[NY] Activist Calendar #571: Events This Week (June 5-11)
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Number 571 NY ACTIVIST CALENDAR June 3, 2006
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CONTENTS
Events: {1} Regular; {2} Ongoing. Selected Resources: {3} Tours
and Delegations; {4} Classes; {5} Calendars & Event Listings; {6}
Books & Videos; {7} Radio & TV; {8} Other Resources.
{1} JUNE
**Daily - Action: encampment to defend Nuevo Esperanza Community
Garden & over 20 other endangered community gardens in East
Harlem. Especially important to present 7-9 am. Encampment began
2nd week of 5/06. At 110th St & 5th Ave (6 to 110th St, 2/3 to
Central Park N-110th St). Info: Al, 914-652-1435, Aresh,
917-518-9987. More info: 917-518-9987 &
http://www.moregardens.org
**Through 6/11 SUN - Event: Drive Out the Bush Regime Summer
Youth Gathering. 6/5 MON: Visit to the Darwin Exhibit at the
Museum of Natural History. 7 pm: "The Battle over Evolution & the
Importance of Critical Thought," presentation by Dr Scott Gilbert
(evolutionary biologist) & Dr David Kohn (editor, the Darwin
manuscripts), at John Jay College North Hall, Rm 1311-N, 445 W 59
St. 6/6 TUE: w/Esther Kaplan (author of W/God on Their Side: How
Christian Fundamentalists Trampled Science, Policy & Democracy in
George W Bush's White House); at Church of St Paul & St Andrew,
263 W 86th St & West End Ave. 6/7 WED: w/Ted Glick of Climate
Crisis Coalition, "Global Warming & the Bush Administration's
Destruction of the Environment," at Metropolitan Community
Church, 446 W 36th St. 6/8 THU: "Why the Democrats Won't Stand &
Fight: & Why YOU MUST," w/Sunsara Taylor (Revolution Newspaper),
others, at Church of St Paul & St Andrew. 6/9 FRI: w/Cristina
Page (How the Pro-Choice Movement Saved America: Freedom,
Politics & the War on Sex) & World Can't Wait student organizer
Leah Fishbein, at Church of St Paul & St Andrew. Info:
866-973-4463, in...@worldcantwait.org
**Through 6/17 SAT (FRI & SAT 8 pm, SUN 7 pm) - Performance:
"Pocket Full of Change." W/the Strike Anywhere Performance
Ensemble (Leese Walker, founding artistic director) premiering
original interdisciplinary performance. Mix of jazz, clowning,
theater & mod dance, probing political landscape. As w/jazz,
company improvises on pieces every night. Topics from ill effects
of apathy & consumerism, to media manipulation & the rush to war.
Challenges audiences to examine issues raised by performance by
providing a forum for community dialogue following each show. At
Brecht Forum, 451 West St (btw Bank & Bethune, A/C/E/L to 14th
St, 1/2/3 to 14th St & 7th Ave). Fri & Sat $20/$15
students/seniors/Brecht Forum members; Sun $12-20 sliding scale.
Reservations: 212-875-7476. Info & directions:
http://www.brechtforum.org
Through 6/18 SUN, 7 pm - Events: "9/11 Truth events." 6/11 SUN, 6
pm: "The Great Debate: 9/11 Skepticism vs the Official Story."
6/18 SUN, 6 pm: Sander Hicks, Green Party candidate for Senate &
author of The Big Wedding. At St Mark's Church Parish House
unless otherwise noted, 131 E 10th St (at 2nd Ave, 6 to Astor Pl,
L to 3rd Ave or 1st Ave & walk S, F to 2nd Ave). Info & report on
video: http://summeroftruth.org & http://www.911truth.org/
Through 6/22 THU - Exhibit: "Your Guide to the Lower East Side."
Place Matters' new project: place-marking signs featuring the
stories of community residents & telling new tales of local
history. At Lower East Side Tenement Museum, 97 Orchard St (btw
Delancey & Broome Sts). Info: http://www.placematters.net
Through 6/22 THU - Exhibit: Cooper Union End of Year Show.
Student works, from sculpture, graphic design & painting to video
installations. At Cooper Union, 7 E 7th St (at 3rd Ave, 6 to
Astor Place (N/R/W to 8th St). Free. MON-FRI 11 am-7 pm, SAT
noon-5 pm, closed SUN & Memorial Day. Info: 212-353-4200, 212-
353-4232, 212-353-4002.
