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October 26, 2024 at 7pm

The Estuary at Inlet Dance Theatre

2937 W 25th St, Cleveland, OH 44113

October 25, 2024 at 7pm

Tucker Hall at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church

2747 Fairmount Blvd, Cleveland Heights, OH 44106

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Featuring - 

Allison Monroe

strings and voice

Tracy Cowart

voice and harp

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Elena Mullins Bailey

voice and harp

Chris Szabert

actor

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All tickets are general admission and pay-what-you-can. The suggested donation amount is $25, or $10 for students.

This project was made possible, in part, by Charlotte and Jack Newman, Pam and John Gibbon, the Ohio Arts Council, Ohio Humanities, a nonprofit organization that shares stories to spark conversations and inspire ideas, and the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this project do not necessarily represent those of our sponsors. 

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A Room of Her Own
 

Christine de Pizan's
Defense of Women

Married at fifteen, mother of three, widowed at twenty-five – such a description could apply to thousands of medieval women, but Christine de Pizan was no ordinary medieval woman. She supported her family as a professional writer, produced many works of poetry, wrote a manual on war and chivalry, and advised kings and nobles on politics. In her most influential work, Christine publicly engaged in epistolary debate with the intellectuals of her day, defending the value of women. She expanded her defense of women in other works, notably The Book of the City of Ladies. In this concert, we explore the music of the courts in which Christine grew up and worked, set side by side with readings taken from this latter book, painting an aural picture of women and their status in early fifteenth-century France.

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