Herland Sister Resources

Herland Hiking

The next Herland Hike is on Saturday, September 10th at 10 am. We will return to Martin Nature Park, 5000 W. Memorial (between MacArthur and Meridian), for this hike. Everyone is also invited to meet at Panera, corner of W. Memorial and Meridian, for coffee or breakfast at 9:00 am if they so desire. We will also discuss plans to try different locations for future hikes on alternating months.

Herland Supper Club

Join us for the Herland Supper Club on Saturday, September 10th, at 5:30 pm at Boomerang Restaurant,412 S. Meridian, between I-40 and Reno. Those wishing to carpool can meet at Herland Sister Resources at 5:00 pm. After supper, at 7:00 pm, we will go around the corner to Celebration Station, on I-40 just east of Meridian, for some games of miniature golf.

Herland Video Night

Herland presents the movie, Better Than Chocolate, on Saturday, September 17th at 7 pm.

Maggie, a clerk at a lesbian bookstore, meets footloose butch Kim and, after Kim’s van is towed away, they move in together. Unfortunately for their romantic bliss, Maggie’s mother, Lila, and teenage brother move in that very evening thanks to Lila’s impending divorce. But what really complicates matters is that Maggie can’t bring herself to come out to her mother; even when she tries, Lila steamrolls through the conversation, like she knows what’s coming and doesn’t want to hear it.

Interwoven with this is the struggle of Judy, a male-to-female transsexual who’s in love with the bookstore’s owner, Frances, who’s freaking out because customs officers are holding a list of books at the border that they claim are obscene.

The overlapping plots are deftly juggled, the personal and political are compellingly interwoven, and, most satisfying of all, the characters have problems that aren’t going to be easily resolved. A handful of candy-colored lip-synching musical numbers give the movie some flash and the sex scenes give the movie some heat, but it’s the elements of sorrow and ambiguity that really make the joy in Better Than Chocolate something to savor.