**Through 6/24 SAT, 11 am-6 pm (TUE-SAT) - Exhibit: "3 Arab
Painters in NY: Samia Halaby, Sumayyah Samaha, Athir Shayota. 6/6
TUE, 6-9 pm: opening reception. At The Bridge, 521 W 26th St, 3rd
fl (btw 10th & 11th Aves). Free. Sponsor: Al-Jisser. Info:
212-966-3517, 646-584-9098, in...@aljisser.org or
scch...@yahoo.com or http://www.aljisser.org
Through 6/27 TUE, every TUE 7 pm - Films: Videoteca del Sur in NY
17th Anniversary Program. 6/6: "Invierno en Bagdad." 6/13:
"Potestad." 6/20: "Corazon Abierto," "Verdades Ocultas." 6/27:
"Pandemonium, la Capital del Infierno." Mostly Sp, some Eng &
Port. At Millennium Film Workshop, 66 E 4th St (btw 2nd Ave &
Bowery, F/V to 2nd Ave, 6 to Bleecker St, B/D to B'way-
Lafayette). Info: vide...@mindspring.com
Through 6/30 FRI - Exhibit/benefit: "The Spirit of Desert
Dwellers in Africa." W/works by painter Shawn Dell Joyce &
photographer Jeanette Stollar. Benefits Doctors W/out Borders.
"Shawn's pastels & Jeannette's photos are inspired by the work of
Doctors W/out Borders in Niger & Sudan in the context of the
severe humanitarian crisis in Niger & the genocide in Sudan."
At Arts for PEACE Gallery, Int'l Student Center, 38 W 88th St
(btw Columbus Ave & Central Park W, B/C to 86th St, 1 to 86th St-
B'way). MON-SAT, 10 am-6 pm. Contact: Suresh Paul, Mike Popowich,
or Mandy Wampler 212-787-7706, in...@arts-for-peace.org &
http://www.arts-for-peace.org
**6/5 MON-6/6 TUE - Event: Peace Boat visits NYC. 30,000-ton
passenger liner sails up Hudson River 6/5 MON, 7 am & berths at
Pier 92 (54th St & West Side Highway), bringing onboard 1,000
people from Japan to take part in 2 days of people-to-people
activities to build a culture of peace. Activities include a
Japanese drum performance as part of a free World Music Concert
in Dag Hammarskjold Park (47th St & 1st Ave), 6/6 TUE, 4:30-7:30
pm. Info: 212-687-7214, http://www.peaceboat.org/english
6/5 MON-7/11 TUE - Discussion: Demos Forums offering analysis of
critical issues. 6/5 MON, noon-2 pm: "The Good Fight: Why
Liberals--& Only Liberals--Can Win the War on Terror & Make
America Great Again," w/Peter Beinart (New Republic). 6/13 TUE,
noon-2 pm: "Democracy, Immigration & Voting Rights," w/Ron Hayduk
(BMCC), Tamar Jacoby (Manhattan Institute). 6/15 THU, noon-2 pm:
"The Disposable American: Layoffs & Their Consequences," w/Louis
Uchitelle (NY Times). 6/19 MON, noon-2 pm: "Wrong About the
Right," w/Deepak Bhargava (Ctr for Community Change), Jean
Hardisty (Political Research Associates); ASL interpreter. 6/28
WED, noon-2 pm: "Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian
Nationalism," w/Michelle Goldberg (Salon.com). 7/11 TUE, noon-2
pm: "Lockout: Why America Keeps Getting Immigration Wrong,"
w/Michele Wucker (New School/World Policy Institute). At Demos,
220 5th Ave, 5th fl. Free. Register: 212-633-1405 x533 or
http://www.demos.org/eventregistration Info: 212-633-1405 x461,
ckra...@demos.org & http://www.demos.org/events.cfm
6/5 MON, 11:30 am-1:30 pm - Protest: Bird-Dog Hillary. Protest
Sen Clinton's support for Iraq war as NY Women for Hillary hosts
a luncheon for her reelection campaign. Wear pink. At the Hilton,
6th Ave at 53rd St. Sponsors: CodePink, Bkn Parents for Peace,
Peace Action NYS. Info: codep...@hotmail.com
**6/5 MON, 6 pm - Event: Chris Owens for Congress campaign
kickoff. At Campaign HQ, 761 Washington Ave, Prospect Hts, btw
Sterling Place & St John's Place, 2 blocks from the Bkn Museum,
2/3 to Bkn Museum/Eastern Pkwy, 4/5 to Franklin Ave/Eastern Pkwy,
C to Clinton-Washington, B/Q to 7th Ave & Flatbush). Info: 718-
604-7500, comm...@voteowens.com
**6/5 MON, 6:30 pm - Forum: meet the candidates for the 57th
Assembly District & 10th Congressional District. At Brown
Memorial Baptist Church, 484 Washington Ave at Gates Ave,
Ft Greene, Bkn.
**6/5 MON, 6:30-8:30 pm - Benefit: Evening of Conversation &
Celebration w/Rauda Morcos of ASWAT/Palestinian Gay Women (see
6/6 TUE, 7 pm). At 3rd Wave Foundation, AIR Gallery, #301, 3rd
fl, 511 W 25th St (btw 10th & 11th Aves, C/E to 23rd St-8th Ave).
