Sunday
28 February
Festival
Launch ‘Grass Roots and Glass Ceilings’
Venue: The Jam Factory, (Corner of
Park End Street
and Hollybush Row),
Oxford
,
OX1 1HU
7.30 pm – 9.30 pm
Entrance: Free or donation to the Oxford International
Women’s Festival
Wheelchair Access: All Welcome
The 2010 Festival will kick off with a fantastic
evening of juggling, music with performance art, tasty treats and wine. A great opportunity to meet the artists and
preview this international showcase exhibition of lively and exciting new work
from women based in
Oxford
. For a list of artists and more information
visit: www.oxfordwomen.co.uk or www.oxfordpride.org.uk
Organizer:
Oxford
International
Women’s Festival & Oxford Pride
Contact: Anne Mobbs 01865
553 755 or Mazz 07875515499
Sunday
28 February – Sunday 14 March
Grassroots
and Glass Ceilings Art Show
Venue: The Jam Factory, (Corner of Park End Street and Hollybush Row), Oxford , OX1 1HU
10.00 am to 10.00 pm (Monday to Sunday)
Entrance: Free or by donation to Oxford International Women’s Festival
Wheelchair Access: All Welcome
A diverse art exhibition celebrating work by local and international women artists inspired by the 2010 Festival theme of ‘Grassroots and Glass Ceilings’. This group show includes wall art, sculpture, performance, video and poetry.
Afroditi Aparti
Emmie van Biervliet
Georgina Jestico
Linda Wride
Madi Acharya-Baskerville
Mirren Kessling
Nia Walling
Sherrey Tysom
Susan Moxley
Tabitha Millett
Tina Calloway
Poet Lizzie McHale will MC the Launch with performance by Lydia Faith at the
Festival Launch & Opening Performance Event: Sunday 28th February 7.30-9.30pm
Exhibition: Sun 28 FEBRUARY – Mon 21 MARCH open everyday 10am-10pm @ Jam Factory
For more information about the festival and artists visit www.oxfordwomen.co.uk and www.oxfordpride.org.uk
Contact: Gallery Manager – Alice 01865 244613
Curator: Mazz Image 07875515499 art@oxfordpride.org.uk
Sunday
28 February – Saturday 13 March
(Exhibition
available from Monday 22 February)
A
Celebration of the Female Form: 100 Portraits of Women
Venue: The North Wall Arts Centre, South Parade,
Summertown,
Oxford
,
OX2 7NN
11.00 am – 4.00 pm Monday to Saturday
Entrance: Free
Wheelchair Access: All Welcome
Susan Moxley is an
Oxford-based artist. This exhibition is
the culmination of a year’s work.
Her 100 portraits of women hang side by side to form
one enormous painting.
Each woman is individual, has her own space and story…
yet, seen as a group, they force us to ask: Who are they? What is their
relation to each other? Where are they from, and what are the battles each has
had to face?
Susan was diagnosed with breast cancer half way
through this project, which has enabled her to answer one of these questions by
graphically showing her own major life changing experience since the start of
this project.
Organizer: Artist Susan Moxley
Contact: 01865 516 556 susan@susanmoxley.com
Sunday 28
February
Women
Anthropologists and the Pitt Rivers Museum
Venue:
Pitt
Rivers
Museum
,
Parks Road
,
Oxford
,
OX1 3PP
11.30 am
Entrance: Free (Booking essential, places limited to 25)
Wheelchair access: All Welcome
This Gallery trail/talk features some of the notable women
anthropologists who have contributed to the Museum’s collections over the
years. The session will be led by Julia
Nicholson, Joint Head of Collections at the Museum, and will explore
collections from Siberia, the Pacific and
North America
.
