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November 2009
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Celebrating 35 years of Feminist Community! |
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| Faiths and Feminisms Interfaith Book Circle Monday, November 2, 7:00-8:30pm  Meeting on the first Monday of each month, this open book group seeks to deepen the dialogue between different understandings of, and commitments to, living a life in which faiths and feminisms intersect and inform our work for justice and wholeness. All faiths and all definitions of feminism welcome! Join us this month to discuss Alice Walker's We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For. Click here to buy the book... | | Atlanta Queer Literary Festival and Charis Birthday Kick-off! Wednesday, November 4, 7:00-9:00pm  The AQLF and Charis will hold a joint reception to kick off the festival and Charis's birthday events, which will be going on simultaneously in Atlanta. The reception will feature performances by the following local women poets: Lisa Allender (emcee), Malika, Krystal Tift, Alice Teeter, Louisa Merchant, Sharon Saunders, Sincere, Charlene Ball and Libby Ware. Click here for more info and a full schedule of AQLF events... | | Founding the Future: A Conversation with Beverly Guy-Sheftall & Gloria Steinem Thursday, November 5, 7:30pm  Young feminist scholar and activist Alexis Pauline Gumbs will moderate a discussion with feminist icons Beverly Guy-Sheftall and Gloria Steinem about their places in the history of feminism and the possibilities the future holds.Tickets are $35 for general admission; priority seating is also available. Tickets can be purchased online or in person at Charis Books & More. Doors at 6:30, event at 7:30. Click here for event and ticket information... | | Artists & Revolutionaries: Alice Walker, Pearl Cleage, & the Indigo Girls Friday, November 6, 7:30pm  Artists and Revolutionaries: The Transformative Power of Music and Words. Charis presents an evening of art and activism with performances and readings by Pearl Cleage, the Indigo Girls, and Alice Walker. Tickets are $35 for general admission; priority seating is also available. Tickets can be purchased online or in person at Charis Books & More. Doors at 6:30, event at 7:30 Click here for event and ticket information... | | Charis Books Birthday Sale and Author Signings! Saturday, November 7, 10:30am-8:00pm and Sunday November 8, 12:00-6:00pm  Stop in for storewide savings, birthday fun, and meet & greets with some of your favorite authors! Just check out this list of who will be here: Katheryn Stockett, Karin Slaughter, Hollis Gillespie, Jane Vollbrecht, Fiona Zedde, Sheri Joseph, Susan Rebecca White, Catherine Lundoff, Diana Cage, Amanda Gable, Debra Mazer, Sheila Moses, Laura Weakley, Dillon Watson, and Lara Zielinsky. | | Young Women* Writers Monday,November 9 & 23, 5:00-6:15pm  This group is open to all young women* writers ages 14-19. Through facilitated writing prompts and supportive critique, participants are encouraged to raise their voices and express themselves through a variety of written mediums. Writers of all skill levels and genres are encouraged to stop in and see if the group works for them. This group meets the second and fourth Mondays of every month from 5-6:15pm. Please direct inquiries to elizabeth@chariscircle.org. *Trans inclusive | | Writing With Intent Monday, November 9 & 23, 6:30-8:30  This facilitated group is open to all writers of fiction and creative non-fiction who want a serious group to provide constructive criticism, motivational exercises, and interpersonal accountability to keep their writing on track. We do monthly exercises and critiques with an eye towards individual improvement and the eventual goal of publication. Writers are encouraged to bring copies of their work to share for critique. The group meets the second & fourth Monday of each month from 6:30-8:30pm. Please direct inquiries to elizabeth@chariscircle.org. | | Mab Segrest with "The Milledgeville Mental Hospital and the Georgia Surreal" Tuesday, November 10, 7:00-8:30  Join Southern cultural critic and activist, Mab Segrest, as she presents work from her newest project: "The Milledgeville Mental Hospital and the Georgia Surreal," a social history exploring the relationship bewteen the Georgia State Mental Hospital at Milledgeville, which was the largest state mental hospital in the country by 1950, and the amazing outpouring of creativity by authors of that region such as Flannery O'Connor, Carson McCullers, Alice Walker, and Janisse Ray. Click for more information... | | Exploring Genders Book Group Wednesday, November 11, 7:30-8:30  This facilitated book group meets on the second Wednesday of each month to discuss books that explore gender identity and representation. Join us in November to talk about Genders by David Glover and Cora Kaplan. A guide to one of the most contested terms in literary and cultural theory, Genders charts the main lines of contemporary debate surrounding gender. Click to read more... | | Angela Davis Keynote Speech at NWSA Conference Thursday, November, 12, 7:00pm  Angela Davis' speech is the keynote of the National Women's Studies Association (NWSA) annual conference for Women and Gender Studies scholars and students. This year, NWSA is pleased to be able to offer Professor Davis's keynote address to the Atlanta community! Tickets to the event are available for $10/per ticket at: http://www.nwsa.org/angeladavis/ Charis will be providing the books for this event. | | Revenge of the Women's Studies Professor Thursday November 12, 7:30-9:00  With sharp wit and keen insight, Bonnie J. Morris opens new perspectives on the gender and generation gaps on campus, exploring the negative stereotypes that keep many students from taking women's studies courses. In performances that are both funny and incisive Morris highlights the changing views of gender and sexuality in American society, politics, and popular culture. The result is part memoir, part history of our times, and part critique of higher education. Click to read more... | | A Night with Judy Grahn & Minnie Bruce Pratt Friday, November 13, 7:00-8:30pm   We are thrilled to welcome these two lesbian feminist icons and poets for a very special evening of conversation and poetry. Judy Grahn's two most recent books are The Judy Grahn Reader, a wide ranging collection of her work, and a new volume of poetry, Love Belongs to Those Who Do the Feeling. Minnie Bruce Pratt is an activist and author of a number of books of poetry and essays. She is the co-editor of Feminism and War and her newest poetic work focuses on the ways we all survive the current economic crisis. This is sure to be a night to remember! Click to read more... | | "The Other Side of Cancer" with Sandi Wisenberg and Jessica Handler Saturday, November 14, 6:30-7:30   Join us for "The Other Side of Cancer" as two political, funny, feminist, and literary authors talk about life before and after cancer. When Sandi Wisenberg was diagnosed with early-stage cancer, she became Cancer Bitch. Jessica Handler was ten when her younger sister died of leukemia, thirty-two when her sister Sarah died of a rare blood disorder. Her Book, Invisible Sisters celebrates Handler's life with and without her sisters. Click for more information... | | "Yes Means Yes" with Jaclyn Friedman Saturday, November 14, 8:00-9:00pm  Join writer and activist Jaclyn Friedman as she talks about her collection Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power & a World Without Rape. She has been an anti-rape, pro-sex activist for over 15 years, and is a popular speaker on college campuses nationwide. The book explores the many ways that our culture's twisted attitudes toward female sexuality contributes to the prevalence of rape, and how creating a culture that promotes healthy sex for everyone would significantly reduce sexual violence. Click to read more... | | Queer Literary Fiction Book Group Wednesday, November 18, 7:00-8:30  This facilitated book group meets each month at Charis to discuss books which feature queer characters/ storylines as well as a strong attention to literary craft and style. This month's book is Lilac Mines by Cheryl Klein. Set in a small town in California's foothills with a 100 year old mystery, this is a quirky, quickly paced story of a young women ending a relationship with another woman and developing a new relationship with herself. Click to read more... | | Cliterati Open No-Mic Featuring Kimberly Dark Thursday, November 19, 7:30-9:00pm  Charis & Cliterati pair up to present an inviting and fierce open mic & reading series on the 3rd Thursday of every month. Hosted by the anarchic spoken word team of Karen G and Theresa Davis, members of the Art Amok Slam Team, this series cultivates the voices of authors, novices and anassortment of poets, songstresses and story tellers. This Month's feature is Kimberly Dark. Her work blends humor, poetry, story-telling, and audience interaction to remind all of us that we are creating the world - even as it creates us! http://www.kimberlydark.com/ | | Lisa Moore with Does Your Mama Know? Friday, November 20, 8:00-9:30pm  Editor and publisher (Redbone Press) Lisa Moore is back with the new and expanded second edition of her groundbreaking work: Does Your Mama Know? An Anthology of Black Lesbian Coming Out Stories. By turns funny, passionate, angry and joyous,this edition contains 17 new stories. Join us in celebrating this updated incarnation of a Charis favorite! Click to read more... | | Akoma Book Club Saturday, November 21, 10:30-noon  The Akoma Book Club (of Women Healing Women) meets at Charis Books & More on the third Saturday of each month. This book club is open to any woman seeking camaraderie with like-minded women for fun, self-empowerment and growth. Even if you haven't read the book, but are willing to talk about the principles in the book, you can join us for a lively discussion. This month's selection is The Invitation by Oriah Mountain Dreamer. Click to read more... | |
|  Program Notes
Charis Circle programs are funded in part by the Bill, Jennie, & Harry Ackerman Foundation; AEC Foundation; Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice; Georgia Shares; and YOU!
Charis Books & More co-sponsors all literary events. Our space is wheelchair accessible, and ASL interpretation is available by request with two weeks advance notice.
Unless otherwise noted, all Charis Circle programs are free and take place in the space we share with Charis Books, at 1189 Euclid Ave NE, Atlanta GA 30307. Look for the purple building just behind the Brewhouse Restaurant. For directions and more info, please call 404-524-0304.
http://www.charisbooksandmore.com
http://www.chariscircle.org
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1 comment:
Thanks for publicizing Charis Books' discussion of my novel, Lilac Mines!
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