15th & 16th June | LETS START A PUSSY RIOT BOOK LAUNCH @ YOKO ONO’S MELTDOWN FESTIVAL, SOUTHBANK
Storm in a Teacup are very excited to announce that “Lets Start a Pussy Riot” book will be launched at Yoko Ono’s Meltdown festival as part of the Activism weekend. The book has been created in collaboration with Pussy Riot, Emely Neu, Storm in a Teacup, Girls Get Busy and Not So Popular and will be available to buy on the 15th of June at Meltdown. More details about the book, contributors and when it will be available in the Rough Trade shops to follow.
Meltdown Activism Weekend Line-up:
- Yoko Ono
- Guerrilla Girls give a lecture and lead workshops.
- Shami Chakrabarti leads a discussion about artists and activism with Bob and Roberta Smith and others.
- Peaches talks with Jude Rogers.
- Penny Woolcock in conversation.
- Let’s Start A Pussy Riot book launch.
Ticket Prices: £15 Concession/Group Prices: 50% off (limited availability)
MELTDOWN: http://ticketing.southbankcentre.co.uk/whatson/activism-weekend-77002
STORM IN A TEACUP: http://joinourteaparty.org
ROUGH TRADE: http://www.roughtrade.com/
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PAST EVENTS
NOVEMBER 2012
Ongoing || Long March to Equality Exhibition @ The Women’s Library Spanning over four hundred years, this exhibition offers the opportunity to delve into and discover “the greatest collection of women’s history in the world”.The Long March to Equality brings together for the first time some of the rarest items from the Womens Library collections.
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/222482641210886/
WOMENS LIBRARY: http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/thewomenslibrary/
Ongoing || Lets Hear it for the Boys Exhibition @ The Women’s Library Let’s hear it for the boys! will showcase the men who have worked with, helped shape, and appear in The Women’s Library collections
FACEBOOK EVENT:http://www.facebook.com/events/334012556692699/
WOMENS LIBRARY: http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/thewomenslibrary/
15 November || T-Club @ Dalston Superstore. DJs THE LIBRARIAN, FELIX the BARBER, RICKY ALMEIDA, SHAMPAIN. Plus much more. Free. 8.30pm onwards.
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/470860299625148/
16 November || Unskinny Bop @ Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club Anything goes knees up for queers & misfits. DJs play bubblegum pop, girl punk, rock&roll, soul, divas & women who ROCK. £5 (£3 conc / flyer) 9.00pm – 2.00am. No entry after 12am.
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/518692738140955/
16 November || Club Lesley @ Dalston Superstore. 9pm onwards. MDMX + MAXX DMX
BISOUX + JOHN RENAUD in the steampit basement £5 after 10.
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/282585795186674/
17 November || OBJECT! Turn Your Back on Page 3 Protest @ News International HQ. 2pm. Turn Your Back on Page 3 campaign and other feminist groups, we’ll be marking the anniversary of Page 3 with a protest outside News International HQ calling for an end to sexist misrepresentations of women in our press.
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/422543917805364/
MORE INFO: http://www.object.org.uk
18 November || Feminist Film Evening @ House of Brag, Kennington. 5pm onwards. Film, raffle and refreshments. Suggested donation £2 -£5 raising funds for Feminism in London’s 2013 conference.
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/109419022556024/
20 – 24 November || Underwire Film Fest 2012 @ Ritzy, Brixton. Celebrating shorts by Women. Submissions for short films now open.
FULL PROGRAMME: http://www.underwirefestival.com/2012festival/
MORE INFO: http://underwirefestival.com
23 November || Giddy Up! @ The Betsey Trotwood.An alternative night for the homosexually inclined and their friends. 9pm onwards. Free.
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/489027364463767/
24 November || Reclaim the Night Social @ The Feminist Library, 2pm onwards. Social gathering before the march.
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/113179455510343/
24 November || Reclaim the Night March assemble @ Whitehall Place, 6pm. Join with thousands of women to shout a loud NO to rape and male violence against women and demand justice for survivors.
MORE INFO: www.reclaimthenight.org
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/275013282618165/
24 November || ELF Artist Talks “The role of the Artist” with Rose Gibbs and Leah Capaldi @ Zabludowicz Collection (Library room), NW5 3PT. 1pm. Artists Rose Gibbs and Leah Capaldi will discuss Capaldi’s new work at the Zabludowicz collection with a special emphasis on the role of the artist, and the trials and tribulations of an art education.RSVP to add your name to the list: eastlondonfawcett@gmail.com.
EAST LONDON FAWCETT GROUP: http://www.facebook.com/groups/eastlondonfawcett/
EAST LONDON FAWCETT GROUP WEBSITE: http://elf-audit.com/upcoming-events/
24 November || TWAT b. presents; AUSTRA, DAM MANTLE (live), Planningtorock, Anika (DJS) plus much more. @ Victorian Volts, EC2A 3JF 10pm – 5pm £10.00.
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/136562446491341/
24 November || Sister Sister @ The Victoria, Mile End. Djs include: Girls Get Busy & Not So Popular. Playing the best & biggest female fronted sounds from hip hop, UK garage, rap and r’n’b, to d’n’b & reggae.
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/293329184105047/
25 November || East London Fawcett Group hosts Women & Sport discussion @ Body Studio, EC2A 3AY. With a special screening of Melanie Brown’s photo-film, Fighting for Peace: Kabul’s Female Boxers, the event is also a fundraiser to support female boxers in Afghanistan. A discussion will be led by Francesca Brown (Fair Game Campaign, Stylist Magazine), Naomi Gibson (Founder, Girls in Gloves), Margaret Pope (Director and Founder, Body Studio), Trecia-Kaye Smith (Jamaican athlete and triple jumper) and Laura Williamson (Sports Writer, The Daily Mail) . £5.00 entry (£2 unwaged) on door. RSVP to add your name to the list: eastlondonfawcett@gmail.com.
EAST LONDON FAWCETT GROUP: http://www.facebook.com/groups/eastlondonfawcett/
EAST LONDON FAWCETT GROUP WEBSITE: http://elf-audit.com/upcoming-events/
29 November || Women Make Noise @ Power Lunches. LIVE: Trash Kit, Covergirl, Sisters, Woolf. Launch gig to celebrate the publication of Women Make Noise: Girl Bands from Motown to Modern. Out now on Supernova Press (special women & arts imprint of Aurora Metro) FREE GIG! Though contributions for the bands are very welcome. Get there early as there is limited capacity.Bands start at 8pm. RSVP: rebecca@aurorametro.com
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/478924028797272/
29 November-2 December || London Feminist Film Festival @ Hackney Picturehouse. Join the mailing list by sending an email with the header “mailing list” to info@londonfeministfilmfestival.com.
FULL PROGRAMME: http://londonfeministfilmfestival.com/programme/
MORE INFO: http://londonfeministfilmfestival.com/
29 November – 9 February 2012 || Donmar Warehouse presents; Julius Caesar Phyllida Lloyd directs an all-female company in Shakespeare’s raw and eternal study of power. The poster for the production shows women dressed as PUSSY RIOT. This production marks Phyllida Lloyd’s return to theatre, and to the Donmar stage, after her film The Iron Lady. Tickets on sale now, only limited tickets still available.
MORE INFO: http://www.donmarwarehouse.com/pl153.html
30 November – 15 January 2013 | Music & Liberation: Feminist Music Making in the UK 1970-1980’s Exhibition @ Space Station Sixty Five, London. How feminists used music as an activist tool to entertain and empower women during the 1970s and 1980s. It brings together for the first time a diverse collection of women’s cultural heritage to inspire and inform contemporary audiences about the politics of music making. Come along to the opening party on Friday 30th November.
OPENING PARTY FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/121988741290913/
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/196908370424852/
MORE INFO: http://music-and-liberation.tumblr.com/
30 November || Debbie @ Resistance Gallery. DEBBIE is a night of female-fronted rock, pop & indie, for gays, girls, freaks and geeks. 9.00pm onwards. Free before 10, £3 till 11, £5 after 11. Last entry 11.45 pm.
