Join us after the show as local activists, including Paradigm Shift’s Shetal Shah, discuss the play from a feminist perspective. A portion of the proceeds will support Paradigm Shift.
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CALL FOR ART “Hidden Cities” — WCA 2011 National Juried Exhibition, Deadline Nov. 19
Venue: New Century Artists Gallery in Chelsea, NYC
Juror: Lisa Phillips, Director of the New Museum, NY
Eligibility: Open to all women artists
Dates: February 1 to February 12, 2011
Deadline: November 19, 2010
Artists are invited to explore their idea of their Hidden City , real or imagined, in an array of media. The theme may be broadly interpreted from an activist, political or personal context.
No matter our place in society, we all have our Hidden City — a place of refuge from gender, race, class and sexual exclusions, a place that shapes the feminist viewpoint. Some cities, like wrapped boxes, conceal unexpected gifts, others are riddles and lyrical abstractions. These are performative spaces where we may imagine retribution for injustices, righting wrongs or conversely, delving into the dark side. Convince the viewer of its viability, a live space filled with passion and imagination!
Download prospectus and enter online at: www.nationalwca.org
Questions? Contact Karen Gutfreund, National Exhibitions Coordinator, wcashows(at)gmail.com
To join WCA, visit www.nationalwca.org.
Organized by the Women’s Caucus for Art (WCA) as part of the LIVE SPACE: WOMEN + ART+ ACTIVISM Conference in New York City , the exhibition runs concurrent with the College Art Association 2011 conference. WCA is an affiliate society of CAA and a founding partner of The Feminist Art Project.
Benefit for Girls Rock Camp Alliance, Reading by Jennifer Baumgardner
On the heels of recording their new LP with Phil Palazzo (New Pornographers, Together and Ted Leo’s Brutalist Bricks), at Seaside Studios in Brooklyn, Palomar dusts off its Metrocard and takes its upcoming five-week Rock Shop residency to a whole new level: Just in time for the holiday season, the band will be curating five great shows for five great music-related causes:
Tuesday, November 16: A benefit for the Girls Rock Camp Alliance ($10)
Sword and Sandal
PALOMAR
Hospitality
DJ set by Shirley Braha, New York Noise
Reading by Jennifer Baumgardner, author of Looking Both Ways
Tuesday, November 23: A benefit for the Future of Music Coalition ($10)
Melody Lane All-Stars (your fave 80’s covers)
PALOMAR
Walter Schriefels
Comedians Todd Barry and Dave Hill
Tuesday, November 30: A benefit for the Women’s Audio Mission ($15)
Bird of Youth
PALOMAR
Charles Bissell and Kevin Whelan of THE WRENS
Tuesday, December 7: A benefit for Air Traffic Control ($10)
Magnetic Island
PALOMAR
Robbers on High Street
VS Antelope
Tuesday, December 14: A benefit for Little Kids Rock ($15)
I’m Turning Into
My Teenage Stride
PALOMAR
Nada Surf (ACOUSTIC)
Comedian Eugene Mirman
limited offer: $40 pass () gets you into all shows!
About Palomar
Brooklyn’s beloved Palomar have been turning out highly melodic rock for more than a decade. These three ladies and a man mix wry humor, whimscial melodies, and driving guitars to define a sound uniquely their own amongst the groundswell of junior Brooklyn bands. With four albums under their belt (the last, All Things, Forests, released in 2007 on Misra Records), they are no putting finishing touches on a fifth. Have a listen here:
Naomi Wolf Talks with Feminism’s New Young Leaders
Voices from the left and right: Courtney E. Martin, Lena Chen, Allison Kasic and Shelby Knox. Moderated by Naomi Wolf and More editor-in-chief Lesley Jane Seymour.
Where are all the young feminists? That’s the frequently asked—and loaded—question that inspired More editor-in-chief Lesley Jane Seymour to feature 14 young feminists in her November issue (on news-stands Oct 26). Bestselling author Naomi Wolf (The Beauty Myth) joins Seymour and panelists Lena Chen, Allison Kasic and Shelby Knox for a provocative discussion: How do the young leaders define feminism? Is blogging the new march on Washington? What do the conservative feminists believe? And will the intergenerational clash ever end?
Date & Time: Wed, Nov 10, 2010, 7:00pm
Location: 92YTribeca, 200 Hudson Street – Directions
Venue: 92YTribeca Mainstage
Price: $12.00
Click here to reserve tickets
Naomi Wolf is the best-selling author of The Beauty Myth and The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot. Her thought-provoking article What Price Happiness?, which explores whether women are less happy today than they were 40 years ago, appeared in the April 2010 issue of More.
