[NY] Activist Calendar #718: Events This Week (Apr. 13-19)
Carol
didn't respond to my email as to what happened, so here it is - better
late than never...
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Number 718 NY ACTIVIST CALENDAR April 11, 2009
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{1} APRIL
Through 4/16 THU, THUs 7:15 pm - Workshops: "What Are the Greatest
Challenges for Us, the People & for President Obama?" Hogarth Center
spring 2009 seminar series: 8 programs (2 credits). Note: current
website differs from earlier announcement; confirm topics & dates
w/Hogarth Center. 4/16: "Justice: Reconstituting Our Civil Rights &
Civil Liberties (torture; habeas corpus, gender politics & justice),"
w/rep from Center for Constitutional Rights, Frida Berrigan
(GuantC!namo Campaign), Brendan Fay (gay rights activists & filmmaker).
At Reid Castle, Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY. Sponsors: Connie
Hogarth Center for Social Action, Global Citizenship/Duchesne Center.
Info: 914-323 7156, 845-838-2415, hogart...@mville.edu &
http://www.conniehogarth.org/
Through 4/19 SUN - Workshops: Theater of the Oppressed Laboratory
(TOPLAB). W/Marie-Claire Picher, others TBA. 4/18 SAT, 10 am-6 pm, &
4/19 SUN, 9 am-4 pm: Cop-in-the-Head. At Brecht Forum, 451 West St
(btw Bank & Bethune St, A/C/E/L to 14th St & 8th Ave, 1/2/3 to 14th St
& 7th Ave). $95-$150 for most workshops; RSVP for details. Sponsors:
Theater of the Oppressed Laboratory, Brecht Forum. Info: 212 924 1858,
top...@toplab.org & http://www.toplab.org
Through 4/19 SUN, MON-SAT 10 am-6 pm, SUN, 1-5 pm - Exhibit: "Becoming
American: African Americans & American Politics." "Before Barack
Obama, there was Crispus Attucks, Frederick Douglass, the
Massachusetts 54th Regiment, Mary McLeod Bethune, Adam Clayton Powell
Jr & a host of other heroes & sheroes of the African-American struggle
for freedom & human dignity." At Schomburg Center for Research in
Black Culture, Exhibition Hall, 515 Malcolm X Blvd (at 136th St, 2/3
to 135th St-Lenox/Malcolm X Ave, A/C, B/D to 135th St). Info: 212-491
2207.
Through 4/25 SAT - Films/discussions: "Rent Control: NYC Documented &
Imagined." W/Nellie Hester Bailey (Harlem Tenants Council), Filiberto
HernC!ndez & Oscar DomC-nguez (Movement for Justice in El Barrio),
Arlene Davilla (author, Barrio Dreams & Latinos, Inc), Helena Wong
(Chinatown Justice Project at CAAAV), many others. At Maysles Cinema,
343 Lenox Ave/Malcolm X Blvd (btw 127th & 128th Sts, 2/3 to 125th
St-Lenox/Malcolm X, A/C, B/D to 125th St-St Nicholas Ave, 4/5/6 to
125th St-Lexington Ave). $7 suggested. Info: 212 582 6050 x218,
cin...@mayslesfilms.com & http://www.mayslesfilms.com
Through 4/28 TUE - Actions: April Freedom Month. This April marks the
29th anniversary of the capture of the Puerto Rican political
prisoners. At various locs. Sponsor: ProLibertad. Info: 718-601-4751,
proli...@hotmail.com & http://www.ProLibertadweb.com
--4/14 TUE, 7 pm: Action: Letter Writing Night. At 123 Space, 123
Tompkins, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Bkn (G to Myrtle-Willoughby, J/M/Z to
Myrtle Ave). Sponsor: NYC Anarchist Black Cross. Info:
Nyc...@riseup.com & http://www.123communityspace.org
--4/17 FRI, 7 pm: Forum/benefit: for Puerto Rican Independence
Movement & Puerto Rican Political Prisoners. At 2295 Adam Clayton
Powell Blvd, #1 (at 135th St, 2/3, B/C to
135th St). Sponsor: Party for Socialism & Liberation. Info:
212-694-8762, n...@socialismandliberation.org
--4/19 SUN, 12:30 pm: Event: People's mass for the Puerto Rican
political prisoners. At La Iglesia San Romero de las AmC)ricas/UCC,
2410 Amsterdam Ave, 4th fl. Info: 212-237-8747.
--4/22 WED, 4 pm: Event: on political prisoners. At Thomas Hunter Hall
105, E 68th St & Lexington Ave (6 to 68th St-
Lexington Ave). Sponsors: Hostos Puerto Rican Club & the ProLibertad
Freedom Campaign.
--4/25 SAT: Event: on the Puerto Rican Political Prisoners. At loc TBA
in El Barrio.
--4/30 THU, 5 pm: Rally: Solidarity w/Rev Luis Barrios, the SOAW 6 &
the Puerto Rican Political Prisoners. Close the School of the
Americas. At Metropolitan Correctional Center, 150 Park Row (at Pearl
St, east of Foley Sq, J/M/Z to Chambers St, 4/5/6 to Bkn Bridge-City
Hall, R/W to City Hall).
**Through 4/30 THU - Actions: Close GuantC!namo & End Torture. 100 Days
Campaign. 4/19 SUN-4/24 FRI: War Resisters League's week; 4/20
MON-4/24 FRI, 11 am-1 pm: vigil at the White House;
4/20 MON evening: discussion "The War & Prisons, at Home &
Abroad"; 4/22 WED evening: John Dear on "My Journey Towards
Nonviolence." 4/30 THU, 10 am: procession in orange jump suits from
Reflecting Pool to nonviolent direct action at the White House;
10:15-11 am: speakers from Amnesty, WAT & others;
11:15 am: procession; 12:15 pm: action at the White House. At various
locs in DC. Sponsor: Witness Against Torture, Center for
Constitutional Rights, Pax Christi USA, School of the Americas Watch,
Sept 11 Families for Peaceful Tomorrows, Torture Abolition & Survivors
Support Coalition Int'l, United for Peace & Justice, War Resisters
League. Info: dalo...@riseup.net & http://www.100dayscampaign.org &
http://www.witnesstorture.org
Through 4/30 THU - Events: "Discussions Around Gender & Sexuality."
