AUSTIN – The University of Texas System Brackenridge Tract Task Force will hold a meeting on Tuesday, October 17, beginning at 8:00 a.m. The meeting will be in the Board Room on the 9th floor of Ashbel Smith Hall, 201 W. 7th Street. In July, UT System Board of Regents Chairman James R. Huffines created the Brackenridge Tract Task Force and charged its members to review and identify facts and issues that impact use of the land, identify alternatives, and … Continue reading →

Instruments for Peace and The UnEmployed Democrats will co host a FREE double feature movie and music event at Cafe Caffeine on Sunday, October 15, at 4 PM. (909 W Mary St @ 5th St ). IRAQ FOR SALE @ 6ish – dark thirty followed by DOOLITTLES’ RAIDERS . See also: http://www.instrumentsforpeace.org For futher musical information , please call Richard Bowden : 751-8583 For venue information, please call : 477 WIRE(D)

Sunday, October 15, 2pm-8pm MonkeyWrench Books will be having a tent sale in conjunction with the block party celebrating the start of a new North Loop Strip independent business alliance. Come out all day for cheap books and a lot of great stuff, including lots of music, cheap drinks, food, and sales at all the great shops on North Loop.

Thursday, October 12th, from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at The Peacock Lounge, 515 Pedernales Street, Austin, TX 78702. Admission is free. ALLGO, a statewide queer people of color organization, is proud to announce its 21 Year Anniversary Reception. Join us in celebrating twenty-one years of work in the community. This year ALLGO took the monumental decision to honor its vision; return to its initial intent to move entirely as a social justice organization; and offer its history to take … Continue reading →

Cindy Sheehan Book Signing, Wednesday, October 11, 2006 at 07:00 PM, BookPeople On April 4, 2004, Cindy Sheehan learned that Casey, the eldest of her four children, had been killed in Iraq, where he was serving in the United States Army. After struggling through crippling grief for three weeks, she came to an epiphany: “I will spend my life trying to make Casey’s sacrifice count for peace and love, not killing and hate.” Peace Mom is the heartfelt and profoundly … Continue reading →

Maneja Beto Opens for East L.A. Band Quetzal at 3rd Annual Día de la Raza Celebration Sponsored by CMAS Wednesday, October 11, 2006 7:00 to 10:30 p.m. Where: The Pavilion at Fiesta Gardens 2101 Bergman Sponsor: UT Center for Mexican American Studies (CMAS) Free and open to the public Contact: Dolores García, 512-475-6973, doloresg@mail.utexas.edu On Wednesday, October 11th, East Los Angeles band Quetzal will headline a celebration of El Día de la Raza called Cultura sin Fronteras/Culture without Borders. Sponsored … Continue reading →

Tuesday, October 10th is the last day to register in order to vote in the upcoming general election on November 7th. To verify your voter registration in Travis County, please click here. If you are already registered to vote in Travis County, but have moved within the county, you can update your registration online by clicking here. Any change must be made by Tuesday, October 10th, or it may be necessary for you to return to your old polling location … Continue reading →

WHAT: Austin, Texas screening of Iraq for Sale WHEN: Monday, October 09 2006 08:00 PM TICKET PRICE: FREE Hot coffee, great food, crepe myrtle garden, big screen, weather-permitting. Otherwise we’ll show the film indoors. Come on out! HOSTED BY: David Hess WHERE: Cafe Mundi (Capacity is 500) 1704 E 5th Street Austin, Texas 78702 DIRECTIONS: Between Comal & Chicon on 5th Street

TEXAS YOUTH WORD COLLECTIVE PRESENTS!!! EVENT: Austin City Wide Under 21 Poetry Slam DATE & TIME: Sunday, October 8th, 7:00 pm ADMISSION: $10 adults, $5 students with i.d., free for children under 5 and Natl Poetry Slam Participants PLACE: Ruta Maya World Headquarters 3601 S. Congress, Austin, Texas CONTACT: Ron Horne (512) 632-5033, Co-Director Dr. Sheila Siobhan (512) 422-6653, Co-Director E-Mail: u21slam@yahoo.com Website: www.txywc.org WE’RE BACK!!! Texas Youth Word Collectives third season of the Austin City Wide Under 21 Poetry … Continue reading →

Sunday, October 8, 4:00 PM An antiwar art exhibition is being planned for next year. Interested artists welcome to come help put together a proposal. Location: MonkeyWrench Books, 110 E. North Loop Blvd.

