Experiments in a Jazz Aesthetic\: Activism\, Academia\, and the Austin Project edited by Omi Osun Joni L. Jones\, Lisa L. Moore &\; Sharon Bridgforth
Since tAP's inception in 2002\, many of you have supported the work of the Austin Project (tAP). As a nourishing community\, you know and love many of tAP's ensemble members\, so please join us once more in celebration of the collective work that has gone into tAP's book project and to honor the members' amazing accomplishments
We hope that this event will serve\, not only as a celebration of the book release and the beautifully brave work that it represents\, but also as an opportunity to reconnect with tAP alumni who are traveling to attend this event. Whether you are an experienced audience-participant in tAP work\, or you will be a new witness\, we hope that you will bring an open heart and generous spirit to the book signing and reception. Come celebrate the bonds of friendship\, solidarity\, and truth-telling!
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Fast track your spiritual growth and healing! Learn how to make EVERY relationship\, from work to intimate\, family to friends\, a place of conscious transformation. Go beyond being triggered and confused\, past victimization and judgment\, to EXPERIENCING every person in your life as a sacred gift\, whether you like them or not!
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Humor and lightness create more internal change than any amount of self-judgment\, blame\, or comparison. Learn the four main strategies that bog down all relationships (especially your relationship with yourself) and how to consistently make choices that flow nutrients directly to your soul and gently starve your ego. Crank up your compassion so you are as loving as the Buddha\, Gandhi\, and Mother Theresa all rolled into one luscious package.
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HeatherAsh Amara discovered four main strategies that keep humans stuck by being a good sleuth of herself and her students. HeatherAsh is a long-term apprentice of don Miguel Ruiz\, author of The Four Agreements. She is the co-founder of the Toltec Center of Creative Intent now in Austin\, with her husband\, Raven Smith. http\://www.tolteccenter.org
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T224510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100924T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100924T000000Z UID:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/fall-equinox-music-show-featuring-nancy-scott-friends URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/fall-equinox-music-show-featuring-nancy-scott-friends SUMMARY:Fall Equinox Music Show featuring Nancy Scott & Friends DESCRIPTION:Come celebrate the Fall Equinox Thursday\, at BookWoman with Nancy Scott\, playing a preview of new songs that are being considered for her next CD as well as any older songs that you request. Our special guests for the evening are Nancy's friends Judy Painter and Rose Kimball (Judy and Rose) who have a new CD out that is very sweet... and the one\, the only\, Sarah Elizabeth Campbell. Come celebrate with us - Fall is in the air!
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Nancy Scott has been playing bluesy\, country\, folky stuff - from the "\;belly of her soul"\;\, for over 30 years in Austin\, Texas. Nancy has been instrumental in setting the stage for women’s music in Austin.
Her inspiration came from the many groundbreakers of the 1970’s such as the Berkeley Women’s Music Collective\, Woody Simmons\, Meg Christian and Cris Williamson. She has opened for many artists including Phrank\, Robyn Tyler\, Meg Christian and Ferron and has shared the stage with Jamie Anderson\, The Therapy Sisters\, Mary Reynolds\, Two Nice Girls and Wishing Chair to name a few.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T224510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100925T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100925T000000Z UID:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/evening-lesbian-authors-carsen-tate-vk-powell-julie-cannon URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/evening-lesbian-authors-carsen-tate-vk-powell-julie-cannon SUMMARY:An Evening with Lesbian Authors - Carsen Taite\, VK Powell & Julie Cannon DESCRIPTION:Reading &\; Signing
More Details Coming Soon!
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T224510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100926T210000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100926T210000Z UID:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/brown-babies-pink-parents-amy-ford URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/brown-babies-pink-parents-amy-ford SUMMARY:Brown Babies\, Pink Parents - Amy Ford DESCRIPTION:Brown Babies Pink Parents is a real world guide for White parents who are raising Black children. Author Amy Ford is the adoptive mother of three African American daughters with first hand experience of the challenges of transracial parenting. She addresses a multitude of concerns including basic skin and hair care\, racial socialization\, white privilege\, and ways to celebrate the diversity of your family. Brown Babies Pink Parents is a humorous and heartfelt look at being a multicultural family in a race conscious world.