4/13 MON, 12:30-1:45 pm: How images became a key site through which
the bourgeois women's movement in India navigated the ideological
claims of suffrage movements, w/Sujata Moorti; 4/30 THU, time TBA:
"Spectacles of Childhood: Law, Child Pornography & Sex Panic," w/Amy
Adler (NYU Law), Ann Pellegrini (NYU), Avgi Saketopoulou (NYU). At NYU
locs. Sponsor: NYU Center for the Study of Gender & Sexuality. Info:
212 992 9540, cs...@nyu.edu & http://www.nyu.edu/csgs
Through 4/30 THU - Exhibit: "Signs of the Times." Paintings by
Francisco Verastegui, who lives & works in Oaxaca, Mexico; he takes up
political turmoil both w/in Mexico & around the world, from the
violence against the people of Oaxaca in the 2005 uprising to the war
in Iraq. At Brecht Forum, 451 West St (btw Bank & Bethune St, A/C/E/L
to 14th St & 8th Ave, 1/2/3 to 14th St & 7th Ave). $6/$10/$15. Info:
212-242-4201, brech...@brechtforum.org & http://www.brechtforum.org
Through 5/1 FRI, MON-FRI, 10 am-8 pm, SAT-SUN, noon-6 pm - Exhibit:
"Into the Open: Positioning Practice." Work of 16 architectural groups
that actively engage communities in response to social & environmental
issues, incl: shifting demographics, uneven economic development & the
explosion of urban migration. At Sheila C Johnson Design Center, 66
5th Ave (at 13th St, 4/5/6, L, N/Q/R/W to 14th St-Union Sq, F/V to
14th St-6th Ave). Sponsor: Parsons the New School for Design. Free.
Info: http://www.newschool.edu
Through 5/2 SAT, TUE-SAT 11 am-6 pm - Exhibit: "Broadcast." 13 works
by int'l group of artists who since the 1960s have engaged, critiqued
& inserted themselves into official channels of broadcast television &
radio. At Pratt Manhattan Gallery, 144 W 14th St, 2nd fl (1/2/3 to
14th St-7th Ave, F/V, L to 14th St-6th Ave). Info:
http://www.pratt.edu/exhibitions
**Through 5/8 FRI - Action: help create the Mar/Apr 2008 IndyKids.
4/23 THU, 7-9 pm: editing meeting; 5/6 WED, 7-9 pm: proofreading
pages; 5/8 FRI, 7-9 pm: bundling & mailing party. Progressive current
events newspaper & teaching tool for grades 4-8 & high school English
language learners. 15,000 copies for each issue, distributed in 30
states across the country. At Indymedia office, 4 W 43rd St, rm 311
(btw 5th & 6th Ave, 7 to 5th Ave at 42nd St, B/D/F/V to 42nd St-Bryant
Park, 4/5/6/7, S to Grand Central-42nd St). Info: 212-592-0116,
indy...@indymedia.org & http://www.indykids.net
**Through 5/16 SAT - Exhibit: "Surveillance." Artists: Yasmine
Chatila, Tomory Dodge, Jeffrey Gibson, Charles Harlan, Shin il Kim,
Caitlin Maloney & Angelo Plessas treat the proliferation of
surveillance techniques that have become a large part of our everyday
lives. At Affirmation Arts, 523 W 37th St (A/C/E to 34th St-Penn
Station or 42nd St-Port Authority); MON-FRI 10 am-6 pm, SAT 11 am-5
pm. Info: Marla Goldwasser, 212-925-0092, ma...@affirmationarts.com &
http://www.affirmationarts.com
**Through 5/26 MON - Films: "Africa in Transition," 16th African Film
Festival. At Lincoln Center 4/8 WED through 4/14 TUE; at Columbia U's
Institute of African Studies, 4/15 WED; BAM Rose Cinemas 5/22 FRI-5/25
MON. Sponsors: African Film Society, Film Society of Lincoln Center.