$20-$100 suggested; 100% of funds raised will be given to
Aswat/Palestinian Gay Women. Sponsors: Astraea Lesbian Foundation
for Justice, Audre Lorde Project, Brecht Forum, Int'l Gay &
Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC), many others. RSVP:
Lorraine Ramirez, 212-529-8021 x 22,
lram...@astraeafoundation.org Info: in...@astraeafoundation.org &
http://www.astraeafoundation.org
**6/5 MON, 6:30-7:30 pm - Picket: Protest racially discriminatory
staff promotions & anti-labor collusion btw local millionaire
restauranteurs. At Restaurant Daniel, E 65th St near Park Ave (6
to 68th St/Hunter College, F to Lexington Ave-63rd St). Sponsor:
Restaurant Opportunities Center of NY (ROC-NY). Info:
212-343-1771, http://www.rocny.org
6/5 MON, 7 pm - Reading: "Best Sex Writing 2006." The crazy quilt
of American sex culture gets a literate laundering in this
entertaining, provocative collection, which is sure to get your
panties in a twist--or in a little heap on the floor." W/Paul
Festa's audition for a high-profile, mainstream film that
included hardcore sex; Emily DePrang's account of being fired for
sexual harassment; Alex Morris' controversial article "The Cuddle
Puddle of Stuyvesant High School" showing how today's teens are
dispensing w/labels & reinventing sexuality. At Bluestockings,
172 Allen St (at Stanton, 1 bk S of Houston, F/V to 2nd Ave).
Free. Info: 212-777-6028, http://www.myspace.com/bluestockingsnyc
& http://www.bluestockings.com/
6/5 MON, 7 pm - Discussion: "Palestinian Women from Gaza Speak
Out on Occupation." W/Laila El-Haddad (journalist & mother,
writes for Aljazeera.net, Washington Post, Alternet, UK Guardian)
& Fida Qishta (or Qesta, grassroots community educator &
activist). At St Mary's Episcopal Church, 521 W 126th St (btw
B'way & Amsterdam Ave, 1, A/B/C/D to 125th St). Sponsors: Int'l
Solidarity Movement, NYC Muslim Peace Fellowship, St Mary's
Church. Info: 212-864-4013,
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1451112,00.
html
6/5 MON, 7:30-9:30 pm - Forum: on the racial wealth divide--why
do people of color have only 18 cents for every white dollar?
W/authors Meizhu Lui & Betsy Leondar-Wright & Steven Carbo
(Democracy Program at Demos). At CUNY Grad Center, 365 5th Ave.
$10. Register: 212-817-8215. Info: http://www.colorofwealth.org
**6/6 TUE & 6/7 WED - Action: National call-in days to Close the
SOA/WHINSEC. Congress is voting this week on an amendment to
close the School of the Americas. Call Congress at 202-224-3121
or toll-free at 888-355-3588 & urge a yes vote on the McGovern
amendment to the Foreign Operations Appropriations bill. Info:
http://www.SOAW.org & Legislative Action Index,
http://www.soaw.org/legislative
6/6 TUE-7/9 SUN - Exhibit: "Ship-Breakers of Bangladesh:
Dismantling the Myth of Global Labor Equality." Photos. Ship-
breaking yards of Bangladesh provide mass employment for
Bangladeshi workers, but the working conditions are extremely
hazardous; ship-breakers are exposed to high levels of toxic
chemicals that are handled w/out protection or regulation. 6/6
TUE, 6-7:30 pm: opening night remarks & reception, w/Andrew
Hudson (Int'l Waters, UN Development Program), Robert Bailey
(photographer). At Asia Society, 725 Park Ave, 70th St. Info:
212-288-6400, as...@asiasoc.org
**6/6 TUE, 9 am - Hearing: Landmark Preservation Commission
Designation Hearing on Old PS 64/former Charas. Attend to let the
Landmark Commission know how deeply you care. At Municipal
Building, 1 Centre St, 9th fl (at Chambers St, 4/5/6 to Bkn
Bridge-City Hall, N/R to City Hall). Info: East Village Community
Coalition, http://evccnyc.org
6/6 TUE, 5 pm - Forum: "Immigrant Youth Forum on School Safety."
W/Dept of Ed & NYC officials on the impacts of Mayor Bloomberg's
school safety initiatives on immigrant youth in NYC public high
schools. Launching of the "Education Not Deportation" report,
product of 2 yrs of participatory community research conducted by
South Asian immigrant public high school students w/support from
the Urban Justice Ctr. At Community Methodist Church, 81-10 35th
Ave, Jackson Hts, Qns (7 to 82nd St or E/F/V/R to Roosevelt
Ave/Jackson Hts). Sponsors: DRUM YouthPower & the Urban Justice
Ctr. Info: 718-205-3036 or lb...@nyu.edu &
212-505-5181.http://www.drumnation.org
**6/6 TUE, 6:45 pm - Meeting: build Peace Zone NYC campaign, get
it adopted by peace groups, community groups, neighborhood assns,
tenants assns, church groups & more. At UFPJ office, 261 W 36th
St, btw 8th & 9th Aves. Info: Leslie Kielson or Judith Le Blanc,
212-868-5545.
