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	“I always wondered why somebody doesn't do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody.” Today is the birthday of outspoken feminist, comedian, and actress, Lily Tomlin.
	Liliuokalani, the last sovereign queen of Hawaii, was born on this day in 1838.
	Congresswoman Nikki Tsongas is the featured speaker at the Commonwealth Commentary, sponsored by the Mass. Women’s Political Caucus, 7:30-9am at the Union Club of Boston. 617-451-9294.
	Have a cocktail with that eyeliner tonight at the Neiman Marcus fall beauty event in the Natick Collection, 6:30-8:30pm. Neimanmarcus.com
	Sisters Against Ovarian Cancer (SAOC) holds its first annual 5-mile walk, Step Up and Break the Silence, in Stoneham today to benefit ovarian cancer research and genetic testing at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. sistersagainstoc.org
	It’s Harvard Square Day, when merchants in this part of Cambridge offer special deals to welcome students back to school. Harvardsquare.com
	Join the Komen 5K Race for the Cure at Umass-Boston today or support breast cancer research and survivors by purchasing a memorial flag or paying for a mammogram for another woman. Komenmassrace.org
	It’s Suicide Prevention Week. Consider volunteering as an outreach volunteer with Families for Depression Awareness, a Waltham-based organization. Familyaware.org
	“Sitting around the house playing the wife and mother is driving me crazy.” Singer Patsy Cline’s birthday is today.
	Join Four Stories founder Tracy Slater and past Four Stories authors @ Readings from Best Women's Travel Writing 2008 Thurs, Sept 11 at 7pm, Harvard Bookstore featuring: Jennifer Carole Cook Abbie Kozolchyk Kathleen Spivack Jean Trounstine also, Tue, Sept 16 at 7pm, Portersquare Books featuring: Susan Friereich Tracy Slater Terri Trespicio Kate Wheeler Four Stories' Media Raves Across the Planet The Improper Bostonian names Four Stories "Best Reading Series of 2008"; Boston Globe calls Four Stories the "city's hippest reading series," and reports, "People get turned away at the door because the room fills to capacity... even before the readings start"!
	Fashion is more than what you wear, it’s an expression of who you are, a great opportunity to get together with girlfriends, to explore new styles and be part of making stuffy, conservative New England much more hip (as long as whale pants and flannel shirts are around, we still have work to do!). The festivities stretch for much more than 7 days, including pre- and post-events. Check out the Boston Fashion Week event calendar online at bostonfashionweek.com, but if you can’t get out, check in with Liz’s Blog on boston.skirt.com/blogs for a peek of the action.
	Mothers, Daughters, and Money Conference Date: Saturday, September 13, 2008 Time: 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM Location: Simmons College, 300 The Fenway Boston, MA 02115 Cost: FREE! If you were to lose your job, how long could you survive on your available funds? What are predatory lending and reverse mortgages? How do you plan to retire? United Way's 3rd Annual Mothers, Daughters, and Money Conference Learn the answers to these and many other questions at this free conference for women and girls (ages 13 and up). You'll learn the basic techniques of budgeting and tracking, credit and debt, building a foundation and a legacy and much more!
	Stop in at any Lord & Taylor store today for a guilt-free snack. Proceeds of Cookies for Kids’ Cancer sales benefit pediatric cancer research. Lordandtaylor.com
	Solve a mystery in honor of Agatha Christie, who was born on this day in 1890.
	Join Four Stories founder Tracy Slater and past Four Stories authors @ Readings from Best Women's Travel Writing 2008 Tue, Sept 16 at 7pm, Portersquare Books featuring: Susan Friereich Tracy Slater Terri Trespicio Kate Wheeler Four Stories' Media Raves Across the Planet The Improper Bostonian names Four Stories "Best Reading Series of 2008"; Boston Globe calls Four Stories the "city's hippest reading series," and reports, "People get turned away at the door because the room fills to capacity... even before the readings start"!
	Decide how to handle your career options at the Bentley College Women’s Leadership Institute M.O.M: More Opportunities for Mom workshops, which start today and run for four Wednesdays. See bentley.edu/wli/events/cfm for info.
