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Sat 5th March 10.30am – 4pm
International Womens Festival Launch
Coventry Transport Millenium Place Free Event
Sat 5th March 10.30am-4pm
Women’s History Trail
Coventry Transport Millenium Place Free Event
Sat 5th March 2.00 – 4pm
Women of Achievement Awards
Coventry Transport Millenium Place Free Event
Tuesday 8th March 6pm to 10pm
Mad Hatters Tea Party
Enjoy a cup of tea and a cake for £1.99 from Cocco Cafe, plus a donation to Oxfam. Wear a Mad Hat or make one when your there fun for all young or old between 9:30 – 11:30 £1.99 plus donation to Oxfam
Sat 12th March 08:45am to 10am
Benedicts Restaruant, Coventry Cathedral
Guest Speaker – Vicki Sutton – The Time of Your Life, how to start living rather than surviving. For further details contat Sharon.crofts@coventrycathedral.org.uk, or telephone 02476 521227 before the 10th March 2011 £5.50 per person includes continental breakfast
For more information and links go to http://www.coventrywomensfestival.co.uk/event-calendar.htm
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6 March 3pm
Caramel
Special IWD film screening
Tickets from £6.50
Cambridge Arts Picturehouse
38-39 St. Andrews Street
7 March 5.15pm
International Women’s Day (IWD) Lecture
‘Iraqi Women’s Untold Stories: Between Violence and Mobilisation’
With Professor Nadje Al-Ali of SOAS
equality@admin.cam.ac.uk
Emmanuel College
St Andrews Street
8 March 12-2pm
Voices of Women: Past, Present and Future
Celebrating 100 years of women’s achievements with speakers, exhibitions, music and poetry, including Women of Note and Hollie McNish.
equality@admin.cam.ac.uk
Central Library
Grand Arcade
8 March
International Women’s Day Community Celebrations
10.30am-2pm
Workshops, vintage and recycled clothes plus much more.
7.30-9.30pm
Watch Afghan and Iranian dancing and listen to urban poet ‘Realitie’. Taste food from around the world.
Caroline.biggs@cambridge.gov.uk
Ross Street
Community Centre
9 March 6-8pm
The problem is women have families
Presentation by a panel of women talking about their lives as researchers in higher education. Drawing on examples of their own specific research and personal experiences they picture a journey influenced by an array of challenges. Q&A follows.
external-liaison@anglia.ac.uk
Anglia Ruskin University
East Road
10 March 6-8pm
Ignored Alone, Powerful Together: Women’s Clubs in India
This documentary film shows how Auroville Village Action Group empowers rural women to solve problems in their villages. The group has over 2000 members who meet to deal with issues such as abuse, gender and caste discrimination and to learn how to communicate their needs and rights.
A Village Outreach Society film and talk.
Contact:
http://www.avag.zzl.org or
http://www.villageoutreach.co.uk
Anglia Ruskin University
East Road
11 March 6-7.30pm
Rape as a weapon of war
Discussion hosted by Cambridge Rape Crisis.
crccdevofficer@gmail.com
01223 313551
Anglia Ruskin University
East Road
12 March
11am-1pm
FREE Drumming workshop
Booking essential
equality@admin.cam.ac.uk
Graduate Union
17 Mill Lane
2.30-4pm
The Women of the Folk Museum: talk and tour
Book in advance
tamsin@folkmuseum.org.uk
01223 355159
Cambridge Folk Museum
2/3 Castle Street
3-9pm
Festival of documentary films about women, with director Sue Sadbury and Q&A
http://www.womens.cusu.cam.ac.uk
Cripps Court
Magdalene College
7.30pm
The Freudian Slips Stitch Up Cambridge
The Freudian Slips women’s theatre group, stitch together past and present through stories, music and images.
£4 waged, £3 concessions
Advance booking via sueifould@ntlworld.com
Tel: 01223 573614
Parkside School Hall, Cambridge
(not Ross Street Community Centre as previously advertised)
13 March3pm
Made in Dagenham (15)
A special IWD screening of the recently acclaimed film with Q&A
Tickets from £6.50
Cambridge Arts Picturehouse
38-39 St. Andrews Street
15 March 1-2pm
A journey into the world of Greek and Roman women
Tour of the Greek and Roman galleries
ac380@cam.ac.uk
Fitzwilliam Museum
Trumpington Street
16 March 5pm
WISETI Annual Lecture
‘Thinking in Two Languages – My Adventures in Science and Literature’
Sunetra Gupta, Professor of Theoretical Epidemiology at Oxford University and acclaimed novelist presents this year’s Lecture
equality@admin.cam.ac.uk
The Auditorium
Robinson College
Grange Road
17 March 7-9pm
Cambridge Alumni (CARO) and Graduate Union IWD Celebration
Speakers and networking reception
president@gradunion.cam.ac.uk
The Vivien Stewart Room
Murray Edwards College
4 March 2011 18.00 to 25 March 2011 21.00
COLLECTIVE ART EXHIBITION FROM WOMEN ARTISTS
* Collective Art Exhibition, covering art in many mediums. Works from Artists, Zoe Murdock, Deepa Mann Kleer, Fiona Goggins, Lisa Malone, Joanna Karolini and more..
* Lawrence Street Workshops 1a Lawrence Street (off University Street), BELFAST, BT7 1LE
Organiser: Lawrence Street Workshops: Lawrence Street Workshops is a collective of artists who work in all mediums. Situated in century old stables the venue has been described as a “Tardus” and “Magical”
7 March 2011 10.00 to 14 March 2011 17.00
RECLAIM THE STREET NAMES
* Changing street names to recognise the contribution women made in creating this fine city. Various locations throughout Belfast.
* Falls Women’s Centre Women’s Information Group Women’s Support Network, WOMEN’STEC, BELFAST, BT15 2GE
Organiser: WOMEN’STEC: In recognition of the contribution that women have made to the creation of this fine city, but have been overlooked in history. Street signs will be on show for the week and then displayed in the women’s centres.
8th March 2011 from 10.30am to12.30pm
CELEBRATORY MARCH
* Celebrating 100 years of working towards equality.
* Don’t spare the bannors/facepaints and bring your drum lets have some fun.
* There are workshops organised to make banners, sash’s, placards etc so if your interested contact Helen Crickard 028 9074 9810
* March from The Art College, 25-51 York St, Belfast to the City Hall
10.30am – March to City Hall – Rally 11.45am
Organiser: International Women’s Day 2011
Check http://www.womenstec.com/index.cfm/area/page/section/2
International Women’s Week Commemoration for Suffragettes in Bath 7th—11th March 2011
Posted on: 3 March 2011
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The Suffragettes’ Tree: Centennial Events In Celebration Of International Women’s Day
Between 1909 and 1912, over sixty suffragettes who were recovering from the harsh treatment they had received while imprisoned for their political activism came to stay with the Blathwayt family at Eagle House in Batheaston, Somerset. As committed supporters of the women’s movement, the Blathwayts wanted not only to help the women recover physically, but also to record, in the very landscape, the cause for which they struggled. As such, they created a very special garden in the grounds of their villa, encouraging the suffragettes who stayed with them to plant trees and bushes commemorating their efforts and their hopes for the future of women’s political equality.