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/477729758937296/
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COMING UP IN DECEMBER 2012
1 December || Bloody Ice Cream launch night @ The Grosvenor, SW9. Live: Skinny Girl Diet, Ethical Debating Society, My Therapist Says Hot Damn. Plus Zines and DJs including Girl Germs spinning the best of riot grrrl/indie/90s Doors at 8.30pm, £5/£4 with a flyer. FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/527239767292154/
8 December || Queer Zine Fest @ Space Station Sixty-Five, SE11. Expect talks, workshops, music, art, films, exhibitions, food and stacks of queerific zines. 12.00pm – 7pm.
THE INDEPENDENT COVERAGE: http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/zine-and-done-it-8300830.html
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/232251613569656/
15 December || Club Motherfu*ker Christmas Party @ Shacklewell Arms. Line up TBA
£5.00adv £7.00 on door.
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/109039439258583/?fref=ts
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SEPTEMBER 2012
8 September || NO LAPDANCING CLUBS IN TOWER HAMLETS DEMO
FACEBOOK EVENT:http://www.facebook.com/events/274241759253674/
9 September || For Books’ Sake @ Thames Festival. Part of Where the Wild Words Are..Around the site, they will be releasing hundreds of words into the wild. It will be down to you to find them, tame them, and turn them into stories, and we can’t wait to see what you come up with. There will be a base camp with a free book swap where you can come and see us, and there’ll be all sorts of shenanigans going on throughout the day too.
FACEBOOK EVENT:http://www.facebook.com/events/482032781814680/
9 September || Pussy Riot Fundraiser @ Hoxton Bar & Kitchen
Live: PEGGY SUE, GAGGLE, NEUROTIC MASS MOVEMENT, SKINNY GIRL DIET
NEW YOUNG PONY CLUB (DJ), ESBEN AND THE WITCH (DJ), KARIN PARK (DJ), NOVELLA (DJ), NIGHT WORKS (DJ), VUVUVULTURES (DJ), ZOETROPE (DJ) FREE ENTRY – YOUR DONATION. 6PM onwards
FACEBOOK EVENT:http://www.facebook.com/events/340744939347143/
12 September || ELF present: film screening of ORLANDO @ Cremer Street Salon, Unit 3, E2 8HD. In conjunction with Cremer St. Salon and Milly Abraham, ELF is delighted to present the first in its feminist film series. Acclaimed British filmmaker, Sally Potter’s on-screen adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s radical 1928 novel of the same name. £2.00. Reserve your place:gabrielacalalesina@gmail.com EAST LONDON FAWCETT GROUP:http://elf-audit.com/
15-16 September || UK FEMINISTA Summer School 2012 @University of Bristol Student Union. UK Feminista’s Summer School 2012 is a unique opportunity to learn skills, share ideas and prepare to organise with feminists across the UK. Weekend pass: £15.00 / Day Pass: £8.00
BOOK TICKETS NOW: http://ukfeminista.org.uk/events/book-for-summer-school-2012/
15 September || ELF Free Gallery Tour@ Spruth Magers, W1S 4EJ. This rescheduled tour, hosted by artist Rose Gibbs, will comprise visits to four commercial galleries in London West End (Spruth Magers, Hauser & Wirth, Sadie Coles, Frith Street Gallery). We will, as always end in the pub for discussion and fun. 2pm FREE
EAST LONDON FAWCETT GROUP:http://www.facebook.com/groups/eastlondonfawcett/
EAST LONDON FAWCETT GROUP WEBSITE: http://elf-audit.com/upcoming-events/
15 September || London Protest @ Global Day of Support for Pussy Riot
Demonstration supporting Global “Pussy Riot” Day ifrom 11 am till 2 pm, opposite the Russian Consulate at Bayswater Road.
FACEBOOK EVENT:http://www.facebook.com/events/278450275589875/
From 17 September || Lets Hear it for the Boys Exhibition @ The Women’s Library Let’s hear it for the boys! will showcase the men who have worked with, helped shape, and appear in The Women’s Library collections
FACEBOOK EVENT:http://www.facebook.com/events/334012556692699/
WOMENS LIBRARY:http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/thewomenslibrary/
18 September | ELF Talks: POLITICS @ Cremer St Salon, Unit 3, , E2 8HD. 7pm. Join us as we debate women’s influence in campaigns and politics. The event will centre on debate across a panel including Hannah Lownsborough (38 Degrees), Lucy Pearce (Friends of the Earth) and Councillor Amy Whitelock (Labour, Tower Hamlets). Register to attend by emailing rachel.n.blake@gmail.com.
EAST LONDON FAWCETT GROUP:http://www.facebook.com/groups/eastlondonfawcett/
EAST LONDON FAWCETT GROUP WEBSITE: http://elf-audit.com/upcoming-events/
19 September || East London Fawcett Group hosts a Free Film Screening of PINA @ Hoxton, 6.30pm (Unit 3, 37 Cremer Street, Cremer Business Centre, E2 8HD) Hosted by the East London Fawcett Group and Gabriela Cala-Lesina, this screening of PINA marks the first in an ongoing series of free film screenings, dedicated to celebrating women.
EAST LONDON FAWCETT GROUP:http://www.facebook.com/groups/eastlondonfawcett/
21 September || Mad Women, Bad Women @ Cinema MuseumCelebrate the Anti-Heroine of film and fable! Films from Mucky Puppets and Live storytelling with Vanessa Woolf-Hoyle with special guest Rindhouse Films!. Premiere of new short film Spring Heeled Jane! SE11 4TH. £8.00 / £6.50 ADVANCED
FACEBOOK EVENT:http://www.facebook.com/events/436456186394700/
21 September || Breakfast with Apollo #2 -She Makes War, Single Launch @ The Half Moon, Herne Hill. She Makes War and My Big Sister Present “Breakfast With Apollo #2″ – “Minefields” Single Launch Extravaganza Lineup: SHE MAKES WAR & THE OLYMPIANS, [this is radio silence], Erin K, Helen Arney (compere).
BUY TICKETS: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/181660
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/270881886354513/
21 September || Unskinny Bop @ Bethnal Green Working Men’s ClubAnything goes knees up for queers & misfits. DJs play bubblegum pop, girl punk, rock&roll, soul, divas & women who ROCK. £5 (£3 conc / flyer) 9.00pm – 2.00am
FACEBOOK EVENT:http://www.facebook.com/events/101981083288123/
22 September || SLUTWALK LONDON 2012 The radical notion that nobody deserves to be raped – Coming to London again on Saturday 22nd September 2012! MEET 12.30 at Top of Piccadilly. SET OFF at 1.30pm.
Donate to SlutWalk 2012: http://bit.ly/slutwalk2012donate
FACEBOOK PAGE: http://www.facebook.com/slutwalklondonuk
FACEBOOK EVENT:http://www.facebook.com/events/405993389462416/
MORE INFO: http://slutmeansspeakup.org.uk/
22 September || CLUB LESLEY @ Dalston Superstore. dance, funk-doom, electronic, RnB, garage + a rave cave and more…9.00pm onwards. £5.00
FACEBOOK EVENT:http://www.facebook.com/events/458468267509988/
23 September || Pussy Riot Fundraiser @ Buffalo Bar. Live: Covergirl, The Ethical Debating Society, My Therapist Says Hot Damn, Riots not Diets DJs. £5.00. 20.00pm – 1.00am
BUY TICKETS: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/182961
FACEBOOK EVENT:http://www.facebook.com/events/342836132468178/
23 September || ELF Arts Monoculture workshop with Tamsyn Challenger @ Beaconsfield Gallery, SE11 6AY, 204pm. Challenger invites ELF members to join her at the Beaconsfield Gallery, where she is currently in residence, to interact with her lifelong Tamsynette project. At this artist-led workshop participants will have the opportunity to don a wig, make like Tamsyn and visit her photobooth in the first of the Monoculture experiments.
This workshop is free to ELF members but please register by emailing ELF Art Director Gemma Rolls-Bentley: gemmarollsbentley@gmail.com.
