WISEWORDS

Celebrating women writers, artists and performers

produced by alternative arts

1-31 March 2012 Womens History Month www.alternativearts.co.uk

LAUNCH of WISEWORDS and WOMENS HISTORY MONTH in East London Thursday 1 March 6pm-9pm RICH MIX 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, Shoreditch, E1 6LA Liverpool Street tube/Shoreditch High St Stn. www.richmix.org.uk 020 7613 7498 Reception with Rushanara Ali MP followed by speakers and performers including Kate Williams historian, TV presenter & novelist, Carolyn Simpson from SERTUC Womens Rights Committee, Chandan Mahal from The Womens Library, Natalie Langford from Climate Week, Jessica Metheringham-Owlett political researcher, and a representative from Amnesty International; with films from WORLDwrite, music and dance by Nari Diganta, Sister Elements, Equator Women of the World, stories by Shamim Azad, oomphy poetry by Comfort and ditzy metroland ditties by Jammie Sammy from Apples and Snakes and Bridget Minamore from Tongue Fu. FREE WISEWORDS POETRY OPEN MIC NIGHT Wednesday 7 March 7.30pm VIBE LIVE @ THE VIBE BAR Old Truman Brewery, 91 Brick Lane E1 6QL Aldgate East/Liverpool Street tube www.vibe-bar.co.uk 020 7247 3479 Womens open mic poetry night with special guest slot from HOLLIE McNISH, and featuring the feisty VANESSA KISUULE and fretboard bothering funny woman CECILIA DELATORI. The atmosphere will be electric, the air thick with poems, and if youd like to toss a few of your own into the evening, arrive early to sign up. In association with top-dog poetry-bods Apples and Snakes. Tickets: 3/2 concs and open mikers available on door. www.applesandsnakes.org 020 8465 6154 INTERNATIONAL WOMENS FAIR Celebrating International Womens Day Saturday 10 March 10am-5pm SPITALFIELDS TRADERS MARKET Brushfield Street, E1 6AA Liverpool St tube www.alternativearts.co.uk 020 7375 0441 Artists, Books, Craftswomen, Designers, Performers, Workshops, Womens Groups and Organisations. Come and celebrate with a wonderful collection of creative women including artists exhibiting paintings and photography, hand-made crafts, fashion designers, music and poetry, participatory workshops and fabulous food. Admission FREE Apply for a stand or stall to info@alternativearts.co.uk BRADY ARTS CENTRE 192-196 Hanbury Street E1 5HU Whitechapel tube

www.towerhamlets.gov.uk 020 7364 7900 10 March 2pm-6pm CHALLENGE the PERCEPTIONS of BEAUTY Co-ordinated by A Team Arts, this event for young women aged 13-19 years includes arts activities, information and advice with refreshments and a showcase of local young womens talents featuring special guests. FREE BRICK LANE BOOKSHOP 166 Brick Lane E1 6RU Aldgate East tube www.bricklanebookshop.com 020 7247 0216 Open every day 11am-6pm A wide range of books by local writers. Adm FREE BROADWAY BOOKSHOP Broadway Market, E8 4OJ London Fields Stn www.broadwaybookshophackney.com 020 7241 1626 1-31 March Tues-Sat 10am-6pm Sun 11am-5pm JOURNEY Photography by Catherine Holmes depicting an individual journey through comprehending and recovering from mental illness, and featuring supporting literature by female writers. Adm FREE CHICCHI ART LOUNGE 516 Roman Road E3 5ES Bow tube www.chicchi.co.uk 020 8141 4190 1-31 March Mon-Fri 8am-7pm Sat 8am-6pm FEMALE ICONOGRAPHY: Women Celebrate Women: Mythology, Magic and Miracles. Debbie Cicalese, Chris Czainski, Sue Kreitzman, Julia Sisi. CLIMATE WEEK 12-18 March Get involved with Climate Week www.climateweek.com EAGLE GALLERY 159 Farringdon Road EC1R 3AL Farringdon tube www.emmahilleagle.com 020 7833 2674 1-31 March Wed-Fri 11am-6pm Sat 11am-4pm ROSA LEE Paintings. Rosa Lee (1957-2009) was a highly respected abstract painter and influential teacher whose work featured in many significant exhibitions throughout the 1980s and 1990s. FREE. GALLERY CAF 21 Old Ford Road E2 9PL Bethnal Green tube www.stmargaretshouse.org.uk 020 8980 2092 1-31 March Mon-Fri 8am-9pm Sat & Sun 9am-8pm FLUID IMAGES Heather Dyer Abstract images inspired by water. FREE GALLERY HACKPH Hackney Picturehouse, 270 Mare Street, E8 1HE Hackney Central Stn www.picturehouses.co.uk 07812145337 3 March 4 April 11.30am-11.30pm daily LA MEMORIA NELLA PIETRA Photography by Annalisa Gonnella & Jessica Bernard. FREE

