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Ginger · 07-18-2012, 07:50 PM

ATTENTION N.Y. AND N.Y.-ADJACENT LAURA NYRO FANS:

Michele Kort is moderating a panel on Laura at the Stoned Soul Symposium at 12:30 on Aug. 11 at the Bruno Walter Auditorium of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, at 65th and Amsterdam.

The panelists will be Laura's friend Felix Cavaliere (who coproduced Christmas and the Beads of Sweat), Herb Bernstein (arranger of More Than a New Discovery, her first album), and Sheila Weller (author of Girls Like Us).

Michele is, if you didn't already know, the author of the Nyro bio Soul Picnic: The Music and Passion of Laura Nyro.

That night at 6 p.m. at the Damrosch Park Bandshell outside of Lincoln Center will be The Triple Goddess Twilight Review honoring Laura's music, featuring Labelle members Nona Hendryx and Sarah Dash, Desmond Child & Rouge, Melissa Manchester and cabaret singer Kate Ferber.

Ginger · 07-18-2012, 08:21 PM

http://micheleandaudrey.wordpress.com/A Book Party and Reading for Here Come the Brides!

Bluestockings bookstore, 172 Allen Street (at Stanton, just below Houston, Lower East Side, NYC)

Saturday, July 28, 7 p.m.

In Here Come the Brides!: Reflections on Lesbian Love and Marriage, editors Audrey Bilger and Michele Kort gather together the voices of women taking part in and shaping this major historical shift.

The anthology features everything from intimate portraits of long-awaited weddings to political and social essays on the implications of the same-sex marriage movement for the LGBTQ community.

Join Bilger and Kort, along with contributors Kim Reed, Joan Lipkin, Emily Douglas, Susan Goldberg, Stephanie Schroeder, and Jennifer Camper for a night of story and celebration.

Ginger · 07-26-2012, 09:52 AM

Hi,

PM me if you want to come along
this Saturday night,
July 28, 7 p.m.
for a reading and book party for
Here Come the Brides!:
Reflections on Lesbian Love and Marriage.

Bluestockings bookstore is at
172 Allen Street
(at Stanton, just below Houston).

In Here Come the Brides!,
editors Audrey Bilger and Michele Kort
gather together the voices of women taking part in
and shaping this major historical shift.

See you there!
Scout

07-18-2012, 07:50 PM	#1
Ginger Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Femme lesbian Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: East coast Posts: 2,416 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 5,829 Thanked 12,295 Times in 2,057 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	ATTENTION N.Y. AND N.Y.-ADJACENT LAURA NYRO FANS: ATTENTION N.Y. AND N.Y.-ADJACENT LAURA NYRO FANS: Michele Kort is moderating a panel on Laura at the Stoned Soul Symposium at 12:30 on Aug. 11 at the Bruno Walter Auditorium of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, at 65th and Amsterdam. The panelists will be Laura's friend Felix Cavaliere (who coproduced Christmas and the Beads of Sweat), Herb Bernstein (arranger of More Than a New Discovery, her first album), and Sheila Weller (author of Girls Like Us). Michele is, if you didn't already know, the author of the Nyro bio Soul Picnic: The Music and Passion of Laura Nyro. That night at 6 p.m. at the Damrosch Park Bandshell outside of Lincoln Center will be The Triple Goddess Twilight Review honoring Laura's music, featuring Labelle members Nona Hendryx and Sarah Dash, Desmond Child & Rouge, Melissa Manchester and cabaret singer Kate Ferber.

07-18-2012, 08:21 PM	#2
Ginger Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Femme lesbian Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: East coast Posts: 2,416 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 5,829 Thanked 12,295 Times in 2,057 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	Saturday July 28, 7 p.m., Bluestockings bookstore http://micheleandaudrey.wordpress.com/A Book Party and Reading for *Here Come the Brides!* Bluestockings bookstore, 172 Allen Street (at Stanton, just below Houston, Lower East Side, NYC) Saturday, July 28, 7 p.m. In *Here Come the Brides!: Reflections on Lesbian Love and Marriage*, editors Audrey Bilger and Michele Kort gather together the voices of women taking part in and shaping this major historical shift. The anthology features everything from intimate portraits of long-awaited weddings to political and social essays on the implications of the same-sex marriage movement for the LGBTQ community. Join Bilger and Kort, along with contributors Kim Reed, Joan Lipkin, Emily Douglas, Susan Goldberg, Stephanie Schroeder, and Jennifer Camper for a night of story and celebration.

07-26-2012, 09:52 AM	#3
Ginger Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Femme lesbian Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: East coast Posts: 2,416 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 5,829 Thanked 12,295 Times in 2,057 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	Sat. July 28, Bluestockings bookstore, NYC Hi, PM me if you want to come along this Saturday night, July 28, 7 p.m. for a reading and book party for Here Come the Brides!: Reflections on Lesbian Love and Marriage. Bluestockings bookstore is at 172 Allen Street (at Stanton, just below Houston). In Here Come the Brides!, editors Audrey Bilger and Michele Kort gather together the voices of women taking part in and shaping this major historical shift. See you there! Scout