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Artists in Times of Peril: a talk with New Orleans based artists about the BP Drilling Disaster at Food For Thought Books Collective
July 14, 2010 from 4:30pm to 6pm
Join us for an informal talk with New Orleans based artist Nick Slie about the BP Drilling Disaster and how it is impacting his community and others throughout the Gulf Coast. Nick will also discuss the role of artists in times of peril and what he…
Roots To Resistance: a fundraiser at Food For Thought Books Collective
July 24, 2010 from 7pm to 10pm
art and activism collide at benefit to support
ROOTS TO RESISTANCE
an art and activism project
by Denise Beaudet
Food For Thought Books Collective joins forces with local artist Denise Beaudet to celebrate the life and work of twelve women activis…
Roots To Resistance: a fundraiser at Food For Thought Books Collective
July 24, 2010 from 7pm to 10pm
art and activism collide at benefit to support
ROOTS TO RESISTANCE
an art and activism project
by Denise Beaudet
Food For Thought Books Collective joins forces with local artist Denise Beaudet to celebrate the life and work of twelve women activis…
Roots To Resistance: a fundraiser at Food For Thought Books Collective
July 24, 2010 from 7pm to 10pm
art and activism collide at benefit to support
ROOTS TO RESISTANCE
an art and activism project
by Denise Beaudet
Food For Thought Books Collective joins forces with local artist Denise Beaudet to celebrate the life and work of twelve women activis…
Understanding the Crash: spoken word, multimedia & live music with radical comic book artist Seth Tobocman & Friends at Food For Thought Books
June 15, 2010 from 7pm to 9pm
Join us for an evening of spoken word and live music with radical comic book artists Seth Tobocman & Friends including Eric Laursen (co-author of Understanding the Crash), Eric Blitz, Andy Laties, and Rebecca Migdal.
Understanding the Crash starts…
Understanding the Crash: spoken word, multimedia & live music with radical comic book artist Seth Tobocman at Food For Thought Books
June 15, 2010 from 7pm to 9pm
Understanding the Crash starts with a simple question that still haunts us all: What has happened to the world economy?
This topic obviously remains an important focus today in Washington. President Obama’s petition calling forth supporters of Wall…
The Battle of Chile & Chile, Obstinate Memory at Food For Thought Books
February 3, 2010 from 7pm to 9pm
On September 11, 1973, President Salvador Allende's democratically elected Chilean government was overthrown in a bloody coup led by General Augusto Pinochet. Patricio Guzmán and five colleagues had been filming the political developments in Chile t…
The Battle of Chile & Chile, Obstinate Memory at Food For Thought Books
February 3, 2010 from 7pm to 9pm
On September 11, 1973, President Salvador Allende's democratically elected Chilean government was overthrown in a bloody coup led by General Augusto Pinochet. Patricio Guzmán and five colleagues had been filming the political developments in Chile t…
THE YEAR OF WANTING A Very Small Shadow Show About The Depths Of Hell at Food For Thought Books
December 2, 2009 from 7pm to 8pm
THE YEAR OF WANTING is an exquisite hand-cranked, candle-illuminated shadow show, based primarily on the Greek myth of Persephone, and including a patchwork of other winter myths and folktales. Poetic, delicate, dark, and moving, the show riffs on a…
The Forest For The Trees: a film and discussion with filmmaker Bernadine Mellis at Food For Thought Books
October 21, 2009 from 6pm to 7pm
THE FOREST FOR THE TREES is an intimate look at an unlikely team of young activists and old lefties who come together to battle the U.S. government.
Filmmaker Bernadine Mellis is the daughter of 68-year-old civil rights lawyer Dennis Cunningham. De…
- Artists' Crossing Borders: Screening, Work-Share, and How-to Discussion with Jen Lawhorne, Kara Lynch & Briana Figarella on October 15, 2009 from 5pm to 7pm
- The Little Trip of a Dream: a tale of border crossings, families and struggle on October 14, 2009 from 7pm to 9pm
- The Little Trip of a Dream: a tale of border crossings, families and struggle on October 13, 2009 from 7pm to 9pm
Body Heat: Femme Porn Tour Saturday 8/29 at 8pm at Food For Thought Books Collective
August 29, 2009 from 8pm to 10pm
Body Heat is a fierce, sassy, irreverent Femme artist collective setting performance art communities ablaze and smashing Femme stereotypes. Body Heat will challenge your assumptions, entertain the hell out of you, and leave you panting and begging f…
The Torturer's Wife: A Reading & Booksigning with Thomas Glave at Food For Thought Books
April 7, 2009 from 7pm to 8:30pm
Thomas Glave is known for his stylistic brio and courageous explorations into the heavily mined territories of race and sexuality. In The Torturer's Wife, he expands and deepens his lyrical experimentation in stories that focus—explicitly and allego…
Profile Information
- Are you an artist, arts organization or venue?
- venue
- What town do you live in?
- Amherst, MA
- In which disciplines do you work or exhibit?
- Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, Photography, Film, Video, Clay, Sculpture, Installation, Performance, Dance, Theater, Words
- Artist Statement/Bio
- "specializing in all manner of nourishment for the heart and mind"
- Describe your organization or gallery
- Food For Thought Books is a not-for-profit workers' book collective located in downtown Amherst since 1976. We are dedicated to creating spaces for progressive and radical voices that are otherwise marginalized by the mainstream media through author readings, community events, and hand-picked books.
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