DETROIT Events

Events in support of festival:
August 2-3 2008, WOMEN’s EXPO Gibraltar Trade Center, Mt. Clemens

This event will include performances, the Red Tent, health screening, yoga and massage, vendors, representatives of agencies that support survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence, and an activists corner.

Community Event: The Vagina Monolgues

Feb 20-21 Fri 8:00 pm | Sat 2:00 PM & 8:00 PM
TIME: 7:30 pm

Location

Fairchild Theatre, Michigan State University Campus, Farm Lane and Auditorium Road

Details

The proceeds raised from this show will benefit the MSU Sexual Assault Program

Ticket Info

$11/ students, 2 per ID and $15 general admission + $2.50 Wharton Center Restoration Fee How purchase:Wharton Center Box Office, www.whartoncenter.com, 517-353-1982

Stop the Violence: Now! Women's Self-defense Class.

Feb 21 SATurday TIME: 1:00 pm

Location

Salem Memorial Luth. Church
21230 Moross Rd
Grosse Pointe, MI | Get a map»

Details

Come join us for a free-of-cost Self-Defense class for women! The 90 minute class will provide the know-how to protect one's self during dangerous encounters. Master George Rodenbach, a 5th-degree black belt in Isshinryu Karate, is generously leading the event.

Ticket Info

This event is free to the public.

A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant and A Prayer

Feb 24-25 Tues-Wed
TIME: 7:30 pm

This production features monologues addressing violence against women and girls written by world renowned authors: Maya Angelou, Howard Zinn, Kimberly Crenshaw, Alice Walker and several others.

Location

1515 Broadway | Get a map »

Student Show

TIME: TBA; Tickets: $5 for students with student ID

Details

The proceeds raised from this show will benefit Serenity Services (Feb 24), and Wellspring (Feb 25).

Ticket Info

Tickets: Purchase Tickets online (Coming soon)

Necessary Targets

Feb 25-26 Wed-Thurs Time: 7:30 pm

This production is a ground-breaking play about women and war—about the violence of dark memories and the enduring resilience of the human spirit. This play has been read by Meryl Streep, Angelica Houston, and Calista Flockhart and was performed in Sarajevo by Glenn Close and Marissa Tomei.

Location

Ringwald Theatre
22742 Woodward
Ferndale, MI 48220
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Details

The proceeds from this show will benefit Haven, Oakland County.

Ticket Info

Purchase tickets online (coming soon)

Love HER. Cherish HER. RESPECT HER. An Evening of Spoken Word

Feb 27 Fri TIME: 7:00 PM

Location

1515 Broadway | Get a map »

Ticket Info

$10 Admission

Women’s Self-Defense Seminar

Feb 28 SAT TIME: 9 a.m. to 12 noon

The Farmington Hills/Farmington Emergency Preparedness Commission (EPC) will present a women’s self-defense seminar on Saturday, February 28 from 9 a.m. to 12 noon at the Costick Center, located on Eleven Mile Road between Middlebelt and Inkster.

Through a series of close-range drills, participants will learn both situational awareness skills and self-defense skills. The class will be taught by Jeff Duncan, master instructor and sixth degree black belt; his wife Connie, second degree black belt and chief instructor; and additional female black belt instructors from Farmington Martial Arts.

This is the seventh time that the EPC has hosted a women’s self-defense seminar and close to 500 women have participated. Over the past three years, these seminars have raised $2,657 for Haven and another $445 for the YMCA Strong Kids Campaign. “I’ve seen varsity jackets from our four local high schools (Farmington, North Farmington, Harrison and Mercy), plus girls from several of the local middle schools and at least one professor from Lawrence Technological University,” said EPC chairperson Mike Sweeney. “We’re really pleased to see that women of all ages are taking advantage of this important training.”

Location

The Costick Center | Get a map »

Ticket Info

The self-defense seminar is open to all women ages 11 and up. An $8 registration fee will cover both class supplies and also a tax-deductible donation to HAVEN (Help Against Violent Encounters Now), an Oakland County crisis and counseling center for victims of domestic violence. Advance registration is required. If financial help is needed with the seminar fee, please mention this at the check-in table prior to the event. To register, call the Costick Center at 248-473-1800

Anyone of Us: Words From Prison

feb 28—Mar 1
SaT-SUN Time: 7:30 PM; 2:00 PM

This production reveals the connection between women in prison and the violence that often puts them there. It brings forth the raw voices of fierceness and honesty written by women from prisons from across the nation.

Location

1515 Broadway | Get a map »

Details

The procceds for this show will benefit the MI Women's Justice and Clemency Program.

Ticket Info

Purchase tickets online (coming soon)

Until The Violence Stops Film Festival

March 3 TIME: 7:00 pm

Until The Violence Stops (73 Mins)
From One Prison (70 Mins)
Lumo (76 Mins )

March 4 TIME: 6:00 PM

Tough Guise (82 Mins)
Not In My Back Yard (Approx 80 Mins) with introduction and discussion afterward by the film's maker, Jacquelyn Aluotto.

Special Guest

Jacquelyn Aluotto began an acting career at the age of 14. She later attended The American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. The socialy conscious actress then started to realize that she could make a difference in the world through the use of film. With a never say quit attitude and the belief that any individual can help to change the world for the better, the actress decided to become a filmmaker.

About the film: Not In My Backyard is a documentary about homeless battered women, their children and their everyday struggle to survive in a country, which refuses to see this epidemic. Through the eyes of these victims, living in underground shelters, Jacquelyn Aluotto shows us the crude reality of violence and abuse in America.

Location

1515 Broadway | Get a map »

Details

Proceeds from this event will benefit Wellspring.

Ticket Info

$10 at the door

The Vagina Monologues

mar 6-7 FRI-SAT Time: 7:30 PM

The show that made the word famous! Join us as we talk about our bodies, our lives, cars, crushes, and a guy named Bob! The finale to the Festival!!

Special guest

Featuring Kalimah Johnson! Kalimah is a therapist, poet and activist without choice. Read Kalimah's biography »

Location

1515 Broadway | Get a map »

Details

Proceeds from this event will benefit Turning Point Inc, Macomb County.

Ticket Info

Purchase tickets online (coming soon)

Clothesline Project

The Clothesline Project is a collective visual display of t-shirts that have been decorated by survivors of violence or those wishing to honor victims of violence.

The purpose of The Clothesline Project is to raise awareness about violence against women and provide another avenue for survivors to courageously break the silence that often surrounds their experiences

UTVS Red Tent

The Red Tent was a place where women gathered to help each other restore harmony, learn and grow stronger through sharing wisdom and resources. The Red Tent is truly at the heart of the Festival. It will be a constant fixture throughout the two week Festival, serve as a safe place for Festival participants to congregate, meditate, contemplate, celebrate, and relax.