Sharon Bridgforth in NYC
 

Sharon Bridgforth is reading in NYC on December 16th

Book release party 12/16/10 in New York City
Experiments in a Jazz Aesthetic
Art, Activism, Academia, and the Austin Project
6PM – 8PM at New Dramatists
424 West 44th Street,
New York, New York 10036
Readers include:
Omi Osun Joni L. Jones, Sharon Bridgforth, Monique Cortez, Carole Metellus, Angela Kariotis, Jaclyn Pryor, Ana Maurine Lara.
Please RSVP by calling 212-757-6960.
This event is free. Books will be available for sale.

In Austin, Texas, in 2002, a group of artists, activists, and academics led by performance studies scholar Omi Osun Joni L. Jones formed the Austin Project (tAP), which meets annually in order to provide a space for women of color and their allies to build relationships based on trust, creativity, and commitment to social justice by working together to write and perform work in the jazz aesthetic.

Inspired by this experience, this book is both an anthology of new writing and a sourcebook for those who would like to use creative writing and performance to energize their artistic, scholarly, and activist practices. Theoretical and historical essays by Omi Osun Joni L. Jones describe and define the African American tradition of art-making known as the jazz aesthetic, and explain how her own work in this tradition inspired her to start tAP.

Dyke March steps off from Bryant Park at 5 PM tomorrow. I'll be near the front where I can hear the drums. HOT!

NYC Pride is Sunday. The NYBFS is gathering on 40th st at 11 am (I think)
Anyone marching?

WHOO HOOOOO
 

Best NYC Pride EVER! Friends, family, cheering, joyful, vibrant & powerful! I'm gonna be high for a week.


:sparklyheart:

OWS Women's Action
 

Nov 25th, 1PM Foley Sq.

RAISE OUR VOICES!

Everyday around the world women-identified persons survive different forms of violence. Physical violence leaves us with traumatic scars. Economic violence causes us to struggle to feed our families. Sexual violence in our homes and on our streets causes us to feel shame. Political violence silences the power of our voices to make decisions in society. Military violence divides nations of women who want peace.

We say no more! We want respect, equity, compassion, peace, security and healing for ourselves, our children, our communities and our world.

Wall Street is violence against women. Corporations get nearly 70% of their profit from women workers who earn $2 a day. In the U.S., women make as low as $0.52 for every dollar a man makes. Women of color are 70% of the global poor. More than 15 million of our children live in poverty in the U.S., the richest nation in the world. Women remain strong! We raise our voices to promote a fair and just economic system!

Women’s bodies & voices are under attack. Individuals disrespect our bodies with street harassment, rape, and other forms of physical & sexual violence. 1 in 6 American women has been a victim of attempted or completed rape. The courts, cops and lawyers continue to blame us for this violence. Media corporations make billions with music and films that disgrace our bodies, minds and spirits. And now, state governments in the U.S. have created restrictions on voting which shut out the voices of women of color at the polls. Women remain strong! We proclaim our right to peace, legal justice, respectful images and voting access!

We are not cheap labor, sexual objects or people to be disregarded!

We use the strength of our voices to demand respect, justice, peace, fairness, voting rights, wealth and a living wage!

***trans, gender-varient women are welcome & encouraged to attend***

(please share far & wide!)

Full Declaration: http://bit.ly/sZ985S
Facebook Invite: http://on.fb.me/sHzun8

Organized by CLAW (Clear Action by/for Women) Coalition:

AF3IRM

http://af3irm.org

A.N.S.W.E.R

http://www.answercoalition.org

Black Women's Blueprint

http://www.blackwomensblueprint.org

SisterSong NYC & Trust Black Women
http://bit.ly/mnxD7J

Feminism Now Podcast

feminism-now.com

Party for Socialism & Liberation

http://www.pslweb.org

Hi Oopster! Here is the link below with the information for the BFS Gala in April.

http://butchfemmesociety.freeservers.com/about.html

Anyone know of any other NYC events coming up? Any good places to go?

Celebrate Beltane with us


All are welcome to join us for the Annual Backyard Garden

Beltane Celebration

Sunday April 29th, 2012

Gather with Us to Drum and Socialize at 1:00 pm

Maypole Dance Starts at 2:00 pm

Remember to Bring 9 Yards of Ribbon and Food or Drink to Share

Backyard Garden on the Corner of Hamilton Avenue and Van Brunt St Brooklyn, N.Y.



DIRECTIONS TO BACKYARD GARDEN
at
HAMILTON AVENUE AND VAN BRUNT STREET

Public Transportation:

Take the A or F train to Jay St/ Metro Tech
Take the B61 bus towards Red Hook/Ikea Terminal to Hamilton Ave. (15 minute ride)
Walk diagonally across the intersection to the Backyard Garden at the corner of Hamilton Ave. and Van Brunt St.

