Alli Kisker has been a Sign Language Interpreter for the past 11 years and festival interpreting is her favorite. She joins us from Columbus, Ohio where she lives with her family. When she's not working, Alli loves to be outside near water or playing in the garden.
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Kayla Cardenas has been in the interpreting community since 2011, mostly doing stage work and events. She lives in Columbus, Ohio with her girlfriend and two cats, enjoys going to festivals, and camping whenever possible. Her cat’s hashtag is #walterthumbcat and he’s pretty rad.
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Emily Kimmel-Kurtz |
Sunny Pfifferling-Irons |
Emily Kimmel-Kurtz has been a Sign Language Interpreter for the last 8 years. Emily and her son Ezra live in the Kalamazoo area with their beloved cat Jazmine. When Emily is not working she enjoys playing at the park with her son, going on walks, and gardening.
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Sunny Pfifferling-Irons has been interpreting professionally for 25 years. You name it, she’s probably interpreted it. She and her wife and daughter live on a small farm in Goshen, Indiana where she loves to garden, ride her horse and make maple syrup.
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Hailing from Miami, Karina Iglesias brings forth innovation and a much-needed return to the authenticity of pure soul music. Combining gospel, boleros, hip hop and R & B, she uses her artistic vision and rich cultural background and a wide range of production techniques to reveal character and vulnerability. Karina has also been featured on Univision’s Mira Quien Baila, sharing the stage with Latin artists Beatriz Luengo, Alejandra Guzmán and Gilberto Santa Rosa. In 2013, Karina was a contestant on The Voice, making it to the Top 16.
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Summer Osborne |
Gaye Adegbalola
Sunday 2pm workshop at L2L Lounge, Sunday, 5pm performance Gaye Todd Adegbalola, a Blues Music Award winner, is best known musically as a founding member of Saffire – The Uppity Blues Women (1984 – 2009). Prior to becoming a full-time blues artist, Gaye was a science teacher in the Fredericksburg City Public School system for 18 years and was honored as Virginia State Teacher of the Year in 1982. Throughout her teaching career, she directed Harambee 360º Experimental Theater —where she was able to creatively use performance as a tool to assist black youth in gaining confidence as they struggled with identity issues during the spread of desegregation. |
During this same period, she nurtured her love of the blues.
Unable to get by on a teacher’s income, she began moonlighting in local clubs and her love of the blues soon grew into a full-time career with Saffire – the Uppity Blues Women. Saffire ended in November 2009, after making music together for 25 years. |
DJ Fudgie |
Antionette King-Short aka DJ Fudgie, lives in Lansing with her beautiful wife Shalen and three amazing little humans. Olivia, Etta, and Oliver. Antionette and Shalen are foster parents for Child and Family Charities, and we're the 2nd couple in the State of Michigan to be married in 2014. This will be Dj Fudgie's 3rd year joining MFR's entertainment stage. She formally served on the Michigan Pride board for 5 years and continues to serve and volunteer for Michigan's LGBTQ+ community.
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STELLA!
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In fall 2017, Julianna Wilson (The Springtails) took over as the newest member of the band, replacing Laura Ann Bates on upright bass and completing the current band’s line-up. |
Rodasi, High Priestess |
Hello !
I’m Rodasi. Also a mom- two girls still in the home ages -15 & 5. My studies have been in yogic sciences, Asian healing arts and women’s spirituality. I am also a sober woman. I am a monk and teach for the international organization I took vows and study with known as the Bright Path. I’ve been a student of that meditative practice and yoga since 1999. I am a high priestess in a Magdalene lineage - I’ve been walking the path of shamanic priestess witch since 2003. I do Spiritual Advising, Coaching and Shiatsu/Energy work and teach for a living. I am also an author as of last year. Again - honored to get to be here |
Karisa Wilson |
Karisa Wilson is an award-winning singer-songwriter from Michigan. Her debut album "Little Girl" won WYCE's prestigious JAMMIE for Album of the Year. Karisa writes and performs a blend of Indie Folk, Jazz and Blues. She's also a classically trained violinist.
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