November 19th Feminism and New Theories of Embodiment Janet Wirth-Cauchon will give a speech about today’s feminism. The speech will address the fact that feminism has long challenged the view that women, by extension of their social roles, are determined by their biology.

Plimouth, MA Thanksgiving Week at Plimoth Plantation Celebrate the quintessential Thanksgiving experience at Plimoth Plantation. Be among the thousands who make the annual pilgrimage to the museum to share in the holiday spirit. Visitors will explore the museum’s multiple sites, including the Wampanoag Homesite, the English Village, the Crafts Center and Mayflower II.

December 4 – 12 Las Meninas From a forgotten history, playwright Lynn Nottage creates a hilarious and heart-wrenching play about a romance between Louis XIV’s Queen, Marie-Therese and Nabo Sensugali, an African dwarf sent as a gift for her royal amusement.

November 19th Where the Water Meets the Sky Narrated by Morgan Freeman, Where the Water Meets the Sky is the story of a remarkable group of women in a remote region of northern Zambia. These women are given a unique opportunity to learn how to make a film, as a way to speak out about their lives and to challenge the local traditions which have kept them silent.

NOVEMBER 12th: Thorny Issues and Perilous Coalitions: Gender, Race and Sudanese Exile Politics Nada Ali will examine the discourses and practices of the exiled Sudanese opposition in the 1990s. She will draw on in-depth interviews with male and female politicians and activists, documentary analysis and participant observation.

NOVEMBER 14th: Montague, MA The Accident That Led Me To the World An all-acoustic, non-percussive chamber folk trio from Massachusetts, the band is an eponymous collection of bluegrass picking, sea chantey sing-a-longs, and folk singer-songwriting. You and Yourn Since 2001, Heather and Nic Dillon have recorded together and toured throughout the United States and Canada.

NOVEMBER 15th Ani Di Franco The fiercely independent singer-songwriter is known for her refusal to conform to popular record labels. Her songs are bold, innovative and honest; her performances are raw, well crafted and imaginative. Winner of NOW’s Woman of Courage Award, Ani Difranco is emblematic of an entire genre of folk music.

November 5th Book Reading: Mary Gaistkill The author of five novels, Mary Gaitskill will read from her most recently published book, Don’t Cry. The stories in Don’t Cry range from gritty but realistic tales to stories containing fanciful allegories, but all push boundaries of fiction in several directions.

North Adams, MA November 7 Ain’t That Good News: Alt Cabaret A raucous vaudevillian cabaret full of roaring music and impassioned characters by Abigail Nessen Bengson & Shaun McClain Bengson. The duo evoke the quintessentially stories of the immigrant and the outcast and play at the heart of the political struggles of our age through a melding of the musical forms of Tin Pan Alley, the Old South, German Weimar and rock and roll.

November 30 Art@Work The annual exhibition of art work by Mount Holyoke staff will begin Nov. 30. Deadline to submit artwork is Nov. 6. Artwork from previous years has included knitwear, photographs, paintings, drawings, handmade jewelery and even carved door knobs.