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From: Charles Underwood (peacecalendarvisi.com) | |
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:10:16 -0800 (PST) |
NOTE: To subscribe, to unsubscribe or to send event announcements, please write to peacecalendar [at] visi.com with "peace calendar" in the subject line. My calendar and Dave Shove's Progressive Calendar are archived at http://lists.justcomm.org/pipermail/mn-prog-events/ Peace Calendar for February 26, 2007 D.C. PROTEST ALERT: Local folks participating in 3/17 events in D.C. should contact suzan_ireland [at] hotmail (includes Thursday a.m. departure and participation in Christian Peace Witness on Friday) or bus [at] antiwarcommittee.com for the Friday a.m. departure. Please make contact ASAP for this 4th anniversary of the war. Tuesdays, 2/6 to 3/27, 9 to 5, "Occupation Project," where constituents enter offices of Congresspersons or Senators at 9 and stay until 5 (or closing) to provide a non-disruptive vigil to remind them to stop the Iraq war funding and bring the troops home. Coleman's office: Sarah Standefer, scsrn [at] yahoo.com or 612-379-4716. Klobuchar's office: Marie Braun and Barbara Palmer, braun044 [at] umn.edu or 612-522-1861. Ramstad's office: Roxanne Abbas, rabbas [at] usinternet.com or 763-476-7643. Kline's office: the Skoogs at 651-454-3850 or family4peace [at] msn.com) McCollum's office: Betty McKenzie at macconis [at] usfamily.net or 651-644-1337. Bachmann's office: Sr Merle Nolde in St Cloud area. Walz: Joe,Elaine Mayer, eljomayer [at] hotmail.com or 507-289-4154. Peterson's office: Jim Hubley, jhubley [at] chartermi.net or 507-532-6846. Oberstar's office: Michelle Obed Naar, obedsinduluth [at] yahoo.com or 218-728-0629. Contact 612-522-1861 or the WAMM office for other team leader info. 2/15 to 3/4, Thur-Sat at 8 pm, Sun at 2 and 7, 6th annual Political Theater Festival, focusing on Latino immigration issues with "Contents Under Pressure," "Embassy of the Americas," " Dead Bolivians on a Raft," "Road Scholar," and "Did You Hear the One About the Mexican Laundress?" Intermedia Arts, 2822 Lyndale Ave S, Mpls. www.teatrodelpueblo.org or 612-871-4444. 2/23 to 2/28, 7 & 9 pm, unembedded filmmaker James Longley's stylistic and humanistic documentary "Iraq in Fragments," Bell Auditorium, 10 Church St SE, Mpls. www.mnfilmarts.org (Ed: My review is at http://www.mnblue.com) 2/23 to 3/1, film "The Lives of Others" about East Berlin spy who begins to question his own life after seeing the freethinking couple he is spying on, Uptown Theater, Hennepin & Lagoon, Mpls. www.landmarktheaters.com 2/23 to 3/1, film "Amazing Grace" about 18th Century Brit MP William Wilberforce and his uphill fight against the slave trade, Lagoon Theater, 1320 Lagoon Ave, Uptown Mpls. www.landmarktheaters.com Monday, 2/26, 6:30 pm, rally to get the Duluth City Council to pass an anti-war resolution. Council meeting starts at 7 pm. rally will take place at 6:30 on front steps of City Hall. Contact Adam Ritscher at mnsocialist [at] yahoo.com Monday, 2/26, 7 pm, Jesus Chucho Garcia speaks on "Venezuela, Has the Socialist Revolution Begun?: Views of Afro-Venezuelans and Students and Youth," Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 2730 E 31st St, Mpls. 612-623-3452. Tuesday, 2/27, 6:45 pm, MN911 group presents free film "9/11 Mysteries: Demolitions," Merriam Park Library, 1831 Marshall Ave, St Paul. 651-633-4410. Tuesday, 2/27, 5:45 pm, free soul-food dinner and film "Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin" about gay civil rights Gandhian activist, forced to hide part of his identity in order to fight for freedom for another part, East Side Neighborhood, 1700 - 2nd St NE, main dining room, Mpls. 612-781-6011. Wednesday, 2/28, 1:15 to 3:15 pm, free snacks and film "Brother Outsider" (see above), East Side