The first Girls Club conversation of the new year will be with Christine Vachon, the veteran producer of works such as “Colette,” “Boys Don’t Cry,” “Carol,” and “Mildred Pierce.” Open to the public, the event will take place Thursday, January 7, at noon EST. Be sure to register in advance.

Founded by Women and Hollywood publisher and founder Melissa Silverstein, the Girls Club is a community for women creatives, culture-changers, and storytellers to connect, create, network, advocate, support, and redefine entertainment. The Girls Club is offering a one-month membership free of charge when you sign up. If you identify as a woman and would like an invitation to this community, please email girlsclubnetwork@gmail.com and let us know a bit about who you are and what you do.

Find Girls Club event details and a bio for Vachon below.

Christine Vachon is an Independent Spirit Award and Gotham Award winner who co-founded indie powerhouse Killer Films with partner Pamela Koffler in 1995. Over the past two decades they have produced over 100 films, including some of the most celebrated American indie features: “Carol” (nominated for six Academy Awards), “Far from Heaven” (nominated for four Academy Awards), “Still Alice” (Academy Award winner), “Boys Don’t Cry” (Academy Award winner), “One Hour Photo,” “KIDS,” “Hedwig and the Angry Inch,” “Happiness,” “Velvet Goldmine,” “Safe,” “I Shot Andy Warhol,” and “I’m Not There” (Academy Award nominee).

In television, Vachon executive-produced the Emmy and Golden Globe-awarded miniseries “Mildred Pierce” for HBO as well as “Z: The Beginning of Everything” for Amazon Studios. Killer Films recently produced such films as Paul Schrader’s “First Reformed,” Todd Hayne’s “Dark Waters,” and Josephine Decker’s “Shirley.”

Upcoming releases include Janicza Bravo’s “Zola,” to be distributed by A24, and “PRIDE,” six-part documentary series produced with Refinery 29 for FX.