In Other Words, Women's Books and Resources

EVERY SUNDAYS: Homorobics 11:00 am
Don't miss "Homorobics" led by Sarah Shapiro and Nicole J.
Georges--Physically strengthening our community in a feminist, queer,
& body friendly environment with an emphasis on enjoyment... not
weight loss! Homorobics caters to our peers and delivers
beginner-level fitness through jazzercise, aerobics, and Freedom
Sweatpants Dance. Please bring a towel and hand weights (or bricks) if
you've got 'em. Sliding—scale donation $2-4.

FIRST, THIRD, & FOURTH MONDAYS: Español Sin Fronteras! 6:30 to 8:00 pm
This Month: June 2,nd 16,th 23,rd and 30th Sin Fronteras is happy to
present Español Sin Fronteras! Our friend and comrade Santa will be
teaching lessons, and sharing knowledge at In Other Words Books three
times a month. The class is introductory and is horizontally organized
around input from participants. This class will teach in many fun
ways, that means (of course) some grammar, lyrics of songs, poetry,
articles, more conversation, history, interesting places, and tips for
travelers etc. Please bring a notebook and pen. Cost for participants
is from $5 to $10 per person per class. For more information check
out: http://www.myspace.com/sinfronterasolin.

NOW—EVERY TUESDAY & THURSDAY MORNINGS: Community Yoga Classes 9:00-10:00 am
Now adding Thursday morning classes!!! Come and enjoy Yoga as a
Transformative Art & Way of Being—an evolutionary and integral
practice of Hatha, Kriya and Intuitive Movement with Elaina Beam.
* Explore the foundations and simple graces of asana (postures).
* Experience the profound effects of pranayama (breath work).
* Merge with your inner world through dhyana (meditation).
All level classes offer tools for developing flexibility of both body
and mind, while building strength, self-acceptance and peace. Simply
bring willingness and your beautiful self! Shanti! Suggested donation:
$5-$10—no one turned away!

MONTHLY MEETING: Code Pink Meeting 6:30 pm
This Month: June 3rd

SUPPORT GROUP: The National Vulvar Vestibulitis Organization
Facilitated Group 7:00 pm
This Month: June 4th The National Vulvar Vestibulitis Organization is
a 501(c)3 committed to providing support and awareness for VVS. We
provide information about Vulvar Vestibulitis Syndrome and its
symptoms, treatments, and the stories of us women who survive and
thrive through this disorder. VVS is a pain condition that is
localized in the opening of the vagina. The National Institute of
Health estimates that 6 million women have this condition. Is sex
painful? Do you experience vaginal pain during everyday activities? If
you have intense itching, burning, and/or pain upon touch you may have
VVS.

Our main service is providing face-to-face support groups to help
women cope with VVS. It is a life-changing event that affects every
aspect of your life, and you shouldn't have to go through it alone.
The NVVO has created a caring, nurturing community of women who can
help guide you through the challenges of living with VVS. The
meetings are open to women only. If you'd like more information you
can visit our website and blog! http://www.nvvo.net or
http://nvvo.wordpress.com

FIRST THURSDAYS: Queer Polyamory Discussion Group 6:30 pm
This Month: June 5th If you have ever wondered "How do I do this
polyamory/open-relationship/non-monogamy thing?"...you are not alone.
Join us with your experiences, questions and ideas- they are an
important resource for this group. Those who attend will help
determine what topics we focus on—which could include: agreements,
consent and communication; jealousy; support; safer sex; struggles and
joys and survivor issues. Whether you have been practicing ethical
sluttery for years, or are just starting to think about it, you are
welcome. Open to all trans, pansexual, lesbian, gay and queer folks.
All ages encouraged. Hosted by: franciszka fierce- a local slut,
artist/writer and facilitator extraordinaire.