Neighborhood, room B19, 1700 - 2nd St NE, Mpls. 612-781-6011. Month of March, antiwar photographer Chante Wolf"s show "Chronicles of Our American Conscience: Faces of Commitment," Coffee News Cafe, 1662 Grand Ave, St. Paul. 651-698-3324. Thursday, 3/1, noon, NPR producer Davar Ardalan presents "Beloved Homelands: Iran and America" at Westminster Town Hall, Westminster Presbyterian, 1200 Nicollet Mall, Mpls. www.ewestminster.org Thursdays, 3/1, 3/8 and 3/15, 5 to 8:30 pm, 3-part series "The Holocaust and the Heartland," with day 1 focusing on eugenics in America and anti-semitism in the Midwest, day 2 focusing on pen pals and Quaker response, day 3 on Midwestern Jews as POWs and conclusions, $50 for one session, $115 for all three, re-licensure clock hours, Landmark Center, 75 W 5th St, suite 211, St Paul. www.chgs.umn.edu or www.traces.org Thursday, 3/1, 7 pm, bioethicist and U of M Med School prof Steven Miles and Law School prof Oren Gross speak on "Torture, War and Medical Ethics," Cowles Auditorium, Humphrey Institute, 301 - 19th Ave S, Mpls. Thursday, 3/1, 7 pm, Peace in the Precincts Sharon Sudman talks about the Peace Roots Project and Marie Braun talks on the Occupation Project at the Valley Peacemakers meeting, 214 N 3rd St, Stillwater. earthmannow [at] comcast.net 3/2 to 3/18, Thur-Sat at 8 pm, Sun at 2 pm, Frank Theater presents "The Exonerated," the true story of 6 people who spent 2 to 22 years on death row before being proven innocent, $19-21, Mixed Blood Theater, 1501 S 4th St, Mpls. 612-338-6131. 3/2 to 3/25, various times, Heart of the Beast Theater presents performance installations/video/advocacy "lab" "Invigorate the Common Well," exploring whether water is a common right or a proprietary privilege, 1500 E Lake St, Mpls. www.hotb.org or 612-721-2535. Friday, 3/2, 4:30 to 5:30 pm, vigil to end the occupation of Palestine, Snelling & Summit Aves, St Paul. Karen, 651-283-3495. Saturday, 3/3, 8 to 3, free International Women's Day Celebration "Crossing Borders, Crossing Cultures" with UN Population Fund's Maria Jose Alcala, U of M Coffman Union, 300 Eashington Ave SE. Mpls. www.mnadvocates.org Saturday, 3/3, 10 to 11:30 am, Sergio Sanchez speaks on "Venezuela after the Elections: Relations with the United States," Resource Center of the Americas, 3019 Minnehaha Ave, Mpls. www.americas.org Saturday, 3/3 (and each 1st Saturday), 10 to 11:30 am, Homeless Veterans for Peace meeting, Peacehouse, 510 E Franklin Ave, Mpls. Bob Heberle at 612-789-9020 NEW VIGIL: Every Sunday, 1 to 2 pm, St Croix Valley Peacemakers sponsors peace vigil at the Stillwater bridge, Stillwater. www.stcroixvalleypeacemakers.com or 651-275-0247. Saturday, 3/3, 5 pm potluck, 6 pm program, sendoff for Northland College junior Melissa Helman as she heads off to prison for "crossing the line" at the School of the Americas last November, featuring human rights activist Mayra Gimez, former prisoner of conscience Brooks Anderson and musician Rachael Kilgour, Peace United Church of Christ fellowship hall, 1111 N 11th Ave, Duluth. anathoth [at] lakeland.ws Sunday, 3/4, Northwest Neighbors for Peace presents 2 free films, "Inconvenient Truth" at 12:30 pm and "The Ground Truth" at 2:30 pm, Ridgedale Library, 12601 Ridgedale Dr, Minnetonka. carydberg [at] comcast.net or 763-546-5368. Monday, 3/5, 8 to 9 am, St Paul Councilmember Debbie Montgomery hosts a public forum on the Republican National Convention in 2008, City Hall - Conference Room 42, 15 W Kellogg Blvd, St Paul. Monday, 3/5, 7 pm, Johns Hopkins govt prof (plus former National Defense U prof and CIA Directorate of Intelligence vet) Mel Goodman speaks on "CIA's Abuse of Intelligence Ethics," main auditorium of O'Shaughnessy Education Center, Cleveland & Summit, U of St Thomas, St Paul. 651-962-5907. Tuesday, 3/6, 7 pm, 1978 film "Alexandria Why," winner of Berlin