Carol Jenkins News

The Women's Media Center announced this morning that The 2012 Women's Media Awards will honor Martha Nelson, Editorial Director of Time Inc., with The Women's Media Center's first annual Going The Distance Award. .

The Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum is celebrating its fifth anniversary by honoring fifteen contemporary women with the Sackler Center First Awards. Each of the recipients has broken a gender barrier to make a remarkable achievement and contribution in her respective field. The awards ceremony will take place in the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium at the Brooklyn Museum on Wednesday, April 18, from 4 to 6 p.m.

On Monday, March 22nd at 7 pm WomenArts will present Towards A New WPA: Supporting Women Artists Now, a play reading and panel discussion, at the Cherry Lane Theatre, 38 Commerce Street, NYC. This free event is offered by the League of Professional Theatre Women in collaboration with NewShoe Theatre Group, the Cherry Lane Theatre, and Women Arts, and is one of approximately 170 celebrations of Support Women Artists Now Day / SWAN Day taking place during March.

On Monday, March 22nd at 7 pm WomenArts will present Towards A New WPA: Supporting Women Artists Now, a play reading and panel discussion, at the Cherry Lane Theatre, 38 Commerce Street, NYC. This free event is offered by the League of Professional Theatre Women in collaboration with NewShoe Theatre Group, the Cherry Lane Theatre, and Women Arts, and is one of approximately 170 celebrations of Support Women Artists Now Day / SWAN Day taking place during March.