[NY] Activist Calendar #712: Events This Week (Mar. 2-8)
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Number 712 NY ACTIVIST CALENDAR February 28, 2009
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Selected Resources are divided into the following categories:
Tours and Delegations, Classes, Calendars & Event Listings, Books
& Videos, Radio & TV, Other Resources.
{1} MARCH
**Through 3/2 MON - Conference: "Security w/o Empire: National
Organizing Conference on Foreign Military Bases." W/leading US
peace activists, scholars & allies from the Czech Republic,
Ecuador, Germany, Guam, the Netherlands, the Philippines, Puerto
Rico, Okinawa & South Africa. 20 workshops to allow participants
to explore issues & campaigns more deeply & to develop new
strategies. At American U, Washington, DC; opens w/protest vigil
at Pentagon 2/27 FRI, 4-5 pm (yellow or blue Metro line to
Pentagon). Sponsors: Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear
Power in Space, Veterans for Peace, FOR, CodePink, AFSC, United
for Peace & Justice, Peace Action, others. Info: 617-661-6130,
GG...@afsc.org & http://www.projectonmilitarybases.org
**Through 3/2 MON - Conference/action: "Power Shift" & Capitol
Climate Action. Environmental conference through 3/2; civil
disobedience action at the coal-fired Capitol Coal Plant 3/2. At
various locs in Washington, DC. Info: http://www.powershift09.org
& http://www.capitolclimateaction.org &
http://www.chesapeakeclimate.org/berry
Through 3/5 THU, 12:30-1:30 pm - Discussions: "Conflict, Security
& Development series." 3/5 THU: "Disasters & Peacemaking:
Creating Opportunities for Peace," w/Michael Renner (Global
Security Project, Worldwatch Institute). 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/wocpn-02-12-2009
Through 3/5 THU - Action: help create the Mar/Apr 2008 IndyKids.
3/2 MON, 7-9 pm: proofreading pages; 3/5 THU, 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 3/8 SUN (extended) - Exhibit: "In Our Own Words:
Portraits of Bkn's Vietnam Veterans." Life-sized photos & audio
clips which vividly recount the memories & experiences of 9 local
veterans who served in Vietnam. At Bkn Historical Society, 128
Pierrepont St, Bkn Hts, Bkn (at Clinton, M/R, 2/3, 4/5 to Court
St/Boro Hall, A/C to High St, F to Jay St). $6 adults/$4: seniors
(62+) & students w/ID; children under 12 free. Info:
Brooklynhistory.org
**Through 3/8 SUN - Event: 3rd Annual Israeli Apartheid Week
(IAW). Part of int'l series of events held in cities & campuses
across the globe to bolster support for the Boycott, Divestment &
Sanctions (BDS) campaign. Info: 718-408-1640,
Aparthei...@gmail.com & http://ApartheidWeek.org &
http://www.adalahny.org
--3/2 MON, 7 pm: Film/discussion: "From Johannesburg to
Jerusalem: Anti-Apartheid Organizing in the US." W/David Wildman
(United Methodist Church), anti-apartheid activist Sam Anderson
in discussion after screening of "Have You Heard From
Johannesburg?" At St Mary's Episcopal Church, 521 W 126th St (btw
Amsterdam & Old B'way, 1 to 125th St, A/C/D to W 125th St). Free.
--3/3 TUE, 7 pm: Discussion: "NYU-Tel Aviv U: A Partnership in
Occupation." W/award-winning novelist Elias Khoury, NYU prof
Andrew Ross, Nir Harel (member of Israel's Anarchists Against the
Wall). At Kimmel Center, NYU, 60 Washington Sq South, rm 802 (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). Sponsor: NYU Students for
Justice in Palestine.
--3/4 WED, 7:30 pm: Film/discussion: "The Impact of Occupation:
This Body Is a Prison." W/filmmaker Dylan Bergeson. At Kimmel
Center (see above). Sponsors: NYU Students for Justice in
Palestine, Arab Student Assn-Columbia U School of Int'l & Public
Affairs (SIPA).
--3/6 FRI, 7 pm: Discussion: "The Art of Resistance: Culture &
the Boycott of Israel." W/best-selling author Ahdaf Soueif
(Palestinian Campaign for the Academic & Cultural Boycott of
Israel), Omar Barghouti, NYC poet Remi Kanazi, moderator Prof
Moustafa Bayoumi (Bkn College). At Judson Memorial Church, 55
Washington Sq South (btw Thompson & Sullivan St, A/C/E, B/D/F/V
to W 4th St, R to 8th St-NYU, 1 to Christopher St-Sheridan Sq).
Sponsor: IAW NY Organizing Coalition.
--3/7 SAT, 3 pm: Discussion: "The Israeli Attack on Gaza: What Is
Needed for a Just Solution to the Israel-Palestine Conflict?"
W/Riham Barghouti (Adalah-NY Coalition for Justice in the Middle
East), Nellie Hester Bailey (Harlem Anti-War Coalition), Joel
Kovel (author, "Overcoming Zionism"), Dorothy Zellner (Center for
Constitutional Rights), Steve Bloom (Activist Poets' Roundtable).
At Judson (see above). Sponsor: West Side Green Party.
