Not What You Think, A Cappella and Readings

Date and Time for this Past Event

• Sunday, Mar 26, 2023  1:30pm - 2:30pm

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Join East City Bookshop for a performance from the a cappella group, Not What You Think featuring readings from Waterfalls, the Moon, and Sensible Shoes: One Lesbian Life by Jill P. Strachan.

This event is free to attend, registration is encouraged but not required.

COVID-19 Information: Please note that East City Bookshop continuously monitors public health guidance to ensure the safety of customers, authors, and our staff and reserves the right to adjust in-person events. Masks are required for all in-person attendees.

Accessibility Information: Built before the American Disabilities Act became law, the store's entrance and our larger downstairs space, including our event space, are not accessible by either an elevator or ramp. Please email info@eastcitybookshop.com with any questions you have about accessibility and accommodations.

Not What You Think is an a cappella ensemble performing varied and diverse pop, and folk music, and was originally affiliated with the Lesbian & Gay Chorus of DC. The members share a core belief that, as gay men and lesbians singing together, they have an opportunity and responsibility to effect change and to open hearts and minds. Not What You Think works for equality and social justice through song and humor and hopes for the day our music can reflect a world at peace.

ABOUT WATERFALLS, THE MOON, AND SENSIBLE SHOES

Waterfalls, The Moon, and Sensible Shoes: One Lesbian Life reflects on the different loves, grief, friendship, romance, and feminism that make up one Lesbian life. Using letters and diaries from six decades, the author ties disparate family life and American post-war life together, while providing a personal account of one Lesbian life emerging in the 1970s to the AIDS crisis and beyond.

JILL P. STRACHAN left behind successful grant writing for the pleasures of creating nonfiction, traveling with her partner, playing tennis, and walking her dog. Her career in arts and association management spanned 40 years including some time as the executive director of the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop. She holds a Ph.D. in the History of Religion. Her pieces have been published in Grand-Dame Literary Magazine, Querencia, and Metro Weekly. She is the author of Waterfalls, The Moon and Sensible Shoes-One Lesbian Life.