[ August 14, 2010; 11:00 am to 10:00 pm. ] We have finally confirmed a date and a place for this year’s 5th Annual Big She-Bang!

THE BIG SHE-BANG V
SATURDAY, AUGUST 14TH, 2010
11AM-10PM

@ CHURCH OF THE MESSIAH
129 RUSSELL STREET, LOWER LEVEL
GREENPOINT, BROOKLYN 11222

Please join us as we anticipate a bunch of really great participants this year, as always.

If you have yet to [...]

Back in April, I had the pleasure of interviewing Daniela Capistrano, Jane-of-all-trades and founding member of the POC Zine Project for an online publication I edit called RE/VISIONIST. As if I hadn’t loved POC Zine Project and Daniela’s mission enough, I learned even more about her/their rich history of activism through the interview. Recently, at [...]

[ June 10, 2010; 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] We will be tabling this AMAZING event June 10th: Sistas on the Rise’s Young Mothers Resource Night. The event is next Thursday, June 10th from 4pm-8pm. There’s more info available at their website here! For the Birds-friend Kristie E. recently donated a few zines to our FTB zine collection (someday when we have [...]

Every so often, For the Birds gets e-mails from other rad feminist projects – local, national, and international. Today’s classifieds come from two New York-based groups: The Doula Project (“Supporting people across the spectrum of pregnancy”) and a local band, The Last Internationale.

1. The Doula Project is recruiting! The Doula Project is an NYC-based organization [...]

[ May 30, 2010; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ]
We are thrilled to announce our first collaboration and co-sponsored event with POC Zine Project: a screening of Afro-Punk. This is the first event we’ve booked since The Big She-Bang IV last August and we couldn’t be more excited. The good folks at Book Thug Nation will be hosting us and there will be snacks [...]

In the interest of letting folks know more about what we do, I just posted an archive of everything we have done: events we’ve curated, significant news, and the like, since The Big She-Bang 3 of 2008. You can find the archive here.

I recently received an e-mail from the lovely folks organizing Ladyfest Bellingham in Washington State. Jenn asks:
Are there any rad bands in your neck of the woods who are planning West Coast tours for the summer?  Ladyfest is going to be June 17-20, and we’d love to get some touring bands from outside [...]

For the Birds member Lauren has recently built us a Big Cartel store! Hopefully this will make it easier folks to order compilations from us. There is a link in the distro section as well. Right now our stock consists of FTB-001 through FTB-003: The Big She-Bang, Gimme Cooties, and Best of the Nest. Get [...]

Hello birdfriends,
Us here at For the Birds HQ have made a decision to be more present in the internet world. At the moment, the majority of us are in grad school, in touring bands, or just busy with other projects, and we decided this would be a good way to remain constantly active. So let’s [...]