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We had a very special night December 4th at Crooners Supper Club with these amazing human beings!
Immense thank yous to our guests First lady Gwen Walz, Chastity Brown, Rev. Ingrid Rasmussen, Zippy Laske with DGS and Melissa Denton!
Podcast Episode of this show Coming Soon!
Photos: Bonni Allen!
December 11, 2025 at 7:11 PM
JOIN US December 4th at Crooners Supper Club!

Our incredible guests: First Lady Gwen Walz! Powerful singer/songwriter Chastity Brown! Rev. Ingrid Rasmussen! Island fav Zippy Laske & DGS! PLUS Actor Melissa Denton! And host Sue Scott!

For TICKETS and Info: www.islandofdiscardedwomen.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Compassion in Action! Our Guests for December 4th at Crooners: MN's First Lady Gwen Walz. Powerful singer/songwriter Chastity Brown. Rev. Ingrid Rasmussen. Island fav singer/songwriter Zippy Laske. Violinist/creator DGS. Actor Melissa Denton & host Sue Scott!
TICKETS: islandofdiscardedwomen.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Excited to welcome MN First Lady Gwen Walz to our Dec. 4th show at Crooners Supper Club! PLUS Rev. Ingrid Rasmussen, powerful singer/songwriter Chastity Brown, Island fav Zippy Laske, with violinist DGS, delightful actor Melissa Denton & host Sue Scott!
TICKETS & Info: www.islandofdiscardedwomen.com
October 25, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Ready to be empowered & motivated by our incredible guests for this show at Crooners Supper Club! Transgender pioneer, MN State Rep. Leigh Finke! Powerful singer/songwriter Chastity Brown! Zippy Laske with violinist/creator DGS! + Dae Yang & Sue Scott!
TICKETS + Info: www.islandofdiscardedwomen.com
October 11, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Celebrating an incredible night last week at Crooners Supper Club. Heartfelt, soulful & empowering! Thank you to our amazing guests, Sheila O'Connor, Jonatha Brooke, Laurie Flanigan Hegge & Autumn Mason! AND thanks to our cast Silvia Pontaza & Zippy Laske!
Podcast episode of this show Coming Soon!
October 2, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Our July show episode is filled with strong committed voices, powerful calls to action AND laughs, too!

Ep. 43 - Let's Do This! - with @peggyflanagan.bsky.social, @paulapoundstone.bsky.social & Amanda Grace. Plus, Tiffany Strande, Silvia Pontaza & host Sue Scott

LISTEN: islandofdiscardedwomen.com
August 29, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Special guest Sheila O'Connor's "Evidence of V" was just chosen for the One Book | One Minnesota state-wide book club! Read the ebook for FREE from 8/4 to 9/28! Then join us at Crooners Super Club September 25th!
For access to the ebook + Tickets for Sept. 25th: www.islandofdiscardedwomen.com
August 7, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Next Big Show at Crooners Supper Club! With guests award-winning author Sheila O'Connor! Singer/songwriter Jonatha Brooke! Playwright Laurie Flanigan Hegge! Autumn Mason with the Minnesota Prison Doula Project! Plus, Silvia Pontaza, Zippy Laske & Sue Scott!
TICKETS & Info: islandofdiscardedwomen.com
July 26, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Terrific video of the Good Trouble protest today organized by the Parkshore Senior living community. Residents in their wheelchairs and walkers were joined by others of us from the area who are so inspired by their passion!

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Good Trouble Protest Park Shore St Louis Park July 17, 2025
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July 18, 2025 at 5:33 AM
We had an amazing and powerful night Thursday the 10th at Crooners Supper Club! THANK YOU @peggyflanagan.bsky.social! @paulapoundstone.bsky.social! Amanda Grace & Tiffany Strande! Silvia Pontaza!

Photos: Bonni Allen

Podcast episode of this show Coming SOON! Stay Tuned!
July 13, 2025 at 4:51 PM
JOIN US for this powerful night with these powerful women!

Lt. Gov. & Senate Candidate @peggyflanagan.bsky.social
Iconic Comedian Paula Poundstone
Singer/songwriter Amanda Grace with Tiffany Strande
Actor Silvia Pontaza
+ me, your host Sue Scott

For TICKETS & INFO: www.islandofdiscardedwomen.com
July 1, 2025 at 12:17 AM
We have a NEW DATE! After having to cancel because of storms, we'll be BACK Thurs., JULY 10th with Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, Paula Poundstone, Amanda Grace, Tiffany Strande, Silvia Pontaza & Sue Scott!