Fest and widely banned in Arab world at the time, Red Room at the Loring Pasta Bar, 327 - 14th Ave SE, Mpls. $10 suggested donation for upcoming Arab Film Festival. www.mizna.org Thursday, 3/8, 10:30 am to 1:30 pm, Nobel Peace Prize Festival, designed for K-12 students and honoring Dr Mohamed ElBaradei, Si Melby Auditorium Augsburg College, Mpls. www.augsburg.edu/peaceprizefestival/ Thursday, 3/8, 11:30 registration, noon luncheon, former Norwegian prime minister Kjell Magne Bondevik, speaks on "The Role of Faith in Conflict Resolution," Windows on Minnesota, 50th Floor, IDS Tower, 80 S 8th St, Mpls. $45, register at www.micglobe.org Thursday, 3/8, 4 pm, UW-Madison poli sci prof Scott Strauss speaks on "Rwanda and Darfur: A Comparative Analysis," Nolte Library, room 125, Nolte Center, 315 Pillsbury Dr SE, Mpls. Co-sponsored by Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies and the Institute for Advanced Study. Thursday, 3/8, 6:30 pm, report on downtown Mpls senior clergy visit to the hold lands in January, Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church, 3355 - 4th St N, Mpls.(near *-94 and Lowry Ave.) http://journeyinfaith-mpls.org Thursday, 3/8, 7 pm, local Iraqi-American, Najaf resident, and Muslim Peacemaker Sami Rasouli returns to MN to speak on "Iraq Today: A Firsthand Account of War and Occupation," St Joan of Arc Church, 4537 - 3rd Ave S, Mpls. www.worldwidewamm.org (NOTE: Sami will be in town until 5/17, so if you want to schedule him to speak at your group, contact Marie Braun at braun044 [at] tc.umn.edu) 3/8 to 3/18, Wed-Sat at 8, Sun at 7, play "Throat" about Marine having adjusting problems after Iraq, $22 to 25, Southern Theater, 1420 Washington Ave S, Mpls. dana [at] southerntheater.org or 612-340-0155, ext 15. Thursday, 3/8, 11:30 registration, noon to 1:30 luncheon and program, Oslo Center for Peace and Human Rights founder Kjell Magne Bondevik speaks on role of faith in conflict resolution, $45, Windows on MN, 50th floor, IDS Tower, 80 S 8th St, Mpls. www.micglobe.org Thursday, 3/8, 7 pm, NW Neighbors for Peace presents James McKenzie talking about the Center for the Victims of Torture, its services and clients and why it is in MN, at the Parish Community of St Joseph, 8701 - 36th Ave N (corner of Boone), New Hope. 763-545-3396. Friday, 3/9, 1980 Nobel Peace Prize winner Adolfo Perez speaks on human rights. (NOTE: To be rescheduled due to health condition.) www.youthrive.net 3/9 to 3/15, 7:15 pm, film "Story of Pao" about Hmong girl in northern Vietnam and quest to find her biological mother, Oak St Cinema, 309 Oak St Se, Mpls. www.mnfilmarts.org 3/9 to 3/24, 7:30 pm with some matinees, Mixed Blood Theater adapts "The Pajama Game" as a bilingual tale of labor/management and cultural conflict, Sabtahani Theater, 310 E 38th St, Mpls. www.mixedblood.com Saturday, 3/10, 9:30 coffee, 10 am presentation, Middle East Peace Now presents film "Reel Bad Arabs" showing film clips vilifying Arabs since cinema's earliest days, Southdale Library 2nd floor, 7001 York Ave S, Edina. 651-696-1642. Saturday, 3/10, 10 am, children's book award judge Jo Montie speaks on "Children's Books for Peace and Justice," Van Cleve Community Center, 901- 15th Ave S, Mpls. www.wilpfmn.org Saturday, 3/10, 10:45 am, free film "9/11 Press for Truth," Riverview Theater, 380 - 42nd Ave S, Mpls. 911pressfortruth.org Alternate Saturdays, 1/13 to 6/9, 2 to 4 pm, interfaith dialogue organization Northern Lights Society presents series Understanding Islam, 2469 University Ave, Suite 110 E. St Paul. bilgin [at] nlight.org Series includes topics: Islam and Democracy on 3/10, necessity of interfaith dialogue on 3/24, farewell sermon of prophet Muhammad on 4/14, terror and suicide attacks on 4/28, other faiths according to Islam on 5/12, diversity in Islam on 5/26 and Islamic art on 9/9. RSVP to