Kate Bornstein's Touring & Performance Calendar

Kate Bornstein Tour — Fall/Winter 2012

Kate Bornstein — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 15:43:23 -0400

Dear Hearts,
Here's a rough cut of my fall/winter schedule up to the end of the year. 
I'll add details as I get them, and there are several dates still pending.
xox
Kate

Monday, Sept 10 online 7pm, BST: I speak at Grassroots World Suicide Prevention Day

Thursday, Sept 13, Hampshire College, Amherst MA — workshop and talk

Sunday, Sept 23, Brooklyn Book Fair, Brooklyn NY

Monday, Sept 24, Tufts, Medford: Tufts Social Justice Leadership Initiative presents  
My talk, "World Peace: Gender Anarchy and Sex Positivity".

Friday, Sept 28, William Way Center, Phila. PA — shabbat dinner co-hosted by Gershwin Y

(cancelled—with regrets—for health reasons)

Tuesday, Oct 2, University of Illinois, Springfield — TBA

Thursday Oct 4, Western New England University, Springfield, MA — Anti-Bullying Conf

Tuesday-Wednesday, Oct 9-10, University of Akron, OH — Suicide Prevention Conference

Thursday, Oct 11, Metropolitan State University of Denver, CO — TBA

Saturday, Oct 13, Minneapolis, MN — Twin Cities Book Fair

Sunday, Oct 14, (early morn) Minnesota OUT! Campus Conf, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN

Thursday, Oct 18 NYC: 7pm, KGB Bar, 85 E. 4th St. for Drunken! Careening! Writers! series

Monday, Oct 22 University of Central Florida, Orlando FL — TBA

Friday-Sunday, November 16-18, Miami Book Fair, Miami FL

Monday-Thursday, November 26-29, Amsterdam Theaterschool, Amsterdam NE

A Queer and Pleasant Book Tour, Summer 2012

Kate Bornstein — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 15:20:46 -0400

Note: I officially hate the layout on this page. I wrestled with it 
for an hour. Yes, I'll be switching to a better blog thingie as soon as I can. 
Meanwhile, please join me at these fun places. xoxo K
CHICAGO, IL
Thursday, August 2, 7:30 pm at Women and Children First:
Book reading and signing for the release of the 2nd edition of 
Live Through This: On Creativity and Self Destruction, edited by 
Sabrina Chap. I'll be reading from my piece in the book, and from 
relevant parts of my memoir, A Queer and Pleasant Danger.
Saturday, August 4, 6:30-8 pm, Center on Halsted. I'm doing a benefit 
performance of Kate Bornstein: On Men, Women and the Rest of Us, a 
collection of my favorite spoken word pieces, including a monologue 
from the performance version of A Queer and Pleasant Danger. 
Tickets & Info.
Sunday, August 5, Chicago noon-4pm: Center on Halsted, 
Acting workshop for queer youth (FREE).
VANCOUVER, BC, CANADA 
Vancouver Queer Arts Festival
Monday, August 6, 3-4:30pm. "Hello, Cruel World," a youth workshop
for sex and gender outlaws... and for any other martinalized youth.(FREE)
Tuesday, August 7, 8-10pm: QUEEROTICA. I'm joining eight other 
writers and readers of erotica to read and listen to a LOT of juicy stuff.
Wednesday, August 8,  7:30-10pm. I'm doing a performance
of Kate Bornstein: On Men, Women and the Rest of Us, a collection of my
very favorite spoken word pieces, including a monologue from the
performance version of A Queer and Pleasant Danger. Tickets & Info.
SEATTLE, WA
Saturday, August 11, 7pm, Elliot Bay Book Co, 1521 10th Avenue: 
Reading and book-signing.
PORTLAND OR
Monday, August 13th, 7:30pm: Powell’s Books, 1005 W Burnside. 
Reading and book-signing. 
SAN FRANCISCO CA
Tuesday, August 14th, 7:00pm: Books Inc, 2275 Market St,
Reading and book-signing. 
OAKLAND CA
Wednesday, August 15th at 7pm, Diesel Books, 5433 College Avenue.
Reading and book-signing. 
SANTA CRUZ CA
Thursday, August 16th at 7:30pm Bookshop Santa Cruz,1520 Pacific Ave: 
Reading and book-signing.

Where is Kate? Winter-Spring-Summer 2012

Kate Bornstein — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 16:42:49 -0400

Here's the bare-bone places and dates. I'll post links and what I'm doing as soon as I've got it all nailed down. PLUS: there's more coming that's in the works, and I'll post news as soon as I've got it. Cross my heart.

SO.... please make a note in your calendar to join me at any of these cool places:

Monday-Tuesday, March 12 & 13, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, Wyncote, PA. I'm 2012's Wenkart Writer in Residence. Monday, I give a workshop to students at the college. Tuesday afternoon, I'm doing a performance open to the public.

Wednesday, March 24 - University of Lethbridge in Lethbridge, Alberta CA. OUTspoken conference. I'll be giving the closing keynote.

Wednesday, March 28 - SUNY Oneonta, Oneonta NY

Friday-Sunday, March 30-Apr 1, Momentum Conference, Washington DC. Barbara Carrellas and I are attending. Neither of us is speaking or on a panel or anything. We're just attending to learn and enjoy some time with tribe and family.

The Following Dates May Also Include Readings at Local Bookstores & Libraries

You can book me for these through Beacon Press: melwani at beacon dot org

I'll post updates as soon as I get them.

