"Celebration of Love" - Pride at Heartland Gay-Straight Alliance invites you and a guest to join us in Celebration of Love. We have chosen to honor the dreams of Illinois gay and lesbian citizens who hope to one day legally commit to the person they laugh with, live for, dream with, and love, by hosting a mock civil union. In lieu of gifts, Pride request that you bring letters of support for House Bill 2234, the Illinois Religions Freedome Protection and Civil Unions Act, written to your state representatives and to be delivered to Springfield by us. Cake, letter writing, and merriment to follow. RSVP to rmishler@my.heartland.edu.
Heartland Community College
"The Humanities in the Age of Catastrophe" - College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Lecture by Professor Lynn Worsham.
Bone Student Center, Old Main Room. Free and open to the public.
"Pro choice rally" - Contact Brandy Peak at bmpeak@ilstu.edu for more information.
The Quad
"WGS Gallery Opening - Gussied Up" - Work by Connie Richards. Artist talk at 12:30. Exhibit will be featured for the remainder of the semester. Come check it out!
Women's and Gender Studies Gallery, Rachel Cooper, 237
"A Woman in a Strange World" - Talk by oceanographer Sylvia Earle. Earle will be the featured speaker at the Illinois State University Women’s History Month Cultural Dinner. Tickets for the dinner may be purchased through April 13 at the Linkins (West Campus), Watterson Food Court, and Southside dining centers. Ticket price is $15.25 for the public. Illinois State meal plan participants can purchase a ticket using one meal access. For more information contact Mboka Mwilambwe in University Housing Services at mtmwila@ilstu.edu. The Women’s History Month Cultural Dinner is sponsored by University Housing Services, Campus Dining Services, South Unity, Association of South Campus, Association of Residence Halls, The Green Team and ARH Sustainability Fund.
Bone Student Center Prairie Room
"Guerrilla Girls - Reinventing the 'F' Word"
Bone Student Center, Brown Ballroom
"ISU Pride meeting" - Pride will be meeting at the Bowling and Billiards Center this week in place of it's regular meeting. Nominations for positions on the board are still open, and voting will take place next week for those positions.
ISU Bowling and Billiards Center
"Day of Silence" - ISU Pride hosts the annual Day of Silence. The symbolic silence for a day illustrates the silencing of many gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, or queer people of all kinds by verbal or physical abuse, murder, job discrimination, unequal legal status, etc. Come to the Pride table out on the quad. You can't miss the chained rainbow door! We'll have cards to carry that explain your silence, tape for your mouth if you wish, and many other fun and interesting things.
The Quad, Pride table
"The Clothesline Project and These Hands are not for Hurting" - As part of' It Affects Me Week.'
The Quad, FLAME table
"Raise the Awareness: The Plight in the Democratic Republic of Congo" - As part of the 'Your World Exposed,' an HCC Speaker Series, and 'It Affects Me' week. Come and learn about the Democratic Republic of Congo from native Congolese HCC students. They will show a brief history of the country, discuss the devastating effects of the war, and offer information on what you can do to help the cause.
Schroeder 24
"Women and Girls: The Aftermath of Trauma" - Talk by Tracy L. Bovee, Ed.S., LCPC. As part of "It Affects Me Me" week.
Rachel Cooper, 2nd Floor Lounge
"Soles of Survivors" - A visual disply using 106 pairs of shoes, each pair representing one client who benefited from Stepping Stones services in 2008.
JC Penney wing of Eastland Mall, 1615 E. Empire Street, Bloomington
"The Women's Project Takes a Bow" - The Women's Project is producing a mini-festival, with two productions: "Catholic School Girls" by Casey Kurtti and "Intersections", a composition of oral interpretation, slam poetry and new works by our own WP members. So come support us for our final bow!
'Intersections' will be performing
April 3rd 11 am CVA university galleries (women and gender studies)
April 9th 5pm CW301
April10th 7:30pm CW301
April 11th 2pm CW301
'Catholic School Girls' will be performing
April 9th at 7:30pm CW301
April 10th at 5:00pm in CW301
April 11th at 7:30pm in CW301
"How to Blame People Responsibly" - Talk by Marilyn Friedman, Professor, Washington University. As part of the ISU Department of Philosophy Colloquia and Guest Speaker Series.