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"\;Many books have been written about transracial adoption for families\, but this one provides the practical 'how to's' ... in a very open\, conversational tone ..."\; - Dr. Ruth McRoy\, the University of Texas School of Social Work
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T224510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100929T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100929T000000Z UID:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/bookwoman-bookgroup-just-don%E2%80%99t-call-me-ma%E2%80%99am URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/bookwoman-bookgroup-just-don%E2%80%99t-call-me-ma%E2%80%99am SUMMARY:BookWoman BookGroup - Just Don’t Call Me Ma’am DESCRIPTION:Just Don’t Call Me Ma’am\: How I Ditched the South\, Forgot My Manners\, and Managed to Survive My Twenties with (Most Of) My Dignity Still Intact by Anna Mitchael.
Like so many bright-eyed college graduates before her\, Mitchael begins her twenties armed with the conviction that the world is hers for the taking. And she discovers that it is\, mostly--only no one told her just how often she'd have to pick herself up off the floor along the way. From moving to new cities to domestic disasters to the occasional nervous breakdown\, Mitchael guides readers through the various stages of her self-discovery with disarming humor.
New members always wanted and welcomed!
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END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T224510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101005T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101005T000000Z UID:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/amelia-gray-mary-miller-reading-and-signing URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/amelia-gray-mary-miller-reading-and-signing SUMMARY:Amelia Gray & Mary Miller Reading and Signing DESCRIPTION:Join us for a reading to celebrate the recent release of Amelia's Museum of the Weird and Mary Miller's recent move to Austin. Books for sale\, bring your flask.
Amelia Gray's first book\, AM/PM\, was
published by Featherproof books. Her short story collection Museum of
the Weird was published by Fiction Collective 2. Her work has appeared
in American Short Fiction\, McSweeney's Internet Tendency\, DIAGRAM\, and
Dzanc's Best of the Web (2010...).
"\;Museum of the Weird is a stone cold masterpiece."\; —Kyle Minor\, author of In the Devil's Territory
Mary Miller is the author of a story collection\, Big World\, and a chapbook\,
Less Shiny. Her stories have appeared or are forthcoming in American
Short Fiction\, Ninth Letter\, McSweeney's Quarterly\, Mississippi Review\,
Black Clock\, Indiana Review\, and others. Her fiction has been
anthologized in New Stories from the South (2008) and Dzanc's Best of
the Web (2010).
"\;Mary Miller writes likes a fine combo of Ray
Carver and A.M. Homes. This is one of those books where you just think\:
Where the hell did this lady come from?!"\; —Kevin Sampsell\, author of A
Common Pornography
Life coach Ann Daly PhD (www.anndaly.com) continues her BookWisdom series with an "\;Ask the Coach"\; evening on Tuesday\, October 5\, at 7pm.
Dr. Daly will answer questions from women about their life and career issues. And\, of course\, the former UT professor will make recommendations "\;for further reading."\; Chocolate and advice for everyone!
Dr. Daly is the author of six books\, including Do-Over! How Women Are Reinventing Their Lives. She specializes in coaching and professional development for women. Attendees can send their questions in advance to anndaly (at) anndaly (dot) com.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T224510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101008T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101008T013000Z UID:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/anna-mitchael-reading-signing-just-dont-call-me-maam URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/anna-mitchael-reading-signing-just-dont-call-me-maam SUMMARY:Anna Mitchael Reading & Signing \: Just Don't Call Me Ma'am DESCRIPTION:Just Don’t Call Me Ma’am\: How I Ditched the South\, Forgot My Manners\, and Managed to Survive My Twenties with (Most Of) My Dignity Still Intact by Anna Mitchael.
