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Celebrating women writers, artists & performers March 2011 Women’s History Month

WISEWORDS OPEN MIC NIGHT

Thursday 10 March 7.30pm Adm £3 on door (£2 for those doing floor spots)
VIBE LIVE @ THE VIBE BAR 020 7247 3479
Old Truman Brewery, 91 Brick Lane E1 6QL
Aldgate East/Liverpool St tube
Possessed by the spirit of poetry and itching to unveil your oeuvre to a like-minded crowd? Then come on down – take the mic and flex your stanzas in the happening heart of Brick Lane, alongside host Jo Overfield and special guests Catherine Brogan and Belinda Zhawi. Leicester poet Lydia Towsey will also be performing an excerpt from her new show The Venus Papers.
Audience required too, so bring your mates to provide cheers, whoops etc.
Info www.applesandsnakes.org 020 8465 6154

WISEWORDS BOOKCLUB

Hosted by publishers and women writers promoting new and recent works in a series of early evening soirees every Wednesday during March.
THE LUXE Spitalfields 020 7101 1751
109 Commercial Street, E1 6BG Liverpool St tube
Wednesday 2 March 6.30pm FREE
ELIZABETH HAYNES, a police intelligence analyst, presents her first novel INTO THE DARKEST CORNER (Myraid Editions).
Edgy and utterly convincing in its portrayal of obsession.
Wednesday 9 March 6.30pm FREE
CAROL DYHOUSE discusses her book GALMOUR: SOCIAL HISTORY, WOMEN AND FEMINISM (Zed Books) examining with wit and insight the history and meaning of costume, cosmetics, perfume and fur.
Wednesday 16 March 6.30pm FREE
JAY MERRILL presents Jay LIVE (Salt Publishing) with authors ELIZABETH BAINES, TANIA HERSHMAN, SUSANNAH RICKARDS, SARAH SALWAY and CATHERINE SMITH. Salt Publishing is a leading independent publisher promoting award-winning poetry, fiction and literary criticism from around the world.
Wednesday 23 March 6.30pm FREE
GREY HEN PRESS presents an evening of exciting new work by older women with 10 of their best poets who say it with style.
Wednesday 30 March 6.30pm FREE
KAREN FRENCH discusses her book GATEWAY TO THE HEAVENS in which she expresses her lifelong passion for the simple patterns that underlie our lives.
3-31 March Mon-Fri 8am-12 midnight, Sat & Sun 9.30am-12 midnight
HIDDEN TRAFFIC Exhibition of photography by Catherine Dupuy of underground London including the ghostly images of Greenwich underground foot tunnel with which she won the Photomonth Assignment Award 2010.

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

020 7033 1544
Human Rights Action Centre, 17-25 New Inn Yard, Shoreditch EC2A 3EA
Liverpool St/Old St tube
Wednesday 9 March 7pm FREE
HURRIED STEPS by Dacia Maraini, translated by Sharon Wood, directed by Nicolette Kay. Written in association with Amnesty International by Italy’s foremost playwright and advocate of women’s rights, this powerful hour long play tells the true stories of women from around the world who have been victims of violence. Followed by discussion and audience Q&A.
Tuesday 15 March 7pm FREE
PINK SARIS Directed by Kim Longinotto (96mins)
Amnesty International UK’s Women’s Action Network hosts a screening of this film about Sampat Pal’s all-women vigilante Gulabi Gang followed by a discussion on women’s rights in India with acclaimed director Kim Longinotto.

CANARY WHARF WINDOW GALLERIES

Canary Wharf Retail Mall, E14 5AB Canary Wharf tube
Open daily 7am-11pm 020 7418 2257
27 February – 25 March Design Window, Jubilee Walk
JO THORNE Innovatory hair accessory designer
30 January – 25 March Fine Art Window, Canada Walk
FRANCISCA PRIETO Experiments with typography
27 February – 29 April Lightbox Window, Canada Walk
KATHY TAYLOR Installation exploring links with London Docklands,
The East India Co and postcolonial culture.

CLIMATE WEEK 21 – 27 March

Get involved with Climate Week

EXILED WRITERS

Railroad Café – Restaurant, 120 Morning Lane, E9 6LH
Bus 106, 254, 48, 55 stop at Hackney Town Hall. www.exiledwriters.co.uk
Thursday 24 March 7.30pm £4 entrance plus cost of food
FOOD FOR THE BODY AND MIND with Exiled Women Poets & Writers
Rahila Khalwa from Japan, Nigar Hasan-Zadeh from Azerbaijan and Mehrangiz Rassapour from Iran.
Booking essential Jennifer@exiledwriters.fsnet.co.uk

HACKNEY CENTRAL LIBRARY & MUSEUM

1 Reading Lane, E8 1GQ Hackney Central Stn
www.hackney.gov.uk 020 8356 2542
1-15 March Mon-Fri 10am-6pm Sat 9am-5pm FREE
ALIX EDWARDS Photography exhibition of vibrant colourful macro images
Saturday 12 March 11am-1pm FREE
HACKNEY HEROINES HAT WORKSHOP Meet Victorian Milliner Eliza Wright and learn how to make your own beautiful fascinator.
Booking essential hmuseum@hackney.gov.uk
HACKNEY HEROINES HISTORY WALK 2.30pm-4.30pm FREE
Join Rachel Kolsky and discover famous Hackney women from Mary Wollstonecraft to Marie Lloyd. Meet outside Hackney Central Overground.
Booking essential. Linda.sydow@hackney.gov.uk

