Calling all crafters and craftivists! On March 21 at 2 PM, local craftivist guru, Hinda Mandell, will be leading a crafting circle at Bleak House Books. Bring your in-progress craft projects or start one from scratch (materials will be provided)!

Hinda will also talk about her new book, Global Craftivism Since The Pussycats, published by Bloomsbury this past January.

Hinda will be joined by the good people from the Craftivist Network of Greater Rochester, who will offer ideas for and resources to craftivists looking for new projects or who wish to meet other local craftivists.

So gather up your yarn, your needles, your pluck, and come crafting with us at BHB!

EVENT DETAILS

WHEN: Saturday, March 21 at 2 PM

WHERE: Bleak House Books, 5 W Main St, Honeoye Falls, NY 14472 (parking in front of and behind the store)

RSVPs appreciated for this crafting event so please send us an email at info@bleakhousebooks.com if you plan to attend

SPEAKER BIO

HINDA MANDELL is a professor in the School of Communication at RIT in New York. Mandell is editor of Global Craftivism since the Pussyhats: Handcraft Responses to Violence, War, Illness and Isolation (Bloomsbury 2026) and the forthcoming author of Crafting Choice: Handcraft and Abortion Politics in the U.S. (August 2026, Bloomsbury). She’s also editor of Crafting Dissent: Handicraft as Protest from the American Revolution to the Pussyhats (Rowman & Littlefield, 2019), and co-curator and co-editor of Crafting Democracy: Fiber Arts and Activism (RIT Press, 2019). Since 2017, she has organized maker interventions on issues of social reform reaching 2,000 craft participants. She’s been interviewed by The New York Times and The Associated Press, among other media outlets, on the importance of making objects by hand.

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