Girldrive: Criss-Crossing America, Redefining Feminism

What do young women care about? What are their worries, hopes, and ambitions? Have they heard about feminism, and do they relate to it? These are some of the questions Chicago journalist Nona Willis Aronowitz and photographer Emma Bee Bernstein set out to answer in a cross-country road trip that became a regional chronicle of the struggles, concerns, successes, and insights of women grappling to find, define, and fight for gender equity. The result is a smart, thoughtful, and uncensored portrayal of a cross-section of women whose opinions and feelings on feminism are as diverse as their backgrounds and areas of interest.

Sugar Cookies: Sweet Little Lessons on Love, and moreChildren ages 2 to 6 and their grown-ups are invited to join us for a special story time with writer, filmmaker, and NPR commentator Amy Krouse Rosenthal, author of eleven children’s picture books, including the New York Times bestseller Duck! Rabbit! Rosenthal will be reading from her newest book, Sugar Cookies, a sequel to her bestselling Cookies: Bite-Size Life Lessons, and other recent releases.

$7-$10 sliding scale includes
food and wine.

Join
us for our second annual Sappho's Solstice Salon for lesbians and
their friends. This year we are delighted to present the outstanding
spoken word and performance talents of C.C. Carter and the POW-WOW Finer
Figure Performance Ensemble, who will be performing "A Sultry, Sexy
Season," a provocative blend of dance and poetry garnished with a
sprig of mistletoe. DJ SpinNikki will play an eclectic blend of multi-traditional
and non-denominational holiday music before and after the performance.
We'll be serving mulled wine and other seasonal goodies and collecting
donations of cash; hats, socks, mittens, and children's underwear;
towels, sheets, and blankets; toiletries such as unused/unopened soap,
toothbrushes, shampoo, and feminine hygiene products to benefit
Clara's House, a 22-year-old shelter for homeless and battered women
in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood that has recently lost its funding
and is struggling to stay open. One hundred percent of tonight's proceeds
will benefit Clara's House.

The Store is Closed on Christmas Day.