[NY] Activist Calendar #749: Events This Week (Nov. 23-29)
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Number 749 NY ACTIVIST CALENDAR November 21, 2009
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are omitted, although new and updated items will appear at the end of
Part Two. Remember, you can always view the complete calendar, updated
weekly, at http://nycalendar.org. The Selected Resources are divided
into the following categories: Tours and Delegations, Classes,
Calendars & Event Listings, Books & Videos, Radio & TV, Other
Resources.
{1} NOVEMBER
**Date TBA, 5 pm Rally: Protest on day when Obama announces
Afghanistan escalation. At Union Sq, Bway & 14th St (4/5/6, L/N/Q/R/W
to 14th St-Union Sq). Sponsor: World Can't Wait. Info:
n...@worldcantwait.org & http://worldcantwait.net
Through 11/24 TUE Exhibit: 1989: The End of History or the
Beginning of the Future? Video Art Comments on a Time Shift. 14 films
from intl artists, +discussions about repression & revolution,
politics of memory, the fall of the Iron Curtain & the hopes &
delusions connected to the alleged end of history. At Austrian
Cultural Forum, 11 E 52nd St (E/V to 53rd St-Lexington Ave, 6 to 50th
St). Sponsors: Austrian Cultural Forum, Kunsthalle Wien, Czech Center,
Hungarian Cultural Center, Romanian Cultural Institute. Free. Info:
212-3195300, http://www.acfny.org
**Through 11/26 WED Film: William Kunstler: Disturbing The
Universe. Filmmakers Emily Kunstler & Sarah Kunstler explore the life
of their father, the late radical civil rights lawyer. A wonderful,
inspiring film. Howard Zinn. "A well-crafted & intimate but not
uncritical tribute to both a father & a legend of the Left" The
Indypendent. At Cinema Village, 22 E 12th St (4/5/6, L/N/Q/R/W to 14th
St-Union Sq). Info: 212-924-3363, http://www.cinemavillage.com &
http://www.cinemavillage.com/chc/cv/show_movie.asp?movieid=1713 &
http://www.disturbingtheuniverse.com
Through 11/27 FRI - Discussions/actions: Freegan events. Discuss
freegan ethic, w/particular focus on the practice of urban foraging;
participate in guided tours of retail waste designed to educate on the
social & environmental impacts of mass production, overconsumption &
waste under global capitalism & to teach people to sustain themselves
on wasted resources. Contact for working group meetings. Info:
347-724-6954, a...@freegan.info & http://freegan.info
--11/25 WED, 9 pm: Trash Tour. Meet at Court & Montague Sts, Bkn Hts,
Bkn (in front of TD Bank).
--11/27 FRI, 5 pm to cook, 8 pm to eat - Action: Freegan Feast. In
celebration of Buy Nothing Day. At loc TBA. RSVP: Janet, 347-724-6954.
Through 11/29 SUN Event: Solidarity Has No Borders. In memory of
Brad Will: 1st-ever independent media & video world festival.
Celebrate & demonstrate the growth & reach that the Independent Media
movement has had in the last 10 years. Internet videos, conferences,
screenings. At various locs worldwide. Info: video...@gmail.com &
http://libertasanticorps.blogspot.com/2009/06/first-ever-independent-media-and-video.html
& http://libertasanticorp.blogspot.com/2009/06/convocatoria-al-festival-de-video-brad.html
Through 12/14 MONs, 7:30-9 pm - Discussion: On Black Jacobins, by CLR
James. Biweekly discussion of the Haitian Revolution led by Toussaint
LOuverture. What can we learn today from the first fully successful
slave revolt in human history? James timeless & inspiring classic
explores the relation btw race, class & revolution. At Freedom Hall,
113 W 128th St (btw Malcolm X & Adam Clayton Powell Blvds, 2/3, 4/5/6,
A/B/C/D to 125th St). Free; $5 for snacks at 7 pm. Sponsor: Freedom
Socialist Party. Info/childcare: 212-222-0633, f...@nyct.net &
http://www.socialism.com
Through 12/20 SUN - Workshops: Theater of the Oppressed Laboratory
(TOPLAB). W/Marie-Claire Picher, others TBA. 12/19 SAT, 10 am-6 pm, &
12/20 SUN, 10 am-6 pm: Forum Theater. 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. Register
(req)/info: 212-924-1858, top...@toplab.org & http://www.toplab.org
**Through 12/20 SUN - Exhbition: Compassion. The Institute of Art,
Religion & Social Justice's 1st exhibition. "In today's shifting
political, economic & ecological landscape, the need for compassion
has never been greater; compassion understood as mutual
interdependence, knowledge of self & others, & concern for human
flourishing.... Artists often awaken compassion most profoundly. They
form our imaginations such that we can envision our interconnectedness
in ways that mere didacticism cannot achieve." Art by Alfredo Jaar,
Marina Abramovic, Yoko Ono & others. At Union Theological Seminary,
Institute of Art, Religion & Social Justice, 3041 Bway (at 121st St,
1 to 116th St). Info: 212-980-1404, kre...@uts.columbia.edu &
http://artreligionandsocialjustice.com
Through 12/22 TUE Meetings: Entre Mujeres/ Among Women. Explorando
la fe y el feminismo/ Exploring faith & feminism. Este es un espacio
abierto, de estudio, reflexisn, apoyo y compartir para mujeres / This
is an open space, for studying, reflecting, support & sharing among
women. At Iglesia San Romero de Las Amiricas-UCC, 752 W 178th St, rm
1A (btw Pinehurst & Fort Washington Ave, A, 1 to 181st St). Info:
646-942-2444.
