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[edit] Upcoming Events
[edit] April
4/20 Open Passover Sedar at Ofek Shalom Coop
[edit] July
7/24 (Every other Tuesday) Co-op Movie Night @ Ambrosia
This Week: Why We Fight
- 7/28 Racial Justice Training with the YWCA @ International Co-op
[edit] August
- 8/2 Planning Meeting for the PNC 7PM @ Escape Coffeehouse
- 8/4 Queer issues training with Outreach @ Ambrosia Co-op
[edit] Past Events
[edit] 2007
[edit] July
- Fri. July 13th – Sun. July 15th Fete de Marquette – Central Park
- Fri. July 13th – Sun. July 15th Minneapolis Zine Fest 2007! More info? www.zinefest.org
- Sat. July 14th Lothlorien (244 W. Lakelawn Pl.) 2pm-4pm Maintenance Workshop focusing on plaster repair, basic plumbing, and screen making and repair. FREE to all.
- Mon. July 2nd – Sun. July 8th Southern Indiana – Earth First Rendezvous!
This summer come and fight the approaching Road Monster – I 69, the NAFTA SuperHighway! For questions, workshop requests, and other ideas, email: efindiana@risuep.net For updates, visit: http://earthfirst.bee-town.com
- Saturday, July 7, 2007 11:30am-1:00pm - Picket, leafletting and Rally at La Hacienda Restaurant, 515 S. Park Street
Stand up Against the Exploitation of Immigrant Workers! Don't Support Lawbreakers! Boycott La Hacienda! www.workerjustice.org
- Town Hall Meeting Monday, July 9th. 11 AM North Hearing Room, Wisconsin State Capitol, 2nd Floor Voces de la Frontera (Voices From the Border) presents: Comprehensive Immigration Reform, WisconsinReality Tour, Fair Immigration Reform Now!
Explore the Realities Behind the Immigration Debate
Hear testimonies from immigrant workers from Whitewater, WI
Hear personal testimonies from immigrant workers from the Madison area
Challenge myths about immigration and hear the facts
See the photo exhibit
Be part of the dialog: Forum for questions and discussion
Workers, members of Voces de la Frontera, and community organizers will speak out about the reality of our broken immigration system and what that means for immigrants and their families. Come be part the discussion and a part of the solution. Come hear the stories of people calling for comprehensive immigration reform now!
For more information call: 414-643-1620
- 7/10 Screening of "Who Killed the Electric Car" @ Ambrosia Co-op
- Thurs. July 12th 7:30pm at Escape coffeehouse (916 Williamson St.) From SiCKO to Sanity discussion.
[edit] June
- Wed. June 6th 6:30 pm Escape Java Joint (916 Williamson St.) Debate about the June 1967 Arab-Israeli War – Marking its 40th Anniversary with David Williams of the Peregrine Forum and Arie Carmie of the Jewish Defense League. Info? #442-8399
- Sun. June 10th 1:00 pm Friends Meeting House (1704 Roberts Ct. just off Monroe St.) The Quaker Brown Bag Lunch features Sarah Quinn of Community Connections and the Wisconsin Books to Prisoners Project talking about how to Challenge the Prison Industrial Complex in Wisconsin. There will also be book packages ready to mail to prisoners available for people to sponsor. Info? sarah@communityconnectionswi.org
- Sun. June 10th 7:00 pm Escape Java Joint (916 Williamson St.) The Misdirection of Humanity Through the Privately-Controlled Money System and How to Fix It – discussion with Stephen Zarlenga of the American Monetary Institute. Drawing on a lifetime of experience in financial services, Zarlenga helped found the American Monetary Institute in 1996 and is author of The Lost Science of Money: the Mythology of Money--the Story of Power (2002, 724pp.). Copies of his book will be available at the forum at a discount. Admission is free, however a donation is appreciated to help cover room rental. Sponsored by the Peregrine Forum. Info? #442-8399
- Tuesday june 12th 9PM @ the King Club. 114 King St.: Benchpress Burlesque. www.benchpressburlesque.circlebox.org
- Tues. June 12th 7:00 pm Rainbow Bookstore (426 W. Gilman) Observing Hope in Colombia – talk with Kelly Lundeen of the International Peace Observatory (IPO about the current human rights situation there. Sponsored by Community Action on Latin America (CALA), Colombia Support Network (CSN), Family Farm Defenders, and Madison Infoshop. Info? #262-9036 or www.peaceobservatory.org
- Tues. June 12th 9:00 pm King Club (114 King St.) Bench Press Burlesque – Direct from St. Louis! Radical, Multi-Gendered, Sex-Positive, Queer Positive, Feminist Feast of Political Performance! $5-10 sliding scale. Info? www.benchpressburlesque.circlebox.org
- June 15th – 17th Amherst, WI Renewable Energy and Sustainable Living Fair!
- Fri. June 15th - Peace Rally, Walk, and Pancake Breakfast. Featured speaker: Helen Caldicott, discussing her latest book: Nuclear Power is Not the Answer
- Sat. June 16th - Clean Energy Car Show and Hybrid Rally. Featured speaker: Stan Gruszynski, Global Environmental Management (GEM) Center at UW-Stevens Point.
- Sat. June 16th 10:00 am - ? Juneteenth Celebration. Starting at 655 W. Badger Rd. at the Fountain of Life Church there will be a parade to Penn Park where there will be music, food and more.
