The Pastors for Peace caravan to Cuba http://www.ifconews.org/ will stop in Austin Saturday (Jun 28) with an event scheduled for 9pm at the Rhizome Collective, 300 Allen St. There is a $5 suggested donation.

Gay Pride Festival and Parade – Saturday, June 28, 8:30 pm, along Westheimer a few blocks east and west of Montrose.

Saturday, June 28th, 7:30 – 9:30 p.m. Mexican American Cultural Center, 600 River Street An evening with author Joe Nick Patoski and entertainment by Texas singer-songwriter, Jon Dee Graham. Olga Campos will be the emcee for the evening. We will also be welcoming our new executive director, Tim Staley. The story begins here. With you. Buy your tickets today for Texas Tales, the Austin Public Library Foundation’s annual fundraiser. A great city deserves a great library. Be a part of … Continue reading →

Saturday, June 28, 2008, 2:00 PM, Mexican American Cultural Center, 600 River Street North Meets South – A comparison of Native American healing practices, by Mark Standing Eagle Baez The City of Austin’s Mexican American Cultural Center (M.A.C.C.) joins the Indigenous Cultures Institute and Great Promise for American Indians to present Mark Standing Eagle Baez’s lecture on Native American healing practices, another program in the Original Texas Indians Lecture Series and Conference, a monthly event hosted by the M.A.C.C. Indigenous … Continue reading →

The Pastors for Peace Friendshipment Cuba Caravan will visit the Crawford Texas Peace House this coming Saturday, June 28, 2008, on their way to Cuba via Mexico. Please join us in offering hospitality by sharing a covered dish and conversation. The timing is always a little uncertain because they are traveling in older buses and trucks that are usually donated along with the supplies collected along the way. Tentatively we will set the time at 1 P.M. and will give … Continue reading →

June 28-29, 10:30-6: Two Venues – SATURDAY 10:30 – 5:30, Parque Zaragosa Rec Center, 2608 gonzales st. AND SUNDAY, Rhizome, 300 Allen St. (don’t worry, we’ve got some plans up our sleeves to keep you cool) learn some things like: silkscreening, tattoo yourself, kite making, self defense, homebrew, image editing, make sauerkraut, make a video, anarchist baby care, start a collective thrift store, crochet, gardening, sewing, movement for pain, soccer skills, be a dj, and whole lot more.

June 26-29th, 2008 (one weekend only) in the Rollins Hall at the Long Center for the Performing Arts, 701 West Riverside Drive The Aztlan Dance Company presents the theatrical dance production of Jalisco: Now and Then, a romantic lifestory. Performances will run Thursday – Saturday evenings at 8pm with a Sunday matinee at 2:pm. Program Description: Set in the fictitious village of San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco, the Aztlan Dance Company presents the dramatic life story of Marcelina as … Continue reading →

Thursday, June 26, 6:30-9 p.m. at Bering & James art gallery, 805 Rhode Place #500 . Celebrating Five Years of Equality – The Houston GLBT Community Center hosts the Lawrence v. Texas Celebration, an event to mark the fifth anniversary of the 2003 landmark Supreme Court decision. In Lawrence the court overturned sodomy laws in the state and across the nation, declaring that the state has no compelling interest in regulating the intimate acts of consenting adults performed in private … Continue reading →

Scahill comes to Dallas on Tuesday, June 24 at 7 p.m. to discuss his findings at Half Price Books, 5803 E. Northwest Hwy. SCAHILL EXPOSES MERCENARY ARMY FOR HIRE: Author comes to Dallas end of June for lecture and booksigning of “Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army,” which introduces the secretive private army hired by the U.S. government in the “global war on terror.”

Tuesday, June 24 — 6:00 to 8:00 PM — Town Lake Center (721 Barton Springs Road) The Austin/Travis County Reentry Roundtable invites you to join us for our upcoming “Policy Reform” community forum. Recognizing that people with criminal histories face significant barriers and that more effective reentry policies and laws will provide a greater opportunity for success, we ask that you please join us as we identify and prioritize issues that will determine the focus of our advocacy work both … Continue reading →

7:00 p.m. Monday, June 23, 2008 at the Faulk Central Library, 800 Guadalupe St., on the 2nd Floor. Meet the Author Melody Moezzi author of War on Error: Real Stories of American Muslims. In her book Moezzi brings together the stories of twelve young people, all vastly different but all American, and all Muslim to explore a rarely seen side of Islam. War on Error: Real Stories of American Muslims reveals a more personal, less sensational, and most importantly, more … Continue reading →

Friday, June 20th, 2008 @ 6:00 pm, Ruta Maya World Headquarters, 3601 S. Congress AUSTIN UNDER 21 POETRY SLAM SUMMER SHOWCASE & FUNDRAISER FEATURING TEAM AUSTIN 2008 & OTHER FAN FAVORITES! www.txywc.org $10 cover, $5 students, free under 5 WHEW! What a show! The 2008 Austin Under 21 Poetry Slam Off was one of the hottest, most exciting shows we’ve had! The competition was the stiffest, the scores were the tightest, and the four youth poets who emerged as winners … Continue reading →