**Through 12/28 MON, 6-7 pm - Vigil: No Guantanamos at Home or
Abroad! Support Syed Fahad Hashmi, a US citizen imprisoned in severe
solitary confinement for 2-1/2 years awaiting trial. Featuring a
weekly radio "show"--"Radio Free Hashmi" w/members of Theaters Against
War (THAW) & guests from Bway & off-Bway. Volunteer actors needed.
At 150 Park Row (at Pearl St, outside the Metropolitan Correctional
Ctr, 4/5/6 to Bkn Bridge-City, J/M/Z to Chambers St). Sponsors:
Wallace Shawn, Kathleen Chalfant & THAW. Info: 206-312-2201,
thawa...@yahoo.com & http://www.thawaction.org
--11/23 MON, 6-7: W/Kathleen Chalfant & Wallace, joined by writer &
actress Deborah Eisenberg & poet Howard Pflanzer. Performances incl
excerpt from Guantanamo: Honor Bound to Defend Freedom by Gillian
Solovo & Victoria Brittain, excerpt from the 1921 play Inheritors by
Susan Glaspell, & original short script by Michael Kelly.
**Through 1/2 SAT March: World Peace & Nonviolence March. Marchers &
supporters ask for dismantling of nuclear weapons & end to all forms
of war & violence. Launched by Symposium of the World Center for
Humanist Studies; ends in Punta de Vacas, Argentina; NYC stop starting
on 11/30. Info: 212-313-9480, in...@worldmarchusa.net &
http://www.worldmarchusa.net & http://www.theworldmarch.org
--11/30 MON, 1 pm: March arrives in NYC. Meet at Bkn Boro Hall,
downton Bkn (2/3, 4/5, R to Boro Hall) for 1 pm walk over Bkn Bridge
to 3 pm press conf & proclamation at City Hall. Sponsors: World W/out
Wars, Convergence of Cultures, WBAI
--7 pm-9:30 pm: Talk/performance: "Beyond Violence." Celebrate the
arrival of World March to NY after 42 countries & 4 continents,
w/multimedia presentations & music from Earthdriver & others. At
Riverside Church, 490 Riverside Drive (btw 120th & 122nd St, 1 to
116th St). Sponsors: World W/out Wars, Convergence of Cultures, WBAI
--12/2 WED, 6:30 pm Celebration. W/poetry readings by Phoebe Koss,
Howard Pflanzer & Eliot Katz, music by Russell Branca jazz trio,
speaker from World March organization, Bruce Knotts (the UU/United
Nations Office). At Reidy Friendship Hall, Unitarian Church of All
Souls, 1157 Lexington Ave (at 80th St, 6 to 77th St, 4/5 to 86th St).
Sponsors: Peace & Justice Task Force at All Souls Church, UU/UNO
office, GreenSouls, Peace Action of NYS, Resistance Cinema, Granny
Peace Brigade, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Metro NY Religious
Campaign Against Torture, Code Pink, War Resisters League. Info:
mgei...@earthlink.net
Through 1/3 SUN Exhibit: Party Time: Re-imagine America.
British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare on the rise of wealth & quest
for refinement that accompanied industrialization in the US. At Newark
Museum, 49 Washington St, Newark, NJ. Info: 973-596-6550,
http://newarkmuseum.org
Through 1/3 SUN Exhibit: Hanging Fire: Contemporary Art from
Pakistan. Works by Hamra Abbas, Bani Abidi, Zahoor ul Akhlaq, Faiza
Butt, Imran Qureshi, many others. At Asia Society & Museum, 725 Park
Ave (at 70th St, 6 to 68th St-Hunter College, F to 63rd St-Lexington
Ave). Info: 212-288-6400, http://AsiaSociety.org
Through 2/12 FRI Exhibit: Travelling Immigrants Art Exhibit 2009. An
opportunity for immigrant artists to respond artistically to this time
in history in which immigrants are being persecuted & deprived of
their rights. Info: 201-344-9856.
