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172 Allen Street @ Stanton
We host events nearly every night, and remember, you will not be turned away
from an event at Bluestockings for having empty pockets.
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Tuesday, October 27th @ 7PM – $5 Suggested
Women’s / Trans’ Poetry Jam & Open Mike
Featuring Claire Moed & Jan Clausen
Claire Moed reads from the trilogy “Wire Monkey,” offering the tale of Bets,
who has returned home to accompany her mother, a woman being ravaged by age,
illness, dementia. Jan Clausen reads “Makeshift Memorial,” a hybrid poetry and
prose text of improvised form addressing loss, ragged and large. 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, October 28th @ 7PM – Free
Reading: Adam Langer “My Father’s Bonus March”
With an uncanny resonance to our times, Adam Langer’s “My Father’s Bonus
March” reconstructs – in first person – the story of the World War veterans
that descended on Washington D.C. during the Great Depression and demanded cash
for their unmatured service certificates. Please join Langer for a reading from
his book and an introduction to this surprisingly noble story.
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Thursday, October 29th @ 7PM – Free
Reading: Regan Good “The Book of Nature”
With Geoffrey Nutter & Emily Wilson
Join three romantic poets, each concerned with nature, philosophy and writing
with the notion that a poem is the mind in the act of finding what will suffice
(per Wallace Stevens)…. Regan Good is the author of the chapbooks “The Book
of Nature” and “The Imperfect”. Joining Good are Geoffrey Nutter (author of
“Water’s Leaves”) and Emily Wilson (author of “The Keep”).
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Friday, October 30th @ 7PM – Free
Reading: “CALYX: A Journal of Art and Literature by Women”
Now celebrating its thirty-third year of publishing, “CALYX” is America’s
foremost feminist literary journal, first publishing the likes of Julia
Alvarez, Paula Gunn Allen, and Barbara Kingsolver. Please join contributors
Cass Dalglish and Tess Taylor for a reading of some of their remarkable poetry
and prose. Also, Cass Dalglish (author of “Humming the Blues) will demonstrate
how to write in cuneiform.
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Friday, October 30th @ 9PM – Free
Reading: Candacy A. Taylor “Counter Culture”
Waitressing is amongst the most common jobs for women and is largely dismissed
or ignored as mere women’s work. Join Candacy A. Taylor for a reading and
discussion of “Counter Culture: The American Coffee Shop Waitress,” her book
celebrating America’s hardest working women and documenting career waitresses
- who regularly dish out meals and insults in healthy measures. And yes, pie
will be served!
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Sunday, November 1st @ 2:30PM – Free
Feminist Book Club: Siddharth Kara’s “Sex Trafficking”
The Feminist Book Club reads and discusses feminism. We make no claim about
what feminism is or whom it serves, and are not a forum for any particular
feminist platform. Rather, we rely on feminism(s). We read theoretical texts,
literature and primary works. We welcome all genders, political persuasions,
and levels of familiarity. We meet on the first Sunday of each month. Chosen by
consensus, this month’s book (available at Bluestockings) is “Sex
Trafficking: Inside The Business of Modern Slavery” by Siddharth Kara. Contact
 feministbookclub at bluestockings.com for more information.
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Sunday, November 1st @ 7PM – $10 Suggested
Discussion: Charles Eisenstein: “Ascent of Humanity”
Please join author Charles Eisenstein for a radical discussion and exploration
of the history of civilization. Eisenstein argues that a new relationship is
emerging between humanity and the planet, and a new individualist identity is
converging with collective sensibilities. Join him and decide if, in this dark
hour, a more beautiful world is possible.
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Monday, November 2nd @ 7PM – Free
Reading: Eric Ferrara “LES Criminal History”
The book “A Guide to Gangsters, Murderers and Weirdos of New York’s Lower East
Side,” traces the origins of organized crime in America to the Lower East Side.
Lucky Luciano, Meyer Lansky and Bugsy Siegel each came up and earned their
stripes in the LES. Please join author Eric Ferrara for a reading and unique
glimpse into the historic underbelly of these streets. Ferrara is the executive
director of the Lower East Side History Project.
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Tuesday, November 3rd @ 7PM – Free
Reading: Jarret S. Lovell “Crimes of Dissent”
With a deep look of why folks break the law to promote political advancement,
Jarret S. Lovell’s book “Crimes of Dissent: Civil Disobedience, Criminal
Justice, and the Politics of Conscience” offers an engaged history of the
criminalization of dissent with first-person accounts from activists. From
animal rights to anti-abortion, and from tax resistance to anti-poverty, please
join Lowell for an engaged discussion across the far flung movements that, in
common, rely on good old fashion law breaking.
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Wednesday, November 4th @ 7PM – Free
Reading: Caleb Smith “The Prison and the American Imagination”
The American prison system is shameful. Caleb Smith’s “The Prison and the
American Imagination” reviews the logics of solitude, captivity and
mortification, and it provides an urgent reorientation of historic legal,
political and literary texts concerning freedom. Please join Smith for a
reading and discussion about our notorious prison system and our Gothic
nightmares.