6/6 TUE, 7 pm - Film/benefit: "The Power of Community--How Cuba
Survived Peak Oil," benefits Pastors for Peace. How Cuba adjusted
to the sudden loss of access to Soviet oil in the early 1990's.
Story of the Cuban people's hardship, ingenuity & triumph over
sudden adversity through cooperation, conservation & community--
told in their own words. At Bluestockings Bookstore, 172 Allen St
(1 block south of Houston St & 1st Ave, F/V to 2nd Ave). $5-$10
suggested. Info: 212-777-6028, 212-926-5757,
http://www.bluestockings.com & http://www.pastorsforpeace.org
6/6 TUE, 7 pm - Talk: W/Rauda Morcos, selected by IGLHRC (Int'l
Gay Lesbian Human Rights Center) to receive the Filipa de Souza
Award 2006, co-founder of ASWAT, a Palestinian lesbian
organization, providing Palestinian lesbians a place to meet,
share ideas & explore the political context of personal
experiences. At IAC, 39 W 14 St, rm 206 (btw 5th & 6th Ave).
Info: 212-633-6646.
6/6 TUE, 7:30 pm - Talk: "Case for Impeachment of Pres Bush."
W/Hon Elizabeth Holtzman (House Judiciary Cmt during the
impeachment of Richard Nixon). At Memorial United Methodist
Church, on Bryant Ave, White Plain, NY.
6/6 TUE, 7:30 pm - Book party/forum: "The Color of Wealth: The
Story Behind the US Racial Wealth Divide." W/authors Betsy
Leondar-Wright & Meizhu Lui. At Brecht Forum, 451 West St (btw
Bank & Bethune, A/C/E/L to 14th St/8th Ave). $6/$10/$15. Info:
212-242-4201, li...@brechtforum.org & http://www.brechtforum.org
**6/7 WED, noon - Action: Picket Sen Clinton for Nat'l Health
Care. Part of Nat'l Day of Action for universal health insurance.
Healthcare NOW has mobilized a great coalition of feminists,
unions, grassroots groups--from NOW to the Steelworkers to the
Methodists & more--to campaign for the Conyers bill: HR 676, the
National Health Insurance Act, aka Medicare for All. It's single
payer, everyone in-no one out & no health insurance companies.
It's picking up support in the House, yet not a single senator
has been brave enough to stand up against the insurance industry.
Ask Clinton to introduce a companion bill to the Conyers bill in
the Senate. At Clinton's office, 780 3rd Ave (at 49th St, 6 to
49th St, E/V to 53rd St). Info: 718-909-2359,
redstockin...@hotmail.com & http://www.redstockings.org
6/7 WED, 6-8 pm - Rally: for Great Public Schools. "Legislators
have still failed to increase operating aid by $5.6 billion a
year as ordered by the courts. W/out this money, we can`t hire
more teachers to reduce class sizes, or provide full-day early
childhood education. Join w/other parents, teachers, students,
clergy & others in demanding that Albany fully fund our schools
NOW!" At St Bart's Church, Park Ave (btw 50th & 51st St, 6 to
51st St or E/V to Lexington Ave-53rd St). Sponsors: ACORN,
Alliance for Quality Education (AQE), NAACP Metropolitan Council,
Northwest Bx Community & Clergy Coalition, United Federation of
Teachers (UFT). Info/RSVP: AQE, 718-222-1089 or nyc...@aqeny.org
6/7 WED, 6-10 pm - Event: Celebration/screening in support of Rep
Conyers' HR 676 Healthcare for Everyone. Film: "Don't Be a
Chicken" about healthcare. Discussion w/Dennis Rivera, Liilian
Roberts, many others. Food, music, mingling, raffle. At 1199
Penthouse, 330 W 42nd St (btw 8th & 9th Ave, A/C/E to 42nd St-
Port Authority). Info: 212-475-8350, http://www.healthcare-
now.org
**6/7 WED, 6 pm - Film: Premiere, "Buffet: All You Can Eat Las
Vegas." Part of NewFilmmakers Festival. Behind the scenes of all-
American binge ritual. From kitchen to cornucopia, table to
mouth, waste bin to local farm where 6,000 eager pigs feast on
buffet leftovers. All along the consumption chain, a diverse cast
of characters share their desires, their weaknesses, their
pleasures & their shames. At Anthology Film Archives, 32 2nd Ave
(at 2nd St). Cocktails/melon buffet 7 pm. $5. Info: 646-326-3604,
