Friday, May 3rd: Nonprofits or Public Works to Rebuild Post-Sandy New York? Lessons From Post-Katrina New Orleans
Nonprofits or Public Works to Rebuild Post-Sandy New York? Lessons From Post-Katrina New Orleans Bluestockings (172 Allen St., Manhattan) 7pm Free New Orleans, seven years after Hurricane Katrina, is a capitalist paradise – and workers’ nightmare – of privatized public services where 100,000 people, disproportionally black and poor, have not been able to return to [...]
Thursday, April 25th: ‘Maps to the Other Side’
Maps to the Other Side Bluestockings (172 Allen St., Manhattan) 7pm Free Part mad manifesto, part revolutionary love letter, part freight train adventure story, Maps to the Other Side: The Adventures of a Bipolar Cartographer is a twist on the classic punk rock travel narrative that searches for authenticity and connection in the lives of [...]
Monday, April 22nd: ‘It’s Time We Talked’
It’s Time We Talked Bluestockings (172 Allen St., Manhattan) 7pm $5 suggested “It’s Time We Talked” is a wry and intense road trip across direct democracy’s history and potential in America. It probes archival materials, the stories of ballot activists of all stripes, our political assumptions, and everyday people’s ideas for laws to make a [...]
Monday, April 15th: ‘We Are Not Machines! The Struggles of Slave Workers in China’
“We Are Not Machines! The Struggles of Slave Workers in China” Bluestockings (172 Allen St., Manhattan) 7pm $5 suggested with Members of the Gongchao Collective The Chinese-Taiwanese company Foxconn employs more than one million people in China alone. As the world’s biggest contract manufacturer in electronics, it works for Apple and many other large brands [...]
Tuesday, April 2nd: Kristen Boyer & ‘Playing Karma’
Kristen Boyer & Playing Karma Bluestockings (172 Allen St., Manhattan) 7pm Free When we’re introduced to Kristen Boyer in “Playing Karma: A Quarter Life Memoir,” she is 25, chronically ill, and she has just been robbed and abandoned by her husband. Heartbroken and with no one to turn to, Kristen decided to secretly become a [...]
Wednesday, March 20th: Nerd Grrrl Adventure Series: Female Tattoo Artists
Nerd Grrrl Adventure Series: Female Tattoo Artists Bluestockings (172 Allen St., Manhattan) 7pm $5 suggested Join us for our bi-monthly Nerd Grrrl Adventure Series. This month’s event, moderated by Winter Mendelson and Crissy Gardner, focuses on female tattoo artists. Our panelists include Margot Mifflin, author of Bodies of Subversion: A Secret History of Women and [...]
Wednesday, February 6th: ‘Kissed by a Fox: And Other Stories of Friendship in Nature’
Kissed by a Fox: And Other Stories of Friendship in Nature Bluestockings (172 Allen St., Manhattan) 7pm Free In “Kissed by a Fox: And Other Stories of Friendship in Nature,” author and earth advocate Priscilla Stuckey tells the tale of nature as a human possession, a machine that needs to be bent to human use [...]
Thursday, January 24th: Occupy University Presents the People’s Reconstruction Series
Community Response Bluestockings (172 Allen St., Manhattan) 7pm $5 suggested The People’s Reconstruction is a series of three educational encounters at Bluestockings, organized by Occupy University in order to address issues related to Hurricane Sandy. Each event features a presentation, followed by a horizontal discussion, in order to provide space for people to collectively reflect [...]
Wednesday, January 23rd: ‘The Tumultuous Founding of the New York Anti-Slavery Society’
The Tumultuous Founding of the New York Anti-Slavery Society Bluestockings (172 Allen St., Manhattan) 7pm $5 suggested On October 21, 1835 delegates from across New York State gathered in Utica with the serious intention of founding a state-wide Anti-Slavery Society. But an anti-abolition riot brewed in the streets. In the name of ending slavery, leaders [...]
Tuesday, January 22nd: ‘Veronica Jones and the Case of Mumia Abu-Jamal’
Veronica Jones and the Case of Mumia Abu-Jamal Bluestockings (172 Allen St., Manhattan) 7pm Free In 1996 Veronica Jones courageously confronted the state, and risked serious jail time, to take a stand for truth and justice in the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal. Before she died in 2009, she related her life story to her sister, [...]
Friday, January 18th: ‘We All Live in Fukushima’ Presentation & Screening
We All Live in Fukushima Bluestockings (172 Allen St., Manhattan) 7pm $5 suggested With a screening of “Cold Shutdown: Fukushima One Year After” (32 min, 2012, Japanese & English with English subtitles) “Cold Shutdown” is a visit with the citizens of Fukushima Prefecture as they struggle to protect the lives of their children, and forge [...]
Wednesday, January 16th: NERD GRRRL Series: Working Women in Music
NERD GRRRL Series: Working Women in Music Bluestockings (172 Allen St., Manhattan) 7pm Free Homoground is teaming up with Papercut Press‘ Nerd Grrrl Series to bring you stories about & from within today’s music landscape. We are excited to have 5 amazing women involved in various parts of the musical world who will share stories [...]
