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From: David Shove (shove001![]() |
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Date: Wed, 1 May 2013 13:16:24 -0700 (PDT) |
P R O G R E S S I V E C A L E N D A R 05.01.13 1. Lake St demo 5.01 5pm 2. Labor/art solidarity 5.01 7pm 3. Cascadia eco film 5.01 7pm 4. Sand/frac/film 5.01 7pm 5.Midstream readings 5.02 7:30pm --------1 of x-------- >From Marie Braun Lake St demo 5.01 5pm Sami Rasouli is in the Twin Cities for a few days with two gentlemen from Iraq. Abdul Ridha is the head of the Najaf Branch of Water Resources, which deals with irrigations systems for agriculture, and Abdul Kareem owns some bakeries and wants to learn about new technologies for his business. They will be coming to the Lake Street/Marshall Avenue bridge today -- 5:00 - 6:00 pm -- and are looking forward to meeting some peacemakers. Hope to see you there. We will again be focusing on drones and will have some signs relative to no new wars - Syria, Iran . . . Feel free to bring your own sign. Marie Braun 612-522-1861 cell: 612-275-2720 --------2 of x-------- From:Richard Broderick Labor/art solidarity 5.01 7pm May 1, 7:00 - 9:30 p.m, the Black Dog Café, 308 Prince St. Saint Paul. International Workers Day Celebration. Find out why May Day was chosen as the annual date to honor workers the world over. Celebrate worker solidarity with novelist and poet Anya Achtenberg, actress Kathleen Heaney, labor historian and activist Dave Riehle, music from Northern Minnesota's Red Finns performed by Diane Jarvi and anthems of the Paris Commune and revolutionary France sung by Yvonne Peralta. Hosted by Rich Broderick. No charge, though donations will be accepted to help fund the Black Dog's events programming. For more information, call 651-228-9274 or visit http://blackdogstpaul.com/index.shtml. The Black Dog is located on the southeast corner of the St. Paul Farmers Market. Off-street parking is available and a large lot is located behind the café where parking is $1 for the entire evening. For more information, call 651-228-9274 or visit http://blackdogstpaul.com/index.shtml. --------3 of x-------- From:Eric Angell Cascadia eco film 5.01 7pm (meet the filmmakers at the screenings!) 'Cascadia' is a film that speaks to the heart about ecological healing and a bioregional vision for the Pacific Northwest, the layers of dominant culture, and the need to "heal" the landbase and relationships of the bioregion through participation and cooperation. If you are interested in learning more about 'Cascadia' and the content to be explored through the film, the following link will take you to the 'Cascadia' trailer (~10 minutes in length; the content as well as the score and cinematography are phenomenal!): http://vimeo.com/couchmode/cascadia/videos/sort:date/38078416 http://vimeo.com/55819924# (59 min.movie) local screenings: May 1, Wednesday, 7 pm Macalester College, Campus Center, Lower Level 1600 Grand Avenue, St. Paul (SW Corner of Snelling Avenue and Grand Avenue) May 4, Saturday, 7 pm Minnehaha Free Space 3747 Minnehaha Ave. Minneapolis (Sponsored by MARS) May 7, Tuesday, 7 pm U of MN, Blegan Hall, rm 215 269 19th Avenue S, Minneapolis (Sponsored by SDS) ‘Occupied Cascadia’ is a documentary film exploring the evolving concept of bioregionalism across this land base. Historically, the diverse voices throughout this land have paved the way for many movements. We feel we have captured an essence of this evolving culture. So, what defines the people of this region? With resource wars upon us, governments are more oppressive than ever, global economies are destabilizing, corporations and media are continually dividing us and most seem to have some notion of an imminent collapse on the horizon. Are we capable of coming together, and if so, where do our commonalities lie? The people of Cascadia are diverse in opinions, stories and backgrounds and much like the larger nations we are a part of, we are divided by fundamentalism. What changes must we really make in order to provide for future generations, including the natural world? Explore these concepts and more. --------4 of x-------- Sand/frac/film 5.01 7pm Join Us for a Minneapolis Screening of the Frac Sand Documentary 'The Price of Sand' Post-Film Panel Discusion to Include Action You can Take to Help Pass Legislation to Protect Minn. From Frac Sand Industry “The Price of Sand <http://thepriceofsand.com/>” documents the frac sand mining industry’s negative impact