212-505-5181, http://www.buffetmovie.com
6/7 WED, 7 pm - Reading: "Bush-League Spectacles: Empire,
Politics & Culture in Bushwhacked America." In the aftermath of
9/11, many of us looked to the Internet for the kind of critical
analysis absent from the mainstream media. W/Fran Shor, 1 of the
writers working to provide it in online pubs like Bad Subjects,
Common Dreams & CounterPunch; her passionate analyses of the
political & cultural crisis of the contemporary US are now
collected in her book. At Bluestockings, 172 Allen St (at
Stanton, 1 bk S of Houston, F/V to 2nd Ave). Free. Info: 212-
777-6028, http://www.myspace.com/bluestockingsnyc &
http://www.bluestockings.com/
**6/7 WED, 7 pm - Talk/workshop: indigenous resistance to "free
trade" & Occidental Exploration & Production Company (Oxy) in
Ecuador. W/Nicholas Chango, atty & director of DEPIEA-Ecuadoran
Indigenous Peoples Defense Office in America & Salasaca Aymara
spiritual leader. At NY CISPES, 130 W 29th St, #9F (btw 6th & 7th
Ave, 1, N/R to 28th St, B/D/F/V to 34th St-Herald Sq). Sponsor:
NYC People's Referendum on Free Trade. Info: 646-245-9931,
newyor...@mindspring.com
6/7 WED, 7:30 pm - Meeting: Radical Women. 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; $3 for snacks at 7 pm. Sponsor:
Radical Women. Info/childcare: 212-222-0633, fs...@nyct.net &
http://www.radicalwomen.org
6/7 WED, 7:30 & 9:30 pm - Meeting/action: Freegan organizational
meeting to plan events & deal w/website & more, w/trash tour at
9:30 pm to visit nearby groceries & shops for a dumpster tour.
Mtg NOT open to media, tour is. Meet at Herald Sq Pk, 34th St btw
Bway & 6th Ave for mtg; tour, meet 9:30 pm in front of grocery
on the west side of 3rd Ave btw 38th & 39th Sts. Info: 347-
724-6954 & a...@freegan.info & http://www.freegan.info
**6/7 WED, 7:30 pm - Film: "The Power of Community--How Cuba
Survived Peak Oil." How Cuba adjusted to the sudden loss of
access to Soviet oil in the early 1990's. At 5C Cafe & Cultural
Center, corner of 5th St & Ave C (F/V to 2nd Ave, L to 1st Ave).
$5 suggested. Info: 212-477-5993.
6/7 WED, 9 pm - Benefit: "Intuition IV." Site specific
performances, innovative multimedia presentations, live music,
ritual & dance. Globesonic & Wolf+Lamb spinning. Benefits
Projectile Arts, Inc's collaborative workspace in Greenpoint,
Bkn. Group's projects include "Terra Livre," documentary that
follows a family in the Landless Workers Movement (MST) in
Brazil. At Pier 63 & the Lightship Frying Pan, on the Hudson off
W 23rd St. $25. Info: 718-349-6444, http://www.projectilearts.org
6/8 THU-6/10 SAT - Conference: "How Class Works." W/Joe Berry,
Barbara Bowen, Steve Fraser, Jennifer Gordon, Peniel Joseph,
Nelson Lichtenstein, Joyce Mills, Susie Orbach, Andrew Ross,
Uhuru Williams, Nancy Wohlforth. Seeks to explore ways in which
an explicit recognition of class helps to understand the social
world & ways in which analysis of society can deepen our
understanding of class as a social relationship. Themes include:
the mosaic of class, race, & gender; Class, power, & social
structure; Class & community; Class in a global economy; Class,
public policy, & electoral politics; Middle class, Working class,
What's the difference & why does it matter? & Pedagogy of class.
At SUNY Stony Brook, NY. Sponsor: SUNY Stony Brook's Ctr for
Study of Working Class Life. Info: 631-632-7536 &
michae...@stonybrook.edu & http://www.workingclass.sunysb.edu
6/8 THU - Event: 2006 Bridge Builder Awards Reception. At loc
TBA. Sponsors: NY Civic Participation Project, La Fuente, Inc.
Info: 212-388-3208, http://www.nycpp.org
**6/8 THU, 2-4 pm - Rally: for summer jobs. NYC has an
unanticipated $4 billion from tax collections. The 10% Youth
Campaign wants that money used to restore funding for summer
jobs, community centers & youth programs. At City Hall. Info:
DFOY, 212-362-4020.
