Events & Programming
USM Women and Gender Studies Spring 2013
Visit the Photo Gallery for pictures of past WGS Events.
FMI: (207) 780-4289
ALL EVENTS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Saturday, March 2
Scandalous Modernism: Stravinsky and the Armory Show
interdisciplinary symposium
9 a.m.- 4 p.m.
Corthell Hall, USM Gorham campus
Lectures and discussions examining Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring and the New York Armory Show in the context of modernist art of the early 20th century.
FMI: www.usm.maine.edu/music/scandalous-modernism
Co-sponsored by: USM Art Department, the School of Music, Women and Gender Studies, and the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Wednesday, March 6
Reel Deal: “Miss Representation”
film series hosted by Hardy Girls Healthy Women and Boys to Men
6 - 8 p.m.
Rines Auditorium, Portland Public Library, Congress St.
FREE
FMI: 774 -9994
“Miss Representation” challenges the media's limited and often disparaging portrayals of women and girls.
Co-sponsored by: USM Women & Gender Studies
Friday, March 8
Women’s History Month Celebration
7pm
Hannaford Hall, Abromson Center, USM Portland
FMI: 780 4289
FREE
In his 2013 inaugural address, President Obama invoked three key events in the struggle for equality and liberation in the U.S.: Seneca Falls (women’s rights, 1848), Selma, Alabama (racial equality, 1965), and Stonewall, NYC (gay/trans liberation, 1969). Historian Priscilla Murolo, NAACP Portland President Rachel Talbot Ross, and trans activist and author Kate Bornstein discuss the significance of these events.
Co-sponsored by: USM Women & Gender Studies, Office of Undergraduate Programs & Core Curriculum, School of Social Work, Multicultural Student Affairs; and NAACP Portland Branch.
Tuesday, March 12
Reel Deal: “Not Just a Game”
film series hosted by Hardy Girls Healthy Women and Boys to Men
6 – 8 p.m.
Rines Auditorium, Portland Public Library, Congress St.
FREE
FMI: 774-9994
“Not Just a Game” exposes how sports culture can promote nationalism, sexism, racism, and homophobia.
Co-sponsored by: USM Women & Gender Studies
Tuesday, March 19
Dominatrix
lecture by Danielle Lindemann
6 p.m.
Wishcamper Center, room 102, USM Portland campus
FREE
In her new book Dominatrix: Gender, Eroticism, and Power, sociologist Danielle Lindemann offers a sophisticated portrait of pro-dommes, their work, and their clients.
Co-sponsored by: USM Women & Gender Studies, Gender Studies Student Organization, and the Department of Sociology
Wednesday, April 3
Storied Miles
hosted by USM History & Political Science and the SMCC Gender Equity Committee
6:30 p.m. Reception 7 p.m. Lecture
Wishcamper Center, room 102, USM Portland
FREE
Olympic marathon Gold Medal winner and author Joan Benoit Samuelson speaks about women, sports and her experience as a pathbreaking athlete.
Saturday, April 6
Girls Rock Weekend
hosted by Hardy Girls Healthy Women
“Building the Global Revolution” public talk by Shelby Knox
4 p.m.
Wishcamper Center, Lee Auditorium, USM Portland campus
Shelby Knox is the subject of the award-wining film The Education of Shelby Knox focusing on her efforts to secure comprehensive sex education at her conservative high school. Knox currently serves as the Director of Organizing Women’s Rights at Change.org.
FREE
Co-sponsored by: Hardy Girls Healthy Women and USM Women & Gender Studies
April 19 - 28
Orlando
play by Sarah Ruhl; directed by Meghan Brodie
7:30 p.m.
Russell Hall Theater, USM Gorham campus
Tickets: $8 - $15 available at www.usm.maine.edu/theatre
Orlando, the title character of Virginia Woolf's novel, travels through six centuries of gender-bending escapades in this adaptation by playwright Sarah Ruhl.
Friday, April 26 is Queer Night with Orlando including a post-performance discussion with cast members and the director.
Co-sponsored by: USM Theatre Department and Women & Gender Studies
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