5, 12, 25 December 2005
Beyond Disability: The Fe Fe Stories airs three times on CAN TV in the Chicagoland area:
Monday December 5, 2005 at 10:00pm on channel 21
Monday December 12, 2005 at 11pm on channel 21
Sunday December 25, 2005 at 8:30pm on channel 21.

15 December 2005
Las Manos Winter Gala - fundraiser for the gallery. "We're grateful for your support all these years! Please help us continue bringing you important exhibitions and programs." Live music, great food, great art, a raffle and art sales! Requested door donation, $10. Thursday December 15 from 6 to 10 pm at 5220 N. Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60640. For more info, call Las Manos at 773-728-8910.

4 November 2005
A Fish Almost Eaten by a Shark screens at Spokane's 7th Annual Gay & Lesbian Film Festival on November 4th at 7pm. Location: Riverpoint EWU Auditorium Phase I Classroom Building, 668 North Riverpoint Blvd., Spokane WA.

11 November 2005
Media Uprising! Beyondmedia Education's 5th Anniversary Celebration Join us for an evening of food, drinks, Beyondmedia history, performances, friends, a silent auction and more! November 11, 2005 from 6:30 to 9:30 PM at Roosevelt University's Congress Lounge, 430 S. Michigan, 2nd Floor. Tickets purchased by November 4th: $60 (regular), $35 (low-income), $500 (table); $5 additional at the door. Buy tickets or find out more on our 5th Anniversary Page! We'd ♥love♥ to see you there!

5 October 2005
Respect Me, Don't Media Me screens at Lost Film Fest in West Philadelphia, Wednesday October 5 at 5pm. All films screen at ROTUNDA 4012 Walnut St. West Philadelphia or COCKROACH MAGIC THEATER 3925 Walnut St West Philadelphia. More details are at lostfilmfest.com.

16 October 2005
Join us for the premiere screening of Beyondmedia's new video, Can LGBTQ + School=Safe? at Gerber Hart Gay and Lesbian Archives and Library (1127 W. Granville in Chicago at the Granville Red line stop). Doors open at 6:30 PM, program 7-9 pm. $20 donation at the door. Refreshments will be served and a panel discussion will take place after the screening. Panelists include Stacey Horn - University of Illinois at Chicago, Zaida Sanabia and Salome Chasnoff - Beyondmedia Education, Shannon Kenney - CESO, Amina Chaudhri - Beyondmedia Education and Bell Elementary School, Brian Roa - GSA co-advisor Senn High School. All proceeds will be shared between Beyondmedia Education and the Coalition for Education on Sexual Orientation (CESO) to support their innovative community-based work to make schools safe for all GLBTQ youth and staff!

21-23 October 2005
Don't miss "All The Women You Want," A Weekend Marathon of Female Performers Comedians, Burlesquers, Monologists and More to benefit Beyondmedia! Produced by Nicole Hollander and Paula Gilovich. Co-sponsored by Las Manos Gallery and Women and Children First. This event takes place at Las Manos Gallery (5220 N. Clark Street - 773-728-8910).

Sorry, time's up to buy tickets online! You can still buy them at the door at Las Manos this weekend.

Friday, October 21st at 7:30pm $10 - Funny Bits: A Night of Comedy
Tickets for sale at the door.
Saturday, October 22nd at 8pm $12 - Rude Acts: A Night of Sex and Flirtation
Tickets for sale at the door.
Sunday, October 23rd at 2pm with Sunday Brunch $7 - Confessions: An Afternoon of Telling the Truth
Tickets for sale at the door.
Weekend Pass: $20!
Passes for sale at the door.

21 October - 4 December 2005
Our installation on Women and Prison, Voices in Time, on view at the Bethel Cultural Arts Center (1140 N. Lamon in Chicago). Hours are 9am-5pm Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays; 9am-9pm Tuesdays and 11am-7pm Saturdays and Sundays. A performance and other corresponding events to be announced - watch this space!

1 September 2005
Beyond Disability: The Fe Fe Stories screens as a part of the Conversations at the Edge series at The Gene Siskel Film Center (164 N. State St.), 6 pm.

10 September - 2 October 2005 Our installation on Women and Prison, Voices in Time, will be on view at Ambassadors for Christ Church (7859 S. Ashland Avenue in Chicago, 773-723-5400) on Monday-Friday 10am-4pm, Saturday noon-3pm, and Sunday 9am-7pm with a performance on Monday, September 19 at 6:00pm.

