Saturday, Oct. 11th, 7pm

Just Like a Girl!

Listen to select reading from the anthology of the rough and tumble, sassy, kick-ass travelogue through the bumpy, powerful, action-packed world of GIRL. A world where girls and women know how to pick themselves up and brush themselves off. These are the clever girls. The funny girls. The girls who know there is no sin in being born one.

Bluestockings Books

172 Allen Street

(between Stanton and Rivington)

New York, NY

admission: FREE

Sunday, Oct. 12th, 2pm

Poets for a Better Country

In the tradition of Allen Ginsberg, 40 poets will make their voices heard for social and economic justice as the  Presidential election looms. They will read work that will inspire their fellow citizens to vote for  Barack Obama in November, contribute money to the Obama/Biden campaign, and urge Obama,  himself, to honor his pledge to restore democracy, defined in his own words as “a promise that says  each of us has the freedom to make of our own lives what we will, but that we also have the  obligation to treat each other with dignity and respect.”  Ellen takes the stage with Elena Alexander, E.J. Antonio, Tara Betts,  Stefan  Bondell, Mahogany Browne, Cheryl Clarke, DeLana Dameron, Thomas Sayers Ellis, Adam  Falkner, Luis Francia, Sarah Gambito, Roya Hakakian, Bob Holman, Juliet Howard,  Avery Irons,  Regina Jamison, Hettie Jones, Jacqueline Jones LaMon, Joseph Legaspi, Brant Lyon,  Marty McConnell, Caitlin Grace McDonnell, Alison Meyers, Bobby Miller, Idra Novey, Valery  Oisteanu, Pit Pinegar, Karen Pittelman, Ilka Scobie, Ravi Shankar, Patricia Smith, Patricia Spears  Jones, Stacy Szymaszek, Truth Thomas, R. A. Villanueva, Rich Villar, Jerry Williams, Jeff Wright  and Rita Zilberman.  Books by the many of the poets will be available for purchase, with proceeds  to benefit the Obama/Biden campaign. 

St. Marks Church

131 East 10th St.

New York, NY

donations encouraged

Tuesday, Oct. 28th, 7pm

Submerged: Tales from the Basin

Come celebrate the release of the anthology of writing and art by women about hair and New Orleans. A portion of its proceeds will help support charities based in New Orleans that work with ongoing relief efforts for Hurricane Katrina survivors.

Park Slope Community Bookstore

143 Seventh Avenue

Brooklyn, NY

admission: FREE

Oct. 22-25

Bardstown High School 100th Celebration

Ellen will be joined by noted photographer David Flores to document and celebrate 100 years of the Bardstown Schools.

workshops TBA

Oct. 30 - Nov. 2

ConjWoman: New Orleans

Ellen Hagan, Kelly Norman Ellis, and Parneshia Jones rock NOLA!

workshops and readings TBA