Organizer:
Pitt
Rivers
Museum
Contact: 01865 270 927
Mon
1 March:
Grassroots
Feminist Film Night
Venue:
Ruskin
College
,
Walton Street
,
Oxford
,
OX1 2HE
7.00 pm – 10.00 pm (Film starts at 7.30 pm)
Entrance: Donation
Wheelchair Access: All Welcome
Come and join our newly formed Oxford Feminist Network
for the launch of a series of film nights. Opening with a film reflecting the
2010 Festival theme, ‘Grass Roots and Glass Ceilings’, followed by audience led
discussion. Film title t.b.c, see the Festival website www.oxfordwomen.co.uk
Organizer: Debbie Hollingsworth and Louise Livesey on
behalf of the Oxford Feminist Network
Contact: ruskin_ok@hotmail.com
Tuesday 2
March
Birthrites
Venue: The Garden Room,
Oxford
Friends
Meeting House, 43 St
Giles
,
OX1 3LW
7.30 pm
Entrance: Donations towards costs welcome
Wheelchair access: All Welcome
A period of gentle meditation followed
by a short talk and discussion about mother blessings, naming ceremonies, and
other rituals that give a spiritual context to birth and becoming a
mother. For pregnant women, their
partners and interested professionals.
With local author Jackie Singer (Birthrites – Rituals and Celebrations for the Child-bearing
Years published by Permanent Publications) and Vanessa Hedley (Midwife, Body worker and somatic
Movement-Dance Educator in training)
Organizer: Jackie Singer
Contact: 01865 718 980
Tuesday 2 March
Women’s Business Network Launch Event
Venue: 26 Kingfisher Green, Greater Leys, Oxford, OX4 7BX 7.30pm – 9pm
Further information from:
leysbusinesswomen@yahoo.co.uk or call 07979 953 156
There will be a charge of £1 to cover the cost of refreshments.
Wednesday 3
March – Saturday 27 March
Common
Threads: Exhibition of Patchwork Panels
Venue: Oxfordshire Record Office, St Luke’s Church,
Temple
Road,
OX4 2HT
9.00 am – 5.00 pm Wednesday to Saturday (closed Sunday to Tuesday)
Entrance: Free
Wheelchair access: All Welcome
These panels were created by the
Oxford
multicultural textile group Textiles for Peace. To commemorate the 2007 Bicentenary of the Abolition of the
Transatlantic Slave Trade, women from
Oxford
stitched their own personal squares in an expression of ‘Living in
Oxford
– Multicultural
Experience’. The completed artwork
provides a rich and fascinating picture, through the medium of appliqué,
embroidery, felt work, batik, beading, mirror work and other techniques, of how
we all came to be living in this patchwork community.
Organizer: Judy Hammond, Textiles for Peace
Contact: 01865 245 178 / 01865 763 479
Wednesday 3
March
Oxford
Amnesty International Women’s Group
From
Grass Roots to Glass Ceilings
Venue:
East Oxford
Community Centre,
Princes Street
,
Oxford
,
OX4 1DD
7.30 pm
Entrance: £2.50, concessions £1.50
Wheelchair access: All Welcome
Join us for some local campaigning for women’s economic rights. Then relax with a drink from the bar and some
nibbles for a more light-hearted view of women’s solidarity in the workplace
with 80’s film comedy ‘9 – 5’ (starring
Dolly Parton and Jane Fonda).
Organizer:
Oxford
Amnesty International Women’s Group
Contact: 01865 751 747
Thursday
4 March
Leading
the Way from Grass Roots to Glass Ceilings
Venue: Queen Elizabeth House, International Gender
Studies, Department of International Development,
3 Mansfield Road
,
Oxford
,
OX1 3TB
2.00 pm – 4.00 pm
Entrance: Free
Wheelchair Access: All Welcome
Speakers lead the way from ‘Grass Roots to Glass
Ceilings’.
African identity in the Modern World: Speaker: Becky Ayebia Clarke is a Ghanaian publisher based in Oxfordshire,
specialising in African and Caribbean Writers.
The Rise of Academic Careers for Women: Myth or
Reality.
Speaker: Mette Berg.
Organizer: Jackie Waldren on
behalf of Department of International Development,
Oxford
University
.
Contact: 01865 558 321, 07531 410 332
Thursday 4
March
Foursight Theatre and Talking Birds
presents
Forever
In Your Debt
Venue:
Oxford
Playhouse,
Beaumont Street
,
Oxford
,
OX1 2LW
7.30 pm
Entrance: £19, £17, £12
Wheelchair Access: All Welcome
A brilliant and anarchic play with music. Teetering on the edge of financial ruin,
twelve women tell their heart-stopping stories. Weaving a cautionary tale, they pull on our heartstrings, prick our
conscience, and prod the old pathos bone.
