[Ppnews] SF - Interrupted Life begins!!

[Political Prisoner News]

At the intersection of

ART, ACTIVISM & SCHOLARSHIP

NEW COLLEGE OF CALIFORNIA

presents



INTERRUPTED LIFE: INCARCERATED MOTHERS IN THE UNITED STATES*

A traveling public art installation and a week of performance art, film,
presentations and discussion.



June 3-June 9, 2006, New College of California, 777 Valencia Street, San
Francisco



A dramatic exhibit of painting, drawings, sculpture and photography that
documents the experiences of incarcerated persons in the United States.
Interrupted Life seeks to educate and invites discussion about current
realities and decent solutions to a major and growing problem in U.S.
society.  National curator: Rickie Solinger.



OPENING NIGHT GALA

Sat. June 3, 6:00pm -9:00pm

Reception: 6:00pm Speakers: 7:00pm

Speakers:

Rhodessa Jones, Medea Project: Theater for Incarcerated Women

Helene Vosters, New College: Co-Director, Activism & Social Change

Melanie DeMore, singer/songwriter

Rickie Solinger, Interrupted Life National Curator, historian

Maisha Quint, Legal Services for Prisoners with Children



SPIRITUAL DIMENSIONS OF INCARCERATION

Sunday, June 4, 2:00 - 4:00pm

Hosted by New College's Women's Spirituality Program

Speakers: Deborah Grenn (Core Faculty, Women's Spirituality)

Cheryl Dawson



CONVERSATIONS AT THE INTERSECTION OF ARTS, ACTIVISM & SCHOLARSHIP

Monday, June 5, 6:00 - 9:30pm

Refreshments: 6:00 Panel discussion: 6:30 New College Open House:
7:30-9:00



Moderator: Dean Mitch Hall

Panelists: Erika Shuch (Experimental Performance Institute);

Genny Lim (Weekend BA Completion); Helene Vosters (Activism & Social
Change)



MARILYN BUCK: FROM FORCED PASSAGES TO WILD POPPIES

Tues. June 6, 7:00 - 9:00pm

An evening of poetry and discussion celebrating the life of
anti-imperialist political prisoner and COINTELPRO target Marilyn Buck.
New College faculty Graciela Trevisan and David Meltzer, both of whom
have worked with Marilyn extensively, will host the evening. Dylan
Rodríguez, author of "Forced Passages: Imprisoned Radical Intellectual
and the US Prison Regime", will talk about Marilyn and others who speak
from behind prison walls. Friends of Marilyn Buck Committee will update
the audience on Marilyn's case. Sliding scale donation suggested (to
support the California Coalition for Women Prisoners). Co-sponsors
Modern Times Book Store and Friends of Marilyn Buck





"ONLY THE DEAD CAN KILL: STORIES FROM JAIL"

Wednesday, June 7, 7:00 - 9:00pm

Join author Margo Perin and Community Works/West for an evening
celebrating this exciting anthology of "Stories from Jail" featuring
readings by formerly incarcerated individuals and contributing editor
Margo Perin.





"ALL ALONE IN THE WORLD: CHILDREN OF THE INCARCERATED"

Thursday. June 8, 7:00 - 9:00pm

Join Nell Bernstein, author of "All Alone in the World: Children of the

Incarcerated" for a discussion of the impacts of incarceration on
children, families and communities. Event is co-sponsored by Center for
Children of Incarcerated Parents. Sliding scale donation suggested, not
required, to support the Danielle Metz legal fund. Sliding scale
donation suggested (to support the California Coalition for Women
Prisoners). Co-sponsors Modern Times Book Store.



CLOSING NIGHT CELEBRATION: AN EVENING OF SPOKEN WORD, THEATER, SONG AND
DANCE

Fri. June 9, 7:00 - 9:00pm

Featuring performances by Baysic Project/Sisterz of the Underground,

Angela Wilson of the Medea Project: Theater for Incarcerated Women,
Maisha Quint of the Photovoice project, Maria Poblet, Manish Vaidya and
more!!! Refreshments and Closing Ceremony. Donations suggested to support
the Prison Activist Resource Center.





June 2 through June 8

In conjunction with the art exhibit, the Roxie Theatre will host the
U.S. premiere showing of "Songbirds"

Show times: Friday 6/2 thru Thursday 6/8: Nightly at 7:00 and 8:40 with
Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2:00, 3:45 and 5:20



SONGBIRDS

Britain locks up more people than any other country in Europe, with the
female prison population having risen 173 percent in the last 10 years.
Songbirds presents the stories of women behind bars in Downview Prison
in Surrey, England, to allow audiences to experience them through this
documentary musical. After conducting extensive research within the
prison, Director Brian Hill collaborated with poet and lyricist Simon
Armitage and composer Simon Boswell to create songs ranging from rap to
lullaby for each Downview story told in the movie. Although the film
deals with depressing issues of drug addiction, abuse, and serious
crime, Songbirds finds humor and tenderness through the vulnerability of
singing. In the process viewers gain another portrait of these women
beyond their prison sentences. - Anna Proulx (excerpt)





COSPONSORS

The Interrupted Life art exhibit and week of events at New College
represents the efforts of an energetic coalition of activists, artists,
scholars, incarcerated women and their family and friends. We are proud
to be collaborating with these organizations: Legal Services for
Prisoners with Children; California Coalition for Women Prisoners;
Freedom Archives; Free Battered Women; Modern Times Bookstore; Prison
Desk of the National Radio Project; Buildingbloc Arts Collective;
Community Initiatives Program of San Francisco Women Against Rape;
Friends of Marilyn Buck; Justice Now; Center for Children of
Incarcerated Parents; Prison Activist Resource Center; Books Not Bars;
Baysic Project/Sisterz of the Underground; Community Works,
Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition and others!



* The Interrupted Life art show was made possible by Ford Foundation
support.

The Freedom Archives
522 Valencia Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
(415) 863-9977
www.freedomarchives.org 
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