Guillotine Theatre and Women in Film and Video Present the 10th Annual DC SWAN Day

SWAN Day/Support Women Artists Now Day is an international holiday designed to showcase the power and diversity of women's creativity. Founded in 2007, SWAN Day is always the final Saturday in March. We have such a rich, creative community of women artists in DC that we are able to present events throughout the month! All DC SWAN Day events are free and open to the public.

From March 2 through March 28, Baked & Wired (1052 Thomas Jefferson St NW, WDC 20007) will host, an exhibition of works by artists Jennifer Droblyen, Joy Stern, and Veronica Szalus, curated by Alia Faith Williams.

On Thursday, March 23 there will be a lunchtime screening of THE ZOOKEEPER'S WIFE followed by a Q&A with the film's director, Niki Caro (WHALE RIDER, NORTH COUNTRY, McFARLAND, USA).

7:00 pm Thursday, March 23 Georgetown Neighborhood Library (3260 R St NW, WDC 20007) will host Poets on the Fringe, a reading of works by local women poets. Poets on the Fringe has published three books, created a video series, and participated in public readings in many DC venues.

7:30 pm Friday, March 24, the DC SWAN Day Kick Off features a performance by D.C. based singer-songwriter Lara Supan and Heather Mae at Baked & Wired. Supan is most well known for her unapologetic combination of musical styles and subject matter. "Supan's voice has all the grit and guts of a farm girl and, improbably at the same time, all the velvety smoothness of a nightclub vixen." (John Ellis, No Depression). Heather Mae is an imaginative lyricist with a powerhouse voice. L-Mag calls Heather Mae "the new queer Adele". Mae breaks ground with her new social justice infused EP, entitled "I AM ENOUGH" (#60 - iTunes Pop Album) by shining light on touchy subjects not often heard in pop music.

On Saturday, March 25 lower Georgetown will be the site of a collaborative arts project, poetry readings, short film screenplays by local woman writers and theatrical performances, including devised work, interactive performance, and staged readings of plays by women playwrights.

10:00 am - 1:00 pm, Hickok Cole Architects (1023 31st St NW, WDC 20007) will host a series of events coordinated by Women in Film & Video starting with an art potluck where instead of bringing food to share, participants bring an object to share in a collaborative artwork, and including, a one-hour screening of short films from around the globe, a table-read of two short screenplays by local screenwriters and featuring local actors, and a poetry reading. The art potluck welcomes families.

2:00-6:00 pm, Grace Church (1041 Wisconsin Ave, NW WDC 20007) will host staged readings, devised, and interactive theatre by Ellouise Schoettler, Naked Theatre, The HBC Playback Theatre Ensemble, Danielle Drakes, Guillotine Theatre, and other artists.

For more information about SWAN Day events happening around the world, please visit www.SwanDay.org.

For more information about events at Baked and Wired, please visit https://bakedandwired.com/.

For information on DC SWAN Day, visit http://www.georgetowntheatre.org.

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