SwirlBoston Expressive Arts!

When: Dahn Yoga and Healing Center
Where: 67 Holland Street (In Davis Square), Somerville, MA
When: 2/18/07 at 2pm
What: Discover your inner world through body movement and painting! Come join fellow Swirl members for a fun afternoon of art and inspiration. We will experience the creative power of getting out of our heads and into our bodies through movement, music, and sound. The purpose is not to create finished works of art but to experience the joy of artistic expression and learn more about ourselves. No artistic experience necessary! Family and friends are welcome. Bring comfortable clothes and an open mind. A short, inexpensive materials list will be sent to participants who RSVP. Feel free to contact Kristin ([email protected]) with any questions! 


 

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SwirlBoston Panel at Bentley College

When: 2/22/07 at 7pm
What: Join us for a night at Bentley College! There will be a panel discussion about multiracial experiences. Also, there will be music (Pete Shungu, Thea Hopkins, and Adam Payne). Food. And raffle prizes. Thanks to Adam Payne for putting this all together. (Check out Adam's music at www.myspace.com/ampayne).

To get out to Bentley, there is a shuttle from Harvard Square. Get off at Harvard Square stop (Red Line), and proceed down Brattle Street. Take a right onto Mt. Auburn St. The Shuttle stop is right across the street in front of the parking garage. Look for the White Bus!  You can find the shuttle schedule here: http://www.bentley.edu/student-activities/documents/h8.31.06.pdf

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SwirlBoston Dineout at Tanjore

Where: Tanjore (18 Eliot Street, Cambridge, MA)
When:  Wednesday, December 6, 7:30pm
RSVP: [email protected]

It's been a while since we've had a dineout. I know this is a busy time for everyone, but I hope you can take a break for dinner! Stephie has made a great list of dineout spots (Thanks, Stephie!). We will meet at Tanjore in Harvard Square http://www.tanjoreharvardsq.com.

[email protected]

SwirlArts Event

Mark 9/28 on your calendars. SwirlBoston will have our first SwirlArts event at Tufts. SwirlBoston folks will peform music, spoken word, and dance. Visual art will also be displayed. More details to come. Drop Pete Shungu an email if you would like to be involved: [email protected]. 
 

2006 Events

What: SwirlBoston Arts Committee Meeting
Where: Pete's Place in Somerville, 232 Powderhouse Blvd, Somerville, MA
When: Sat, 11/4/06, 3:00PMWhat: SwirlBoston Happy Hour!
Where: Middlesex Lounge. 315 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA
When: Thu, 10/19/06, 6:30PM.
 
Description: Join SwirlBoston for our second happy hour! RSVP: [email protected]
What: SwirlBoston Arts - Save the Date!
Where: 163 Packard Avenue, Medford, MA
When: Thu, 09/28/06, 7:00PM
 
Description: Join us for SwirlBoston's Arts Committee Kickoff Event (with the Multiracial Organization of Students at Tufts). This will take place on Thursday, September 28, 2006. The event will be hosted by Afro DZ ak and Nomadik (www.soulkore.com). A variety of local artists and performers will engage the audience by sharing their multiracial/ethnic identities and experiences through dance, music, and spoken word poetry. This event is free and open to the public.

Where : Cathy's house in Arlington (for directions, email [email protected])
When : Wednesday, September 6th at 7:00pm
Film: Daughters of the Dust. Description: "Julie Dash's landmark film follows a large African-American family moving north in the early 20th century, bringing to life the conflicts and struggles that confront every family leaving their homeland for the promise of a better future. This emotionally charged drama also explores the unique culture of the Gullah people; as the generations struggle with the decision to leave, their rich Gullah heritage and African roots rise to the surface."
RSVP : [email protected]

Mark 9/28 on your calendars. SwirlBoston will have our first SwirlArts event at Tufts. SwirlBoston folks will peform music, spoken word, and dance. Visual art will also be displayed. More details to come. Drop Pete Shungu an email if you would like to be involved: [email protected]. 

SwirlBoston's FIRST HAPPY HOUR!

