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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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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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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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!
Thanks so so much to everyone who came out for the brawl on Saturday! All the wrestlers were on fire. C-Ville Knievel showed us how celebrity judging is done. And YOU, you wonderful audience members you, raised $1,500 for BreakOut! A new NO LAW record!
Big thanks to the Rusty Nail, DJs Justin and Brian Boyles, Katrina our amazing photographer and the Big Easy Rollergirls for providing the muscle.
Keep in touch with BreakOut via their website and hit up the roller derby bout this Saturday, July 23. Proceeds from the 50/50 will benefit this great organization. Doors open at 6 pm; Action starts at 7 pm with the Big Easy All Stars vs. Dixie Derby Girls Raging Rockets.
Stay tuned for photos, updates and more about Super Brawl: Brawl of Champions, coming your way September 24th.
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Listen to Eve Abrams’ radio story on NO LAW for WWNO. Click to hear us!
Come join us Saturday to party for a good cause. Dancing facilitated by DJs Justin and Brian Boyles following the brawl.
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This month we’ll have extra matriarchal mayhem to fulfill all your raucous needs with mini and full sized brawls.
Join us for a special appearance Sunday, July 10th at the Howling Wolf for Beasts & Brass: A Benefit for Chef Nathanial Zimet.
Nathanial is the chef and co-owner of Boucherie and The Cue Crawl, known as the Purple Truck. Nathanial was the victim of an armed robbery attack in front of his home and although expected to make a full recovery, he still faces a hard road ahead. The Beasts & Brass Benefit seeks to bring the community together in an effort to defray medical bills.
NO LAW will be doing what we do alongside burlesque, music and much more from 8-9pm on Diamond St. outside the Howling Wolf. Learn more and buy tickets here.
It’s never too much ladies arm wrestling. No withdrawal fears here, mere days later is the Steamy Summer Brawl. This tournament benefits BreakOUT, an amazing new organization that fights the criminalization of LGBTQ youth and instead builds their power. They seek to affect concrete policy change and through this brawl YOU can help.
Plus, we’ve joined forces with the Big Easy Rollergirls for over the top brutal babe action on our turf. How will these derby dames fare off skates competing wrist to wrist? AC SlayedHer, Jam Bayou, Brutualicious and other skating terrors will be using their upper body strength at The Rusty Nail, Saturday July 16th, 8 pm. Don’t miss a celebrity judge appearance by Katey Red, drink specials (I really can’t say enough good things about that frozen disco lemonade) and a DJ Justin afterpartydanceparty spectacular!
Big thanks to DJ Justin, our photographer Katrina Arnold and The Rusty Nail! Also to Trixie Minx and Oops the Clown for their opening performance, PLUS all the wrestlers who put on an amazing show! We raised $1000 for Women with a Vision and folks got to hear about the amazing work they do to challenge the totally wack “Crimes Against Nature” law. If you want to learn more/get involved/know what’s up, check out the WWAV website.
The smack talk and theme songs were at their most epic this time around. Doris Doomsday returned to try and teach new contender Ice Cold some manners, but Ice bested her and went on to the final round. It was Sister Mary Slammer though with all the power of the lord behind her who became our new champion. She even beat a fellow woman of the cloth to to smite the competition in the end. Amen. We like to give our crowd what they want so a special brawl between Cherry Popeye and celebrity judge, Yoko Ono was bankrolled pitting celebrity v. cartoon character. Yoko bested the peppy sailor but not before they gave us a dance off fit for the rapture. Watch it all here!
Save the date for your next chance to be this close to glory, Steamy Summer Brawl will be July 16th back at the Nail. We’ll have hot new merch for sale, including NO LAW bandannas to wipe the sweat from your tan brow or use as a coozy on your frozen disco lemonade.
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DJ Justin afterparty on the very ground we brawled upon!
Women with a Vision will use the dollas from this brawl to increase staff training for all the wonderful work they do.
Delicious Food and Drink Specials:
$1.5 PBR
$2 Hi-Life
$4 Jameson Shots
$5 Frozen Disco Lemonades
*Don’t forget, DO NOT park your vehicle across the street from the Rusty Nail. Your evening will be ruined by trying to bail your car out of car jail. Enter and exit the parking lot via Calliope. If there was ever a night to bicycle someplace, this would be it.
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