Photographs of this beautiful field of trees, or ‘Annie’s Arboretum’ as it was also called, after the suffragette Annie Kenney, can be viewed online via Bath in Time (www.bathintime.co.uk — see ‘Social History’).
This unique work of feminist landscape history survived until the late 1960s, when it was destroyed to make way for a housing estate. At present, only one of the original trees remains from the original arboretum: a large Austrian Pine planted by the suffragette Rose Lamartine Yates (1875–1954) on 30th October, 1909.
While historians, such as Dr Cynthia Hammond (Montreal) and Prof. June Hannam (UWE), have done much to recover the history of the suffragettes’ trees in Bath, this unique piece of women’s history remains largely unknown to the general public, and uncommemorated.
On International Women’s Day, 8th March, 2011, The Centre for History & Culture at Bath Spa University, in conjunction with Bath & Northeast Somerset Council, will celebrate the centenary of this unique piece of suffrage history in Bath, with the symbolic planting of commemorative suffragettes’ trees in Royal Victoria Park, Alice Park, and Bath Spa University. These plantings, which we hope will attract widespread media attention and involve leading female politicians and public figures, as well as the general public, will serve as a living testimony to all those — suffragettes and suffragists — who contended to win votes for women and secure women’s rights as full citizens.
They will also serve as the focal point for a week of public events planned to celebrate yet another centenary, that of International Women’s Day itself. These will include an exhibition of art, a concert of music, a creative writing event, a panel discussion and lectures featuring leading academics and public figures.
Programme of events for International Women’s Day http://www.bathspa.ac.uk/schools/humanities-and-cultural-industries/research/history-and-culture/final-programme-for-iww.pdf
Official launch of new Networking Group for women in Driffield to mark International Women’s Day
Posted on: 3 March 2011
The group has been started by several businesswomen who are also supporters of International Women’s Day. They have taken over an empty shop in Market Place and will hold an official launch next Monday, March 7.
The East Riding is one of the largest unitary authority areas and with wonderful rural landscapes, it is regarded as a great place to live. However, women who run their own businesses or are considering starting up their own business could easily find themselves with less support than in other parts of the country.
Now a group of local businesswomen have come together to try and do something about it. Women in Enterprise and Business was born from a need to do something when faced with losing existing support structures through lack of funding and increasing pressures to survive in business in the present economic climate.
The group includes therapists, designers, online businesses, solicitors and others. Members have been meeting to try and find a way that networking activities and workshops can still take place without those structures. Its founders believe that this can be achieved by the members all working to make events happen.
The launch of Women in Enterprise and Business will be one of over 300 events held in the UK alone to celebrate 100 years of International Women’s Day.
This year’s theme includes the wish for “Pathways to decent work for women” so the group have chosen to support the Transrural charity, which helps women in disadvantaged rural areas transform their natural resources, traditions and skills into profitable and sustainable enterprises. These women often work at home or in small office environments, so meeting with others is vital.
“In East Yorkshire, we can hardly claim to be remote but we can feel isolated at times,” explained Mrs Worsnop. “We have all gained from the advice, support and friendship we have received from networking and other groups and we want to see that continue and grow.”
The launch takes place Monday March 7 from 7pm to 9pm at 2 Market Place, Driffield, YO25 6AP.
Light refreshments will be available and the admission fee of £2 will be donated to the Transrural charity.
http://www.driffieldtoday.co.uk/community/new_group_for_driffield_women_1_3131939
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Venue: Russell Square: SOAS, School of Oriental and African Studies, College Buildings
Room: Khalili Lecture Theatre
Cost: £2
Contact: Vincenzo Paci
Phone: 020 7898 4490
Email: vp6@soas.ac.uk
Website: http://www.soas.ac.uk/iranianstudies/events/07mar2011-monthly-film-screening-pearls-on-the-ocean-floor.html
Pearls on the Ocean Floor (title from the poem by Hafez ‘This Torture’)
Robert Adanto’s Pearls on the Ocean Floor (2010) examines the lives and works of Iranian female artists living and working in and outside the Islamic Republic. It features Shadi Ghadirian, Shirin Neshat, Parastou Forouhar, Haleh Anvari, Sara Rahbar, Leila Pazooki, Afshan Ketabchi, Malekeh Nayiny, Gohar Dashti, Pooneh Maghazehe, and Taravat Talepasand.
The film challenges stereotypes and caricatures obscuring the vibrant and robust culture in Iran and its diaspora. Facing issues of identity, gender, and social restrictions, the artists featured in Pearls on the Ocean Floor speak with a compelling quiet reserve and a striking boldness. Their work reveals encounters between religion and secular modernity, change and tradition, contemporary life and history.
Discussants:
* Chili Hawes, director, October Gallery;
* Sara Shamsawari, artist;
* Azadeh Fatehrad, Iranian contemporary artist;
* Fari Bradley, Iranian arts broadcaster;
* Malu Halasa, writer.
Wonderful Women !!! Celebrated and Supported – Independent Choices IWD event – 7th March 2011
Posted on: 2 March 2011
An event of pampering and debate for all to join and enjoy!!
All women welcome to our event:
Date: Monday 7th March 2011
Time: 1-5pm
Venue : Windrush Millennium Centre, 70 Alexandra Road, Manchester M16 7WD
Lunch provided at 1pm
Holistic therapies and Pampering throughout the afternoon and includes: Reiki, Head, Hand or Neck Massage, Innersound treatments, Henna Hand painting
Plus A lively Women’s Debate at 2.30pm—have your say join in!!
This year marks the 100th Anniversary of International Women’s day– 8th March
The event hopes to raise funds to support the Helpline therefore we ask for a contribution toward entry and the treatments—with Thanks
Contact person: 0161 636 7534
Email: sampriestley@independentchoices.org.uk
OTHER ACTIVITIES
* A Stall in Manchester Town Hall IWD Events on Sunday 6th March 2011. Come down and see us between 1-4pm
* Letter to go out to all Women’s councilors expressing the need for women services by women across Greater Manchester to be sustained even in the context of the funding cuts.
Please Support the Domestic abuse Helpline to continue supporting women who live in Fear of Domestic abuse.
With potential funding cuts to services the Helpline is in much need of your support this year.
There are a number of ways you can do this donate or sponsorship and event Listed on the Independent Choices Virgin Money Giving site.
Follow this link: http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/charity-web/charity/finalCharityHomepage.action?charityId=1001332
Join or particulate in an Event (14 Runners in Manchester run and a Go Ape Event in June) or come up with a fundraising initiative yourself
Support our campaigns to sustain services, information about our work can be found on http://www.wdachoices.org.uk
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International Women’s Day is a celebration of women’s achievements all over the world. The event takes place every year and will be celebrated this year on Tuesday 8th March 2011. This year will be the milestone of 100 years for this celebration and the year Nottingham will make it’s mark and proudly celebrate the women in our city.
Throughout March, Nottingham will be hosting an International Women’s Day Festival consisting of a whole variety of events for all ages, all over the city to inspire and celebrate women in Nottingham.