Where: Middlesex Lounge. 315 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA
When: Wednesday, August 30th at 5:30pm
RSVP: [email protected]

Support Pete Shungu!

Support our favorite Swirlie, Pete Shungu, on the 28th! There might be some Swirl activity before the event, so keep checking this posting for updates. Please RSVP asap, and indicate whether you have purchased a ticket (see info below to buy tickets). If you would like Pete to save you a ticket, please indicate that on your RSVP! Also, please note that Pete is the third act, so his portion will not begin at 9:00.



Who : 3 bands:
  #1 Tons of Chill 
  #2 Soulfege
  #3 The Eclectic Collective (featuring SwirlBoston's own Pete Shungu aka Afro DZ ak)
What: Onslaught Birthday Bash Showcase 2006!
When: Friday, July 28, 2006, doors at 8PM, music starts around 9 PM. Show ends around 12 or 1 AM.
Where:
   Middle East Downstairs
  472-480 Mass Ave.
  Cambridge, MA 02139
RSVP: [email protected]

June Dineout
Where: Taven on the Square in Cambridge, MA
When: Thursday, June 22nd, at 7:00pm
What: A Dineout
RSVP: [email protected]

 May Dineout
Where: Cambridge Brewing Company
Kendall Square, Bldg 100, Cambridge, MA
When: Saturday, May 6th
What: A Dineout
Directions: http://www.cambrew.com/directions.htm
RSVP: [email protected]

May Filmclub
Where: Cathy's House (Arlington)
When: Thursday,  May 4th
What Movie: Imitation of Life
RSVP and directions: [email protected]

December Dineout Where: Rangzen. 24 Pearl Street, Cambridge, MA When: Tuesday, December 13, 7:00pm Phone: (617) 354-8881 Thanks to Karen for the suggestion! RSVP: [email protected]

September Dineout Where: Pomodoro. 319 hanover St., Boston, MA When: Wednesday, September 21, 7:00pm Phone: 617-367-4348 RSVP: [email protected] Thanks, Monika, for the restaurant suggestion. have an event idea? Drop Sue an email!

Location: Equator1721 Washington Street,Boston,MAWhen: Thursday, March 17, 7:30pmRSVP:[email protected] to the Equator with SwirlBoston! For a map and a menu, please visit: http://www.equatorrestaurantma.com/index.html

Holiday Party for Kids
Location: Melissa Patrick's house
When: Saturday, December 11, 3:00pm to 6:00pm

This year, Melissa Patrick and her husband, Miles, are hosting the SWIRL Kids Holiday Pot Luck Party at their home. This event will take place on Saturday, December 11th from 3-6 pm. We invite you and your kids to join with us for fun, food, and festivities.

With the assistance of Grace Lee, Coordinator of Family Programming, we are hoping to provide live music and activities that recognize the various ways our families observe festivities during this time of year. Our goal is for each family to sign up to bring one food item and if possible to contribute $10 to help pay for the live music. Also, feel free, but not obligated to bring a traditional item that is important to your family.

Please email Melissa for directions for her house:
[email protected]  

SwirlBoston Discussion Group for Women
Location: South End Library
685 Tremont Street,Boston,MA
When: Saturday, December 18, 10:00am

Tanya Frank (LICSW) will facilitate this semi-structured discussion about dating and relationships. This discussion group is for multiracial women/women of color in their '20s and '30s.

We will have a second discussion at a later date. This second group will be for women 35+. In the future, we might also have a similar discussion for men. Please email me if you are interested in either of these discussion groups.

For directions to the South End Library, please visit their website. http://www.bpl.org/branches/southend.htm 

Support Tufts
Expressions of Multiraciality
An event featuring a
screening of new documentary, Anomaly, discussion with the director, spoken word, art display and group discussion

November 11 7:45–9:30 Paige Hall
http://ase.tufts.edu/asmap/

 Mahina Movement: Songs and Stories
Gabriella Callender, Erica DeLaRosa and vaimoana litia makakaufaki niumeitolu hail from Hollis, Queens, New York; San Antonio, Texas and Provo - Orem, Utah. Their cultures and communities - African American, Chicana, Tongan - inspire them to create songs, poems, dances, movement and paintings (sometimes right before our eyes!). Born and based in New York City, Mahina Movement has performed all over the U.S.A - celebrating and nurturing a new consciousness while raising awareness and visibility around political and social injustices. Check out their website: www.mahinamovement.com.