Stevenson Hall, 401
"Safe Zone" - The Safe Zone Coordinating Committee is again offering orientation sessions for a campus-wide program supporting GLBT students. All volunteers participating in the program are required to attent a 2-hour orientation sessions. Sign up online. Sponsered by Dirversity Advocacy.
Student Services Building, Room 375
"Dance Showcase: A YWCA Stepping Stones Benefit" - Please visit the flyer for this event for more information.
"Day of Silence Youth Summit" - Please view the flyer for this event.
ISU Bone Student Center
"ISU Pride Annual Charity Drag Show" - Show starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $5.
Bone Student Center, Brown Ballroom
"Beyond 'Eating Disorders': Why We Need to Re-Think Everything We Thought We Knew" - 1pm . As part of the Women's and Gender Studies Symposium. Dr. Susan Bordo, Women's and Gender Studies Symposium Keynote Address.
University Galleries
"Ann Boleyn: Lessons for Modern Culture " -Dr. Susan Bordo. University lecture, as part of the Colloquium on Visual Culture.
University Galleries
"Beyond Binaries" - Talk by Robyn Ochs.
Do you think sexuality is set up in binaries, or that it's a bit more fluid than that? Robyn Ochs, critically acclaimed writer, activist, speaker and teacher, is coming to campus this thursday to give a lecture/workshop on the social construction of the labels put on one's sexuality. What are the personal and political implications of this binary world we live in...especially if you don't fit these categories? No matter your sexual orientation, you are sure to see the world a bit differently after this presentation.
All are welcome (and encouraged) to attend, regardless of race, sex, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation or political affiliation. Sponsered by Illinois Wesleyan University Pride Alliance.
Hansen Student Center, Illinois Wesleyan University
"2009 ISU New Music Festival: A Celebration of Music By Women Composers" - View the flyer for this event for more information.
"Confessions of a Karaoke Junkie: How I Came to Narrate My Gender Transition by Losing My Voice" - Talk by Drew Anastrasia. Drew is a doctoral student and instructor in Rhetoric and Composition at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and an ISU alum. His talk will connect with discourses within the feminist, LGB, and transgender communities through his research interests, which include philosophical investigations of the human voice, and transgender and queer studies. Free and open to the public. Co-sponsered by FLAME and MECCPAC, a Dean of Students Diversity Initiative.
Student Services Building, Room 375
"Women's Mentoring Network Spring Social" - Refreshments will be provided.
Vrooman Center Lounge, lower leve. Vrooman Center is located between Hewitt and Manchester Halls.
"13th Annual International Women's Day Breakfast" - Hosted by AAUW-BN and Soroptimist International: and joining us for the first time, the LWV of McLean County. International Women's Day is an occasion marked around the world since 1911. In the Twin Cities of Bloomington and Normal, we come together in the common pursuit of peace and prosperity, and the learn from each other. For more information about this event, please visit our flyer.
Eastlant Suites, 1801 Eastland Drive, Bloomington
"A Night of Poetry with Def Jam Poet Georgia Me" - Join in for a night of poetry with Georgia Me, a mild mannered, full figured, around the way girl from the west side of Atlanta who has been featured on Russell Simmons Presents HBO's Def Poetry Jam. After her performance, students will be encouraged to share their own work with her and the audience. Sponsored by Diversity Advocacy.
Old Main Room, Bone Student Center
"The Rover"
Click here for all show times and locations.
"Saving Marriage" - This critically acclaimed documentary chronicles the struggle in Massachuesetts, which in 2004, became the first state to recognize gay marriage. Opponents immediately proposed a constitutional amendment that would reverse gains in marriage equality. The film focuses on LGBTQU activists and their fight to save marriage - a fight that will change forever how people (including them) view same-sex relationships. Civils rights history begins a new chapter in Massachuesetts, and "Saving Marriage" is there on the scene as the drama unfolds. The film couincides with National Freedom to Marry month.
Normal Theater, Uptown Normal. Admission is free. Sponsored by the Advocacy Chronicle for Human Rights
"The Vagina Monologues" - ISU FLAME presents The Vagina Monolgues. The Vagina Monologues is made up of a varying number of monologues read by a varying number of women (initially, Eve Ensler performed every monologue herself, with subsequent performances featuring three actresses, and more recent versions featuring a different actress for every role). Every monologue somehow relates to the vagina, be it through sex, love, rape, menstruation, mutilation, masturbation, birth, orgasm, the variety of names for the vagina, or simply as a physical aspect of the body. A recurring theme throughout the piece is the vagina as a tool of female empowerment, and the ultimate embodiment of individuality.
