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From: Charles Underwood (peacecalendarvisi.com) | |
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:10:43 -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/ CONVENTION TRAINING: Precinct caucuses were fun, but now that particular party's over. If you got an invite to the senate district conventions, check out the convention training sessions immediately after the calendar. Peace Calendar for February 23, 2008 EDITOR'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE WEEK: Convention training workshops: all over town (see special section below). Political activism: Phone for Jack or help at a convention, 612-216-4665. Movie: Persepolis, at the Lagoon. Your exercise constitutional: march on March 1, good for heart, legs and liberties. 12/21 to 2/28, from the novel by Khaled Hosseini, the film "Kite Runner" about 2 childhood friends in Afghanistan torn apart by a fearful betrayal, Edina Cinema, 3911 W 50th St, Edina. http://www.landmarktheaters.com 1/18 to 2/28, film "Persepolis," a coming-of-age story about 9-year-old girl dealing with rise of fundamentalism in Iran, then prejudice when she flees to Austria, Lagoon Theater, 1320 Lagoon Ave, Mpls. http://landmarktheaters.com (Editor has seen and highly recommends.) 1/26 to 5/4, Minnesota History Center hosts exhibit "The Enemy Within: Terror in America - 1776 to Today," detailing responses to attacks from a Washington kidnap plot to the World Trade Center attack, $8 adults, MN History Center, 345 Kellogg Blvd W, St Paul. http://www.mnhs.org or 651-259-3149. Saturdays, during February and March, exhibit of Roman Vishniac's photographs of the ghettoes of Eastern Europe, the last record of Jews destroyed in the Holocaust, The Basilica, between 16th and 17th Streets on Hennepin, Mpls. http://www.micglobe.org/calendar/ 2/21 to 3/9, the History Theatre presents the play "Peace Crimes: The Minnesota 8 vs. the War," Rarig Center, U of M West Bank, 330 - 21st Ave S, Mpls. Tickets at http://www.historytheatre.com or 651-292-4323. Saturday, 2/23, 9 am to 4:30 pm, free workshop "Rwanda and the Holocaust: A comparative Perspective," U of M Law School, 25 Mondale Hall, 229 - 19th Ave S, Mpls (morning at the U, afternoon at the Science Museum). Register at http://chgs.umn.edu/news/rwanda.html Saturday, 2/23, 6:30 pm celebration, 8 pm play, Minnesota 8 hosts celebration and play "Peace Crimes: The Minnesota 8 vs. the War," Rarig Center, U of M West Bank, 330 - 21st Ave S, Mpls. Tickets at http://www.historytheatre.com or 651-292-4323. (Note: you do not have to attend the play in order to attend the celebration. The play will be shown other nights.) Saturday, 2/28, 8 pm, the Joubran Trio (3 Palestinian brothers who all play the oud), give a concert at Sundin Hall, just east of Snelling at Hamline University, St Paul. http://www.mizna.org Sunday, 2/24, 1:30 pm, Alice Musbabenda, an orphan survivor of the Rwandan genocide speaks at "Rwanda and the Holocaust: Testimonies and Photographs," Basilica of St Mary, 88 N 17th St, Mpls. http://www.micglobe.org/calendar/ Sunday, 2/24, 3 to 5 pm, forum on elections "Obama, Clinton or MaCain? OH NO! What is a Progressive to do?" Mayday Books, 301 Cendar Ave S, West Bank Mpls. http://www.maydaybookstore.org 2/24 to 3/6, play "Peace Crimes: the Minnesota 8 vs. the war," Rarig Center, 330 - 21st Ave S, Mpls. http://www.pwh-mn.org Mondays, starting 2/25, Macalester College's experimental college EXCO offers free class "Nonviolence and Anarchism: An Intergenerational Dialog" with Betsy Raasch-Gillman and Rob Czernik, to discuss differing social change philosophies prior to the 9/1 Republican National Convention. Space limited. Sign up at http://www.excotc.org Monday, 2/25, 5 to 7 pm, join Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg in supporting US Senate candidate Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer in "A Night of Courage and Justice," home of Koni Kogan, 15205 Holdridge Rd E, Wayzata. http://www.jackforsenate.org or 612-216-4665. Monday, 2/25, 7 to 9 pm, join Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg in supporting US Senate candidate Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer in "A Night of