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| Events Listing for November 2007 |
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Word Warriors: Alix Olson, Karen G, & Katz
Friday, November 2, 8:00-9:30pm
We are so excited to welcome three revolutionary performance artists to Charis to help us celebrate our 33rd birthday! Alix Olson, editor of the anthology Word Warriors will be joined by local contributors Karen G of Cliterati and Katz of Athens Boys Choir. Get ready for an amazing event, complete with some of the most radical feminist performance poetry of our time. These phenomenal artists will give us a sampling of their talents, talk about their involvement in Word Warriors, and take questions from the audience. Bring your friends and join us as we celebrate feminism, books, and the spoken word revolution!
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Make Our Own Movement/ Do It Ourselves
Thursday, November 8, 7:30-9:30pm
As Bamboo Girl points out in the Evolution of a Race Riot zine edited by Mimi Nguyen the radical punk-based DIY movement has not explored whether or not the "Do it Yourself" can go beyond individualism. What about "do it ourselves"? she asks. Inspired by Bamboo Girl's challege and a the need to create sustainable (non-elitist) creative alternatives to capitalist mass production this workshop practices and theorizes the question of how we can make our own movement or DIY together. Participants in this 2 hour workshop will imagine, create, and distribute a collaborative publication. Do to the unreal facilitation skills of Charis-raised publisher and scholar Alexis Pauline Gumbs we will even have time to fully debrief our process and brainstorm how we can bring a little more anarchy into our daily lives and our multiple communities. Alexis Pauline Gumbs is a queer black trouble-maker and a PhD candidate in English, Africana Studies and Women's Studies at Duke University. She is proud to have grown into a writer in the storage closet at Charis Books and More and she is the founder of BrokenBeautiful Press (brokenbeautiful.wordpress.com).
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Sister Spit Live @ Charis Books and More
Sunday November 11 at 7pm $10
Sister Spit: The Next Generation is on the road again, with a whole new all-girl lineup of zinesters, fashion plates, novelists, performance artists, slam poets and fancy scribblers. Inspired by the legendary Sister Spit Ramblin' Roadshow of the 90s, Sister Spit: The Next Generation is hauling a vanload of killer underground female talent across the USA (and into Atlanta). The latest gang, including Spit founder Michelle Tea, hits the road in October 2007, a decade after the first Spit van set sail, carrying on the tradition of rowdy, raucous literary adventure. As they journey across the USA, they're joined by a rag tag bunch of special guests - old Spit travelers of yore, and contributors to the brand new feminist fashion anthology, It's So You. Come and meet your new favorite performers! |
Young Women* Writers
Monday, November 12 & 26, 5:00-6:30pm
This group is open to all young women* writers ages 15-19. 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 5-6:30pm. Please direct inquiries to chariswriters@gmail.com. *Trans inclusive
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Writing With Intent
Monday, November 12 & 26, 6:30-8:30pm
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 will 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 and fourth Monday of each month from 6:30-8:30pm. Please direct inquiries to chariswriters@gmail.com.
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Exploring Genders Through Reading
Wednesday, November 14, 7:00-8:30pm
This open book group meets on the second Wednesday of each month to discuss books that explore gender identity and representation. Join us in November for a facilitated discussion on Lessons from the Intersexed, by Suzanne Kessler.
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Comedy Workshop with Karen Williams
Friday, November 16, 8:00-9:30pm
Join Charis, GATeWAY Entertainment and Orphan's Nest Productions for a feast of laughter with internationally-known comedienne Karen Williams of the HaHa Institute. You might recognize Karen from one of her television or film spots on HBO, HERE, MTV or LOGO, or from one of her performances aboard an Olivia Cruiseship, as well as from any number of her other comedic endeavors.
Karen's humor & healing workshops are specifically designed around the following learning objectives:
- To gain knowledge about the physiological benefits of laughter
- To learn ways to utilize humor to reduce stress and
- To improve communication skills with others using humor
- To explore using humor for transformation and healing
Karen will give a free sample of this healing + humor workshop to our Charis audience. Don't miss out on this chance to learn about humor from one of the funniest people in the comedy circuit! You can also catch Karen on Saturday, November 17, in a live performance at the House of IntegriTEA.
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Dis-Abling the Revolution: Everyday Activism
Thursday, November 29, 7:30-9:00pm
Have you ever had a situation arise where you later went home and came up with a list of all of the witty ways you could have responded, but were too in shock to think of in the moment? Have you ever been in a parking lot and seen a non-disabled person park in an accessible parking space and been unsure as to how to confront them? We will use role playing and group conversations to help brainstorm responses to ableism in our daily lives and interactions. Attendees will participate by sharing everyday scenarios with the group, so we can all brainstorm creative ways to address them in the future. This program came out of Charis Circle's three-part Disability 101 series and is the beginning of an ongoing effort to continue disability programming at Charis. Please join us as we talk about the ways you can be a disability activist in your everyday life! ADA qualified interpreters are available for this program by request only. Please contact Charis Circle no later than Thursday November 15th, so we can accommodate your request (info@chariscircle.org or 404-522-9912).
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Program Notes
Programs funded in part by the Atlanta Women's Foundation , AEC Foundation, Georgia Shares, Fund for Southern Communities, and YOU! Sign language interpretation available by request with one week advance notice.
All book events are co-sponsored by Charis Books and More. Please visit Charis or charisbooksandmore.com for suggested readings to complement the programs listed here. Order any book in print online and receive a 10% discount.
UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED, ALL CHARIS CIRCLE PROGRAMS ARE FREE AND TAX-DEDUCTIBLE DONATIONS ARE WELCOME!
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