EAST LONDON FAWCETT GROUP:http://www.facebook.com/groups/eastlondonfawcett/
EAST LONDON FAWCETT GROUP WEBSITE: http://elf-audit.com/upcoming-events/
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COMING UP IN OCTOBER 2012
5 October || TWAT BOUTIQUE Warehouse Party @ Secret Location. LIVE: Planningtorock, No Bra, MDMX plus much more. £7.00 advanced £10.00 on door.
FACEBOOK EVENT:http://www.facebook.com/events/517952861552577/
October TBC || Cutting Women Out, Islington report launch @ Houses of Parliament, Westminster. This event marks the official launch of ELF research into how austerity measures have disproportionately affected women.
EAST LONDON FAWCETT GROUP:http://www.facebook.com/groups/eastlondonfawcett/
From 17 October || Long March to Equality Exhibition @ The Women’s Library Spanning over four hundred years, this exhibition offers the opportunity to delve into and discover “the greatest collection of women’s history in the world”.The Long March to Equality brings together for the first time some of the rarest items from the Womens Library collections.
FACEBOOK EVENT:http://www.facebook.com/events/222482641210886/
WOMENS LIBRARY:http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/thewomenslibrary/
21 October || Storm in a Teacup & The Girls Are… Present; THE SHONDES, THROWING UP & THE TUTS @ The Lexington. £5.00 (Adv) £6.00 (Door).Brooklyn’s THE SHONDES rock up in London as part of their inaugural European tour.
BUY TICKETS: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/182405
FACEBOOK EVENT:http://www.facebook.com/events/435970496453948/
23 October || UK Feminista Lobby of Parliament. Come together with activists and organisations from across the country at a feminist lobby of parliament and call on MPs to stop eroding women’s rights and start driving forward women’s equality.
> 11:00 – 13:00 Rally event and training
> 14:00 – 16:00 Lobby your MP at the Houses of Parliament
MORE INFO: http://ukfeminista.org.uk/events/feminist-lobby-of-parliament/
FACEBOOK EVENT:http://www.facebook.com/events/408676299189713/
27 October || London Anarchist Bookfair @ Queen Mary’s University. 10am – 7pm. Books, zines, workshops, lectures and meetings.
FACEBOOK EVENT:http://www.facebook.com/events/315791458486570/
28 October || *From the Back Room* screening @ Power Luncheswith Skinny Girl Diet live. From 6pm. £5.00. Documentary by Washington DC film-maker Amy Oden, chronicling women in diy punk cultures, and exploding the myth that ‘every girl is a riot grrrl’.
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.co
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COMING UP IN NOVEMBER 2012
30 November – 15 January 2013 | Music & Liberation: Feminist Music Making in the UK 1970-1980’s Exhibition @ Space Station Sixty Five, London. How feminists used music as an activist tool to entertain and empower women during the 1970s and 1980s. It brings together for the first time a diverse collection of women’s cultural heritage to inspire and inform contemporary audiences about the politics of music making.
FACEBOOK EVENT:http://www.facebook.com/events/196908370424852/
MORE INFO:http://womensliberationmusicarchive.wordpress.com/music-liberation-exhibition/
20 – 24 November || Underwire Film Fest 2012 @ London venues TBA. Celebrating shorts by Women. Submissions for short films now open. Deadline: September 21st
OPEN SUBMISSION INFO:http://www.underwirefestival.com/programme/
MORE INFO: http://underwirefestival.com
29 November-2 December || London Feminist Film Festival Join the mailing list by sending an email with the header “mailing list” to info@londonfeministfilmfestival.com.
OPEN SUBMISSION INFO:http://londonfeministfilmfestival.com/2012/05/21/call-for-submissions/
MORE INFO: http://londonfeministfilmfestival.com/
29 November – 9 February 2012 || Donmar Warehouse presents; Julius Caesar Phyllida Lloyd directs an all-female company in Shakespeare’s raw and eternal study of power. The poster for the production shows women dressed as PUSSY RIOT. This production marks Phyllida Lloyd’s return to theatre, and to the Donmar stage, after her film The Iron Lady. Tickets on sale from the 1st of October.
PAST EVENTS
3 July || Club Wotever World Pride Film
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/243466072431352/
4 July || Club Wotever World Pride Music/Comedy
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/238846376230649/
7 July || World Pride 2012 @ Various events across London
MORE INFO: http://www.pridelondon.org/
7 July || FATTYLYMPICS! @ Grassroots, Memorial Park, West Ham. 12.00pm onwards. A fat-positive event. The Fattylympics is a non-profit community event satirising the You Know Whats in East London 2012, and featuring fat activism, games, performances, stalls and other DIY activities
FACEBOOK EVENT: https://www.facebook.com/events/144455532344895/
MORE INFO: http://fattylympics.blogspot.co.uk/
7 July || Unskinny Bop Prom @ Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club (afterparty for the fatty olympics) Unskinny Bop presents the PROM night of your dreams featuring THREE rooms of high school entertainment and HOURS of non-normative disco fun including: live covers band, class photographer, spiked punch, chaperones, slow dances
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/320267381387712/
7 July || FOR BOOK SAKE present THE QUIZ @ Hebden Bridge Arts Festival Fringe. 19.30pm – 21.30pm, Hebden Bridge Town Hall.
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/420717747956192/
12 July || South East London Folklore Society presents; Sheila Nar Gigs and The English Goddess @ The Old Queens Head, SE1 1NA. Simon Brighton, author of “Echoes of the Goddess: A Quest for the Sacred Feminine in the British Landscape” will be giving this month’s talk. £2.50/£1.50 concs
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/153849464751356/
14 July || East London Fawcett Group Free Gallery Talk @ WW Gallery, 34/35 Hatton Garden EC1N 8DX. Curators Debra Wilson & Chiara Williams will be giving a free talk and tour of solo show of new works by Sadie Hennessy. FREE
EAST LONDON FAWCETT GROUP: http://www.facebook.com/groups/eastlondonfawcett/
14 July || When Woman Created the World @ Rich Mix, Bethnal Green.16.00pm -17.00pm, FREE. A mischievous and lyrical celebration of WOMAN in word, music, song, dance and image. This is a vibrant ‘work in progress showing’ with discussion and feedback afterwards..
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/338284332913276/
14 July || CLUB LESLEY @ Dalston Superstore. dance, funk-doom, electronic, RnB, garage + a rave cave and more…9.00pm onwards. £5.00
FACEBOOK EVENT:http://www.facebook.com/events/405215876181374/
14 July || DICK AND FANNY @ Camp Basement, EC1 Club night for homosexuals of all persuasions , is back for its sweltering July outing. Our sizzling midsummer line up includes DAVE KENDRICK (MACHO CITY), NADIA KSAIBA, DJ SVETA (AUSTRALIA) and EL NINO DIABLO, 22.00PM – 4.00AM
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/249049991877407/
14 July || BAD REPUTATION @ Resistance Gallery, Bethnal Green. Monthly disco for queers, riot grrrls, punx, and geeks. 10pm-2.30am.£3 entry as usual.We play indie punk pop riot grrrl emo hip hop dance party hits.
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/330233007060290/
19 July || T-CLUB @ Dalston Superstore. Featuring DJs; THE LIBRARIAN, FELIX the BARBER, RICKY ALMEIDA, TATU V. 20.30pm – 2.00am
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/405942379452248/
20 July || JD SAMSON @ TRAUMFRAU @ Blind Tiger Club, Brighton. Brighton’s newest queer night for girls and their friends is back: music you actually like, talented performers and a touch of DIY FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/250039848440602/
20 July || HOWLERS @ Vogue Fabrics. 22.00pm – 3.00am Throbbing RnB, effervescent pop, and power disco FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/419094154810118/
21 July || The Legacy of Octavia Hill @ Guided Walk with the Women’s Library 2.30pm (120 mins), £10.00.Join this walk to commemorate the centenary of the death of Octavia Hill, a tireless social reformer and co-founder of the National Trust. The tour explores Borough and Southwark where Octavia’s legacy of artisan housing, Army Cadets and ‘open sitting rooms’ remain. BOOK IN ADVANCE: http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/thewomenslibrary/whats-on/events/guided-walks.cfm
26 July || South East London Zines Presents; Zine picnic @ Hilly Fields, Brockley. Come and play at South East London Zines’ summer craft session! We’ll make a collective zine on the day, so please feel free to send work to us in advance. Bring snacks and craft materials.