OUTSIDE WORLD

44 Redchurch St E2 7DP Liverpool St/Old St tube
07814 430852 www.the-outside-world.co.uk
10-16 March 12noon – 6pm or by appointment
SHE SAID Group show celebrating the joy of text in mixed media exploring words in all their forms, from typography through to paintings based on found words and performance by up to 12 women artists including Catie Halpin, Julieta Hernandez and Jemma Foster.
19-20 March 1pm – 6pm
DANNIELLE HODSON winner of the Kostler/Outside In Award 2010. Paintings & works by ex-prisoner Danielle exploring her journey of emancipation.
24-29 March 12noon – 6pm
SACHISTYLING Pop Up Shop by fashion designer Sachi Loggia

PAYNESHURVELL

16 Hewett Street (off Curtain Rd) EC2A 3NN Old St tube
020 0011 4115 www.payneshurvell.com
4 March-2 April Wed-Sat 11am – 6pm
CAST Aidan McNeill explores perceptions of spectacle in the context of staged action and repetition with large-scale photographic work and video produced during a live West End performance for her first solo show at the gallery.

TOWER HAMLETS IDEA STORES

www.ideastore.co.uk
Caroline Gilfillan poet and novelist is running reminiscence sessions focussing on the lives of local women and their history during February and the resulting texts and photos will be exhibited in the Idea Stores and Libraries throughout March alongside displays of books to celebrate Women’s History Month.
For more info contact Barbara.Stretch@towerhamlets.gov.uk
Thursday 3 March
Idea Store Bow 10am-12noon screening of Bow Belles a film about a group of older women by Hi8tus.
Bethnal Green Library 6.30pm Jessica Francis Kane talks about The Report a novel based around the Bethnal Green tube disaster which had a high number of female deaths. For more info contact Richard.Bolt@towerhamlets.gov.uk

V&A MUSEUM OF CHILDHOOD

Cambridge Heath Road, E2 9PA Bethnal Green tube
020 8983 5235 www.museumofchildhood.org.uk
Until 12 June Open daily 10am-5.45pm FREE
SENSE OF PLACE Thurle Wright worked with Steven Follen and artists from Bangladesh and India on an international exchange project to produce work inspired by the museum’s collection and with local children from Redlands Primary School and Central Foundation School for Girls.

WHITECHAPEL GALLERY

77-82 Whitechapel High Street E1 7QX Aldgate East tube
020 7522 7888 www.whitechapelgallery.org
Tues-Sun 11am-6pm Thurs until 9pm FREE
Until 6 March Gallery 7
MONA HATOUM: Current Disturbance
A room-filling environment made from stacked wire cages, light bulbs and the amplified sound of electric currents.
Until 18 March Galleries 8 & 9
BETHAN HUWS: Capelgwyn
From a tiny sailing boat made from a single reed to raising half the gallery floor by 17.5cm, the artist is interested in subtly altering our experience of space to create sites for contemplation.
Until 2 May Gallery 2
CLAIRE BARCLAY: Shadow Spans
Installation inspiring live dance performances by outstanding British choreographers.

WOMEN’S ART LIBRARY

Mapping the Women’s Art Library is an ongoing project excavating the contents of the archive of the library that started in the late 1970s as a grass roots feminist artists organisation. http://mappingwal.wordpress.com/ and http://www.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/837659

THE WOMEN’S LIBRARY

London Metropolitan University, Old Castle Street E1 7NT
Aldgate East tube
020 7320 2222 www.thewomenslibrary.co.uk
Bookings: moreinfo@thewomenslibrary.ac.uk
EXHIBITIONS open Mon-Fri 9.30am-5.30pm Thurs until 8pm Sat 10am-4pm
Hand Made Tales: Women and Domestic Crafts Until 20 April FREE
Providing an insight into the crafts practiced by women over the past hundred years.
Crafted Footnotes Until 26 March FREE
Nicola Malkin has created her own versions of domestic items inspired by personal letters, literature and photographs found in The Women’s Library collections.
EVENTS
Thursday 3 March 7pm FREE
ARTISTS TOUR of Crafted Footnotes with Nicola Malkin exploring her wonderfully created pieces in unexpected places.
Sunday 6 March 11am (120mins) £10
WONDERFUL WOMEN OF WHITECHAPEL AND SPITALFIELDS
Join Rachel Kolsky and visit sites associated with women who have defined Whitechapel and Spitalfields. From Eva Luckes and Edith Cavell to Annie Besant, Mary Hughes and Miriam Moses and the modern creativity of Monica Ali and Tracey Emin.
Advance booking essential.
Tuesday 8 March 7pm £8/£6 concessions
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY LECTURE
History and the Women’s Movement – Krista Cowman
To mark 100 years of International Women’s Day this talk in collaboration with Women’s History Network looks at some of the ways in which history has featured in the British Women’s Movement.
Wednesday 9 March 12noon-2pm, by invitation
WOMEN’S CRAFT EXCHANGE Local women’s groups come together to celebrate a wide range of crafts and pass on their skills to each other.
Saturday 12 March 12pm, 1.30pm, 3pm (30mins) FREE
TOURS Celebrating the centenary of International Women’s Day
As part of the INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S FAIR in the nearby Spitalfields Traders Market pop down to see the highlights of the Women’s Library collections, with tours of the current Hand Made Tales exhibition, and a chance to look at materials from the archives.

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