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MEMPHIS WOMEN'S EVENTS CALENDAR - SPRING 2007
FEBRUARY 22 (ALSO 23 AND 24)
The Vagina Monologues, at Rhodes College. Rhodes students, faculty and staff will present three performances of Eve Ensler's play about sexual assault and domestic violence. All proceeds will benefit the Rhodes College Women's Center and other local charities. $5 students, $8 non-students. Rhodes Campus, Blount Auditorium, 6:30 p.m.
FEBRUARY 22
Faculty and graduate student seminar on John Gay's The Beggar's Opera (Brecht's source for his Threepenny Opera). Guest scholar, Dr. Dianne Dugaw. 4-5:30 p.m., University of Memphis, Panhellenic Lounge. Sponsored by the Marcus W. Orr Center for the Humanities and the British Studies Forum.
FEBRUARY 22
Lecture/performance "Warrior Women and Popular Balladry," (1650-1850) by guest scholar, Dr. Dianne Dugaw. 6:30 p.m., University of Memphis, Panhellenic Ballroom. Sponsored by the Marcus W. Orr Center for the Humanities and the British Studies Forum.
FEBRUARY 23
Nobel Peace Prize Recipient Betty Williams will speak at the University of Memphis at 5 p.m. in Room 136 of the Fogelman Executive Center. The event is free and open to the public. Williams was co-recipient of the 1976 honor with Mairead Corrigan for their efforts to bring peace to Northern Ireland. She and Corrigan co-founded Community of Peace People, an organization dedicated to promoting a peaceful resolution to problems in their native Northern Ireland. This event is co-sponsored by the UofM Student Activities Council, Rhodes College, and Bridges PeaceJam. For more information, call 901-678-2035.
MARCH IS NATIONAL WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH
MARCH 2
Women & Islam: Rights & Responsibilities of Muslim Women in Western Society, 6:30 - 10:00 p.m., Germantown Performing Arts Center, 1801 Exeter Road, sponsored by Muslims in Memphis and the Islamic Society of North America. For more info contact achaplin@isna.net.
MARCH 2 (& 3)
The Vagina Monologues, TheatreWorks will present Eve Ensler's play about sexual assault and domestic violence. Final dress rehearsal March 2 at 7:00 p.m., pay what you can; Performance March 3 at 7:00 p.m., admission $10 to benefit YWCA and The Exchange Club Family Center. TheatreWorks, 2085 Monroe Avenue, Overton Square.
MARCH 3
Girls for Change, empowerment and social change for all girls ages 13 - 17, Hooks Central Library, 3030 Poplar Avenue, 3 - 5 p.m. Sponsored by Memphis Area Women's Council, University of Memphis Center for Research on Women and Women's Studies. For info contact Deborah Clubb at 678-2642 or dclubb@memphis.edu.
MARCH 7
YWCA 10th Annual Benefit Luncheon featuring ABC reporter Taina Hernandez as keynote speaker. First President's Award for Distinguished Community Leadership presented to Regina Walker, senior vice president of community impact of United Way of the Mid-South. Tickets by donation; call 323-2211 or online at www.memphisywca.org. Holiday Inn, University of Memphis.
MARCH 10
Girls for Change, empowerment and social change for all girls ages 13 - 17, Community Foundation, 1900 Union Avenue, 3 - 5 p.m. Sponsored by Memphis Area Women's Council, University of Memphis Center for Research on Women and Women's Studies. For info contact Deborah Clubb at 678-2642 or dclubb@memphis.edu.
MARCH 14
University of Memphis Women's Studies & The Women's Consciousness Raising Coalition OPEN HOUSE! Come learn more about activities and course work related to women's issues and expression. 9 a.m. to noon, Clement Hall, Room 311, University of Memphis.