Thursday, June 19th, at 6:30pm at the PODER house at 2604 E. Cesar Chavez Familias Unidas por la Esperanza and Grassroots Leadership would like to invite you on June 19th to a Night of 1,000 Conversations. On June 19th, thousands of people from across the country will gather in homes, offices, coffee shops, and places of worship to discuss how the overreach of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is undermining the civil liberties and human rights of people, especially … Continue reading →

June 19-22, Crowne Plaza Chicago O’Hare http://www.socialismconference.org In 1968, an unpopular war and opposition to a discredited political establishment led millions around the world to join the struggle for a socialist society. Forty years later, an unpopular war and a discredited political establishment have led millions to look for “change.” But the scale of the challenges we face today — from an economy that increasingly works only for the wealthy few to a military-industrial complex that entrenches itself more deeply … Continue reading →

Thursday, June 19th 9:15am: Tour de Hood Bikers (Lineup begins at 12th / Comal / MLK) 9:30am: 2K Freedom Run & Walk 9:50am: Motor Cycle Ride 10:00 am: Historical Juneteenth Parade (Lineup begins at 12th / Comal / MLK) Juneteenth Park Celebration, Rosewood Park (Free) Coed Kick Ball Tournament, Rosewood Park (Team Registration $125) http://www.geaya.net/Juneteenth.htm

Wednesday, June 18, 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 David Redmon and Ashley Sabin, the makers of Mardi Gras: Made in China, bring the startlingly powerful story of Cecy and Camilo – ages 21 – who, when we first meet them, have recently migrated to Reynosa, Mexico from Santa Maria, Puebla with a dream … Continue reading →

Wednesday, June 18th at 11:00 am in front of the Pure Casting Facility, 2110 E. 4th Street (next to Zavala Elementary School ). PODER Press Conference to Protect the Health of East Austin Children: Pure Casting Facility uses and emits various chemicals into the air. Since 2003, hundreds of properties have been rezoned, but numerous hazardous industrial properties remain adjacent to schools and homes. As long as these facilities continue to do business, they keep their past zoning designation. Only … Continue reading →

Wednesday, June 18th, 10am, Rosewood Park – Pavilion, 2300 Rosewood Ave http://www.geaya.net/Juneteenth.htm Free

A judge on Tuesday put off the scheduled execution of a former topless club bouncer and convicted murderer just over an hour before he was to have been put to death. Charles Dean Hood cried when informed he could live. “I just thank God,” he said. “I just walk by my faith. If it didn’t happen, I was going home to the Lord.” State prison officials declined to immediately move Hood back to death row because the Collin County district … Continue reading →

Saturday, June 14th, 8 pm, Jovita’s, 1619 S. 1st Street KOOP Community Radio presents The Austin Lounge Lizards: Come on by for some toe-tappin’ tunes and an evening full of fun with the incomparable Austin Lounge Lizards on Saturday June 14th at Jovita’s. The Lounge Lizards take the stage at 8 p.m. and will be playing two 45 minute sets. Closing out the show will be the rockin’ Jon Emery Band featuring Oliver Steck and the horn section. Don’t miss … Continue reading →

Saturday June 14th, 3 – 5 PM, Mexican American Cultural Center, 600 River Street Come meet the artist of the Faces and Flowers Exhibit, Daniel Llanes, at this farewell event. Music by “For the Love of It”

Saturday, June 14, 2008, noon-7pm, Auditorium Shores, 950 West Riverside Drive Join us for Pride Texas 2008 as we celebrate with nine-time Grammy Award nominee Meshell Ndegeocello and an opening performance by the Pansy Division! The Festival is a family-friendly community event, including nonstop entertainment and over 150 vendors representing LGBT supportive businesses, artists, restaurateurs and community service organizations. Tickets $10 in advance! $15 at the gate. (Buy advance tickets by Friday, June 13th, 5pm)

Saturday, June 13th, 9 pm, Doris Miller Auditorium, 2300 Rosewood Avenue http://www.geaya.net/Juneteenth.htm $10 Donation

THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 8:00 PM to 1:00 AM, RUTA MAYA COFFEE HOUSE, 3601 S. Congress Ave, BENEFIT CONCERT for the National Assembly to Honor Freedom of Conscience. The performers and their scheduled appearances are: 8:00 Aaron Calhoun 9:00 Shad Blair 10:00 Doug Longenecker (CD Release) with Jared Diener 11:00 Phil King and the Flatcar Rattlers 12:00 Nick Kraus and His Austin Torpedoes Cover: $5, with additional donations graciously accepted.

“I love you. God have mercy on us all,” he said as the drugs began taking effect. With a big smile still on his face, he blurted out “please do not hate anybody because….” He was unable to finish as he slipped into unconsciousness. Nine minutes later at 6:30 p.m. CDT, he was pronounced dead. …