Hellions at Art Night tonight

Make sure to stop by Schenectady Art Night tonight in downtown Schenectady. We'll have a table inside Proctors (near the coffee place). Come say hello!

We should have pretty nice weather tonight - beautiful night for a stroll down Jay Street and around State Street!

Schenectady Art Night is the third Sunday of every month.

Hellions out and about this weekend

Tonight we will be rocking Schenectady Art Night.  We'll have tickets to our upcoming bout, merch, and we'll even sign autographs if you ask! Stop by Proctors and say hell!

Saturday night we are holding a special event at the Albany VFW.  We are guest bartending to raise money to support our trip to Empire Skate Showdown in a couple weeks (more on that soon!!!)  Check out the event on Facebook. We're taking a bus down for the all day tournament, and that's gonna cost us a pretty penny (roller derby is pay-to-play, you know...)

We'll be serving drinks, selling merch and raffle tickets, and having all around good times.
Come down and hang out with your favorite roller girls and support our trip to NYS's Roller Derby Tournament: Empire Skate Showdown!

Albany VFW
525 Delaware Avenue
Albany, NY

Schenectady Art Night tonight

Make sure to stop by Schenectady Art Night tonight in downtown Schenectady. We'll have a table inside Proctor's (near the coffee place).  Come say hello!

We should still have pretty nice weather tonight - beautiful night for a stroll down Jay Street and around State Street!

Schenectady Art Night is the third Sunday of every month.  Check out this month's flyer here: http://www.artnightschenectady.com/
pdf/Artnight_March11_Flyer_SM.pdf

After Art Night, think about sticking around Proctor's for a performance by the Mop & Bucket Co. It looks like their current theme is Chortle Kombat.  From the disclaimer in the video on their website, This show contains no actual deadly combat.


Yeah yeah, we say the same thing about roller derby.

February Events

Where can you catch the Hellions this month? February is the shortest month of the year, but there's a lot of derby stuff going on!

Saturday, February 5: Bout Day!  Hellions take on the Oz Roller Girls of Oswego, NY.

Thursday, February 10, 6:30 pm

Friday, February 11, 6:30 pm

Saturdayday, February 12, 2:30 pm

Hellions tabling at the SUNY Albany Vagina Monologues. Come out to see a great show!
Cost: $10, Proceeds from the performances go to Unity House in Troy.
Tickets will be sold at the door. Several Hellions are former Vagina Warriors (and we all are at heart: Short Temper, Reading Rambo, and Baby Nuclear.

Saturday, February 12 - Sunday, February 13
A few Hellions are headed to the Great Derby Social in Enfield, New Hampshire. 24 hours of socializing, open skate, and scrimmaging. If you're a local derby person, there's still time to sign up!

Friday, February 18
Schenectady Art Night. Stop in, say hello, buy tickets to our March 5 home bout :)

Saturday, February 19
Away bout in Burlington, Vermont against the Green Mountain Derby Dames! GMDD's Season Opener is a double header. So happy to be a part of it! Also, former Hellion Sonic Euthanizer now skates with GMDD. It will be a beautiful reunion!

[Of course we'd love to have all you Capital District fans come watch us play up in Vermont, but if you reallllly can't make the trip, you can check out the Albany All Stars at the Armory the same night.]

Saturday, February 26 Road Trip! It's not a HoT bout, some of us are just going out to show our support!
Boston Massacre v. New Skids on the Block || Cosmonaughties v. Nutcrackers
DOUBLE HEADER
Bout #1, 5 pm: Boston Massacre v. New Skids on the Block (Montreal)
Bout #2, 7 pm: Cosmonaughties v. Nutcrackers

Will I really be able to visit three states in the month of February? I hope so!!! Stay tuned..

Bonus: Saturday, March 5
Home bout at Rollarama against the PRD's Killah Bees. Save the date!

Schenectady Art Night Recap

Rambo, Mutton, and I had a lot of fun at Art Night Schenectady last Friday! There were LOTS of people milling around Proctor's, and I'm sure even more were out and about in the other venues. The organizers of Art Night are really friendly.

Short and Mutton enjoy some cake.

