“After an unexpected opening act, Catie Curtis began Women’s History Month with a song. The artist, who is openly gay, sang her songs about peace, love, gay issues and domestic violence in front of a large audience at the Stage Door on Tuesday evening. Curtis’ performance was catchy and involving.”
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After an unexpected opening act, Catie Curtis began Women’s History Month with a song.

The artist, who is openly gay, sang her songs about peace, love, gay issues and domestic violence in front of a large audience at the Stage Door on Tuesday evening.

Curtis’ performance was catchy and involving. She attempted to include Akron in one of her songs. Between many of her songs, she told interesting stories of things that had happened to her.

About halfway through the concert, she sang People Look Around, a song about the Hurricane Katrina and also about the disagreement of the government, as it appears her now.

Mississippi River divides this land in two, like the way we tend to think of things; Black and white, red and blue.

The song was the grand prize winner in the International Songwriting Competition

While many of her songs covered gay issues, this was not the sole focus of her musics. It is just part of who she is. Within one of her songs she discussed how she isn’t being radical; she just loves her partner.

Curtis’ songs have been featured on shows like Alias, Dawson’s Creek and Grey’s Anatomy and several independent films. She has recorded 11 albums. Her most recent album, Hello Stranger, was named one of the top ten folk CDs of 2009 by the Boston Globe.

The New Yorker has hailed Curtis as a folk goddess.

The Women’s Studies Program and EJ Thomas Hall sponsored the event.

For more information on Women’s History Month events or a complete calendar of events visit the women’s history month Web site at www.uakron.edu/information/whm.

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