Women's Focus

Mikaela says:
My synchronicity around women's topics continues with two emails today...

The first I'm VERY excited about, on multiple levels.

Alice Walker will be coming to Albuquerque to read her new children's book, Why War Is Never a Good Idea.

(That title alone is worth $20! And, this is a day after my wedding weekend, which marks the next phase in my life that will hopefully include kids, one of whom we've already decided will be named Walker, precisely to honor this author and my love for her.)

Oct. 1 @ 7 pm in the Kiva Auditorium

Our local bookstore gem, Bookworks, is offering advanced sales. Free ticket with purchase of the book ($16.99 + tax) or $25 for book and 2 tix. Buy here or call 505-344-8139.


The second is the first organizing meeting for next year's Women in Creativity, the month-long celebration birthed by (trying to avoid the male symbolism there of 'spearheading' or 'spawned by') the National Hispanic Cultural Center's Shelle Luaces. Partner organizations from around the city share responsibility for programming centered on women throughout the month.

Women & Creativity Organizing Meeting
Oct. 3, 10 am
NHCC - RSVP required (see below)

Any organization can do this. All you've got to do is send the NHCC information about your event, and they'll add it to their gorgeous schedule printing. There are also a thousand ways to be creative about other resources multiple orgs. can leverage. So start thinking about how you can plug in!

Each year, this festival has expanded exponentially to include women in all their creative spheres and partners across the city, from dance to theatre, literature to poetry, arts to business, performance to activism. The NHCC pays for a printed schedule of events and some other marketing. Personally, I think this thing is just going to get bigger every year and is a great opportunity to bring the focus back to women once a year!

The most exciting part of this event for me is exploring the various ways women are creative in today's world. It’s also just a great way to find those points of connections across institutions, which often serve to fragment us, as well as to leverage our resources to benefit all (which, after all, is women’s specialty)!

For more information and/or to RSVP, contact Lavinia Nicolae, or visit last year's event info here.