Organizer:
Oxford
Playhouse
Contact: 01865 305 305, www.oxfordplayhouse.com
Friday
5 March
Every
Woman Celebration Day
Venue: Rose Hill and Littlemore Children’s Centre, The Oval, Rose Hill,
Oxford
,
OX4 4OY
11.00 am – 3.00 pm
Entrance: Free
Wheelchair Access: All Welcome
From grassroots come the flourishing women of Rose
Hill to celebrate women locally and internationally. Learn about women who have made a difference
from Benazir Bhutto, Aung San Suu Kyi, Wangari Maathai to local women
who are the nuts and bolts of life in
Rose Hill. Enjoy music from local
sounds, take part in international dances, marvel at the fantastic talent of a
well known
Oxford
diva. Bring and share delicacies from
around the world. Children can decorate
colourful sashes for their favourite women
Organizer: Rose Hill and Littlemore Children’s Centre
Contact: Rabia Shah 01865
716 739
Saturday
6 March
Queer
Oxford History Walk
Venue: Meet at
Magdalen
Bridge
,
Oxford
,
OX1 4AU
2.00 pm
Entrance: Free or by donation to
Oxford
Pride
Wheelchair Access: All Welcome
Join us for a fun afternoon as we explore 600 years of
Queer History while walking the streets of this beautiful city. The focus of this tour will be the women who
have lived and loved each other in
Oxford
.
Based upon the research by Ross Brooks for Queer Oxford (revised second edition to
be published in 2010) Further information available at www.oxfordpride.org.uk
Tour host Mazz Image,
Director and Chair Oxford Pride
Organizer: Oxford Pride Group
Contact: Mazz 07875 515 499
Saturday 6
March
‘Phenomenal
Women’ Spotlight on Women of African Heritage
Venue: Blackbird Leys Leisure Centre Community Hall,
Pegasus Road
,
Oxford
,
OX4 6JL
6. 00 pm / 7.30 pm start – 11.00 pm
Entrance: £10, Concessions £7.50 (Families £20, 2 adults & 2
children) Includes meal.
Wheelchair access: Family friendly event
‘Phenomenal women’ with ‘A Taste of the Tropics, an evening of the best
of African and African Caribbean women, their life experience at home and
abroad told through stories, exhibition of significant Black African Women,
poetry, storytelling, fashion, music and dance, food and drinks.
Featuring local artists, Amantha Edmead, Patsy Spencer and dance group.
Organizers: Junie James, Pat Green, Mumbi Mutahi and Lonah Hebditch
Contact: 07986 877 324
Saturday 6
March
Ceilidh with the Kismet Ceilidh Band
Venue: Wolvercote Village Hall, Wolvercote,
Oxford
,
OX2 8BD
7.30 pm
Entrance: £8, Concessions £6
Wheelchair access: All Welcome
A stomping dance night of jigs and reels, swirling French waltzes and
magical Eastern European circle dances with festival favourites Kismet, joined
by guitarist Johnny Fletcher. All dances
called so no partners needed. Bring your
own bottle. See www.kismet-music.co.uk
Organizer: Kismet
Contact: 01865 718 980
Saturday 6 March
Holi Mela
Venue: Sandhills Primary School Hall, Terret Avenue, Sandhills, Oxford, OX3 8FN. 12 noon – 5.30pm
Bhangra & Garba performances, Henna Hut, food stalls from different Indian states.
FREE ENTRY –PLENTY OF PARKING
Organised by the Oxford Hindu Temple & Community Centre Project
Sunday 7
March
Dissolving
Spiritual Glass Ceilings
Venue: The Global Retreat Centre,
Nuneham
Park
,
Nuneham Courtenay
,
OX44 9PG
2.00 pm – 5.30 pm (please arrive 10 minutes early)
Entrance: Free (Advance booking essential)
Wheelchair access on request: Women only
Dissolving spiritual glass ceilings is a consequence of deep inner
attention. Suddenly and unexpectedly
they melt and you move onto a new level of understanding. There’s no shattering involved. Do join us for our special event of
exploration at the Global Retreat Centre.