This time we’ll be in the Main Stage Showroom at Crooners!

TICKETS:
islandofdiscardedwomen.com
June 21, 2025 at 2:34 AM
This is resilience! A young tree at Cedar Lake was cut down and left. It was bare at the time. Then Sunday, we noticed this. With just a tiny portion of the trunk still attached, this sweet tree is not only surviving it is beautifully leafing out.
This is stepping forward with faith, dammit! Yes!
May 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
MAY 8th, our buddy @paulapoundstone.bsky.social
will be on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert!
JUNE 12th, she'll be BACK WITH US on the Island of Discarded Women!
HERE is an excerpt from our show in 2023 (Ep. 33)
For June 12th TICKETS: islandofdiscardedwomen.com

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Paula Poundstone RETURNS to Island of Discarded Women on June 12, 2025!
YouTube video by IslandofDiscardedWomen
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May 6, 2025 at 11:38 PM
JOIN US for a Women Powered Night of Awesomeness! With guests MN Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, now running for Senate! Our buddy, comedian @paulapoundstone.bsky.social! Musical guest Amanda Grace w/ Tiffany Grande on violin. PLUS Silvia Pontaza & host Sue Scott!
TICKETS: www.islandofdiscardedwomen.com
May 1, 2025 at 5:24 AM
What is happening right now feels monumental, overwhelming AND personal. This was the prompt for this song written by Zippy Laske for our March show.
LISTEN to the song with personal stories embedded in our full Episode 42: www.islandofdiscardedwomen.com

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Zippy Laske "It's Personal"
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April 25, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Our March show episode is HERE! LIVE from Crooners Supper Club!
Episode 42 - It's Personal - with Marlene Johnson, MN’s 1st female Lt. Gov. Follow the Firefly - Phala Tracy, Natalie Nowytski & Scott Keever. Aamera Siddiqui + Zippy Laske, Dae Yang & Sue Scott
LISTEN: www.islandofdiscardedwomen.com
April 16, 2025 at 5:05 PM
This breaks my heart!
Nearly half of CDC's developmental disabilities and birth defects center is now off the job

Secy Kennedy's layoffs included entire team working on sickle cell disease

www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-cut...
CDC faces backlash for cutting sickle cell, adult disability programs
Nearly half of the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities was laid off.
www.cbsnews.com
April 10, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Celebrating Taking a Stand with these Powerful Women!
MN Lt. Gov. @peggyflanagan.bsky.social is taking a stand by running for Senate! Our buddy, Paula Poundstone, is BACK! Musical guest, Amanda Grace w/ Tiffany Grande. Plus Silvia Pontaza & Sue Scott!
TICKETS & INFO: www.islandofdiscardedwomen.com
April 9, 2025 at 5:44 PM
LET'S DO THIS! See you this Saturday at Noon!!
April 2, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Celebrating the POWER we have to Speak UP!
Thursday, March 6th at @CroonersMN!
(NO suits required!)

With Guests: Marlene Johnson, Follow the Firefly, Aamera Siddiqui + Dae Yang, Zippy Laske & Sue Scott!

For TICKETS & INFO: www.islandofdiscardedwomen.com

IStandWithUkraine
#AmplifyingWomensVoices
March 3, 2025 at 8:26 PM
God bless us all... America has lost its soul.
February 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Follow The Firefly! Our super cool Musical guests for March 6th! Imaginative, heartfelt & smart!
PLUS Special guest Marlene Johnson, Storyteller Aamera Siddiqui, actor/writer Dae Yang, singer/songwriter Zippy Laske & host Sue Scott!
TICKETS + more Details: www.islandofdiscardedwomen.com
February 25, 2025 at 7:26 PM
March is International Women's Day & Women's History Month. (Banned yet?) All reasons to STAND UP against the dismantling of women's rights here & around the world! With Marlene Johnson, Follow The Firefly, Aamera Siddiqui, Dae Yang, Zippy Laske & Sue Scott.
TICKETS: www.islandofdiscardedwomen.com
February 17, 2025 at 8:29 PM