--Through 12/13 SUN: At South Ocean Art Gallery, Unitarian
Universalist Church, 228 South Ocean Ave, Freeport, NY.
--1/31 SUN, 2 pm-2/12 FRI: At Shore Institute of the Contemporary
Arts, 20 3rd Ave, Long Branch, NJ. Info: 732-263-1121.
**11/23 MON-11/25 WED, 9 am-5 pm Action: National Call-In Days: No
Escalation in Afghanistan. Flood the White House w/calls:
202-456-1111. Info: United for Peace & Justice (UFPJ), 212-868-5545,
http://www.unitedforpeace.org & Bkn for Peace, 718-624-59212,
b...@brooklynpeace.org & http://www.brooklynpeace.org
**11/23 MON, 4:306:30 pm Meeting: Grassroots Education Movement
(GEM). At CUNY Grad Ctr, 365 5th Ave, rm 5415 (NE corner of 5th Ave &
34th St, B/D/F/V, N/R/Q/W to 34th St-Herald Sq, 6 to 33rd St, photo ID
required). Info: Bill Linville, 608-852-6998.
**11/23 MON, 5-7 pm Films/discussion: about cooperation & resistance
in contemporary Latin America. Convite (2008): agricultural
self-organization & cooperation in the Dominican Republic; Un Poquito
de Tanta Verdad (2008): the 2006 popular rebellion in Oaxaca, Mexico,
where solidarity & decision-making by consensus helped working people
resist the police & the army over the course of a year. At
Morales/Shakur Community & Student Center, NAC Building, rm 3/201,
City College of NY, W 137th St (btw Amsterdam & Convent Aves, 1 to
137th St). Sponsors: Nosotros los Pobres (CCNY Group of CUNY
Anti-Authoritarian Network), Graduate Students for Educational Rights.
Info: ccny...@gmail.com & ser...@ccny.cuny.edu
11/23 MON, 7 pm Performance: Speaking of Femme III. W/Femme Family
for a literary event celebrating the queer femme voice. Join in the
open mike (up to 5 minutes!) or simply listen to the fabulous femmcees
& their stories about gender & femininity. At Bluestockings, 172 Allen
St (at Stanton, 1 bk S of Houston, F/V to 2nd Ave). $5 suggested.
Info: 212-777-6028, in...@bluestockings.com &
http://www.bluestockings.com & http://www.myspace.com/bluestockingsnyc
**11/23 MON, 7 pm - Reading/discussion: My Father's Paradise.
W/author Ariel Sabar. Residents of an ancient Jewish town in Kurdistan
headed west after Israels founding; they found work as menial
laborers & in all too many cases set aside the Aramaic language that
they had been keeping alive for millennia. At McNally Jackson, 52
Prince St (btw Lafayette & Mulberry Sts, 6 to Spring St, R/W to Prince
St, B/D/F/V to B'way/Lafayette). Free. Info: 212-274-1160,
eve...@mcnallyrobinsonnyc.com & http://www.mcnallyjackson.com/
**11/23 MON, 8 pm - Meeting: ACT UP. At LGBT Community Center, 208 W
13th St (btw 7th & 8th Aves, 1/2/3 to 14th St-7th Ave, A/C/E to 14th
St-8th Ave, L to 8th Ave-14th St).