EVERY SATURDAY: Oregon's Only Meeting of Eating Disorders Anonymous 10:00 am
EDA is a 12-step group that provides support, compassion, and
understanding for individuals who have (or have had) one or more
eating disorders, such as anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder,
pathorexia, food addictions, and many others. Eating Disorders
Anonymous is NOT THE SAME as Overeaters Anonymous: OA is an
abstinence-based program, while EDA encourages balance in all areas of
life. EDA does not specifically endorse food plans; disordered eating
comes from disordered thinking, and food and weight management
techniques do nothing to solve our thinking problems. People in all
stages of recovery are welcome at this meeting, including those who
may not be sure if they have an eating disorder. For more information
on EDA, please visit eatingdisordersanonymous.org. For questions about
this meeting, please call Lily-Rygh at 503.421.4511.

DISCUISSION GROUP: The Portland Feminism Discussion Group 6:30-8:00 pm
This Month: June 8th Feminism Discussion Group facilitated by Jen
Moore. This discussion group is a free flowing, exchange of ideas on a
topic which we pick each month. This month's topic is: men's place
within the feminist movement. We are a friendly group with new members
joining all the time. This meeting is open to only women. If you
consider yourself female identified, you are welcome.

SECOND MONDAYS: OLIN Study Group 6:00 pm
This Month: June 9th Join us as we will discuss such issues as the
current uprising in Oaxaca, the Zapatistas and la otra campana,
neoliberalism, social movements in Mexico, and border issues. This
study group is brought to you by Olin, a collective focusing on
Oaxaca. Olin is a working group of Portland Sin Fronteras Portland
whose focus as a group lies in building and understanding the border
and in fighting white supremacy. Their aim is to combat capitalism as
a system of domination and to link the anti-capitalist struggles of
Latin America to our own struggles here at home.

MAGAZINE RELEASE PARTY: Bitch Magazine 7:00pm
This month: June 11th The Genesis issue of Bitch is even now rolling
off the presses, and we're excited for you to see it. It features
articles covering all the genesis bases-- from religion to
reproduction, as well as some kick-ass artist-produced origami on the
cover. To celebrate we're hosting another round of the ever-fabulous
Pop Culture Debate Club. Topics are still to be decided, so if you
have any suggestions, drop a line to info@b-word.org.

AUTHOR READING: OPEN: Love, Sex and Life in an Open Marriage by Jenny
Block 7:00 pm
This Month: June 12th Finally, a book about open marriage that
grapples with the problems surrounding monogamy and fidelity in an
honest, heartfelt, and non-fringe manner. In Open, Block paints a
down-to-earth picture of how an open marriage can work, and
specifically why it works for her and her husband. In dissecting other
people's strong reactions to her choice, she explores the question of
why cheating is more socially acceptable than open marriage. In part,
she concludes, the lack of models for successful functional open
marriages is such that the general public is not yet equipped to
handle treating it as anything other than abnormal. Open challenges
our notions of what traditional marriage looks like, and presents one
woman's journey down an uncertain path that ultimately proves that
open marriage is a viable option, and one that's in fact better for
some couples than conventional marriage.

Jenny Block writes for a variety of regional and national
publications, as well as for the website Huffington Post where she
blogs weekly. Her work has appeared in several anthologies and is
slated to appear in Rebcca Walker's upcoming anthology "Walk This Way:
Introducing the New American Family." The inspiration for Open stems
from her piece, "Portrait of an Open Marriage" which ran in Tango, and
was reprinted by Cosmopolitan Germany and The Huffington Post.

SECOND FRIDAYS: Dirty Queer 6:30 pm
This Month: June 13th Dirty Queer is an X rated open mic: a place to
celebrate sexuality and strut your creative stuff! Hosted by renegade
writer and poet Sossity Chiricuzio, Dirty Queer is proven itself to be
a thought provoking evening of excitement, laughter and full body
shivers. We're looking for queer erotic entertainers of all sorts:
dancers, jugglers, singers, musicians, comics, poets, storytellers,
magicians, gender performers ... if you can do it in 5-10 minutes or
less (w/ minimal props/equip), this open mic's for you!

