Hot Pick: 12-21-2010
Kate Goldwater, eco-friendly fashion designer and founder of AuH20 designs tells FP:
Must Read
Must See
Must Do
Go to a show, party, circus performance, or sewing workshop at the House of Yes.
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Hot Pick: 12-07-2010
Laura Whitehorn, activist, tells FP:
Must Read
"Nut Bag Letter to John Stewart" by Susie Day
Must See
Justice on Trial: The Case of Mumia Abu-Jamal
Must Do
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Don't miss DARINA AL-JOUNDI this week!
Date & time: March 29, 2011 - 11:30am - April 6, 2011 - 11:30am
Location: Washington DC, New York
Darina Al-Joundi to perform as part of the Smithsonian’s Fracophonie conference, March 24th & 25th, 2011
3.29.11: CUNY Grad Center, NYC 6 pm
3.31.11: Darina at La Maison Française, New York University 7 pm
4.6.11: Reading at Alwan for the Arts 7 pm
Check out: The Day Nina Simone Stopped Singing, Darina Al-Joundi
Hot Pick: 11-20-2010
Jack Halberstam, writer and scholar, tells FP:
Must Read
The Guilt Project by Vanessa Place
Must See
Must Do
Swim outdoors at dawn; marathon Mad Men viewing; listen to my old record collection loudly!
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Hot Pick: 11-05-2010
Dan Berger, author and activist, tells FP:
Must Read
Must See
The Wire on HBO (it ended, but it's still so good)
Must Do
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CELEBRATE PEOPLE'S HISTORY events
Date & time: January 7, 2011 - 7:00pm - February 18, 2011 - 12:00am
Location: New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Boston, Lawrence KS
1/7: Philadelphia, PA: Book Release & Poster Show, Studio 34 Yoga Healing Arts, 7pm
1/15: Berkley, CA: Reception & Book Release Party. La Pena, 3:30-5pm. Poster Exhibition 1/5-2/27. www.lapena.org
1/28: Lawrence, KS: Book Release Party, 5-8pm. Poster show from 1/15-2/6. Lawrence Percolater www.lcava.org
Check out: Celebrate People's History, Josh MacPhee
Hot Pick: 10-16-2010
Alexis Pauline Gumbs, media activist, tells FP:
Must Read
Must See
Mississippi Damned directed by Tina Mabry
Must Do
Go to a Korean spa (like JeJu outside Atlanta)!
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Hot Pick: 10-09-2010
Jenn Northington, event manager at WORD tells FP:
Must Read
Must See
Must Do
Shop the McCarren Park Farmers Market
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Hot Pick: 09-23-2010
Mindy Seegal Abovitz, Tom Tom Magazine creator/editor, tells FP:
Must Read
Must See
Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains
Must Do
Play the drums! Go see women play the drums, and log onto tomtommag.com
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NEA Grant will help fund the digitization of 15 Feminist Press classics, and the publication of three extraordinary literary works: Savage Coast by Muriel Rukeyser, Kissing the Sword: A Prison Memoir by Shahrnush Parsipur, and The Silent Woman by Monika Zgustova.