It was really fun to skate around inside Proctor's, lobby, even though it's carpeted. We were set up near the Muddy Cup. There was also a Cake Boss type competition on the other side of the lobby, and even cake for sale! The three of us each sampled a slice. Bettie's Cakes had a cupcake decorating station downstairs, and I saw lots of people with awesome cupcakes. Yum! If you want to drool, look at their photos on facebook. Wowww. One of the owners also stopped by our table to say hello.

We talked to a lot of people, and some girls bought some shirts. I love talking to people in Schenectady about Rollarama. Almost everyone says, "I used to skate there when I was a kid!" if they're an adult; or, "I skate there!" if they are a kid, haha. It's so great that Schenectady/Rotterdam has a nice family facility like that. All my town had was a dang bowling alley.

It's also hilarious when people finally notice we're on skates. Do they think we glide so gracefully across the floor by walking? My favorite thing to say to people with strollers is "nice wheels!" On the carpet near Muddy Cup, there was a big circle pattern, maybe a 12 foot diameter, which I was skating around the perimeter. A lady was watching me, so I said, "do you ever just feel like you're just skating around in circles?" Ahahha, I am so funny. I really love Schenectady, everyone there is so nice.

Reading Rambo and Short Temper

A big shout out to Reading Rambo, who did an incredible job as our bout production manager for our bout last week. She helped coordinate our appearance at Art Night - we really want to be a presence in Schenectady because we'll be bouting at Rollarama for the foreseeable future. And it really is a great venue. Look at this ridiculous picture of me and Rambo. Am I really that short?? There are a few other pictures where I just can't believe the height difference. Pretty much any picture where I am situated near Epic Kate-tastrophe or Deadlie Mercury. Anyway, Rambo is awesome and is so dedicated to the success of our team. If you ever see her, make sure you give her a high five!

Oh, and Mutton! She's one of our super awesome fresh meat. She's been a big help to me with pr/marketing stuff for this bout, so high five to her, too!

Art Night Schenectady is the third Friday of every month. The next event will be November 19.

Art Night Schenectady

Some Hellions will be at Art Night Schenectady tonight.  We'll be tabling inside of Proctors, where you can chat with the girls, buy tickets to our October 16 bout (tomorrow!), and even check out some art!  Take a look at tonight's schedule, which includes exhibits inside Proctors such as:

+"Food Groups", the art of Food Photography

+Artwork by Ken Ragsdale, who was also highlighted by All Over Albany (and fun fact: Short Temper had Ken Ragsdale as a art professor at SUNY Albany)

+Music from 6:15 - 7:45 by the Paul Mastrinni Trio

AND OH WHAT'S THIS?!?

+The Broadway Cake Boss Competition in the Wright Family Auditorium

+FREE Youth Cupcake Decorating Class from 6:00 - 7:30 .. Sponsored by Bettie's Cakes!

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So tonight, throw your family in the car and head over to Art Night Schenectady.  To summarize, there's lots to do - you can

+say hey to the Hellions and buy tickets to our bout

+check out art

+get your cupcake fix

+probably find a fine place to eat by checking out the schedule

+top it off with a movie at the Bowtie Cinema down the street.

Schenectady Art Night

Last Friday the Hellions were skating around downtown Schenectady for Schenectady Art Night.  We got hooked up by the editor of Quintessential 'Zine.  'Zines and derby definitely go hand-in-hand together.  Quintessential is definitely very DIY - and they've been successful, too:  Quintessential celebrated it's one year anniversary this month!

Art Night is the third Friday of every month.  We were set up inside of Proctor's Theatre, where they had a live band playing.  We were near the Muddy Cup, too, so it was a nice atmosphere.

Lots of people were out enjoying the nice weather! This was a fun event because all the Schenectady people were thrilled when we told them we play at Rollarama. "WOW!  I used to skate there a little kid!  Haven't been in ages!"  Which was the perfect segue into telling them they should come check out our bout this weekend. ;)

4'11" vs. The Amazon

At one point, Deadlie Mercury and I headed out to the streets to hand out flyers.  I didn't have my skates with me, so I hoofed it on foot while she rolled on.  I think this picture is hilarious!  I might be in denial, but it only LOOKS like there is a foot and a half difference.  I swear.

Ah well, they don't call me Short Temper for nothing.