When: Saturday, 8:00-10:00 pm. Oct. 16, Where: The Cambridge Center of Adult Education on 56 Brattle St.
Price: $10.00

Please let me know if you'd like to be added to our evite list!

Location: Sacco's Bowl Haven
45 Day Street, Somerville, MA
When: Sunday, October 24, 3:00pm

Join SwirlBoston for bowling at pool at Sacco in Davis square! Stay tuned for other fun social events, like another sala night, monthly dineouts, and more.  

 Halloween Event for Kids!
Location: Franklin Park Zoo (meet at main entrance). 1 Franklin Park Rd, Boston.
When: Sunday, October 31, 11:00am

Get your kids into costume and come to SwirlBoston's next family event! This event is Zoo Howl at the Franklin Park Zoo. Please visit http://www.zoonewengland.com/ for more information. And email Grace Lee, our family event coordinator, with questions or event suggestions: [email protected]

Grace is trying to get a group rate, so PLEASE RSVP to this event ASAP. (see above link for prices.) 

SwirlBoston Bookclub
Hi folks! Join us for our next Book Club meeting!
Location: Dolores's house in Harvard Square
When: Wednesday, November 10, 7:00pm

We will read Country of Origin, by Don Lee and also CHAPTER ONE of New Faces in a Changing America:
Multi-Racial Identity in the 21st Century, Winters & DuBose, Ed. (the entire book is too expensive and too long and too dense for people to read the whole thing, so we will read it a chapter at a time to help spice up our discussions). Cathy Hinton, who is in charge of the bookclub, has copied chapter one and can send it by mail as a handout to anyone who plans to attend the next meeting (it is only 15 pages
long). (Note: if you can borrow or purchase a copy of this book, please try!) Please email Cathy for directions, the book chapter, or to make book suggestions: [email protected] 

 SwirlBoston's September Dineout
Join us in the North End for a dineout!
Where: Al Dente at 107 Salem St.
When: September 7, 2004 at 7:00pm
rsvp: [email protected] 

 SwirlBoston Bookclub
Date: September 28, 2004.
Time: 7-9:00pm
Location: Ben's house in Somerville
Join SwirlBoston's bookclub and read Barack Obama's memoir: "Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance."

The following book will be: New Faces in Changing America: Multiracial Identity in the 21st Century." In the future, we will intersperse reading of books with watching movies about multiracial people.

Please email Cathy Hinton for directions to Ben's house, for our current booklist, and to make reading or movie suggestions. [email protected] 

 SwirlBoston's Family Picnic
September 19th, 2004. 1-3pm
Join SwirlBoston for our second event for kids. Bring a picnic and your family to the Larz Anderson Park. Meet by the playground. The closest parking lot is off of Goddard Street.
Address/Directions:
http://www.townofbrooklinemass.com/recreation/LarzAnderson.html

All Swirlies of all ages are welcome, even if you can't bring your family!
If you have ideas for future family-oriented/kid-friendly events, please email Grace Lee, SwirlBoston's family event coordinator: [email protected]  

 SwirlBoston's Bookclub
When: August 10th, 2004. 8-10pm
Where: Allison Medina's apt in Medford
Join us for SwirlBoston's next bookclub meeting. We will read "Puddin' Head Wilson" by Mark Twain.

Please email Cathy Hinton for directions to Allison's house, for our current booklist, and to make reading suggestions. [email protected]

Also, check out Don Lee's new book, "Country of Origin", which is about a multiracial Japanese/Black woman. Mr. Lee will read from his book on July 23rd and August 3rd. For more details, visit: http://www.don-lee.com/

 SwirlBoston Potluck
Location: Sue's apt in Somerville
When: Saturday, August 7, 1:00pm
Please join us for our third potluck!
Bring some grub and join us in Somerville. Please email me for directions and to let me know what you will be preparing.
[email protected] 

 SwirlBoston Family Picnic
Date: June 27th, 2004
Time: 1-3:00pm
Location: Larz Anderson Park
RSVP: [email protected]

Join SwirlBoston for our first event for kids. Bring a picnic and your family to the Larz Anderson Park. There's lots of room to run and a playground for kids, too. Address/Directions:
http://www.townofbrooklinemass.com/recreation/LarzAnderson.html

All Swirlies of all ages are welcome, even if you can't bring your family!