--3/7 SAT, 9 pm: Event: Party Against Apartheid. At Alwan for the
Arts, 16 Beaver St, 4th fl (btw New & Broad Sts, 4/5 to Bowling
Green, J/M/Z to Broad St, R/W to Whitehall St, 1 to Rector St or
South Ferry, 2/3 to Wall St, A/C to B'way-Nassau). Sponsor: IAW
NY Organizing Coalition.
Through 3/30 MON, 7-9 pm - Workshops: "Confronting Today's
Economic Crisis: The Marxist-Humanist Return to Marx & the
Revolutionary Abolition of Capitalism." 3/2: "Philosophy &
Revolution: Hegel's Absolute Idea as New Beginning & Capitalist
Economy"; 3/16: "Socialism for the 21st Century: Marxist-Humanism
vs the Legacy of Post-Marx Marxism"; 3/30: "Today's Global
Meltdown & the Dialectics of Organization & Philosophy." At TRS
Inc Professional Suite, 44 E 32nd St, 11th fl (btw Park & Madison
Aves, 6 to 33rd St, B/D/F/V, N/R/Q/W to 34th St-Herald Sq).
Sponsor: News & Letters. Info: 914-462-3691,
NYNewsan...@gmail.com & http://www.newsandletters.org
Through 4/6 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). 3/5:
"Health Care for All! Building support for HR 676, National
Universal Health Care legislation," w/rep from Health Care Now! &
Dr Cathey Falvo (Physicians for Social Responsibility); 3/19:
"Ending the Wars--Iraq & Afghanistan, Working for Peace--Israel &
Palestine, the Role of the UN," w/Ben Chitty (Veterans for
Peace), Phyllis Bennis (Institute for Policy Studies); 3/26:
"Free & Public Education: Building from Preschool thru Higher
Education," Dr Adelaide Sanford (ex-chancellor, NY Board of
Regents); 4/2: "Democratizing Elections: public funding for
candidates; permanent registration; national Weekend Election
Day," w/Harvey Wasserman (Free Press), Amy Little (campaign
manager for Rep John Hall, Obama organizer); 4/6: "Justice:
Reconstituting Our Civil Rights & Civil Liberties (torture;
habeas corpus, gender politics & justice)," w/rep from Center for
Constitutional Rights, Frida Berrigan (Guantanamo 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
Through 4/7 FRI - Events: "Discussions Around Gender &
Sexuality." 3/9 MON, 12:30-1:45 pm: "'A Dangerous Subject to
Study': Sociology & Homosexuality in the US," w/Chad Heap; 3/26
THU, time TBA: "Queer Archives of Masculinity, Race & Religion:
An Interdisciplinary Conversation," w/Monica Miller (Barnard) &
Jane Shaw (Oxford); 4/2 THU, time TBA: "The State of Feminism:
Post-Election Race & Gender Analysis," w/journalist Laura
Flanders & Patricia J Williams (Columbia Law); 4/7 TUE, time TBA:
"The Economics of Identity: How Poverty Is Gendered & Raced,"
w/Mimi Abramovitz (Hunter College Social Work), C Nicole Mason
(Wagner's Women of Color Policy Network), rep from Community
Voices Heard; 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 4/11 SAT, WED-SAT, noon-6 pm - Exhibit: "Moon Tears:
Mapuche Art & Cosmology." Silverware, drums, textiles & masks as
means to explore the social & religious worldview of this Chilean
indigenous group, known for successfully resisting European
intrusion longer than any indigenous society in American history.
At Americas Society, 680 Park Ave (at 68th St, 6 to 68th St-
Hunter College). Free. Info: 212-277-8359, x3, culture@americas-
society.org
Through 4/19 SUN - Workshops: Theater of the Oppressed Laboratory
(TOPLAB). W/Marie-Claire Picher, others TBA. 3/7 SAT, 10 am-6 pm,
& 3/8 SUN, 9 am-4 pm: Demasking Stereotypes: Healing Through
Storytelling, w/Potri Ranka Manis; 3/28 SAT-3/29 SUN, 10 am-6 pm:
The Rainbow of Desire; 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 Hernandez & Oscar Dominguez (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 4/30 THU - Actions: Close Guantanamo & End Torture. 100
Days Campaign. At locs in DC. Sponsor: Witness Against Torture,
Center for Constitutional Rights, Pax Christi USA, School of the
Americas Watch, September 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 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
Thruugh 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. 3/21 SAT,
1-4 pm; 4/25 SAT, 1-4 pm; 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 6/8 MON, 7 pm - Discussions: "Live From the NYPL." 3/3
TUE: "The Holocaust by Bullets: A Priest's Journey to Uncover the
Truth Behind the Murder of 1.5 Million Jews," w/Fr Patrick
Desbois (investigated the murder of Ukrainian Jews by Nazis
during World War 2); 3/23 MON: "Imagining India," w/author Nandan
Nilekani (Indian entrepreneur) & NY Times columnist Thomas
Friedman (bestselling apologist for neoliberal economics & wars
in Balkans, Iraq, Lebanon, Gaza, etc); 4/9 THU: "The Death of
Black Nationalist Culture?" w/novelist Victor Lavalle debating
Debra Dickerson (author, The End of Blackness) & Atlantic Monthly
contributing editor Ta-Nehisi Coates; 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
**3/2 MON-3/4 WED - Discussions: Seminars in the City. Sponsor:
Center for Lesbian & Gay Studies (CLAGS). Info: 212-817-1955,
cl...@gc.cuny.edu & http://www.clags.org
--3/2 MON, 6-8 pm: "Tease 'n' Tell: The Body Politics of
Burlesque." W/Jasmina Sinanovic (aka JZ Bich), Darlinda Just
Darlinda, Joe "Boobs" Weldon. At LGBT Community Center, 208 W
13th St, rm 410 (btw 7th & 8th Aves, 1/2/3 to 14th St-7th Ave,
A/C/E to 14th St-8th Ave, L to 8th Ave). Info: 212-620-7310,
http://www.gaycenter.org
--3/3 TUE, 7-9 pm: Performance: "Pouring Tea: Black Gay Men of
the South Tell Their Tales." W/E Patrick Johnson (Northwestern
U). 1-man show based on the oral histories collected in Johnson's
book, Sweet Tea. LGBTQ Studies Performance Series. At CUNY
Graduate Center, Proshansky Auditorium (NE corner of 5th Ave &
34th St, 6 to 33th St, B/D/F/V, N/R/Q/W to 34th St-Herald Sq,
photo ID required). Sponsors: CLAGS, Gender & Sexuality Studies
Dept of Social & Cultural Analysis-NYU, American Studies Dept-
Fordham U.