Courage and Justice," Kensington Park Party Room, 7600 Lyndale Ave, Richfield. http://www.jackforsenate.org or 612-216-4665. Tuesday, 2/26, 5:30 pm, support Youth Against War and Racism in limiting military recruitment in the Mpls schools, support the resolution at the Mpls School Board meeting, 807 NE Broadway, Mpls. against.war [at] gmail.com or 651-210-5342. Tuesday, 2/26, 6:30 pm pizza, 7 pm DFL Links program, Kashif R Saroya of the Islamic Resource Group speaks on misconceptions about Islam and Muslims, $8.53 for the pizza buffet, Angeno's, 3355 Plymouth Blve, Plymouth. http://nwn4p.pbwiki.com/ Tuesday, 2/26, 6:30 to 8:30 pm, documentary film "No Volveran!" about the 2006 elections in Venezuela, Mad Hatter's Tea House, 943 W 7th St, St Paul. http://www.ushov.org Tuesday, 2/26, 7:30 pm, Pentagon Papers political activist Daniel Ellsberg talks with U of M poli sci prof Larry Jacobs on "American Democracy in Dissent" as part of Great Conversations program, Ted Mann Concert Hall, U of M, 2128 - 4th St S, Mpls. Tickets $28.50. http://cce.umn.edu/conversations or 612-624-2345. Wednesday, 2/27, 11:30 am to 1 pm, Zafar Siddiqui of the Islamic Resource Group presents "Helping Lawyers Understand the Muslim-American Community Today," Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, 2800 LaSalle Plaza, 800 LaSalle Ave, Mpls. CLE available. Lecture free and lunch free if RSVP by 2/22 at 612-341-3302 ext 127. Wednesday, 2/27, 5:30 pm, film "Crimes of Honour" about the killing of hundreds of women in the Islamic world killed because they are thought to have dishonored their families, Humphrey Center, U of M, 301 - 19th Ave S, Mpls. http://www.hhh.umn.edu Wednesday, 2/27, 6:30 pm, documentary film "USA vs Al-Arian" concerning an Arab-American university prof held in solitary confinement for 2 1/2 years before his nightmare trial, New Brighton Family Service Center, 400 - 10th St NW, New Brighton. William Mitchell Law prof and defense attorney Peter Erlinder speaks afterwards. 612-552-2460. Wednesday, 2/27, Prof Doug Rossinow presents "Peace and War in the Heartland," Metro State, St Paul Main Campus. http://www.pwh-mn.org/metrostate00.php Thursday, 2/28, 6 pm, U.S. Senate peace candidate Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer appears at SD57 spaghetti dinner, Cottage Grove VFW Red Barn, 9260 E Point Douglas Rd, Cottage Grove. http://www.jackforsenate.org Thursday, 2/28, 7 pm, German film "Downfall," from Hitler's secretary's perspective, a look at Hitler's last days in the infamous bunder, Landmark Center's Weyerhaeuser Auditorium, 75 W 5th St, St Paul. http://traces.org/programs.html 2/29 to 3/6, film "The Band's Visit" about an Egyptian police band that gets lost and ends up in a remote Israeli town, with deadpan but funny consequences, Edina Cinema, 3911 W 50th St, Edina. http://www.landmarktheaters.com Friday, 2/29, 4:15 to 5:30 pm, vigil to end US military/political support of the Israeli occupation of Palestine, corner Summit and Snelling, St Paul. (Note: Vigil is cancelled if the temperature is under 20 degrees F.) Saturday, 3/1, 10 to 11:30 am, meeting of Homeless Veterans for Peace, Peacehouse, 510 E Franklin, Mpls. Bob 612-789-9020. Saturday, 3/1, 11 am, press conference and march on the RNC to Stop the War for the second of the permitted recurring marches, State Capitol, St Paul. http://www.worldwidewamm.org Saturday, 3/1, free conference "The African Diaspora in the Americas" with 1 pm keynote speaker Afro-Venezuelan Jesus "Chucho" Garcia, followed by panelists from the U.S., Cuba, Haiti, Liberia, Colombia and Puerto Rico from 2:30 to 5:30, concluding with dinner and cultural show from 5:30 to 9, Phyllis Wheatley Community Center, 1301 - 10th Ave N, Mpls. http://minnesotavenezuela.org or 612-730-0087. Monday, 3/3, 7 pm, Jewish Film Festival presents "Frozen Days" about a young Tel Aviv woman who moves into an online friend's apartment after he is injured in a suicide bombing, Oak St Cinema, 309 Oak St SE, Mpls. http://www.mnfilmarts.org Monday 3/3, 9 pm, Jewish Film Festival presents "The Bubble" about 3 young Israelis who share an apartment and what happens when one of them falls in love with a Palestinian man, plus "West Bank Story" about an Israeli soldier who follows in love with a Palestinian falafel cashier, Oak St Cinema, 309 Oak St Se, Mpls. http://www.mnfilmarts.org Tuesday, 3/4, 7 pm, film "View from a Grain of Sand," telling 30 years of Afghanistan's history through the eyes of 3 Afghan women (a doctor, a teacher and a social activist) through international wars and 3 regimes, Arlington Hills Branch Library, 1105 Greenbrier St, St Paul. http://www.hhh.umn.edu Tuesday, 3/4, 7:30 pm, Michael Eppel speaks on "Why did the Arab States Invade Israel in 1948?" Adath Jeshurun, 10500 Hillside Lane, W Minnnetonka. jwst [at] umn.edu or 612-624-4914. 