rsvp [at] nlight.org Saturday, 3/10, 6:30 pm, MN Cuba Committee presents free film "Mountain of Light" about Cuban doctors working in Honduras, Haiti, Guatemala, Mali, Burkina Faso and Botswana, Mapps Coffee House, 1810 Riverside Ave, Mpls. 612-624-1512. Sunday, 3/11, 12:15 registration, 1 pm program, Congressman Dennis Kucinich speaks on the Iraq war in DFL CD 6 fundraiser ($35), Carpenters Hall, 700 Olive St, St Paul. nancy236 [at] msn.com or 763-441-5959. Sunday, 3/11, 6 pm (and the 2nd Sunday of each month), Veterans for Peace chapter 24 meeting, St Stephens School basement, 2130 Clinton Ave S, Mpls. waynewittman [at] msn.com Sunday, 3/11, 6:30 to 7:15 pm, Sisters of St Joseph of Carondelet present 11th day prayer for peace, Presentation Chapel, 1880 Randolph Ave, St Paul. www.csjstpaul.org or 651-690-7079. Monday, 3/12 (and each month's 2nd Monday), 7:30 pm (note new time) (socialize and new member orientation at 6:30), Network of Spiritual Progressives meeting, Plymouth Congregational Church, 1900 Nicollet, Mpls. brucelissem [at] aol.com or www.nspmn.org Monday, 3/12, 6:30 pm, peace education consultant Roy Wolff speaks on "The Bible and the Nonviolent Way of Jesus" at Every Church a Peace Church potluck supper, Macalester/Plymouth United Church, 1685 Lincoln Ave, St Paul. ecapctc [at] yahoo.com Monday, 3/12, 7 to 8 pm, St Paul Mayor Chris Coleman hosts a public forum on the 2008 Republican National Convention, Battle Creek Recreation Center, 75 S Winthrop St, St Paul. Thursday, 3/15, probable bus leaving for D.C. to participate in Christian Peace Witness for Iraq event on 3/16. Bus returns Sunday afternoon. Cost around $150. General info at www.christianpeacewitness. Local reservations ASAP at suzan_ireland [at] hotmail.com Friday, 3/16, 7 am, check-in for the bus to march on the Pentagon in Washington. Cost is $175 to "Anti-War Committee." Schedule: leave early Friday, march all day Saturday, leave Saturday afternoon after the march, arrive around dinnertime Sunday the 18th. Buy your own fast-food on the way or bring your own food. Questions and reservations: www.antiwarcommittee.org or 612-379-3899. (In addition, there may be transportation from the Twin Cities for the Every Church a Peace Church action on 3/16. Contact Rod Olsen rolsen6376 [at] visi.com for updates.) Friday, 3/16, 6 pm, vigil on interstate bridge between Taylors Falls and St Croix Falls, with luminaries in-between representing service members lost from each state, Taylors Falls. 715-472-2728. Friday, 3/16, 6:30 pm, excellent 50-min Spanish documentary on depleted uranium, to coincide with local Alliant actions, O'shaughnassey Education Building, Cleveland & Summit, St Thomas U, St Paul. Saturday, 3/17, 10 to 11:30 am, human rights accompanier Ellen More speaks on "Genocide in Guatemala," Resource Center of the Americas, 3019 Minnehaha Ave, Mpls. www.americas.org Sunday, 3/18, 1 pm gather, 1:30 march to Loring Park, global day of protest to mark the 4th anniversary of the war in Iraq: "US Out of Iraq NOW," Hennepin & Lagoon Aves, Uptown Mpls. www.worldwidewamm.org For the march on the Pentagon, go to www.InternationalANSWER.org Monday, 3/19, noon to 4:30 pm (opening ceremony at noon with Becky Lourey, reading of names at 12;30, closing ceremony at 4 with Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer), Eyes Wide Open Minnesota exhibit, presenting the human cost of war with a pair of boots for each MN soldier killed in Iraq and shoes for Iraqi casualties, Minnesota State Capitol Rotunda, St Paul. www.mppeace.org Monday, 3/19, 6:30 pm, free film "Outlawed: Extraordinary Rendition, Torture and Disappearance in the War on Terror," St Joan of Arc Hospitality Hall, 4537 - 3rd Ave S, Mpls. 612-827-5364 or www.worldwidewamm.org Tuesday, 3/20, Anti-War Organizing League sponsors demo and march "US Out of Iraq Now!." U of M location TBA. www.tc.umn.edu~awol/ -------------------------------------------------------------- VIGILS Every Sunday, noon to 1 pm, peace vigil at Summit and Snelling, St Paul. 651-699-8655. Every Sunday, 1 to 2 pm, St Croix Valley Peacemakers sponsors peace vigil at the Stillwater bridge, Stillwater. www.stcroixvalleypeacemakers.com or 651-275-0247. Every Monday, 4:15 to 5:15 pm, Vigil in downtown White Bear Lake at intersection of Highway 61 and 4th Street. FFI: www.worldwidewamm.org Every Tuesday, 4:30 to 5:30 pm, Peace vigil at 98th St. and Lyndale, Bloomington. 