The St. Elias Mediterranean Festival, Oct. 7, 6 p.m. to midnight, St Elias Eastern Orthodox Church 408 E 11th St AA-S Best Bet: The 74th annual festival features live music, dancing and food. — Cheryl Moynihan From the Promoter: Mark your calendar now for one of Austin’s most beloved, delicious, and fun-filled festivals–the St. Elias Mediterranean Festival. This year’s festival will be the 74th annual edition of this event, named one of Central Texas’ Top 10 Food Festivals by the … Continue reading →

Come celebrate 4 years of ATX IMC. Austin Indymedia has been making media make trouble in Austin for four years now, and in conjunction with KPWR People Will Radio, will be hosting a benefit this Friday. With performances by: Woozyhelmet, The Always Already, Follow That Bird, Low Line Caller, MC Damp Heat … and a k*issing booth!* With giveaways from: Vulcan Video, Flipnotics, Dobie Theatre, and others, including: free rentals, movie passes, movies, coffee, and a free massage. Friday, October … Continue reading →

Thursday, October 5, 2006 5:00pm Texas Capitol south steps A day of mass mobilization to drive out the Bush regime! Gather at the Capitol at 4:30 to prepare for a mass media event at 5:00. We will unfurl a giant banner made of many twin-size white sheets with messages on them from local groups and supporters. At the center will be the message “ENOUGH!” There will also be live music and speakers. On October 5 join us in a day … Continue reading →

October 4 (Wed) 7:00 pm Sonali Kolhatkar and James Ingalls, “Bleeding Afghanistan” In the years following 9/11, U.S. policy in Afghanistan has received little scrutiny. Despite official claims of democracy and women’s freedom, Afghanistan has yet to emerge from the ashes of decades-long war. Drawing from declassified government documents and on-the-ground interviews with Afghan activists, journalists, lawyers, refugees, and students, Kolhatkar and Ingalls will examine the connections between the U.S. training and arming of Mujahideen commanders and the subversion of … Continue reading →

Tuesday, October 3, 7:00 p.m: State Repression in Mexico: Recent Social Crisis and Popular Insurrection in Oaxaca and Atenco Amador Teodocio, a Oaxacan Zapotec Organizer and Member of the Democratic Teachers UnionSection 22, and Omar Angel, also a Oaxacan Zapotec Organizer and Member of the Union of Campesinos and Indigenous Peoples of the Zone of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec (UCIZONI), will speak on the current campaign of government-sponsored violence in Oaxaca against teachers, indigenous communities and other demonstrators and the … Continue reading →

Monday, October 2, 8pm, “Summer at School: Dispatches from the War on Lebanon” Zeina Halabi, a graduate student in the Department of Anthropology at UT, will show slides and discuss her first-hand experience of the events of the recent 34-day war on Lebanon. She will also share stories of working with displaced children in Beirut .

What: Musical Benefit to Raise Money for Family of Detained Mother When: 5:00 p.m., Sunday, October 1, 2006 Where: Jovitas Restaurant at 1619 S. First (1 block north of Resistencia Bookstore) -In support of families who have been victimized by current immigration laws- AUSTIN, TX The UT student chapter of Movimiento Estudiantil Chicana/o de Aztlan (M.E.C.H.A) will hold a musical benefit on Sunday, October 1, 2006 at 5:00 p.m. at Jovitas Restaurant to raise money for families victimized by current … Continue reading →

Austinites will gather Sunday to celebrate peace campaigner Mohandas Gandhi’s birthday with a walk for peace and a free movie. The event will start at the Capitol steps at 9:45 a.m. Sunday, followed by a march to the Congress Avenue bridge. At 1 p.m., the movie “Gandhi” will be shown free at the Galaxy Highland 10 theater. Anderson Mill resident Gloria Maheshwari spent two weeks sending invitations, getting permits and making banners for the event. She says she is inspired … Continue reading →