--3/4 WED, 5:30 pm: Talk: "Going Home Ain't Always Easy: Southern
(Dis)Comfort & the Politics of Queer Historiography." W/E Patrick
Johnson (Northwestern U). At Fordham U Lincoln Center Campus,
Cafeteria Atrium, 33 W 60th St (corner of Columbus Ave, A/C, B/D,
1 to 59th St/Columbus Circle).
**3/2 MON, 10 am-12 pm - Discussion: "UN Statement on Sexual
Orientation, Gender Identity, & Human Rights: The Way There, The
Way Forward." At the opening of the UN Commission on the Status
of Women. At UN Church Ctr, Grumman Rm, 44th St & 1st Ave
(4/5/6/7, S to Grand Central-42nd St). Open to all: no UN
accreditation req. Sponsors: ARC Int'l, Center for Women's Global
Leadership, Center for Health & Gender Equity, Human Rights
Watch, Int'l Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission, Int'l Planned
Parenthood Federation. Info: lo...@hrw.org
3/2 MON, noon-1 pm - Rally: Free the NJ4. On 8/16/06, 7 African-
American lesbians were accosted in Village by Dwayne Buckle, who
grabbed 1 of them; fight ensued. The women were arrested &
charged w/various crimes. 3 took plea bargains; Terrain
Dandridge, Renata Hill, Patreese Johnson & Venice Brown were
convicted in 2007, but appeals court overturned Dandridge's
convictions, reversed worst charges against Hill & Brown &
reduced Johnson's sentence. DA wants Hill returned to prison or
retried. Demand that DA Robert Morgenthau stop persecuting women
who fought back in self-defense. At NY County District Atty's
Office, 1 Hogan Pl (at Centre St, A/C/E/J/M/Z/N/Q/R/W/6 to Canal
St, 4/5 to Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall, 1 to Franklin St. Info:
fre...@yahoo.com
3/2 MON, noon-10 pm - Action: Mass non-violent civil disobedience
on climate change. 1st nat'l mobilization on climate justice &
energy solutions. Join 1,000s of people making history by taking
peaceful action leading toward a just & sustainable future. Hold
the Obama administration & new Congress to their promises & press
them to do more. At Capitol Coal Plant, E St SE at New Jersey Ave
SE, Washington, DC. Sponsors: Women of Color Resource Ctr,
Washington Peace Ctr, Ruckus Society, Shalom Ctr, Rainforest
Action Network, Organic Consumers Assn, many more. Info/sign-up:
http://www.capitolclimateaction.com Endorse: jo...@ran.org
**3/2 MON, 4-5:50 pm - Talk: "Gaza: Human Rights & the Media
Response." W/Rashid Khalidi Human rights violations & media bias
in Israel-Palestine conflict, w/particular attention on recent
events in Gaza. 1 hr lecture, followed by Q&A. At Fordham Law
School, 140 W 62nd St, rm 312 (btw Columbus & Amsterdam, A/B/C/D
to 59 St-Columbus Circle). Free. Sponsor: Fordham Chapt National
Lawyers Guild. Info: fordh...@gmail.com
**3/2 MON, 4:30 pm - Action: Time's Up! mailing party. Help get
the new Mar/Apr calendar out. At ABC No Rio, 156 Rivington St,
1st fl (btw Suffolk & Clinton St, F, J/M/Z to Delancey St-Essex
St). Info: billt...@gmail.com
3/2 MON, 7 pm - Film/discussion: "The Internet Is Serious
Business" (2009). Video by People's Production House & students
from City-As-School shows how the internet works in NYC.
Discussion about improving this vital tool. 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
**3/2 MON, 7 pm - Talk: "Mind in the Gutter: How Street Trees Can
Manage Stormwater From the Street & Improve Local Water Quality."
W/Kate Zidar (Storm Water Infrastructure Matters-SWIM). Green
Renter series. At Solar 1, 2420 FDR Drive, Service Road E (at
23rd St, 6 to 23rd St-Park Ave South, M15, M16, M21, M23 buses).
