Coming up!
It’s a busy busy Spring for us, and we want to see your lovely faces all about town.
Friday April 20th, 8 pm at the Howlin Wolf. V Day NOLA 2012: The Vagina Monologues. Proceeds benefit Hagar’s House for Women & Children. Cover is a sliding scale from $12-$25 dollars. We will be mini brawling at the After Party along with the Organ Grinders, Daria and the Hip Drops and DJ Nice Rack. If you can’t make it on Friday, there will also be a performance of the monologues Sunday April 22nd at Cafe Istanbul in the Healing Center for 6 pm.
Saturday May 12th, 8 pm at the Howlin Wolf. NO LAW’s Matriarchal Mayhem Maytime BRAWL! Proceeds will benefit Covenant House. Expect brawling babes, flashy half time performances and so much goodness. Get in touch with us to wrestle, perform, be involved in any way, etc, etc.
Saturday May 26th, 10 pm at One Eyed Jacks. Planned Parenthood Benefit. Fleur de Tease will be putting on a great show and we’ll be there with an arm wrestling booth for your amateur enjoyment. Support the Gulf Coast Chapter of Planned Parenthood! Tickets $10-$15
Saturday June 16th, First Annual SUPERCLAW in Charlottesville, VA at the Jefferson Theater. Lady arm wrestlers from across the country will be throwing down and NO LAW plans to bring the party. 5-0-4.
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We Love Mommas
Our Lenten Brawl was a success of biblical proportions. $1,300 is going to Birthmark Doula Collective, which is enough to buy TWO birthing tubs and upkeep materials for a year. Well done betters and bribers! This past throwdown saw the comeback of crowd favorite SlamRock O’Hagan. She was smashed by the Harlem Hammer, in the end, who had the intense eye contact skills and attitude to become our newest champ.
MC Nina was taken out by the woman who brought her into this world. Tete La Plenty showed us what tough stuff she was made of while her entourage glitter bombed the first five rows of the audience. Sister Mary Slammer graced us with her presence to provide blessings and settle the centuries long debate of Christianity or Judaism when she beat the Circumcisor in a special arm wrestling holy war. Somewhere between weilding an umbrella and burning Chris Brown’s reputation, celebrity judge Rihanna found time to practice her planking skills for a bribe-sponsored match between illustrious butt ref Big Ern McBurn and former contender, the Vagitarian. Immigrants, religious enthusiasts and many sassy folks all put on an amazing show and got our 2012 season off to a great start.
Humongous thank yous to DJs Justin and Brian Boyles (especially for the continuing after party at Handsome Willy’s), the Camel Toe Lady Steppers, Praline Dupre and the Howlin Wolf. Photos are by Katrina Arnold, check her out for all your freelance needs.
Look for our next brawl in May!
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First brawl of 2012!
Proceeds benefit the Birthmark Doula Collective whose mission is to assist women in having the most positive and empowering birth experience possible. “We aim to provide our services to women regardless of age, race, income level, sexuality, ability and religion.”
Half time shows with the Camel Toe Lady Steppers and burlesque by Praline Dupre. DJs Justin and Brian Boyles will pump the jams AND the post tournament dance party!
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Box of Wine
SUNDAY February 19th is the fabulous Box of Wine Parade. NO LAW will be Sailing the Sistership in this krewe for the first time. Parade kick off is at 4:30 pm (or whenever Thoth passes by).
Route is:
Saratoga to Toledano.
Toledano to St. Charles.
St. Charles to Euterpe.
Right on Euterpe.
End!
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Best Little Toe-Down in NOLA
We have been invited to take part in the Camel Toe Lady Steppers annual fundraiser, this Friday January 27th at Tipitina’s!! Door are at 8, tickets are $20, proceeds benefit The Roots of Music. Don’t miss all of these great acts together in one room, all talkin bout camel toes. How often does that get to happen?
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Happy 2nd Birthday NO LAW!
NO LAW turned 2 years old in December! Happy Birthday to everyone who has made this all possible. In two years we’ve raised thousands of dollars to benefit the women of New Orleans, brawled for ten different organizations and had so much fun. We’d like to get some feedback to make it even better.
Your thoughts on the brawls would be so helpful. Do you have any concerns or suggestions? Positive feedback or ideas? What would make the crowd experience better? How is visibility? Do you understand the betting system? Can you hear what’s going on? Are we wearing short enough shorts? Send any private thoughts to wearenolaw@gmail.com or post them right here. Thanks again beautiful, loving audience.
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Twas the Final Countdown
Super Brawl was a super duper success! The event raised $2,500 for Common Ground Health Clinic to update their Women’s Resource Guide. Thanks to the generosity from you all, CGHC will be able to work on a Spanish language version as well. That’s fantastic. Big thank yous to the Howlin Wolf for fulfilling our High Life needs, DJ Justin for the killer beats and Katrina Arnold for the fabulous live shots and portraits that will be coming soon. We also had Billy Hunt and Brian Wimer, the geniuses behind the upcoming CLAW documentary, as guest videographers. They created a ridiculously entertaining dance video with material from the brawl. Do take a look.
Who is more competitive than a collection of previously victorious lady arm wrestlers? That was a trick question. There is no one with more of a desire to win an on stage, costumed yet physical competition than our champions. NO LAW started the night off with a bounce national anthem sung by Sarah Palin as the wrestlers were introduced. Celebrity judges Snooky and Councilwoman Kristen Palmer provided running commentary throughout the night, bringing in money by taunting the wrestlers and the audience, goading them on to bigger and better bribing. The entourages were at the peak of style, as gladiators, geeks, girls on fire and mustachioed Cajuns. Half time performances brought the show to a new level with burlesque by Praline Dupre and a jive-ass show by dance troupe NOLA Hip-Hop.
Bait and Tackle and Sistah Slammer were so evenly matched from the get go they had to dance it out, Slammer moving on as the victor of the booty shaking. The president of Chi Omega was in New Orleans on Spring Break, so she stepped in for a missing champion, charge card in hand. Swamp Thang found power through her ever popular nutria bikini to end the sibling rivalry and defeat her sister, our very own Councilwoman Palmer. Long time crowd favorite Phiery Phoenix refused to burn out or fade away all night, gathering bribes for re-dos and even subbed in to provide left handed power for the last round. You all rule ladies.
Then there was the Final Match. For the whole enchilada. All the marbles. The whole ball of wax. The Denominator (formerly known as Crybaby) vs. The Viper. Cheers were chanted, math problems were solved. A gaggle of patriotic ladies waged an enthusiasm war against a tribe of nerds. It came down to sheer strength of arm and the Viper left the table victorious! She was rewarded with much hissing and a skeleton trophy. Power! Glory! Mayhem!
Keep an eye on us for new merch and upcoming events including The New Orleans Bookfair and Fringe Fest. Wrists up!