3/7 and 3/8, annual Nobel Peace Prize forum with Muhammad Yunus (2006 laureate), Greg Mortenson and Jeffrey Sachs speaking, Concordia College, Moorhead. FFI: http://www.cord.edu/Academics/Events/Peaceprizeforum/index.php 3/7 and 3/8, conference "Healing through Faith," designed to help Liberian faith leaders in the Diaspora as they go through the truth and reconciliation process, Luther Seminary, 2481 Como Ave, St Paul. http://www.mnadvocates.org or Liberia-TRC [at] advrights.org 3/7 (6 pm) to 3/9 (5 pm), basic level Alternatives to Violence Workshop, Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church, 511 Groveland Ave, Mpls. avprich [at] fnvw.org or http://www.fnvw.blogspot.com Saturday, 3/8 10 to noon, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom hosts Tomales Bay Institute publisher Julie Ristau, talking about "Saving the Commons," meaning the assets that belong to everyone, Van Cleve Community Center, 901 - 15th Ave SE, Mpls. http://www.onthecommons.org or http://www.wilpfmn.org or 651-458-7090. Sunday, 3/9, 12:15 to 2 pm, the Peace with Justice Committee of the Mpls/St Paul ELCA presents Nazrin Jewel talking about Iran, Central Lutheran Church, 3rd Ave & 12th St (next to Mpls Convention Center), Mpls. $7 lunch available; validated parking in the Central lot/ramp. dhilden [at] comcast.net or 612-825-1581. Sunday, 3/9, 6 to 8:30 pm (and the 2nd Sunday of each month), Veterans for Peace chapter 27 meeting, St Stephens School basement, 2130 Clinton Ave S, Mpls. John at 952-448-2664. Monday, 3/10, 6:30 pm, bimonthly potluck supper meeting of Every Church a Peace Church, addressing the question "Is your church a peace church?," University Lutheran Church of Hope, 601 - 13th Ave SE, Mpls. ecapcTC [at] yahoo.com or 651-228-7224. Tuesday, 3/11, 12:45 pm, film "View from a Grain of Sand," telling 30 years of Afghanistan's history through the eyes of 3 Afghan women (a doctor, a teacher and a social activist) through international wars and 3 regimes, Humphrey Center, U of M, 301 - 19th Ave S, Mpls. http://www.hhh.umn.edu Tuesday, 3/11, 6:30 pm Sisters of St Joseph of Carondelet's 11th day prayer for peace, 1890 Randolph Ave, St Paul. www.csjstpaul.org or 651-690-7079. Tuesday, 3/11, 7 pm, Iraqi-Minnesotan Sami Rasouli, back from working with the Muslim Peacemakers Team in Najaf, speaks on "A Firsthand Account of 5 Years of War and Occupation," St Joan of Arc Church, 4537 - 3rd Ave S, Mpls. http://www.worldwidewamm.org or 612-522-1861. Wednesday, 3/12, 11:30 am to 12:30 pm, free (lunch provided) musicology/theory colloquium with Philip V Bohlman on "The Silence of Genocide," room 280 Ferguson Hall, 2106 - 4th St S, West Bank campus U of M, Mpls. http://ias.umn.edu/calendar.php Thursday, 3/13, noon to 1 pm, U.N. special envoy for Conflict Resolution Jan Egeland speaks on "On the Frontlines of Humanity," Westminster Presbyterian Church, Nicollet Mall at 12th St, downtown Mpls. http://ewestmiinster.org/forum.asp Thursday, 3/13, campus chaplain David Weiss present Peace and War in the Heartland, St Catherine's College, St Paul. http://www.pwh-mn.org/stkates00.php Saturday, 3/15, 1 pm, mass antiwar demonstration against 5 years of war on Iraq, march from Lagoon and Hennepin in Uptown to Loring Park, Mpls. http://www.antiwarcommittee.org or 612-379-3899. Monday, 3/17, 6:30 pm, free movie "Encounter Point" about an Israeli settler, a Palestinian ex-prisoner and a bereaved Israeli mother standing up for peace, St Joan of Arc Church, Hospitality Hall, 4537 - 3rd Ave S, Mpls. http://www.worldwidewamm.org Wednesday, 3/19, 5 pm, 5th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. Special