6/8 THU, 5:30 & 8 pm - Event: "Freegan Feast." Delicious meal
made entirely of high quality foods recovered in pristine
condition from the discards of wasteful food retailers. At loc
TBA. Cook at 5:30 pm, eat 8 pm. Media welcome. RSVP/info: 347-
724-6954, a...@freegan.info
6/8 THU, 5:30-7:30 pm - Protest: Bird-Dog Hillary. Protest Sen
Clinton's support for Iraq war as Bill Clinton hosts a fundraiser
for his wife's senatorial campaign. Wear pink. At Stephen Weiss
Studio, 711 Greenwich St (corner of Charles). Sponsor: CodePink,
others. Info: codep...@hotmail.com
6/8 THU, 6:30 pm - Benefit: North Star Fund News Prize honoring
Maria Hinojosa (PBS, NPR), Farai Chideya (author, Trust: Reaching
the 100 Million Missing Voters), Errol Louis (NY Daily News). At
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP, 4 Times Sq (NE corner
42nd St & B'way, photo ID required). $100. RSVP ASAP:
212-620-9110, in...@northstarfund.org &
http://www.northstarfund.org
6/8 THU, 7 pm - Film: "Fallujah." After a major US-led offensive
in 11/04, 2/3 of Fallujah was destroyed & thousands of its
citizens were forced into refugee camps. Iraqi filmmaker Homodi
Hasim sent a team of videographers & investigative journalists to
the city to record the destruction & death; stories & images of
maimed & injured children, as well as destroyed mosques, schools
& hospitals. Using footage collected by both Iraqi and American
filmmakers & 1st-hand accounts, Deep Dish Television has produced
a gripping doc. At Bluestockings, 172 Allen St (at Stanton, 1 bk
S of Houston, F/V to 2nd Ave). $5. Info: 212-777-6028,
http://www.myspace.com/bluestockingsnyc &
http://www.bluestockings.com/
**6/8 THU, 8 pm - Discussion: "Palestinian Women from Gaza Speak
Out on Occupation." W/Laila El-Haddad (journalist & mother,
writes for Aljazeera.net, Washington Post, Alternet, UK Guardian)
& Fida Qishta (or Qesta, grassroots community educator &
activist). At Maryhouse, 55 E 3rd St (btw 1st & 2nd Ave, F/V to
2nd Ave). Sponsors: NY Catholic Worker, Women in Black/Union Sq.
Info: 212-777-9617, http://www.womeninblackunionsq.org
**6/9 FRI, 3-8 pm - Event: Herb spiral building & pot luck at
community garden threatened by plans to build apartment house on
site. Learn how to build a fabulous permaculture herb spiral,
then celebrate creation w/potluck treats. At Children's Magical
Garden, corner of Norfolk & Stanton St. Info:
children...@yahoo.com
6/9 FRI, 6:30 pm - Benefit: War Resisters League Annual Dinner &
41st Annual Peace Award, honoring Katherine Jashinski (Army
National Guard conscientious objector, sentenced to 120 days on
5/23), Diedra Cobb, Anita Cole & Kelly Dougherty. At Cyril &
Methodius Hall, 502 W 41st St (at 10th Ave). $45/25 low-income,
students, unemployed. Reservations: 212-228-0450,
w...@warresisters.org & http://www.warresisters.org Volunteer
("setting up the room, serving food, bartending (fun fun fun),
cleaning up, & all sorts of fun work"): Frida, 347-683-4928,
frida.b...@gmail.com
**6/9 FRI, 7 pm - Talk/slides/video: on non-violent resistance &
the occupation of Palestine. W/Fida Qishta, Palestinian
grassroots community educator/activist from Rafah, Gaza. Founder
of direct action group Rachel's Way & Life-Makers Ctr for Rafah's
traumatized children, Qishta documents life in one of the
hardest-hit Palestinian cities, w/over 1,500 homes demolished by
the Israeli army, including Fida's family home. At WESPAC
Foundation, 255 Dr Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, White Plains, NY.
Info: 914 682-4690, http://www.wespac.org &
http://www.arabamericannews.com/newsarticle.php?articleid=5370
6/9 FRI, 8 pm - Benefit: Bingo Night w/Books Through Bars. Bingo
& Beer to send books to people in prison w/prizes. Hosts Sister
Melissa & DJ No Flag (D Powell). At ABC No Rio, 156 Rivington St
(btw Clinton & Suffolk Sts, J/M/Z/F to Essex-Delancey). Free: $1
per game. Info: 212-254-3697 x322, b...@abcnorio.org &
http://www.abcnorio.org/affiliated/btb.html
6/9 FRI, 8 pm - Music: Good Coffeehouse Music Parlor. W/Bkn
Women's Chorus. Founded & directed by Bev Grant, "45 women
singing together to create 1 powerful voice for peace & justice."
At The Good Coffeehouse Music Parlor, 53 Prospect Park West, Bkn.