Info: http://www.africanfilmny.org & http://filmlinc.com &
http://www.BAM.org
Through 5/30 SAT - Workshops: Diabetic Drama Workshops. W/Robbie
McCauley. Based on subject matter from McCauley's performance piece
"Sugar," which looks at everything about sugar, from slavery to
colonialism to US mythologies to diabetes. 5/30 SAT, 1-4 pm
(tentative). At Brecht Forum, 451 West St (btw Bank & Bethune St,
A/C/E/L to 14th St & 8th Ave, 1/2/3 to 14th St & 7th Ave). $15-$35,
preregistration req. Sponsors: Theater of the Oppressed Laboratory,
Brecht Forum. Info: 212 924 1858, top...@toplab.org &
http://www.toplab.org
Through 5/31 SUN - Exhibit/discussions: "X." "Site for dialogue,
spontaneous experimentation & new ideas in this time of overwhelming
change & transition." 5/14 THU, 7 pm: "William Kunstler: Disturbing
the Universe," documentary w/filmmakers Emily Kunstler & Sara
Kunstler. At 548 W 22nd St (at 11th Ave, C/E to 23rd St). Info:
212-226 2196, jco...@framenoir.com & http://www.x-initiative.org
Through 6/8 MON, 7 pm - Discussions: "Live From the NYPL." 4/14 TUE:
"The Death of Boom Culture?" w/Walter Benn Michaels, David Simon,
Richard Price, Dale Peck on the social vision of contemporary
storytelling; 4/22 WED: "How to Win a Cosmic War," w/author Reza Aslan
on how to end the US "War on Terror"; 5/20 WED: "Angels & Ages: A
Short Book About Darwin, Lincoln & Modern Life," w/author Adam Gopnik
& Steven Pinker; 6/8 MON: "The Pleasures & Sorrows of Work," w/Alain
de Botton & Paul Holdengraeber on joys & perils of the modern
workplace. At NY Public Library, 5th Ave & 42nd St (7 to 5th Ave,
B/D/F/V to 42nd St, 4/5/6 to Grand Central-42nd St). Info:
http://www.nypl.org/live
**4/13 MON, 7 pm & 4/15 WED, 7 pm - Meetings: on situation at Pacifica
& WBAI. 4/13: town hall meeting w/Pacifica interim executive director
Grace Aaron; 4/15: Local Station Board meeting. At Fortune Academy
(aka "The Castle"), 630 Riverside Drive at 140th St (1 to 137th St,
buses 4/5). Info: http://wbai.org
4/13, 4/20, 5/4, 5/11 MON, 7-8:30 pm - Discussions: "Dr Martin Luther
King, Jr, the Inconvenient Hero: Understanding Barack Obama & the
Radical Dr King." W/Rev Joe Agne. 4/13: "The World House & Mysticism &
the Resistance in Montgomery"; 4/20: "The Letter from Birmingham
Jail"; 5/4:" A Time to Break Silence (Beyond Vietnam)," speech at the
Riverside Church, 4/4/67; 5/11: "Is America Going to Hell?"--sermon to
be preached on the day after Dr King's assassination. At Memorial
United Methodist Church, 250 Bryant Ave, White Plains, NY. Sponsors:
Interfaith Connection, Westchester Martin Luther King, Jr Institute
for Nonviolence. Info: 914-949 2146, http://www.memorial4all.org
4/13 MON, 10-11 am - Court support: for Syed "Fahad" Hashmi. At US
District Court, 500 Pearl St (east of Foley Sq, J/M/Z to Chambers St,
4/5/6 to Bkn Bridge-City Hall). Info: Free...@gmail.com &
http://www.FreeFahad.com &
http://www.MuslimsForJustice.org
**4/13 MON, 6:15-8:30 pm - Film: "Crips & Bloods: Made in America."
Discussion w/former gang members who have started their own community
groups to help make their communities healthier & safer. Free Families
Film Forum. At Maysles Cinema, 343 Lenox Ave/Malcolm X Blvd (btw 127th
& 128th Sts, 2/3 to 125th St-Lenox/Malcolm X, A/C, B/D to 125th St-St
Nicholas Ave, 4/5/6 to 125th St-Lexington Ave). Suggested donation.
Info/RSVP: 718-706-0195, priso...@gmail.com &
http://www.freefamilies.us Directions: 212 582 6050 x218,
cin...@mayslesfilms.com & http://www.mayslesfilms.com
**4/13 MON, 6:30 pm - Rally: for Black Delegation to Attend Racism
Conference to Demand Reparations. W/Viola Plummer (December 12th
Movement), Dr James McIntosh (CEMOTAP), Bob Law, Charles Barron (NYC
Council), Bill Perkins (State Senator), atty Esmeralda Simmons (Ctr
for Law & Social Justice), Inez Barron (State Assembly) & others.
Support "Durban 400" delegation & defend Black people's right to
reparations for slavery at "Durban II," 4/20-4/24 in Geneva. At
National Black Theater, 2051 5th Ave (off 125th St, 2/3 to 125th
St-Malcolm X Blvd, 4/5/6 to 125th St-Lexington Ave). Sponsor: December
12th Movement Int'l Secretariat. Info: 718-398-1766.
**4/13 MON, 7 pm - Reading: "Becoming the Media: A Critical History of
Clamor Magazine." W/author Jen Angel discussing the role of
independent media in social movements. At Bluestockings, 172 Allen St
(at Stanton, 1 bk S of Houston, F/V to 2nd Ave). Free. Info:
212-777-6028, http://www.bluestockings.com &
http://www.myspace.com/bluestockingsnyc
**4/13 MON, 7 pm - Talk: "Envisioning the Sustainable Urban Form."
W/Jean-Loup Msika (Sustainable-City-Project) & Dan Heyden (AIA LEED
AP) on ways to rethink relationship of the city's built structures to
one another & to the sun w/passive solar design at an urban scale. At
Solar 1, 2420 FDR Drive, Service Road E (at 23rd St, 6 to 23rd St-Park
Ave South, M15, M16, M21, M23 buses). Info: in...@solar1.org &
http://solar1.org
4/13 MON, 7:30 pm - Film: "La Matinee" ("The Matinee"). Part of
Uruguayan Film Festival. Reception at 6:30 pm. At Brecht Forum, 451
West St (btw Bank & Bethune St, A/C/E/L to 14th St & 8th Ave, 1/2/3 to
14th St & 7th Ave). $6/$10/$15. Info: 212-242-4201,
brech...@brechtforum.org & http://www.brechtforum.org
**4/13 MON, 7:30 pm - Meeting: Community Board 2 Waterfront Cmt. Wear
a white shirt to support FIERCE resolution for expanding access to
public space at the Hudson River Park. At Housing Works, 320 W 13th
St, 4th fl Conf Rm C (btw 8th & 9th Aves at Gansevoort St, A/C/E to
14th St-8th Ave, L to 8th Ave-14th St, 1/2/3 to 14th St-7th Ave).
