Women's Institute


Tue

Apr 02

+ Add to Calendar 04/02/2024 5:30PM 04/02/2024 8:00PM America/New_York Just Films: Hysterical Hysterical is an honest and hilarious backstage pass into the lives of some of stand-up comedy’s most boundary-breaking women, exploring the hard-fought journey to become the voices of their generation and their gender. Moderator, Emily Harris Founder & Director, Spirited Fun Improv Panelists and performers: Kayleigh Dumas, Comedian; Ellen Lundie, Comedian & Improv Performer, Don't Tell Comedy; Melanie White, Comedian & Performer, "The Moms are Alright" Just Films is a collaboration of six organizations in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania committed to women, girls, gender equity, and social justice: Black Women’s Policy Center, Chatham University Art & Design Department and Women’s Institute, MomsWork Powered by NCJW Pittsburgh, Women and Girls Foundation, Women’s Law Project, and YWCA Greater Pittsburgh. We believe in the power of film to promote conversations about social, political, and economic change. We also believe in engaging the community broadly and deeply in dialogue as we pursue equality together. .Event page: http://www.chatham.edu/events/details.cfm?eventID=31746 Eddy Theater Women's Institute WomensInstitute@chatham.edu
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Just Films: Hysterical

5:30 PM - 8:00 PM

Hysterical is an honest and hilarious backstage pass into the lives of some of stand-up comedy’s most boundary-breaking women, exploring the hard-fought journey to become the voices of their generation and their gender. Moderator, Emily Harris Founder & Director, Spirited Fun Improv Panelists and performers: Kayleigh Dumas, Comedian; Ellen Lundie, Comedian & Improv Performer, Don't Tell Comedy; Melanie White, Comedian & Performer, "The Moms are Alright" Just Films is a collaboration of...

Thu

Apr 11

+ Add to Calendar 04/11/2024 5:00PM 04/11/2024 6:30PM America/New_York Annual Celebration of Women's Leadership & Gender Equity Annual presentation of the Women's Leadership Certificates, Triota honors society pins and cords, and celebration of all things women's leadership and gender equity at Chatham. Dinner will be served with vegetarian/vegan options. .Event page: http://www.chatham.edu/events/details.cfm?eventID=32321 Mellon Living Room Jessie Ramey jramey@chatham.edu

Annual Celebration of Women's Leadership & Gender Equity

5:00 PM - 6:30 PM

Annual presentation of the Women's Leadership Certificates, Triota honors society pins and cords, and celebration of all things women's leadership and gender equity at Chatham. Dinner will be served with vegetarian/vegan options.

Fri

Apr 12

+ Add to Calendar 04/12/2024 6:30PM 04/12/2024 9:00PM America/New_York Clare Beams "The Garden" Book Celebration Book celebration and reading with Clare Beams, author of "The Garden." A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2024 AT LITHUB AND BOOKSHOP.ORG Presented by the MFA program. Co-sponsored by the Women's Institute. Books by White Whale Bookstore. Reception at 6:30PM Reading and celebration at 7PM The discovery of a secret garden with unknown powers fuels this page-turning and psychologically thrilling tale of women yearning to become mothers and the ways the female body has always been policed and manipulated, from the award-winning author of The Illness Lesson (“A masterpiece” – Elizabeth Gilbert) In 1948, Irene Willard, who’s had five previous miscarriages in a quest to give her beloved husband the child he desperately desires and is now pregnant again, comes to an isolated house-cum-hospital in the Berkshires, run by a husband-and-wife team of doctors who are pioneering a cure for her condition. Warily, she enlists herself in the efforts of the Doctors Hall to “rectify the maternal environment,” both physical and psychological. In the meantime, she also discovers a long-forgotten walled garden on the spacious grounds, a place imbued with its own powers and pulls. As the doctors’ plans begin to crumble, Irene and her fellow patients make a desperate bid to harness the power of the garden for themselves—and must face the incalculable risks associated with such incalculable rewards. With shades of Shirley Jackson and Rosemary’s Baby, The Garden delves into the territory of motherhood, childbirth, the mysteries of the female body, and the ways it has always been controlled and corralled. .Event page: http://www.chatham.edu/events/details.cfm?eventID=32468 Mellon Board Room Women's Institute WomensInstitute@chatham.edu
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Clare Beams "The Garden" Book Celebration

6:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Book celebration and reading with Clare Beams, author of "The Garden." A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2024 AT LITHUB AND BOOKSHOP.ORG Presented by the MFA program. Co-sponsored by the Women's Institute. Books by White Whale Bookstore. Reception at 6:30PM Reading and celebration at 7PM The discovery of a secret garden with unknown powers fuels this page-turning and psychologically thrilling tale of women yearning to become mothers and the ways the female body has always been policed and mani...