ART, PERFORMANCES & CONVERSATIONS

All New Center programs speak to Jewish audiences and to the broader community. Attracting large and diverse groups of people, our past programs have explored wide-ranging themes and ideas, including: the Exodus story told from multiple cultural perspectives; the blending of Klezmer and swing music; and the influence of a Jewish up-bringing on the lives and careers of acclaimed writers, artists, musicians, actors, political figures and humorists.

We invite everyone to come and experience the insight, passion, humanity, and humor that lie at the heart of our programs.

Judge Nancy Gertner

Date:

Wednesday May 4, 2011
7:30 PM

Venue:

Arsenal Center for the Arts
321 Arsenal Street, Watertown

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Judge Nancy Gertner talks about her colorful and controversial life as a defender for women’s rights, which she describes in her new memoir In Defense of Women: Memoirs of an Unrepentant Advocate. Gertner, who spent her early childhood on New York’s Lower East Side, made her mark in Boston legal circles as a crusading defense attorney and an outspoken advocate of women’s rights and civil liberties. She took a lead role in litigation establishing that the Massachusetts constitution protects a woman’s right to choose and won numerous workplace discrimination suits for women. Gertner was appointed a U.S. District Court judge in 1994.

Judge Gertner will share stories from her life and career with Robin Young, host of Here and Now on WBUR.