SWAN Day/Support Women Artists Now Day is a new international holiday that celebrates women artists. It is an annual event taking place on the last Saturday of March (Women’s History Month) and the surrounding weeks.
The official date of the Third International SWAN Day is Saturday, March 27, 2010, but it is celebrated throughout the months of March and April.
By focusing attention on the work of women artists, SWAN Day helps people imagine what the world might be like if women’s art and perspectives were fully integrated into all of our lives.
People celebrate this new holiday by participating in SWAN Day events and by making donations to their favorite women artists. The long term goal of SWAN Day is to inspire communities around the world to find new ways to recognize and support women artists as a basic element of civic planning. In 2009, there were over 170 SWAN Day events in 12 countries.
Here are some SWAN Day events happening in the Boston, MA area that you can attend in the coming weeks. We hope you’ll come out and support these talented women!
Dayenne Walters and Christina Bynoe in Monica Raymond's "A TO Z"
March Madness
Produced by Regina Eliot-Ramsey, Lisa Burdick & Debra Wiess
A Boston SWAN Day Celebration with Staged Readings of the Work of Local Women featuring Playwrights Lisa Burdick, Lyralen Kaye, Rosanna Alfaro, Janet Kenney, Monica Raymond, Hortense Gerardo, Geralyn Horton, Anastasia Townsend, Ellen Davis Sullivan, Martha Patterson, Debra Wiess
Talkback session moderated by Huntington Playwriting Fellow Lydia R. Diamond
WHEN
Saturday, March 27, 2010, 2-4:30pm
Light refreshments will be served prior to the Readings
WHERE
Presented at the Boston Playwrights’ Theatre
TICKETS
A $5.00 donation is suggested.
For info or reservations e-mail elram0416@comcast.net
This event has been supported by the International Centre for Women Playwrights
Headliner Maria Bamford
Women in Comedy Festival
ImprovBoston’s Women in Comedy Festival (WICF) runs from March 24-28, 2010 at ImprovBoston in Cambridge, MA and Mottley’s Comedy Club in Boston’s historic Faneuil Hall. The festival will showcase 21 stand-up, improv, sketch, and storytelling performances starring 150 of the country’s hottest comedy stars from Comedy Central, MTV, VH1, HBO, Letterman, Leno, Second City and more.
Comedy’s Queen of Quirk, Maria Bamford (The Comedians of Comedy Tour, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno), recently named one of Comedy Central’s “Top Ten Favorite Comics,” will headline the event along with special guests Jackie Kashian (Comedy Central Presents, The Bob & Tom Show) and Bonnie McFarlane (HBO’s One Night Stand, Comedy Central Presents, The Late Show with David Letterman). Up-and-coming talent from Boston’s own backyard will be taking the stage along with homegrown stars like Kelly McFarland (Comedy Central’s Premium Blend, NBC’s The Biggest Loser) and Giulia Rozzi (VH1, MTV, Jimmy Kimmel Live) who perform nationally.
WHEN
March 24-28
WHERE
ImprovBoston and Motley’s Comedy Club
TICKETS
prices vary
For a full schedule of events, ticket and venue information, please visit the Women in Comedy Festival Website.
The Vagina Monologues
produced as part of the V-Day campaign to benefit women.
100% of the profits will be donated! Profit will be split between the City of Joy in the Democratic Republic of Congo (This year’s VDAY Spotlight campaign), Transition House in Cambridge and The Elizabeth Stone House in Roxbury.
WHEN
April 9th at 8:00pm
April 10th at 8:00pm
April 11th at 2:00pm
WHERE
YMCA Theatre, Cambridge YMCA in Central Square
820 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA
Red Line to Central Square/ #1 MBTA Bus line
TICKETS
$10.00 for general admission
To reserve tickets e-mail vdaycambridge2010@gmail.com. Please specify the number of tickets and what show you are coming to see OR you can buy them at the door!
BROAD-ville: a women’s variety show
presented by a Couple of Redheads Productions
one of the redheads
one of the redheads
featuring comedy, music, circus and art by outstanding Boston-area performers and artists. This raucous and eclectic evening includes original work by Sharon Leckie, Kate Nugent, Christine Houde, Marcy Goldberg Sacks, Lorraine Grosslight, Priya Jamnu Tahiliani, Michele Vitti and Trisha Zembruski.
WHEN
May 7 & 8 at 8:00pm
Artist Reception at 7:00pm
WHERE
the Arlington Center for the Arts
Questions? Email info@acoupleofredheads.com or visit www.acoupleofredheads.com