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/304158493013460/304189319677044/?notif_t=plan_mall_activity
27 July || London Dreamtime in association with Storm in a Teacup Present; True Stories on the Heath @ Hampstead Heath Ladies Pond. 5 artists sharing true stories in a twilight setting, with picnics and swimming in the magical surroundings of the Ladies pond. If you are planning to come along please email; neckingernell@yahoo.com
MORE INFO: http://joinourteaparty.org/2012/06/23/siatc-london-dreamtime-present-true-stories-hampstead-heath-ladies-pond/
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/459925054020048/
28 July || Riots not Diets present; The Nuns @ The Green Door Store, Brighton. 7pm, £6.00. All grrrl tribute act playing the songs of 60s beat herberts, THE MONKS (beloved of The Fall, Iggy Pop, Raincoats, etc etc etc etc). The Nuns feature members of Echobelly, Mambo Taxi and many other great bands.
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/255742314534602/
28 July || CLUB MOTHERFU*KER Summer Special @ Corsica Studios, SE17 1EB, 9.00pm – 4.00am. £8.00. LIVE: Teengirl Fantasy, Becoming Real, Seams, Eaux, plus much more. FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/195908290537414/
29 July || East London Fawcett Gallery Tour @ TBC in West End Curated by the artist, Rose Gibbs, this tour will focus on commercial galleries and poses the question, ‘how can commercial galleries adopt and maintain a mandate to support female artists’? FREE
EAST LONDON FAWCETT GROUP: http://www.facebook.com/groups/eastlondonfawcett/
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COMING UP IN AUGUST 2012
3 August || Wotever World meet Pussy Whipped @ Hot August Fringe, Royal Vauxhall Tavern. From 7.00pm. Pussy Whipped is Edinburgh’s queer-feminist bizarre alternative band night, hosting the most talented queer and female bands from across Europe. Tonight Pussy Whipped presents live Maria and The Gay, Ste McCabe, Shrag and Citizen 2, four queer and/or feminist mind-blowing performances you will never forget!
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/382511175146157/
Until 25 August || All Work and Low Pay Exhibition @ The Women’s Library. FREE entry, library opening hours.
MORE INFO: http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/thewomenslibrary/whats-on/exhibitions/all-work-and-low-pay-the-story-of-women-and-work.cfm
April 11 || Progress! A all-female comedy lineup @ Vauxhall Tavern. From 7.00pm
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/242730945816755/
April 12 – 15 || Fringe! Gay Film Fest @ Various venues across East London.
FACEBOOK PAGE: http://www.facebook.com/fringefest
WEBSITE: http://fringefilmfest.com/
April 13 || Fanny Pack | Adventures in Neon @ The Waiting Room, Stoke Newington. From 10.00pm – 4.00am. DJs B-LOW and G-CHILD (the girls are, Girl Germs, spit., She Runs With Wolves, Ladyfest Ten, Now That’s What I Call A Clubnight)
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/277884668956605/
April 13 – 21 || Facing You Exhibition part of Fringe! Film Fest. Facing You brings together five London-based photographers whose work exploresthe notion of queer alongside gender in terms of identity and lifestyle
Opening Times: 7am – 6pm
Private View: 12th April 7pm
Panel Discussion: 15th April 5.30 – 7pm
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/271890402889780/
April 14 || The Most Cake & London Roller Girls present; Girl Gang Trilogy – Fringe! Film Fest @ Hackney Picturehouse Put your warpaint on and join us for a screening of Katrina Del Mar’s explosive Gang Girls Trilogy, preceded by an exclusive Q&A with the London Rollergirls and screenings of heavy metal fuelled bout footage alongside the 27,000+ hit YouTube sensation, ‘Shit London Rollergirls Say’. 10.30pm -1.00am
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/296894580380782/
April 14 || Bad Reputation @ Resistance Gallery. Monthly disco for queers, riot grrrls, punx, and geeks. We play bedroom dancing songs for the socially awkward and the socially awesome. We play indie punk pop riot grrrl emo hip hop dance party hits. 9pm-2am £3 entry
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/330848060298225/
April 14 || Dick & Fanny Official Fringe! Festival Party @ CAMP Basement. DJs: LAUREN FLAX (CREEP, NYC), JOSH SPARBER (NYC), BRIGHT LIGHT BRIGHT LIGHT (DJ SET) and SUDHA (FAITHLESS). As usual they’ll be supplying you with a tasty mix of classic house and techno, hi-NRG, disco and a healthy helping of 90s dance hits. With live visuals supplied on the night by Luke Warda. £7, £6 b4 10pm, £5 for ticketholders of late night Saturday night Fringe! screenings at Rio Dalston and Hackney Picturehouse
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/280734188670069/
April 21 || East London Fawcett Gallery Tour #1 Facing You Exhibition @ Long White Cloud Cafe, E2 8JL. From 2pm onwards
MORE INFO: eastlondonfawcett@gmail.com
April 22 || PUSSY RIOT FUNDRAISER | Girls Get Busy, Not So Popular & Storm in a Teacup present an ALL-DAYER @ The Shacklewell Arms. With bands, DJs, Zines, Workshops. Lineup TBA. £5.00 2.00pm- 12.00pm
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/147284122067968/
April 23 || FREE PUSSY RIOT PROTEST @ The Russian Embassy, London. Pull on your neon balaclava, pick up an electric guitar, get yourself down to the RUSSIAN EMBASSY to protest with these women. Meet at 6pm. Pussy Riot at 6.30pm. On the evening before their trial we will make sure that PUTIN knows women around the world are watching him. In solidarity with PUSSY RIOT. FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/337054436346614/
April 28 || STAV’Bs East London Fawcett Fundraiser From 6.30pm til late @ Fabrica, E8 4AH. Stav B’s liquor bar is delighted to announce the second installment ELF fundraiser aiming to increase awareness within gender equality and raising money for women’s charities. Donation starting from £3. tailor made cocktails, music, performances and other treats, screenings, hair salon/ cuts and styles
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/347987135242162/
April 28 || Too Cute to Puke – Female Fronted Bands – Launch Night! @ The Baby Bathouse, Stoke Newington. Chasing Girls and Too Tough! So Cute DJs. 9.00pm- 3.00am £3.00
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/389741891045449/
April 29 || The Voice of Protest – Spokenword benefit for Slutwalk London @ The Shacklewell Arms. Over 15 spoken-word artists. £5.00 from 7.00pm
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/310074289057862/
MAY 2012
3-5 May || Her Noise Archive Symposium @ Tate Modern A three day event investigating feminist discourses in sound, launching with a performance and talk by Pauline Oliveros.The event marks the donation of the Her Noise Archive to University of the Arts London Archives and Special Collections housed at London College of Communication, and is realised as a collaboration between CRiSAP (Creative Research in Sound Arts Practice), Electra and Tate. INFO:http://www.furtherfield.org/netbehaviour/soundgenderfeminismactivism-call-contributions
5 May || NMR#15 The Sticks, Covergirl, Chasing Girls @ Power Lunches, Dalston. 7pm onwards
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/272185176175273/
27 February || The Vagina Monologues | A special fundraiser for FIG, Daughters of Eve & Clit Rock 7pm @ Bethnal Green Working Men’s club. Merch stall, performance of the play, a few surprises, a short talk, an amazing raffle, plus excellent Bad Reputation DJs.
TICKETS: http://thevaginamonologues27feb12.eventbrite.com/
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/273433762723248/COMING UP IN MARCH 20121 March || The Great East London Art Audit | With East London Fawcett Group.Central Meeting Point: Pub on the Park, E8 3PE. Join the East London Fawcett Group on the first ever Great East London Art Audit! Grab your audit pack and count at a gallery of your choice as we try and find out the truth about representation in the art world. Please contact zoealexander@yahoo.com to register your gallery preference and info pack.