Here in Nottingham we have so much to be proud of and hope you will join us in celebrating and inspiring the women in our city this March.
Find us on Facebook just search Nottingham International Women’s Day
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/IWDNottingham
The Email: IWDNottingham@gmail.com
Website: http://www.iwdnottingham.wordpress.com and http://www.seismik.co.uk
Events list
100 Women of Substance
Tuesday 8th March
Council House
Recognising 100 women in Nottingham who have been an inspiration to others in the city e.g. they have overcome professional or personal barriers; fought for the rights of others; worked selflessly to improve the lives of others, or made a lasting impact on Nottingham. Women’s stories will feature in the Post and their photos will be made into a commemorative poster by Platform 51. The 100 women will receive certificates at an event at the Council House on Tuesday 8th March and be invited to a celebration at Nottingham Castle on Friday 11th March.
Human Library
Tuesday 8th March, 11.am-2.30pm
Nottingham Contemporary
Borrow a person instead of a book. This all female library will have living books available for loan to the public. Drop in, flick through the Human Library Catalogue and choose the story you’d most like to hear.
Tel: Jonathan Wright, 0115 993 4525
Website: http://www.nottinghamcontemporary.org
Raising Awareness of Domestic Violence
Nottingham Domestic Violence Forum
Monday 28th February – Sunday 13th March
Several pharmacies in Nottingham will use pharmacy bags printed with information about domestic violence and gender equality.
Tel: Damian Carnell 0115 962 3237
Celebrating Women
Tuesday 8th March
Nottingham Women’s Centre
Timeline display picturing women in history. Guest speakers: Samantha Morton: BAFTA Award Winner and Chris Cutland: Executive Director Women’s Aid Integrated Services. Performance by Nottingham University Operatic Choir and workshops; pamper sessions; women’s issues information and lunch.
Tel: Anette Taylor, 0115 941 1475
Website: http://www.nottinghamwomenscentre.com
Hidden Herstories
Thursday 10th March, 6 – 8pm
Nottingham Castle, NG1 6EL
This film reveals how the achievements of Claudia Jones, Amy Ashwood Garvey Jayaben Desai and Octavia Hill had significant international impact on the issues of race relations and social poverty. While their names are known to few, their legacies are anything but unsung.
Free event, no booking required.
Tel: 0115 915 3700
Website: http://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk
Nottingham Women’s History Walk
Saturday 12th March, 1-3pm Nottingham Castle Gatehouse (meeting point), , NG1 6EL
History walk around Nottingham to celebrate International Women’s Day.
Free event, no booking required.
Tel: Maureen Cooper 07950 472 022
Website: http://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk
Nottingham Women’s History Talk
Thursday 17th March, 10am
Sherwood Library, NG5 4AB
Discussion on women’s history in Nottingham and the work of the history group.
Free event, no booking required.
Tel: Maureen Cooper 07950 472 022
Feminism and Teaching Symposium
Friday 8th and Saturday 9th April
University of Nottingham
A two day interdisciplinary event for feminist activists, artists teachers and academics to discuss the relationships between feminism and teaching.
Website: http://www.feminismandteaching.org/
Join me on the bridge
Tuesday 8th March, 2.30pm-4pm
Trent Bridge
Members of Soroptimist Midland East Region will support the Women for Women organisation in a united stand for peace. It is hoped that women from Nottingham and across the Region will act in solidarity with thousands of other women around the world. Under a banner of Stronger Women Build Bridges of Peace, we’ll be calling for women to have security, economic opportunity and an equal voice at the decision-making table.
Contact: Barbara McDonald bmcdonald351@btinternet.com
Blue Mountain Women’s Group Events
Tuesday 8th March, 4-8pm
Hyson Green Youth Club, NG7 6ER.
Various activities including: food stall from local continental food stores, craft stall from local craft women, discussions around women’s health, local artists, entertainment, background music from Africa and the Caribbean, poems from local women, African female dancers and female drummers.
Tel: Veronica Barnes, 07531 070 853
Nina Power at Nottingham Contemporary
Wednesday 9th March, 7-9pm
The Space, Nottingham Contemporary
Nina Power comes to talk during the exhibition of the work of Anne Collier. Anne Collier’s artistic practice often cites images and objects from popular culture that objectify women. Nina Power will be discussing issues of contemporary feminism.
Tel: 0115 948 9750
Website: http://www.nottinghamcontemporary.org
Science Museum – Live On Tour!
Nottingham Playhouse
Friday 11th – Saturday 12th March, Friday 1.30pm, Saturday 11.30am & 4pm
Experience spectacular science, dangerous demonstrations and extraordinary experiments as London’s world-famous Science Museum takes to the stage for the first time with a spectacular live show to blow your mind and challenge your brain. Fast, furious and frenetically fun, Science Museum Live on Tour will propel you on an exploratory theatrical adventure into the wonderful world of science. Get set for a breathtaking ride that will entertain, inform and inspire! Brought to the stage by the producers of Brainiac and Dr. Bunhead.
Box Office: 0115 941 9419
Website: http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk
Tickets Friday £10 (plus 1 teacher free in 10)
Saturday £12.50, family of 4 £45
Flawless
Monday 7th & Tuesday 8th March, 7.30pm
Nottingham Playhouse
The stars of Britain’s Got Talent and Streetdance 3D present their first solo show. This inspirational dance act has become an international phenomenon with stunning street dance and jaw dropping moves. They’ve worked with some of the biggest names in music including Madonna, Beyonce, Leona Lewis and Jamelia and won countless awards including World Dance Champions and Best Street Dance Act. You’ve seen them on television, now it’s time to see them live in this breathtaking, dizzying debut show from one of the UK’s hottest dance acts.
Box Office: 0115 941 9419
Website: http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk
Tickets £20
Schools’ Art Trail
Tuesday 8th- Friday 11th March, 9.30am-2.30pm
City Centre
Art trail for secondary schools, investigating and responding to visual art work in the city created by women artists across both the 20 and 21st Century. Facilitated by Nettie Scriven, schools will visit both the Castle Museum and Nottingham Contemporary, and will be involved in practical as well as discursive activities. They will have the opportunity within the day to meet and work with The Young Curators at the Castle Museum who have been involved in the Visual Dialogues project and also to work with theatre design students from Nottingham Trent University.
Email: Nettie Scriven, rumscriv@ntlworld.com
Women’s Sewing event – Morsbag Day
Saturday 12th March, 10.00am – 2.00pm
Husqvarna Studio, NG1 1EH
Make your own cotton morsbag and distribute each one has the potential to eliminate 100’s of plastic bags over its lifetime! http://www.morsbags.com. Come along- bring a friend, grandma, auntie, sister, daughter- spare half an hour to make a bag. No charge but donations of fabric welcome!
Website: http://www.husqvarnastudio.co.uk
Arnold Women
W/C 7th March for 4 weeks
Various Locations
Exhibition in Arnold Library of women working in Arnold through 100 years, Stephen Frears film about St Anns at Bonington Theatre and Arnold Women Talks weekly through March about Women in Arnold through the years
Website: http://www.iwdarnold.blogspot.com
“Walking Home” Film
Available From March
Platform 51 and Initi8 volunteers from Nottingham Trent University have created a new film dramatizing women’s experience of street harassment. Featuring the voices and experiences of women.