MARCH 15
Re-Creating Women's History: An Evening with Alice Randall. This author of The Wind Done Gone and Pushkin and the Queen of Spaces, as well as country hits including "XXXs and OOOs" (recorded by Trisha Yearwood), will talk about how she negotiates multiple views of women's history in her creative work. Book signing and reception to follow. University of Memphis Rose Theatre, 7:00 p.m. Free and open to the public. Sponsored by the Student Activities Council, the Women's Studies Program, WCRC (Women's Consciousness Raising Coalition), the Marcus Orr Center for the Humanities, and African and African American Studies.
MARCH 15
Generations of Women Moving History Forward. A panel of women will discuss the paths they took to reach top careers in business, politics, and government. 1 p.m., University of Memphis, Panhellenic Building, Room 105. Co-sponsored by the Panhellenic Council and Adult and Commuter Student Services.
MARCH 16
Good Will Dolls and Other Oxymorons: An Evening of Dance, Theatre and Stories of Survival. Prof. Holly Lau will present her award-winning show, Transgressions (Three Instances) a work about memory, age and expectations for the female body. Teresa Diener, surrounded by dozens of damaged dolls rescued from The Good Will Stores, debuts a new piece looking at how one can survive a legacy of abuse. 7 p.m. Rose Theatre, University of Memphis. Reception follows. Free and open to the public. Sponsored by the the Women's Studies Program, the Center for Research on Women, and WCRC (Women's Consciousness Raising Coalition).
MARCH 20
Public screening of Moolaadé by African cinema's founding father Ousmane Sembene (Ceddo, Xala), examines conflict over female circumcision in Burkina Faso. University of Memphis, Psychology Auditorium 7 - 10 p.m. Free and open to the public. Sponsored by the Women's Studies Program, the University Honors Program and African and African American Studies.
MARCH 23
Women's Studies Program: 1st Annual Women's History Month Symposium 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Panhellenic Ballroom, University of Memphis. Keynote speaker Margaret Rose Gladney (Assoc. Professor Emerita of American Studies, University of Alabama): "Why Lillian Smith?" Also featuring presentations on research and social engagement by graduating M.A. students in Women's Studies, "Women in the Professions: Then and Now"--paired talks by UM literary scholar Ladrica Menson-Furr on Ida B. Wells and Commercial Appeal columnist Wendi Thomas UM historian Margaret Caffrey on Margaret Mead and UM anthropologist Jane Henrici , UM historian Janann Sherman on aviator Phoebe Omlie and a FedEx female aviator to be announced. Free and open to the public. Sponsored by the Women's Studies Program, WCRC (Women's Consciousness Raising Coalition), and the Department of Sociology.
MARCH 24
Girls for Change Film Festival, showcasing female filmmakers and issues and voices of girls ages 13-17. 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mitchell Hall, University of Memphis. Featuring Miss Lil's Camp, award-winning documentary on Lillian Smith's 1940s consciousness-raising camp for girls, presented by filmmaker Suzanne Niedland; Broken Esteem by Memphis filmmaker Lynda Ingram and a documentary on teen activists by Memphis filmmaker Amy Frazier; and screening and discussion of issues raised in recent feature films. Lunch and door prizes provided. Free and open to the public. Sponsored by University of Memphis Public Service Funds, Memphis Area Women's Council, Center for Research on Women and Women's Studies Program.
MARCH 25
Women of Achievement 2007 Awards Reception salutes honorees Donna Fortson, Rev. Rebekah Jordan, Nancy Lawhead, Barbara Lawing, Gertrude Purdue, Modeane Thompson, and Sheila White. The 23rd annual celebration of National Women's History Month. 4 p.m., Holiday Inn University of Memphis. Tickets $20, reervations paid credit card by phone 458-6701 or mail checks payable to Women of Achievement to PO Box 11167, Memphis, TN 38111-0167. .Additional info at www.womenofachievement.org
MARCH 26
Lunch & Lecture: "Ethnic Panic: Europeans Confront the Muslim Headscarf." Is wearing an Islamic headscarf protected as freedom of religion? Or is it a provocative sign of anti-Western values that must be prohibited? Professor Claudia Koonz of Duke University will ask what the public debates tell us about civil society and civic identity in France, Britain and Germany. For more information on the headscarf controversy, visit http://fds.duke.edu/db/aas/history/. 12:40 p.m., Room 309 Mitchell Hall, University of Memphis. Free and open to the public. Lunch provided. Sponsored by the Department of History and Center for Research on Women.