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/328695670499964/3 March || Million Women Rise March 2012 @12pm Orchard St, W1
MORE INFO: http://www.facebook.com/groups/11516673477/4 March || Girls Get Busy Zine Making Workshop@ The Shaklewell Arms, E8 2EB. 2pm – 5pm zine making session with a photocopying station. Please bring your own art supplies. A selection of homemade pies with mash will be available from the bar. If you’d like to host your own workshop please email girlsgetbusyzine@gmail.com
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/342356782471125/
MORE INFO: www.girlsgetbusyzine.tumblr.com7 March || Women’s History- Half the Future, Half the Past @ Housmans Radical BookshopLaunching the annual Women’s History Month celebrations, Jessica Metheringham-Owlett will be at Housmans to give a broad perspective on issues surrounding women’s history. £3, redeemable against any purchase, 7.00pm
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/336899849682797/8 March || International Women’s Day@ All over the world!
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/259227784152660/9 March || CLUB THE MAMMOTH @ THE OLD BLUE LAST| COLD IN BERLIN [SINGLE LAUNCH] + Severin + Heretics. Free Entry
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/235087286571843/10 March || Wonderful Women of Whitechapel and Spitalfieldsguided tour with the Womens Library. 2pm £10.00 To celebrate International Women’s Week, visit sites associated with women who have defined Whitechapel and Spitalfields.
MORE INFO: http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/thewomenslibrary/whats-on/events/guided-walks.cfm12 March || To Freedoms Cause@ 2pm & 7pm Tristan Bates Theatre, Covent Garden. A play exploring the intertwining stories before and after the day Suffragette Emily Wilding Davison lost her life at Derby day 1913, this play is a look at the personal stories of the suffragette movement. £12/£9 MORE INFO:http://www.tristanbatestheatre.co.uk/Also_on.asp8-11 March || Women of the World Festival 2012 @ Southbank CentreStorm in a Teacup, VV Collective and East London Fawcett will be at the Marketplace on Sat & Sun. For full festival programme visit website!
FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/womenoftheworldfestival
MORE INFO: http://www.facebook.com/womenoftheworldfestival16 March || Ladyfest Bristol – Men Can Be Feminists Too@ Stag and Hounds, Bristol. To prove anyone can support equality no matter what gender, three of the best up-and-coming bands will perform for your listening pleasure. All proceeds from the gig will go towards the funding of Bristol Ladyfest.
MORE INFO:http://www.bfi.org.uk/llgff31 March || Dyke March 2012London’s first dyke march in Central London since the 1980s! Dress up, dress down, bring placards, bring flags, bring your bicycle, bring your favorite people. Meeting 5pm in Soho Square and then marching through Central London.
FUNDRAISING: http://www.indiegogo.com/Dyke-March-UK
MORE INFO: http://www.facebook.com/events/225743957471910/
1-4 December || Girls Get Busy Exhibition # 1 @ The Shacklewell Arms
Featuring artists that have contributed to the zine, video installations, zine table including hard copies, band footage and of course a merchandise stall.
PRIVATE VIEW: Thursday 1st Dec 7pm – 10pm
OPENING HOURS: Saturday & Sunday 12pm – 5pm
MORE INFO: http://girlsgetbusyzine.tumblr.com/
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=123173814458611
2 December || Club Motherfucker @ Corsica Studios, Elephant & Castle. Club Motherfucker is a D.I.Y, underground inspired, dance party LIVE BANDS & DJS 9:00pm – 4:00a On door:£4 before 9.30pm
FACEBOOK EVENT:http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=263875050317466
8 December||ELF Campaign Meeting @ Location TBC East London Fawcett group Campaign update and a chance to share your ideas for the direction of the group, we will head to the pub afterwards. From 7pm
MORE INFO: http://eastlondonfawcett.wordpress.com
10 December || MUFF MARCH @ Harley Street. From 11.30 am “Your Labia is for life not just for Christmas!” UK Feminista MUFF MARCH in Harley Street! Tired of cosmetic surgeons profiting from body hatred? Want to speak out against a porn culture that is driving more and more women to the surgeon’s table to get a ‘designer vagina’?
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/314791548546961/
10 December| | Bad Reputation @ Resistance Gallery, Bethnal Green. Brand new dance party queers and punx and grrrls and geeks and you! 9pm-2am
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/262665293781947/
10 December || Other Peoples Property Warehouse Party @ *Secret Location* OPP DJs & Guest DJs from 10pm – 6am. £8.00 on door
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=169182536508320
11 December || !Women Art Revolution Screening @ Whitechapel Gallery. Screening at 3pm FREE For over forty years, Director Lynn Hershman Leeson has collected hundreds of hours of interviews with visionary artists, historians, curators and critics who shaped the beliefs and values of the Feminist Art Movement and reveal previously undocumented strategies used to politicize female artists and integrate women into art structures.
MORE INFO: http://joinourteaparty.org/2011/10/22/women-art-revolution-sreenings-the-whitechapel-gallery/
15 December || East London Fawcett Group Christmas Dinner @ The Approach Tavern, 47 Approach Road, E2 9LY. RSVP if you would like to book a place. A chance to catch up and get to know each other better, as well as look forward to the agenda for next year. From 7pm. Email: eastlondonfawcett@gmail.com
MORE INFO:http://eastlondonfawcett.wordpress.com
18 December||Feminist Fightback: East London Feminist Trail Feminist Fightback is organising a ramble on the trail of Sylvia Pankhurst and the radical women of East London. Welcome to all genders and none. Meet at Bow Road Tube station. Drinks afterwards. From 2pm MORE INFO: http://www.feministfightback.org.uk/?p=416
MORE INFO: http://www.rasasc.org.uk
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=1998804667157503 November || 20//20 Exhibition @ Bethnal Green Working Mans Club We are an all-lady curatorial collective holding an exhibition at the Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club in November. Although not strictly feminist, much of their work engages with gender issues in art. Events running through to the 1st of December.
MORE INFO: http://2020collective.tumblr.com/
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=2482770685585596 November || Women – Protest the sexist Miss World contest! Protest called by the London Feminist Network. Supported by OBJECT, UK Feminista, Million Women Rise. Assemble: The Tournament pub (opposite West Brompton tube station – District line, London Overground line; please check for weekend engineering works.)
Time: 2.15pm briefing (protest begins at 2.45pm)
FACEBOOK EVENT: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=2904811876378039 November ||Africa Risings film screening part of CLITROCK @ Bethnal Green Working Mans Club Daughters of Eve along with shoreditch sisters and others presents the powerful documentary Africa Rising. Film Screening and Panel Discussion. 18.30pm. FREE
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=1770103190521629 November || East London Fawcett Group Campaign Meeting With special guest, Roberta Wedge, from the Mary on the Green Campaign, which seeks to erect a scuplture on Newington Green to honour the pioneering feminist, Mary Wollstonecraft. Afterwards, we will plan for future ELF campaigns and then we will be heading to the pub afterwards and so please join for a drink!
MORE INFO: http://maryonthegreen.org/
EAST LONDON FAWCETT: http://eastlondonfawcett.wordpress.cm
FACEBOOK EVENT:http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=2125937521461469 November || Cut in All Ways: The Impact of Equality talk @ The Womens Library. This discussion looks at those who are most affected by the impacts of the recession. Research shows women, people from minority ethnic backgrounds and older people are often the ones who lose out. Guest speakers include Diane Abbott MP; Anna Bird, Acting Chief Executive of the Fawcett Society and Sarah Veale CBE, TUC Head of Equality and Employment Rights. Ticket £8.00 from 7pm
MORE INFORMATION: http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/thewomenslibrary/whats-on/events/home.cfm
MORE INFORMATION: http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/thewomenslibrary/whats-on/events/home.cfm
SLUTWALK 2012: http://slutmeansspeakup.org.uk/
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=12815062062096912 – 13 November || LaDIYfest Sheffield 2011 @ Various venues in Sheffield Music, Zines, Stalls and Workshops. : Saturday evening will see the city play host to the exciting bands Hooker, Womb, Cover Girl, Executive Legs and Bellies, but it’s not just about the music, with all proceeds going to the very worthy cause of Sheffield Rape and Sexual Abuse Counselling Service (SRASACS).
