SATURDAY, May 31st, 6:30-9:30pm BookWoman, 5501 N. Lamar Blvd. #A-105, Austin Texas 78751 Family Fun: Trevor the Magician, Face Painting and Balloon Art, and Musical Storytelling with Jan Seides Evening Festivities: Cello music with Mollie Fischer; Two Spirited Blessing and Creation of Sacred Space with Rose Twofeathers and Tonya Lyles; Poetry/Spoken Word with Ana-Maurine Lara, Jen Margulies, and Abe Louise Young; Bluegrass accordion with Amanda Kitchens; The Poetry of Samiya Bashir; and to end the evening, The Music of Luna … Continue reading →

RESCHEDULED to May 31, 2008 at 6:00pm at Ruta Maya 3601 S. Congress, Austin , Texas We think Bugs Bunny and Friends said it best: “Overture, curb the lights. This is it, the night of nights. No more rehearsing or nursing the part. We know every part by heart. Overture, curb the lights. This is it, the height of heights. And oh what heights we’ll hit. On (kick) with the show (kick) this is it!” (Shake the top hat). Yes, … Continue reading →

Saturday May 31st from 6pm to 2am, United States Art Authority and Spiderhouse, 29th and Fruth St. Festivities include music by Magnifico and Foot Patrol, a bike art show, silent auction and the YBP Gold Sprints. There will be a $5 donation at the door and all proceeds go to the YBP “New Headquarters Fund”. The Yellow Bike Project is a community supported ALL-VOLUNTEER organization that has run community bike shops in Austin for the last 11 years.

Friday May 30, 7pm, Resistencia Bookstore, casa de Red Salmon Arts, 1801-A South First St. Save Our Youth (SOY), a project of Red Salmon Arts, presents Truth of Mind: Youth Poetry Reading featuring Johnston High School student writers: Emanuel Alejo-Mendez, Mariama Konneh, Lauren Montoya, Christian Morgan, Joseph Abel Posada, and Ana Karen Vargas. The reading will also include local poet/writers Marcos Flores, Carolle Metellus, and Johnston High School 2006-2007 graduate and SOY poet, Saray Rosales. This spring, SOY conducted a … Continue reading →

Thursday, May 29, 8 p.m. MonkeyWrench Books, 110 E. North Loop. MonkeyWrench Books Spanish Language Film Series, “En el País de No Pasa Nada” (2000, 91 min., México, in Spanish with subtitles in English) Maricarmen de Lara, best known for her feminist documentaries, directs this comedy about a corrupt philandering businessman and his wife and the class conflicts created when Enrique is kidnapped by a band of incompetent kidnappers This film uses humor to describe the social problems facing Mexico … Continue reading →

Wednesday, May 28, In front of the Meyerson Symphony Center, 2301 Flora St., Dallas. Read the Statement by Iraqi Federation of Oil Unions to 2008 Chevron and ExxonMobil Shareholder meetings 8:00 a.m. – The War Profiteering/Global Warming News Conference: A news conference will be held on Iraq war-profiteering, ExxonMobil’s dangerous goal in Iraq , excess profits and high gas prices; and on ExxonMobil’s lack of investment in clean renewable energy the morning of the ExxonMobil shareholders’ meeting. Meanwhile – The … Continue reading →

Wednesday, May 28th, 10am, Federal Building, 300 E. 8th St, Austin, TX Texans United for Families is holding a press conference opposing the SAVE Act’s provision to create more “Hutto-like” family detention centers around the country. Local immigrant rights organizations, faith leaders, and advocacy groups have signed on to a national letter opposing the SAVE Act and will deliver that letter to Congresspeople in the U.S. Federal Building in Austin.