Thursday, April 12 - Elon University, Elon NC

Monday-Tuesday, April 16-17 - Minnesota State University, Mankato MN

Saturday, April 21 - University of North Dakota, Grand Forks ND

Sunday, April 22 - North Dakota State University, Fargo ND

Wednesday-Thursday, April 25-26, University of Missouri, Columbia MO. I'll be performing, leading a workshop and... ::drumroll:: ...I'll be the Grand Marshall of their Pride March. Ha!

Tuesday, May 1 - Dixon Place, New York City NY - BOOK LAUNCH of my memoir - I'll read and answer any questions. Details need to be worked out, but it's going to be something like $15 a ticket. Bluestockings Books will be selling copies of the book. Then we can all hang out in the Dixon Place lobby—complete with bar—and I'll sign books and chat.

Sunday, May 6 - MoMA PS 1, Long Island City NY - BOOK LAUNCH — details have yet to be worked out but it's gonna be fun.

Thursday, May 10, Rebel Cupcake, Brooklyn, NY - Barbara Carrellas and I celebrate Rebel Cupcake's 2nd Anniversary with hostess Bevin Branlandingham

Friday, May 18, 8pm, LGBT Center, New York City, NY — I'll be reading the raciest SM parts of my memoir, and conversing about them with a group of SM dykes, courtesy of LSM, as arranged by Sinclair Sexsmith.

Monday, June 4, New York City, The Bowery Poetry Club. I'm taking part in an evening called WE ARE THEATER, with The Guerrilla Girls—so you know it's going to be a kick-ass evening.

Friday, June 15 - The Center, Los Angeles, CA I'll be in conversation on stage with MARA KEISLING, founding Executive Director of the National Center for Transgender Equality. That's gonna be amazing.

Saturday-Sunday, June 16-17 - I'm doing two workshops for the LA Center and Trans Unity: one is going to be Hello, Cruel World: An Outlaw's Mini-Guide to Survival, a presentation which has become the basis for the forthcoming updated My New Gender Workbook. The other workshop will be much more hands-on: Your Gender/Now You See It, Now You Don't.

Friday, June 22, CBST synagogue, New York City, NY - I'm speaking from the pulpit in celebration of the congregation's annual Pride shabbat.

Friday-Sunday August 5-7, The Center on Halsted, Chicago IL - I'm working out details now, but it looks like I'm doing a performance of On Men, Women, and the Rest of Us as a fundraiser for the Center, along with a hands-on workshop for queer youth: Trans-formation in Acting.

Tuesday-Wednesday, August 7-8 - Vancouver Queer Arts Festival, Vancouver BC. I'm performing On Men, Women, and the Rest of Us

Saturday, August 11, Elliot Bay Books, Seattle, WA - BOOK LAUNCH - 7pm

Monday, August 13 Powell's Books, Portland OR (1005 W. Burnside location) - BOOK LAUNCH 7:30pm

The following dates are approximate, and there aren't specific plans. Beacon Press and I are still setting up this part of my Pacific Northwest book tour. If you've got any nifty ideas for me to do things on these dates, please let me know.

Saturday-Monday, August 11-13 - Seattle, WA

Tuesday, August 14 - Portland, OR

Thursday-Sunday, August 16-19, San Francisco, CA

STILL IN THE WORKS: Philadelphia, St. Paul, Boston, and maybe Albany are looking good. And several other colleges are close to finishing up the nuts and bolts of bringing me out—I'll post updates as they confirm.

Tour Schedule, Academic Year 2010-2011

Kate Bornstein — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 14:43:19 -0400

Okey dokey... here's what the schedule looks like so far. There are other schools and conferences in the works.

2010

Sept 21-23: Washington State University, Pullman campus. I've got three FULL days of workshops, lectures, and classroom talks. Main event: On Men, Women, & The Rest Of Us: Tuesday the 21st at 6pm

Oct 4-7: Kansas University, Lawrence KS. Details on Facebook.

Oct 8: New York City, NY. NYC Book Launch for Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation, at Bluestockings Books beginning at 7pm. I'll be speaking, and several anthology authors will be reading.

Oct 13: Drew University, Madison, NJ. I'm performing On Men, Women, and The Rest of Us.

Oct 18-20: Carroll University, Waukesha, WI. It's 3 days: all Kate, all the time.

Oct 20-24: Int'l Drag King Extravaganza (IDKE) XII, Baltimore MD. Exact dates and times haven't been set, but it sure looks like I'll be teaching two workshops in acting and writing for the stage.

Oct 29: Washington State University, Pullman. I'm skyping in to the monthly T-Party.

Nov 6-9: Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. I'm working with a University task force to increase awareness on the topics of bullying and alternatives to suicide.

Nov. 10-11 Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY. The Students Advocating Sexual Safety & Empowerment (SASSE, pronounced "Sassy") are bringing me in to deliver my talk, Dangerous Dreams and Damned Desires. I'll also be facilitating a survival tips workshop for inclusive, sex positive outlaws, who embrace gender anarchy. Deets on FaceBook.

Nov 15: University of California, Santa Barbara. Afternoon workshop on alternatives to suicide with resident advisors, evening talk: Sex, Bullies, and You: How America's Bully Culture Is Messing With Your Sex Life.

Nov 19: Brown University, Providence, RI. I'm doing my annual drop-in to the Senior Theater Arts Seminar

Dec 2: Fordham University, Bronx, New York. Details TBA.

Dec 4-6: Seattle, WA. Three FULL days of performances, lectures, and workshops under the sponsorship of The Ingersoll Center. This is their first of an annual lecture & performance series.

2011

March: University of Toledo, Ohio. Details TBA.

April 7-10, Indiana Univ, Bloomington IA, Postposttranssexual: Transgender Studies and Feminism

April 18-19: Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio. I'm keynoting the University Pride Alliance annual Gaypril conference & festivities.