MORE INFO: http://ladiyfestsheffield.wordpress.com/
FACEBOOK EVENT:http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=18843773454216612 November || Fem 11 | UK Feminista’s National Conference @ The Friends House, London. Featuring workshops and seminars organised by leading feminist organisations, including: Fawcett Society, Abortion Rights, OBJECT, Southall Black Sisters, Women for Women International, Imkaan, Women’s Resource Centre, Platform 51, Rights of Women, Centre for Women and Democracy, Women’s Environmental Network, End Violence Against Women coalition, Imkaan, Women for Refugee Women and the White Ribbon Campaign.
BOOK YOUR PLACE: http://ukfeminista.org.uk/events/event/fem-11/
FACEBOOK EVENT:http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=27604449574128012 November || South East London ZINE FEST @ Amersham Arms. 12.00pm -18.00pm A day of Zines, comics, comix and other forms of self publishing…
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=12644545745769312 November || BAD REPUTATION @ Resistance Gallery, Bethnal Green. We are back in November for our monthly disco for queers, riot grrrls, punx, and geeks. We play bedroom dancing songs for the socially awkward and the socially awesome. We play We play indie punk pop riot grrrl emo hip hop dance party hits. 9pm-2am £3 entry.
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=18571332483680613 November || !Women Art Revolution Screening @ Whitechapel Gallery. Screening at 3pm FREE For over forty years, Director Lynn Hershman Leeson has collected hundreds of hours of interviews with visionary artists, historians, curators and critics who shaped the beliefs and values of the Feminist Art Movement and reveal previously undocumented strategies used to politicize female artists and integrate women into art structures.
MORE INFO: http://joinourteaparty.org/2011/10/22/women-art-revolution-sreenings-the-whitechapel-gallery/19 November || Fawcett Society DEMO “Dont Turn Back Time on Womens Equality” 12 noon – march congregates at Temple tube, Victoria Embankment. 1950’s THEME: DRESS UP! To send the message that women don’t want to be catapulted back to the levels of inequality of yesteryear.
MEET UP WITH EAST LONDON FAWCETT GROUP @ Bricklane: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=103290553117744
MORE INFO: http://www.fawcettsociety.org.uk/index.asp?Pageid=1247
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=30155801652662619 November || Stav B’s Liquor Bar 1 year Birthday Bash @ The Slaughter House, London E2 8HZ. Live music, DJs, Art, Performance, Cocktails! 6.30pm – 2.30am
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=22938099045983819 November || Ladyfest Nottingham 2011 @ Various venues across the city. Showcasing the best in female talent from Nottingham and beyond. Also craft fair, art exhibitions, workshops, acoustic venue, comedy venue and dance and performance arts.
BUY TICKETS: http://www.gigantic.com/gigantic/home_ladyfest.html
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=26537476348761220 November || CLIT ROCK @ The Lexington, N1 9JB Raise awareness and funds for Daughters of Eve an organisation committed to preventing, fighting and ultimately ending Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
Live Acts: We Rock Like Girls Don’t, She Makes War, Dana Jade, Dark Moon, Thrush Metal
FACEBOOK EVENT:http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=128722963896988&ref=ts
23-26 November || UNDERWIRE film festival 2011 @ Various venues in East London. A short film festival dedicated to showcasing the raw cinematic talents of women. Full Programme now announced!
MORE INFORMATION: http://underwirefestival.com
26 November || Reclaim the Night March Assemble @ Whitehall Place and march up towards Trafalgar Square. Mixed Rally with speakers, stalls, hot food, bar and DJ until late. March for NO to male violence against women, NO cuts to women’s services. Nearest Tube Embankment.
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=109141825855198
27 November || BUST Christmas Craftacular @ York Hall SHOP, CRAFT, DANCE AND MAKE MERRY at the BUST magazine Christmas Craftacular, with over 70 stalls of the hottest in handmade, DJs, drinks and DIY workshops. 12.00pm- 18.00pm £6.00
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=241261069263931
27 November || !Women Art Revolution Screening @ Whitechapel Gallery. Screening at 3pm FREE For over forty years, Director Lynn Hershman Leeson has collected hundreds of hours of interviews with visionary artists, historians, curators and critics who shaped the beliefs and values of the Feminist Art Movement and reveal previously undocumented strategies used to politicize female artists and integrate women into art structures.
MORE INFO: http://joinourteaparty.org/2011/10/22/women-art-revolution-sreenings-the-whitechapel-gallery/
LIVE: TEETH, Pens, Gross Magic plus DJs. 8.00pm
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=106013536157804
22 September || Women Who Invented the Twentieth Century @ The Womens Library. Renowned feminist historian Sheila Rowbotham discusses the history of the early women’s movement from 1880s- 1920s. Ticket: £8, from 7pm.MORE INFORMATION: http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/thewomenslibrary/whats-on/events/home.cfm
22 September || Fundraising & Publicity meeting @ The Feminist Library. Have you got experience in Fundraising or Publicity? Would you like to gain experience and help the Feminist Library at the same time? This is your chance!FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=119151614851429
22 September || MOTHER FESTIVAL 2011 in Berlin. Mother Festival is dedicated to WOWmens contemporary music and art. 2009 Tel Aviv, 2010 London. 2011 in Berlin. For full lineup see links.
MORE INFORMATION: http://www.motherfestival.com/layers/TICKET.html
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=128625367229069
23 September || Cross Cruising fundraiser for the Sex Workers University @ The Oak Bar, London. A night of dancing, performances, an auction and a raffle! LIVE: A Ona (Poopsy Club/Berlin), Lola Love, Nikki Lucas (Liberte/Habibi), Lakuti (Uzuri Recordings/Süd Electronics) £5.00
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=211327478921683
23 September || Supernatural Urban Forest with Vanessa Woolf @ Elephant & Castle urban forest. Vanessa Woolf tells ghost stories from the metropolis with musical ghost songs from her husband Nigel of Bermondsey. We’ll be in the heart of the Elephant and Castle Urban Forest, and it’ll be getting dark! You can be sure the bats will come to hear the spooky tales. 8PM
MORE INFORMATION: http://elephantandcastleurbanforest.com/?page_id=107
FACEBOOK PAGE: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=203090436416886
23 September || UNSKINNY BOP @ Bethnal Green Working Mans Club, London.Entry: £5 on the door 9.00pm – 2.00am
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=282948935053631#
23 September || Upset the Rhythm : UT, TRASH KIT & PEEPHOLES @ The Lexington, London. New York punk legends UT also LIVE: Trash Kit and Peepholes.
FACEBOOK EVENT:http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=155861667833629
24 September || Stitch, Stitch, Stitch @ Womens Library guided tour. This tour traces the development of arts and crafts produced by centuries of women on the fringes of the City, once the centre of London’s silk and sweated tailoring industries. Today the same streets and buildings are home to vibrant markets, designer makers and cutting edge shopping. Book your place £10.00. Tour starts at 11.00am
MORE INFORMATION: http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/thewomenslibrary/whats-on/events/home.cfm
25 September || Sheffield Zine Fair @ Brezza, Sheffield. The First ever Sheffield Zine Fair. Lots of great distros and zine makers. Including; Vampire Sushi Distro.
FACEBOOK EVENT:http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=168038216599257
27 September || GIRLS GET BUSY present “Dont Need You” screening @ The Alibi, London. Screening of legendary riot girl documentary Plus GGB Djs. FREE entry 9.00pm
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=248867438487929
MORE INFORMATION: http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/thewomenslibrary/whats-on/events/home.cfm
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=11863508156419330 September || SEVERIN live @ Abandon Normal Devices Festival, Liverpool. Chew Disco presents bands at AND festival. Festival of new cinema and digital culture.
SEVERIN: http://severin666.com
CHEW DISCO: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=100699336715
MORE INFORMATION: http://www.andfestival.org.uk/
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=149143505160878
Thursday 4th -17th of August || VV Collective; Girls on Top Exhibition @ Dead Dolls Club. Running for 2 weeks. A new series from VV co-founders Ellie Green and Bex Massey. E9 7LG.
FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Dead-Dolls-Club/
MORE INFO: http://wearevv.wordpress.com/2011/05/08/vv-duo-show-girls-on-top-dead-dolls-club/
9th August-9th September || BECKY BOSTON Solo exhbition @ Gallery 320. Becky showed her work at Storm in a Teacups “Have your Cake and Eat It” party last August. Becky will be exhibiting a collection of portraits after winning a competition held by the gallery seeking new up and coming talents. The exhibition will be held from the 9th of August for a month with the private view being held on the 11th of August 2011.
MORE INFO:http://www.gallery320.co.uk/currentexhibition.html
FACEBOOK EVENT:http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=122950221130304
10th August || KNIT & NATTER with the Shoreditch Sisters @ Leon, E1 6DW Regular knitting, nattering and stitching group. Bring your knitting or other crafts, share your knitty successes and woes, get some helpful advice or learn the basics with a free knitting lesson (£3 to buy the needles & wool or bring your own.)
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=209827182403034
12th August || QUEER RIOT @ Royal Vauxhall Tavern. Hosted by Ste McCabe night of in-yer-face, inspiring, fuck-you underground queer music. Crammed into 3 hours are 5 of most energetic, fun and political queer/feminist musicians in the UK. Performances: Atomizer, Candy Panic Attack, Ethical Debating Society, Maria and the Gay & Ste McCabe. 7.00pm -10.00pm
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=100375533390996
13th August || BAD REPUTATION @ Resistace Gallery, Bethnal Green.
Brand new dance party queers and punx and grrrls and geeks and you!
£3.00 9pm-2am
FACEBOOK EVENT:http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=128992950518194
13th August || SwagOn Vs OPP @ Brighton Pride. Bring yourself to the seafront to celebrate the proudest weekend of the year. SwagON is 2 fully stocked rooms catering for all of your audio and dancing requirements. £6.00 10.00pm – 4.00am
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=193537777365015
13th & 14th of August || UK Feminista Summer School 2011 @ Birmingham University. A FREE two days of training, inspiration and solidarity where You’ll learn crucial campaigning skills in everything from how to use the media to how to take direct action.
MORE INFO:http://www.ukfeminista.org.uk/events/all-events/3-ukfeminista-event/398-summer-school-2011.html
16th August || Climate Rush demo: STOP THE FARE HIKES! Demo for fair fares.
As part of their austerity cuts, the government is planning to raise fares by 28% by 2015. We want to stop them.For more info see facebook event page.
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=118200734943414
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=134496173304680
Saturday 27th August || Storm in a Teacup Presents; Her-story, Your-story, Our-story: True stories on the Heath @ Kenwood Ladies Pond, Hampstead Heath. Hosted by Vanessa Wolf from London Dreamtime. Join us for story and song sharing, swimming, and picnic by the ladies pond in the magical surroundings of Hampstead Heath. FREE outdoor event from 7pm.
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=220528031320052
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July 2011
Latitude Festival 2011 || Verity Flecknell (Storm in a Teacup) performs Johnny Cash – Blues and Kazoos in the Literary Arena as part of YARN: Ten Stories about Smoking showcase. 10.30pm @ Literary Arena, Friday 15th of July.
BLOG POST: http://joinourteaparty.wordpress.com/2011/06/30/open-submissions-your-stories-about-smoking-latitude-festival/
LATITUDE:http://www.latitudefestival.co.uk/2011/lineup/artist/yarn_presents_ten_stories_about_smoking
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=234811889870378
Saturday & Sunday 2nd & 3rd July || Ladyfest Paris feat. VV Collective & Art Macabre For more info about Ladyfest Paris including the line up of many amazing events go to: http://ladyfestparis.tumblr.com/
Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002158432698
VV Collective http://wearevv.wordpress.com
Art Macabre: http://deathdrawing.wordpress.com
Tuesday 5th of July || For Books Sake Presents; The Oxfam Literary Quiz at Oxfam Bookfest Another instalment of For Books Sake popular quiz, this time as part of Oxfam’s annual books donation drive. Assemble up to five of your cleverest cohorts and book your team in advance to be in with a chance to win all sorts of booksy booty generously provided by Oxfam. Only £1 per person. 8pm @ Oxfam Dalston
OXFAM BOOKFEST: http://www.oxfam.org.uk/shop/content/books/bookfest.html
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=110743112348901
Wednesday 6th & Saturday 16th of July || Two feminist walks in aid of the Reclaim the Night; £10.00. Book via info@golondontours.com / 020 8883 4169 Wonderful Women of Whitechapel – Wednesday 6th July, 6pm & Battling Belles of Bow – Saturday 16th July, 2.30pm MORE INFO: http://www.golondontours.com/GoLondonTours/Go_Womens_London.html
Thursday July 7th || Twat Boutique @ Dalston Superstore. 9pm-3am. New channel 5 Lesbian doc screening. Featuring: AUSTRA DJ set. FREE entry
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=213247075387130
Saturday 9th July || Pro-choice March
Old Palace Yard, Westminster. From 1.30pm
MORE INFO: http://www.abortionrights.org.uk/
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=175470995844914
Friday July 15th || Twat Boutique 2nd Birthday @ XOYO || Ms Dynamite LIVE and DJs. 10pm-3am. EC2A
BUY TICKETS: http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=gb_london&query=detail&event=452958
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=185641828160848
Friday July 15th || SPIT. Music presents; MC Envy, Bellatrix @ The Southbank Centre. As part of the Southbank Centre’s Intelligent Movement festival (in association with Channel 4′s Street Summer), spit. presents a free event showcasing some of the most exciting women on the hip-hop, grime and dub scenes. FREE entry 5pm – 7pm.
MORE INFO: http://www.spit-music.com/
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=220186748012249
Saturday 16th of July || Unskinny Bop Farewell to the Star of Bethnal Green @ The Star of Bethnal Green. Moving to a new venue next month! 21.00pm -2.00am
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=196887263692995
Monday 18th of July || UK FEMINISTA presents; 10th Anniversary Screening of Hardcore Amnesty International Human Rights Action Centre, 17-25 New Inn Yard, London EC2A 3EA. 6.30pm £3.00 (suggested donation)
MORE INFO:http://www.ukfeminista.org.uk/events/all-events/3-ukfeminista-event/402-hardcore.html
Thursday July 21st || Kicker Conspiracy Presents; Vivian Girls, Veronica Falls and Mazes @ X0Y0 with DJs Club.The.Mammoth & Dance Magic Dance DJs. From 8pm £12.00. EC2A 4AP
BUY TICKETS: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/115716
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=114070272013211
Friday July 22nd || SEVERIN (live & DJ sets) @ Goonite Club, Buffalo Bar. 9pm -4am. £5.00.
MORE INFO: http://www.buffalobar.co.uk/listing/2011/07/22/goonite-presents/
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Coming up in August 2011
Thursday 4th -17th of August || VV Collective presents; Girls on Top Exhibition @ Dead Dolls Club. Private View: 4th August; running for 2 weeks. A new series from VV co-founders Ellie Green and Bex Massey. E9 7LG.
MORE INFO: http://wearevv.wordpress.com/2011/05/08/vv-duo-show-girls-on-top-dead-dolls-club/
13th August || SwagOn Vs OPP @ Brighton Pride. Bring yourself to the seafront to celebrate the proudest weekend of the year. SwagON is 2 fully stocked rooms catering for all of your audio and dancing requirements. £6.00 10.00pm – 4.00am
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=193537777365015
13th & 14th of August || UK Feminista Summer School 2011 @ Birmingham University. A FREE two days of training, inspiration and solidarity where You’ll learn crucial campaigning skills in everything from how to use the media to how to take direct action.
