Pride and Faith 2011

Grammy Nominated folk-rock artist Jennifer Knapp will share the stage with comedienne Lianna Carrera for a one night event about faith, sexuality and wholeness.

The Episcopal Church joins other Christian voices from the Seattle area to say it already is better, and these two Lesbian Christian voices are proof. Share their art, join their voices!

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Jennifer Knapp

Grammy nominated, Dove Award winning Jennifer Knapp returned from a seven year hiatus with a new album, Letting Go, released on May 11th 2010.  Letting Go was recorded in Nashville with producer Paul Moak and features ten folk rock songs showcasing Knapp’s astonishing straightforwardness and spirituality. 

Jennifer Knapp has an impressive history including selling over one million albums with her previous releases Kansas (debut 1998), Lay It Down (2000), and The Way I Am (2001).  She is the winner of 4 Dove Awards and has received 2 Grammy nominations. The Kansas-born musician toured the globe with artists such as Jars of Clay and was featured on the Lilith Fair Tour in 1999 and again in 2010.  Knapp received critical acclaim with The Los Angeles Times calling her "a rising star" and People Magazine describing her as "an uncommonly literate songwriter." 

With a considerable fan base, critical and commercial successes, Knapp walked away from it all at the height of her career.  After seven years of soul searching and time spent in Australia, Knapp came full circle in 2010 with a new album, new tour and a renewed love of music.

More Info: http://www.jenniferknapp.com/

Lianna Carrera

Lianna Carrera is the gay daughter of a Southern Baptist Minister and a Deaf mom. She has toured both nationally and internationally through Ireland and South Africa. Sure, Lianna has credits to her name like The Laugh Factory and The Tennessee Performing Arts Center as well as an array of comedy clubs and festivals, but she prides herself in never having taken the traditional route. Lianna is most proud of proving herself in peculiar spaces. She's performed in hotel lobbies, on top of picnic tables at father and son picnics, in well-lit cafeterias in front of all deaf audiences with a sign language interpreter.

Lianna has gumption and creativity. She feigned representation for the first half of her career, building a budding career for herself under the name "Anne Haley." She found herself touring internationally and landing auditions for late-night television shows such as David Letterman.

Lianna is a comic who has heeded the advice, Never turn down a stage. With her delightful personality and incongruent background it is easy for Lianna to connect with a wide range of people. Lianna has found a way to reach out beyond the labels that define us and consistently engage her audience in such a sincere way, that audience members have repeatedly drawn parallels to the playfulness, talent, and comedic timing of Ellen DeGeneres.

Lianna Graduated in 2007 with a degree in Political Science from Randolph-Macon Woman's College in Lynchburg, VA and is 25 years old.

She currently lives in Los Angeles, CA with her two mini-daschund

More info: http://www.liannacarrera.com/