RSVP (please): 212-505-6050, greenrenter.solar1.org Info:
in...@solar1.org & http://solar1.org
**3/2 MON, 7 pm - Reading: "The Man Who Pushed America to War:
The Extraordinary Life, Adventures & Obsessions of Ahmad
Chalabi." W/Aram Roston. Investigative biography. Halfking
Reading Series. At The Half King, 505 W 23rd St, just W of 10th
Ave (C/E to 23rd St-8th Ave, 1 to 23rd St-7th Ave, F/V to 23rd
St-6th Ave). Free. Info: 212-462-4300, http://www.thehalfking.com
**3/3 TUE, 6 pm - Talk: "Behind the Siege on Gaza." W/Norman
Finkelstein. At Fordham U Lincoln Center Campus, 33 W 60th St,
Plaza Level Atrium, (corner of Columbus Ave, A/C, B/D, 1 to 59th
St/Columbus Circle). Sponsors: Fordham Students for Solidarity,
Fordham Antiwar Coalition, New School Radical Student Union,
Hunter College Campus Antiwar Network. Free. Info: Ali, 917-
796-6799, mu...@fordham.edu
**3/3 TUE, 6 pm - Meeting: Drop the Rock. At Correctional Assn
office. RSVP for loc: Caitlin Dunklee, 212-254-5700 x339,
cdun...@correctionalassociation.org & http://www.droptherock.org
& http://www.correctionalassociation.org
3/3 TUE, 6:30-9 pm - Discussion: "Morality w/o Gods: An Exchange,
Part 2." W/Massimo Pigliucci (SUNY Stony Brook, coauthor, Making
Sense of Evolution: The Conceptual Foundations of Evolutionary
Biology), Sunsara Taylor (Revolution newspaper), Paul Eckstein
(Bergen Community College), moderator Matthew Laclair (Center for
Inquiry on Campus, Eugene Lang College). At NYU, Silver Center,
rm 703, 100 Washington Sq E (N/R/W to 8th St-NYU, 6 to Astor Pl,
A/C/E, B/D/F/V to W 4th St). Sponsors: Equal Time for Freethought
(WBAI-FM), Atheists, Agnostics & Freethinkers at NYU. Info:
201-486-3420, http://www.equaltimeforfreethought.org
3/3 TUE, 7 pm - Reading/discussion: "Sowing Crisis: The Cold War
& American Dominance in the Middle East." W/author Rashid
Khalidi. Dissects crucial dynamics of power in the Cold War btw
the US & the Soviet Union as it played out in the Middle East,
arguing that the intense US-USSR rivalry set the stage for the
tragic conflicts that followed. 1st TUE Series, hosted by
author/activist Mark Crispin Miller. 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). Info: 212-274-1160,
eve...@mcnallyrobinsonnyc.com & http://www.mcnallyjackson.com/
3/3 TUE, 7 pm - Workshop: "This Is Forever." W/Kevin Van Meter.
Can radical movements respond to personal crises & can they
provide personal care? What radical projects can do to address
mental illness, sexual assault, trauma & grief. 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
3/3 TUE, 7-9 pm - Event: SWANK/SWOP-NYC 2nd Annual Community.
Celebrate Int'l Day for Sex Workers Rights. Build community &
share a meal w/friends & organizations from across the city that
support the rights of people in the sex trade. At Judson Memorial
Church, 55 Washington Sq South (btw Thompson & Sullivan St,
A/C/E, D/F to W 4th St, R to 8th St-NYU, 1 to Christopher
St-Sheridan Sq). Sliding scale. Info: Sex Worker Outreach
Project-SWOP, reach....@gmail.com
3/3 TUE, 7:30 pm - Discussion: "Globalization, Trade & the World
Economic Crisis." W/Jesus Avirama (Regional Indigenous Council of
Cauca, Colombia) & Jessica Walker Beaumont (Economic Justice
Program Analyst for American Friends Service Cmt-AFSC). Examine
how corporate globalization is impacting all of us, how trade
agreements w/Panama & Colombia will exacerbate the situation.
Help build a movement for an equitable, environmentally
sustainable 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). Sponsor: Trade Justice NY. Info: 917-214-3479, 212-242-
4201, brech...@brechtforum.org & http://www.brechtforum.org
**3/4 WED-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
**3/4 WED, 11 am - Press conference: Launch of Seeds for Haiti
Campaign. W/Chavannes Jean-Baptiste (National Peasant Movement of
the Papaye Congress-MPNKP, Via Campesina, 2005 Goldman
Environmental Prize), Bazelais Jean-Baptiste (Bassin Zim
Foundation), local Haitian community activists. Help stave off an
impending post-hurricane famine in Haiti by raising funds for
seeds to be distributed to peasant families through a local
peasant movement. At MLK Labor Center, 1199 SEIU, 310 W 43rd St,
Bread & Roses Gallery, ground fl (btw 8th & 9th Aves, A/C/E to
42nd St-Port Authority). Info: 917-378-2192,
se...@seedsforhaiti.org
**3/4 WED, 5-7 pm - Discussion: "Advancing the Success of
African-American Boys." W/David Banks & Dr Divine Pryor Part of
Closing the Achievement Gap program. At PS 125, 425 W 123rd St,
6th fl (btw Morningside & Amsterdam Aves, A/C, B/D to 125th St-St
Nicholas Ave, 1 to 125th St-B'way). Free. Sponsor: NYC Dept of Ed
Office of Curriculum & Professional Development. RSVP:
http://tinyurl.com/BanksPryor
3/4 WED, 6 pm - Discussion: "President's Forum." W/New School
trustee William D Zabel (chair, Human Rights 1st, atty in Loving
v Virginia) & New School president Bob Kerrey (led 2/25/69 Navy
SEAL raid on Thanh Phong, Vietnam that killed 21 civilians,
mostly women & children). Explore Zabel's distinguished legal
career & longstanding human rights experience. At Theresa Lang
Community & Student Ctr, 55 W 13th St, 2nd fl (btw 5th & 6th Aves
(F/V to 14th St-6th Ave, 4/5/6, L, N/Q/R/W to 14th St-Union Sq)).
