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April 15 TWB ANNOUNCEMENTS
1. May and June Courses
2. Reception for Bookends: “All I Work For” Art Installation Monday, May 2.
3. Poetic License: An Evening of Poetry Thursday, May 12
4. 10% Venture Friday April 29

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
5. War Resisters Support Campaign Fundraiser, Monday April 25
6. Andrea Smith lecture, Thursday April 28
7. Tariq Ali lecture, Saturday April 30
8. Tapestry New Opera, Tuesday May 10

TWB ANNOUNCEMENTS
1. Spring into action at the Toronto Women’s Bookstore by taking one of our May or June Courses!

Mondays in May: Cancer: Creative Strategies for Resistance.
Monday May 9, 16, 23 and 30 from 6:30pm to 9pm.
$52. Monday May 23 is a holiday and the class will meet that week, but not at the Toronto Women’s Bookstore.

Tuesday Workshop: Post-Secondary Futures: A Workshop for Moms of Colour and their teens.
Tuesday May 3 from 6:30pm to 9:30pm.
Fee: $10 for one participant, $15 for a mom plus a teen.

3 Tuesdays and 1 Wednesday in May: “Spoken Word” A Cappella: Theory and Practice.
Tues May 10, 17, Wed May 24 and Tues May 31.
6:30pm to 9pm. $52. Pre-registration is required for all courses.

Please call the store with payment or come in to pay and register.

**June Courses Sneak Preview**
We don’t have the full info about these courses yet, but here’s a teaser for you:
Monday nights in June: Bisexuality: The Basics with Cheryl Dobinson
Tuesday nights in June: Cuban Feminist Literature with Clelia Rodriguez

Keep watching this newsletter for more info about our June and July Courses! For more information about our courses, visit our website, pick up our lovely orange May Courses pamphlet at the store, or email info@womensbookstore.com . Our June Courses insert will be ready very soon!

2. Bookends is an installation and visual art exhibit showcased in two bookstore windows, Toronto Women’s Bookstore and Another Story Bookshop.
For the Mayworks at 20! Bookends exhibit, Mayworks coupled the artwork of a worker’s organization with that of an individual artist; Workers’ Action Centre and Virginia Mak; to look at collective history and personal stories.
In All We’ve Worked For, Workers’ Action Centre brings attention to bad bosses, workers’ rights, and fighting for fair wages and working conditions. In All I Work For, Virginia Mak reflects on some personal questions about work. As thematic bookends, the two exhibits work together, to offer some collective and individual experiences.

Opening Reception for Bookends
Monday May 2, 5:30 to 7:00 pm. Free. Toronto Women’s Bookstore, 73 Harbord Street.
We also have program guides for this year’s Mayworks Festival of Working People and the Arts, April 30 to May 8, 2005. Come by and pick one up at 73 Harbord St. For more information about Mayworks visit http://www.mayworks.ca

3. Toronto Women’s Bookstore Presents:
Poetic License: An Evening of Poetry
Thursday May 12 7pm Toronto Women’s Bookstore, 73 Harbord St
$5 suggested donation at the door

Featuring Orville Lloyd Douglas, launching his book “You Don’t Know Me” (TSAR)
Iman Mersal, poet and a spoken word performance by Naila Keleta Mae (nah-ee-lah)

Toronto Women’s Bookstore would like to thank Literary Press Group and TSAR Publications for their support of this event.

4. 10% Venture Friday April 29
On Friday, April 29, come shop at the Toronto Women’s Bookstore and 10% of the day’s sales will go to Environmental Defence. Environmental Defence protects the environment and human health. They research and educate and go to court when they have to. All in order to ensure clean air, safe food and thriving ecosystems.

COMMUNITY ANNOUCEMENTS
5. Davenport Neighbours for Peace Presents:
Safe Haven: A benefit for the War Resisters Support Campaign
Monday, April 25th, 2005 Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas St
Featuring: LAL along with Marnie Levitt Amy Campbell, Hot Fo’ Gandhi, Contact Improv Dance, Video: Arlington West. War resister to speak.
Doors open at 7:30
Tickets: Sliding Scale $10-$20, Purchase at Toronto Women’s Bookstore
For info or to reserve tickets: 416-532-8176
Sponsored by Toronto Women’s Bookstore, Artists Against War, War Resisters Support Campaign

6. University of Toronto's Social Justice Cluster and the Toronto Women's Bookstore
In partnership with Aboriginal Studies and First Nations House present:
ANDREA SMITH Book Launch of CONQUEST! Sexual Violence And American Indian Genocide (South End Press 2005)
Time: 6.30pm
Date: Thursday April 28th, 2005
Location: 3rd Floor, Faculty of Social Work, 246 Bloor St West, at Bedford Near St George Subway.

Free and open to the public. Light refreshments served. Andrea Smith (Cherokee) is a longtime anti-violence and Native American activist and scholar who is co-founder of INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence, a national organization that utilizes direct action, critical dialogue and grassroots organizing to address this critical issue. Andrea is widely published on issues of violence against Aboriginal women and women of colour.

7. Lecture with Tariq Ali:
U.S. Hegemony: Venezuela, Iraq, Palestine...
Medical Sciences Auditorium, U of T, 1 King's College Circle
Saturday, April 30th at 6:30pm
Admission $10
Tickets available at Toronto Women's Bookstore, 73 Harbord St.
This event is sponsored by the Muslim Canadian Congress Co-sponsored by rabble.ca, Socialist Register, Palestine House, Canadian Dimensions and Toronto Women's Bookstore

8. Tapestry New Opera Works presents:
Between the Sheets: an intimate look at the libretto of Nigredo Hotel
Performance and Panel Discussion: Tuesday May 10th, 2005
beginning at 8 p.m.
The Fermenting Cellar, Distillery Historic District

Between the Sheets examines libretto-writing and the text-music connection that is central to all opera, with a special focus on Nigredo Hotel. Moderated by CBC Radio’s Eleanor Wachtel. Nigredo Hotel was written in the early 1990’s by Ann-Marie MacDonald, before her first novel, Fall on Your Knees, was published to international acclaim. It has attracted universal praise for its witty and compelling text, sophisticated and richly emotional jazz-inspired score, and startling stagecraft. Music by Nic Gotham. Starring Patricia O’Callaghan and Alexander Dobson.

Nigredo Hotel runs May 5-15; The Fermenting Cellar, Distillery Historic District. Call 416-537-6066 or visit www.tapestrynewopera.com for complete details.