- Sat. June 16th 2:00 pm Escape Java Joint (916 Williamson St.) Planning Meeting for a Solstice Bike Ride from Madison to Viroqua! It is 180 miles round trip, leaving June 18th or 19th and returning June 22nd or 23rd. You’ll need a sleeping and tent, plus some food to share. Info? thistle@riseup.net
- Sun. June 17th - Polka Breakfast, Music with Tom Pease. Featured speaker: Judith Levine, author of Not Buying It: My Year Without Shopping.
Hundreds of information booths, educational workshops, and other activities Registration is $25 for the entire weekend or $10 per day, with discounts for students, seniors, children, and MREA members.
A Madison bus will leave for the MREA from Memorial Union at 7am (bike friendly location) and then stop at the Dutch Mill Park & Ride (car friendly) each morning. The return trip coincides with the close of the Fair (7pm on Friday and Saturday and 5pm on Sunday). (Bikes are allowed on the bus and will be stored underneath in the luggage compartment.)
Included in the $20 bus ticket: coffee and breakfast items served on the way up; movie shown on the bus, changed daily; $10 coupon on arrival at the Fair, used just like cash at the front gate, marketplace, Veggie Grill, or Café; beer and cheese on the way back. Info? www.the-mrea.org #715-592-6595
- Sun. June 17th 11:00 am Fountain of Life Church (633 W. Badger Rd.) Juneteenth Festival! Parade through the South Side will end up at Penn Park for great food, music, performances, and celebration of community. Juneteenth is a uniquely African-American holiday, now celebrated worlwide, marking the end of U.S. slavery when word of the Emancipation Proclamation finally reached the last slaves held in captivity in Galveston, TX in 1865.
- Sunday June 24th, 12pm, at Lothlórien Co-op (244 W. Lakelawn Pl.) Community Potluck. Everyone's invited rain or shine. Bring a dish to pass and meet people who live in the Madison community.
- June 27th – July 1st Atlanta, GA Join other activists at the U.S. Social Forum!
Midwest buses are leaving from Madison, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Chicago, and Grand Rapids, but don't delay. Registration is first come, first served, and the deadline is June 4. To reserve your spot on the bus, visit: www.mwsocialforum.org
For specific cities, the coordinators are: MILWAUKEE, Shana Lucas (414-383-8274; shanal@publicallies.org) TWIN CITIES, Brandon Lacy Campos (612-432-7846; camposvive@hotmail.com) and Ryan Li Dahlstrom (612-875-8164; therian12@yahoo.com) GRAND RAPIDS-LANSING-KALAMAZOO area, Jeff Smith (616-459-8423; jsmith@mediamouse.org) CHICAGO, Carlos Fernandez (312-738-6203; carlos@jwj.org) and James Pfluecke (james.pfluecke@gmail.com; 773-386-8087) MADISON, Patrick Barrett (608-262-0854; pbarrett@ssc.wisc.edu)
There are also a limited number of scholarships available to cover registration and travel costs. For more details: http://www.mwsocialforum.org/en/funders_travel
If you are unable to attend the Social Forum, please consider making a contribution to the scholarship fund for low-income grassroots activists. Donations are tax deductible if checks are made out to "UW Foundation" with "Havens Center" specified in the memo. Mail to Havens Center, 1180 Observatory Drive, Madison, WI 53706.
For more information, please visit the Midwest Social Forum (MWSF) website at www.mwsocialforum.org, call 608-262-0854 or 608-262-1420, write to info@mwsocialforum.org, or visit the US Social Forum website at www.ussf2007.org.
- June 28th 5pm at A Room of One's Own (307 W. Johnson St.) Co-op organizing meeting. What can we do to further the co-op movement.
[edit] May
- Wed. May 30. Rising Tide Climate Action Tour is making a stop @ Lothlorien 7:00 PM. More info @ www.risingtidenorthamerica.org
- 24-Hour Zombie Movie Marathon Zombie Night - Midnight Friday May 19 - Midnight Saturday May 20 @ Lothlorien 244 W. Lakelawn Pl. ***FREE***
- Saturday May 19th 3pm-??? Infoshop Open House and Oaxaca Benefit, 1019 Williamson St.
- Wisconsin Books to Prisoners Book Sale! Pinatas and Cake Walk! Stencils and Bike Decorating! Fortune Teller! Music from Thistle (sweet and mean folk phenom)! Potluck and Barbeque – bring something to share! Plus, bike-in movies after sunset with popcorn!
- Escape Java Joint 7:00 pm Oaxaca Benefit with DJ and salsa/meringue dance lessons
- screenprinting tee-shirts for MCC at Ambrosia May 5
- Ambrosia is having an evening of overalls, straw hats and folk dancing May 5, 8pm. Bring money for the band, and the caller
- May 6th at 12pm, Co-op potluck at Lothlorien 244 W. Lakelawn Pl., Everyone's invited!
- Madison Hours Organic Vegan Pancake Feed - Sunday, May 13 8:30am-11am at the Wilmar Center 953 Jenifer St.
[edit] April
- To Hell in a Bicycle Basket Party After race suprise party at Lothlorien - Saturday April 7 after 9 - 2am
- 70's Funk Party at Lothlorien - Friday April 13 9pm-1am
- Antiwar Walkout, Rally & Teach-in, 1pm Library Mall,Wednesday April 18th sit-in Sen. Kohl's office continues to 19th
- Hip Hop group The Coup are playing the 19th at the terrace and it's free!
- John Zerzan is speaking somewhere in town on the 19th.
- there is play based on Goagre Orwell's novel 1984 playing at the Overture on the 20th & 21st
- MCC's GMM at Lothlorien, Sunday the 22nd, 1pm
- Coffee Talk at Lothlorien april 30
[edit] 2006
[edit] April
- Infoshop Benefit Shannon Murray Tour
