WHAT DO THE WOMEN SAY? Golden Thread Productions celebrates International Women’s Day

Saturday, March 12, 2016 at 8pm 
$12 in advance | $15 at the door 

Golden Thread Productions celebrates International Women’s Day

On March 12, Golden Thread Productions celebrates pioneering Bay Area women artists who have built community through their art: Taraneh Hemami, Nabila Mango, Betty Shamieh, and Sharlyn Sawyer.
Join us in celebrating pioneering Bay Area women artists who have built community through their art. Golden Thread founding artistic director Torange Yeghiazarian will be in conversation with visual artist and curator Taraneh Hemami, founder of Zawaya executive director Nabila Mango, playwright Betty Shamieh, and founding artistic director of Ballet Afsaneh Sharlyn Sawyer. Each artist will present a showcase of their work, including a musical performance of Aswat Women’s Choir that will conclude the program.

What Do the Women Say? is a SWAN Day event
and is sponsored by WomenArts.

Each year, Golden Thread Productions celebrates International Women’s Day by showcasing the work of leading Middle Eastern women artists. Previous programs have focused on activism by women artists, artists who explore sex and sexuality, and female solo performers. Previous featured artists include Elmaz Abinader (This House, My Bones), Majeda Al Saqqa (Culture and Free Thought Association, Gaza Strip), Anita Amirrezvani (The Blood of Flowers, Equal to the Sun), Nawal el Saadawi (Memoirs from the Women’s Prison), Denmo Ibrahim (Baba, ECSTASY | a waterfable), Maryam Keshavarz (Circumstance), Rohiha Malek (Unveiled), Ayesha Mattau (Love Inshallah), Zahra Noorbakhsh (All Atheists are Muslim, #GoodMuslimBadMuslim), Shahrnush Parsipur (The Prison Memoirs,Women Without Men), Deema Shehabi (Thirteen Departures From the Moon), Seema Sueko (Remains), and Rosemary Toohey (The Body Washer).