“When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.” —John Lennon
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Bella Italia: Under the Tuscan Sun
Tuscany Villa: June 18 – 25, 2022
Summertime in Venice: June 11 – 15 (optional)
Roman Holiday: June 15 – 18 (optional)
Due to a cancellation, we currently have one available room.
Rhine River Cruise: July 30 – August 6, 2022
Pre-Cruise Package in Lucerne, Switzerland: July 28 – 30 (optional)
Post-Cruise Package in Amsterdam, Netherlands: August 6 – 8 (optional)
We are currently sold out for this trip. To be placed on a wait list,
Women's Week in Provincetown: October 10 – 16, 2022
We are taking over two inns: Anchor Inn Beach House and Brasswood Inn.
We are currently sold out for this trip! To be placed on the wait list,
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Online Calendar At-A-Glance
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TONIGHT! Wednesday, April 13: Golf and more, a movement workshop!
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Thursday, April 14: Book Reading with Apostle Laverne Simpson!
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Tuesday, April 19: Movie Night, in honor of Earth Day, LOVE THY NATURE!
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Wednesday, April 20: Mimi Gonzalez is back with the final Write Hear!
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Thursday, April 21: Open Mic & Karaoke Night starring YOU!
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Friday, April 22: Lynne Jassem in her one-woman show!
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Sunday, April 24:Welcome DeLaran for her first WOTN concert!
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Tuesday, April 26: A mindful nature gathering facilitated by Sylvie Rokab, Love Thy Nature filmmaker!
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Wednesday, April 27: Humpday Magic for all the single ladies!
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Thursday, April 28: Closing out Jazz Appreciation Month with a 10-year anniversary film screening of I Stand Corrected.
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Sunday, May 1: Book Reading: Gayla Turner's new book, a fascinating true story, is being released on May 24th. Be the first to hear all about it!
Looking forward to seeing you on the Net!
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WOMEN ON THE NET
Virtually, THE place for women to connect with women!
Women On A Roll is proud to offer this extraordinary online social experience!
Each interactive gathering will offer a unique opportunity designed to entertain, enlighten, socialize, and connect with women from all over the world!
MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS:
Premier Membership ($39/month):
- Free admission to ALL of our Zoom events.
- Free access to the videos of most of our recorded events, available on our website!
- Occasional pre-reception, soundcheck viewing, and/or meet & greet with the performer.
- A special Premier Members event once a month.
- Continual connection with the lesbian community.
- Virtually, the most fun you can have… even after the pandemic!
Standard Membership ($19/month):
- Free admission to most of our Zoom events. (You can pay to attend the events that are not included in the Standard Membership.)
- Occasional pre-reception, soundcheck viewing, and/or meet & greet with the performer.
- Continual connection with the lesbian community.
- Virtually, the most fun you can have… even after the pandemic!
Of course, you can pay per event if you prefer not to join.
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BY THE GRACE OF GOLF
with Rebecca Hale
Wednesday, April 13
5:00 PM (PT), 7:00 PM (CT), 8:00 PM (ET)
Approximate Duration: 60 minutes
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Springtime is here! Get your body and mind ready for the golf course (and any other course) with this interactive workshop!
Without touching a club, you will become a better golfer, deepen your mind and body connection, and gain simple tools to optimize performance and connection on and off the course!
- Decrease mobility restrictions
- Gain better balance and improve your stance
- Reduce your sensory overwhelm
Golf is a great platform to access both physical and mental transformation, applying proven strategies of human movement, performance, and mindset founded in biomechanics and neuroscience. This workshop will offer a fun and innovative way to learn about the mind-body connection and utilize this information to give insight and create tangible results for participants.
Not a golfer? You can implement these principles in whatever fun and innovative way you access movement.
There will be a Q & A allowing time to discuss how to implement tools to optimize your physical activity, personal connection, and well being.
About Rebecca Hale: Physical Therapist, Architect of Movement & Self Regulation
As a movement specialist I have helped people listen to their body through movement to maximize their performance and well-being. I work with women to use the fun and challenge of golf to explore movement, emotions and stress. I learned so much about emotion management and limited mobility from my first 18 holes of golf. I am exploring the fun of golf to access self- empowerment.
I have been in the industry of Human performance for 25 years. In addition, to studying at Northeastern University for Physical Therapy. I spent 6 years traveling to California, New York and Maryland to study Energy Kinesiology, which gave me a solid foundation in physical, nutritional, and emotional imbalances. I also have a Masters in Human movement and Performance at Concordia University.
$5 or FREE for WOTN Members
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Book Reading: JUST BE YOU BABY!