Organizer: Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual
Organization
Contact: 01865 343 551, www.globalretreatcentre.org
Sunday 7
March
Multicultural
Textiles – Open Workshop and Exhibition of Work in Progress
Venue: Fusion Arts Centre (Behind
East Oxford
Community Centre)
Princes Street,
Oxford
,
OX4 1DD
3.00 pm – 6.00 pm
Entrance: Free
Wheelchair Access: All Welcome
Textiles for Peace is a community based women’s group for people of
different cultural backgrounds. We meet
to enjoy making textiles and to get to know each other. This is an opportunity to be inspired by the
work we are doing and to try some of the techniques that will be
demonstrated. Have a go at spinning,
felt making, silk painting and embroidery including shisha mirror work.
Organizer: Judy Hammond, Textiles for Peace
Contact: 01865 245 178 / 01865 763 479
Monday
8 March
Aung San Suu Kyi: Breaking the Glass Ceiling in Burma
Venue:
Oxford
Town Hall
, St Aldate’s,
Oxford
,
OX1 1BX
6.30 pm – 7.30 pm sale of Burmese Cuisine
7.30 pm – 9.30 pm the main event.
Entrance: £6, Concessions £4.50 (Booking recommended)
Wheelchair access: Limited to 4 wheelchairs (Entrance
20 metres to left of main entrance)
All Welcome
A celebration in recognition and support of Aung San Suu Kyi: iconic first
lady of
Burma
,
described as “a stunning beacon of
non-violent struggles for democracy and human rights.”
Aung San Suu Kyi, a graduate of St Hugh’s College Oxford 1969, was
elected as the Leader of the National League for Democracy in her home country
Burma
in1988, and has since 1989 spent fourteen years under house arrest. In 1991 she
was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of her non-violent
struggle.
The evening combines Burmese culture with politics; providing an insight
into the forces that have inspired Aung San Suu Kyi’s passionate commitment
to the peaceful pathway to freedom and democracy in her
country.
Treat yourself to an early supper: A flavour of delicious authentic
Burmese cuisine on sale from 6.30 – 7.30 pm. Meet the people of
Burma
,
learn about their traditions, beliefs, customs and politics through: speakers,
film, costume, traditional dance and presentations: 7.30 – 9.30 pm
Proceeds from the sale of tickets will be shared between the Oxford
Burmese Benefit Fund.
and the Oxford International Women’s Festival. Collection during the
interval for the Oxford Burmese Benefit Fund; proceeds will go directly to
support relief projects in
Burma
.
Organizers:
Sandy
Thin Thin Mar Oo on behalf
of the Oxford Burmese Community supported by the Oxford International Women’s
Festival Committee
Contact: Chris Eady 01865 245 793 or
Sandy
Thin Thin Mar Oo 078345 93617
Tuesday
9 March
Dorothy
Hodgkin Memorial Lecture – Centenary Celebration
'Crystallography
One Century AD (After Dorothy)'
Venue:
Oxford
University
Museum
of Natural History,
Parks Road
,
Oxford
,
OX1 3PW
5.00 pm
Entrance: Free
Wheelchair access: All Welcome
Lecturer: Professor Elspeth Garman, President, British
Crystallographic Association. Professor of Molecular Biophysics,
University
of
Oxford
.
Dorothy Hodgkin was born 100 years ago and the methods
of crystallography she used to determine the 3-D shapes of cholesterol,
penicillin, vitamin B12 and insulin, have
developed enormously in a century. The
structures of large molecules and assemblies such as the ribosome and whole
viruses can be now found. The art of
crystallography then, as compared to now, will be described and illustrated,
with recent examples.
Organizers: Dr Yasmin Robson
on behalf of Oxford Association for Women in Science & Engineering (AWiSE) in association with the University Museum of Natural
History and Somerville College.
Contact: 01865 750 143
Tuesday
9 March
Let’s
Talk about Sex!
Venue: The Rotunda, Grove House, 44 Iffley Turn,
Oxford
,
OX4 4DU
6.30 pm – 9.30 pm
Entrance: £15, Concessions £10 (BOOKING ESSENTIAL)
Wheelchair access: Women only
An opportunity to start exploring your own sexuality
in the company of other women. The
evening will include: talking, experiential exercises and mindfulness
practices, and will be fun as well as respectful of boundaries. Polly McLean (Certificate Psychosexual Health
& Group Analysis) assisted by Rose McAfee will help the group inquire into
themes around sexuality, intimacy and relationship. No nudity or sexual contact will be involved,
and all ages and orientations are very welcome.
