Check out our recommendation for what’s happening and what’s worth reading this weekend:

Reading Materials:

The Opposite of Me by Sarah Pekkanen. Any woman can find characteristics of herself in this better-than-chick-lit story of self-identity and family (via Feminist Review).

If you love poetry, Elizabeth Spires will inspire you and remind you that “everything is immaculate" in  The Wave-Maker: Poems (via  Feminist Review).

A book that moms are going to love: Just Let Me Lie Down: Necessary Terms for the Half-Insane Working Mom. A book – project, about how a mom can manage her time between work, family and herself. Check out the interview with the author, Kristin van Ogtrop, in Times magazine.

Events:

In Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, from April 19 to 21, women’s rights advocates, gender experts, legal practitioners and others will speak for gender justice at Gender Justice Dialogue. If you can’t make it, follow on Twitter and Facebook and see media coverage on Delicious (via Feminist Majority Foundation).

In NY April 24? Join the HERS Foundation for their 28th Annual Hysterectomy Conference. Congresswoman Maloney will deliver the keynote address. (via Feminist Majority Foundation)

Join the YWCA for their third annual Stand Against Racism 2010 on April 30, near the White House in D.C. or at a variety of participating locations. You can even organize your own site with YWCA’s free tools. (via YWTF DC)

If you love art and live in the west coast, check out "How women shaped American West," a new exhibit at Autry museum in Los Angeles.

In DC? Join Young Women Misbehavin and the BPW Foundation for their pay equity "UnHappy Hour" on April 20 at Kellari. RSVP to info@youngwomenmisbehavin.com.

Finally, get out your bowling shoes and see where there’s a National Abortion Access Bowl-a-thon event near you! You can find fellow bowlers with the hashtag #bowl2010.

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