We host events nearly every night. And as always, you will not be turned away from an event at Bluestockings for having empty pockets. Our events are also listed at  www.myspace.com/bluestockingsnyc, so if you're a friend of Bluestockings, then come be our friend on MySpace.

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Bluestockings Activist Research Project: A Fierce July
Each month Bluestockings Activist Research Project invites organizers and movement researchers to refect on the work they do and compile a list of books that have helped shape their analysis of social justice issues. This month we've teamed up with Fierce.  Click here for details.

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Wednesday, July 16th @ 7PM - $5 Suggested
Where Have You Been? Conversations on Travel
New Yorkers go all over the world, but the city has a way of swallowing their homecomings. At "Where Have You Been?" three intrepids share stories with those of us who don't get out much. Hosted by Jeff Stark, gorgeous slideshows, tightly edited and mercifully short.

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Thursday, July 17th @ 7PM - $5 Suggested
Through The Lens Series
Screening: Dara Greenwald "Love It or Leave It"
Get agitated by watching and get educated by discussing a collection of short, funny, critical, feminist videos compiled by Dara Greenwald. Tonight's screening includes documentaries about squats in Barcelona, pornomentaries about Uncle Sam, and experimental critiques of art history.

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Friday, July 18th @ 7PM - Free
Release: Seth Tobocman "Disaster and Resistance"
Come celebrate the release of "Disaster and Resistance: Political Comics" by Seth Tobocman and learn why folks like Harvey Pekar and Paul Buhle praise Tobocman's work. In "Disaster and Resistance," Tobocman outlines contemporary social and political struggles, and he offers bold and urgent insights into the landscapes of 21st century. Peter Kuper, Fly, Eric Blitz and Steve Wishnia will be appearing as well. Tobocman is one of the founders of "World War 3 Illustrated" and his previous books include "You Don't Have To Fuck People Over To Survive," and "War In The Neighborhood."

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Monday, July 21st @ 7PM - Free
Reading: Leda Meredith "Botany, Ballet & Dinner from Scratch"
Eat and thrive on food produced in the New York area! Join local foods activist and author of "Botany, Ballet & Dinner from Scratch: A Memoir with Recipes," Leda Meredith as she shares her experiences as a 'locavore' and offer tips on how to live on a local foods diet. Meredith is an instructor at the New York Botanical Garden and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, where she specializes in edible and medicinal plants.

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Tuesday, July 22nd @ 7PM - Free
Gay Double Header: "Since My Last Confession" and "All I Could Bare"
With Scott Pomfret and Craig Seymour
Scott Pomfret is a lector at St. Anthony Shrine, a trial attorney for the SEC, and he also writes gay porn. His boyfriend's Protestant grandmother counts Catholicism a sin far worse than sodomy. Join us as he reads from his book "Since My Last Confession: A Gay Catholic Memoir" which humorously maps out the full spectrum of the gay Catholic experience. Craig Seymour is a college professor who used to dance naked in the gay clubs of our nation's capital. His memoir, "All I Could Bare: My Life in the Strip Clubs of Gay Washington D.C.," is a recounting of his journey from booty-baring stripper to PhD, and is a frank-yet-touching tale of his improbable search to find identity and community.

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Wednesday, July 23rd @ 7PM - $5 Suggested
Presentation: Mercenaries, Massacres & Maquiladoras in Honduras
Anthropologist Adrienne Pine and filmmaker Oscar Estrada jointly present a discussion of "Working Hard, Drinking Hard: On Violence and Survival in Honduras" and a screening of "El Porvenir" (or "The Future"). Presenters will discuss the links between Mano Dura mercenary justice (mimicking Giuliani's zero tolerance policies), the Bush administration's war on terror, Honduran prison massacres and the prison industrial complex.

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Thursday, July 24th @ 7PM - $5 Suggested
Indigenous Voices Series
Presentation: Laura Kropff "Critical Activism and Indigenous Youth in Argentina"
Tonight, anthropologist and activist Laura Kropff will discuss the struggles of urban Mapuche youth, and will present the works produced by Wefkvletuyin, a collective that intersects performing arts, media, and academic research. Hosted by WBAI's Tiokasin Ghosthorse, Indigenous Voices is a monthly series about ethnic identity, sovereignty, and the possibilities for Indigenous peoples to direct their own destinies.

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Friday, July 25th @ 7PM - $5 Suggested
Discussion: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz "Colonization and Massacres"
Come out for a reading by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz of her essays "Colonization and Massacres" and "Red State Rebels" and then join her in a discussion. Dunbar-Ortiz is the author of numerous books, including "Red Dirt: Growing Up Okie", and "Blood on the Border: A Memoir of the Contra War."

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Sunday, July 27th @ 2:30PM - Free
Planners Network Book Club: "The Urban Revolution"
The Planners Book Club discusses built environments, urban history and planning. Its members deliberate New York City's political, economic and physical infrastructures. All interested persons are welcome. The club meets every 4th Sunday of the month. This month's book (available at Bluestockings) is "The Urban Revolution" by Henri Lefebvre. Contact plannersbookclub@bluestockings.com for more information.

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Monday, July 28th @ 7PM - $5 Suggested
Presentation: The Merida Initiative
Nearly a year to the day after activist Brad Will was killed in Oaxaca, Mexico, President Bush introduced the Merida Initiative, a massive drug war modeled on Plan Colombia. In essence, "Plan Mexico" will better arm the same people responsible for numerous extrajudicial killings in Mexico. Come learn about the Merida Initiative and how a variety of human rights organizations have reacted to it.

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Tuesday, July 29th @ 7PM - $5 Suggested
Women's / Trans' Poetry Jam & Open Mike
Featuring: Ali Liebegott & Jean Lehrman
Ali Liebegott's writing often mixes heartbreak and hilarity, and she clearly enjoys excavating the grief of America's underdogs. Jean Lehrman is a sharpshooter... with words. Never flinching, even when turning the rifle on herself, Lehrman finds unexpected light in the darkest of subjects. The jam is hosted by Vittoria Repetto, the hardest working guinea butch dyke poet on the Lower East Side. Deliver (up to) 8 minutes of your poetry, prose, songs and spoken word.

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Wednesday, July 30th @ 7PM - Free
Reading: Miriam Greenberg "Branding New York"
New York City is a brand, and today's city has emerged from a carefully orchestrated process rooted in the 1970's fiscal crises.  Come listen to Miriam Greenberg read from her book "Branding New York: How a City in Crisis Was Sold to the World" in which she relates how the city's marketing campaigns produced today's New York, dominated by tourism, the finance industry, and real estate.

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