Organizer: Polly McLean
Contact: 07870643260, pollymclean@googlemail.com
Tuesday
9 March
Red
Box - Where Women Meet
Venue: Baby Bar Simple, (Upstairs at)
213 Cowley Road
,
Oxford
,
OX4 1XF
8.00 pm – 11.00 pm
Entrance: By donation to Oxford Pride
No wheelchair access: Women only
A special performance event to celebrate the Women’s
Festival. Come along and enjoy a
friendly and relaxed night for women who enjoy the company of women.
See us here every 2nd Tuesday of the month
from 8.00 pm or visit our website for upcoming events, www.redboxoxford.co.uk
Organizer: Oxford Pride Group
Contact: Mazz 07875515499
Wednesday
10 March
Creative
Women, Creative Children
Venue: Bullingdon Community
Centre, Peat Moors recreation ground, Peat Moors, Headington,
Oxford
,
OX3 7HU
(off the Slade)
10.00 am – 3.00 pm
Entrance: Free
Wheelchair access: All Welcome
An opportunity for women of all ages and young
children to share different creative activities with an international
flavour. There will be singing, music,
painting, food, collage and costumes from different countries.
Organizer: Barbara Bryant, Bullingdon Community Centre and Slade & Headington Children’s Centre
Contact: 01865 769 263
Wednesday 10
March
Redbridge
Traveller Women’s Group
Venue: South Oxford Baptist Church Hall,
Wytham Street
,
Oxford
,
OX1 4TW
1.00 pm – 4.00 pm
Entrance: Free
Wheelchair access: All Welcome
Open Afternoon with Redbridge Traveller Women’s group, with displays,
music and activities reflecting Irish traveller life, culture and achievements.
Refreshments available for a small donation.
Organizer: Redbridge Traveller Women’s Group
Contact: 01865 512 405
Thursday
11 March
Angels
with Aspirations
Venue: St Luke’s Church,
Canning Crescent
,
Oxford
,
OX1 4XB
4.00 pm – 5.30 pm
Entrance: £1
Wheelchair Access: All Welcome
An exhibition of art and craft work by Sister Act
girls Group (11 – 16 years) expressing their vibrant personalities, their
interests and hopes for the future. The
exhibition will express the hopes and dreams of the girls from childhood to
present day, using art, craft and sculpture.
Organizer: Sister Act Girls Group
Contact: 01865 251 616
Thurs
11 March:
Strictly
Latin American
An entertaining and fun evening of music and dance
Venue:
South Oxford
Community
Centre,
Lake Street
,
Oxford
,
OX1 2AQ
7.30
pm – 10.30 pm
Entrance: £5, Concessions £3
Tickets from Jane Mercer 01865 246 608
City Council car parking available on the north side of
Hinksey
Park
No Wheelchair Access: All Welcome
An evening of Latin-American music & dance, with the renowned SOL Samba & DJ, Christian Bonilla, from
Oxford’s twin city of Leon in Nicaragua. Learn to
SAMBA with Sarah or strut your stuff with Deirdre and Julian as they
demonstrate the SALSA.
Bar and tasty
(Latin American)’tit-bits’. So put on your dancing shoes and come,
whether you like to dance or just watch (no pressure!)
All proceeds from this event will be given to a project in
Leon
to help women who have been victims of physical, emotional or sexual abuse or
are at risk of such abuse.
Organizer:
Oxford
Leon
Association
Contact: Jane Mercer 01865 246 608
Friday
12 March
Women’s
Liberation @ 40 – Continuities and Changes
2 Day Conference
Venue:
Ruskin
College
Oxford
,
Walton Street
,
Oxford
,
OX1 2HE
Day One 9.00 - 9.30 am (registration) - 6.00 pm approx
(Day 2 - Saturday 13 March)
Entrance: See website at www.wlm40conference.org.uk
Wheelchair access: All Welcome
Keynote Speakers include: Shelia Rowbotham and Beatrix Cambell
In 1970, 500 women came together at the Ruskin Women’s
Liberation Conference, building on feminist and women’s activism across the
country. Forty years on, we will
celebrate that moment and creatively explore feminist work and changes within
society in the intervening period bringing together feminist and women’s
activists across borders (spatial, generational, political demographic and
others) in debate and discussion.
