By a Host of Community Organizations, Agencies and Educators in Northern Nevada

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Film: ³A Powerful Noise² March 5, 8 p.m. Location: Riverside Theatre, 11 N. Sierra St., Reno (775) 786-2753 AND Summit Sierra Theatre, 13965 S. Virginia St., Reno (775) 851-4635 The national theatrical premiere of an acclaimed documentary film, ³A Powerful Noise² follows three extraordinary women in Vietnam, Bosnia and Mali. The event is a simulcast to 450 theatres across America. A town hall discussion with former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and others, taped in New York City the same evening, will follow the screening. Tickets: $15. For more information about the film and event, visit http://www.apowerfulnoise.org .



Brown Eyes Theatre presents The Vagina Monologues (in English) March 6-8; Friday and Saturday, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, 6:30 p.m. Location: Laxalt Theatre, Warren Nelson Building, 401 W. Second St., Reno Each year all over the world, the presentation of ³The Vagina Monologues² helps raise funds to assist women and girls who have been victims of domestic violence. Tickets: Adult $18/Student $15. For more information, call (775) 830-6044.



International Women¹s Day celebrated worldwide March 8, Grassroots Lobby Days March 8-10, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. each day. Location: Gold Dust West, 2171 U.S. Highway 50 East, AND the Nevada Legislature, Carson City Hosted by the Nevada Women¹s Lobby, the event is a forum for women to advocate for and learn advocacy skills to lobby at the Nevada Legislature, in order to improve the lives of women, children and families in the state. Registration fee: $35 for the three-day event. For more information, call (775) 327-4856 or visit http://www.nevadawomenslobby.org .

International Women¹s Day Parade. March 9, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Location: Starts and ends at Joe Crowley Student Union, University of Nevada, Reno Women Without Borders and ASUN Flipside are cosponsoring the annual International Women¹s Day celebration on the University of Nevada, Reno campus, where the community is invited to come and join the parade. Wear your culture¹s traditional dress, bring a banner or a flag and join the festival. Community organizations and a guest speaker will be part of the event. For more information, email womenwithoutborders@yahoo.com. FREE



University of Nevada, Reno Office of International Students and Scholars Sponsors ³Rajasthani Women and Water Supply Development in the Indian Desert² with lecture by Kate Berry, Ph.D March 10, noon ...