Lena Chen is the author of the controversial “Sex and the Ivy” blog when s.he was an undergrad at Harvard, Chen is a self-described “reluctant sexpert, feminist and queer advocate and a walking case study on bad publicity.” A Boston-based freelance writer, she reports on gender, sexuality and lifestyle for a variety of publications, including the American Prospect and the Boston Globe. Chen hosts the Web video series “Sex. Really” for the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy and blogs at The Ch!cktionary.
Allison Kasic A libertarian activist and blogger, Kasic is graduate student in economics at George Mason University and a senior fellow at the Independent Women’s Forum. Long an outspoken proponent of equity feminism, Kasic was featured on the cover of the New York Times Magazine in May 2003 as one of the top conservative student activists in the country. Her writing has appeared in the National Review Online and the Christian Science Monitor.
Shelby Knox was the subject of an award-winning 2005 documentary, The Education of Shelby Knox, which followed the then 15-year-old as she campaigned to end abstinence-only education at her high school in Lubbock, Texas. Today, she’s a feminist blogger (shelbyknox.com), speaker and organizer in New York City.
Courtney E. Martin is a writer, teacher and speaker, living in Brooklyn. Her latest book Do It Anyway: The New Generation of Activists was just published to critical acclaim. Seal Press published her first anthology, co-edited with J. Courtney Sullivan, entitled Click: When We Became Feminists, last spring. She is also a widely-read freelance journalist and Editor at Feministing.com. She is a Senior Correspondent for The American Prospect and her work has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Newsweek and the Christian Science Monitor, among others.
“Finding Elizabeth Taylor” Satirical Solo Play Opens by Feminist Plus-size Model with a Legendary Name
PLUS-SIZE FORD MODEL ELIZABETH TAYLOR RECOUNTS LIFE WITH A LEGENDARY NAME:
What’s life like being named after The Most Beautiful In The World?
Things haven’t been easy.
Born with the unmistakable name of a legend, Elizabeth Claire Taylor finds she has a little too much in common with the other Elizabeth Taylor.
You are invited to experience the dark, satirical, hilarious and heartfelt hour that is Finding Elizabeth Taylor. More than just a ‘one woman show’, Elizabeth performs a solo play. Topics include: media and celebrity culture, the plus-size fashion industry, body image and eating disorder awareness.
Overcoming the jokes and one liners, Elizabeth finds her true self despite, and because of, her famous name.
“Finding Elizabeth Taylor has warmth, heart and sincerity”
“More than a traditional solo show – a revolution, a movement”
“Campy and clever, it is a beautiful homage to La Liz”
Show info:
Nov. 11, 8:30pm at Theatre Row www.unitedsolo.org 212 239 6200;
Nov. 15-16, 8pm at Manhattan Theatre Source www.theatresource.org 866 811 4111
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Please visit www.findingelizabethtaylor.com for more ticket information, commercial clips, up-to-date press and photos. Photos also available for viewing at http://www.flickr.com/photos/findingelizabethtaylor/
NOW-NYC Rally to TAKE RAPE SERIOUSLY – Secure Justice for 3 Teen Girls
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Drawing the Line: Sex and Consent – A Conversation about the Language of Rape
Date/Time: November 10th, 6-8PM
Location: WeNews Headquarters, 6 Barclay Street, Sixth floor, New York NY 10007
Map: http://tinyurl.com/lfdzqo
RSVP to events@womensenews.org – Subject: Nov 10th RSVP
Women’s eNews and the National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC) are starting a conversation on rape and consent with a screening of The Line, a documentary about a young woman who is raped and decides to confront her attacker.
A panel discussion will follow with the filmmaker, Nancy Schwartzman, and three experts on sexual violence and media, who will engage the audience in a conversation about the language surrounding rape.
The panelists:
Nancy Schwartzman is a filmmaker, writer, and activist, whose focus is on sex and communication. She is the director of the documentary The Line and the founder of the The Line Campaign, which empowers young people to re-envision their intimate relationships. She lectures worldwide on the topic of consent and boundaries.
Joseph Samalin is the Coordinator of Training & Technical Assistance at Men Can Stop Rape and has been actively working against gender-based violence for over 15 years. He has worked with Safe Horizon’s Anti-Stalking Program, teen dating violence awareness organization Day One, and the New York City Mayor’s Office to Combat Domestic Violence.
Kelly McBride, of the Poynter Institute, is a writer, teacher, and the leading voice in American journalism on how the media covers sexual assault. As a reporter, she covered issues ranging from white supremacy to the Catholic Church’s abuse scandal. Her expertise has been quoted by the New York Times, the Washington Post, and CNN.
Andrea (AJ) Plaid is the Sexual Correspondent for the race-and-pop culture blog Racialicious. She is also co-edits blog’s upcoming Love, Anonymously blog carnival, which will feature posts on and by people of color regarding love and sex. Her discussions on race, gender, and sex have been featured in Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, and Bitch as well as on GRITtv’s “Chew on This” segment. Her work has been republished, among other online sites, Penthouse, WireTap Magazine, New American Media, and RaceWire.