MARCH 26
Josephine Humphreys Reading and Reception. Josephine Humphreys is a Southern fiction novelist. Her novel Rich in Love (1987) was made into a major film. Her most current novel is Nowhere Else on Earth (2000). Humphreys is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, the 1984 Ernest Hemingway Foundation Award, the Lyndhurst Prize, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature. 7:30 p.m., Fogelman Executive Center, University of Memphis. Sponsored by the River City Writers Series.
MARCH 27
Film: Lindy Boggs: Steel and Velvet, with commentary by filmmaker Bess Carrick (UofM alumna.) This new documentary examines the career of the former Congresswoman Lindy Boggs Ambassador to the Vatican. Featuring interviews with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, former Speaker Thomas Foley, Rep. John Lewis, and Cokie and Steve Roberts, this film encompasses a swath of American history from the late 1930s through 2000, including the Louisiana Long Dynasty, the Civil Rights Movement and the Women's Rights Movement--historic events in which Mrs. Boggs played a vital role. University of Memphis, Room 123, Fogelman Executive Center; 7:00 p.m. Free and open to the public. Sponsored by the College of Communication and Fine Arts and the Women's Studies Program.
MARCH 27
Film & Discussion: Still Killing Us Softly. Media's influence on women's sense of body image and self esteem. 7 p.m., Rose Theatre. Sponsored by the Student Activities Council.
MARCH 28
Rhodes College Undergraduate Women's Studies Research Symposium. Rhodes students will present original research on gender from a range of disciplines. 3 - 7 p.m., Orgill Room, Rhodes campus. Free, open to the public. Contact Leslie Petty, English Department, Rhodes College, at pettyl@rhodes.edu
MARCH 29
Women's Research Forum, "Women in Math and the Sciences," Pamela Shaw, Ph.D., Mathematical Statistician, Biostatistics Research Branch, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 3 - 4 p.m., Room 409 Clement Hall, reception following at CROW offices, 337 Clement Hall, University of Memphis. Sponsored by CROW.
MARCH 29
The Thin Line, a one woman play on struggles with eating disorders. 7 p.m., Rose Theatre, University of Memphis. Sponsored by the Student Activities Council.
MARCH 29 & 30
Hooks Institute for Social Change: Second Annual Scholars in Critical Race Studies Symposium, "Race in the Post-Civil Rights South," featuring panel on women/gender co-sponsored by Women's Studies. University of Memphis. (time, location TBA)
APRIL 11
Women's Research Forum "Gender and racial health disparities in heart disease" by Dr. Cheryl Travis, Professor of Psychology, UT Knoxville, with introduction by Kathy Kastan, L.C.S.W., M.A. Ed., President, WomenHeart: The National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease. 3 - 4 p.m., Room 409 Clement Hall, reception following at CROW offices, 337 Clement Hall, University of Memphis. Free and open to the public. Sponsored by Center for Research on Women..
APRIL 11
Public lecture by Holly Shulman, Professor of History, University of Virginia; "Rethinking Jewish Women in the Civil Rights Movement: Wednesdays in Mississippi and the National Council of Negro Women." University of Memphis, Mitchell Auditorium, 7- 10 p.m. Free and open to the public. Sponsored by Women's Studies.
APRIL 12
CROW Community Issues Forum: "Many Rivers to Cross: Health Related Barriers to Women's Economic Self Sufficiency in Memphis"; panel presentation and community discussion; reception to follow; 3 - 6 p.m., 600 Jefferson, downtown Memphis, free parking on site. Free and open to the public. Sponsored by the Center for Research on Women.
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Calendar information compiled by the Center for Research on Women, University of Memphis. Contact Rebecca Terrell, 678-2153.
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