peace vigil on the Lake/Marshall bridge over the Mississippi River. http://www.antiwarcommittee.org or 612-522-1861. ******************** CONVENTION DELEGATE TRAINING (For peace people who have been selected at their precinct caucuses to be delegates at their senate district or county conventions, the following training sessions are held.) Saturday, 2/23, 9:30 to 11:30 am, DFL CD3 sponsors convention training, Park Center Senior High School, 7300 Brooklyn Blvd, Brooklyn Park. rzimbro [at] dfl.org or 612-251-6321. Saturday, 2/23, 1:30 pm, convention training at Washburn Library, Meeting Room, 5244 Lyndale Ave S, Mpls. Location, 612-630-6500. Info at http://www.peaceintheprecincts.org Sunday, 2/24, 2 to 4 pm, earn how to subcaucus, how to debate and vote on resolutions, how to become a delegate to the state convention, Burnhaven Library, 1101 W County Rd 42, Burnsville. http://www.mnpact.org Tuesday, 2/26, 7 pm, SD 62 Links meeting/convention training, Fireroast Mountain Cafe, 3800 - 37th Ave S, Mpls. Thursday, 2/28, 6:30 registration, 7 pm convention training by DFL Outreach Director RoseAnn Zimbro, International Union of Operating Engineers, 2829 Anthony Lane S, Mpls. rzimbro [at] dfl.org or 651-251-6321. Thursday, 2/28, 7 pm, convention training, Eden Prairie Library, large meeting room, 565 Prairie Center Dr, Eden Prairie. 952-847-5375 or http://www.peaceintheprecincts.org Saturday, 3/1, 3 to 5 pm, convention trainins, Brookdale Library, room AB, 6125 Shingle Creek Pkwy, Brooklyn Center. 952-847-5600 or http://www.peaceintheprecincts.org Sunday, 3/2, 1:30 pm, convention training, Maplewood Library, Program Room, 3025 Southlawn Dr, Maplewood. Location, 651-704-2033 or info at http://www.peaceintheprecincts.org Saturday, 3/8, 10:30 am, convention training, North Regional Library, north half of the meeting room, 1315 Lowry Ave N, Mpls. Location, 612-630-6600 or info at http://www.peaceintheprecincts.org (This is a growing list, Trainings in Brooklyn Center and elsewhere will be on the website http://www.peaceintheprecincts.org or from Santwana at 651-917-0383. ******************** 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 Crook 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 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 Tuesday, 4:30 to 5:30 pm, Peace vigil at 98th St. and Lyndale, Bloomington. 952-831-4276. Every Tuesday, 4:30 to 5:30 pm, peace vigil outside John Kline's office at intersection of Burnsville Parkway and Nicollet, Burnsville. family4peace [at] msn.com 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 to 5 pm (new winter hours), 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, noon to 1, peace vigil across from the post office, Mankato. richard.wintersteen [at] mnsu.edu Every Wednesday, 4:30 to 5:30 pm (winter hours), Grandmothers for Peace vigil, 50th and Halifax, Edina (just west of France). www.worldwidewamm.org Every Wednesday, 4:30 to 5:30 pm (winter hours), 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, Chisago City gathering for peace, Moberg Park on Hwy 8, Chisago City. AARONWOODJW [at] aol.com Every Thursday, 5 to 6 pm, Peace vigil at intersection of Bridge and Fountain Streets, Albert Lea. sjmoore [at] smig.net 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, peace vigil at Lagoon and Hennepin, Uptown Mpls. FFI: WAMM. 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, 10:15 to noon (canceled if snowing or sleeting), peace bannering on 40th St footbridge over 35W, Mpls. 952-465-2866. Every Saturday, noon to 12:15, Vigil at Bridge Square (Division and 4th), Northfield. mcgrath1 [at] rconnect.com Every Saturday, 1 to 2 pm, peace vigil at corner of 42nd (Co. Rd. 9) and Winnetka Ave N, New Hope. Park in Walgreen or McDonald lot. (location change from Plymouth, starts 12/22/07) carydbeerg [at] comcast.net Every Saturday, 2 to 3 pm, Mounds View peace vigil, SE corner of Hwy 10 and University Ave NE in Blaine. vanka485 [at] aol.com or 763-717-9168. Every Saturday, 2 to 3 pm, Peace vigil at NE corner Co Hwy 10 & Univ Ave NE, Blaine. vanka485 [at] aol.com (More vigils are listed at http://www.worldwidewamm.org/takeaction/vigil/statevigils.html )
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