Tuesday, May 27, 8 p.m., MonkeyWrench Books, 110 E. North Loop. To commemorate and reflect on the upheaval of 1968, MonkeyWrench Books will be hosting film screenings for the rest of the 2008. We start with: La Dialectique Peut-Elle Casser Des Briques?/Can Dialectics Break Bricks?, (1973, 90 Min., in French with subtitles in English) is a 1973 Situationist film produced by the French director René Viénet which explores the resolution of conflict through dialogue as opposed to violence.

Tuesday, May 27, 7:00 PM, Little City Coffee Shop, Congress Ave. between 9th and 10th Streets The CEDP will host a series of informal coffee hours over the next few months, where folks can come and take part it discussions, ask questions, and learn about our activities. We will also be taking time at the coffee hours to plan and organize upcoming events. More info: cedpaustin@gmail.com

Tuesday, May 27, 5:30 PM, Travis Co. Courthouse, Guadalupe between 10th and 11th Streets TRAVIS COUNTY HAS THE WRONG MEN IN THE YOGURT SHOP CASE. TELL THEM: DROP ALL THE CHARGES NOW ! Come to a press conference and protest with Jeannine Scott (wife of Michael Scott) and Shujaa Graham (exonerated death row prisoner).

Monday, May 26, from 11:00 AM – 9:00 PM, Belton Lake (Belton, TX), Belton Lake Outdoor Recreational Area, Live Oak Pavilion The Ft. Hood chapter of Iraq Veterans Against the War is planning an event to remember fallen comrades. There will be BBQ (free food for active duty and veterans). Plus music by DJ Iquana Legacy and Torres Lane. Donations welcome. This is not an antiwar event. Tell your friends!

Sunday, May 25th, 8pm, Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, 708 Sturgis Street, Taylor, TX The East Williamson County Democratic Club invites you to “Documentaries Under the Stars” featuring The Short Life of Jose Antonio Gutierrez and Hutto: America’s Family Prison, short films exploring the issue of immigration. The films hope to spark a discussion about U.S. Immigration policy and the T. Don Hutto detention center. America’s Family Prison film-maker Matt Gossage and Iraq Veterans Against the War member Hart Viges … Continue reading →

May 24, 2008, 12:00 PM – 4:00 pm, T. Don Hutto ‘Residential’ Facility, 1001 Welch Street, Taylor, TX Freedom Walk and Protest Vigil Assembles at Heritage Park, 4th & Main St., Taylor, TX Assembly Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Procession to Hutto Prison – Protest from 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM Music: James Perez y Carnival, Karma & Arma Musical will be performing on behalf of this cause: Please contact Javier : 210- 724-3400 for further details.

THURSDAY, May 22nd, 7pm, BookWoman, 5501 N. Lamar Blvd. #A-105, Austin Texas 78751 Sehba Sarwar’s first novel Black Wings was published in 2004 (Alhamra Publishing) and her essays, poems and stories have been published in newspapers, anthologies and magazines in India, Pakistan and the USA. Her work appears in The News on Sunday (Pakistan), Alhamra Literary Journal, Ellipsis, Neither Night Nor Day (Harper Collins, India), and And The World Changed (an anthology of Pakistani women writers, forthcoming in the fall … Continue reading →

Thursday, May 22, noon – 1 p.m., Outside of the Austin Convention Center (500 Cesar Chavez, between Trinity and Red River). Austin Immigrant Rights Coalition (AIRC) is organizing a public action at the Global Border Security Conference and Expo to draw attention to the death toll on the border and in detention centers, along with the profits made by private companies to militarize the border and privatize detention centers.