17 August 2005
Respect Me, Don't Media Me screens for free at the Gene Siskel Film Center (164 N. State St.) as a part of the Black Harvest Film Festival from 3:30 to 5:30pm. Refreshments will be provided before the film and a discussion with the filmmakers afterward! For more info, call Yas: 312-266-2842.

26 July 2005
Beyond Disability: The Fe Fe Stories screens at the San Francisco Public Library with other winning films from this year's Superfest from 12:30 to 4:30pm. This event is co-sponsored by the San Francisco Mayor's Office on Disability and the San Francisco Public Library.

4-5 June 2005
Beyond Disability: The Fe Fe Stories was chosen to receive an Achievement Award and a Spirit Award from Superfest, The International Disability Film Festival. One Spirit Award is given each year to a strong film that has a person with a disability involved in a significant role with the production!

The video will be screened Saturday and Sunday afternoons, June 4th and 5th from 1-5pm at La Pena Cultural center, 3105 Shattuck Ave., in Berkeley, California. Watch our site for detailed screening schedules or visit Superfest on the web!

8-21 June 2005
Voices in Time: Lives in Limbo, a life-size artistic recreation of a prison cell filled with women's stories on view at Woodson Regional Library, 9525 S. Halsted St., Chicago, IL; 312-747-6900

June 8-June 21 Monday-Thursday, 9-9; Friday-Saturday, 9-5; Sunday, 1-5

Performance of Whispers of a Caged Reality, by Pamela Thomas, with presentation by students of Percy Julian High School and post-discussion: Wednesday, June 15; reception at 6:30, performance 7:00-8:45.

Hear the unspoken truths about prison, delicately and creatively shared by women who have experienced first-hand the trauma behind and beyond the wall.

11 June 2005
Beyondmedia benefit at Spin (800 W. Belmont in Chicago) with The Rhineland Bastards, The Drastics, 8 Inch Betsy, DJ Justin Rickles, visuals by Beyondmedia, and more!

11 June 2005
Join us for the premiere screening of Respect Me, Don't Media Me a new film by Girl's Best Friend's Sisters Empowering Sisters and Beyondmedia. The screening is FREE with refreshments and a discussion following. Saturday June 11th at 2pm at HotHouse, 31 E. Balbo in Chicago.

Respect Me, Don't Media Me examines the portrayal of young women in music videos and other media. It also asks the questions: what does this kind of portrayal mean for young women? How does it affect our lives, our decisions, our relationships? And what can we do to change it?

To RSVP or to ask any questions, please call Yas at 312-266-2842.

16 June 2005
Beyondmedia is proud to be on the host committee for the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice's Chicago House Party on June 16th! Astraea has been a long-time funder of Beyondmedia Education as well of other grassroots organizations, "helping lesbians and allied communities challenge oppression and claim their human rights."

Chicago House party hosted by Jessica Halem at the home of Kathy Valdiserri
Meet Katherine Acey, Astraea's Executive Director and hear about Astraea's latest accomplishments and groundbreaking funding priorities. Learn about how lesbian philanthropy is helping to enact social change in Chicago - and around the world.

1269 Early Avenue
Thursday, June 16, 2005
6:30 - 8:30 PM
(Program begins at 7:30)
Hors D'oeuvres & Wine

To RSVP and receive directions, or for more information, Contact Astraea's event coordinator Candace Hewitt at 212.529.8021 x14 or Candace@astraeafoundation.org

17 June 2005 Salome Chasnoff was a featured speaker at the opening plenary of the 2005 CTCnet Conference in Cleveland, Ohio. Community Technology Centers from across the country were represented at the conference. Beyondmedia's Girls!Action!Media! program was highlighted at the conference.

13 May 2005
Beyond Disability: The Fe Fe Stories screens at the Chicago Future Filmmakers Festival! The festival will be held at at Film Row Cinema at Columbia College, 1104 S. Wabash, 8th Floor starting at 4pm. Check the Future Filmmakers site for more info!

13-15 May 2005
The Girl's Body Project Ensemble presents I Am a Body, Directed by Kira Silverstein. I Am a Body is written and performed by 11 Junior and Senior High School Students from Evanston Township High School and New Trier High School and all proceeds from the show benefit Beyondmedia Education! All Shows at Raven Theatre at Clark & Granville in Chicago. May 13 & 14 shows at 8:30pm, May 15 show at 3:30pm. Tickets $5 students, $10 adults. Call 847-341-1551 for tickets!

18-30 May 2005
Our Spanish version of A Fish Almost Eaten by a Shark premieres in Mexico! Mix Mexico, the Ninth Sexual Diversity Film/Video Festival, will be hosted from May 18 to 30 in various venues in Mexico City. Mix Mexico is a community event, and the first and oldest queer film festival in Hispanic America.