MADDER 139 137 Whitecross Street & Play House Yard, EC1 Y8JL Old St, Barbican & Moorgate tubes www.madder139.com 020 7490 3667 15 March 28 April Thurs-Sat 12noon-6pm NEW MODEL ARMY Linda Aloysius Sculpture configuring the female form and experience. FREE MUSEUM OF LONDON 150 London Wall EC2Y 5HN Barbican tube www.museumoflondon.org.uk 020 7001 9844 Until 10 June Mon-Sun 10am-6pm SLEEP WALK SLEEP TALK Suki Chan A series of evocative lightbox stills following in the footsteps of Dickens essay Night Walks. FREE FREE RICH MIX 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, Shoreditch E1 6LA Shoreditch High Street Stn/Liverpool St tube www.richmix.org.uk 020 7613 7498/9 1 March 6pm-9pm LAUNCH of WOMENS HISTORY MONTH in East London, INTERNATIONAL WOMENS WEEK in Tower Hamlets and The WISEWORDS programme presented by Alternative Arts. Admission Free. All welcome. 8 March 8pm TONGUE FU International Womens Day Special with Jan Blake, Anna Freeman and Bridget Minamore performing to improvised accompaniment from Tongue Fu band (Nostalgia 77, UNKLE) 15 March 7.30pm CARMEN SOUZA Lisbon born Cape Verdean songstress presented by Equator WOMEN of the WORLD Tkts 8 adv, 11 on door. 22 March 7.30pm EVE POLLARD, author & journalist talks of her life, MOR KARBASI, world music diva, presented by Equator WOMEN of the WORLD. Tkts 12 adv, 15 on door. 29 March 7.30pm NAJMA AKHTAR ghazal singer, TAHMIMA ANAM writer, JYOSTNA SRIKANTH violinist, SHIVANOVA cross-cultural ensemble, DJ RITU presented by Equator WOMEN of the WORLD. Tkts 12 adv, 15 on door. 30 March 8pm SISTER ELEMENTS present GrandMas Party with DJ Anarkali, DJ Sarah Love, Sarah Sayeed and Love Performance with DJ Excalibah. Dance: Jane Sekonya & Ella Mesma, Screening: Ladies First (Film about Women in Hip Hop) Host: DJ Jonzi D. Tkts 8/10. STUDIO 75 75 Hebden Court, Laburnam Street E2 8BG Haggerston Stn www.studio75.org.uk 07984 663360 30 March - 8 April Fri-Sun 1pm-6pm WITHOUT CASULTIES Gillian McIver, Andrea Luka Zimmerman mixed media installations exploring issues of militarism and identity, and personal memories of the Cold War. FREE. TOWER HAMLETS IDEA STORES

