Events

Killing Misogyny: Strategies for Survival
Reading and Workshop

Cristina Tzintzún will read from her published and unpublished works on love, gender, violence, racism, and alternative forms of community accountability. There will also be opportunities for audience participation. Tzintzún's work has appeared in "Colonize This! Young Women of Color on Today's Feminism" and "The Women's Movement Today: An Encyclopedia of Third Wave Feminism." Tzintzún is currently a staff member of Workers Defense Project/Proyecto Defensa Laboral, an Austin-based community organization that organizes Latina/o immigrants to achieve racial & economic justice in the workplace.

Tzintzún will read from portions of the following essays, in addition to selected poetry:

Title Essay in "Colonize This! Young Women of Color Speak on Today's Feminism" published by Seal Press
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Killing Misogyny: A Personal Story on Love, Violence, and Strategies for Survival

Monkey Wrench Books

Book discussion of The Cost of Privilege: Taking on the System of White
Supremacy and Racism

Author Chip Smith will be on hand to present his book and lead a discussion of white privilege and racism as a central feature of American society.

Chicana activist and author Betita Martinez says of the book, Chip Smith has given us a powerful weapon for the battle against white supremacy.....the author dares to outline a bold program of revolutionary action."

Discuss ecovillages, pick up the next book in our reading list - The Humanure Handbook.

Learn Something Awesome!

The next Learn Something Awesome! public workshop event will be held on Thursday, April 24th at Monkey Wrench Books at 7pm. The workshops will include: Creating a dress form out of duct tape, DIY Event Planning, Documentary Audio and Video editing, and more. This is a laid-back, conversational event designed to connect and educate members of the Austin community. Come out and Learn Something Awesome!

There will be a pedal-in film festival in Monkey Wrench's backyard. This is a benefit for Skillshare Austin, a new organization raising money to throw a weekend skillsharing event. The film festival is free but Skillshare Austin will be accepting donations for popcorn and beer. The films that will be shown are independent movies about bikes (that you have not already seen!) Skillshare Austin volunteers will be signing up teachers for workshops, as well as selling patches, t-shirts, and other *exciting* items to raise money. Pedal on down, have fun, and help raise money for an exciting radical event!

MonkeyWrench 6th Anniversary Party and MonkeyWrenchers of the Year Awards
Sunday, April 27th, 5:00pm

MonkeyWrench Books is celebrating 6 years as a radical bookstore and community space with the presentation of our first annual MonkeyWrenchers of the Year awards. We'll be honoring individuals and organizations who embody the spirit of MonkeyWrench, by working to build world based on social justice. Special recipients include longtime Austin activist Ran Moran, the Inside Books Project, and more. We'll also be holding a vegetarian BBQ. The BBQ starts at 5:00pm, the awards start at 6:00pm. Come by and celebrate with us at 110 E. North Loop.

La Estrategia del Caracol (1993, 105 min., Colombia, IN SPANISH NO SUBTITLES)

Sergio Cabrera directs this film about a group of people renting apartments in a building in Bogota. When the neighbors receive news that they are to be evicted to make way for gentrification things get interesting.

The neighbors band together with an old anarchist Spanish revolutionary war vet and resist in progressively more unconventional and at times hilarious ways. This is a great flick about resistance with a sense of humor.
IN SPANISH NO SUBTITLES

Monday, April 28th
8:00 pm
MonkeyWrench Books
110 E. North Loop (53rd St. at Ave. F)
for info or directions call 512-407-6925