Herland Sister Resources

Historic Guthrie was the site of the June Herland Supper Club. Sixteen women met for dinner at Granny Had One and about a dozen attended Godspell at the Pollard Theatre. Granny’s famous homemade buffet was wonderful and the talented cast of Godspell gave an excellent performance of the 1971 off-Broadway musical of the Gospel according to Matthew. An added bonus was that the band for Godspell included Miss Brown to You members Louise Goldberg and Mary Reynolds and The Sisters of Swing member Elyse Angelo. A few of us even found time to browse through the antique shops and Guthrie’s first annual art and wine festival. Overall it was a very enjoyable evening.

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Herland Supper Club
Meet at Herland at 5 pm Saturday, July 10 if you want to carpool to Jaramillo’s in Sherpherd Mall for dinner at 5:15 pm. The post dinner event is the OKC Lightning football game at Taft Stadium at 7 pm.

Womyn of Color
Womyn of Color group meets the 2nd Sunday of each month. Please email womynofcolor@cox.net or call (405) 842-3464 or (405) 947-7691 for more information.

Scrabble Night at Herland
If you like to play games and would like some fun and fellowship, just show up at Herland at 6 pm Saturday July 24. Each month, about 10 women gather in 2 or 3 groups for a couple of hours of mental challenge and snacks ($2.00 contribution).

Iris Schedule
July 4 at Sister’s (*women’s bar) @ 6:00 indoor or outside depending on the weather. July 9 at Scooters and Hooters (*straight bar) @9:00 located NW 63 just west of I-235. July 23 at TNT’s (*anything goes) in Tulsa @9:00. August 13 at Charlie’s Last Stand (*straight bar) @9:00 located just East of Meridian just south of Reno.

Peggy Johnson Singing at Deli on the Labyrinth
NW 32nd and Classen in Oklahoma City (there’s a jeep on a pole out front, parking in back) Saturday, July 24th 9 pm until 11pm. They have food and coffee and tea and soft drinks and it’s a nice place to play and listen to music.

Herland is Seeking Yard Help! If you don’t mind mowing and have an hour one or two days a month, Herland needs you. Mower provided. Call 521-9696 to volunteer.

July

Friday, July 2: Michael Fracasso & Robert Williams with Mary C. Reynolds and Terry Ware at The Blue Door 2805 N. McKinley, 9pm, $15

Thursday, July 8: Gay Marriage Debate at UCO Nigh Univ. Ctr, Constitution Hall, Edmond. Noon. Free. See article this issue.

Saturday, July 10: Herland Hike at Martin Nature Park, 5000 W. Memorial, 10 am. Meet at Panera Bread on Memorial at 9 am prior to the hike

Saturday, July 10: Herland Supper Club

Saturday, July 10: Miss Brown to You at UCO Jazz Lab 100 E 5th (Edmond) 8pm $7

Sunday, July 11: Womyn of Color Meeting, call 842-3464 for details.

Monday, July 12: OGLPC Monthly Meeting at the Center, 2135 NW 39th, 7 pm

Wednesday, July 14: Woody Guthrie Tribute, Crystal Theatre Okemah, $25 tix available at Startickets. See article this issue.

Friday, July 16: Mary Reynolds Brick Street Cafe Okemah (Woody Guthrie Festival) See article this issue

Saturday, July 17: Herland Video Night-featuring “When the Sky Falls” (see article this issue)

Sunday, July 18: Herland Board Meeting, 4 pm; everyone welcome

Saturday, July 24: Herland Scrabble Night-6 pm

Saturday, July 24: Miss Brown to You at UCO Jazz Lab 100 E 5th (Edmond) 8pm $7

Saturday, July 24: Peggy Johnson at Deli on the Labyrinth, 9 pm till 11 pm

Wednesday, July 31: Diversity House Fundraiser at Herland. Miss Brown to You to benefit homeless gay youth. (See article this issue.)

August

Saturday, August 7: Mary Reynolds & Friends. The Chouse (Boyd Street west of Campus Corner in Norman) 7 pm $10

Thursday, August 26: 2nd Annual Women’s Equality Day Block Party, OU Women’s Outreach Center 405-325-4929

Sybil has recently - ok, December of 1995, maybe a long time to you, but a blink of an eye to Sybil - received a series of questions from the smartest woman she knows, and will answer some of them in this and future issues.

Dear St. Sybil,
Whenever I find time and energy to emerge from my self-involved world (not to demean it - it is hard to make a living and deal with everything) and look around, I realize I have two questions for you:

1. What are the questions to ask?
2. What are the answers?

Yours,
Easier Under a Rock

Dear Easy,

Thanks for writing. Here are some questions for you:

• Am I even half as loving, fun-loving, selfless and faithful as your everyday Golden Retriever, Poodle, or common mutt on the street?
• Am I anywhere near as dignified, self-aware and karmicly centered as your run-of-the-mill tabby cat?
• Should I possibly be working more on my novel and less on my computer games skills?
• Am I letting someone live rent-free in my head and dictate my every mood and move - in other words, am I holding a big old grudge against someone? Why don’t I just sip some cyanide and hope that the grudgee will writhe in agony? Or… why don’t I just get over it and let go?
• Do I compost? Recycle? Bi-cycle? Do I support the Southern Poverty Law Center? Am I, in other words, even beginning to live up to my Girl Scout oath to leave the world a better place than I found it? If not, how can I use my talents to improve life for my neighbors in Oklahoma, in New York, in the world?

A question not to ask: “Am I doing enough?” It is impossible to do enough, so don’t even try, or you will end up depressed out of your gourd and stay in bed the rest of a miserable life, watching TV, eating moon pies, and trying to do The Nation puzzle.

Also be sure to avoid all of the unanswerable questions twelve-year-olds love so much: If there is a God, who made God? Heh heh heh. And the corollary, If the world began with the Big Bang, where did the stuff for the Big Bang come from? These are hopeless questions guaranteed to keep you awake all night, possibly for the rest of your life. You may never sleep again. Don’t ask them. Tend to the simple questions, the big ones will take care of themselves.

A question I would like more Americans to ask themselves: Why didn’t I and 51% of the country riot in the streets when the 2000 election was stolen as cleanly and sweetly as any third-world dictator could hope for? And are we going to let it happen again in 2004?

Now, as to finding the answers — my dear, there are no answers; you know that. Only questions.

Love,

Sybil