Sponsor: Office of the President-New School. Free. Reserve by
2/20: 212-229-5488. Info: http://www.newschool.edu &
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Kerrey
**3/4 WED, 6:30-9:30 pm - Discussion: "The Role of Women in El
Salvador's Civil Society & Government." At Kimmel Center, NYU, 60
Washington Sq South, rm 909 (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). Sponsors: Women's History Month, LUCHA, Multicultural Greek
Council, NY CISPES. Info: 917-214-3479, nyci...@cispes.org &
http://www.cispes.org
**3/4 WED, 6:30-8:30 pm - Meeting: Plan defense of NYC water
supply. At loc TBA. Info: waterund...@gmail.com &
http://www.waterunderattack.com & http://www.damascuscitizens.org
3/4 WED, 7 pm - Performance: "Speaking of Femme." W/NY's Femme
Family, a social & activist collaboration of local queer femmes;
femmcees: Hadassah D'Luxe & Bevin Brandlandingham. 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 & http://femmefamily.com
**3/4 WED, 7 pm - Meeting: Break the Siege Community Town Hall
Meeting. What's next for organizing against the siege on Gaza:
join a cmt: women, grocers, students, youth, street action. At
MAS Bath Ave Youth Center, 1933 Bath Ave, Bkn (at Bay 22nd St, D
to 20th Ave). Sponsors: Al-Awda-NY: The Palestine Right to Return
Coalition, Break the Siege on Gaza Coalition. Info: info@al-
awdany.org & in...@bsg-ny.org & http://www.bsg-ny.org
**3/4 WED, 7:30 pm - Discussion: "Critical Theory & Democratic
Vision: Herbert Marcuse & Recent Liberation Philosophies."
W/author Arnold Farr (U of Kentucky), Stephen Eric Bronner
(Rutgers U), Peter Marcuse (Columbia U), Russell Rockwell. 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
3/5 THU & 3/6 FRI, 9 am-6 pm - Conference: Black Women in the
Ivory Tower: Research & Praxis. W/Evelynn Hammonds (dean, Harvard
College), Cheryl Wall (Rutgers U), Hortense Spillers (Vanderbilt
U), Farah Jasmine Griffin (Columbia U), many others. Info:
http://www.blackwomenintheivorytower.com/index_sub2.html
**3/5 THU & 3/6 FRI, 10:30 am-7 pm - Conference: "The Religious &
Secular Divide." W/Prof Charles Taylor, others TBA. At New
School, Tishman Auditorium, 66 W 12th St (F/weekday V to 14th St-
6th Ave, 4/5/6, L/N/Q/R/W to 14th St-Union Sq). $50/$12 single
session/free New School students, alumni, faculty. Register/info:
212-229-5776 x3, soc...@newschool.edu & http://www.socres.org
3/5 THU & 3/6 FRI - Conference: Cuba Consultation 2009. Come
together on a common goal to end the ban on travel for all
Americans, strategize together, participate in specific Cuba
issue workshops, spend a day on the Hill educating members of
Congress on constituent preferences for a new Cuba policy. At
Trinity U, 125 Michigan Ave, NE, Washington, DC. Sponsor: Latin
America Working Group. Register (req): 202-546-7010,
la...@lawg.org & http://www.lawg.org
3/5 THU-3/22 SUN, THU-SAT, 8 pm, SUN, 3 pm - Performance: "The
Lonely Soldier Monologues (Women at War in Iraq)." Wartime
experience of American women told in the soldiers' own words.
Based on Helen Benedict's book, The Lonely Soldier: The Private
War of Women Serving in Iraq, directed by William Electric Black.
At Theater for the New City, 155 1st Ave (at E 10th, L to 1st
Ave, 6 to Astor Pl, R/N (weekends)/W (weekdays) to 8th St-NYU, F
to 2nd Ave). Sponsors: Theater for the New City, Electric Black
Experience Productions. Tix: $15/$10 students w/ID. Info:
212-254-1109, http://www.theaterforthenewcity.net
**3/5 THU, 8:30-10:15 am - Discussion: "Freefall: Assessing
America's Recovery Plan for a Failing Economy." W/William Tabb
(Qns College, CUNY, author, Economic Governance in the Age of
Globalization), Ron Blackwell (chief economist, AFL-CIO). At
Murphy Institute for Worker Education & Labor Studies, CUNY, 25 W
43rd St, 18th fl (btw 5th & 6th Ave, 7 to 5th Ave at 42nd St,
B/D/F/V to 42nd St-Bryant Park, 4/5/6 to Grand Central-42nd St).
Sponsor: 5 Boro Institute. RSVP (ASAP): Eloiza Morales, 212-
646-2029, eloiza....@mail.cuny.edu
**3/5 THU, noon - Action: Protest Daycare Cuts at City Hall Press
Conference. Followed by City Council Oversight Hearing at 1 pm.