on Wisconsin and shows what happens when an industry is intent on generating profits at any cost, no matter what the impact is on rural communities. The film features interviews with neighbors of frac sand mines, footage of frac sand mines and processing facilities, interviews with a leading researcher on the harm frac sand causes to health, and more. Panel to include Bobby King from Land Stewardship Project, Amy Nelson from Save the Bluffs <https://sites.google.com/site/savethebluffs/>of Goodhue County, and Keith Fossen, township officer from Hay Creek Township in Goodhue County. Hay Creek Township has adopted township ordinances to restrict frac sand facilities. * WHERE:* Riverview Theater <http://www.riverviewtheater.com/> at 3800 42 nd Ave. S., in Minneapolis.*\* * WHEN:* Wednesday, May 1, from 7 p.m. -9 p.m. * COST:* $8 in advance online HERE<https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?llr=paeiz6jab&oeidk=a07e74xq15y5164a56b>. Day-of-show tickets sold at the door: $10. * Co-sponsored by the Land Stewardship Project<http://landstewardshipproject.org/>and Bravely Be <http://www.bravelybe.com/>. * --------5 of x-------- From: ed Midstream readings 5.02 7:30pm Midstream Reading Series When: Thursday May 02, 7:30–8:30pm. Where: Blue Moon building, corner of 39th and (3820) East Lake. Upstairs. Entrance just west of the Blue Moon coffee house; up the stairs and to the left. Not wheel-chair accessible. Plentiful street parking. Best to arrive 10-20 minutes early to get coffee and food/dessert from the Blue Moon, and to be seated by 7:30 so we can begin on time. And, the venue will easily hold about 30; after that, standing or floor-sitting room only. The early bird gets the seat. Please occupy the up-front seats first. Original poems and stories read/performed by their creators: Margaret Hasse Freya Manfred Diego Vazquez Greg Watson Margaret Hasse grew up in Vermillion, South Dakota, and traveled west to college at Stanford University where she received a B.A. in English. Returned to the Midwest, she received an M.A. from the University of Minnesota, also in English. Her work has appeared in many publications and received poetry grants and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, Loft-McKnight (twice), Jerome Foundation, and Minnesota State Arts Board (twice). Her fourth collection of poetry, Earth's Appetite, will be published in 2013. The next writing workshop she teaches is called "Writing about Our Mothers," which takes place the day before Mother's Day, at the Loft Literary Center. Freya Manfred's sixth collection of poetry, Swimming With A Hundred Year Old Snapping Turtle, www.reddragonflypress.com., won the 2009 Midwest Bookseller’s Choice Award for Poetry. Her seventh publication from Red Dragonfly is The Blue Dress, a chapbook. A longtime Midwesterner who has also lived on both coasts, her poetry has appeared in over 100 reviews and magazines and over 30 anthologies. Her memoir, Frederick Manfred: A Daughter Remembers, was nominated for a Minnesota Book Award and an Iowa Historical Society Award. Novelist Philip Roth says, “Freya Manfred always startles me by how close she gets to everything she sees. That’s her tough luck, but it makes her a wonderful poet.” Poet Robert Bly says, “What I like in (her) poems is that they are not floating around in the air or the intellect. The body takes them in. They are brave. The reader and the writer meet each other in the body.” Freya lives half an hour west of the Twin Cities in Wisconsin, with the screenwriter, Thomas Pope. Their visual artist sons, Ethan Rowan Pope and Nicholas Bly Pope, have illustrated some of the volumes of her poetry. Poet and novelist, Diego Vazquez Jr, is proud that his lineage connects people who did not fear crossing invisible lines. They are commonly called illegals. Yet Vazquez has never met an illegal human. Greg Watson's work has appeared in numerous literary reviews, and has been featured on Garrison Keillor's Writer's Almanac. His most recent collections are The Distance Between Two Hands and What Music Remains, published by Nodin Press. Before and after: The Blue Moon, downstairs, has coffee, sandwiches, desserts. Merlin’s Rest, a bar/restaurant 3 blocks west, has a full bar, good food, a late hours kitchen, some outside seating For further information: David Shove shove001 [at] umn.edu 651-636-5672 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shove Clove
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