[ November 16, 2011; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] [caption id="attachment_1081" align="aligncenter" width="443" caption="Flier by Daniela Capistrano"][/caption]
We’re so excited for our next event, co-organized with POC Zine Project & Barnard Zine Library on Wednesday, November 16th. You can RSVP on Facebook.
Wednesday, November 16 · 7:00pm – 9:00pm
Barnard College
307 Milbank Hall (3rd floor)
North end of campus
3009 Broadway
New York, NY 10027
The People of Color (POC) Zine [...]

FTB would like to announce the next event in the Birds of Summer Series: A benefit show to celebrate “The Worst”–a compilation zine exploring contributors’ experiences with grief and loss from radical, D.I.Y., and alternative viewpoints.  The show will help to raise money to cover printing costs for the zine, which has sold nearly 1500 [...]

While stumbling around the Bust Craftacular today I was fortunate enough to meet the wonderful people from the Lower Eastside Girls Club. The mission of the Girls Club is to “provide a place where girls and young women 8-23 can grow, learn, have fun, and develop confidence in themselves and their ability to make [...]

There is a new chapter of ABCF meeting in Brooklyn on Sundays. Contact information is included below for inquiries or to be added to their email list.
Sunday, Sunday, Sunday!
March 20th
1 – 4 pm
Brooklyn Free School
372 Clinton Ave btw Lafayette & Clinton (G or A/C to Clinton-Washington)
South Brooklyn ABCF cordially invites you to ‘Brunch Through [...]

For the Birds will be tabling this weekend at a benefit show for Support New York, a collective dedicated to healing the effects of sexual assault and abuse.
with
TROPHY WIFE
THE HOMEWRECKERS
BORN IN A CENT
CANDY HEARTS
SANDY AND THE RATS
(Doo-Wop-Punk realness featuring members of zombie dogs, titfit, homewreckers, carnal knowledge, snow day—first show ever!)

Coming up this week are a few events of interest to us here at For The Birds.
The first is a discussion at Bluestockings on Wednesday entitled Women’s Radical Research, hosted by Kate Angell and Jenna Freedman. The event starts at 7pm, with a $5 suggested donation. According to the Bluestockings calendar:
Join librarians Kate Angell and Jenna Freedman for [...]

Hello Everyone!
First and foremost thank you for an amazing turn out and great participation–we felt that this year’s Big She-Bang was a great success! However, what’s most important is what you thought! We have gained invaluable insight into how we can better work with our larger community from conducting post-event surveys in the past and [...]

Presented in conjunction with their publication Modern Women: Women Artists at the Museum of Modern Art, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) hosted a symposium last Friday on Art Institutions and Feminist Politics Now. Through multiple presentations and panel discussions, artists and curators of various specialties started to examine what effect feminist politics and gender [...]

As women and feminists, zine writing has been a crucial part of documenting our personal and political history for almost two decades. So, how excited were we at For The Birds Collective to hear that Kathleen Hanna donated her papers and zines to NYU’s Riot Grrl Archive at Fales Library! Immediately following my reaction “how [...]