Capen Auditorium, Edwards Hall. Tickets are $5 with ID, $7 without ID.
"Breath, Boom" - The ISU School of Theatre will present a Crossroad Theatre production of Breath, Boom by Kia Corthron. This production tells the story of one woman's journey from an inner-city gang-girl to an adult. It explores the life of Prix, a hardened female New York gang member, as she goes from a 16-year-old gang queen to a mature, 30-year-old woman, and whose chief obsession is the creation of the perfect fireworks display that will set her free. There will also be a 2 p.m. matinee on February 22.
All performances are in the Westhoff Theatre in the Centennial East Building.
"Solving the Housing Crisis, Soviet-Style: Building Communism During the Khrushchev Era" - Talk by Professor Christine Varga-Harris, Illinoise State University Department of History. As part of the Internation Studies Seminar Series.
Bone Student Center, 3rd Floor Lounge East
"Safe Zone" - The Safe Zone Coordinating Committee is again offering orientation sessions for a campus-wide support program for GLBT students. All volunteers participating in the program are required to attent a 2 hour orientation session. Sponsored by Diversity Advocacy. Sign up online.
Student Services Building, 375
"Me as Her Again: Creative Nonfiction on Feminist Armenian Identities and Genocide" - Reading by Ms. Nancy Agabian at Borders Bookstore.
Borders Bookstore, 200A N. Greenbriar Dr., Bloomington, IL
Contact: schance@bordersstores.com
"Interdisciplinary Colloquium and Reception" -Sponsered by the School of Theatre and the Scool of Communication. This is an opportunity for faculty, staff, and students in theatre, communications, criminal justice, education, English, social work, psychology, and sociology to join together to respond to the film and the issues it raises.
University Galleries, Center for the Visual Arts, Room 110
"Illinois Shakespeare Festival and The Documentary Project present 'Shakespeare Behind Bars' -'Shakespeare Behind Bars' is the award winning documentary by Philomath Films about Curt L. Tofteland's internationally acclaimed prison transformation program. Over the course of a year in the film, we see these men challenged, awakened, and fulfilled. Film screening followed by a Q&A with Curt L. Tofteland. Co-sponsered by Department of Criminal Justice, SAGE Fund, School of Theatre, Women's Project, and MECCPAC. More information on this event.
Normal Theatre - Free to the public
"Me as Her Again: Creative Nonfiction on Feminist Armenian Identities and Genocide" - Talk by Ms. Nancy Agabian, Adjunct Lecturer at the City University of New York. As part of the International Studies Seminar Series. Nancy Agabian will discuss her work as a creative nonfiction writer to explore issues of Armenian identity. In particular, she will describe her recent process of writing "Me as her again: True Stories of an Armenian Daughter", a memoir of her search for self, which involved researching and imagining her grandmother's survival of the Armenian Genocide of 1915. The book also braids together the various feminist identities of her family, including her sister, aunts, mother and self; their stories provided a base on which Agabian was able to weave her own story, and thus her identity as a queer, feminist artist.
Bone Student Center, 3rd Floor Lounge
"Diversity Dialogue" - Group of ISU students who meet every Tuesday in a safe environment to increase understanding and unity in cultural differences. Any and all differences are up for discussion, as long as they are brought up in a respectful manner. Some (but not limited to) categories include race, sexuality, religion, class, age, and gender. Questions and comments are encouraged. Questions can be submitted anonymously. There will be short clips to discuss. All students are welcome!
Schroeder 112
" Gala Benefit: An Awareness Evening about Street Children and Orphans" - This is an event intended to raise awareness about street children and orphans worldwide and give a coalition of professors, students and staff from Illinois State an opportunity to share the knowledge they have gained by working with, studying or adopting street children or orphans.Guests will be able to circulate around the room and take part in question-answer stations, view clips from documentaries, see visual displays and purchase Global Children Outreach t-shirts and Crossroads Global Handcrafts products.
Bone Student Center, Circus Room
"When an Infant Died in Ancient Athens: The Pathology and Social Context of Perinatal Mortality in the Second Century B.C." - Talk by Dr. Maria Liston, University of Waterloo, Ontario. Canada.
Schroeder Hall, 242
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For a complete list of Illinois State University events, check out the University Calendar. Also check out the full list of this semester's International Studies Seminar Series.
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