Tel: Gill Court, 07500 553 800
Suffragettes on Trial
Saturday 12th –Sunday 13th March
Galleries of Justice Museum NG1 1HN
Offer to visitors and groups to partake in ‘Suffragettes on trial’ as part of the Crime & Punishment tour.
Tel: 0115 952 0555
Enterprising Women Anniversary Luncheon
Thursday 10th March, 12.00noon – 2.00pm
Adams Restaurant, New College Nottingham
We will be joined by a guest speaker who will inspire us with her story in business. This event is a great opportunity to extend delegates existing network of contacts and share advice and experiences with fellow women in business. We will address common issues that businesses in general face on a daily basis but from a women’s perspective, giving the opportunity to see how delegates can improve and challenge their business and their self.
Price: £25.00 + VAT for members and £45+VAT for non-members. This will include a two course luncheon and welcome drink.
Tel: Jade Whitemore, 01332 851 280
“Women Potters” Display
Tuesday 1st March- Sunday 8th May
Nottingham Castle, , NG1 6EL
A small display celebrating the work of women potters from the Ballantyne Collection of 20th Century British studio ceramics. Includes pieces by Katherine Pleydell-Bouverie, Janet Leach, Lucie Rie, Denise Wren, Joanna Constantinidis, Elizabeth Fritsch, Mary Rogers and Jane Hamlyn.
Normal Castle Admission prices apply.
Tel: 0115 915 3700
Gina Yashere
Wednesday 9th March, 8pm
Nottingham Playhouse
Listed as one of the Observer’s Top 10 Best Female Comedians miss at your peril this chance to see award-winning Gina Yashere in Nottingham for uncompromising hilarity from one of the country’s most recognisable stars.
Box Office: 0115 941 9419
Website: http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk
Tickets £15 (£12.50)
“Three Stones in the City of Ladies” Exhibition
Saturday 22nd January – Sunday 27th March
10am-3.30pm, Nottingham Castle, NG1 6EL
Three Stones (1968) is a surrealist landscape by Marion Adnams (1899-1995), who was born and lived most of her life in Derby. Although she achieved some success, mainly during the 1940s, her work is not widely known and so this exhibition, which will include additional work by Adnams from other local collections, will begin to build up a history of her work. Three Stones has inspired the exhibition’s secondary theme of repetition in representations by women artists: replicating or doubling, mirroring and masking. Works by artists such as Annette Kelm and Lucy Skaer sit at a point where the repetition of an image takes a turn towards abstraction or pattern-making.
Normal Castle Admission prices apply.
Website: http://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk
Tel: 0115 915 3700
“Three Stones in the City of Ladies” Exhibition Tour
Wednesday 9th March, 2.00 -3.00pm
Nottingham Castle, NG1 6EL
Elisa Kay, curator of Three Stones in the City of Ladies and Contemporary Art Society Centenary Fellow at Nottingham Castle will give visitors a tour of the exhibition, the artists and ideas behind the unusual exhibition title. Places are limited, so please book early to avoid disappointment.
Normal Castle Admission prices apply.
Tel: 0115 915 3700
Website: http://www.nottingha,city.gov.uk
“Stripped”- Young Curators Present a Show about Love an Exhibition
Saturday 22nd January- Sunday 27th March
Nottingham Castle, NG1 6EL
A group of young people from Nottingham bring a whole new perspective to Marcus Stone’s painting In Love (1888) – one of the most popular works in the collection of Nottingham City Museums and Galleries. Introducing contemporary art by Phil Collins, Rebecca Horn, Sarah Jones and Gary Webb (on loan from Tate and the Arts Council Collection), as well as jewellery and love tokens from the collection, the group invites visitors to explore ideas about love and intimacy, shining fresh light on to an old favourite.
Normal Castle Admission prices apply.
Tel: 0115 915 3700
Website: nottinghamcity.gov.uk
“Women Potters” Ceramics Study Day
Saturday 5th March, 11am- 4.30pm
Studio 2, Nottingham Castle, NG1 6EL
A study day to celebrate the work of women studio potters, beginning with a talk by Moira Vincentelli, Professor in Art History and Curator of Ceramics, Aberystwth University and author of Women and Ceramics: Gendered Vessels (MUP, 2000) and Women Potters: Transforming Traditions (A&C Back, 2003). Moira is a leading figure in contemporary studies in ceramics and has curated several national touring exhibitions of ceramics. In the afternoon, Micki Schloessingk will be giving a demonstration and talking about her work. Micki is an internationally acclaimed potter and one of the few in the UK making wood-fired salt-glaze pots. There will also be the opportunity to view the Ballantyne Collection of studio ceramics during the day.
£20 per person or £26.50pp (includes lunch in the Castle Café comprising sandwiches, drinks and a cake platter). Both prices include tea and coffee, and admission to the Castle for the day from 10.00am-4.00pm.
Tel. 0115 9153700
Website: http://.nottinghamcity.gov.uk
“A Paintbrush of One’s Own” Gallery Tour
Wednesday 9th March, 12.30-1.15pm
Nottingham Castle, NG1 6EL
Sarah Skinner, Keeper of Fine Art, will take visitors on a tour of the Fine Art Collection in the Long Gallery focussing on paintings by women artists in the collection, including work by Artemesia Gentilleschi, Laura Knight, Evelyn Gibbs and Winifred Nicholson. Limited places available, open to the public. Places are limited, so please book early to avoid disappointment.
Normal Castle Admission prices apply.
Tel. 0115 9153700
Website: http://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk
Debbie Bryan Heritage at Nottingham Castle
Friday 4th – Monday 14th March
Nottingham Castle, NG1 6EL
Enjoy this exquisite showcase of contemporary craft and design inspired by Nottingham lace and local heritage. Selected designers are ceramics by Katie Almond, accessories by Debbie Bryan & textiles heritage by J.C Middlebrook.
Normal Castle Admission prices apply.
Tel: 0115 915 3700
Name the Ladies Competition
Tuesday 1st march – Thursday 31st March
Debbie Bryan Studio and Shop, Lace Market, NG1 1PF
A fundraiser for Midlands Women’s Aid. If you have admired Charlotte Thomson’s illustrations on the walls of Debbie Bryan’s shop, then simply purchase a £1 competition card for a chance to win your own signed reproduction art print of Charlotte’s hand drawn ladies.
Price: £1
Tel: 0115 950 7776
Website: http://.debbiebryan.co.uk
Lorna Syson Paper Light Making Workshop
Saturday 5th March, 11am – 5pm
Debbie Bryan Studio and Shop, Lace Market, NG1 1PF
Includes all materials, tea, light lunch and homemade cake.
Price: £42
Tel: 0115 950 7776
Website: http://.debbiebryan.co.uk
Sunday Tea Party with Nottingham Lace & Joy Buttress
Sunday 6th March, 2pm
Debbie Bryan Studio and Shop, Lace Market, NG1 1PF
Tel: 0115 950 7776
Website: http://.debbiebryan.co.uk
Afternoon Tea Party
Tuesday 8th March, 12-3pm
Debbie Bryan Studio and Shop, Lace Market, NG1 1PF
Come along and celebrate Shove Tuesday and 100 years of International Women’s Day with Tea and Pancakes, our party is a fundraiser for Nottingham Breast Cancer Support Group.