GIT NYC Entrepreneurship & Venture Series with Columbia Venture Community!
How often do you get to hear from active venture capitalists on how to become a venture capitalist? And how often do you get to hear the inside scoop from women venture capitalists? Not very often. On November 10th, you can hear from a panel of four outstanding women who successfully broke into the club. At this one-of-a-kind event brought to you by Girls in Tech NYC and Columbia Venture Community, Golden Seeds Fund General Partner, Peggy Wallace, will moderate a discussion among Melody Koh (Time Warner Investments), Christina Cacioppo (Union Square Ventures), and Sylvia Kuyel (Starvest Partners). The panelists will discuss each of their unique career paths, give advice on finding a VC position, and share their individual investment theses and thoughts.
Don’t miss out on this great opportunity to learn from the movers and shakers of entrepreneurship and deal-making! The event will be held at Samsung Experience, 10 Columbus Circle, 3rd Floor. Reception will start at 6:30pm, and program at 7pm. Registration fee is $5, so sign up early before the event sells out. For those of you who can’t be with us in NYC – please check back on the event page for a livestream link to the event graciously provided by Watchitoo!
According to the 2010 Silicon Alley 100 listings which rank 100 notable members of the New York Tech community, when broken down by gender, 87% of those listed were male or a team of men. Some say this skewed number is not so much about blatant sexism, but caused by the human inclination to seek out those who look like themselves. The answer to this may lie with first realizing this unconscious bias exists and weighing the important factors when considering whom to seek out. As dramatic as these figures seem regarding women’s representation, the tech industry’s spirit is founded on progressive thought and innovation, unlike some other old boys club type industries. GIT hopes to continue the discussion not only for the tech industry, but also to its extension in finance and venture capital with a live discussion on November 10th!
Men Can Stop Rape training in NYC and DC
Named by the Catalogue for Philanthropy as “one of the best small charities in the Greater Washington region”
Men Can Stop Rape (MCSR)’s comprehensive “From Theory to Practice” Training has equipped thousands of professionals and activists in engaging men to prevent gender-based violence.Through interactive group exercises, role-playing, and multi-media presentations, “From Theory to Practice” prepares participants with the skills necessary to motivate men to take a more active role in challenging attitudes and behaviors that support rape and other forms of men’s violence against women.
We are adding an additional training to our “From Theory to Practice” lineup! In addition to our January 5-7 training in Washington, DC, we will be conducting a January 19-21 training in New York!
Training Dates and Locations:
Register for the “From Theory to Practice” Training in DC
January 5-7, 2011
Center for Education on Violence Against Women – Washington, DC
Deadline to register: Dec 3, 2010
Register for the “From Theory to Practice” Training in NYC
January 19-21, 2011
John Jay College of Criminal Justice – New York, NY
Deadline to register: Dec 10, 2010
This training is for:
Victim service providers :: Educators and youth-serving professionals :: College and university personnel :: Peer educators :: Law enforcement :: Military SARCs :: Students and activists
The training equips the participant with:
- A theoretical framework and introduction to social change theory as it relates to preventing men’s violence against women
- A comprehensive understanding of the Strength Campaign and its application
- Valuable tactics for public speaking around these issues
- Effective strategies for working with and engaging men and boys
- Recognize the intersections between different types of oppressions (i.e. racism, classism, and heterosexism)
- Thorough understanding of bystander intervention and how to facilitate MCSR’s “Gut Check” Bystander Intervention training
Upon completion of the training each participant will receive:
- 50+ page training manual which includes presentation and facilitation guides
- Access to a network of professionals in this field
- Discounts for our public awareness materials, Strength Trainings, and Strength Workshops
Registration Cost
Registration is $500 which includes the full three-day training, breakfast each day, and MCSR’s training manual. Travel and lodging is not included. Our trainings only allow for 20-25 participants so register online now!
Unable to attend either training? Request that we come to you!
MEN CAN STOP RAPE (MCSR) | creating cultures free from violence | www.mencanstoprape.org
Follow us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/mcsrape | Twitter: http://twitter.com/mencanstoprape
POP & POLITICS With Farai Chideya
Join us for our third Pop and Politics radio special, a post-elections live panel at WNYC’s The Greene Space. This event promises to be a lively discussion about politics and where our country is headed, with a diverse group of guests. The show will also feature audience questions and thoughts. Hope to see you there–this is your chance to voice your opinion on a national radio show!
Please RSVP at poppoliticsRSVP@gmail.com. We know this is in the middle of the morning on a school day, so if you can’t make it, kindly pass it onto all your smart, politically engaged friends!
All best,
Farai Chideya and the Pop & Politics team