Idea Store Chrisp Street 1 Vesey Path, East India, Dock Road, E14 6BT. All Saints DLR www.ideastore.co.uk 020 7364 1502 10 March 2pm-4pm An afternoon of activities celebrating shared traditions with poet and story teller Shamim Azad and Tina Hemmise who will lead an introduction to quilting. There will also be an opportunity to learn more about and enjoy henna painting. FREE Idea Store Canary Wharf Churchill Place E14 5RB. Canary Wharf tube www.ideastore.co.uk 020 7364 1255 1-31 March Mon-Thurs 9am-9pm, Fri 9am-6pm, Sat 9am-5pm, Jun 12noon-6pm TELLING TALES local history exhibition on women FREE TRANSITION GALLERY Unit 25a Regent Studios, 8 Andrews Road, E8 4QN Cambridge Heath Stn www.transitiongallery.co.uk 020 24 March 22 April Fri-Sun 12noon-6pm OUT OF THE COSMIC STORM Lindsey Bull Paintings exploring occult practices, myth and magic. FREE TRATTORIA SAPORI 44 Newington Green N16 9QH Dalston Kingsland & Dalston Junction Stns www.trattoriasapori.co.uk 020 7704 0744 7 March 2 April Mon-Fri 9.30am-10.30pm Sat & Sun 8.30am-10.30pm CONVERSATION DRAWINGS Joanna McCormick Drawing and painting installation inspired by her recent artist residency in a continuing care home. FREE V&A MUSEUM OF CHILDHOOD Cambridge Heath Road E2 9PA Bethnal Green tube www.museuymofchildhood.org.uk 020 8983 5200 Until 7 May Open daily 10am-5.45pm THE VALUE OF THE PAW A selection of work made by sculptor Cathie Pilkington inspired by ideas and memories from many of the toys and objects in the museum. FREE WHITECHAPEL GALLERY 77-82 Whitechapel High Street E1 7QX Aldgate East tube www.whitechapelgallery.org 020 7522 7888 Open Tues-Sun 11am-6pm, Thurs until 9pm Until 9 March ZARINA BHIMJI Landscapes and buildings haunted by their layered histories are the protagonsists in Zarina Bhimjis photographs and large-scale film installations. India and East Africa are the repeat locations for her poetic foray into the archaeology of place. FREE Until 25 March CORIN SWORN Video Lens Prism. (2010) in the Zilkha Auditorium. FREE 28 March 17 June GILLIAN WEARING Turner Prize-winning British artist Gillian Wearings photographs and films explore the public and private lives of ordinary people and how they present themselves. Tkts 9.50/7.50 concs (incl. Gift Aid donation) 8.50/6.50 (excl. Gift Aid). THE WOMENS LIBRARY London Metropolitan University, Old Castle Street E1 7NT Aldgate East tube

Open Mon-Fri 9.30am-5.30pm, Thurs until 8pm, Sat 10am-4pm www.womenslibrary.co.uk 020 7320 2222 Until 25 August ALL WORK AND LOW PAY The Story of Women and Work. Womens work has consistently been unrecognised and undervalued. This exhibition shows the extraordinary range of jobs done by women over the past 150 years, from forging iron chains to assembling fine electrical components. It highlights the campaigns for equal pay and fair working conditions led by pioneering activists and supported by trade unions. FREE Until 10 March ARCHIVES TALES: Uncovering Inter-war Black Histories Exploring the ways in which black individuals and histories either appear or are absent in the records of various womens rights organisations and individual campaigners. FREE 8 March 7pm INTERNATIONAL WOMENS DAY LECTURE Addressing the Autobiography: The Life of Lady Rhondda (1883-1858) A suffragette, the founder of Time and Tide and the first female president of the Institute of Directors; Lady Rhondda was one of the movers and shakers of the first half of 20 th century Britain. Presented in collaboration with the Womens History Network. Tkts 8/6 concs 10 March 12pm & 2.30pm GUIDED TOURS of the Womens Library Come and see the highlights of the collections, with tours of the current exhibitions, and a chance to look at materials from the archives. FREE 24 March 2pm THE BLACK POWER MIXTAPE 1967-1975 Unique film gathering together a treasure trove of original footage produced for Swedish TV and shot in the US during a tempestuous period of American history. Tkts 6

WiseWords is produced by Alternative Arts +44(0)20 7375 0441 www.alternativearts.co.uk info@alternativearts.co.uk WiseWords is supported by Tower Hamlets Council, Spitalfields, Amnesty International, London Metropolitan University, The Womens Library, V&A Museum of Childhood, Rich Mix, Whitechapel Gallery and Alternative Arts.