	Whether starting your own business, changing jobs or going back to work, you can get good advice at a full-day Back to Business Women’s Workshop at Gillette Stadium. Backtobusiness.org
	What does the Center for Women and Enterprise offer to female entrepreneurs? Visit during today’s 12:30pm free information session to find out. RSVP: 617.536.0703. cweonline.org
	Photography exhibit by David Alsdorf at Turtle, 619 tremont St., Boston on display Sept. 19-Oct. 19 Reception Fri., Sept. 19, 5-7pm RSVP: rsvp@polinafashion.com www.davidalsdorf.com
	What’s it like to be Queer and Catholic? Find out from the editor and contributors to a new book by the same name, 7pm at the Linda K. Paresky Conference Center at Simmons College, 300 The Fenway, Boston. Centerfornewwords.org
	Sandra Day O'Connor was confirmed by the Senate as the first woman Supreme Court Justice, 1981.
	Today is the Autumn Equinox.
	See the latest fall and resort wear designs by Sara Campbell at the annual Dress for a Cause event at the Boston Harbor Hotel’s Wharf Room. Proceeds support the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Call 617.423.3134, ext 231 for tickets.
	Join 600 women at the Westin Copley Place for the annual American Red Cross Women Who Care breakfast on Sept. 23. Hosted by Deborah C. Jackson, chief executive officer of the Massachusetts Bay chapter, and emceed by WCVB TV 5 anchor Liz Brunner, this breakfast invites women to follow the footsteps of women leaders who have gone before, like the founder of the American Red Cross and Massachusetts native, Clara Barton. A highlight of the morning will be the keynote address from Margaret A. McKenna, President of the Wal-Mart Foundation. For tickets or info call (617) 274-5238 or visit www.bostonredcross.org.
	Today marks the start of Banned Book Week. Visit www.ala.org/bbooks to see which of your favorite classics have been blacklisted from schools across the nation.
	Women in Technology Workshop Women in Technology Date: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 Location: MIT Campus, Cambridge, MA Hosted in conjunction with EmTech08 www.technologyreview.com/emtech/08/w orkshop.aspx The annual Women in Technology Workshop is a half- day event created to foster awareness of and communication about critical issues facing women in the technical fields. The workshop features dynamic keynote speeches and interactive breakout sessions. This year's WIT keynotes will be given by Atti Riazi, CIO of Ogilvy and Mather, and Lisa Su, CTO of Freescale Semiconductor. There will also be a keynote panel on women and entrepreneurship led by Candida G. Brush, division chair in entrepreneurship at Babson College. The 2008 breakout sessions include: From the Lab: Cool Female Innovations Intrapreneurship: Fostering Innovation within a Larger Organization Senior Leaders in Technology Social Entrepreneurship and Technologies Empowering Women Networking: From Small Talk to Big Impact Networking in the Real World All CWE members receive 10% off. Enter code CWE on step two of the online registration at www.technologyreview.com/emtech/08/regi ster.aspx.
	Attend the Boston Seminar on the History of Women and Gender, 5:30pm, to hear Jennifer Scanlon of Bowdoin College discuss "Second/Third Wave Feminism: The Case of Helen Gurley Brown" at Harvard University’s Schlesinger Library. Masshist.org
	Bring a brown bag lunch to hear Brown University’s Christine Reiser discuss "Rooted in Movement: Community Keeping Practices in 18th & 19th Century Native Southern New England" at the Mass. Historical Society, 1154 Boylston St., Boston. Masshist.org
	Learn the difference between working on your business and in your business at this month’s meeting of the National Association of Women Business Owners, 6-8pm at Double Tree Suites. Nawboboston.com
	The members of the Boston Women’s Network invite you to kick off the 2008-2009 Event series with an evening featuring keynote speaker GINGER BURR, author and private image consultant. Join us for a private wine and cheese reception at the Persona Jewelry+ a luxury lifestyle boutique located in Kenmore Square at the Hotel Commonwealth. Bring in your old gold jewelry and exchange for new pieces or learn how to update the pieces you have to create something completely new. Jewelry designer and boutique co-owner Gary, will be on hand to consult with you. Ginger Burr will address how your image plays a major role in your personal and business relationships and how you can modify or update your style to create the YOU that you’re meant to be. The event starts at 6:30PM and ends at 8:00PM. www.bostonwomensnetwork.org