GOD AND YOU AGAINST ALL ODDS
Thursday, April 14
5:00 PM (PT), 7:00 PM (CT), 8:00 PM (ET)
Approximate Duration: 60 minutes
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About the Book
Being true to yourself is perhaps the greatest reflection of love and acceptance that a person can have. Allowing yourself to be the person you were created to be is also an acceptance that you were made by a loving God and that He has a specific purpose for your life. This book, Just be You Baby, was written to encourage and inspire those who are same-gender loving and who are struggling to fit in to what society, the church and their families expect, to learn to be honest with themselves, seek God for their specific purpose, and live a truthful life that helps to build His kingdom. God created you before you became a living soul; before you were born into sin; before your spirit entered flesh. You are a vital and integral part of His plan and it is important that you know and accept this fact, break the labels of identity and be who you were created to be. If you identify as LGBTQ or same-gender loving, then Just be You Baby will show you how to first love God, then love yourself, so you can then love others.
About the Author
Apostle Laverne Simpson is the Senior Pastor and Founder of Affirming Love
Ministries, Detroit, Michigan. She is also the Presiding Prelate of Affirming Love
Ministries Columbus and Cleveland, OH, Kenya, Kisi, and Uganda, Africa, as well as
Growing In Christ Ministry of Detroit, Michigan.
Apostle Simpson is the spouse to her wife Kimberly of nine years and a mother
to three. Besides being a senior pastor, she is the Business Consultant/Coach of the Facebook Successful LGBTQ+ Entrepreneurs Support Group, CEO of Love Simpson Creations, a Certified Nursing Assistant with a degree in Medical Administration as well as a
professional in Cosmetology, Financial Leadership and Counseling, Small Business
Management Entrepreneurship, and Religious Studies. In addition to her spiritual work,
Apostle Simpson is a spiritual midwife, church planter, actor, director, inspirer,
motivational speaker, singer, and writer. She enjoys bowling and reading.
Free Event!
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Movie Night:
LOVE THY NATURE
Tuesday, April 19
5:00 PM (PT), 7:00 PM (CT), 8:00 PM (ET)
Approximate Duration: 90 minutes
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Celebrate Earth Day with this remarkable film!
There will be a Q&A with the filmmaker immediately following the film screening.
Synopsis
Narrated by Liam Neeson and the winner of 27 awards, Love Thy Nature points to how deeply we’ve lost touch with nature, and takes viewers on a cinematic journey through the beauty and intimacy of our relationship with the natural world. The film reveals how a renewed connection with nature ignites a sense of meaning and wonder so profound that it touches us at the very core of what it means to be human.
About the Filmmaker
Sylvie is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker, a certified nature-therapy guide and mindfulness teacher. By blending these disciplines, she offers simple but powerful techniques that help participants find freedom from anxiety to access the healing, wisdom, and wonder that can only be found in nature.
Her film, Love Thy Nature, has helped millions of viewers realize that our trance of disconnection is at the root cause of human suffering. Through her workshops, Sylvie helps participants deepen their connection with themselves, others and nature. Participants often share that they take home a renewed sense of belonging, joy and aliveness.
Running Time: 70 minutes
$10 or FREE for WOTN Members
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MIMI GONZALEZ: Write Hear
Wednesday, April 20
5:00 PM (PT), 7:00 PM (CT), 8:00 PM (ET)
Approximate Duration: 90 minutes
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Join us for the fifth and FINAL workshop of WRITE HEAR, facilitated by Mimi Gonzalez.
WRITE HEAR is an immersive, generative writing workshop. Recovering from depression caused by being "a writer who wasn't writing," Mimi Gonzalez is expanding her stand-up comedy performances into a new genre called "Punchlines & Poetry."
Mimi has facilitated writing workshops for ten years. Join us for the her newest writing workshop, "Write Hear."
$10 or FREE for WOTN Members
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OPEN MIC & KARAOKE NIGHT
Thursday, April 21
5:00 PM (PT), 7:00 PM (CT), 8:00 PM (ET)
Approximate Duration: 90 minutes
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Karaoke Kelli will MC this fun and unique gathering, perfect for performers and spectators alike!
Sing (Karaoke, acapella, or with an instrument), perform stand-up comedy, recite poetry, play an instrument, lip-sync, dance, spoken word, act out a scene, read a short story, and any other type of performance you'd like to share.
Or just come on in and kick back in the Zoom Lounge while enjoying the entertainment!
So, what are you waiting for? Start rehearsing!
FREE EVENT
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LYNNE JASSEM is
Being Richard Greene
Friday, April 22
5:00 PM (PT), 7:00 PM (CT), 8:00 PM (ET)
Approximate Duration: 90 minutes
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Join us for the filmed version of Lynne Jassem's one-woman show followed by a Q&A.