Need a dose of Dirty Queer sooner than that? Come check out our
photos, samples, bios, YouTube videos, and our new Podcast! All this
and more on our website: www.dirtyqueer.com. It's highly recommended
to bring your own folding chairs if you can, as we average 85
people/month. Everyone who attends has a chance to win door prizes
from local businesses! IOW asks for a donation of $1-$5/person for
this event, and more donations are always welcome. Caveats: 18+,
consent is key, no hate speech.

AUTHOR READING: The Brides of March: Memoir of a Same Sex Marriage by
Beren deMotier 6:30 pm
This Month: June 17th Portland's very own author Beren deMotier will
read from The Brides of March: Memoir of a Same-Sex Marriage, the true
story of a giddy leap through a legal window, straight onto the
barbeque pit of public debate in Multnomah County. The Brides of March
is a bride's eye view of same-sex marriage at a moment's notice, with
a bevy of brides, their coterie of children, donuts, newspaper
reporters, screaming protesters, and mothers of the brides who never
thought they'd see the day. Lively discussion and a swapping of
stories will follow.

ONE TIME A MONTH on WEDNESDAYS: Women Writing for (a) Change 7:00 pm
This Month: June 18th Women Writing for (a) Change inspires women and
girls to craft more conscious lives through the art of writing and the
practices of community. This mission is rooted in the knowledge that
the well-being of women and girls has a positive effect on families,
institutions, and the planet.

WWf(a)C circles provide communities within which writers develop their
skills, strengthen their voices, enhance their health, and learn to
appreciate their capacity to create positive change in all spheres.
The emphasis of the class is on authentic voice, community- building,
and the exploration of writing as a creative, therapeutic or spiritual
practice and a tool of social change. Please come and experience the
safe and supportive environment that will inspire writing, careful
listening and respect for each woman's words. For more information
about Wwf (a)C in Portland, go to http://www.womenwritingwest.com.

Pre-registration is requested but drop-ins are also welcome. To
register go to info@womenwritingwest.com . WWf(a)C is a writing school
and community of writers that began in Cincinnati, OH in 1991. Karen
Waters, experienced in and licensed to use the WWf(a)C processes, is
bringing this community to Portland.

POERTY READING: Kristin Berger and Katharine Salzmann 6:30 pm
This Month: June 19th Kristin Berger will read from her first
collection of poems, For the Willing, which trace the map of
motherhood from its first flush roots in imagination, through birth,
to childhood's full and complex wonders. She takes us on a familiar
journey, but one told with a resolve to engage again and again with
the world. Kristin Berger's poetry and essays have appeared in, or are
forthcoming from, CALYX, VoiceCatcher, Hip Mama, and New Letters. She
lives in Portland with her husband and two children. Visit her at
www.kristinberger.wordpress.com.

Katharine Salzmann's first chapbook of poetry "Hemopoiesis" published
in 1995 was described by The Oregonian as, "Human limitation and the
apparent schism between mind and matter are absent here . . . Sensual,
sensuous, refusing the either-or categories of Western rationality,
this is a poet who apprehends the world in its wholeness, its gift,
and gives it back in kind." Her most recent chapbook of poetry "Prayer
Ceremony" was published in 2007. She lives with her daughter & works
as a massage therapist in Portland.

THIRD FRIDAYS: The Feminist Film Society 6:30 pm
This Month: June 20th The Feminist Film Society is a group of folks
who watch a variety of movies and discuss them with feminism in mind.
Arrive at 6:30 for a sweet trivia type game to get you thinking about
the night's movie. The screening starts at 7:00 with discussion to
follow. This month we will be watching She-Devil (1989). Roseanne
Barr plays a suburban wife seeking vengeance on her husband, who is
cheating on her with a romance novelist played by Meryl Streep.
Hilarity abounds in this adaptation of Fay Weldon's novel The Life and
Loves of a She-Devil, which is available at the bookstore. All are
welcome. Suggested donation is $1-$5 sliding scale to support the
bookstore—with no one turned away. For more information check out:
www.feministfilmsociety.blogspot.com.