NYC plans to eliminate 3,300+ subsidized child care slots that
currently provide educational services to 5-year-olds. This will
result in 1,000s of additional 5-year-olds forced to attend the
overcrowded public schools & many being bused to programs out of
their neighborhood. Tell Mayor Bloomberg & the City Council to
preserve the city's child care subsidies & prevent any reduction
in child care capacity. At City Hall Steps (R/W to City Hall,
4/5/7 to Bkn Bridge-City Hall, 2/3 to Park Pl). Info: Neal Tepel,
646-591-6484, & Sandy Socolar, 212-666-5925.
3/5 THU, 2-6 pm - Actions: Demand a fair NYC budget. Unionists,
students & many others hold series of actions fighting the
proposed budget cutbacks, culminating in rally at City Hall.
--3 pm: Rally. Call for free tuition, open admissions & no budget
cuts. At Boro of Manhattan Community College (BMCC), Chambers St
btw Greenwich & West Sts (1/2/3 to Chambers, A/C to Chambers St,
E to WTC, PATH to WTC); followed by march to City Hall. Sponsors:
Adjunct Project, Campus Antiwar Network, CUNY Contingents Unite,
CUNY Internationalist Clubs, CUNY Student Union, Int'l Socialist
Organization, League for the Revolutionary Party, Radical Women,
Student Coordinating Cmt, Students for Educational Rights
--2 pm: Hunter students walk out, join 3 pm rally at BMCC & march
to City Hall. At Hunter College, 68th St & Lexington Ave, outside
Hunter West lobby (1 to 68th St-Hunter College, F to 63rd St-
Lexington). Sponsors: Hunter Student Union, others. Info:
631-398-4332, 917-520-5368, s_...@msn.com
--3:30 pm: Profession Staff Congress-CUNY contingent. Meet at
BMCC main entrance for march to City Hall. Info: http://www.psc-
cuny.org
--3:45 pm: NYC United for Peace & Justice (UFPJ) contingent.
Bring signs & banners that say "Fund Housing, Not War! Fund
Education, Not War!" etc. Meet at Walker St west of Broadway, 1
block south of Canal St. Info: 212-868-5545,
ufp...@unitedforpeace.org & http://www.nycufpj.org &
http://www.fairsharereform.org
--4 pm: Rally: At City Hall (B'way & Chambers St, R/W to City,
4/5/6 to Bkn Bridge-City Hall). Sponsor: 1 NY Coalition, NYC
Central Labor Council, many others.
**3/5 THU, 6 pm - Meeting: More Gardens! Agenda includes updates,
interns, So Bx Urban Farm Coop, summer camp, finances, grants;
call to suggest additions. Please bring potluck. At new office,
250 E 139th St, 2nd fl (at Morris & 3rd Ave, 4/5/6 to 138th St).
Call 1 day ahead if elevator is needed. Info: 718-665-3999,
917-518-9987, ar...@moregardens.org & http://moregardens.org
3/5 THU, 7 pm - Reading: "Uranium: War, Energy & the Rock That
Shaped the World." W/author Tom Zoellner. Up-to-date "biography"
of the radioactive mineral that shaped the atomic age, from
African slave camps to war councils, smugglers' routes, doomsday
cults & enrichment plants over 5 continents. 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). Info: 212-274-1160,
eve...@mcnallyrobinsonnyc.com & http://www.mcnallyjackson.com/
3/5 THU, 7 pm - Reading: "Women. Period. Women Writing on
Menstruation." W/Julia Watts & other contributors to new
anthology of poetry, essays & short fiction exploring the monthly
cycle which unites all women. 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
3/5 THU, 7-8:30 pm - Discussion: 40th anniversary of Redstockings
Abortion Speakout. W/speakers TBA. Celebrate 1969 event in West
Village where women 1st spoke publicly about their then-illegal
abortions to an audience of 300. Speakouts then spread around the
country. Materials from the Redstockings Women's Liberation
Archive. At Judson Memorial Church, 239 Thompson St (btw
Washington Sq South & W 3rd St, A/C/E, D/F to W 4th St, R to 8th
St-NYU, 1 to Christopher St-Sheridan Sq). Sponsor: Women's
Liberation Birth Control Project & Social Wage Cmt. Info: Erin
Mahoney, 646-853-7100, http://www.birthcontrolproject.org
3/5 THU, 8 pm - Meeting: "Ideas for Restructuring the
Civilian Complaint Review Board." W/Dennis DeLeon, a member of
the LBGT community & of the CCRB. 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). Sponsor: Queer Justice
League. Info: Joey Nelson, 973-412-7743, changeb...@msn.com
3/6 FRI, 4-9:30 pm, & 3/7 SAT, 8 am-5:30 pm - Conference: "Gender
& Power in the Muslim World." W/Tara James (Sarah Lawrence
College), Mona Eltahawy (columnist), Naazneen Diwan (UCLA), Leila
Pazargadi (UCLA), many more. 11th Annual Women's History Conf. At
Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY. Free. Sponsor: Women's
History Graduate Program. Register: http://www.slc.edu/womens-
history/conference Info: tja...@slc.edu
**3/6 FRI-3/8 SUN - Conference: "Stigma, Denial & HIV/AIDS."
Interactive theatre residency explores interrelationship of
gender inequity/stigma/denial in rural communities of sub-Saharan
Africa & teaches the WSI model of collaborative theatre making
around critical issues in the battle against HIV/AIDS. Learn
about critical cultural/social issues affecting Lesotho; create a
collaborative performance; engage in research & projects in
related areas. Info/fees/registration: Lucy....@esc.edu,
http://www.maketheatre.org & http://www.esc.edu/WSIresidency2009
--3/6 FRI, 7:30 pm: Opening session. At Brecht Forum, 451 West
St, $6/$10/$15 suggested, free to residency participants.