About Lynne Jessem
A writer, performer, choreographer, mime artist, and tap-dancer, Lynne Jessem is a native New Yorker who broke into show business at the age of ten on the Perry Como TV show, later performing on the famous “Borscht Belt”.
As an adult, Lynne toured with the Claude Kipnis Mime Theatre playing the White House, Boston Pops, Kennedy and Lincoln Centers, later forming her own company, Manhattan Mime Theatre. She is one of the founding members of the American Tap Dance Orchestra, dancing on PBS with Gregory Hines and Tommy Tune. In 1998, Lynne founded Foot Frenzy, a tap company in San Francisco.
Later, she developed her solo performance career with numerous shows including “From Como to Homo" which played in the USA and Germany. The show won “Best of Fringe” in San Francisco in 2015, and was a 5-star hit in Edinburgh in 2016.
$10 or FREE for WOTN Members
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DELARAN: Sweet Dreams
Sunday, April 24
4:00 PM (PT), 6:00 PM (CT), 7:00 PM (ET)
Approximate Duration: 90 minutes
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Dynamic, infectious-goodvibin-soulECTRIFYING-genre-jumpin originals-penned and sung in the key of life, peppered with reimagined and sometimes “mashed” cover tunes have captivated audiences semi-nationally for two decades under the auspices of Elysian Sex Drive, the ensemble DeLaran founded shortly after her two year tenure at Ringling School of Art and Design. She is a self-taught, multi instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter, whose music is inspired and energized by her passionate love for life and all things in it.
Resonating with the power of music to express her passion for life, its dynamics, and the felt experience of being alive, its power to uplift, heal, inspire, to move us, evoke joy, openly express our deepest vulnerabilities, get us up and dancing with free, wild and happy hearts, to empower and unite, to communicate universal “truths” of our shared human experience, connecting us to our hearts, to life, to one another, effortlessly…crossing real or imagined “borders” and “barriers,” reminding us that we belong. For DeLaran, playing music, much like breathing, was not a “choice;” she chose to let it play her.
$10 or FREE for WOTN Members
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LOVE THY NATURE:
Heart Blossoms for a Soulful Life
Tuesday, April 26
5:00 PM (PT), 7:00 PM (CT), 8:00 PM (ET)
Approximate Length: 60 minutes
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Sylvie Rokab returns to facilitate a mindful nature gathering!
What if you could heal anxiety and thrive by mending your separation from the natural world? By combining the ancient practices of “Forest Bathing” with mindfulness and the latest findings in neuroscience, Sylvie guides you to release old patterns of unworthiness, awaken pleasurable embodiment, and discover powerful yet ancient daily practices to open your heart to yourself, your loved ones, and all existence – fueled by the vibrations of love, awe, and wonder inherent in the natural world!.
Sylvie is a certified nature-therapy guide and mindfulness teacher. By blending these disciplines, she offers simple but powerful techniques that help participants find freedom from anxiety to access the healing, wisdom, and wonder that can only be found in nature.
$5 or FREE for WOTN Members
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SINGLES MINGLE!
Wednesday, April 27
5:00 PM (PT), 7:00 PM (CT), 8:00 PM (ET)
Approximate Length: 75 minutes
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Why not celebrate Springtime by giving yourself an opportunity to meet other lovely single women? This event offers the fun of speed dating minus the pressure!
Grab your beverage of choice and come on in!
We'll start off in the main room to welcome everyone before sending you off to different rooms with small groups of women. This will be repeated many times throughout the evening, offering an opportunity to meet and converse with different guests in each room.
We have been offering this party format since March 2020, and it truly works in creating connections!
Our guests may be visiting from all over the country, and even the world, but in the virtual world and the "new norm," there really is no such thing as geographically undesirable!
Whether you're looking for romance or friendship, you've come to the right place!
Please Note: Cameras are required to be on during this event.
$10 or FREE for WOTN Members
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Movie Night:
I STAND CORRECTED
(10-Year Anniversary Screening)
Thursday, April 28
5:00 PM (PT), 7:00 PM (CT), 8:00 PM (ET)
Approximate Duration: 90 minutes
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There will be a Q&A with the film's subject, Jennifer Leitham, and the filmmaker, Andrea Meyerson, immediately following the film screening.
Watch Jennifer Leitham perform and it’s instantly obvious the tall striking redhead is an original. This world-famous jazz bassist plays her instrument left-handed (something virtually unheard of in the profession) and when she takes center stage – standing to play rather than sitting – her entire body seems to dance with the bass as her mane of long, fiery hair whips and bobs to the blistering pace set by her fingers. She is a special talent made all the more unique because Jennifer Leitham began her life and career when she was known as John Leitham.
