Wonder Woman\, in her disguse as Special Agent Diana Prie of the Department of Metahuman Affairs\, is assigned to captuer herself. But how can she accomplish this without revealing her secret identity? This graphic novel has cool\, edgy art. Come join us for the discussion!
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T165508Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100415T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100415T010000Z UID:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/she-smoke-book-tour URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/she-smoke-book-tour SUMMARY:She-Smoke Book Tour Reading + Signing DESCRIPTION:With She-Smoke\: A Backyard Barbecue Book\, (Seal Press/ June 2009/ $16.95) author\, Julie Reinhardt\, takes the mystery out of BBQ. With plenty of hilarious stories from the author’s life\, Reinhardt brings to the table her experience as a barbecue restaurant owner (Smokin’ Pete’s BBQ in Seattle)\, caterer and event planner\, and a sanctioned barbecue judge for the Kansas City Barbeque Society\, to give step-by-step instructions on a variety of barbecue topics.
From buying local\, sustainable meats\, to building the perfect slow and low fire\, and smoking a holiday barbecue feast\, She-Smoke also includes a host of delicious recipes aimed to teach women technique\, with more in-depth instruction than that of a conventional cookbook. Women will learn the elusive history of ’cue\, the difference between true barbecue and grilling\, and all about the world of barbecue competition. Featuring interviews with other “smokin’” women and stories about Reinhardt’s family\, She-Smoke brings women into the greater community of barbecue.
Julie Reinhardt\, owner of Smokin’ Pete’s BBQ\, a Seattle joint\, is passionate about the slow smoke of barbecue and understands the difference between 'cuein' and grillin'. Born into an extensive Southern family\, Reinhardt is ready to talk pork butt with the most macho grillmaster. She plans and caters big events\, and teaches smoking and grilling classes for women. Reinhardt lives with her husband\, son\, and daughter\, in Seattle\, Washington. Read Julie’s blog at http\://shesmoke.blogspot.com/
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T165508Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100416T230000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100416T230000Z UID:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/womens-voices-austin-international-poetry-festival-reading-hosted-deb-akers URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/womens-voices-austin-international-poetry-festival-reading-hosted-deb-akers SUMMARY:Women's Voices of The Austin International Poetry Festival Reading Hosted by Deb Akers DESCRIPTION:18th Annual Austin International Poetry Festival\, April 15-18th\:
BookWoman's Featured Poets\:
Satori Ananda
Tara Betts
Claire Vogel Camargo
Joyce Collins
Lynne Dale
Carol Denson
Christina Lovin
Jos Mason-Mazzu
Paul Richmond
Seidah Williams
Since its founding in 1992\, this four-day\, citywide\, all-inclusive annual celebration of poets and poetry has grown to become the largest non-juried poetry festival in the U.S. Join BookWoman as we celebrate the poems of women from Austin and beyond.
IPF includes 30 live local readings\, 10 poetry workshops\, 10 open-mics\, 8 youth/teen poetry events\, 5 music and poetry events\, two anthology competitions and complete readings\, two poetry slams\, two featured poet presentations\, a movie premiere\, a poetry all-nighter and a poetry symposium!
AIPF is the "\;work of heART"\; of volunteer-based local non-profit Austin Poets International\, Inc. This year\, API is excited to present 28 International\, National\, Regional and Local Featured Poets reading alongside over 250 Registered Poets at 20 local venues across Austin. And the best part is\, it's free and open to the public. Visit their web site at www.aipf.org.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T165508Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100418T210000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100418T210000Z UID:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/elizabeth-hoisington-moving-toward-grace-readingdemonstration URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/elizabeth-hoisington-moving-toward-grace-readingdemonstration SUMMARY:Elizabeth Hoisington\: Moving Toward Grace\: Reading/Demonstration DESCRIPTION:Come experience a free\, healing seminar. Elizabeth will share about her journey of forgiveness and healing through the photography and poetry of her new book\, Moving Toward Grace. Find out the techniques she uses in her practice. Experience a live\, 1-on-1 session with a real volunteer to see the change in front of your eyes.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T165508Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100422T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100422T010000Z UID:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/nadia-sahari-reading-and-signing URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/nadia-sahari-reading-and-signing SUMMARY:Nadia Sahari\: Reading and Signing DESCRIPTION:Lebanese-American writer\, actress\, and entrepreneur Nadia Sahari has written a highly revealing memoir entitled BREAKAWAY\: HOW I SURVIVED ABUSE. She dramatically details her eighteen years of abuse\, including sexual molestation by her grandfather\, frequent severe beatings from her strict father and then from her alcoholic first husband\, rape\, kidnapping\, family abandonment\, and several
attempts on her life. The book explains how she overcame the fear and shame that kept her imprisoned in intolerable conditions and how she broke away from abuse and adjusted psychologically to personal freedom.
“Because there is so much abuse of women and children\, I wrote this book to show what I went through and what I did to survive and get out of it\,” Sahari explains. “I wanted to give my readers hope\, encouragement\, and inspiration to make the right choices that can save their lives and those of their children.
“When I endured abuse\, I had no one to turn to\, but today there are many groups people can go to for help. I list contact information for twenty-six of them in my book\, including the National Domestic Violence Hotline\: 800/799-SAFE. I also emphasize that forgiving your abuser\, whether they ask for it or not\, is crucial to setting yourself free. There’s no reason to stay in an abusive situation. You have friends\, neighbors\, and others who can help you\, so you can break the silence that imprisons you.”