Info/RSVP: Desiree Marshall at FIERCE, 646-336-6789 x208,
des...@fiercenyc.org
**4/14 TUE, 9:30 am - Court support: for the Granny 7. Granny Peace
Brigade members arrested in peace demo. At Midtown Community Court,
314 W 54th St (btw 8th & 9th Aves, C/E to 50th St, B/D to 7th Ave, A
to 59th St-Columbus Circle). Info: grannypea...@earthlink.net &
http://www.grannypeacebrigade.org/ &
http://www.grannypeacebrigade.org/wordpress/2009/03/18/march-madness-a-protec
tion-ring-of-7-grannies-arrested-in-times-square/
**4/14 TUE, 10 am-12 noon - Action: Bike Ride for Greening & Growing
NY Transportation Alternatives. Fun ride to Museum of City of NY. All
cyclists get free admission to Museum. Bike ride 10 am, press
conference 11 am. Meet at USS Maine Monument, Columbus Circle (at 59th
St & Central Pk W). Info/RSVP: 212-629-8080, in...@transalt.org
4/14 TUE, noon-2 pm - Vigil: for Darfur. Emergency vigil; monthly
vigil continues on 1st TUEs (see Ongoing). At US Mission to UN, 140 E
45th St (btw Lexington & 3rd Ave). Info: dar...@brooklynpeace.org
**4/14 TUE, 6-8 pm - Discussion: "Prospects for Immigration Reform in
the New Administration." W/NYU legal scholar & professor Cristina
Rodriguez. W/Liberty & Justice for All Series. At Puck Building, 295
Lafayette St, Rudin Family Forum for Civic Dialogue, 2nd fl (6 to
Bleecker St, B/D/F/V to B'way-Lafayette, R/W to Prince St). RSVP
(req): 212-998-7484, wagner...@nyu.edu Info:
http://wagner.nyu.edu/events/
**4/14 TUE, 6:30 pm - Meeting: Cuba Solidarity NY. Update on current
political situation & recent leadership changes in Cuban government,
discussion of 4/17-4/19 meeting of National Network on Cuba in DC,
7/26 Moncada celebration & other upcoming events. At 1199 SEIU Martin
Luther King, Jr Labor Center, 310 W 43rd St (btw 8th & 9th Aves, A/C/E
to 42nd St-Port Authority, 1/2/3/7, N/Q/R, S, to Times Sq-42d St).
Info: cubasoli...@mindspring.com
**4/14 TUE, 7 pm - Discussion: "Resistance Behind Bars: The
Struggles of Incarcerated Women." W/author Victoria Law, former Black
Liberation Army member Ashanti Alston on his experiences, & Lynne
Stewart & Matt Meyer on movements to free political prisoners in the
US. At Bluestockings, 172 Allen St (at Stanton, 1 bk S of Houston, F/V
to 2nd Ave). $5 suggested. Info: 212-777-6028,
http://www.bluestockings.com & http://www.myspace.com/bluestockingsnyc
**4/14 TUE, 7-9 pm - Talk/discussion: Inaugural launch of "Double
Visions, a New Quarterly Film & Photography Lecture Discussion
Series." W/emerging & established women directors, photographers &
multimedia producers whose work is based in documentary,
photojournalism, social documentary & digital story telling. Lecture
series theme: "Witness/Observation." Panel topic: "Urban Tales of
Heroes & Survivors." Produced & curated by Melissa Fowler, w/Laura
Belsey, Stacey Muhammad & more. At Anthology Film Archives, 32 2nd Ave
(F/V to 2nd Ave). Sponsor: Reel Venus Film Festival. Info:
212-714-8375, in...@reelvenus.com &
http://www.reelvenus.com/doublevisions.html
4/14 TUE, 7:30 pm - Film/discussion: "Venezuela: Revolution from the
Inside Out." W/filmmaker Clifton Ross. Critical look at the Bolivarian
Process drawn mostly from the experiences of the participants
themselves; + discussion of social movements in Latin America & their
prospects for the future. At Brecht Forum, 451 West St (btw Bank &
Bethune St, A/C/E/L to 14th St & 8th Ave, 1/2/3 to 14th St & 7th Ave).
$6/$10/$15. Info: 212-242-4201, brech...@brechtforum.org &
http://www.brechtforum.org
4/15 WED, 9 am-4 pm - Conference: "The Courts & Terrorism:
Transatlantic Observations." W/Peter Clarke (Center on Law &
Security), Judge Kenneth Karas, Peter Clarke, Didier Rouget, Kenneth
Wainstein, Karen Greenberg, many others. At NYU Law School, Greenberg
Lounge, Vanderbilt Hall, 40 Washington Sq South (btw Macdougal &
Sullivan Sts, A/C/E, B/D/F/V to W 4th St, 1 to Christopher St-Sheridan
Sq). Sponsors: Center on Law & Security, Magna Carta Institute,
European Union Delegation (Washington, DC).
**4/15 WED, noon - Rally: "Bail Out Main St, Not Wall St." W/CodePink,
Rev Billy, many others. "AIG is putting its swanky downtown office
building up for sale, but they aren't saying what will happen to the
proceeds. We want 80% to go to aid for the victims of the
meltdown--the foreclosed upon & the recently homeless, not AIG. They
broke it, we bought it, they sell it, we want our fair share!" At AIG
HQ, 70 Pine St (btw William & Pearl Sts, 2/3 to Wall St, J/M/Z to
Broad St, 4/5 to Wall St-B'way). Info: 646-723-1781,
da...@codepinkalert.org & http://codepink4peace.org/blog/ &
http://apps.facebook.com/causes/203
**4/15 WED, 2 pm - Vigil: "The Economy Might Be, But Aids Is Not in a
Recession!" Local part of nationwide prayer vigils to call for our tax
dollars to fund the fight against AIDS worldwide & proven HIV
prevention programs at home. At Rep Nita Lowey's office, 222
Mamaroneck Ave, #310, White Plains, NY; vans leave NYCAHN, 80A 4th
Ave, Bkn at 11 am, & African Services Cmt, 429 W 127th St, at 12:30
pm. Info/RSVP: Jennifer Flynn, 917-517-5202, jfl...@healthgap.org &
http://www.healthgap.org/gfatm/vigils.htm
**4/15 WED, 4 pm - Vigil/march: Tax Day Fun. Leafleting to protest war
funding; march to GPO w/Rude Mechanical Orchestra. At IRS office, 110
W 44th St (west of 6th Ave, B/D/F/V to 42nd St-6th Ave, 7 to 5th Ave);
5:15 pm: march to GPO, 8th Ave at 33rd St, w/leafleting at 5:45 pm.