$10/$6 children. Info: 718-768-2972, in...@jamesreams.com &
http://www.bsec.org/events/coffeehouse/index.html
**6/9 FRI, 8 pm - Music: Bryan & Marcy. At Sidewalk Cafe, E 6th
St & Ave A. Info: http://www.bryanandmarcy.com
6/9 FRI, 9 pm - Benefit: "Free Leonard Peltier, US Political
Prisoner." Music by Liberation Sound, hip-hop, reggae, musica
latina. At Carlitos, 1701 Lexington Ave (at 106 St, 6 to 103rd
St). Info: 212-348-7044, http://www.artforchange.org &
http://www.LeonardPeltier.net
6/10 SAT-6/11 SUN - Workshop: "Healing Money Wounds: Creating a
Life-Sustaining Relationship to Money." W/Lynn McMullen (Global
Democratic Citizens Union-GDCU). Exercises, games, role-playing &
talking about money. At Epworth Retreat Center, in High Falls, NY
(near New Paltz). Sliding scale, based on household income,
w/room & board starting at $100 & program fee at $125. Sponsor:
Bkn Nonviolent Communication. Register ASAP: 718-797-9525,
in...@BrooklynNVC.org &
http://www.brooklynnvc.org/money_wounds.html
6/10 SAT-6/11 SUN - Workshop: training for Freedom Summer
Palestine 2006. For people considering traveling to Palestine
this summer or in the future w/the Int'l Solidarity Movement, or
w/other Palestine solidarity/nonviolent direct action groups. At
loc TBA in Man. Info/RSVP: ism...@hotmail.com
**6/10 SAT, 9 am-4 pm - Event: E-waste recycling. Computers,
monitors, printers, scanners, fax machines, copiers, network
devices (routers, hubs, modems, etc), peripherals (keyboards,
mice, cables, etc), components (hard drives, CDRoms, circuit
boards, power supplies, etc), TVs, VCR & DVD players, audio
visual devices, radios/stereos, cell phones, pagers, PDAs
telecommunication (phones, answering machines, etc). At St John
the Divine, North Parking Lot, Amsterdam btw W 112th St & W 113th
St. Sponsors: LES Ecology Center, Con Edison NYC Community Trust,
St John the Divine. Info: in...@lesecologycenter.org Volunteer:
212-477-4022.
6/10 SAT, 9 am - March/rally: Against Landlords Giving Longtime
Harlem Residents the Boot. "Gentrification is driving out Blacks,
Latinos, immigrants & the working class throughout NYC... Join
the tenant-led fightback & resistance campaign to preserve & save
Harlem's historic legacy. The home & neighborhood you save will
be your own!" Meet at Marcus Garvey Park Amphitheater, 123rd &
5th Ave; 10 am: march to 135th St & B'way; 11 am: rally. Info:
Harlem Tenants Council, 212-234-5005, harlem...@aol.com
Organizing meeting: 6/8 THU, 6-9 pm in Rm 8A/Harlem State Office
Bldg, 163 W 125th (photo ID required).
6/10 SAT, 9:30 am-1 pm - Conference: "ACLU-NJ Membership
Conference to Explore Security, Freedom." W/renowned security
expert Bruce Schneier & expert presentations on security,
government surveillance & privacy, detentions & torture, & the
tension btw sound security practices & civil liberties. At The
University Inn & Conference Center, Douglass Campus-Rutgers
University, 178 Ryders Lane, New Brunswick. $30/$10; open to the
public. Info: 973-642-2086, http://www.aclu-nj.org/events or &
http://www.schneier.com &
http://univinn.rutgers.edu/directions.jsp
6/10 SAT, noon-5 pm - Meeting: Sisterfire-Encuentro II. Citywide
gathering of women of color organizing groups following up on
last summer's 1st Sisterfire Encuentro. Children's program, food
& translation provided. Discuss developing citywide rapid
response network for issues of violence against women of color,
developing a bartering network of skills & resources for women of
color, developing a fundraising/resource network for women of
color organizations, developing an information network of women
of color organizing in NYC. At Billy Johnson Playground, Central
Park E (at E 67 th St, 6 train to 68th St, walk west to edge of
Central Park). Sponsor: Sisterfire NYC. Info: 347-489-0202.
6/10 SAT, noon-3:30 pm - Forum: on marriage equality. Potluck
lunch discussion on rights for same-sex marriage & civil unions.
W/Mark Lewis (minister & lead plaintiff w/his partner Dennis
Winslow in Lewis v Harris), Chris Lodewyks (1 of plaintiffs in
Lewis & Harris), Anita Young (Northern NJ NOW, Bergen Peace &
Justice), Jason West (mayor of New Paltz, NY, not confirmed). At
Unitarian Society of Ridgewood, Fellowship Rm, 113 Cottage Place,
Ridgewood, NJ. Sponsors: Residents Against Racism, NOW NJ, Anti-
Racism Cmt of Social Responsibilities Council, Unitarian Society
of Ridgewood. Info: Greg, 201-803-7574, marb...@aol.com or
in...@residentsagainstracism.net
**6/10 SAT, 1-5 pm - Workshop: to train aspiring writers w/a
passion for social justice in the basics of reporting. No prior
journalism experience required. At Indypendent office, 4 W 43rd
St. Sponsor: The Indypendent. Space limited. Info/applications:
212-221-0521, indyjournal...@yahoo.com
6/10 SAT, 7 pm - Music/performance/benefit: Dan Berrigan's 85th
Birthday. W/Amy Goodman, Pete Seeger, special guests. Celebration
of priest, poet & peace Activist Daniel Berrigan; benefit for St
Patrick's 4 & Campaign to Shut Down Guantanamo. At Wallace Hall,
Church of St Ignatius Loyola, 980 Park Ave at 83rd St. Sliding
scale $25/50. Contributions (checks to Plowshares NY): Kairos
Community, c/o Bud Courtney, 41 Utterby Rd, Malvern, NY 11565.