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T165508Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100424T220000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100424T220000Z UID:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/panel-transforming-your-career URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/panel-transforming-your-career SUMMARY:Panel\: Transforming Your Career DESCRIPTION:Join leading professionals in a variety of fields to learn about how you can uncover new opportunities\, overcome gender discrimination and take your career to the next level. Bring an article of new or like-new women's business clothing to donate to Dress for Success and receive a free bag of gourmet popcorn from Cornucopia!
Panelists\:
Mindy Montford\, 299th District Court Judge candidate
Pamela Haunschild\, Management department chair at McCombs School of Business
Valerie Hausladen\, president of The Edge Group and author of "\;Professional Destiny"\;
Nadia Elhaj\, co-founder and co-owner of Cornucopia
Moderated by April Boland\, local writer and editor-in-chief of Della Donna\: a webzine for women
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T165508Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100428T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100428T020000Z UID:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/bookwoman-book-group-gospel-samiya-bashir URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/bookwoman-book-group-gospel-samiya-bashir SUMMARY:BookWoman Book Group\: Gospel by Samiya Bashir DESCRIPTION:April is National Poetry Month\, and the BookWoman Book Group will be celebrating with Lambda Literary Award-Finalist Samiya Bashir's Gospel. If you finish Gospel early\, feel free to read Lucille Clifton's Voices (her final collection before her death on February 13th) as well\; we can compare and contrast these two works during our discussion.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T165508Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100507T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100507T000000Z UID:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/reading-and-signing-love-or-money-elizabeth-crane-jill-alexander-essbaum-gina-frangello-and-zo URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/reading-and-signing-love-or-money-elizabeth-crane-jill-alexander-essbaum-gina-frangello-and-zo SUMMARY:Reading and Signing\: For Love or Money\: Elizabeth Crane\, Jill Alexander Essbaum\, Gina Frangello and Zoe Zolbrod DESCRIPTION:Two of Austin's most innovative and provocative women writers\, Elizabeth Crane (YOU MUST BE THIS HAPPY TO ENTER) and Jill Alexander Essbaum (NECROPOLIS\, The DEVASTATION)\, join Chicago guests Gina Frangello (SLUT LULLABIES) &\; Zoe Zolbrod (CURRENCY)\, in an evening of fiction and poetry around the themes of love\, sex and desire\, and where the need for cash fits into that complicated brew. Zolbrod will also be celebrating the release of her debut novel with this first stop on her national tour. All four writers will read from their most recent books and will follow the reading with a Q&\;A.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T165508Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100507T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100507T000000Z UID:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/love-or-money-reading-signing URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/love-or-money-reading-signing SUMMARY:For Love or Money - Reading & Signing DESCRIPTION:For Love or Money features Elizabeth Crane\, Jill Alexander Essbaum\, Gina Frangello and Zoe Zolbrod.
Two of Austin's most innovative and provocative women writers\, Elizabeth Crane (YOU MUST BE THIS HAPPY TO ENTER) and Jill Alexander Essbaum (NECROPOLIS\, The DEVASTATION)\, join Chicago guests Gina Frangello (SLUT LULLABIES) and Zoe Zolbrod (CURRENCY)\, in an evening of fiction and poetry around the themes of love\, sex and desire\, and where the need for cash fits into that complicated brew. Zolbrod will also be celebrating the release of her debut novel with this first stop on her national tour. All four writers will read from their most recent books and will follow the reading with a Q&\;A
In The Fifth Sacred Thing\, readers fell in love with Maya Greenwood\, the 98-year-old writer who led Northern California's successful 21st century rebellion against a racist\, totalitarian regime of the South. Walking to Mercury takes readers back to the 20th century and powerfully dramatizes the forces that shaped this extraordinary woman.The book opens and closes with the middle-aged Maya struggling with a profound personal and spiritual crisis. The culminating factor has been her mother's death\, and now Maya embarks on a trek in the Himalayas\, intending to sprinkle her mother's ashes at the base of Mt. Everest and finally lay to rest her tumultuous past. At rest stops in tiny Tibetan villages\, she reads diary pages her lover Johanna has tucked into her bag—the diary Johanna kept throughout their shared youth during the Vietnam era. In vivid flashbacks to those radical days\, we accompany the young Maya as she awakens to the summer of love\, joins the anti-war movement\, and enters into a relationship with the abusive\, alcoholic Rio. She finally gathers the strength to break free and seek her own true path\, which takes her from the streets of Manhattan to the mountains of Mexico. Eventually she emerges\, stronger and wiser\, infused with the wisdom of the earth and the spirit of the goddess. Traveling through the landscape of memories helps Maya reclaim her past and foreshadows the miraculous events readers of The Fifth Sacred Thing know her to be capable of in the future.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T165508Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100509T210000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100509T210000Z UID:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/happy-fierce-mothers-day URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/happy-fierce-mothers-day SUMMARY:Happy Fierce Mother's Day DESCRIPTION:Happy Fierce Mother's Day at Bookwoman!
The white gloves are
off! We are celebrating Mother's Day this year with ferocious readings\,
performances\, a demo on how to make artist trading cards for your kids\,
and other luxurious treats for mothers and the people who love them.
Featuring\:
Liz Belile
Spike Gillespie
Marrit Ingman
Diane Fleming
Dalia Azim
Lucy Anderson
Chris Strickling
Robin Bradford
Agnes Savich
Diana Garcia
Lize Burr
...and more
\;
Admission is free.
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