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Recap: TueNight Live: Photos from our Birthday Party!
We turned five,
All photos by Simon Courchel.
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The Invisible Dog Art Center filled up quickly as we got the evening started.
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Margit reminded us of the TueNight origin story and the piece she published on Medium that started it all: Dinosaur Jr. — On Entering the Puberty of Old Age.
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She thanked our sponsors Ruth Ann Harnisch, MedAmour, Hint Water and Brandless. And then kicked off our first storyteller, Tamar Anitai.
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Tamar read her 2013 story that has resonated with so many of you — and a bit controversial at the time she wrote it — being a grown, married woman who planned to live a child-free life. A lot of nodding heads in our midst. Watch Tamar read here!
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Susan Linney, one of our founding editors, contributing two years’ worth of stories in her Bottles Down column, read about a pivotal Halloween many years ago, when she first started hiding alcohol, even from her husband. Watch Susan tell her story on Facebook Live.
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Penny Wrenn, a TueNight favorite, told us the joys of throwing your own damn retirement party. And gave us an update on how she’s been since. Here she is on Facebook Live.
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Heather, a past TueNight contributor, was back as the Director of Communications for VoteRunLead, an important organization that trains women to run for office — and
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And then we grabbed a drink, ate some snacks and talked to friends.
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We returned to find Cindy Gallop inspiring us with her powerful stories of appreciating our age and experience and reminding us to #sayourage. Watch her talk and feel the power of age!
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More nodding heads. (Also, everyone at the mic after her did just that — said her age — and it was terrific.)
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Dionne Ford returned to the TueNight mic to read her beautiful piece about her personal approach to faith, My Struggle With God Ended on a Plane.
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TueNight’s Adrianna Dufay talked a bit about the Invisible Dog space and the artwork she curated for the evening. We were lucky to be able to feature the artwork of six talented women: Sarah Palmer, Maya Sariahmed, Vanessa Belli, Anne Mourier, Claudia Peneca and Raven Schlossberg.
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Dodai shared her story about being single and the price she’ll pay for a little human contact in Touch My Body — I’ll Pay For It.
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Giveaways! MedAmour, a sexual health
We took another short break to refresh…
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New TueNighter Michele Carlo was delightful, telling of defending her
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Deb Copaken read an excerpt from her soon-to-be-published memoir, about finding herself late at night in a serious health crisis.
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Karen Gerwin revived one of our most popular TueNight pieces ever — about a mother/daughter coming-of-age tradition that she really had to consider first.
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We ended with a tradition of our own — a (birthday) song, well, actually, “Heart Shaped Box” sung a capella by Crystal Durant. You can watch her sing it on Facebook.
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Then — cake! TueNight contributor Lani Halliday made us an incredible, vegan, pencil of a cake. And it was delicious. Here’s the goofy cake presentation.
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We were able to donate $1500 to VoteRunLead — fantastic!
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Thank you to everyone, and we’ll see you next time!
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