2009

• April 16th  Potluck inception at the Iron Rail.  Hello, world!
• April 23rd  Organizing potluck:  Who are we?
• April 30rd  Organizing potluck:  Why are we?
• May 7th  Skillshare:  Bookbinding!
• May 14th  Discussion: “Her Smoke Rose Up Forever” by James Tiptree Jr.
• May 21st  Potluck
• May 25th  Vegan Brunch Fundraiser
• May 28th  Fundraiser report back
• June 4th  Potluck
• June 11th  Potluck
• June 18th  Workshop:  Ladies Night Mixtape
• June 25th  Discussion:  “Age, Race, Class & Sex: Women Redefining Difference” by Audre Lord
• July 2nd  Iron Rail Worknight:  Making a Safe Space
• July 9th  Potluck
• July 16th  Potluck

SUMMER BREAK

• October 16th  Welcome back!
• October 23rd  Pre-Halloween!
• November 6th  Potluck
• November 13th  Potluck
• November 20th  Potluck
• December 3rd  Film screening: Teeth
• December 10th  Poetry Share
• December 17th  Skillshare:  Crochet

2010

• January 7th  Workshop:  Zine Night
• January 14th Film screening:  Cannibal Women of the Avocado Jungle of Death
• January 21st  Workshop:  Mardi Gras Masks
• January 28th  Skillshare:  Artisan Bartending
• February 4th  Workshop:  Zine Night
• February 11th  Muses Pre-Party
• February 18th  Post Mardi Gras Detox Potluck
• February 25th  Discussion:  “The Coming Insurrection” by the Invisible Committee
• March 11th  Film screening:  Persepolis
• March 18th  Workshop:  Letter writing to women political prisoners
• March 25th  Skillshare: Making mead
• April 1st  Discussion:  “Why She Doesn’t Give a Fuck About Your Insurrection” 
• April 8th  Workshop:  Know Your Rights 
• April 15th  Film screening:  The Princess & the Frog

APRIL 16TH, 2010  LADIES NIGHT ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY <3<3<3

• April 22nd  Workshop:  Crafter Dark

SUMMER BREAK (and burnout recovery period)

• September 18th  Potluck:  Welcome back
• October 10th  Potluck Brunch & Discussion:  “Why She Doesn’t Give a Fuck About Your Insurrection”

Pretty sure that we met at least a few times between October 2010 and May 2011 for some regular, ol’ shoot-the-shit-with-your-fellow-feminist-pals action.  Alas, the records from that period are lacking.

APRIL 16TH, 2011  LADIES NIGHT IS TWO YEARS OLD <3<3<3

• May 1st

QUIET RUMORS & OUR FIRST TERM WITH THE NEW ORLEANS FREE SCHOOL NETWORK

• May 29th  Class introductions & syllabus
• June 5th  Foreword & “Quiet Rumors: An Introduction to this Anthology” by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
• June 12th  “Anarcha-Feminism: Two Statements” by Red Rosa & Black Maria & “Feminism as Anarchism” by Lynne Farrow
• June 19th  “Socialism, Anarchism, and Feminism” by Carol Ehrlich
• June 26th  “Anarchism: the Feminist Connection” by Peggy Kornegger
• July 3rd  “Voltairine DeCleyre: An Introduction” by Marian Leighton & “The Making of an Anarchist” by Voltairine DeCleyre
• July 10th  “Untying the Knot: Feminism, Anarchism, and Organisation” by CS, “The Tyranny of Structurelessness” by Jo Freeman aka Joreen and “The Tyranny of Tyranny” by Cathy Levine
• July 17th  “The Tragedy of Women’s Emancipation” by Emma Goldman
• July 24th  “Make Your Own Tea: Women’s Realm and Other Recipes and Patterns” by Alice Nutter
• August 7th  Rote Zora & Mujeres Creando
• August 14th  Practical applications & the future

OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE NEW

• August 21st  Potluck Brunch
• August 28th  Potluck Brunch
• September 3rd  Smashlorette Party  Rained out!
• September 4th  Organizational housekeeping

TINY FALL BREAK & NEW LADIES NIGHT/FREE SCHOOL TERM

• September 25th  “Contemporary Feminist Literature” readings submission
• October 2nd  Readings submission
• October 8th  CFL Reader Binding Party  Occupy NOLA
• October 9th  Ladies Night at Occupy NOLA
• October 16th  Ladies Night returns home!  Printing & binding resumes!
• October 21st  Last call for submissions
• October 23rd  Binding continues
• October 30th  “Contemporary Feminist Literature” becomes “Contemporary Radical Feminisms”; Reader release!

PRESENT–CONTEMPORARY RADICAL FEMINISMS

• November 6th  “Why Misogynists Make Great Informants” by Courtney Desiree Morris
• November 13th  “Transforming communities: community-based responses to partner abuse” by Vanessa Huang from The Revolution Starts At Home
• November 20th  “Men:  Comrades in Struggle” by bell hooks from Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center

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