CONCERT: Gretchen Phillips 7:00 pm
This Month: June 21st This solo show intersperses original, feminist,
lesbian songs performed on an acoustic guitar with readings including
memoir, ruminations on current events, and little chapters of life.
Performing since she was 12 years old, Gretchen was part of a lesbian
band, Two Nice Girls, which secured her a GLAAD media award and a spot
in the Austin Chronicle's Hall of Fame. For more information about
Gretchen and music check out www.Gretchen-Phillips.com or
www.MySpace.com/GretchenPhillips. Cover $5-$10 sliding scale.

LAST TUESDAYS: Dexter's Spoken Mike 7:00 pm
This Month: June 24th Dexter's spoken mic follows the strong tradition
that believes it's time to give writers "rockstar status" bringing
beginning writers as well as more established readers together, for
inspirational rants and performances. Dexter's spoken mic, (open to
all) will surely be a force to be reckoned with. So speak your heart
out from your memoirs, journal entries, and poems...do it with a
friend, or go on tour-- but first make sure to stop by in other words
books on the LAST Tuesday of every month for Dexter's spoken mic.
Dexter is a Portland writer. She spends most of her time digging up
awkward stories from her childhood, reveling in fantastical
eccentricities and sentimental moments, running away with the circus
and making her comic book (my red umbrella soon to be released) she
also has a new zine of memoirs called maybe it's something you ate.
Dexter hosts spoken mics in Portland and is secretly working on a book
about growing up with a single mom in an alternative household and the
various father figures that came along the way…shhhh--don't tell!

AUTHOR READING: The Maternal is Political Edited by Shari MacDonald
Strong 7:00 pm
This Month: June 25th The Maternal is Political explores the vital
connection between motherhood and social change. Edited by Shari
MacDonald Strong, this compilation features thirty powerful,
hard-hitting literary essays by women who are striving to make the
world a better place for children and families-both their own and
other women's-in this country and globally.

LAST FRIDAYS: Luna Music Series—Showcase of local female musicians 7:00 pm
This Month: June 27th For this month's featured artists check out:
www.myspace.com/lunamusicseries

Author Reading and Benefit for Code Pink: Mary Lou Sanelli 4:00pm
This Month: June 28th Code Pink Portland and In Other Words Books are
proud to present Mary Lou Sanelli, reading from her newest collection
of poems. Mary Lou has generously offered herself to raise funds for
the Code Pink Portland so that we can continue to highlight the lies
and deceptions of the Bush Administration, especially concerning the
Iraq war/occupation. Suggested donation is $5 with no one turned away.

Sanelli has earned a solid reputation in the literary and
public-speaking community through a steady commitment to writing and
through twenty years of successful public readings and presentations.
She is the author of six poetry collections and one recent book of
essays, Falling Awake, selected as "one of the most fabulous 2008
Northwest titles" by Seattle writer/reviewer Lesley Thomas. Mary Lou
also works as a public speaker and as a dancer, dance instructor, and
choreographer, teaching currently at Spectrum Dance and Dance
Underground in Seattle..

SAVE THE DATE: In Other Words 2008 Literary Feast
Join us this year for an amazing event and a great opportunity to
support In Other Words Books & Resources. Mark your calendars—Friday,
August 1st 6:00 pm at the North Star Ballroom 635 N. Killingsworth
Court. Program details to come.

***As you know In Other Words Women's Books and Resources is a
non-profit. In fact, we are the only surviving non-profit women's
bookstore in this country. And we are among a dwindling number of
for-profit women's bookstores. In an effort to become more
sustainable we have decided to charge a minimal fee for events held at
the store. IOW ask a suggested donation of $1-$5 sliding scale for
store events, unless otherwise noted. No one is ever turned away.
All are welcome***