Sponsors: NYC War Resisters League, NYC War Tax Resistance, NYC
People's Life Fund. Info: 718-768-7306, nyc...@att.net &
http://www.nycwtr.org
4/15 WED, 6 pm - Meeting: Global AIDS Activism. For recent immigrants
living w/HIV, fighting for access to treatment in home country, or
wanting to have US do more to stop global AIDS pandemic. Every 3rd WED
of month. At NYCAHN, 80A 4th Ave, Bkn (btw St Marks & Bergen Sts, 2/3,
4/5, B/D, M, N/Q/R to Atlantic/Pacific). Sponsor: Health GAP (Global
Access Project). Info: Jennifer Flynn, 917 517 5202,
jfl...@healthgap.org
**4/15 WED, 6:15-8:30 pm - Film/discussion: Families Rally for
Emancipation & Empowerment. Who is left out by the New Mandatory
Minimum "Rockefeller" Drug Law reforms? Film excerpts: "Lockdown USA"
& "$220 Million: Grow People, Not Prisons!" (Prison Famz Productions
video projects). At DCTV-Downtown Community TV, 87 Lafayette St (btw
Walker & White, 2 blocks S of Canal, 6 to Canal St-Lafayette St,
J/M/Z, N/Q/R/W to Canal St-B'way, B/D to Grand St). Info:
718-706-0195, priso...@gmail.com
**4/15 WED, 6:30-8:30 pm - Workshop: on state's Multifamily
Performance Program & Photovoltaics Incentives. W/Diana Pangestu
(Energy $mart Communities Coordinator). Get energy efficiency tips for
your building & find out what government tax credits & incentives you
may be eligible for. At Solar 1, 2420 FDR Drive, Service Road E (at
23rd St, 6 to 23rd St-Park Ave South, M15, M16, M21, M23 buses). Info:
212-785-0734, Di...@solar1.org & in...@solar1.org & http://solar1.org
4/15 WED, 7 pm - Meeting: on predatory equity. Help unite tenants to
prepare for City Council hearing on predatory equity plans of
Mitchell-Lama housing coming in late April. At Central Park East #1
School, 1573 Madison Ave (at E 106th St, 6 to 103rd St). Copies of
Predatory Equity Survival Guide available. Sponsors; Tenants &
Neighbors, UHAB, Pratt Area Community Council. Info: Amy Chan,
212-608-4322, a...@tandn.org
**4/15 WED, 7 pm - Discussion: "Labor Struggle & Social Change."
W/Cesar Barturen (immigrant sweatshop worker), Daniel Gross (workers'
rights atty, author of Labor Law for the Rank & Filer), Liberte Locke
(IWW, Starbucks barista). Anti-authoritarian organizing around
transformative workplace demands in the current economic situation. At
Bluestockings, 172 Allen St (at Stanton, 1 bk S of Houston, F/V to 2nd
Ave). $5 suggested. Info: 212-777-6028, http://www.bluestockings.com &
http://www.myspace.com/bluestockingsnyc
4/15 WED, 7:30 pm - Discussion: "The Crisis in (Left) Publishing."
W/Ramsey Kanaan (PM Press), Rev Rachel Guidera (New Press), Colin
Robinson, Amy Scholder (Feminist Press). At Brecht Forum, 451 West St
(btw Bank & Bethune St, A/C/E/L to 14th St & 8th Ave, 1/2/3 to 14th St
& 7th Ave). $6/$10/$15. Info: 212-242-4201,
brech...@brechtforum.org & http://www.brechtforum.org
4/16 THU 4/18 SAT - Workshop: "Undoing Racism." Taught by the People's
Institute for Survival & Beyond. Exposes the historical roots of
racism & its grip on society today, while providing a strategy for
change. At Fordham U, Graduate School of Social Service, 400
Westchester Ave, W Harrison, NY. Sponsor: AntiRacist Alliance. Info:
914-682 4690, AntiRacis...@gmail.com
4/16 THU-4/20 MON - Talks/discussions: "From the Bottom of the Heap."
W/author Robert Hillary King, the only freed member of the Angola 3.
At various locs. Info: Justine Johnson, Aid & Abet Booking Agency,
413-695-1721, jus...@aidandabet.org &
http://www.aidandabet.org
--4/16 THU, 7:30 pm: At NYU Kimmel Center, 60 Washington Sq South , rm
405 (btw Thompson & LaGuardia, N/R/W to 8th St-NYU, 6 to Astor Pl,
A/C/E, B/D/F/V to W 4th St, photo ID req). Free.
--4/17 FRI-4/19 SUN: at Left Forum (see 4/17-4/19 below).
--4/19 SUN: At Jericho 4th Annual Day in Solidarity (see 4/19 below).
--4/20 MON, noon (tentative time): at Bkn College, Penthouse,
Flatbush, Bkn (2/5 to Bkn College-Flatbush Ave, Q to Ave H; photo ID
req). Free.
**4/16 THU, 6:30 pm - Meeting: World Can't Wait Chapter. Topic:
"Bringing the We Are Not Your Soldiers Tour into NYC high schools." At
MLK Labor Center, 310 W 43rd St, SEIU Local 11-99 7th fl (btw 8th &
9th Aves, A/C/E to 42nd St-Port Authority, 1/2/3/7, S, N/Q/R/W to
Times Sq-42nd St). Info: 347-678-5905 / 866-973-4463,
n...@worldcantwait.org & http://nyc.worldcantwait.org
**4/16 THU, 6:30-8 pm - Workshop: "Financing a Legal Education: The
Facts." W/Jennifer Trauman (The Access Group, Inc). At Latino Justice
PRLDEF (formerly Puerto Rican Legal Defense Fund), 99 Hudson St, 14th
fl (1 to Franklin St). Free, but seats are limited. RSVP by 4/13:
