This just in! TODAY, Ms. Magazine is hosting a release party for Florence Howe's new memoir "A Life In Motion" Attendees will be Gloria Jacobs (Executive Director, Feminist Press), Carol Jenkins (Woman's Media) and Katherine Spillar (Executive Director, Ms. Magazine)!
It's happening today, in like 4 hours, so if you can make it, RSVP to the number below...
Here are the details:
Sunday, Jan 9th 2-4PM
433 South Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills, CA
(Between Olympic Blvd & Pico Blvd)
RSVP required - 310.566.2515
I hope you all had a lovely holiday season, enjoying the snow/ rain/ multiple screenings of Black Swan.. etc.
I'm excited to kick off the new year with such a positive event. The Hammer Museum will be screening the documentary "A Small Act", Produced and Directed by Jennifer Arnold, and Produced by Patti Lee.
One of my focuses for the new year is to make positive contributions to my surroundings, therefore creating positive change in the lives around me. This is the perfect way to begin, and this film is the perfect introduction to a year of positive ripple effects.
You may have already heard about "A Small Act", it's gotten so much great buzz and has been awarded the Elle/ Garnier Film Independent Directing Fellowship, and the Women In Film National Geographic All Roads Film Program award. I can't wait to see it, and I'm bringing tissues. Here's a little synopsis.
"A Small Act explores the ripple effect a single action can create. This award winning documentary tells the story of Chris Mburu, a young man from Kenya, and his astonishing journey from an impoverished village to becoming a Harvard Law School graduate and a human rights lawyer for the United Nations. Eventually Mburu traces the woman who sponsored his early education for 50 cents a day, and finds she is a Holocaust survivor, who is amazed to discover that her small act of generosity has led to educating a man who would then dedicate his life to fighting crimes against humanity." - Hammer Museum
Writer/ Director/ Producer Jennifer Arnold and Producer/DP Patti Lee will be there for a Q&A following the screening.
But best of all, the screening is FREE! Just another reason to love The Hammer Museum. (They're not paying me, I swear. I just think they're great)
Here's the Info:
Date: January 4, 2011 Time: 7:00PM Location:
Hammer Museum
10899 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Phone: 310.443.7000
And here's the trailer .... About those tissues...
I think this one is especially cool. I share a mutual friend with the author and have heard only rave reviews of her as a woman, and a friend. I can't wait to see what she brings as an Authoress.
Here's a little blurb about the book from the website.
"... A deeply personal first-hand account of what it was like to be trapped in an unwanted pregnancy at the close of an era where home economics took precedence over sex education. It tells the story of the last generation of young women to experience life on the eve of the sexual revolution of the sixties and the passing of legislation legalizing abortion. It is a unique time in history, foreign to an entire generation of women, that resulted in an incredible number of reunions between birth parents and their children --- 20, 30 and 40 years after."
I come from a family of re-united adoption, and I know how powerful that connection is. I can't wait to hear Ms. Hawn talk about her experiences first hand. Please come along, and bring an open mind, and an open heart.
Where: Pages: A Bookstore
904 Manhattan Beach Ave.
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
Always looking for some, interesting, creative, exciting, empowering things to do in L.A. Please let us know if you have a Fabulous Feminist Media Event we can attend!
