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VALERIE HARPER as TALLULAH BANKHEAD in

LOOPED

By MATTHEW LOMBARDO

Directed by ROB RUGGIERO

With BRIAN HUTCHISON

and MICHAEL MULHEREN

Based on a real event, LOOPED takes place in the summer of 1965, when an inebriated Tallulah Bankhead stumbles into a sound studio to rerecord (or ‘loop’) one line of dialogue for her last movie –Die, Die, My Darling. Ms. Bankhead was known for her wild partying and convention-defying exploits that surpassed even today’s celebrity bad girls. Given her intoxicated state and inability to loop the line properly, what ensues is an uproarious showdown between an uptight film editor, Danny Miller, and the outrageous legend. GET YOUR TICKETS NOW TO SEE FOUR-TIME EMMY AWARD- WINNER VALERIE HARPER AS TALLULAH BANKHEAD.

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LUNAFEST® is a traveling film festival of notable and award-wining short films by, for and about women. Films tour 150+ venues and screen in front of 20,000 people across the U.S. and Canada.

Established in 2000, LUNAFEST promotes women filmmakers, raises awareness for women’s issues and supports women’s nonprofit organizations. To date, LUNAFEST has raised over $470,000 for local women’s community nonprofit organizations and over $285,000 for the Breast Cancer Fund.

We invite you to Share Your Story By, For About Women at LUNAFEST.

LUNAFEST is looking for films by amateurs, students and aspiring indie filmmakers. We are seeking a diverse range of films which embody the unique, touching and inspirational roles of women in our local, national and international communities. We are especially thrilled to receive animated, documentary, international and humorous pieces.

Short films must be 20 minute or less and directed and/or produced by a female. There is no limitation based on the year of production. Winning filmmakers are awarded $1,000 cash!
100% of LUNAFEST proceeds go to non-profit organizations – 15% are donated to the Breast Cancer Fund , the leading national organization focused on preventing breast cancer before it starts, and 85% to local women’s nonprofits.

Submit your film postmarked by April 15, 2010 through Withoutabox or online at LUNAFEST.

Submit your film. Share your story. Support local communities.

Host a LUNAFEST in your community!

For more information, please contact:

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Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women Action Alert

Dear Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women Partners:

Women across Massachusetts need your support in ending wage discrimination. Currently, Massachusetts women earn just 76 cents for every dollar earned by men. “An Act Further Defining Comparable Work” (S689/H1880), a bill in the Legislature’s Committee on Labor and Workforce Development, has the potential to close this gap.

§         The Act will require employers to set wages according to gender-neutral factors such as responsibility, working conditions and skill level.

§         This legislation is at a critical juncture; it is currently in the Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development. The MCSW has urged the committee to bring this bill to a vote so that it may be reported out favorably by the committee and move forward in the process.

§         The MCSW has been working diligently for its passage, and now we need your help. Please ask your members to call their legislators today and ask them to make sure that this bill is voted on, and ask them to report their call and the legislator’s response to Mcsw@state.ma.us <mailto:Mcsw@state.ma.us> .

§         Losses due to wage discrimination often mean the difference between a living wage and poverty. Had comparable work been the enforceable law of the state, the women cafeteria workers in the Everett School District, plaintiffs in the pay discrimination case Jancey v. School Committee of Everett, would not have lost an average of $259,000 over a 30-year lifetime of earning.

We especially need constituents of Senator McGee and Representative Coakley-Rivera, chairs of the joint committee, to let them know how important this legislation is to the women in their districts. In addition, if you can identify constituents in these districts who are willing to come to the State House to personally visit their offices, please let us know as soon as possible.

Senator Pat Jehlen (D 2nd Middlesex) and Representative Alice K. Wolf (D 25th Middlesex District) are the lead sponsors of the legislation, SB689/HB1880 “An Act Further Defining Comparable Work”.

Here is what we need legislators to hear when you contact their office:

Hi, my name is _____________ and I live in _______[town]________________.  As member of [union, advocacy group, etc.] and a constituent, I ask you to support the pending pay equity legislation “An Act Further Defining Comparable Work” (S689/H1880), by urging Rep. Coakley-Rivera and Sen. McGee, Chairs of the Labor and Workforce Development Committee to bring the bill to a vote so it can be reported favorably out of committee.

“An Act Defining Comparable Work” will help to close the gender wage gap in Massachusetts. The bill would help to boost overall household income, and means the difference between stability and poverty for many women of the Commonwealth.

Please urge all members of the Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development to vote “An Act Further Defining Comparable Work” favorably out of committee and move the bill through the legislative process.

Thank you.

WOMEN AND WATER RIGHTS: RIVERS OF REGENERATION
Exhibition and Related Programming

February 23 to March 25, 2010
Katherine E. Nash Gallery
Regis Center for Art, University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Art has the responsibility to help society deal with its hidden conflicts and contradictions…to imagine what could exist and give it shape…open up a space for critical thinking.
- Herbert Marcuse
The Women and Water Rights: Rivers of Regeneration (WWR) project addresses the precarious state of the world’s fresh water supply and the global need for gender mainstreaming in water management. Through an art exhibition and related programs, WWR underscores the message that water access is a universal human right.