If you have ideas for future family-oriented/kid-friendly events, please email Grace Lee, SwirlBoston's family event coordinator: [email protected]

SwirlBoston's July Dineout
When: Tuesday, July 13, 7:00pm
Location: Christopher's
1920 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA
http://www.boston.com/dining/restaurant/15
RSVP: [email protected]
If you have any restaurant suggestions or event ideas, please let me know!

SwirlBoston's Bookclub
From: susan lambe
Location: Cathy Hinton's house
When: Tuesday, June 29, 8:00pm to 10:00pm

Please join SwirlBoston for our second bookclub meeting. We will read Growing Up Between Cultures-A Memoir of an Indian Jewish Girl, by Carmit Delman.

If you are interested in this or future bookclubs, I can email you the booklist we created at our first meeting. Please email me with titles for future bookclubs.

For more information about Burnt Bread..., visit:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0345445937/104-2828389-3582302?v=gla

Email me for directions to Cathy's house.

SwirlBoston Salsa Night
Location: Ryles Jazz Club
212 Hampshire Street, Cambridge, MA View Map
When: Thursday, June 3, 8:30pm

Join us for a Salsa night at Ryles. From 8:30-10:00pm, there will be a salsa lesson. After the lesson, we can dance until 1:00am...or until bedtime.

For more information on Ryles, visit:
http://www.rylesjazz.com/month.cfm?month=06/2004

RSVP: [email protected]

May dineout
Date: May 20, 2004
Time: 7:00
Location: Cafe Jaffa
Cafe Jaffa
48 Glocester St, (Backbay) Boston, MA

BookClub (Rescheduled)
Date: May 25th, 2004
Time: 8:00pm
Location: Sue's Apt in Somerville (please email me for directions)

Join SwirlBoston for our first bookclub meeting. We will read Passing, by Nella Larsen. For more info on the book, visit:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0142437271/qid=1077313609/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_1/104-9887622-2179121

April Dineout
Date: April 12th, 2004
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Montein Thai
62 Stuart Street
Boston, MA

Come View Anomaly The Film | Exploring Multiracial Experiences
Date: Saturday, March 20, 2004
Time: 3:00-6:00
Location: The Cambridge Center of Adult Education
56 Brattle Street
Cost: $10

Anomaly is a documentary in production about multiracial identity.
Unlike prior works on mixed race issues that focus on one ethnic
combination, Anomaly is truly multiethnic-with participants from
backgrounds as diverse as Jewish and Chinese, Lebanese and Caucasian,
and Filipina and African American.

Through interviews, narration, performance and music, people of mixed
race share intimate stories about personal identity in a society of
racial boxes and categories. Multiethnic filmmaker Jessica Chen
Drammeh will present clips from this work-in-progress and will lead a
Q&A session. There will also be spoken word and musical performances
by slam champion Thaddeus Rutkowski, Boston Swirlie Pete Shungu, and
others to be announced.

For more information, check out:

http://www.anomalythefilm.com
www.ccae.org

SwirlBoston's March Dineout
Join SwirlBoston for our March dineout.

Date: March 11, 2004
Time: 7:30
Location: Firefly American Bistro
130 Dartmouth St., Boston, (617) 262-4393. (This is right across from BackBay station.)
RSVP: [email protected]

Please let me know if SwirlBoston's dineout days and times work for you. Also, if you have restaurant suggestions, let me know!

SwirlBoston's Family Photo Day Discussion
Description: Bring your family photos to SwirlBoston's Family Photo Day Discussion. We will use these photos as a springboard to discuss how different families address issues of race and ethnicity. In a safe and inviting atmosphere, we will address questions such as:

- Did/does your family discuss issues surrounding race or ethnicity?
- How do you identify (racially or ethnically)? Do other members of your family identify in the same way?
- Has your racial/ethnic identity changed over time?