Organizer: Louise Livesey on
behalf of Ruskin College Oxford
Contact: 01865 759 627
Friday
12 March
Creative
Connection Women
Venue:
East Oxford
Community Centre,
Princes Street
,
Oxford
,
OX4 1DD
10.00 am – 2.00 pm
Entrance: Free
Wheelchair access: All Welcome
An exciting exhibition where Connection women (clients
and workers), portray their personal aspirations using a variety of ‘artistic
outlets’.
Organizer: Debbie Hollingsworth on behalf of
Connection Floating Support
Contact: 01865 336 157
Friday
12 March
Women
Reaching Women Water Day
Venue: Friends Meeting House, 43 St Giles,
Oxford
,
OX1
3LW
11.00 am – 3.30 pm (Coffee from 10.30 am)
Entrance: £5 inclusive of lunch and coffee (Booking
essential)
Wheelchair access: All Welcome
A range of speakers including those from Water Aid and
Thames Water will help us appreciate what we have, and to be aware of the
problems facing those, particularly women, in the developing world. The event
is part of the Women’s Institute’s three-year ‘Women Reaching Women’ project in
conjunction with Oxfam, funded by the Department of International Development (Dfid)
Organizer: Oxfordshire Federation of Women’s
Institutes in conjunction with The Department of International Development.
Contact: Information 01869 340 626
Tickets 01869 331 081
Friday 12
March
Reel
Women Screening
Venue:
Oxford
Film & Video Makers (OFVM),
54
Catherine Street
,
Oxford
,
OX4 3AH
7.30 pm
Entrance: Free
Wheelchair access: All Welcome
We will be screening films made by local female film-makers, including
the films made on the Reel Women’s course at OFVM during International Women’s
Week. A good chance to meet and network
with women in the industry.
Organizer: Ali Palmer-Smith,
Oxford
Film & Video Makers.
Contact: 01865 792 731
Saturday
13 March
Women’s
Liberation @ 40 – Continuities and Changes
Day 2 of 2 Day Conference
Venue:
Ruskin
College
Oxford
,
Walton Street
,
Oxford
,
OX1 2HE
9.0 am - 6.00 pm approx
Entrance: tbc (Booking
essential, places limited)
For details of the Conference see the entry on Friday
12 March, the first day of the 2 day conference.
Organizer: Louise Livesey on
behalf of Ruskin College Oxford
Contact: 01865 759 627
Saturday
13 March
Hey
Good Looking?
Venue: Wesley Memorial Hall, New
Inn Hall Street
,
Oxford
,
OX1 2DH
12.30 pm – 4.00 pm
Entrance: Free
Wheelchair access: All Welcome
Trade union/grassroots campaigning event on the real
cost of the fashion and beauty industries to people and the planet. Speaker panels, stalls, vegan refreshments,
fashion show with do it your-self/re-cycled fashion and beauty demonstrations.
Organizer: Oxford & District Trade Union Council
Contact: 01865 277 209
Saturday 13
March
Breaking
Through
Venue: Blackbird Leys Youth Centre, Blackbird Leys road, Blackbird Leys,
Oxford
,
OX4 6HW
1.00 pm – 4.30 pm
Entrance: Free
Wheelchair Access: All Welcome
The African-Caribbean Project and Blackbird Leys Young People invites
young women to an exciting afternoon of dance, healthy eating, massage, hair
and skin care, sexual health, looking after yourself plus getting back into
education and training. There will be an
exhibition of local young women in employment and opportunities to explore your
creativity with arts and crafts.
