March 2004

Women's History Month Gallery Walk
The Frick Art and Historical Center, Point Breeze [map]
Thursday March 4, 6-8pm
Join LUPEC, Frick Fine Art Museum Director of Education Tom Smart and University of Nebraska Professor Stephen Behrendt for a Women's History walk through Victorian Visions, a visiting exhibit of 19th-century drawings at The Frick Fine Art Museum at The Frick Art and Historical Center in Point Breeze. See, hear, and celebrate works by 19th-Century women artists and enjoy a cocktail in honor of Queen Victoria. Corsets, chatelaines, and tussie-mussies not required. Call the Frick at 412-371-0600 to make reservations.

Essay:: "Where were all the women, anyway?"

 

Rhythm Sweet and Hot: Special Women's History Show, 90.5 FM WDUQ
Saturday, March 6, 9pm-12am
LUPEC joins forces with jazz-preservationists / bon-vivants Ken Crawford and Mike Plaskett on their internationally syndicated radio show, Rhythm Sweet and Hot. Enjoy music by and information about ladies who sang in front and/or played in early jazz bands! The show will also feature an interview with a former member of one of the "girl bands" of the 1930s.

Look for an audio clip in the near future

 

Back Room Gals; A Butch/Femme History Celebration
Eon Hotel, 8th Avenue, Homestead [map]
Friday, March 12, 8-10pm
Join LUPEC at the newly restored historic Eon Hotel, former home to The Island Room, an all "ladies'" bar that, in the 1940s and 1950s, co-existed with the "regular" bar out front. LUPEC takes over the front bar for thematic cocktails and optional butch/femme attire. All sorts of guys and gals welcome.

Drink Cards: Diesel | Silk Stockings
Look for photos and propaganda soon

 

Women's History Brunch
The Quiet Storm, Friendship [map]
Sunday, March 14, 10am-2pm
LUPEC hostesses an Herbs and Spices special brunch at Quiet Storm featuring the favorite recipes of famous women.

Look for photos and propaganda soon

 

Bad Girls Party
Kelly's Bar and Lounge, Penn Circle [map]
Saturday, March 20, 8-10pm
Since "well behaved women rarely make history," LUPEC invites you to misbehave at the classy, historic, and tastefully restored Kelly's Lounge. Thematic cocktails, quizzes, prizes and a special, very naughty Guest of Dishonor.

Bad Girl Quiz | Bad Girl Quiz Answer Key (feel free to use and share. Just give us credit for it, okay?)
Drink Cards: Brazen Hussy | Chatterley | Scarlett O'Hara
Photos and other propaganda coming soon.

 

American Shorts: DIVAS! Women in Fiction
Society for Contemporary Craft, in The Strip [map]
Thursday, March 25 time TBA
The American Shorts series kicks off its 2004 season of reading with works by writers Jessica K. Saiki and Sapphire. LUPEC will be on hand serving thematic cocktails and feminist propaganda.

Look for photos and propaganda soon