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Thursday, November 5th @ 7PM – Free
Reading: Semiotext(e) Book Release x 3
With Penny Arcade, Abdellah Taia and Ariana Reines
Hosted by Chris Kraus
Please join co-editor Chris Kraus for a release and reading of three new title
from Semiotext(e). Come out for the legendary Penny Arcade discussing “Bad
Reputation: Performances, Essays, Interviews,” the first book documenting her
achievements as a cultural icon and sage. Abdellah Taia, who is probably the
only openly gay man in Morocco, will read from his autobiographical novel
“Salvation Army,” a cunning and funny story exposing the fears and desires
projected onto Arabs by the West. Poet and translator Ariana Reines will read
from “Little Black Book of Grisélidis Réal: Days and Nights of an Anarchist
Whore,” a collection of eloquent dialogues about the theoretical implications
of sex-positive whoring between French journalist Jean-Luc Hennig and Griseldis
Real.
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Friday, November 6th @ 7PM – Free
Reading: 3 Lesbian Erotica Anthologies x 7 Readers = Hot
Lust, dust and leather… Join the editors and contributors of “Girl Crazy:
Coming Out Erotica,” “Where the Girls Are: Urban Lesbian Erotica,” and “Lesbian
Cowboys: Erotic Adventures” for a evening of sexy stories. Hot firsts… Big
city fucking… Hard-riding women… You are invited, so please come out and
welcome Sacchi Green, D.L. King, Rakelle Valencia, Rachel Kramer Bussel, Evan
Mora, Maggie Cee, and A.D.R. Forte for some of the good good.
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Saturday, November 7th @ 7PM – Free
Reading: Rebecca Solnit “A Paradise Built in Hell”
Anarchism is founded on the belief that civil society triumphs over
institutional authority. Please join Rebecca Solnit for a reading and
discussion of “A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That
Arise in Disaster,” her startling book about the altruistic and generous acts
of ordinary people in the wake of disaster. Solnit reminds us of the joys of
community, even when public solidarity is occasioned by tragedy.
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Sunday, November 8th @ 7PM – Free
Reading: Raymond Luczak “Assembly Required”
Filmmaker and playwright Raymond Luczak will be reading from his recently
published memoir “Assembly Required: Notes from a Deaf Gay Life.” Luczak’s
success in the arts is remarkable and meritorious, but his life story is
courageous and inspirational. Please join him for a reading and discussion. An
interpreter will be provided for those who are limited to vocally spoken
English.
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Tuesday, November 10th @ 7PM – $5 Suggested
Screening: Philippe Diaz “The End of Poverty?” (2009, 25 minutes)
Come out for a short preview of the forthcoming documentary “The End of
Poverty?,” and for a discussion with director Philippe Diaz and journalist Arun
Gupta. The film draws a straight line between global inequities and the history
of military conquest, slavery and colonization. We’ll also be giving away a
limited number of tickets to see the film in theaters.
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Wednesday, November 11th @ 7PM – $5 Suggested
Presentation: Ariel Salleh “Ecological Debt: Embodied Debt”
With financial meltdowns, climate warmups, and widespread inurement to the
promises of democracy, our social movements are seeking some basis for common
political analysis, one that is sex-gender literate and culturally inclusive.
Please join Ariel Salleh for a presentation and discussion of an integrated
feminist framework for building an ecological and social commons. Salleh wrote
the groundbreaking “Ecofeminism As Politics” and recently edited
“Eco-Sufficiency and Global Justice,” a collection of essays that bridges the
span between academic and activist conversations.
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Thursday, November 12th @ 7PM – Free
Reading: Mara Altman “Thanks for Coming”
Sex is funny, and sex as part of a nine year search for the elusive orgasm
makes it uproarious, tragic, and provoking. From sex shows to sex conventions,
from therapist’s couch to her own couch, from the bar to the bedroom, Mara
Altman’s memoir “Thanks for Coming: One Young Woman’s Quest for an Orgasm”
reveals her struggle and her poignant investigation into getting off. If you
enjoy a happy ending, then please come out for a reading and discussion with
Mara Altman.
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Saturday, November 14th @ 7PM – Free
Reading: Jennifer Silverman “My Baby Rides the Short Bus”
With Ayun Halliday, Sabrina Chapadjiev and Sharis Ingram
Come celebrate the release of “My Baby Rides the Short Bus: The Unabashedly
Human Experience of Raising Kids with Disabilities,” the groundbreaking
anthology written by counter-cultural parents of kids with special needs. This
collection provides a dose of laughter and authentic insights into the
experience of folks often ridiculed into invisibility.
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Sunday, November 15th @ 4PM – Free
Knitting: Dyke Knitting Circle
Come in and knit, make new friends, drink some tea, and learn a craft at a
self-help and member-led group. The Dyke Knitting Circle is open to all levels
of queer experience and all levels of knitting proficiency. Bring yarn and
needles. Join us any third Sunday of the month, or contact
 dykeknitting at bluestockings.com for more information.
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Sunday, November 15th @ 7PM – $5 Suggested
Discussion: Dan Bennett “History as Inquiry and Militant Research”
Since 2006, Bristol Radical History Group (BRHG) has organized a bewildering
range of events: walks, talks, reconstructions, films, exhibitions, archival
explorations, and fireside chats. Each event is has served to explicate history
from below and has encouraged participants to engage in their own militant
research. Please join Dan Bennett from the BRHG for an account of the group’s
formation, to learn about the arc of their activities and methods, and for a
presentation of a history of commercial corporations. Please visit
 www.bluestockings.com to see our complete events calendar or to
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