Melissa Patrick, MSW, will help facilitate this event.

Date: Sunday, February 29, 2004.
Time: 2:00-3:30pm
Location: Cambridge Center of Adult Education. 56 Brattle Street. Cambridge, MA This building is located behind the High Rise Bakery.
RSVP: [email protected]
*Please note that I will be out of the country/state from 2/27-3/9. So please make sure to RSVP to Pete Shungu for this event!

Please join SwirlBoston for our next dineout!
Date: Wednesday, February 18th, 2004
Time: 7:30pm
Location: Cafe Brazil
421 Cambridge St. Allston, MA 02134
Please visit the website for directions: http://www.cafebrazilrestaurant.com/
RSVP: [email protected]

Join SwirlBoston for our next dineout!
Date: Tuesday, January 27th, 2004.
Time: 7:30pm
Location: The Enormous Room
567 Mass Ave, Cambridge
(617-491-5599)

1/2 Asian Photo Exhibit and Talk
Please support Ben Sloat and Steve Aishman by attending their half Asian Photo exhibit and talk at the Cambridge Center of Adult Education.

What: 1/2 Asian Photo Exhibit and Talk
When: Talk by Ben Sloat: Tuesday, 1/20 at 8:00 p.m.; Exhibit runs
January 6-31, 2004
Where: Exhibit at 42 Brattle and Talk at 56 Brattle (both are
wheelchair accessible)
Hours: Mon.-Thurs. 9 a.m.-9 p.m., Fri. 9 a.m.-7 p.m., Sat. 9 a.m.-2
p.m.
Cost: Talk is $5; Exhibit is free.
Web: http://www.ccae.org and http://www.halfasian.us

This winter the Cambridge Center for Adult Education is hosting
images from the Half Asian Portrait Studio, an ongoing project
created by Steve Aishman and Benjamin Sloat -- plus a talk by Sloat
on January 20, 2004.

Discussion on Multiracial Families and Children
Please support Melissa Patrick as she discusses multiracial families and children.

This program will take place on Saturday, January 24, 2004 at 2:00 PM in the Wakelin Room at the Wellesley Free Library.

This will be an informal, but structured, discussion that will address issues of particular salience to multiracial families and children. We will discuss issues related to identity development, friendship, dating, mating, living, working, worshipping, shopping, etc. There will also be handouts and resources made available to you.

Melissa Patrick is a trained educator and social worker who has devoted her professional life to eliminating discriminatory practices and promoting inclusion in the education and employment sectors. She has experience teaching all ages of learners, from school-age children in the classroom to adults in professional settings.

Ms. Patrick is employed with Empowering Multicultural Initiatives (EMI) and a resident of Wellesley.

2003 Events

Sunday, December 15th, 2003
Join us for a dineout. Swirl chapters across the Nation will be celebrating Swirl's third birthday.
Time: 2:00
Location: Island Hopper
91 Mass Ave
Boston, MA

Sunday, October 26th, 2003
Bring some grub to our 2nd potluck:
Time: 2:00pm
Location: Sue's place in Jamaica Plain

Tuesday, September 16th, 2003
Join us for our next dineout.
Time: 7:30

Sunday, August 24th, 2003
Bring your lunch for our next picnic!
Time: 1:30pm
Location: On the Charles (by the Hatch Shell)
RSVP: [email protected]

Wednesday, August 13th, 2003
Join us for our next dineout!
Time: 7:30pm
Location: East Ocean City
Address: 27 Beech Street (Chinatown), Boston MA 02111
Phone: 617-542-2504
RSVP: [email protected]

Tuesday, July 22, 2003
Please join SwirlBoston for a dineout.
Time: 7:30pm
Location: Asmara

739 Massachusetts Ave
Cambridge, MA 02139-3303
617-864-7447
http://cambridge.zami.com/asmara

Sunday, June 29th
Join SwirlBoston for our first picnic.
Time: 2:00pm
Location: The Boston Common. Meet by the gazebo close to the Green line Park street T stop.
Bring: Blankets, your lunch, and yourself!

