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[Africa Day] Support Africa Day Cork! Saturday 26th May 2012

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The Cork  Africa Day Flagship event will take place on Saturday 26th May in Bishop Lucey Park.

Starts:May 26, 2012 @ 12:00 pm

Ends:May 26, 2012 @ 6:00 pm

Place: Bishop Lucey Park, Grand Parade, Cork

Events in Cork commence with a Parade at 1.30pm from Winthrop Street  to Oliver Plunkett Street and on into Bishop Lucey Park where guests will be met by the Lord Mayor and guests from the department of Foreign Affairs.

The Lord Mayor and guests will  visit the different stands and sample the food and visit the arts and crafts stands around the Park.  A show of traditional costumes will take place on the stage followed by family entertainment and entertainment by the African Community Groups singing and dancing from the different traditions.

At 5pm a concert will take place on the stage.   Afresh band of Zimbabwe are a Marimba Mbira trio playing traditional Zim Music.

At 8pm a free concert takes place in Triskel Christchurch.  Oleku band provide the entertainment with some support acts to be confirmed.  Oleku are an Afro Beat band.

For more info on this or other events around Ireland, check out the Africa Day website!

Queer as Political

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PLEASE CIRCULATE WIDELY! 

In celebration of and conjunction with Cork Pride 2011, Cork Feminista is hosting an art exhibition titled ‘Queer As Political’.  Feminist and queer theories and politics have always overlapped, intermingled and struggled with each other.  We want to take this opportunity to reflect on Pride’s inspirational history as a political and cultural struggle and the ongoing fight for access to rights, resources and equality that feminists and LGBT communities share.

We’re calling for submissions from artists interested in exploring the politics of queer identities.  Identifying as ‘queer’ is a transgressive act that challenges the dominant structures and stereotypes.  We’re looking for work that explores ways that queer identities are inherently and overtly political. The exhibition will take place as a part of Cork Pride 2011 (29th May – 6th June) at The Other Place, North Main Street, Cork.  Expressions of interest with details of the work, including format and/or dimensions, can be emailed to: corkfeminista@gmail.com by 6th May 2011.  Deadline for completed work 27th May 2011.

Feminista Fridays

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So after our very successful first meeting last week, we’re delighted to be able to send out a weekly feminista update to all members of our google group.

This update will include Media Watch, which will highlight articles from the past week in the media; Event Listings, which will list upcoming events in Cork and further afield and Cork Feminista Events, which will focus solely on the work of Cork Feminista.

If you would like anything included in our weekly shout out to members, then please email it to us at corkfeminista@gmail.com by close of business on Thursday as the update will be sent out on Fridays.

If you would like to subscribe to receive our weekly update, then please email your details (name and email address) to corkfeminista@gmail.com with ‘Sign up’ in the subject line!

Jen & Linda