WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH In East London

02 Mar WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH In East London

Women’s History Month Diary in East London

Thank you to Alternative Arts for putting this together

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DAILY DIARY – March

1

Opening of Women’s History Month and Arab Women Artists Now (AWAN) Festival exhibition preview, performances and party from 6pm. Rich Mix E1 6LA

Multitudes AWAN exhibition to 18 March. Rich Mix E1 6LA

Women in Religion lecture 6.30pm Women’s Library @ LSE WC2A 2HD

Threads exhibition by 50 artists to 12 March. Espacio Gallery E2 7DG

Champions exhibition by Gillian Lawrence to 31 March. Hackney Central Library E8 1GQ

Mimbre celebrating online to 31 March

Headscarves exhibition by Gillian Lawrence to 31 March. Stratford Picture House E15 1BX

Guerrilla Girls: Is It Even Worse in Europe exhibition to 5 March. Whitechapel Gallery E1 7QX

Tschabalala Self exhibition to 12 March. Parasol Unit N1 7RW

Glad to be Gay: The Struggle for Legal Equality exhibition to 17 April. Women’s Library @ LSE WC2A 2HD

Making Jamaica: Photography from the 1890s exhibition to 11 April. Autograph ABP EC2A 3BA

Terrains of the Body: Photography from the National Museum of Women in the Arts exhibition to 16 April. Whitechapel Gallery E1 7QX

Vanessa Bell (1879-1961) exhibition to 4 June. Dulwich Picture Gallery SE21 7AD

Alicia Kwade: Medium Median installation to 25 June. Whitechapel Gallery E1 7QX

2

Dorothea von Hantelmann talk 7pm Whitechapel Gallery E1 7QX

3

(NAME) exhibition by 4 women artists to 31 March. 4Cose E2 9DG

Dress for the Occasion exhibition by Liz Bestic & Rosemarie Sprute to 31 March. Brady Arts Centre E1 5HU

4

Alina Kisina: Photographing Children – A woman’s gaze talk 12noon. Chisenhale Arts Place E3 5QZ

Muslims Women’s Collective Muslim Women in Public Life 10.30am-2pm. Maryam Centre E1 1DJ

5

Account 3 Through the Concrete Ceiling 2-5pm. Account 3 E2 6JY

Nari Diganta British Bangladesh Women and the Wide World of Work 6-9pm. Brady Arts Centre E1 5HU

Queen Nanny: Legendary Maroon Chieftain film + Q&A 12.30pm. Upstairs at the Ritzy SW2 1JG

6

East India Over 50s Consortium Women Work It 11am-3pm. Aberfeldy Centre E14 0NU

Made in Dagenham Film screening 6pm. Brownfield Community Cabin E14 0QU

Women Writers exhibition to 31 March. Idea Store Bow E3 5ES

Sport4women Badminton, Basketball 5.30-9pm. Whitechapel Leisure Centre E1 5BA

Women’s History for Children 4-5pm Boys Book Club 6, 13, 20 March, Girls Book Club 7 & 14 March. Idea Store Chrisp Street E14 6BT

I Told My Mum I Was Going on a RE Trip performance 6pm. Royal Academy of Dramatic Art WC1E 6ED

7

Boundary Women’s Group Emancipate, Initiate, Participate 11am-2pm. St Hilda’s East Community Centre E2 9AX

St Peter’s Wellbeing Projects St Peter’s Women’s Day Celebration 11.30-2.30pm. St Peter’s North Community Centre E2 9AX

Hind Grove Creating Group Women’s Exhibition of Art About Activism 11.30am-3.30pm. The Guild Rooms E14 6EZ

Sport4women Pilates & Gym session 9-12noon. Tiller Leisure Centre E14 8PX. Back to Netball 6-7pm. John Orwell Sports Centre E1W 2QD

8

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY

Nostalgia Is Not Enough exhibition to 31 March. Cass Foyer Gallery E1 7PF

Four Women who were at the Battle of Cable Street 1936 film 6.30pm. Idea Store Watney Street E1 2FB

8Eyez – #FemaleTakover music & discussion 5-11pm. Rich Mix E1 6LA

Poetry in Wood Enterprising Women open studio & workshop 10.30am-12.30pm / 1.30pm-3.30pm. Montefiore Centre E1 5HZ

Mohila Ongon Association International Women’s Day – Breaking the Barriers 11am-3pm. Brady Arts Centre E1 5HU

East London Chinese Community Centre Celebrating Our Achievements 11.30am-3pm. Southern Grove Community Centre E3 4FX

Lincoln Area Regeneration Group Celebration of Women in Civic Life 11.30am-3pm. St Paul’s Way Community Centre E3 4AJ

