 3pm at the Voodoo Stage
The New Orleans Bingo! Show: 6:45 at the Bingo Parlor
Saturday, October 31st
The White Bitch: 12:15pm at the Bingo! Parlor
Zydepunks: 1:30pm at the Bingo! Parlor
The New Orleans Bingo! Show: 2:45pm at the Bingo! Parlor
Sunday, November 1st
MC Trachiotomy: 10:45am at the Bingo! Parlor
Suplecs: 1:15pm at the Bingo! Parlor
Fleur de Tease: 2:45pm at the Bingo! Parlor
Quintron & Miss Pussycat: 5:45pm at the Bingo! Parlor
And be sure to swing by The Antigravity booth and pick up a copy of their recent magazine for your guide to alternative New Orleans.
October 10th Bout Recap!
On Saturday, October 10th The Big Easy Rollergirls faced off against the Southern Misfits Rollergirls of Petal, MS in our first lagniappe season game at the UNO Human Performance Center.
The Big Easy Rollergirls
The Southern Misfits
Team Captains were Coalminer's Slaughter and Balls-Out Betty.
As usual, we had the lovely and delightful Pussyfooter Cheerleaders and The Krewe of The Rolling Elvi on hand for your enjoyment.
As usual, we had the lovely and delightful Pussyfooter Cheerleaders and The Krewe of The Rolling Elvi on hand for your enjoyment.
Go, Pussyfooters!
Halftime entertainment was provided by Slack Adjustor.
Slack Adjustor rocks the crowd!
Our charity was HandsOn New Orleans. HandsOn has evolved from a disaster response project into a thriving resource center for grassroots service project by launching an array of new programs; including a Tool Lending Library, a Youth Engagement Corps, and no-cost Volunteer Leader Trainings. We held a 50/50 raffle to benefit this local organization.
The bout action started immediately with Wit Vicious dominating as jammer. She scored 45 points in the first period, almost half of BERG points - and in only 3 jams! Wit had the most points scored in a jam with 20!
The bout action started immediately with Wit Vicious dominating as jammer. She scored 45 points in the first period, almost half of BERG points - and in only 3 jams! Wit had the most points scored in a jam with 20!
Wit keeps her eye on the prize!
Animal, lacy, and Betty kept control of the pack as pivots.
ChessTosterone, Deb, and MILF delivered some powerful hits in the pack.
Crusty stepped in as jammer and scored 17 points in one jam, the second highest for the night.
lacy assists Crusty in her 17-point jam
Animal steps in as jammer
The crowd cheers on The Big Easy Rollergirls
Betty clears the way for Rowdy to get through
The Southern Misfits rallied in the second half scoring 80% of their points, but were still unable to gain enough points for a victory. The final score was 192-48.
Thank you to the wonderful women of The Southern Misfits.
Photos by Scott Stuntz of Scott Stuntz Photography.
Photos by Scott Stuntz of Scott Stuntz Photography.
Thursday, October 01, 2009
October 10th Bout
On Saturday, October 10th The Big Easy Rollergirls face off against the Southern Misfits Rollergirls of Petal, MS in our first lagniappe season game at the UNO Human Performance Center.
UNO's Human Performance Center is located on the corner of Leon C. Simon & Elysian Fields.
Doors open at 6pm and action starts at 7pm. Tickets are $12 IN ADVANCE, $15 at the door, $6 for children 5 to 12. Children 5 and under are free.
Our charity this month is HandsOn New Orleans. HandsOn has evolved from a disaster response project into a thriving resource center for grassroots service project by launching an array of new programs; including a Tool Lending Library, a Youth Engagement Corps, and no-cost Volunteer Leader Trainings. We will be holding a 50/50 raffle to benefit this local organization.
The Big Easy Rollergirls, in conjunction with Rhino Records, are sponsoring a Whip It Movie Contest! You can win a new Whip It CD, poster, and two season passes to the Big Easy Rollergirls' 2010 Season!
To enter, all you have to do is buy a ticket to the Big Easy Rollergirls next home bout. Three winners will be selected by random drawing at half-time.
Join us for the afterparty at King Pin located at 1307 Lyons.
The Big Easy Rollergirls
The Southern Misfits
UNO's Human Performance Center is located on the corner of Leon C. Simon & Elysian Fields.
Doors open at 6pm and action starts at 7pm. Tickets are $12 IN ADVANCE, $15 at the door, $6 for children 5 to 12. Children 5 and under are free.
Half-time entertainment from Slack Adjustor.
Our charity this month is HandsOn New Orleans. HandsOn has evolved from a disaster response project into a thriving resource center for grassroots service project by launching an array of new programs; including a Tool Lending Library, a Youth Engagement Corps, and no-cost Volunteer Leader Trainings. We will be holding a 50/50 raffle to benefit this local organization.The Big Easy Rollergirls, in conjunction with Rhino Records, are sponsoring a Whip It Movie Contest! You can win a new Whip It CD, poster, and two season passes to the Big Easy Rollergirls' 2010 Season!
To enter, all you have to do is buy a ticket to the Big Easy Rollergirls next home bout. Three winners will be selected by random drawing at half-time.
Join us for the afterparty at King Pin located at 1307 Lyons.
Friday, September 25, 2009
Whip It Movie Premiere!
The Big Easy Rollergirls will be guest stars on Wednesday, September 30th for The Whip It Movie Premiere at Elmwood AMC 20 Palace Theatre on 1200 Elmwood Park Blvd.
We will be there at 6:30pm for a meet and greet, and a quick Q&A before the film. The film starts at 7:30pm.
Tonight, some of the rollergirls will pass out premiere movie tickets and Whip It schwag in the CBD at LePhare on 523 Gravier Street starting at 10pm.
If you miss them tonight, you can get your tickets and swag tomorrow night, Saturday, September 26th, when more of the rollergirls will be at Club Voila on 300 Decatur Street from 5pm to 7pm.
One pass admits two. Seating is limited, tickets are not a guarantee of admission. Please come early.
Whip It is released by Fox Searchlight and features the directorial debut of Drew Barrymore (a woman who embodies the rollergirl psyche and substance). It stars Ellen Page (Juno) as Bliss, a rebellious Texas teen who throws in her small-town beauty pageant crown to throw down on the roller rink.
Drew with some rollergirls
Written by Shauna Cross, a former Roller Derby skater with the Los Angeles Derby Dolls. Cross skated under the name Maggie Mayhem with a team of rouge cops called the Sirens. Many of the teams, skaters, names and plot lines were inspired by Cross' time with the Derby Dolls. She was named by Variety Magazine as 10 Screenwriters to Watch! We are so proud of her! Go Shauna!
The film opens nationwide on Friday, October 2nd.