952-831-4276. Every Tuesday, 5 to 6 pm (all year), east end of Franklin bridge over the Mississippi River, Mpls. carolynbelle [at] pressenter.com Every Tuesday, 4:30 to 5:30 pm, Penn Ave just north of 394, Bryn Mawr neighborhood of Mpls. bnlberry [at] netscape.net Every Wednesday, 7 to 8 a.m., Vigil at Alliant Tech, 5050 Lincoln, Edina. FFI: www.circlevision.org/alliantaction.html Every Wednesday, 4 to 5 pm, Peace walk, carrying signs in both directions from the corner of Hwy 241 and Co Rd 19 (across from St. Michael's Church), St. Michael. FFI: regofam [at] earthlink.net Every Wednesday, 4:45 to 5:45, Grandmothers for Peace vigil, 50th and Halifax, Edina (just west of France). www.worldwidewamm.org Every Wednesday, 5 to 6 pm, Vigil to end the occupation of Iraq, Lake/Marshall bridge over the Mississippi. www.worldwidewamm.org Every Wednesday, 4:30-5:30 pm, Peace vigil over footbridge at 85th Ave N and Hwy 252, Brooklyn Park FFI 763-566-8255 Every Wednesday, 6 pm, peace vigil at signal light on Hwy 169, Belle Plaine. JoAnne, 952-873-3315 Every Thursday, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., Vigil in front of Lockheed Martin, NW corner of Pilot Knob Road and Yankee Doodle Road in Eagan. FFI: family4peace [at] msn.com Every Thursday, 5 to 6 pm, Peace vigil at intersection of Bridge and Fountain Streets, Albert Lea. sjmoore [at] smig.net Every Thursday, 5:30 to 6:30 pm, Peace vigil at NE corner Co Hwy 10 & Univ Ave NE, Blaine. vanka485 [at] aol.com Every Friday, noon to 1 pm, Anti-Recruitment vigil ³Our Children Are Not Cannon Fodder,² off Oak St and Washington Ave, East Bank of U, Minneapolis, 612-379-4716. Every Friday, 4:15 to 5:30 p.m., Vigil to end the occupation of Palestine, Snelling and Summit, St. Paul. steichenfm [at] usfamily.net Every Friday, 4:30, Red Wing Alliance for Peace sponsors a vigil at John Rick park, Red Wing, followed by potluck and discussion on alternate weeks. tuvecino [at] redwing.net Every Friday, 5 to 6 pm, Chisago City gathering for peace (chat, sing, run around with the kids, share food), Moberg Park, Chisago City. AARONWOODJW [at] aol.com Every Friday, 5 to 6 pm, peace vigil at Lagoon and Hennepin, Uptown Mpls. FFI: WAMM. Every Friday, J. Rich Park, 4:30 to 5:30 pm, Peace vigil, Hwy. 61 and West Avenue, RedWing. sherlev [at] redwing.net Every Saturday, 9 am, Peace walk, Fern and Hwy. 95, Cambridge. (8 block walk) ytpsund [at] yahoo.com Every Saturday, 11 am to noon, peace vigil at corner of Bridge and River St, Chippewa Falls, WI. FFI: lagoclam [at] aol.com or 715-726-0365. Every Saturday, 11 to noon, Minnetonka weekly peace demonstration, at Hwy 7 and 101. Park in Target Greatland lot; meet near entrance fountain. carydberg [at] comcast.net Every Saturday, 11 to noon, NW Neighbors for Peace hosts antiwar vigil, along Vinewood, near Rockford Rd (AKA 42nd Ave or Cty Rd 9), just east of 494, Plymouth. nwn4p [at] yahoo.com Every Saturday, noon to 12:15, Vigil at Bridge Square (Division and 4th), Northfield. mcgrath1 [at] rconnect.com Every Saturday, 1 to 2 pm, Mounds View peace vigil, SE corner of Hwy 10 and University Ave NE in Blaine. major18 [at] comcast.net or 763-717-9168. (More vigils are listed at www.worldwidewamm.org )
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