Free hands-on DJ workshop for women and nonbinary music enthusiasts! Workshop 7-9pm Afterparty 9pm-2am ***email walkingandfallinghq@gmail.com to RSVP for the workshop*** Walking and Falling began in Chicago during March of 2017. The program presents a series of workshops open to any woman-identifying and nonbinary folks with an interest in DJing and music production. These workshops are free and provide instruction and information in a safe, supportive, and communal environment. The program also provides ongoing mentorship via experienced DJs, which includes private lessons, networking opportunities, “field trips” to radio stations, performance spaces, and record stores, and potential public performance opportunities, if participants express interest in doing so. Mentorships are provided free of charge on a first-come, first-serve basis. - Participants will have an externship experience where they will receive instruction, mentoring, and support in DJing in a variety of formats - Participants will receive ongoing support and mentoring beyond the externship experience; their host will be available for ongoing communication - Participants will be provided with community-based support and networking opportunities in the dance music space - Participants will take their experience back to their communities and “pay it forward” through mentoring, volunteering, advocacy efforts, etc. Info on the Workshop: This is a beginner-focused workshop, though all skill levels are welcome. Topics covered will be: basics of equipment set up, beat-matching, and EQing, and any questions participants have during a brief Q&A session with current W&F mentors and past participants. “Walking and Falling” takes its name from a track title from pioneer electronic music artist Laurie Anderson’s album Big Science. It works well as a symbol for the type of learning philosophy necessary to grow as an artist—the tightrope balancing act between growing and failing and how beneficial “falling” can be in the learning process.