Tel: 0115 950 7776 ..
Website: http://.debbiebryan.co.uk
Katie Almond Porcelain Brooch Making Workshop
Saturday 12th March, 11am -1pm
Debbie Bryan Studio and Shop, Lace Market, NG1 1PF
Includes all materials, tea and homemade cake.
Price: £20
Tel: 0115 950 7776
Website: http://.debbiebryan.co.uk
Katie Almond Stoneware Tile Making Workshop
Debbie Bryan Studio and Shop, Lace Market, NG1 1PF
Saturday 12th March, 2-5pm
Includes all materials, tea and homemade cake.
Price: £25
Tel: 0115 950 7776
Website: http://.debbiebryan.co.uk
Sunday Tea Party with 100 years of Fashion & Emma Ojapah
Debbie Bryan Studio and Shop, Lace Market, NG1 1PF
Sunday 13th March, 2pm
Come along and share your own 100 years of fashion stories, memories, drawings, fabrics and fashion.
Tel: 0115 950 7776
Website: http://.debbiebryan.co.uk
Hannah Lobley 3D Paper Mosaic Frame Making Workshop
Debbie Bryan Studio and Shop, Lace Market, NG1 1PF
Saturday 19th March, 11am – 5pm Includes all materials, tea and light lunch and homemade cake.
Price: £42
Tel: 0115 950 7776 Website: http://.debbiebryan.co.uk
Sunday Tea Party with…Creatively Confident & Sarah McNicol
Debbie Bryan Studio and Shop, Lace Market, NG1 1PF
Sunday 20th March, 1-3pm
Starting & running a creative business is a challenging thing to do.This workshop is open to anyone involved with creative business; please contact Debbie Bryan Studio & Shop to reserve your place.
Tel: 0115 950 7776
Website: http://.debbiebryan.co.uk
Charlotte Thomson Femme Fatale Life Drawing Party
Debbie Bryan Studio and Shop, Lace Market, NG1 1PF
Thursday 24th March, 6 – 9pm
Includes all materials, tea and homemade cake.
Price: £25
Tel: 0115 950 7776
Website: http://.debbiebryan.co.uk
Jayne Childs Textile Frame Making Workshop
Debbie Bryan Studio and Shop, Lace Market, NG1 1PF
Saturday 26th March, 10am – 1pm
Includes all materials, tea and homemade cake.
Price: £25
Tel: 0115 950 7776
Website: http://.debbiebryan.co.uk
Sunday Tea Party with…The WI
Debbie Bryan Studio and Shop, Lace Market, NG1 1PF
Sunday 27th March, 1-4pm
Learn traditional craft skills from the talented WI ladies, the party is a fundraiser for The Nottingham Breast Cancer Support Group. Tea and Cake table and Prize Draw.
Tel: 0115 950 7776
Website: http://.debbiebryan.co.uk
Name the Ladies Evening
Debbie Bryan Studio and Shop, Lace Market, NG1 1PF
Thursday 31th March, 6-8pm
The evening is a fundraiser for Midlands Women’s Aid. Competition cards are available from Debbie Bryan Studio and Shop.
Tel: 0115 950 7776
Website: http://.debbiebryan.co.uk
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Centenary Programme 5th—12th March 2011 http://www.yorkwomen.org.uk
THE SPOKEN WORD: 100 Years of IWD
Venue: Exhibition Hotel conservatory, Bootham
Date: Tuesday 1st March
Time: 7.30 pm Cost: Free
Contact: Rose Drew 01904 733767
Get an early start on International Women’s Week and bring your poems, prose, songs, essays and short-short stories to read out in an open, inviting room. Now in our 6th Year of celebrating YIWW. Level entry, parking available, full service pub.
IBSEN’S GHOSTS 2nd – 12 March
A new version by Amelia Bullmore
Venue: The Studio, York Theatre Royal, St Leonard’s Place
Time: 7.45 pm; 2 pm matinee on Sat 12 Mar
Cost: £12, £7 students & under 25s, £10 concessions
Contact: Box Office 01904 623568; http://www.yorktheatreroyal.co.uk
Mrs Alving is preparing for the opening of an orphanage in memory of her late husband. When her son, Osvald, returns to the family home to celebrate the heroic memory of his dead father, she is forced to reveal the ghosts of the past she is desperate to forget. A vibrant new version of Ibsen’s powerful and controversial psychological drama presented by the York Settlement Players.
DANCE MOVEMENT PSYCHOTHERAPY WORKSHOP
Venue: Briar House, Club Chambers, Museum Street, York
Time: 11.30 am – 1 pm
Cost: £15
Contact: Dr Allison Singer 01904 679868
The workshop will look at the relationship between movement and voice, with a focus on the singing voice.
POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
Venue: Room G33, Kings Manor, Exhibition Square
Time: 11 am – 12 noon Cost: Free
Contact: Janet White 01904 433560
A talk and discussion by Professor the Baroness Afshar OBE, AcSS.
Long standing assumptions about equalities in the UK may have lulled women into believing that they are equal participants in political processes. In contrast the century long quest for democracy in Iran has seen women politicians and activists focusing on the Islamic rights of women, and the pursuit of the liberation of women has been in the name of Islam rather than
CREATING CALM AND ENJOYING PEACE
Venue: Clements Hall, Nunthorpe Road, York YO23 1BW
Time: 7–10pm
Cost: £5 (profits donated to IDAS)
Contact: Charlie Mitchell 07870 498886
Explore what helps us to find peace, including gentle stretching to suit all, and a world café to help us to answer questions such as: What does peace mean to me? How can I enjoy a more peaceful life? How can I share peace with women locally, nationally and internationally?
SAME OLD STORY
Venue: Jacob’s Well, Trinity Lane, Micklegate, York
Time: 10 am
Cost: £2.50 optional donation
Contact: F. Mary Callan 01904 653836
New learning from ancient legends. The women of York’s WOMEN & WORDS group bring you fresh insights into well-loved myths, Helen of Troy and her sisters, King David and the women of his court. There may even be time for your own insights.
PILATES WITH LOUISE
Venue: Fulford Social Hall, School Lane, Fulford
Time: 1.45 – 2.45 pm
Cost: Free
Contact: Louise Bowden 01937 831781 or 07773 794301
Pilates is for everyone from 8 to 80 plus, whatever your level of fitness (or lack of it!). Pilates tones and strengthens muscles, increases flexibility and improves posture. It is also excellent if you suffer from back pain. All equipment provided. Just wear comfortable clothing. The class is free but please book in advance.
FIND YOUR POISED BALANCED SELF
Alexander Technique Taster Sessions
Venue: York Clinic for Complementary Medicine, 296 Tadcaster Road, York YO24 1ET
Time: 4–7pm
Cost: £5 for 20 minutes (booking essential)
Contact: Mary Greene 01904 709688
Have an enjoyable one to one taster of this world renowned technique. Find out how your posture can be improved, how joint or muscle pain can be relieved, and how stress can be managed to avoid strain on the nervous system.