Like so many bright-eyed college graduates before her\, Mitchael begins her twenties armed with the conviction that the world is hers for the taking. And she discovers that it is\, mostly--only no one told her just how often she'd have to pick herself up off the floor along the way. From moving to new cities to domestic disasters to the occasional nervous breakdown\, Mitchael guides readers through the various stages of her self-discovery with disarming humor--and of how sometimes you have to remember where you came from before you can figure out where you're going.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T224510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101012T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101012T013000Z UID:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/reading-signing-discussion-elissa-al-chokhachy-author-miraculous-moments-true-stories-affirmin URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/reading-signing-discussion-elissa-al-chokhachy-author-miraculous-moments-true-stories-affirmin SUMMARY:Reading\, Signing & Discussion with Elissa Al-Chokhachy author of Miraculous Moments\: True Stories Affirming That Life Goes On DESCRIPTION:Is there life after death? Does love ever die? Have you heard from your deceased loved one? Certified hospice nurse and author Elissa Al-Chokhachy will discuss her new book\, Miraculous Moments\: True Stories Affirming That Life Goes On at the Book Woman on Monday\, October 11\, 2010 at 7 PM. Join us for an intriguing discussion about life after death and the ways that deceased loved ones can communicate to us from beyond. Share your own experiences. Feel affirmed\, renewed &\; uplifted that love and life are eternal.
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Miraculous Moments\: True Stories Affirming That Life Goes On is filled with validation of life after death. This compelling grief self-help book shares numerous accounts of after death communication\, nearing death awareness and near death experiences. Stories are written by bereaved individuals\, hospice nurses &\; health care workers. According to the Library Journal\, "\;not only does this book offer hope and consolation for the grieving\, it provokes thought on the finality of death as society generally views it."\;
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T224510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101013T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101013T013000Z UID:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/psychic-panel-hallows-what-else-moderated-patricia-austin URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/psychic-panel-hallows-what-else-moderated-patricia-austin SUMMARY:A PSYCHIC PANEL for HALLOWS! WHAT ELSE?! Moderated by Patricia Austin DESCRIPTION:BookWoman presents...
“Getting to Know the Goddess\,”
a monthly series on aspects of the Divine Feminine.
For the last 5\,000 years\, most women have expressed their spirituality\, like their sexuality\, based on a male model. Many of us consciously have yearned for a female way of thinking\, feeling and expressing our spirituality.
The Goddess has returned as a Voice whose existence is needed in these troubled times\, and that Voice is speaking to women in ways both clear and subtle. Mark your calendar and come! But\, beware\: Your life could change in an instant!
A PSYCHIC PANEL for HALLOWS! WHAT ELSE?! Moderated by Patricia Austin. She will be joined by\:
Renee Rabb is an Ordained priestess of the Re-formed Congregation of the Goddess\, and is a teacher for the Women's Thealogical Institute. She will offer an overview discussing pure psychic divination techniques like channeling\, aspecting\, scrying and seeing.
Cat Dancing is a Reclaiming priestess and teacher\, Tarot reader and artist. Her art is available in many locations\, including Ancient Mysteries and Blue Moon Glass Works (Austin)\, Lucia's Garden (Houston)\, or via the web atwww.catdancing.com <\;http\://www.catdancing.com/>\; . Her Tarot readings and classes are a favorite at Ancient Mysteries.
Elka is a gythia (priestess) of the Nordic tradition\, and is a solitary practitioner of sie r\, a shamanistic magical system of the Norse and Germanic heathens. She has been following the sacred customs of her ancestors for more than 35 years\, including divining with runes\, which she does at Psychic Fairs. (www.runekenning.com <\;http\://www.runekenning.com/>\; )
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T224510Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101015T000700Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101015T000700Z UID:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/open-mic-poetry-2 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.ebookwoman.com/event/open-mic-poetry-2 SUMMARY:Open Mic Poetry DESCRIPTION:Open Mic Poetry
Hosted by Deb Akers featuring Joy Owen
Bring a poem to share or just come and enjoy!
Austin poet\, Joy Owen\, started attending local venues in the mid-90s beginning with Chicago House. Since then\, she has written numerous chapbooks\, served on the board of the Austin International Poetry Festival\, started and run a variety of venues (including Central Texas Live Poets in Temple and Wired Dharma in College Station)\, and has coordinated several poetry festivals in Temple. She has been featured at Expressions and can be
seen dropping in on other venues now and then. Her passion (besides writing poetry) is volunteering\, travel (especially to the UK)\, and her two elderly wienerdogs (the Wienerettes).