Thursday, June 19th
SwirlBoston goes dancing!
Time: 8:00pm
Location: Sofias. 1270 Boylston Street. Boston, MA. 617-351-7001
Cost: $8.00/person for a group lesson followed by a night of dancing.

June 10th - July 1st
Please join SwirlBoston and Cambridge Center for Adult Education as we read and discuss The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother, by James McBride. (See full description below.)

Time: 8:00pm-10:00pm

Location: 56 Brattle Street. Cambridge, MA

Description (lifted from CCAE's website): The Cambridge Center for Adult Education, the Cambridge Public Library, and Mayor Michael Sullivan’s Office have joined to launch Cambridge Reads: Cover to Cover, a citywide book club to promote literacy and the love of reading. This year’s book is The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother, by James McBride. On four Tuesday nights this summer, CCAE is sponsoring reading and discussion groups as part of Cambridge Reads: Cover to Cover. Come and hear selections from James McBride’s The Color of Water and join in a moderated conversation about education, race, persistence, class, religion, love—and whatever else McBride’s words stir up! Attend one or all four sessions; you do not have to have read the The Color of Water to participate. Members of Swirl, an organization that aims to unite the mixed community by providing support to mixed families, mixed individuals, transracial adoptees, and inter-racial/cultural couples, will also join in the discussions.

Saturday, May 17th
SwirlBoston goes bowling!
Date: Saturday, May 17th, 2003
Time: 2:00
Location: Kings Bowling Alley

Wenesday, May 7th
Please join SwirlBoston for a dineout.
Date: Wednesday, May 7th, 2003
Time: 7:30pm
Location: Bob the Chefs
Visit www.bobthechefs.com for directions and menu.
Address: 604 Columbus Ave. Boston, MA.

Saturday, April 12th at 2:30pm
Please join us for a potluck! Prepare your favorite dish and bring it on over to Sue's place in Jamaica Plain. (Don't worry if you can't bring any chow; just bring yourself.)
Where: Sue's place in JP
What: Swirl Potluck

Wednesday, March 26th at 8:00pm
What: UMass Boston Psychology and Asian American Studies Professor, Karen Suyemoto, will speak about what it means to be multiracial. Description below.
Where: Tufts Campus. The Crane room in Paige Hall. For a campus map, please visit: http://www.tufts.edu/source/mapmedford.html

Description: Racial and ethnic identity are "hot" topics in multicultural psychology and education that are beginning to move beyond academia and affect the way people more generally think and talk about themselves. But race and ethnicity are almost always discussed, theorized, and explored in relation to "monoracial" people. How do we understand racial and ethnic identity in multiracial people? What can the experiences of multiracial people teach us about our society's understandings of race, ethnicity, and identity? More personally, how do we--as multiracial people--understand ourselves in relation to social understandings of race, ethnicity, and identity? What does it mean to you to be multiracial? Join us for a brief talk followed by discussion.

Sunday, March 9th 2003
Time: 2:15
Where: Copley Theatre.
What: Film outting of Rabbit-Proof Fence.
Cost: $6.25/person

Friday, March 7, 2003
SwirlBoston, in collaboration with MOST (the Multiracial Organization of Students at Tufts), will be having a film series!

When: 3pm-6pm (Free dinner will follow)
Where: Rabb Room in the Lincoln Filene Center (next to Braker) http://www.tufts.edu/source/mapmedford.html For campus a map
What: Outside the Box": A Workshop on the Mixed Race experience in Cinema
and Television with a guest facilitator from New York City, Swirlie Arthur Banton.

Description: Where do biracial/mixed-race individuals fit in cinema? In this workshop, there will be a screening of "Mixing Nia" and several
segments and short films that deal with racial identity and interracial relationships. Each screening will be followed up a discussion. In addition there will be a screening of "Mixing it up" in which several up-and-coming biracial actors talk candidly about their experiences in Cinema.