AGAINST ALL TRADITION
The Life & Times of Githa Sowerby
Venue: Oxfam Bookshop, High Petergate, York
Time: 6.30 – 8 pm
Cost: £2 donation for wine / juice
Contact: Rose Drew 01904 733767
PowerPoint presentation by Pat Riley, local actor and author, on the life of Githa Sowerby, whose first play defied the odds – and white male theatre critics – by becoming a West End hit in 1912! Pat’s fast-paced book, Looking for Githa, available for purchase. Talk repeated on Friday afternoon.
HELPING YOUR KIDS TO RELAX
Venue: Denham Room, Priory St Centre, 15 Priory Street
Time: 7 – 9 pm
Cost: £5 (profits donated to IDAS)
Contact: Charlie Mitchell 07870 498886
Helping children to relax has so many benefits including improved confidence, self-esteem and concentration. Find out about the Relax Kids techniques created by Marneta Viegas and how you can use them to help your child relax. Great fun and learning for Mums and Dads!
HE HE HeART OF LAUGHTER
Venue: Briar House, Club Chambers, Museum St.
Time: 7.30 – 9 pm
Cost: £10
Contact: Terry Anne Scholes 01904 750880
These workshops are designed to teach the benefits of laughter and how to laugh to gain those benefits. Hypnotherapist Terry Anne delivers another laughter workshop for YIWW. Learn how to belly laugh and live life in the laugh lane. Come for a laugh, you will be glad
BARBARA DICKSON CONCERT
Venue: Grand Opera House, 4 Cumberland St, YO1 9SW
Time: 7.30 pm
Cost: £22.50 – £25
Contact: Box Office 0844 847 2322
Globally known for hits including Another Suitcase and I Knew Him So Well, Olivier Award winning actress/singer, Barbara Dickson, brings her sensational show to York for one night only.
WEIGHT LOSS YOGA IN YORK
Venue: Friends Meeting House, Friargate, York
Time: 8 – 9 pm
Cost: £6 / £5 concession
Contact: Anna Semlyen 01904 654355
Aiming to burn up fat and toxins at the cellular level with a focus around the abdominals. Yoga is well suited to anyone who is heavy as there is no impact on the joints. For beginners & experienced.
HYPNOTHERAPY & STRESS MANAGEMENT
Venue: The Healing Clinic, Club Chambers, Museum St, York
Time: 8 am – 12 noon
Cost: 10% OFF FOR WOMEN WITH YIWW PROGRAMME
Contact: Sarah Beamish 01904 679868
For full details of the help offered and the prices see http://www.thehealingclinic.co.uk/practitioners/SarahBeamish.html
YORK WALKS
Venue: Museum Gardens – main gates
Time: 10.30 am WOMEN IN YORK HISTORY
2 pm LITERARY WOMEN IN YORK
Cost: £5.50 / £5 students, YorkCard, disabled, YHA
Contact: Warwick or Lynn 01904 651130 / 01904 622303
Walks for all highlighting the contribution of women to York’s history.
ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE TASTER SESSIONS
Venue: The Healing Clinic, Club Chambers, Museum Street
Time: 12.30 – 4.30 pm
Cost: £5 for 20 minutes (booking advisable)
Contact: Pam Mason 01904 679868
Find out how your posture can be improved, how joint or muscle pain can be relieved, and how stress can be managed.
PREGNANCY YOGA IN YORK
Venue: Friends Meeting House, Friargate, York
Time: 7 – 8 pm
Cost: £6.50 / £5.50 concession
Contact: Anna Semlyen 01904 654355
Pregnancy Yoga for women 14+ weeks after conception. Stretch, tone, breathe and relax to help you to feel more comfortable and prepare for birth. See www.yogainyork.co.uk
HEALING CLINIC DROP IN SPECIAL OFFERS
offers available to any woman producing the YIWW programme
Venue: Briar House, Club Chambers, Museum Street, York
Time: 12 noon – 5 pm (30 minutes)
Cost: £20 – 2 clients for the price of one; bring a friend!
or £30 – care and attention from 2 therapists!
Contact: Healing Clinic 01904 679868 (no booking required)
Treatments on offer: Acupressure massage; Alexander Technique; Aromatherapy consultation; Back/neck/shoulders massage; Hara Shiatsu; Indian Head massage; Lymphatic facial; Reconnective Healing; Reflexology; Reiki. Your choice! Just drop in.
WOMEN’S SWIMS
Venue: Energise, Cornlands Road, York YO24 3DX
Time: 7 – 8 pm every Tuesday
Cost: Adult YorkCard £3.35, Concession YorkCard £2.20,
Adult £4.20, Concession £2.90.
Contact: Energise 01904 552424
Every Tuesday women can enjoy a quiet swim, and treat themselves to the many other facilities of Energise – a great sports centre for the residents of York and surrounding area.
REAL PEOPLE THEATRE presents ENCOUNTERS
Venue: Theatre Studio 1, York St John University,
Lord Mayors Walk, York
Time: 7.30 pm
Cost: £6 (£5 concessions)
Contact: Sue Lister 01904 488870
A forum theatre production in which you are invited to intervene – to change negative into positive! Women from different countries, backgrounds, experiences will work with you to make a difference in people’s lives. Individual scenes are available for future booking to act as a springboard for discussion for staff training, conferences and workshops. Scenes can be tailor-made to suit your purposes.
NO HANDS® Massage Tasters
Venue: Treatment Rooms, Millers Yard, Gillygate, YO31 7EB
Time: 9 am – 5 pm
Cost: £5 for 20 minutes (booking essential)
Contact: Joanne Bull 07799 145548
Try this clothed massage taster and discover the deep, relaxing, rejuvenating and nourishing benefits for yourself. Joanne is an Advanced NO HANDS® Massage Practitioner trained in the UK by its creator, Gerry Pyves. For more information please visit www.joannebullsimplyholistic.co.uk.
RELAX KIDS
Venue: Art Rm, Clements Hall, Nunthorpe Road, YO23 1BW
Time: 2.30 – 3.30 pm
Cost: £5 (profits donated to IDAS)
Contact: Charlie Mitchell 07870 498886
This is a lovely session for Mums and Dads to enjoy with their children aged 2-5 (smaller siblings welcome too!). A well-known children’s story will help children to learn how to relax, using the Relax Kids techniques created by Marneta Viegas. Great fun and learning for everyone!
REAL PEOPLE THEATRE presents ENCOUNTERS
Venue: Theatre Studio 1, York St John University,
Lord Mayors Walk, York
Time: 7.30 pm
Cost: £6 (£5 concessions)
Contact: Sue Lister 01904 488870
A forum theatre production in which you are invited to intervene – to change negative into positive! Women from different countries, backgrounds, experiences will work with you to make a difference in people’s lives. Individual scenes are available for future booking to act as a springboard for discussion for staff training, conferences and workshops. Scenes can be tailor-made to suit your purposes.