Maritza Maldonado, 212-739-7517, spat...@latinojustice.org
**4/16 THU, 6:30 pm (confirm w/organizers) - Meeting: May 1 Coalition.
Immigrant rights coalition. At loc TBA in Bx. Info:
ter...@wwpublish.com
**4/16 THU, 6:30-8:30 pm - Benefit: Harlem Radicalism from Hubert
Harrison to Hip Hop. W/Jeffrey B. Perry (1979/80, 1980/81 grantee,
historian & author of Hubert Harrison: The Voice of Harlem Radicalism,
1883-1918) & Kahlil Almustafa (2008/09 grantee & author of Growing Up
Hip Hop). At Columbia U Teachers College, 525 W 120th St, Grace Dodge
Hall, rm 177/179 (entrance at Zankel Hall, 120th St, btw B'way &
Amsterdam Ave, 1 to 116th St). $5-$50 contribution requested for
scholarships 2009/10 Davis-Putter grantees. Refreshments, books for
sale & signing. Info: davis...@davisputter.org &
http://www.davisputter.org
4/16 THU, 7 pm - Talk: "An Eyewitness Account of Gaza's Health
Crisis." W/Dr Saeed Ahghari, who traveled to Gaza in March to see the
damage caused by Israel's attacks & to discuss w/Gazans what kind of
support is needed to overcome the widespread destruction to the
healthcare system & the destruction of the most basic necessities of
life. At Manhattan Theater Club, 311 W 43rd St (btw 8th & 9th Ave,
A/C/E to 42nd St-Port Authority, N/Q/R/W, 1/2/3/7, S to 42nd St-Times
Sq). Sponsor: Socialist Action. Info: 212-781-5157,
acpol...@juno.com
**4/16 THU, 7 pm - Film: "Venezuela: Revolution From the Inside."
W/filmmaker Clifton Ross showing excerpts from film documenting the
history & projects of the Bolivarian Revolution through interviews w/a
range of its participants. Through the Lens Series. At Bluestockings,
172 Allen St (at Stanton, 1 bk S of Houston, F/V to 2nd Ave). $5
suggested. Info: 212-777-6028, http://www.bluestockings.com &
http://www.myspace.com/bluestockingsnyc
**4/16 THU, 7:30 pm - Discussion: "How Can Freegans Respond to the
Economic Crisis?" W/researcher & union organizer Pasqualino Colombaro,
a radical economist & others on possible responses of freeganism &
other anti-capitalist movements to the economic crisis. At The Change
You Want to See gallery, 84 Havemeyer St,
Williamsburg, Bkn (L to Bedford Ave, J to Marcy Ave, G to
Metropolitan Ave). Info: http://freegan.info/?page_id=43 Directions:
http://www.changeyouwanttosee.org
**4/16 THU, 7:30 pm - Book event/discussion: "Gringo: A Coming-of-Age
in Latin America." W/author Chesa Boudin. "This is not Latin American
for Yuppies, which shouldn't be much of a surprise, knowing the
lineage... There's much to learn in this book."---Seymour Hersh. At
Brecht Forum, 451 West St (btw Bank & Bethune St, A/C/E/L to 14th St &
8th Ave, 1/2/3 to 14th St & 7th Ave). $6/$10/$15. Info: 212-242-4201,
brech...@brechtforum.org & http://www.brechtforum.org
4/16 THU, 9 pm - Performance: standup comedy. W/Marcy Gordon. At B'way
Comedy Club, 318 W 53rd St, downstairs Richard Pryor Rm (btw 8th &
9th, C/E to 50th St). $15 adv; 2 drink min. Reserve (please):
212-629-1781 or bellyla...@aol.com
**4/16 THU, 9 pm - Benefit: "Muff Muff Give." W/Mistress Serena Noir &
Jezzabel, Mistress Veronica & June Gabriel, Burlesque by Deity of Bad
Ass Burlesque, DJ Lesbian Van Halen & DJ As If!, art projection by
Sarah Jenny. At Sugarland, 221 North 9th St, Bkn (btw Driggs Ave &
Roebling, L to Bedford Ave, G to Metropolitan Ave). $5 cover + $2
suggested donation; benefits $pread Magazine. Info: http://is.gd/qW45-
**4/17 FRI-4/18 SAT - Conference: "Darwin & the Boundaries of
Science." W/George Levine, Paul Brinkman, Richard Bellon, many others.
Commemorates Darwin bicentennial by examining how Darwin's ideas have
changed the boundaries of knowledge: btw science & religion, btw
speculation & theory. At NYU Gallatin School of Individualized Study,
715 B'way, entrance at 1 Washington Place, Jerry H Labowitz Theatre
for the Performing Arts (R/N (weekend)/W (weekday) to 8th St-NYU, 6 to
Astor Pl, B/D/F/V to B'way-Lafayette). Info: Nicole DeRise,
212-992-7766, nicole...@nyu.edu
4/17 FRI, 7-9 pm, 4/18 SAT & 4/19 SUN, 10 am-9 pm - Conference:
"Turning Points," Left Forum 2009. W/Walden Bello (Focus on the Global
South/U of the Philippines), Arlie Hochschild (author, Global Woman,
UC Berkeley), Katja Kipping (German Left party, member of Parliament),
Adolph Reed (Perils of Obamamania/U of PA), Richard D Wolff (Knowledge
& Class/U Mass Amherst), many more. Workshops: "On the Brink of
Depression: Turning Point in World Capitalism?"; "Nationalization of
the Auto Industry"; "Black Workers & the Current Economic Crisis";
many more. At Pace U, 1 Pace Plaza (4/5/6 to Bkn Bridge, A/C, J/M/Z,
2,3 to Fulton St-B'way-Nassau). Info & register: 212-817-2003,
left...@leftforum.org & http://www.leftforum.org &
http://www.myspace.com/leftforum Panel schedule:
http://leftforum.org/?q=2009/program
4/17 FRI-4/19 SUN - Conference: Go Green Expo NY. Over 200
booths/exhibits, interactive seminars, speakers, film presentations,
eco-fashion show, green marketplace, demonstrations & hands-on
activities, kid zone. At Hilton NY, 2nd fl, 1335 6th Ave (btw 53rd &
54th Sts, E/V to 5th Ave-Lexington Ave, B/D, E to 7th Ave-53rd St, F
to 57 St-6th Ave). Info: http://www.GoGreenExpo.com
**4/17 FRI-4/23 THU - Rallies: to save rent regulation. Join the NYS
senators who stand w/tenants to call for the repeal of vacancy
decontrol & to save rent regulation. At various locs in 4 boros.