Sunday, January 19th
Please join SwirlBoston for a dineout.
Date: January 19th, 2003
Time: 4:00pm
Location: Redbones.
Visit http://www.redbones.com for directions and menu.
Address: 55 Chester Steet. Somerville, MA 02144. (Davis Square)

Sunday, December 8th
Time: 3:00
Location: Penang Restaurant (Chinatown)
685-691 Washington St
Boston, MA 02111

Sunday, November 6th
Time: 2:30
Location: Rhythm and Spice
Address: 315 Mass Ave, Cambridge.

Saturday, October 5th
Please join us for SwirlBoston's first meeting!
Time: 12:00-1:30PM
Location: South End Branch Library
685 Tremont Street, Boston, MA 02118

Featured performers:
Adam Payne www.myspace.com/ampayne
Thea Hopkins www.theahopkins.com
Sofia Snow www.myspace.com/sofiasnow
Pete Shungu (Afro DZ ak): www.myspace.com/afrodzak
Erin Washington http://users.rcn.com/ejwa/dance/
Bruce Reese (B Reese)
Daniel Stone www.myspace.com/digstone
Julia Carroll
Deanne Ziadie-Nemitz

SwirlBoston has formed a SwirlArts subcommittee. This committee will hold meetings and events related to various forms of art. If you're interested in being part of this subcommittee, please contact: Pete Shungu ([email protected] or 617-413-3325).

For directons to Tufts, visit http://admissions.tufts.edu/?pid=137
For directions to Barnum 008, visit: http://inside.tufts.edu/compass/?p=b&b=m004

Description: SwirlArts is a subcommittee of SwirlBoston which was formed to bring together SwirlBoston members and other people in the Boston area who share a
passion/appreciation for the arts in all its diverse forms. The SwirlArts committee plans to hold regular events to showcase musicians, dancers, visual artists and those who use other artistic media to express themselves.  Some of these events will be geared exclusively towards presenting the multiracial experience through the arts, and others, will explore cross-cultural themes, but will also allow multiracial/ethnic artists an opportunity to present works about whatever topics they choose. 

Those interested in learning more about SwirlArts or would like to be a part of SwirlArts should contact: Pete Shungu at: [email protected] or Deanne Ziadie-Nemitz at: [email protected].
What: SwirlBoston Discussion Group for Men
Where: Pete's Place in Somerville
232 Powderhouse Blvd, Somerville, MA
When: Sat, 11/4/06, 12:30PM
 
Description: This is our second Swirl Men's Group meeting, but all are encouraged to
attend, whether or not you were at our last meeting.  If you have
specific topics you would like to discuss, e-mail [email protected] with your ideas.

Here is information on the last men's discussion group: On September 9th, SwirlBoston hosted a discussion group for multiracial men interested in sharing their experiences. We considered personal and social meanings of race, masculinity, gender, and sexuality and how these experiences intersect in our everyday lives.

We hope to have an event for women in November. Sorry we had to postpone the last
one. It seems like October was busy for everyone. Please drop me a note if you're still interested in attending a women's group: [email protected]
What: SwirlBoston November Bookclub
Where: Sharon McRae's House in JP
When: Wed, 11/1/06, 7:00PM
 
Description: Please email Cathy for directions to Sharon's place: [email protected].

The Black Notebooks: An Interior Journey by Toi Derricotte. From Amazon.com:

Realizing that her light skin and "good hair" conspired to give her a unique, unasked-for perspective on the racial divide in the United States, African American poet Toi Derricotte inscribed her anguish in two decades' worth of journal entries. The Black Notebooks records countless moments when Derricotte was showered with offhand entitlements and racist confidences by whites who assumed she, too, was white. She speaks ambivalently of milking such moments, deliberately making end runs around her dark-skinned husband, Bruce, while looking for a home in an all-white suburb or hoping for a decent hotel room. Derricotte talks bluntly, too, of a self-loathing that accompanies being black in America and of not being "black enough." Her honest, angry, painful truth-telling veers into self-absorption and repetition, but perhaps that's fitting: racism hammers away at people in tiny and huge events repeated day after day. Says Derricotte, "My skin causes certain problems continuously, problems that open the issue of racism over and over like a wound."