NO HANDS® Massage Tasters
Venue: Treatment Rooms, Millers Yard, Gillygate, YO31 7EB
Time: 9am–5pm
Cost: £5 for 20 minutes (booking essential)
Contact: Joanne Bull 07799 145548
Try this clothed massage taster and discover the deep, relaxing, rejuvenating and nourishing benefits for yourself. Joanne is an
Advanced NO HANDS
Massage Practitioner trained in the UK by its creator, Gerry Pyves. For more information please visit http://www.joannebullsimplyholistic.co.uk.
A WALK IN HAGG WOOD
Venue: Meet at Intake Lane, Dunnington
(next to children’s swings)
Time: 10.30 am
Cost: Free
Contact: Olwyn Fonseca 01904 489623
Choose between a gentle stroll in Hagg Wood or something more energetic. Come so that you can revisit with friends at bluebell time or come to find out more about our thriving conservation / social group. Someone will meet the no. 10 bus which leaves York Station at 9.59 am (stand under clock). All welcome.
BODY LIGHT TASTER SESSIONS
Ease through applying Alexander Technique Principles
Venue: 5 Thorpe Street (off Scarcroft Road), York
Time: 12.30 – 3 pm
Cost: £5 (20 mins each taster)
Contact: Lena Schibel-Mason 01904 651367
Come with any movement or activity you would like to explore to
find more ease and lightness in performing it. Get to know a way
out of habits that restrict us and pull us down.
BRIAR HOUSE CHILDREN’S DROP IN: 2 for 1 Offer
Venue: Briar House, Club Chambers, Museum Street, York
Time: 1 – 5 pm Contact: 01904 679868
Cost: £10 instead of £20 for 30 minute session
Offer available for any children coming for Kinesiology, Acupressure, Herbal products/advice. Still free chats with June or
TEN EASY WAYS FOR WOMEN TO BE MORE HEALTHY
Venue: Clifton Parish Church, Clifton, YO30 6BH
Time: 2 pm Cost: Free
Contact: Angela Shepherd 07885 207212
A talk by York personal wellness coach, Angela Shepherd of Love Living Well, on how women can make simple changes to their eating habits and lifestyle that will make a big difference to their health and how they look and feel. See www.lovelivingwell.co.uk.
BODY LIGHT
Alexander Technique for beginners & experienced students
Venue: Friends Meeting House, Friargate, York
Time: 4 – 5.15 pm or 5.45 – 7 pm
Cost: £7 each
Contact: Lena Schibel-Mason 651367 or Mary Greene 414793
How to access and foster lightness, ease and balance will be the theme of these workshops. Elements of body mapping and explorative games will make us more aware of ourselves and our inbuilt uplifting forces.
WOMEN’S SWIMS
Venue: Yearsley Pool, Haley’s Terrace, Haxby Road, YO31 8SB
Time: 5 – 6 pm every Thursday Cost: From £2.20
Contact: Simon Luck 01904 552431
You only need 30 minutes of moderate exercise a day to boost
your happiness and health. Why not improve your fitness in our
pool? Targeted sessions every Thursday encourage more women
to swim. For more details visit http://www.york.gov.uk/fit.
PILATES WITH LOUISE
Venue: Rufforth Primary School, Wetherby Road
Time: 6.45 – 7.45 pm
Cost: Free
Contact: Louise Bowden 01937 831781 or 07773 794301
Pilates is for everyone from 8 to 80 plus, whatever your level of fitness (or lack of it!). Pilates tones and strengthens muscles, increases flexibility and improves posture. It is also excellent if you suffer from back pain. All equipment provided. Just wear comfortable clothing. The class is free but please book in advance.
LOVE TO LAUGH AT LOVE TO EAT
Venue: Love to Eat, 52-54 Moor Lane, Dringhouses, YO24 2QY
Time: 7 – 8.30 pm
Cost: £15 includes refreshments & take-home toy
Contact: Louise at Love to Eat 01904 778880
or Terry Anne 01904 750880
Terry Anne delivers another popular laughter workshop especially for Love to Eat. If you missed her on BBC Look North and the BBC Big Screens, come along to Love to Eat. Learn the benefits of laughter and learn how to Live Life in the Laugh Lane!
GETTING IT TOGETHER
Collaborating with another writer
Venue: Millers Yard, Gillygate, York YO31 7EB
Time: 7.30 – 9 pm
Cost: £3 / £2 concessions
Contact: Pauline Kirk 01904 706536
Do you have a prose or poetry project you can’t finish? Can’t get started? Got writer’s block? Writing with another woman may help. Join Pauline who is writing crime novels with her daughter, to consider the pleasures and processes of collaboration. No experience necessary – just a desire to write.
FIND YOUR POISED BALANCED SELF
Alexander Technique Taster Sessions
Venue: York Clinic for Complementary Medicine, 296 Tadcaster Road, York YO24 1ET
Time: 11–2pm
Cost: £5 for 20 minutes (booking essential)
Contact: Mary Greene 01904 709688
Have an enjoyable one to one taster of this world renowned technique. Find out how your posture can be improved, how joint or muscle pain can be relieved, and how stress can be managed to avoid strain on the nervous system.
THE TEMPEST from 11 March onwards
Venue: City Screen Picturehouse, Coney Street
Time: TBA See www.picturehouses.co.uk/york
Cost: (depends on the time of day)
Contact: Box Office 0871 902 5726
In Julie Taymor’s version of Shakespeare’s play, the main character is a woman named Prospera, but women practising the magical arts of alchemy ran the risk of being accused of witchcraft. Prospera is usurped by her brother and banished. Her island exile presents a tabula rasa and so the mother figure becomes a father figure to Miranda. This leads to the power struggle between Caliban and Prospera, a struggle less about brawn, but about intellect.
AGAINST ALL TRADITION
The Life & Times of Githa Sowerby
Venue: Millers Yard, Gillygate, York YO31 7EB
Time: 12.30 – 2 pm
Cost: £2 – tea & biscuits included
Contact: Rose Drew 01904 733767
PowerPoint presentation by Pat Riley, local actor and author, on the life of Githa Sowerby, whose first play defied the odds – and white male theatre critics – by becoming a West End hit in 1912! Pat’s fast-paced book, Looking for Githa, available for purchase. Presentation also offered on Monday evening.
HEALING CLINIC DROP IN SPECIAL OFFERS
offers available to any woman producing the YIWW programme
Venue: Briar House, Club Chambers, Museum Street, York
Time: 1 – 4.30 pm (30 minutes)
Cost: £20 – 2 clients for the price of one; bring a friend!
or £30 – care and attention from 2 therapists!
Contact: Healing Clinic 01904 679868 (no booking required)
Treatments on offer: Acupressure massage; Alexander Technique; Aromatherapy consultation; Back/neck/shoulders massage; Hara Shiatsu; Indian Head massage; Lymphatic facial; Reconnective Healing; Reflexology; Reiki. Your choice! Just drop in.
RELAX & UNWIND FOR THE WEEKEND!
Venue: The Loft, Millers Yard, Gillygate, YO31 7EB
Time: 6 – 7.30 pm
Cost: £3 donation to York Independent Domestic Abuse Service
Contact: Joe or Sally 07799 145548 or 07910 705272
Come and enjoy a relaxed informal workshop and discover simple and effective techniques to raise energy, balance stress and improve your well-being. Let Joe (Massage therapy), Sally (Nutritional therapy) and Debbie (Hypnotherapy) ease you into your weekend.