Sponsor: Housing Here & Now member groups. Info: 212-979-6238 x203,
j...@housinghereandnow.org & http://newyorkisourhome.blogspot.com/
--4/17 FRI, 7-9 pm: Bkn rally. At House of the Lord Church, 415
Atlantic Ave, Bkn (A/C, G to Hoyt-Schermerhorn, 2/3/4/5 to Nevins Ave,
B/Q to Atlantic Ave/Atlantic-Pacific, D, M, N/R to Pacific
St/Atlantic-Pacific, F to Bergen St. Sponsors: ACORN, Neighbors
Together.
--4/18 SAT, 11 am: Qns rally. At loc TBA. Sponsors: Make the Road
NY/Se Hace El Camino NY.
--4/22 WED, 7 pm: Manhattan rally. At Church of All Nations, 417 W
57th St (btw 10th & 11th Aves, A/C, B/D, 1 to 59th St-Columbus Circle,
N/Q/R/W to 57th St). Sponsors: Housing Conservation Coordinators/West
Side Neighborhood Alliance, Tenants & Neighbors, West Side SRO Law
Project, Goddard-Riverside Community Center.
--4/23 THU, 7 pm: Bx rally. At 260 W 231st St, Bx (at Kingsbridge Ave,
1 to 231st St). Sponsors: NW Bx Community & Clergy Coalition, CASA/New
Settlement.
4/17 FRI, time TBA - Event: National Lawyers' Guild-NYC 09 Spring
Fling. Honoring the tenants' rights movement. At Orensanz Arts FFDN,
172 Norfolk St (btw Stanton & E Houston, F/V to Delancey, J/M/Z to
Essex St). RSVP ASAP: NLG-NYC, 212 679 6018, nlg...@igc.org &
http://www.nlgnyc.org/
**4/17 FRI, noon-2 pm - Action: Phone-A-Thon. Recruit pedestrians to
leave politicians voicemails against the war, using shared cellphones.
This week: ask City Council members to reject the $2.4 million
allocated in the current Dept of Ed budget for JROTC program. At City
Hall Park, Broadway & Park Place (R/W to City Hall, 4/5/6 to Bkn
Bridge-City Hall). Sponsor: Granny Peace Brigade. Info:
grannypea...@earthlink.net & http://www.grannypeacebrigade.org/
**4/17 FRI, 7 pm - Reading/performance: "Deflowered: My Life in Pansy
Division." W/author Jon Ginoli, founding member of & guitarist for
Pansy Division, 1st out & great queercore band. At Bluestockings, 172
Allen St (at Stanton, 1 bk S of Houston, F/V to 2nd Ave). Free. Info:
212-777-6028, http://www.bluestockings.com &
http://www.myspace.com/bluestockingsnyc
**4/17 FRI, 7 pm - Meeting: "Why We Need Socialist Organization." At
Columbia U, Pupin Hall, rm 105, 116th St & B'way (1 to 116th St).
Sponsor: Int'l Socialist Organization. Info: 646-452-8662,
nyc...@gmail.com
4/17 FRI, 8 pm - Music: Good Coffeehouse Music Parlor.
W/singer-songwriter Adele Rollider & Kathleen Payne, a native Bknite.
3rd FRI w/the Park Slope Food Coop. At 53 Prospect Park West, Bkn (btw
1st & 2nd Sts, 2/3 to Grand Army Plaza, Q/B to 7th Ave, F to 7th Ave).
$10/$6 kids. Info: 718 768 2972, in...@jamesreams.com &
http://www.gchmusic.org
4/18 SAT-4/19 SUN - Conference: annual student-led/organized social
justice conf. At loc TBA. Info: New School Social Justice Conf,
917-202-6443, maya...@hotmail.com
4/18 SAT-4/26 SUN - Actions: World Lab Animal Liberation Week. Info:
Win Animal Rights, 646-267-9934, winanim...@optonline.net &
http://war-online.org
4/18 SAT, time TBA - Workshop: "Speak Up! Media Skills for the
Empowered Sex Worker." Learn to write press releases, op-ed pieces &
letters to the editor, build a press list, pitch a story to a
reporter, pitch your own freelance journalism to an editor. Get a
crash course on how to start your own podcast, blog or video podcast.
At loc in NYC. Free; you'll get a Flip camera & $50 stipend; for
current & former sex workers only. Apply: in...@sexworkawareness.org
**4/18 SAT, noon-3 pm - Action: Freecycle(tm) NYC FreeMeet. "Spring
cleaning? Don't throw it away." Bring unwanted clothing, housewares &
other reusable items to share or simply bring a tote bag to fill.
Bring friends & family too. At JJ Byrne Park, Park Slope, Bkn (dead
end on 4th St btw 5th Ave & the Old Stone House in the park). Info:
http://www.RecycleThisNYC.org/freemeet
4/18 SAT, 7 pm - Benefit: for 5/1 immigrants' rights demo. Music,
dancing, food, raffles. In Sp & Eng. At St Mary's Church, 521 126th St
btw Amsterdam & B'way, 1 to 125th St-B'way, C/D to 125th St-St
Nicholas Ave). $10 suggested, incl food. Sponsor: May 1st Coalition.
Info: 718-683-2849, 201-344-9856, 212-561-1744, ma...@leftshift.org &
http: www.may1.info Directions: 212-864-4013.
