RTP-area local music and culture

[Internationalist Books <ibooks AT internationalistbooks.org>]

Internationalist Books & Community Center
405 W Franklin St
Chapel Hill, NC  27516
919-942-1740
http://internationalistbooks.org/
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*WE HAVE NEW ZINES*... about all sorts of stuff... from thoughtcrime, 
parcell press, microcosm, and on and on and on...  xo

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MONDAY, MAY 22 -- READING: MICHELLE TEA @ NIGHTLIGHT, 7pm

Prolific author/performer Michelle Tea has spilled her guts all across
this country, ever ready to confess her crimes, confusions, and
caprices.  She's bled her heart out in memoirs such as The Passionate
Mistakes and Intricate Corruption of One Girl in America, the graphic
novel Rent Girl, and the Lambda-award winning Valencia; she's spewed
her spleen on tour with both Sister Spit, a self-organized traveling
spoken word extravaganza of women who have somethin' to say, and the
Sex Worker's Art Show, which creatively explores the politics of the
sex-industry; and she's coughed up more than a few intellectual
hairballs editing books such as Without A Net: The Female Experience of
Growing Up Working Class, and writing essays on everything from class
to food to sex.  In the process she's become one of America's most loved
queer subcultural icons.  Don't miss her reading from her latest novel
"Rose of No Man's Land".   Opening will be local kickass poet Neeve 
Neevel, who'll be laying down some amazing spoken word all her own. 
Neeve is a member of the ever-popular Cuntry Kings drag-troupe, and was 
co-founder of Feed the Fire Productions in Brooklyn, which she started 
with Alix Olson.  Not to be missed.  Monday, May 22nd at 7pm at the 
Nightlight in Chapel Hill (405 1/2 Rosemary St, Chapel Hill).
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SATURDAY, JUNE 3 -- CARRBORO BOOK FAIR @ THE ARTS CENTER

Readers, writers and lovers of the written word, please join us at the 
2nd Annual Carrboro Book Fair!  Participating organizations include AK 
Press, Mineshaft Magazine, Parcell Press, Garrett County Press, Feral 
House, Daniel 13, Carolina Wren Press, John F. Blair, Crimethinc, SURGE, 
The People's Channel and others.  In addition to readings by some great 
authors, we'll have storytelling sessions and child care for young ones. 
 Readers will include:

Kim Arrington, founder of Greased Scalp Press and author of "The Lapis 
Dwellers"

Ebony Golden, of Betty's Daughter Literary Press

Hannah Gill, author of "Going to Carolina del Norte: Narrating Mexican 
Migrant Experiences"

Bill Powers, author of the new novel "Love Is Strong As Death" and 
father of William Powers, below.

William Powers, author of the new book "Whispering in the Giant's Ear: A 
Frontline Chronicle from Bolivia's War on Globalization."  Long the 
obscure “Tibet of South America,” Bolivia emerged as a world flashpoint 
during the four years William Powers lived there as an aid
worker.

Other readers TBA!

For more information please contact Ethan Clauset at 
ethan AT interationalistbooks.org or 919-360-8516


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MAY 19 - 21 -- SWEATY SOUTHERN RADICAL QUEER & TRANS CONVERGENCE, DURHAM

In less than two weeks, the Sweaty Southern Radical Queer & Trans
Convergence will hit the South like a brick through the window of the
Stonewall! On May 19th-21st in downtown Durham, NC, a fierce and
fabulous gathering of trans and queer radicals will feast on a dazzling
array of informative workshops, valuable networking and
movement-building sessions, and sassy performances ranging from
burlesque to spoken word to drag and more! Read on for all of the
details about registration, workshops, location and logistics,
and volunteering and helping out. Hope to see you there!

MORE INFO:
radicalqtc at riseup.net
http://www.radicalqtc.org
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MAY 18 - 21 -- SOUNDSCAPE MOVEMENT FEST

For a complete schedule and details, please see: www.soundscapefest.org

The First Ever SoundScape Movement Fest, will take place on Thursday,
May 18th-Sunday May 21st. The festival is an improvisational based sound
and movement festival in the Chapel Hill/Carrboro area.

International and local artists will put on nightly performances and
daily educational workshops. The festival will take place at local
venues including the Nightlight, the ArtsCenter, the Local 506, Balanced
Movement, Carolina Fitness and the Internationalist Bookstore.

Workshops will include dance improvisation, grant-writing, video and
sound production and the history of turn-tablism.  Some local groups 
include Available for Lease, Robo Sapien, Immediate Theater, Carolina 
Contact, and Boyzone.

EVENTS ARE HAPPENING EVERYWHERE BUT HERE AT INTERNATIONALIST...

Saturday, May 20th -- Screening: Dance/ART VIDEOS, 5:15pm - 6:15pm
Videos by Bulgarian HumArts Foundation, Zero Ballet (Melbourne) and 
local dance.video artists (Suggested donation: $3)

Sunday, May 21st -- Workshops
1:30 - 3pm:
Andrew Pearson- grant-writing (NC Peace and Justice, Ibooks)
3:15-4:45:
Chad Johnston- intro to video production ( Peoples Channel)

Sunday, May 21st -- Post-performance Festival Discussion, 5pm

Other Workshops by:
Alissa Cardone/Kinodance- boston (butoh)
Hannah McClure
Nansy Simpson Carter (mind and meditation)
Alexis Mastromichalis (SoundScape music improvisation)
John Bainbridge (contact improvisation)
Zeke Graves- electronic music workshop, 'how to make a beat'

Please contact Alexis at 919.923.7910 for financial
assistance or work-study scholarship

You can purchase your tickets in advance at the
Internationalist Bookstore or from the Local 506.
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*WHAT IS PRISON BOOKS*

The Prison Books Collective is a new prisoner support group forming in
the Chapel Hill/Carrboro area.  Like the dozens of other similar groups
around the country, it will provide thousands of free books, at request,
to prisoners throught the southeast.  By providing educational,
political and legal resources, we can support people behind bars, show
solidarity with their struggles, and fight against the alienating and
destructive effects of the US prison system.

But we need your help!  We currently have a space to work out of, but
are in need of books and money for shipping.  We're also going to need
lots of eager volunteers to help package and mail books.  If you would
like to help organize or support this great project please go to
www.prisonbooks.info.

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