Motivation
We are facing a global water crisis:* 18% of the world’s population lack access to safe drinking water, and 42% lack access to basic sanitation. More than 2.2 million people die each year from diseases associated with these conditions. As water scarcity grows, so will these numbers. By 2025, it is estimated that two thirds of the world’s population will live in areas facing moderate to severe water stress.

See http://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/factsheet.html <http://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/factsheet.html>

WWR calls attention to the United Nation’s International Decade for Action, the Water for Life!  agenda, and the UN Millennium Development Goals, the achievement of which hinge on integrated management of water resources. A target of the MDG’s is to halve by 2015 those peoples without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation.

See: http://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/pdf/pb_water_gender_upd.pdf <http://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/pdf/pb_water_gender_upd.pdf>

As women play a central role in water provision and management, women must be central in planning for the future. A focus of WWR is to examine how the inclusion of women in the management of local, regional, and global water resources would improve the social, economic and environmental results. WWR will emphasize how the arts both reflect and alter societal attitudes leading to cultural and economic change.

Components
The WWR exhibition at the Nash includes work by national and international artists who are investigating water rights as subject and material in their work, using new technologies as well as traditional media.  It features an invitational and juried exhibition of artwork from artists residing in the five states that form the basin of the Upper Mississippi and an international call for video work. In addition, an international mail art exhibition of adult and student locally and globally resulting from a worldwide call in the adjacent Quarter Gallery in the Department of Art.

Symposium: Global Policy – Local Action, March 4 and 5, 2010 will bring together experts to discuss their perceptions of accountable guardianship that will ensure water as a fundamental human right. Locally and globally, what is the connection between women and water? How might viable change to present practice be initiated? Invited participants represent various arenas, including native, social, and historical practice, legislative mandates, agricultural practice, and industrial restrictions.

Water Dance: A celebration of water through poetry, visual art, music and dance, March 3, 2010 is for Twin Cities school audiences.  Students are invited participate in an open mic poetry reading/poetry slam, experience an international art exhibit, and enjoy student performances.  Festivities include performance of choral compositions written by students in collaboration with composers at the Perpich Center for Arts Education. High school and college choral and choreography students will perform the works at the Ted Mann Concert Hall.

A WWR online catalog is planned to document the exhibit and provide a study guide. In addition to a public screening, the goal includes development of a distribution list of art institutions and schools.

A Traveling Exhibition 2010-2012 will extend the life of the project by moving to venues nationally and internationally that have pledged their interest.

Co-Sponsors
The University of Minnesota Department of Art
The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) and the Jane Addams Peace Association, Minnesota Metro Branch Arts Committee
Women’s Caucus for Art (WCA) Minnesota Chapter

The Office of International Programs, University of Minnesota
The Consortium for the Study of the Asias, University of Minnesota
The Women’s Center, University of Minnesota
The Puffin Foundation
The Institute on the Environment, University of Minnesota/ River Life Program

Lesley University – Sr. Associate Dean, Acad. Affairs, Art Institute of Boston

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Reporting to the Dean at the Art Institute of Boston, at Lesley University, the successful candidate is responsible for directing and coordinating the activities of the academic departments of the school; for developing and communicating an academic vision and long range academic planning together with the Dean and Department Chairs; planning and implementing academic policies, procedures and systems; and managing faculty personnel procedures, committee assignments and workloads. The successful candidate is the primary college leader with regard to accreditation and the assessment and evaluation of academic programs. The incumbent supervises the Academic Program Manager, and is responsible for the overall management of the academic affairs office, including all activities and records involving curriculum, academic programs, and faculty. Supervises Academic Department Chairs and MFA Director, along with AIB’s Director of Academic Computing; coordinates AIB academic programs both internally and with other departments throughout the University. Represents Department Chairs, and makes recommendations regarding academic programs to the Dean, Provost, and other University administrators. Collaborates in the management of academic department budgets with the Assistant Dean for Administration and Department Chairs. The successful candidate will receive a Faculty contract and teaches courses as assigned. This position is located at 700 Beacon Street, Boston, MA

Please submit a cover letter and the names and contact information of three professional references along with your CV. Review of materials will begin on February 22, 2010.

Please note a representative from Lesley University will be attending the College Art Association Conference in Chicago in February. If you would like to meet with Lesley’s representative at the conference, please contact Margaret Murphy at 617-585-6652 for an appointment.

REQUIRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS:

A terminal degree and significant experience in higher education. The Senior Associate Dean should qualify for academic rank as an Associate Professor or higher. A strong background of college-level teaching in the visual arts is essential. Three plus years of successful administrative experience is required. Supervisory experience as a Department Chair or higher is required. A record of current and past scholarly and professional activity. Excellent managerial and administrative skills; able to direct staff, set priorities and analyze data. Excellent interpersonal, communication, organizational and problem-solving skills; a record of strong and consistent collaboration with faculty, administrators, staff and students.

Additional Information:
Grade: 30 Salary Range: $89,610-$132,623

Lesley University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer, and we are committed to increasing the diversity of the college community and the curriculum. Candidates who believe they can contribute to that goal are encouraged to apply.

PLEASE APPLY ONLINE: http://lesley.interviewexchange.com/candapply.jsp?JOBID=17077

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Young Women’s Caucus Apron Show Photo Album

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