	BERKLEE BEANTOWN JAZZ FESTIVAL SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Due to severe weather conditions which include a flood advisory, we regret to announce that all of the festival's Saturday activities are CANCELLED. Friday night's concert at the Berklee Performance Center will still be held as planned. 2008 BERKLEE BEANTOWN JAZZ FESTIVAL SEPT. 26 - 27 INCLUDES EXPLOSIVE KICK-OFF DRUM SUMMIT AT THE BPC FREE, ALL-DAY BLOCK PARTY ON THREE OUTDOOR STAGES FEATURES JAVON JACKSON, KURT ELLING, LES MCCANN, JAMES CARTER, CYRUS CHESTNUT, GERI ALLEN, CINDY BLACKMAN, TERRI LYNE CARRINGTON, PATRICE RUSHEN, RANDY WESTON, WALTER BEASLEY, RUSSELL MALONE, RALPH PETERSON, AND MORE BOSTON, September 3, 2008 – The 8th annual Berklee BeanTown Jazz Festival – Boston’s most popular and largest outdoor festival – will transform the Hub into a musical, multi-cultural Mecca for jazz, world, blues, and grooves, September 26 - 27, with concerts at various locations around the city. World-renowned superstars and treasured local artists come together on four stages in free and ticketed offerings that last year drew upwards of 70,000 people of all ages from every neighborhood in Boston and all over New England. More than 15 bands and 120 musicians will perform at the Berklee Performance Center (BPC) and outdoor stages along Columbus Avenue. The Berklee BeanTown Jazz Festival is sponsored by Sovereign Bank, Target, and Dunkin’ Donuts. For a complete list of all events, venues, and performers, visit beantownjazz.org. The festivities kick-off with an all-star drum summit Friday, September 26, featuring two of the most explosive drummers in contemporary music, Berklee alumna Cindy Blackman (Lenny Kravitz, Pharoah Sanders) and Terri Lyne Carrington (Herbie Hancock, Dizzy Gillespie). Each will showcase their own ensembles as well as special guest pianists Geri Allen and Patrice Rushen, faculty guitarist David Gilmore, and Tineke Postma, a brilliant young saxophonist from Holland. The concert takes place at 8:15 p.m., at the Berklee Performance Center, 136 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston. Tickets are $40 and $30 and will go on sale Friday, July 18, at the BPC box office, through Ticketmaster 617 931-2000, and at ticketmaster.com. Call 617 747-2261 or visit berkleebpc.com for more information.
	Boston, MA (August 25th, 2008) – Locally renowned Exhale Spa in collaboration with Boston-based fashion designer Hadley Pollet will be hosting a yoga and trunk show event in support of Our Journey, Inc, a non-profit, non-governmental organization based in South Africa that works to support families decimated by AIDS. All proceeds from the event will be donated to Our Journey, Inc, which emphasizes self-reliance for families, provides uniforms and educational supplies for children, and provides blankets and other provisions for families. Exhale Spa will begin the event with Amy Leydon’s 2 hour class teaching her local favorite Narada form of yoga. Narada Yoga is a journey into sound and movement where students concentrate on breath work, deep meditation, and Leydon’s signature Vinyasa Flow style of yoga. The session will feature musician Michael Rivard on the Sintir along with Leydon’s relaxing collection of soothing sounds on her iPod. Narada Yoga is guaranteed to delight the senses, free the body and uplift the soul. Before and after, Hadley Pollet will host a trunk show showcasing her new pima cotton t-shirt line, belts and peek-a-boo bags. Furthermore, the event will promote a new line of Hadley Pollet designs created solely to raise money for Our Journey, Inc, including embroidered and screen printed t-shirts, scarves, hoodies and much more. This event symbolizes the new direction of the Hadley Pollet brand, which is to support the empowerment of less fortunate people around the world. The brand is designed not only to make people look good, but also feel good. In other words, from now on Hadley Pollet customers’ own efforts to look beautiful will also encourage beauty from within. There will be several lines launched from Winter 2008 on to support charities around the world. Event Details Exhale Spa 28 Arlington Street Boston, MA Friday September 26th, 2008 Yoga 6-7:30 Trunk show 4-8 Ticket prices $22 Hors d’oeuvres afterwards at 7:30
	What the Fluff? Celebrate one of Somerville’s most famous exports, peanut butter’s perfect companion, with the Flufferettes and a cooking contest, in Union Square. Unionsquaremain.org
	Please join NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts for two film screenings of Abstaining from Reality and Like a Ship In the Night, part of the Global Voices UN Association Film Festival. Filmed in Kenya and Uganda, Abstaining from Reality exposes the reality and shortcomings of the Bush administration’s abstinence-only approach to HIV prevention as part of its global HIV/AIDS assistance. Like a Ship In the Night tells the story of the 8,000 Irish women who secretly travel to England every year seeking legal abortion care. Our members and volunteers will be going as a group to see these films on Saturday, September 27 from 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. at the Brattle Theatre in Harvard Square, Cambridge.

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