Info: 212-726-0664. RSVP required: berrig...@gmail.com
6/10 SAT, 7 pm - Film: "Bolerium." Colorful portrait of 1 of most
important independent US bookstores, 25-year-old store housing
the country's largest collection of Gay & Lesbian, Labor &
Radicalism, Latino & African American materials. W/producer
Nathan Kensinger. At Bluestockings, 172 Allen St (at Stanton, 1
bk S of Houston, F to 2nd Ave). $5 suggested. Info: 212-777-6028,
http://www.myspace.com/bluestockingsnyc &
http://www.bluestockings.com/
**6/10 SAT, 9 pm - Benefit: Dance Party! Old school, classic R&B
w/a touch of salsa. At 235 W 23rd St (btw 7th & 8th Aves C/E, 1
to 23rd St). $20/$35 couple. Sponsor: NYS Communist Party.
Info/tix: 212-924-0550 x355.
6/11 SUN, all day - Gay Pride Rockland 2006. Signature Pride
event of the Hudson Valley. Family-friendly, array of children's
& family activities. Street vendors sell wares outside. Indoors
program features Uptown Express (from NYC Gay Men's Chorus),
special youth segment organized by Rockland's CANDLE & growing
number of elected officials & faith communities leaders. At loc
TBA. Sponsor: VCS Inc, Community Change Project, Gay Pride
Rockland, 77 S Main St, New City, NY. Info: 845-634-5729.
**6/11 SUN, 1:15 pm - Film: Resistance Cinema presents "The
Take," by Avi Lewis & Naomi Klein. Unemployed Argentine workers
take over their factories during financial crisis & transform
them into cooperatives, provoking the authorities but winning the
support of the people. +Discussion w/NYU student Dave Hancock,
back from a 4-month stay in Argentina. At Community Church of
NYC, 40 E 35th St at Park Ave (6 to 33rd St). Free: donations
appreciated. Info: russel...@yahoo.com
6/11 SUN, 5-7 pm - Reading/discussion: "Rocks, Bones, Fortunes &
Love" & "Femme du Monde." W/poets T Rasul Murray & Patricia
Spears Jones. At Calabar Imports, 820 Washington Ave, Prospect
Hts, Bkn (btw St John's & Lincoln Places, 2/3 to Eastern Pkwy/Bkn
Museum). Free. RSVP: 718-638-4288, in...@Calabar-imports.com Info:
http://www.calabar-imports.com
6/11 SUN, 7 pm - Benefit/performance: "Tara's Crossing." Jeffrey
Solomon's play about a detained transgender Guyanese asylum
seeker. Benefits Bee Winkler Weinstein Fund of Stonewall
Community Foundation for lesbians, bisexual women & female
identified transgender individuals, ages 18-25, whose own
families have withdrawn emotional & financial support because of
their sexual or gender identity. At Lucille Lortel Theatre, 121
Christopher St. $35/$100 VIP (preferred seating & post-show
reception at Oscar Wilde Bookstore). Tix: 212-367-1155,
http://www.stonewallfoundation.org
6/11 SUN, 7 pm - Film: "Beef w/Broccoli," part of Through the
Lens Film Series. Explores the Asian Diaspora in the context of
the 12/05 Hong Kong protests, taking on globalization,
transnational identities, migration, resistance & the challenges
of building pan-Asian & global movements. W/filmmakers Puck Lo &
Handle Kung. At Bluestockings, 172 Allen St (at Stanton, 1 bk S
of Houston, F to 2nd Ave). $5 suggested. Info: 212-777-6028,
http://www.myspace.com/bluestockingsnyc &
http://www.bluestockings.com/
**6/11 SUN, 7:30-10:30 pm - Benefit: 4 Reproductive Rights
Justice in South Dakota. President of Oglala Sioux Tribe, Fire
Thunder announced that she would start an abortion clinic on
tribal lands if the abortion ban passed in SD is not repealed by
the referendum. W/Jennifer Baumgardner, music by Amy Clarke,
Video Clip of film "Speak Out: I Had An Abortion," raffle
(including 2 vibrators) & more. MC'd by the Missile Dick Chicks.
At Cattyshack, 249 4th Ave, Park Slope, Bkn (btw President &
Carroll, R to Union St, F to 4th Ave/9th St). $10; proceeds go to
Cecelia Fire Thunder & Planned Parenthood-South Dakota. Sponsor:
Women's Mobilization. RSVP: femi...@yahoo.com
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