MORE INFO:http://www.ukfeminista.org.uk/events/all-events/3-ukfeminista-event/398-summer-school-2011.html
Saturday 27th August || Storm in a Teacup Presents; Her-story, Your-story, Our-story: True stories on the Heath @ Kenwood Ladies Pond, Hampstead Heath. Hosted by Vanessa Wolf from London Dreamtime. Join us for story and song sharing, swimming, and picnic by the ladies pond in the magical surroundings of Hampstead Heath. FREE outdoor event from 7pm. BlOGPOST:http://joinourteaparty.wordpress.com/2011/06/26/siatc-presents-her-story-your-story-our-story-true-stories-on-the-heath/
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=220528031320052
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PAST EVENTS
COMING UP IN 2011
Saturday 4th June || Eff Off Hef Campaign against Playboy Club opening in London Organised by UK Feminista and Object.
UK Feminista: http://www.ukfeminista.org.uk/
Object: http://www.object.org.uk/
Facebook Event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=110848702337390
Thursday 9th June || Fawcett Society East London Branch Launch @ Rich Mix, Bethnal Green. Email: storminateacup2009@googlemail.com for more info. Fawcett Society Info: http://www.fawcettsociety.org.uk/index.asp?PageID=12
Thursday 9th June || Slutwalk London Discussion and Banner Making @ Feminist Library.
FEMINIST LIBRARY: http://feministlibrary.co.uk/2011/06/04/slutwalk-discussion-group-and-banner-making/
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=219748344710233
FACEBOOK GROUP: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_138810589524015
Friday 10th June || RUMPUS || Vol. 5 Birthday party! Join the Ho-down in six rooms including Verity Flecknell from Storm in a Teacup performing a blues set and leading the RUMPUS Kazoo Orchestra PLUS Art Macabre and Cut a Shine Ceilidh – 6 rooms of circus, performances, art and dancing @ Electrowerkz, Torrens St. Angel tube . 10pm – 6am More Info: http://rumpusparty.co.uk/
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=198272903549878
Saturday 11th June|| Slutwalk London Protest March
WEBSITE: http://slutwalklondon.tumblr.com/
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=170740926316002
FACEBOOK GROUP: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_138810589524015
Thursday 16 June || Collecting Zines Tour || @The Womens Library Find out about the Library’s extensive zine collection that dates back to the 1970s covering topics including music, feminism, art, fashion, food, politics, sexuality and popular culture. 7pm (45 mins) Free of charge
Sunday 19th June || For Books Sake Presents; Books & Blues | With music from Verity Flecknell from Storm in a Teacup, readings and poetry @ The Fox, Lewisham. Facebook event coming soon. More Info: http://forbookssake.net
Saturday 25th June || Womens library zine fest || Storm in a Teacup table @ The Women’s Library, 25 Old Castle Street, London. 12pm-4pm, Free More info: http://feministmemory.wordpress.com/zinefest-2011/
MORE INFO: http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/thewomenslibrary/whats-on/events/zine-fest-2011.cfm
Thursday 30th June || Under Acid Stars | A night of music, performance and poetry @ The Victoria, Mile End.
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=130930440314336
SATURDAY 5th March
Million Women Rise March & Rally || Meet at Hyde Park, 12pm www.millionwomenrise.com
SATURDAY 5th March
|DU|AT | || An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump (Live Set & DJ set) , Teeth of the Sea (Live Set), Le Mondrum (Live Set) Plus DJs @ 11 Gales Bethnal Green FACEBOOK EVENT http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=185908248105420
TUESDAY 8th March
International Womens Day www.internationalwomensday.com
SATURDAY 12th & SUNDAY 13th March
Women of the World Festival || Southbank Centre || Storm in a Teacup presents ‘Make a zine in a day’ Creative? Crafty? Got something to say? Join female arts collective Storm in a Teacup in creating your very own zine in a day. With workshops, zine makers, scissors and glue on hand, all the tools will be provided for you to produce your very own DIY publication. For full listings and tickets: http://southbankcentre.co.uk/wow FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=129595337114192
TUESDAY 15th February
Art is Dead || Romance is Dead alternative life drawing. Anti Valentines special @ The Victoria, Mile End £8.00 . 20.00pm
http://www.deathdrawing.wordpress.com
THURSDAY 17th February
NO FUN || Comedy with Kerry Godliman, Jeff Leach, Gerry Howell, Mae Martin, Paul Ricketts, Cara Cummings, Zoe Grisdale (MC) @ The George Tavern 8pm. £4.00
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/107766
SATURDAY 19th February
The Feminist Library 35th Birthday Benefit || Performances from Viv Albertine, Martha & Eve, Trash Kit, Lorraine Jordan and Girl Germs DJs. The Round Chapel, Powerscroft, Hackney E5 OPU 19.00-23.00
SUNDAY 20th February
Le Cinema des Femmes || True Homance Double Bill ‘Ghost World’ & ‘Romy & Michelles High School Reunion’ screenings @ The Horatia, N7 8JE Doors 17:00pm. First film 18.00pm £4.00http://www.lecinemadesfemmes.wordpress.com
SUNDAY 20th February
Brighton Zine Fest 2011 || Come and find the Storm in a Teacup & Fat Quarter table!
WEDNESDAY 23rd February
YARNfest 2011 || Ten Stories About Smoking || See the collection of short stories interpreted into film, theatre, music and spoken word by artists including The Strumpettes, Quattro Formaggio, Verity Flecknell (SIATC), The Android Angel and Camila Fiori. PLUS more events from 15th -23rd of February. 19.30pm £5.00
SATURDAY 26th February
Fannypack || DJs from Ladyfest Ten; Girl Germs and The Girls Are…||nostalgic indulgence; an evening of 90s Music and culture. 9pm – 2am @ The Horatia £4.00
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=185214228175565
11 January | ART IS DEAD| Life Drawing Class @ The Victoria, Mile End. 20.00pm – 10.00pm. £8.00 to draw.
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=156539591060056
17 January | FOR BOOKS SAKE presents; Women Poets at the Poetry Library. 6.30pm @ The Poetry Library, Soutbank Centre
MORE INFO: http://forbookssake.net/2011/01/05/for-books-sake-presents-women-poets-at-the-poetry-library/
28 January | SIATC DJ @ KILL YOUR IDOLS launch night | LIVE: Hysterical Injury & Severin @ The Victoria, Mile End. 20.00pm-1.00am. £4.00
FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=159182587461850
**PEARL BANG> Saturday 2nd of October SIATC’s Verity Flecknell & The Girls Are..Annette Barlow DJ @ The George Tavern, Stepney.
**SIATC &Ladyfest Ten >Tuesday 5th of October ’So She Said’ Women and Words @ The Victoria, Mile End. Three guest poets, performance art, comedy, Open Mic! Facebook Event
>12th of October > Swallows & Amazons alternative life drawing salon @ The Victoria, Mile End. Japan themed. Ink and manga techniques. Models Hanami Hannah and Empress Muzuki. Facebook group & Facebook event
>16th of October > Club Motherf*cker > SIATC’s Verity Flecknell & Annette Barlow (The Girls Are…) DJ for Ladyfest Ten alongside a stellar lineup including Dance Magic Dance DJ set and JD Samson from Le Tigre/MEN DJ set @ Corsica Bar 10pm-4am. Facebook Event
>19th of October > Swallows & Amazons alternative life drawing salon @ The Victoria, Mile End. Featuring: The Belles of London City Folk theme.
Facebook group & Facebook event
>23rd of October > ‘Just a Girl’ Battle of the Bands > Live Final! A Ladyfest Ten fundraiser @ The Horatia, N7 8JE
Facebook Event
>26th of October > Swallows & Amazons alternative life drawing salon returns @ The Victoria, Mile End. “Death Becomes her” Halloween theme.
Facebook group & Facebook event
>30th of October > Zombie Prom Halloween Party | Papered Parlour Ladyfest Ten Fundriaser @ The Papered Parlour, 7 Prescott Place, SW4 6BS Facebook Event
NOVEMBER
>5th November > Girlfawkes Night> Ladyfest Ten presents; Lulu and the Lampshades, Storytelling, spokenword and craftavism. 6.30pm @ QEH Southbank Centre. Free.http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/find/literature-spoken-word/tickets/girl-fawkes-a-ladyfest-ten-celebration-55088 >
LADYFEST TEN Festival > 12th, 13th, 14th November 2010
http://ladyfestten.com/
Tickets now available from We Got Tickets:http://www.wegottickets.com/f/2004