WOMEN’S HAFLA DANCE PARTY
Venue: Priory St Centre, 15 Priory Street, YO1 6ET
Time: 7.30 pm (doors open at 7 pm)
Cost: £8 / £6 concession
Contact: Susan 01904 672168
An evening of performances and tasters in Egyptian,
circle dance and zumba. Authentic music, fun and good company.
A benefit for York Community Circle Dance Association, supporting
circle dance projects in the community. Market of second-hand
dance clothes, jewellery and scarves. Donations welcome. Live
music by Purple Delta. Women only. All women welcome.
EASTER WOMEN
Venue: Trinity Methodist Church
Time: 10 am – 12 noon
Cost: Free admission; refreshments from 50p
Contact: Ed Cooke 08447 043586
A drop-in café event including monologues from some of the female characters in the Bible. Tea, coffee and light refreshments on sale.
DUNNINGTON WI COFFEE MORNING
Venue: Dunnington Reading Room, Church Street,
Dunnington, YO19 5PW
Time: 10 am – 12 noon
Cost: £1 including coffee or tea
Contact: Janice Kay 01904 488357
A coffee morning to promote the Women’s Institute with local and national information about the organisation. Also a cake stall, raffle, display of handicrafts and friendly company!
YORK WALKS
Venue: Museum Gardens – main gates
Time: 10.30 am WOMEN IN YORK HISTORY
2 pm LITERARY WOMEN IN YORK
Cost: £5.50 / £5 students, YorkCard, disabled, YHA
Contact: Warwick or Lynn 01904 651130 / 01904 622303
Walks for all highlighting the contribution of women to York’s history.
SCRAPBOOK JOURNALING
Venue: Briar House, Club Chambers, Museum Street
Time: 1.30 – 3 pm
Cost: £9 including refreshments and materials
Contact: Sharon Emery 07817 408877
“Let your life speak.” (Quaker saying)
Scrapbook Journaling is a creative way to write about all the things which make up your unique life story. At this introductory session you will have the opportunity to start gathering together thoughts, ideas and inspiration – and to plan your own Scrapbook Journal.
DANCE YOUR INNER FIRE
Venue: Heworth Church Hall, Melrosegate,
Time: 1.30 – 5 pm
Cost: £10-£15 (please book in advance)
Contact: Karen Michaelsen 01904 788058
or mail@circledanceinyork.co.uk
An afternoon workshop to explore and express the fire within with Gypsy/Roma circle dances. Enjoy the sensual and expressive dance movements and the meditative and energising moods of the music. You are invited to dress with anything that jingles, jangles or sparkles. This workshop is for women only. All women are welcome.
FILM MATINEE: GAS FOOD LODGING
Venue: Clements Hall, Nunthorpe Road, York YO23 1BW
Time: 2 pm
Cost: £4 (members £3)
Contact: Charmian Walter 01904 412296
In the boring desert of New Mexico, a single mother raises her two teenage daughters, whose deepest desire is to leave the dead calm town. Shade is the type to escape in her extravagant fantasies, while Trudi is so rebellious it could drive her away. Directed by Allison Anders, 1991. All welcome!
THE HEALING CLINIC
Club Chambers, Museum Street, York
10% off private sessions with CATHERINE WALLACE for any woman with the YIWW programme
Treatments on offer:-massage – lymphatic drainage – Indian head massage – Hopi ear candles – reconnective healing – reflexology
Thursday 3rd -Saturday 5th March
Venue: various in York City and University
Contact: Ann Kaloski 01904 433671
Cost: some events free, also 1-day, 3-day, and individual tickets.
An exciting local and global festival and conference which brings together people from many nations to learn from each other, celebrate activist creativity, and advance feminist work. Come along for craft workshops, papers, performances and exhibitions, which explore ways in which art in many forms can open up spaces for thinking and for action, All welcome.
YORK FESTIVAL OF FAIRTRADE – FAIR TRADE MARKET
Friday 11th – Sunday 13th March
Venue: Parliament Street
Time: 10 am -5 pm
Contact: Richard 07923 915724
The climax of the two-week Festival of Fairtrade is again the Fair Trade Market, with street entertainment all day on March 12th, and the launch of Fairtrade Yorkshire. Come and find out about Fairtrade working with women’s co-operatives in the developing world. See www.fairtradeyork.com for the full programme of events.
GUIDED CYCLE RIDE – CYCLE CHIC™ SUNDAY
20 March 2011
Venue: Meet at University of York Sports Centre, Heslington,
York YO10 5DD
Time: 11 am (30-45 mins cycling time)
Cost: Free
Contact: Loretta Spyers-Ashby 01904 553440
Riding to the cycle Hub Station, visit Judy’s Affordable Vintage Fair at the Hospitium in the Museum Gardens. Refreshments will be available and admission to the fair is free for Cycle Chic™ participants. See www.cyclingcityyork.org.uk for more information. You can choose when you’d like to return home. This ride is suitable for women of all levels of cycling ability. All you need is a roadworthy bike, a pump, lock, suitable clothing and a drink.
York International Women’s Week Events 2011
Saturday 4th March – Saturday 12th March
Download the Programme for York International Women’s Week 2011 from http://www.yorkwomen.org.uk/IWWprogramme2011.pdf
Or check http://www.yorkwomen.org.uk/yiww11.html for updates
University of Sheffield International Women’s Day Events – 7th to 11th March 2011
Posted on: 28 February 2011
Join the University of Sheffield in its celebrations of the centenary of International Women’s Day by registering for events – either email Peter Mason or complete the online registration form.
Monday 7th March
Drop-in Lunch and Book Swap hosted by the Women’s Network Book Group
12.30-1.30pm, Seminar Room, Department of Human Resources, 301 Glossop Road
Women of Steel – A Celebration of Sheffield Women in conjunction with Sheffield City Council
6-8pm, Town Hall
Register online via link below
Tuesday 8th March
Sheffield First Partnership International Women’s Day Event
10.30am-12noon, DLA Piper, 1 St Paul’s Place, Sheffield
There’s No Women Like Showwomen – History of Showwomen from the National Fairground Archive: A Lecture with Professor Vanessa Toulmin
1-2pm, Tapestry Room, Firth Court
Register online via link below
International Women’s Day Dinner
7pm, KPasa, West Street
Wednesday 9th March
Career Development Planning for Women with Diane Turner
2-4.30pm, Seminar Room, Department of Human Resources, 301 Glossop Road
Register online via link below
Thursday 10th March
Relaxation Session with Ellie Johnson
12.30-1.30pm, Training Room, Department of Human Resources, 301 Glossop Road
Register online via link below
Film screening: Made in Dagenham
6.30pm, Students’ Union Auditorium
Friday 11th March
Look at me: Images of women and ageing. A Seminar with Dr Lorna Warren and Dr Naomi Richards from the Department of Sociological Studies
12-1pm, Tapestry Room, Firth Court
Register online via link below
Register for events and check for updates at http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/hr/equality/iwd/schedule