Tuesday, January 15th: Victoria Moran & ‘Main Street Vegan’
Main Street Vegan Bluestockings (172 Allen St., Manhattan) 7pm Free Whether you’re looking to move in the veg direction or you’re already there, Main Street Vegan: Everything You Need to Know to Eat Healthfully and Live Compassionately in the Real World is a delicious, doable, and down-to-earth guide to feeling good, doing good, and loving [...]
Saturday, January 12th: Occupy the Climate: Our Post-Sandy Choices
Occupy the Climate: Our Post-Sandy Choices Bluestockings (172 Allen St., Manhattan) 7pm $5 suggested donation The impact and aftermath of Hurricane Sandy have presented us with a powerful moment for teaching and reflection in NYC – likely the most powerful since 9/11. But where do we begin? For example, greenhouse gases contribute to climate change, [...]
Wednesday, January 9th: The Way the Lights Went Out: A Hurricane Sandy Zine Benefit for the Ali Forney Center
The Way the Lights Went Out: A Hurricane Sandy Zine Benefit for the Ali Forney Center Bluestockings (172 Allen St., Manhattan) 7pm $5-20 suggested Featuring Kate Angell, Jamie Varriale Vélez, Jenna Freedman & more! NYC zinesters of many stripes invite you to a reading and zine sale to benefit The Ali Forney Center, a Manhattan-based [...]
Wednesday, December 5th: Radical Printmaking Art Opening
Radical Printmaking Art Opening Bluestockings (172 Allen St., Manhattan) 7pm Free On display through January 7th A night of art, music, and performance celebrating the opening of “Multiples”, a group show of radical printmaking organized by Janelle Kilmer and Lucy Valkury. Participating Artists include Alejandro Acierto, Ian Cozzens, Margaret Craig, Lauren Denitzio, Noel’le Longhaul, Josh [...]
Wednesday, November 28th: ‘Nine-Tenths of the Law: Property and Resistance in the United States’
Nine-Tenths of the Law: Property and Resistance in the United States Bluestockings (172 Allen St., Manhattan) 7pm $5 suggested donation Nine-Tenths of the Law examines the history of squatting and property struggles in the United States, from colonialism and homesteading to 20th-century urban squatting and the foreclosure crisis of the late 2000s, and how such [...]
Wednesday, November 14th: ‘Hot & Heavy: Fierce Fat Girls on Life, Love & Fashion’
Hot & Heavy: Fierce Fat Girls on Life, Love & Fashion Bluestockings (172 Allen St., Manhattan) 7pm Free Ground-breaking and long overdue, “Hot & Heavy” is a fierce, sassy, thoughtful, authentic, and joyous collection of stories about unapologetically and unconditionally loving the body you’re in. “Hot & Heavy” celebrates the many fabulous aspects of being [...]
Tuesday, November 13th: Less Wall More Street: Resisting State Repression from the Streets to the Courts
Less Wall More Street: Resisting State Repression from the Streets to the Courts Bluestockings (172 Allen St., Manhattan) 7pm Free In the summer of 2012, two activists, Jen Waller and Tom Hintze, began a project to give legal trainings to activists and community groups and host conversations about state repression all around the country. Now [...]
Wednesday, November 7th: Body Language: Transform Your Relationship to Your Body Right Now
Body Language: Transform Your Relationship to Your Body Right Now Bluestockings (172 Allen St., Manhattan) 7pm $5 suggested donation This fun and highly-interactive workshop guides participants through entertaining and provocative games and group activities that show you how to stop thinking negatively about your body and transform your relationship with yourself immediately. Learn how to [...]
Wednesday, October 17th: ‘Rerouting the Motor City: Notes on a City in Transformation’
Rerouting the Motor City: Notes on a City in Transformation Bluestockings (172 Allen St., Manhattan) 7pm $5 Weaving together original footage, archival materials and recent interviews, Paper Tiger’s latest documentary explores the radical labor history, philosophy, and action going on behind mainstream “Motor City” headlines. Local activist and agricultural efforts are seen in tension with [...]
Tuesday, October 2nd: Water Collective
Water Collective Bluestockings (172 Allen St., Manhattan) 7pm $5 suggested donation 20 to 70% of installed water wells in sub-Saharan Africa are no longer functioning. Keeping clean water flowing requires a supportive economy to pay for eventual maintenance and repair costs. With an average income of less than $1/day, many developing communities cannot afford to [...]
Sunday, September 23rd: Ecovillages as Models for Sustainable Living
Ecovillages as Models for Sustainable Living Bluestockings (172 Allen St., Manhattan) 7pm $5 suggested Ecovillages are communities striving to live well and lightly together. From appropriate technologies to holistic health; from sustainable agriculture to group facilitation, ecovillages are integrating solutions within human-scale communities and creating new cultures and “stories” in which we can live well [...]
Monday, September 17th: Who Gives a Sh*t About Literary Magazines?
Who Gives a Sh*t About Literary Magazines? BookCourt (163 Court St., Brooklyn) 7pm Free Hosted by: The Coffin Factory Appearing: Lorin Stein of The Paris Review Rob Spillman of Tin House John Freeman of Granta Randy Rosenthal of The Coffin Factory Panelists will discuss the impact of literary magazines in contemporary culture. Click here for [...]