**4/18 SAT, 7 pm - Reading: "Arm The Spirit: A Woman's Journey
Underground & Back." W/author Diana Block. Block was forced into
hiding w/her newborn son by the threat of arrest for her revolutionary
activities on behalf of the Puerto Rican independence movement. At
Bluestockings, 172 Allen St (at Stanton, 1 bk S of Houston, F to 2nd
Ave). Free. Info: 212-777-6028, http://www.bluestockings.com &
http://www.myspace.com/bluestockingsnyc
**4/18 SAT, 7 pm - Discussion: "Another World Is Possible: European
Left Answers to the Global Economic Crisis." W/European Union member
of Parliament Helmuth Markov (Die Linke, German Left Party). Examine
European Left's response to the global financial crisis. At AJ Muste
Rm, 339 Lafayette St, buzzer #11 (at Bleecker St, 6 to Bleecker St,
D/F to B'way-Lafayette). Sponsor: NYC Local-Socialist Party USA. Info:
718-869-2279, socialis...@gmail.com & http://www.spnyc.org &
http://tinyurl.com/ctv5sw
4/18 SAT, 8 10:30 pm - Music: Peoples' Voice Cafe. W/Ray Collins;
Marie Mularczyk-O'Connell & Jean Farnworth. At Community Church of NY
Unitarian Universalist, 40 E 35th St (btw Madison & Park Aves, 6 to
33rd St, wheelchair-accessible). $15 suggested/$10 members. Info: 212
787 3903, http://www.peoplesvoicecafe.org
**4/19 SUN, 11 am 12:30 pm - Discussion: "Can the New
Labor/Environmentalist Alliance Save the Planet?" W/Naomi Fatt (Urban
Agenda). Almost 2,000 environmentalists & unionists converged on
Washington DC in Feb to expand their alliance in building a green
economy. SUN platform series. +Contemporary & classic ecology films at
1-6 pm, launch of new green Bkn business at 3 pm. At Bkn Society for
Ethical Culture, Meeting House main hall, 53 Prospect Pk West, Park
Slope, Bkn (btw 1st & 2nd Sts, 2/3 to Grand Army Plaza, Q to 7th Ave,
F to 7th Ave). Free. Info: 718 768 2972, bsecdi...@yahoo.com &
http://www.bsec.org/events/platform/index.html
**4/19 SUN, 1-3 pm - Action: Anti-Fur Outreach. "Let's strike while
the iron is hot! Retailer Urban Outfitters has recently pledged to not
sell fur. Let's keep the message out there." At Bloomingdale's, 59th
St & Lexington Ave (4/5/6 to 59th St, N/R to Lexington Ave-59th St, F
to Lexington Ave-63rd St). Sponsor: Caring Activists Against Fur.
Info: http://www.caafgroup.com
**4/19 SUN, 1:15 pm - Film/discussion: "Capitalism Hits the Fan"
(2009). Prof Richard Wolff (U Mass) on the economic meltdown; breaks
down the root causes of today's economic crisis, showing how it was
decades in the making & in fact reflects seismic failures w/in the
structures of US-style capitalism itself. At Community Church of NY,
Gallery Rm, 28 E 35th St (btw Madison & Park Aves, 6 to 33rd St & Park
Ave, D/F/N/Q/R to 34th St). Free, donations appreciated. Sponsor:
Resistance Cinema. Info: 718-843-0515, russel...@yahoo.com &
http://www.aria-aperta.org/AriaAperta/Projects/ResistanceCinema.html
4/19 SUN, 4 pm - Event: Jericho 4th Annual Day in Solidarity
w/Palestinian Political Prisoners. W/Robert Hillary King (Angola 3,
spent 29 years in solitary), Lamis Deek of Al-Awda, Al-Awda Youth,
Palestinian Dance Troupe. At Solidarity Center, 55 W 17th St, 5th fl
(btw 5th & 6th Aves, L to 6th Ave-14th St, PATH, F 14th St-6th Ave,
4/5/6, N/R/Q to 14th St-Union Sq, 1 to 18th St). $5; light
refreshments. Sponsors: NYC Jericho Movement, NYC ABCF, NYC Free Mumia
Coalition. Info: 718 853 0893, nycje...@gmail.com &
http://www.jerichony.org
4/19 SUN, 5 8:30 pm - Benefit: WESPAC 27th Peace & Justice Award.
W/Sheila Collins (William Paterson U), Gertrude Schaffner Goldberg
(Adelphi U School of Social Work). Buffet/reception to honor people in
community who have done outstanding work for peace & social justice:
Victor Corona (Fatherhood Involvement Initiative of Head Start), Dr
Olivia Hooker (survivor of Tulsa race riot), antiwar activist Nick
Mottern. At Asbury Hall, Memorial United Methodist Church, 250 Bryant
Ave, White Plains, NY. Sliding scale. Sponsor: WESPAC Foundation. RSVP
(by 4/10): 914-682 4690, in...@wespac.org Info: http://www.wespac.org
**4/19 SUN, 6-9 pm - Music: Afro Latino CafC). Music & dance from some
of the many Afro-Latino communities in the NY region. At Brecht Forum,
451 West St (btw Bank & Bethune St, A/C/E/L to 14th St & 8th Ave,
1/2/3 to 14th St & 7th Ave). $6/$10/$15. Info: 212-242-4201,
brech...@brechtforum.org & http://www.brechtforum.org
**4/19 SUN, 7 pm - Reading: "Wobblies & Zapatistas: Conversations on
Anarchism, Marxism & Radical History." W/author Andrej Grubacic &
Staughton Lynd about social movement histories, incl those of the
Wobblies, the Sandinistas, the Black Panthers & the Weather
Underground. At Bluestockings, 172 Allen St (at Stanton, 1 bk S of
Houston, F to 2nd Ave). Free. Info: 212-777-6028,
http://www.bluestockings.com & http://www.myspace.com/bluestockingsnyc
**4/19 SUN, 7 pm - Discussion: "Accountability, Prosecution & War
Crimes." W/David Swanson & Debra Sweet, intro by Jeff Cohen. At
Woodstock Community Center, 56 Rock City Rd, Woodstock, NY. Sponsors:
mideastcrisis.org & Woodstock Veterans for Peace. Info: 845-679-3299,
tka...@hvc.rr.com
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