Organizer: African-Caribbean Project & Blackbird Leys Young People
Centre
Contact: Dolcie Obhiozele and Christine Chambers, 01865 778 250 / 772 886
Saturday 13
March
Diversity
and Rhythm
Venue: St Anthony of Padua Community Hall,
115 Headley Way
, Headington,
Oxford
,
OX3 7SS
4.00 pm – 6.00 pm
Entrance: £5
Wheelchair access: All Welcome
The Oxfordshire Bengali Cultural Society (UDAYAN) presents Ananya Chatterjee, the award winner Indian Classical dance
virtuoso of traditional Bharatanatyam style. This particular dance technique was used by ‘Devdasis’ or temple dancers for centuries. While the devdasis were recognized for their artistic talents, they
had low social status in the society. Over the years, Bharatanatyam has evolved as a
popular art form used to depict the prowess of womanhood and spiritual emancipation
through the worship of Gods & Goddesses of Hindu Mythology.
Prior to each item the artist will
share her expertise and knowledge through lecture demonstration, workshop,
group and solo performances. Also
includes literary contributions by Udayan members.
Indian snacks and raffle tickets on
sale. Join us to celebrate diversity.
Organizer: Oxfordshire Bengali Cultural society, UDAYAN
Contact: 01865 559 075 (after 8pm) or 01865 766 344 (27 February onwards
am & pm)
Saturday
13 March
The
Good Grief it’s a Goddess… Banquet and Ball!!!
Venue: East Oxford Community Centre, Princes
Street
,
OX4
1DD
8.00 pm
Entrance: £12, Concessions £10
Wheelchair access: All Welcome
Dance decadently whilst dining on delicious
dainties!!! – Awesome Tunes, Incredible Surroundings, Fantastic Food and
‘OOOOOOO the Prizes!’ Come dressed to celebrate your secret self! See you
there! LOL The Goddess Collective XXX!
Organizer: Lizzie McHale on behalf of The Goddess
Collective
Contact: 07966 224 497
Sunday
14 March
‘A
Walk on the Wild Side’ at Wittenham Clumps
Two circular walks in aid of Voluntary Service
Overseas (VSO) and the Oxford International Women’s Festival (OIWF)
Venue: The Northmoor Trust, Hill Farm, Little Wittenham,
Oxfordshire
,
OX14 4QZ
Time: 10.30 am for the 7/8 mile walk
1.00 pm for the
2 mile family walk and treasure trail
(Meet in the Northmoor Trust Car Park, next to the Visitor Centre)
Grid ref. OS Landranger 164 SU
567924
Entrance: Registration £1 per adult; children free.
Please collect
sponsors or make a donation
Wheelchair access: All Welcome
A choice of two circular walks in the historic and beautiful area around Wittenham Clumps Nature Reserve which is owned and
managed by the Northmoor Trust and is a popular feature
of the North Wessex Downs. The Northmoor Trust Estate
is situated between
Wallingford
and Didcot, only 20 minutes drive from
Oxford
. Lifts can be arranged if you contact
one of the telephone numbers below.
The 7/8 mile walk will take you through some of the most beautiful
Oxfordshire countryside, with excellent views of Didcot Power Station!!! Wear walking shoes and bring waterproofs and a packed
lunch/water bottle. This walk will be led by Helena Nielsen.
MOTHER’S DAY treat, take your children on the Family Walk and Treasure
Trail (approx.2 miles) which will take two hours to complete. Along the route will be ‘clues’ with a
‘nature’ theme which parents and children can enjoy solving together. At the
end there will be POINTS which mean ‘PRIZES’! Trail organizer, Jane Mercer.
The Northmoor Trust Café will be open from 2.30 - 4.30 p.m.
serving tea, cakes and other refreshments. Walkers can visit the exciting
Project Timescape exhibition, by making a small donation
to the Northmoor Trust.
Organizers:
Oxford
Branch of Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO)
& Oxford International Women’s Festival Committee (OIWF) in
conjunction with the
Northmoor Trust (www.northmoortrust.co.uk)
Contacts: For information/directions and sponsorship
forms contact:
Chris Eady (OIWF) 01865 245 793, christine.eadywat@tiscali.co.uk
Helena Nielsen (VSO) 01865 880 685 or Jane Mercer 01865 246 608
Friday 26th & Saturday 27th March
Women in Business Seminar
Venue: The Barn, Nightingale Avenue, Blackbird Leys 11.00 am – 5.00 pm
A new initiative to support women entrepreneurs internationally. Open to all women in business or thinking about starting their own business. Sign up or become a fan – visit www.wibinternational.com.
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