Spitalfields City Farm Women and Climate Change 12-4pm Buxton Street E1 5AR

Women’s Environmental Network Seeing Red: Breaking the taboo on menstruation 6.30-9.30pm. St Hilda’s East Community Centre E2 7EY

Threads – Special International Women’s Day event 2-7pm. Espacio Gallery E2 7DG

Women’s Voices Now Film Festival online to 5 April

Reel Rebels Radio International Women’s Day Broadcast 6-10pm come & join in. 7A Bouverie Mews N16 0AE

Sport4women Fitness & Self Defence 11.30am-3pm St Paul’s Way Community Centre E3 4AJ. Women only swim session and free lessons 1.30-2.30pm Tiller Leisure Centre E14 8PX. Racket Sports, Volleyball, Football 3.30-6.30pm Haileybury Youth Centre E1 3NN. Netball, Badminton, Short Tennis, Football, Dance Aerobics & women only Swimming 5.30-9pm. Poplar Baths E14 oED

The Limehouse Project Celebrating Women 11am-2pm. St Anne Street Centre E14 7HG

Sport4women Over 50s BME Pilates & Yoga 12noon-1pm

St Peters Community Centre E2 9AX. Basketball 6.30-8pm. Osmani Sports Hall E1 5AW.

10

Neighbours in Poplar Women in Poplar – past & present 12-3pm. St Matthias Community Centre E14 0AE

Poetry in Wood Enterprising women, open studio & workshop 10.30am-12.30pm / 1.30-3.30pm. Montefiore Centre E1 5HZ

Four Women who were at the Battle of Cable Street 1936 film 10am-12noon. Idea Store Watney St E1 2FB

Arab Women Artists Now (AWAN) Festival to 12 March with theatre, visual arts, film, music and discussion. Rich Mix E1 6LA

11

Somali Integration Team Somali Women’s Inspiration Night 6-11pm. Bow Wharf E3 5SN

Be Bold With Batik A Team Arts workshop for mothers & daughters 12noon-4pm. Brady Arts Centre E1 5HU

Sport4women women and girls Basketball Tournament 10am-2pm Mile End Park Leisure Centre E3 4HL

12

The Feminine Principle & ‘Herstory’ writing workshop 2-5pm with the Creating Meaning Club. The Hospital Clun WC2H 9HQ

Lon-Art – Women at the National Gallery 12.30-2.30pm. National Gallery WC2N 5DN

13

Book Group discussing ‘Ruby Fruit Jungle’ by Rita Mae Brown 7-8.30pm. Idea Store Chrisp Street E14 6BT

14

Ruth Hunt, Chief Executive of Stonewall lecture 6.30pm. Women’s Library @ LSE WC2A 2HD

16

Sonia Gomez: Ballerina performance 7.30pm. Toynbee Studios E1 6AB

18

From Suffragettes to Feminists day course 11am-4pm. Bishopsgate Institute EC2M 4QH

The First Woman Mayor of Bethnal Green talk 2.30-3.45pm. Tower Hamlets History Library E1 4DQ

Lon-Art – Women and Ceramics @ the V&A 12noon-2pm. Victoria & Albert Museum SW7 2RL

The First Woman Mayor of Bethnal Green talk 2.30pm. Tower Hamlets History Library E1 4DQ

19

Foreign Body performance by Imogen Butler-Cole 7.30pm. Rich Mix E1 6LA

21

East End Women’s Institute workshop 7.30pm. St Margaret’s House E2 9PL

22

Steakhouse Live: Tenderloin#8 performance 7.30pm. Toynbee Studios E1 6AB

23

Women in East End Yiddish Theatre talk 6.30pm. Tower Hamlets History Library E1 4DQ

24

Women and Revolution in the Black Arts Movement – SAWCC, Discussion/performance 7pm. Rich Mix E1 6LA

25

Bardo Audio walk by Caroline Smith 2pm. Feminist Library SE1 7XW

DIY Mothers Day Cards workshop for kids 12noon-3pm The Hub Building, Area D5, Victoria Park, Grove Road E3

26

MOTHER’S DAY

28

Writing Workshop 7pm. Feminist Library SE1 7XW

Suffragette Film dir Sarah Gavron 2pm. Idea Store Chrisp Street E14 6BT

Artists Film International Ane Hjort Gulti, Mary Reid Kelley with Patrick Kelley to 28 May. Whitechapel Gallery E1 7QX

30

The Clay Bird Film dir Tareque Masud 4pm. Idea Store Chrisp Street E14 6BT

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Exhibitions and Events continuing into April, May & June