Or:

Take F or G train to CARROLL ST.
Go West on 2nd PLACE, which turns into SUMMIT ST
Walk over the BQE pedestrian foot bridge.
Left on HICKS ST (50 feet)
Left on CARROLL ST to VAN BRUNT ST (2 blocks)
Left on Hamilton to BACKYARD GARDEN entrance (50 Feet) (15 minute walk)

Driving directions from Manhattan:

Go over the Brooklyn Bridge staying in the right lane. Take the first exit, BQE/Cadman Plaza, staying right through the exit following signs for the BQE. When you get off the ramp follow the fork around to the left onto Old Fulton St, staying in the center or right lane following signs for the BQE towards Staten Island. Drive towards the water. You will be facing the Manhattan skyline. Pass the BQE entrance on your left and proceed to the end of Old Fulton St. Turn left onto Furman St. The water will be on your right. Proceed on Furman St. through the large intersection at Atlantic Avenue. Continue in the same direction onto Columbia St. Continue on Columbia St. Turn right on to Degraw. Turn left on to Van Brunt. The Backyard Garden will be on your left at the corner of Hamilton Ave. and Van Brunt St.

This Beltane celebration is truly welcoming to everyone. It is NOT heteronormative/heterosexist.

ATTENTION N.Y. AND N.Y.-ADJACENT LAURA NYRO FANS:
 

Saturday July 28, 7 p.m., Bluestockings bookstore
 

http://micheleandaudrey.wordpress.com/A Book Party and Reading for Here Come the Brides!

Bluestockings bookstore, 172 Allen Street (at Stanton, just below Houston, Lower East Side, NYC)

Saturday, July 28, 7 p.m.

In Here Come the Brides!: Reflections on Lesbian Love and Marriage, editors Audrey Bilger and Michele Kort gather together the voices of women taking part in and shaping this major historical shift.

The anthology features everything from intimate portraits of long-awaited weddings to political and social essays on the implications of the same-sex marriage movement for the LGBTQ community.

Join Bilger and Kort, along with contributors Kim Reed, Joan Lipkin, Emily Douglas, Susan Goldberg, Stephanie Schroeder, and Jennifer Camper for a night of story and celebration.

Sat. July 28, Bluestockings bookstore, NYC
 

Poetry in NYC, Sun. September 9
 

I'm reading at Cornelia Street Cafe on Wednesday, October 10 at 6 p.m.

Readings are in the downstairs Cabaret space, which has comfy red banquets and a beautiful old varnished bar. It's $7 cover which gets you one drink.

Cornelia Street cafe is on Cornelia Street between Bleecker and West 4th, in the West Village. Take the F/A/C or West 4th Street. Walk on West 4th toward 7th Avenue, turn left on Cornelia Street very close to West 4th.

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Once again, please join us for our inclusive Beltane celebration in Brooklyn:

All are welcome to join us for the Annual Backyard Garden
Beltane Celebration

Saturday May 4th, 2013

Gather with Us to Drum and Socialize at 1:00 pm

Maypole Dance Starts at 2:00 pm

Remember to Bring 9 Yards of Ribbon and Food or Drink to Share
Backyard Garden on the Corner of Hamilton Avenue and Van Brunt St Brooklyn, N.Y.

Happy Bastille Day. Le jour de gloire est arrivé!
http://www.bastilledayny.com/

Potluck at the Piers, hosted by the Trans Empowerment Committee
Saturday, August 17, 2013, 7:00pm at the Christopher St Piers.
Join CBST's Trans Empowerment Committee for a potluck and Havdalah! Meet outside of CBST (come inside for an indoor picnic in case of rain). Together we will stroll to the Christopher Street Piers at the Hudson River Park and have a vegetarian, dairy potluck, followed by the beautiful mystical Havdalah prayers. If you would prefer to meet us at the Piers, we will be arriving at the Christopher St. Piers around 7:30 p.m. Look for us on the shorter pier with the tables. All are welcome.
Questions? Call (646) 820-3591

Private FB Group
 

HEY NY'ers! Put down your iPad down! Get off that phone! Bring your swagger and/or your sweetness to meet one another IRL, all while having fun! This is a private group for the Tri-State [NY, NJ, CT] only Butch-Femme-Trans-Queer ID folks to get together on a bi-monthly basis to have fun and socialize! It will only post events. You either go or you don't, but you got to join in to know where to go.

90% of life is showing up for it. You decide: Stay in and hide behind that screen or actually meet other people like you and have fun.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/687011917987609/

for NYC and region people.
NYTW To Do One Night Reading of Unnatural Acts
Monday, January 27th at 7 PM

The Trevor Project is an organization that was created for suicide prevention for young LGBTQ people. The organization’s goal is to give these young people a chance to talk to a trained counselor at any time of day or night, confidentially, and for free. Hundreds of thousands of people have reached out over the years and many have been saved. Read More...

http://www.eastvillagevibe.com/nytw-...nnatural-acts/