Newark Airport Marriott
July 15-17, 2005
Newark, NJ

>> The 2005 program booklet is available online (PDF)
>> You can read Charlotte Cooper's Keynote Address here!

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Are you ready? We can't wait!

We are thrilled to bring you drag, music, dancing, workshops, pool parties, fat art, activism and fancy moves again - this time, our new and ultra-convenient location, the Newark Liberty International Airport Marriott (that's a mouthful).

Our attendance is capped at 150 people this year, so register early!

New to NoLose? We have special meet & greet mixers and have set a place at the dinner table just for you. This is a fattastic community for old friends and new faces alike.

Don't miss out on the amazing activities, company, great food and a talented lineup, including:

Come hear the provocative writer, zinester, and founder of the notorious Chubster gang chew the fat! Charlotte Cooper is the author of Cherry, a dyke sex novel; and Fat and Proud: The Politics of Size. Her writings have appeared in more than a dozen anthologies and zines, and you can read her columns regularly in On Our Backs and at RainbowNetwork.com. For more information about Ms. Badass herself and her writings, visit charlottecooper.net. You'll be glad you did.

Dynamic Boston area performance artist Gabrie'l J Atchison fuses visionary choreography with personal narrative and the healing arts. Her work is transformative, powerful, and deeply moving. Don't miss her!

In her own words: "The vision of Gabrie'l J. Atchison Productions (GJAP) is to build a community-based and internationally known Black woman's performing arts theater. Our mission is to provide productions, workshops and publications that give Black women and girls the tools to heal and express themselves through the performing arts." www.onlinegabriel.com

Are you tired of seeing wafer thin drag kings who lip sync to old boy band songs? Have no fear: The Daddy is back and the 98-pound weaklings are in the gunny sack.

Uncle Louie is coming out of retirement specifically for NoLose—with his ward, Payne, in tow! A legend of NYC's Club Casanova drag scene, Uncle Louie has appeared in films, rock videos and The Drag King Book. NoLose '05 will premiere a new show featuring live singing and the Uncle Louie Mojo Experience.

Big Moves' own hip hop troupe is now bi-coastal, baby! NoLose brings you the five-member Phat Fly Girls-East, with founder and artistic director Marina Wolf Ahmad. They wear the clothes to show the curves, and work the curves to wear you out. They don't just subvert the dominant paradigm, they kick it. Check out www.bigmoves.org to find out about workshops in San Francisco, Boston, NYC and beyond.

The incredible Reva Lucian is back, and this year we're thrilled to present her performance troupe, Big Burlesque: The Original Fat-Bottom Revue, recently featured in Time Magazine. Big Burlesque will also be running a workshop for novices, the "Freshbottoms," who will then strut their stuff alongside the pros!