Wednesday, May 21, 7 p.m. Alamo Drafthouse Downtown, at the newly renovated Ritz Theater location, 320 E. 6th Street Tickets – $8.25 general / $6 student, senior – are available at the door or online Gendun Choephel Gendun Choephel (1903-1951) is a legendary figure in Tibet, not simply because he was believed to be the reincarnation of a famous Buddhist lama but also because this promising young monk eventually turned his back on monastic life and became a fierce critic … Continue reading →

TUESDAY, May 20th, 7pm, BookWoman, 5501 N. Lamar Blvd. #A-105, Austin Texas 78751 The Kingdom Of Ordinary Time is a much anticipated new volume from Marie Howe. Hurrying through errands, attending a dying mother, helping her own child down the playground slide, the speaker in these poems wonders what is the difference between the self and the soul? The secular and the sacred? Where is the kingdom of heaven? And how does one live in Ordinary Time‹during those periods that … Continue reading →

Saturday, May 17th, 7 PM, BookPeople Mike Farrell, actor and activist, will be coming to town for a book signing of his book “Just Call Me Mike”. You perhaps know Mike at B.J. Hunnicutt in the series M*A*S*H or for his appearances on the series Providence . Mike is also a strong opponent of the death penalty who has spoken out on this issue for many years. He currently heads the organization Death Penalty Focus, based in California , and … Continue reading →

Saturday, May 17th, 3:00 pm, MonkeyWrench Books, 110 E. North Loop Jessica Mills will read from her new book, My Mother Wears Combat Boots (AK Press, 2007) Jessica Mills is a touring musician (Citizen Fish), artist, activist, writer, teacher, and mother of two. Disappointed by run-of-the-mill parenting books that didn’t speak to her experience, she set out to write a book tackling the issues faced by a new generation of moms and dads. The result is a parenting guide like … Continue reading →

May 17 and 18, 2008, 2209 West Anderson Lane, Austin, TX 78757 The Friends group and the Austin Public Library are holding a full-blown Monster Book Sale on Saturday, May 17, 10:00 am to 6:00 pm and Sunday, May 18, noon to 5:00 pm. Most books are priced at $1 and $2, so take advantage of these low prices and the wide and varied selection of materials we’ve processed since we closed the Monster Book Store in October 2007. Need … Continue reading →

Friday, May 16, 2008, 7:00p.m. – 10:00 p.m., Resistencia Bookstore, 1801-A South First St. Mitote CD Release, Come and celebrate through music and dance the release of Mitote’s self-titled CD. No Cover // All Ages

Thursday, May 15, 7pm, MonkeyWrench Books Local author and blogger Amanda Marcotte will read from her book It’s a Jungle Out There. The novel is a funny and insightful guide for anyone who has to survive politically inhospitable climates – something that Austinites are familiar with. Drawing on her personal experiences of dealing with anti-feminists — from her years of blogging about feminism and living in the woman-unfriendly state of Texas — Marcotte brings her wit and distinct lack of … Continue reading →

Wed. May 14, 8 pm, MonkeyWrench at Books, 110 E. North Loop The Nuremburg trials represented what Justice Brandeis called “The sanitizing effect of sunlight” and the triumph of justice over vengeance. Sixty-three years later, we conduct trials behind closed doors at Guantanamo, where the chief military prosecutor has resigned in protest and we have deeply compromised the rule of law. What has changed? The world is watching. Bonnie Tamres-Moore is a human rights activist working on the issue of … Continue reading →

Tuesday, May 13, 8pm, MonkeyWrench Books Fraude: Mexico 2006 (105 min.) This documentary was directed by Luis Mandoki as a response by Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the declared loser in the 2006 Mexican presidential elections. El Fraude covers Mexico’s illustrious history/tradition of electoral fraud, the illegal media attacks orchestrated by the elite, atttemps to disqualify López Obrador, cheating on election day, and López Obrador’s post-election response. IN SPANISH. NO SUBTITLES.

May 13, 2008 at 6:30 pm, St. Austin’s Catholic Church, Hecker Hall, 2026 Guadalupe, Austin (Parking available off San Antonio , behind church) Below is a listing of more showings of the video At the Death House Door. This video is about the experiences of Rev. Carroll Pickett, former chaplain to inmates on Texas ’ death row. The video also focuses on the execution of Carlos De Luna, a man who was probably innocent of the crime for which he … Continue reading →