I STAND CORRECTED, a compelling documentary from filmmaker Andrea Meyerson, charts Leitham’s extraordinary rise to the top as a virtuoso of the upright bass and reveals how she risked it all when she publicly transitioned to her true self at the height of her career. An intimate and compassionate study of Leitham’s life, the film explores the self-doubts and fears she wrestled with as she rose through the ranks of an often homophobic jazz world, and celebrates the joy she discovered after embracing her female identity.
Weaving together “before and after” stills and footage, I STAND CORRECTED incorporates candid interviews with Leitham and several other jazz luminaries such as “Tonight Show” band leader Doc Severinsen and drummer Ed Shaughnessy, along with a broad variety of entertainers and friends of Leitham’s including Roy McCurdy, Denny Tedesco, Sweet Baby J’ai, Gary Chen, talent agent Dale Sheets and jazz entrepreneur Todd Barkin among others.
Winner of 14 Awards!
Running Time: 83 Minutes
Reviews
"I can't recall a better world premiere in my 23 years of covering film festivals in the Coachella Valley than the festival's presentation of 'I Stand Corrected' by Andrea Meyerson." – Bruce Fessier, The Desert Sun
"One of the best documentaries on the festival circuit this year..." – The Advocate
"This documentary is a gem." – Kilian Melloy, Edge
"...the most impressive of the documentaries this year..." – Brian Addison, Long Beach Post
" A remarkable documentary about a remarkable human being..." – Charles Mudede, The Stranger
$10 or FREE for WOTN Members
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Book Reading: DON'T YOU DARE
Sunday, May 1
3:00 PM (PT), 5:00 PM (CT), 6:00 PM (ET)
Approximate Duration: 60 minutes
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There will be a Q&A with the author immediately following the reading.
About the Book
What would you do if you discovered a century-old secret? For Gayla Turner, a hidden wedding photo led to a seven-year journey to find out more about her grandmother and the woman standing next to her dressed as the groom. Don’t You Dare (available May 24, 2022) weaves together the author’s own current-day journey of discovery and an incredible true-life love story that took place over a century ago.
The story starts when Gayla discovers hidden
wedding photos, dated June 8, 1915, and learns her grandmother had a secret.
While researching her grandmother’s past, a love story emerged between her and the mystery woman in the photos. Gayla uncovers a secret lesbian social club that was formed in the early 1900s by a local businesswoman in the little Wisconsin farm town. Women from as far away as Chicago traveled to attend her exclusive parties. The local townspeople assumed the parties were for single young ladies to talk about how to find a husband. Little did they know, finding a man was not a subject of their conversations.
Her grandmother left just enough information that only someone who understood her secret life would be able to uncover the hidden story she left behind. That person turned out to be her granddaughter, Gayla.
Written to educate, entertain, and inspire members of the LGBTQ+ community, Don’t You Dare sheds light not only on our history but the future before us.
DON’T YOU DARE IS AVAILABLE FOR PREORDER EVERYWHERE BOOKS ARE SOLD.
About the Author
By day, Gayla Turner is a bank examiner, utilizing her intuition and curiosity to uncover facts and analyze complex figures. A debut author, she has honed her writing skills with private instructors, editors, and critique groups of established writers in the Los Angeles area. She is a member of the Wisconsin Historical Society, Romance Writers of America, and the Historical Novel Society. In her free time, Gayla enjoys cooking, hiking, looking at old photos, and researching LGBTQ+ history. Born and raised in Southern California, she and her partner live in San Marino, California, and share their home with their adorable dog, Bailey.
FREE Event
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A documentary by Kathryn L. Beranich and Andrea Meyerson
Community has always been the driving force behind Andrea Meyerson’s work. And that did not change when COVID-19 locked us down, Andrea devised a plan to keep lesbians connected and entertained.
On March 21, 2020, she launched Women On The Net and went live five nights a week, two to three shows per night, via Zoom. Women all over the world came together for events that included comedians, films, musicians, panel discussions, parties, and more. These nightly gatherings helped alleviate the loneliness and feelings of isolation by bringing joy, laughter, and new friends into these women’s lives.
Andrea called it distant socializing, the participants called it a silver lining.
As the world has started to open up, AN UNEXPECTED COMMUNITY, a documentary about Women On The Net has gone into production to preserve this piece of lesbian herstory and celebrate the beauty of our community. We would be most grateful if you would consider supporting the making of this film.
All contributions made through the Center for Independent Documentary (CID), our fiscal sponsor, are tax-deductible. No donation is too small!
Please click on the Donations link for more information regarding our fiscal sponsor and the documentary, currently in production.
And be sure to watch the video — you might see yourself in it! However, not seeing yourself in this crowdfunding video does not mean you won't still be featured in the film!
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