--3/7 SAT-3/8 SUN, time TBA: Residency. At Empire State College,
325 Hudson St, 5th fl (at Vandam St, C/E to Spring St, 1 to
Houston St).
**3/6 FRI, time TBA - Benefit: for Oaxacan activists. W/Beets &
others TBA, photo exhibit of Gustavo Vilchis' work in Oaxaca,
multi-media/video projection by El Chava dela Siete n' Co.
Benefits family of Juan Manuel Martinez Moreno, Casa Collective,
CASOTA (Autonomous Oaxacan Home for DIY Projects) in Oaxaca City.
At Walker St Space, 56 Walker St (btw Church & B'way, A/C/E to
Canal St, R/W to Canal St, 1 to Franklin St). Sponsor: Friends of
Brad Will. Info/volunteer: priya.reb...@gmail.com
**3/6 FRI, 6:30 pm - Performance: standup comedy. W/Marcy Gordon.
At B'way Comedy Club, 318 W 53rd St, upstairs (btw 8th & 9th, C/E
to 50th St). $10 door/$5 adv. Reserve (please): 212-757-2323.
**3/6 FRI, 6:30 pm - Discussion: "The Significance of the Obama
Victory." W/Mike Davis (author, In Praise of Barbarians, Ecology
of Fear, etc). "Obama's victory was an historic moment...rightly
seen by millions of people as the beginning of something new.
W/the 1st month of Obama's presidency behind us, the movement for
progressive change must begin to take stock of what has changed &
what has not & discuss a strategy for rebuilding a Left
movement." At NYU Silver Ctr, rm 714, 100 Washington Sq E (R/W to
8th St, 6 to Astor Pl, A/C/E, B/D/F/V to W 4th). Sponsors: Int'l
Socialist Org & NY Radical Film & Lecture Series. Info:
212-249-4398, evang...@earthlink.net
3/6 FRI, 7 pm - Reading: "Somewhere Else." W/author Jan Guenther
Braun. Rather than coming out to family, teenage protagonist must
come out to herself, so she runs away to freedom. 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
3/6 FRI, 8 pm - Discussion: "Meltdown: The Economic Collapse & a
People's Plan for Recovery." W/Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz,
Nation Institute Fellow & Nation columnist Naomi Klein, author &
activist Barbara Ehrenreich, Black Commentator's Bill Fletcher,
Jr & Nation DC editor Christopher Hayes. Rekease of Meltdown: How
Greed & Corruption Shattered Our Financial System & How We Can
Recover by Katrina vanden Heuvel & Nation editors. At NY Society
for Ethical Culture, 2 W 64th St (at Central Park West, A/C, B/D,
1 to 59th St-Columbus Circle). Free. Sponsors: The Nation, New
Society for Ethical Culture, Public Concern Foundation,
Democracts.com, Democracy Now!
**3/7 SAT, 11 am-4 pm - Action: get letters against fare hike.
Generate handwritten letters from NYers urging their reps in
Albany to act. "We know legislators respond to personal letters u
but we need your help to make sure they receive as many as
possible!" At locs in Bkn (Bkn Hts) & Qns (Astoria, Jackson Hts).
Sponsor: Campaign for NY's Future. RSVP: Wiley Norvell,
wi...@transalt.org
3/7 SAT, 2 pm - Music: Momma's Hip Hop Kitchen 2: "Faith,
Feminism, & Hip Hop." W/Lah Tere & Kathleen Adams. Honoring Int'l
Womyn's Month. At Hostos Center for Arts & Culture, Hostos
Community College, Main Theater, 450 Grand Concourse, Bx (at
149th St, 2/4/5 to 149th & Grand Concourse). Info: 312-489-0505,
hiphop...@gmail.com
3/7 SAT, 6-8 pm - Event: "Celebrating Puerto Rican Women en
Lucha." Honoring Evelina Antonetty (founder of United Bx
Parents), Helen Rodriguez-Trias (medical doctor, organized Cmt to
End Sterilization Abuse) & Adelfa Vera (member of Nationalist
Party of Puerto Rico & other community & political
organizations). W/songs & words by Sandra Maria Esteves. Hosted
by Lillian Jimenez, Esperanza Martell & Blanca Vazquez
(cofounders of Latin Women's Collective, activists, educators &
artists). At Cemi Underground, 1799 Lexington Ave (at 112 St, 6
to 110 St). Donation at door. Info: 212-860-2820.