**11/24 TUE-12/23 THU Exhibit: Octet: Codes & Contexts in Recent
Art. Multi-generational response to current trends in contemporary
artistic practice, incl Identity & Identity Politics, by artists
from Egypt, Turkey, US. At School of Visual Arts, 601 W 26 St, 15th fl
(btw 11th & 12th Aves, C/E to 23rd St-8th Ave). Info: 212-592-2145,
http://www.sva.edu
11/24 TUE, 6 pm - Book event: "Bolivia's Radical Tradition: Permanent
Revolution in the Andes." W/author S Sandor John (CUNY), James
Dunkerley (U of London, author of Rebellion in the Veins), Josi Luis
Rinique (CUNY Grad Center, author of La Batalla por Puno), Sinclair
Thomson (NYU, co-author of Revolutionary Horizons). At CUNY Grad Ctr,
365 5th Ave, rm 9204 (NE corner of 5th Ave & 34th St, B/D/F/V, N/R/Q/W
to 34th St-Herald Sq, 6 to 33rd St, photo ID required). Free. Info:
s_...@msn.com
11/24 TUE, 7 pm Performance: Womens / Trans Poetry Jam & Open
Mike. W/Joanne Pagano Weber & Stephanie Romeo. Hosted by Vittoria
Repetto. Deliver (up to) 8 minutes of your poetry, prose, songs &
spoken word. At Bluestockings, 172 Allen St (at Stanton, 1 bk S of
Houston, F/V to 2nd Ave). $5 suggested. Info: 212-777-6028,
in...@bluestockings.com & http://www.bluestockings.com &
http://www.myspace.com/bluestockingsnyc
11/25 WED, noon-2 pm - Meeting: Topic: Health Advocates Connecting
w/Progressive Community Social Movement(s). At Cmt of Interns &
Residents/SEIU, 520 8th Ave, 12th fl conf rm (at 36th St, A/C/E to
34th St-Penn Station). Sponsor: Community & Labor Health Study Group.
Info: Robb Burlage, 917-318-7908, RBur...@aol.com
11/27 THU-11/29 SAT Action: Fur Free Friday Weekend. Info: Win
Animal Rights, 646-267-9934, winanim...@optonline.net &
http://war-online.org
11/27 THU, noon-4 pm - Action: 40th National Day of Mourning. Join
Native American activists, learn the real history of Thanksgiving,
dedicate the day to Native political prisoner Leonard Peltier. At
Coles' Hill, Plymouth, MA; NYC buses ($45/$40 low income) leave 6 am,
55 W 17th St, return in evening. Info: United American Indians of New
England/LPSG, 617-232-5135, uain...@earthlink.net &
http://www.uaine.org & http://www.leonardpeltier.net
Buses from NYC:
--Int'l Action Center: Info: 212-627-2994, 212-633-6646,
iace...@action-mail.org
--Lakou NY: 11/26 THU, 6 am. At Radyo pa Nou, 810 Rogers Ave, Bkn (btw
Church Ave & Martense St, 2 to Church Ave). $30. Reserve:
347-730-3620, lakou...@yahoo.com
**11/27 FRI, 5 am Action: Buy Nothing Day. W/Rev Billy & others. Try
to convert the consumers at the front door of Macy's, then off to the
Valley Stream Wal-Mart to remember Jdimytai Damour. Meet at Macys,
Bway & 34th St (B/D/F/V, N/R/Q/W to 34th St-Herald Sq). Info:
http://www.revbilly.com/events
**11/27 FRI, 11 am Protest: Fur-Free FRI. Protest Canada's WTO
challenge to EU seal product ban. At Canadian Consulate, 1251 6th Ave
(btw 49th & 50th Sts, B/D/F/V to 47th-50th Sts-Rockefeller Center);
12:30 pm: march to Lord & Taylor to join Caring Activists Against Fur
for an anti-fur protest march to Macy's. Info: 718-880-7979,
new...@freetradekillsanimals.org &
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=185760856586
11/29 SUN, 11 am-12:30 pm Discussion: Colloquy: A Reflection on
Gratitude. W/Tasha Paley. SUN platform series. 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
**11/29 SUN, 1 pm - Film: Capitalism Hits the Fan. U Mass economics
prof Richard Wolff 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.
Liberation Film Series. At AJ Muste Institute, 339 Lafayette St,
buzzer #11 (at Bleecker St, 6 to Bleecker St, D/F to B'way-Lafayette).
Sponsor: Socialist Party-USA (NYC). Info: 718-869-2279,
socialis...@gmail.com & http://socialistpartynyc.blogspot.com/
**11/29 SUN, 1:15 pm - Film/discussion: The Trap: What Happened to
Our Dream of Freedom? 3-part 2007 BBC series explaining origins of
our contemporary narrow idea of freedom. Filmmaker Adam Curtis argues
we have forgotten other ideas of freedom. We are in a trap of our own
making, a trap that controls us, deprives us of meaning, & causes
death & chaos abroad. 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
11/29 SUN, 7 pm Reading: The 1st Black President: Barack Obama,
Race, Politics & the American Dream. W/author Dr Johnny Bernard Hill.
Critical reflections on race; how Obamas election changed the
contours of race relations. At Bluestockings, 172 Allen St (at
Stanton, 1 bk S of Houston, F to 2nd Ave). Free. Info: 212-777-6028,
in...@bluestockings.com & http://www.bluestockings.com &
http://www.myspace.com/bluestockingsnyc
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