Odd Salon NYC: DEFIANT
Odd Salon NYC: DEFIANT
Curated by Olivia Owre-Bell
Thursday, March 6
Parkside Lounge – Lower East Side
In
Person $25 | Watch from Home $20
7PM EST
Stories of resistance, recognition and fighting for rights. Defiant will shine light on parts of history to inspire our own resolve in trying times.
Talks
Theresa Handwerk
Uncommon Grounds: A free Black woman
born to a formerly enslaved family, Elisabeth Samson fought the laws and
mores of her day as well as persecution and exile.
Sarah Grant
Sotto Voce: When German opera fans Ida and
Louise Cook learned that many of the musicians they adored were
threatened by the Nazis, they launched a scheme that would steal the
show...
Andrea Fondulas
The Dissenting Daughters of Suffrage:
Through defiance, resistance, and unshakable conviction, these
dissenting daughters challenged the nation’s founders and redefined the
very meaning of citizenship.
Andres Camperi
Martin Luther: The man who started the
Protestant Revolution is well known, but was it the Catholic church he
was defying, or another powerful institution in his life?
Amanda Harris
Nancy Wake: Known as “la souris
blanche”, Nancy Wake smuggled forged documents and people to safety from
the invading Nazi army. But German gunfire forced her to flee, she found
an even better way to help La Resistance...
Carolyn Wise
King of Spring: At the 1906 Athens
Intercalated Games, Irish long jumper Peter O’Connor climbed a flagpole
and made the first political protest by an athlete at an international
event.
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Storytelling
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$20.00 + $2.50 fee - $25.00 + $2.50 fee -
March 6, 2025 -
120 minutes -
Parkside Lounge