3/7 SAT, 7 pm - Reading: "Men, Mobs & Law: Anti-Lynching & Labor
Defense in US Radical History." W/author Rebecca Hill. Explores
complexities of individualism, heroism & mass action & considers
how popular conceptions of race & gender have shaped our working-
class politics. 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
3/7 SAT, 7 pm - Performance: "Refuge & Resistance." Opening for
installation & performance piece conceived & executed by Ocean
Ana Rising, w/Piper Anderson, Torkwase Dyson, Tosha Grantham, Ayo
Ngozi, Sybil R Willliams, Vanya M Robinson. 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). Free. Sponsors: Theater of the
Oppressed Laboratory, Brecht Forum. Info: 212-924-1858,
top...@toplab.org & http://www.toplab.org
3/7 SAT, 8-10:30 pm - Music: Peoples' Voice Cafe. W/Raging
Grannies; Solidarity Singers. 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
3/8 SUN, 10 am-6 pm - Conference: Just Food Community Supported
Agriculture (CSA) in NYC. W/keynoter Cheryl Rogowski (farmer,
MacArthur "Genius Award" winner). Workshops incl: CSA & farm
labor issues, keeping volunteers engaged throughout the season,
developing a meat share; w/CSA EXPO for members, farmers & orgs
to share info & socializing w/refreshments. At Teachers College,
Columbia U, 525 W 120th St btw Bway & Amsterdam Aves (1 to 116th
St). $25/$15. Info/register: 212-645-9880, in...@justfood.org &
pa...@justfood.org & http://www.justfood.org/jf/index.html EXPO
presenters wanted to share products, services, practices &
policies: Jen Griffith farmero...@justfood.org
**3/8 SUN, 11 am-12:30 pm - Discussion: "Muslim Women Moving
Mountains." W/Robina Niaz (Turning Point for Women & Families).
An exciting intergenerational movement of Muslim girls & women is
opening new doors in the US. 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
**3/8 SUN, 1 pm - Rally/march: "Bail Out Women & Their
Communities." An Int'l Women's Day salute to women's resistance.
At Union Sq, 14th & B'way (4/5/6, L/N/Q/R/W to 14th St-Union Sq);
march at 2 pm to Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Memorial at 4
pm at corner, Washington Sq Place & Greene St. Sponsor: Int'l
Working Women's Day '09 Coalition, Al-Awda, others. Info: 212-
633-6646, bailou...@safewebmail.com &
http://www.bailoutpeople.org
**3/8 SUN, 1:15 pm - Film: "Shortcut to Justice" (2008). In
Kalyan Nagar in India, women have organized to fight injustice &
violence, creating the "Collective Initiative for Justice" &
founding a court to dispense justice. 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
**3/8 SUN, 1:30 pm - Event: Int'l Women's Day celebration.
W/speakers Sunsara Taylor & others, dramatic readings from the
Middle East & the West--past, present, future. Event is in
response to a call issued to the people in the US & around the
world by the March 8 Women's Organization (Iran-Afghanistan):
"For an Internationalist March 8." At Chelsea Studios, 151 W 26th
St, rm 503 (btw 6th & 7th Aves, 1 to 28th St, F/V to 23rd St);
reception & toasts at 4 pm at Revolution Books, 146 W 26th St.
$5-$25 sliding scale. Info: 212-691-3345,
http://www.revolutionbooksnyc.org
3/8 SUN, 2 pm - Performance: Fabulous Worship. W/Rev Billy, Life
After Shopping Gospel Choir. Exorcise the injustice of for-profit
prisons jailing immigrant Americans in NYC. At Highline Ballroom,
431 W 16th St (btw 9th/10th Aves, A/C/E, L to 8th Ave at 14th
St). Info: http://www.revbilly.com Tix:
http://www.highlineballroom.com Directions: Highline Ballroom,
212-414-5994.
**3/8 SUN, 3-5 pm - Film/discussion: "The Greatest Silence: Rape
in the Congo." W/panel of academics & activists to provide
testimonies & reports. More than 5 million people have been
killed in the ongoing Congolese war, 1,000s of women & girls have
been raped & mutilated. At New School Swayduck Auditorium, 65 5th
Ave (btw 13th & 14th Sts, 4/5/6, L, N/Q/R/W to 14th St-Union Sq,
F/V to 14th St-6th Ave). Sponsors: Women's Int'l League for Peace
& Freedom (WILPF)-NY Metro, Friends of the Congo, New School,
Medgar Evers College, Barnard College, Black Radical Congress,
Granny Peace Brigade. Info: 212-533-2125, in...@wilpfnymetro.org
& http://www.wilpfnymetro.org
**3/8 SUN, 5-9 pm - Music: Afro-Latino Cafe. W/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). Info: 212-242-4201,
brech...@brechtforum.org & http://www.brechtforum.org
**3/8 SUN, 5 pm - Event: Time's Up! Bkn Space Opening
Celebration. Celebrate new location, 700th educational workshop &
volunteers' work. Music, food, tours of new space. At East River
Bar, 97 S 6th St, Bkn (off Bedford Ave, under Williamsburg
Bridge, J/M/Z to Marcy Ave). Info/donate: billt...@gmail.com &
http://times-up.org
3/8 SUN, 7 pm - Film: "From Across the Border: Our Resistance
Against Global Displacement." Zapatista Film Premiere. At
LaGuardia Memorial House, 307 E 116th St (btw 1st & 2nd Ave, 6 to
116th St). Sponsor: The Other Campaign NY: Movement for Justice
in El Barrio. Info: movimientoporju...@yahoo.com
3/8 SUN, 7 pm - Performance: standup comedy. W/Marcy Gordon. At
B'way Comedy Club, 318 W 53rd St, downstairs in the Richard Pryor
Rm (btw 8th & 9th, C/E to 50th St). Reserve (please): Sheba,
sheb...@aol.com
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