The Claverack Library here in the Hudson Valley (NY) is hosting an exhibition Creativity Amid Chaos. My video ‘A Fire Ritual for the Heart’ will be featured in the Marilyn and Bob Laurie Gallery. There is an opening today from 5-7pm — and it’s Food Truck Day, too! Stop by the library to see all…
Category: Women’s History Month
A Fire Ritual for the Heart
I was delighted to have my silent video included in the exhibit Silent Fire, a joint venture with Nasty Women Connecticut and the Yale Institute of Sacred Music. Thanks to Stephanie Johnson and Lys Guillorn for cheering me on. The short film is meant to accompany a performance of Barbara Strozzi’s Ardo in tacito foco,…
More Hilma in Hudson
In the midst of all this uncertainty, we can be certain that art restores our souls [feel free to insert a less fraught word if you are uncomfortable with that one]. The Hilma af Klint exhibit in Hudson though modest is glorious. At the heart of it are her notebooks, meditating on the meaning and…
Broad Universe Wikipedia Project
Hey kids! Want to help raise the visibility of women writers of the fantastic? With trumpet’s blare, let me unveil: A Broad Universe Project for Women’s History Month: Women Authors on Wikipedia! Women artists made a concerted effort recently to get more of them written into history. More people turn to Wikipedia than to any…
I am not a Cowgirl; I am not a Quilter
But I guess that doesn’t matter.
Thank You
At the end of Women’s History Month, I raise my glass to all the men who have been here, too. Where would we be without you? After all, we’re all needed here, eh? Women’s History Month isn’t about negating men: it’s about celebrating women. While the gentlemen who congregate here likely have no difficulty doing…
BitchBuzz: Havin’ a Larf
My column this week at BitchBuzz delves into the particularly terrifying notion of… FUNNY WOMEN! Why is it that funny women are so intimidating? [waves hand in the air wildly, waiting to be called upon] Humour is a weapon as well as amusement. Angry women scare people (hence the inevitable “Come on, smile!” if you…
Ada Lovelace Day: Sarah Goode
It’s Ada Lovelace Day again: time to celebrate women in science and technology. Perhaps influenced by all the historical research going on around me, I wanted to find a woman at least as far back as the 19th century, so I decided to focus on Sarah E. Goode, who was not only an early inventor…
Isabel Roman: Behind the Power
The first fascinating fact is that Isabel Roman is actually two people (but what a lovely portrait!); the second, I suppose is that I’ve only met one of them, but she’s the one who’s they have written this piece for today. Isabel writes historical romances and has the background to do so convincingly — not…
K. A. Laity 