25 May 2005
A Fish Almost Eaten by a Shark screens at Inside Out, Toronto's Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival Wednesday, May 25 @ 5:15pm as a part of the "Fight The Power" Program! More details to follow or visit Inside Out on the web!

2 April 2005
You're Invited to an Evening of Media and Art
Network with media makers and artists while indulging in sake-tinis, finger foods, and stimulating conversation!
Help women and girls find their voices in the media!
Ditch your adult superego and laugh with your inner child while viewing Vanessa Shinmoto's art: pithy and bratty statements paired with whimsical imagery.

WHAT: Meet "groundbreaking woman" Salome Chasnoff, who has dedicated her life to putting the tools of media into the hands of those who need them most, and Vanessa Shinmoto (http://www.maladjustedart.com), Chicago artist extraordinaire, at a house party benefiting Beyondmedia Education (http://www.beyondmedia.org).
WHEN: Saturday, April 2, 6:00 - 8:00pm (Program starts at 7:00, and will include comments and a short video.)
WHERE: The Pilsen loft of Vanessa Shinmoto (Board member, Beyondmedia Education, and local artist) ***RSVP for address.
HOW MUCH: Attendance is free, but we hope you'll support Beyondmedia with a contribution at the party.
RSVP: Please RSVP for address by Friday, April 1st online at http://www.beyondmedia.org/rsvp.html or call 773-562-6844.
Come learn how you to can go "beyond media" and become a partner in creating alternative media for progressive change!

4 April 2005
Beyond Disability Screening! Beyondmedia's video Beyond Disability: The Fe Fe Stories screens at Roosevelt University, 430 S. Michigan Ave., Room 320 from 10-11:15AM. Refreshments provided by the Mansfield Institute for Social Justice. Fe Fes will be in attendance!

22 April 2005
Beyondmedia is thrilled to announce that we will be honored with Crossroads Fund's prestigious Ron Sable Award for Activism for our "incredible work giving members of some of the most marginalized groups, including women in prison, young women, and women with disabilities, a voice." Thank you, Crossroads!

The award will be given at the upcoming Annual Benefit, Seeds of Change, which brings together activists, supporters, and community members from across the city of Chicago to celebrate innovative organizing and to raise funds for social change.

The gala event will take place on Friday, April 22, 6:30 pm at the stunning new McCormick Tribune Campus Center on the IIT campus, 3201 S. State Street. Buy tickets and find out more at Crossroads Fund's website.

22 April 2005
Beyond Disability: The Fe Fe Stories screens at Cinema Sensibilities on Disability at the University of Oregon during the Loud, Proud, and Female screening Friday April 22, Knight Law Center, 7-9:30 PM.

15 January 2005
The fourth annual LUNAFEST-a national festival of films by, for or about women produced by LUNA, the whole nutrition bar for women will be held on

Friday, January 14, 2005
DePaul University Student Center
2250 N. Kenmore Avenue | Room 120

Pre-screening Premier Reception 6:00pm
Screening 7:00pm to 9:30pm
Tickets: $5 Students, $8 General Public

This year's films address a provocative array of women-specific themes ranging from the media's manipulation of the female body to a coming of age story set during the Mexican Revolution. The pre-screening reception will honor the work of Beyondmedia Education and the festival will feature our promo video that gives a great overview of our organization and programs.

20 January 2005
Mothers in the Prison System - On Thursday, January 20th please join the Chicago Chapter of the National Organization for Women and DePaul College Women's Studies Department for Mothers in the Prison System, a panel discussion addressing the needs and lives of incarcerated mothers. The event is free and will take place from 7:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. at DePaul's Munroe Hall, Rms. 114-116. The location is 2312 N. Clinton. Panelists include Susan George, Joanne Archibald, and Pamela Thomas, and there will be a screening of a Beyondmedia video about women in prison. Download the flyer for more information.

22 January 2005
Who Stole the Soul? Beyondmedia has been chosen as the beneficiary of Who Stole the Soul?, an arts reception and fundraiser showcasing the creative talents of emerging and established artists of color. The exhibition features a variety of expressive art forms including drawing, painting, sculpture, live jazz, dance, and spoken word performance as well as screenings of Beyondmedia videos.

Saturday, January 22, 2005, 6-10pm
Loyola University Chicago lakeshore campus
McCormick Lounge, Coffey Hall, 1000 W. Sheridan Rd.
Tickets are $25
View our website for more info