Monthly Archives: April 2009

April 30: “Building Local Food Systems,” with Andrew Smiley (Sustainable Food Center), youth participants with Urban Roots, Erin Flynn and Skip Connett (Green Gate Farms). Thursdays in April and May, starting April 9: All panels are at 7:00 PM at … Continue reading →

April 30: Execution Vigil 5:30 – 6:30 pm, 11th and Congress (in front of Capitol) PrisonTalk page on Derrick Johnson

Wednesday, April 29th, 8 p.m.Monkeywrench Books, 110 E. North Loop Collected immigration shorts featuring Hutto: America’s Family Prison and other short films exploring migration and the struggle for immigrant rights. Hutto filmmaker Matt Gossage will be in attendance along with … Continue reading →

Wednesday, April 29, 6:00 PM, Location: UT campus, UTC 2.102A AMY GOODMAN SPEAKS AT UT: Amy Goodman is the host, co-founder, and executive producer of Democracy Now!, a national, daily, independent, award-winning news program airing on over 750 TV and … Continue reading →

Wednesday, April 29, 3 pm, UT campus, Chicano Culture Room (4.206) Cristina Tzintzun, Workers Defense Project, “Working for Social Justice: Career and Life Choices” — Most students struggle with career choices when they graduate, but young people who want to … Continue reading →

Tuesday, April 28, 7:30 p.m. in the Cullen Theater, Wortham Center Info and Tickets: Progressive Forum Houston Brown pioneered the field of sustainability and in 1974 created Worldwatch Institute, the first research institute devoted to analyzing global environmental issues. In … Continue reading →

ROOM CHANGE Tuesday, April 28, 2009, 7pm, WCH 1.120, Inner Campus Drive, UT Campus “ROOTS OF THE ISRAEL-PALESTINE CONFLICT, THE GAZA MASSACRE, AND PROSPECTS FOR PEACE” Norman G. Finkelstein received his doctorate in 1988 from the Department of Politics at … Continue reading →

Monday, April 27, 2009, beginning at 2 PM, Texas Capitol Extension, Hearing Room E2.028 VoteRescue’s bill for Hand-Counted Paper Ballots – HB 4653, the “TX Hand-Counted Paper Ballot Bill of 2009″ (filed by Rep. Donna Howard) – is finally getting … Continue reading →

9pm Saturday April 25, 2009, Resistencia Books, 1801-A South First St. Conjure: Calling up the Spirit of Struggle, Resistance, & Liberation — Unofficial CD release party for 3JazzCollective’s latest collection of music: she danced We invite you to a forum … Continue reading →

7pm Friday April 24, 2009, Resistencia Books, 1801-A South First St. Red Salmon Arts presents Lowcura: a reading & book signing con poeta Chicano Levi Romero (Albuquerque, New Mexico) author of Poetry of Remembrance: New & Rejected Works (Unvi. of … Continue reading →

Friday and Saturday, April 24th & 25th; 2 shows each night, 7 & 9 PM, Dougherty Cultural Arts Center, 1110 Barton Springs Road Just wanted to let you know about my next performance. It is my annual show and this … Continue reading →

Wednesday, April 23rd, 8 p.m. Monkeywrench Books, 110 E. North Loop Los Trabajadores/The Workers – Through the words of immigrant workers and the families they’ve left behind, Los Trabajadores /The Workers tells the stories of workers at an Austin, Texas … Continue reading →

Thursday, April 23, 7:00 PM, UT campus, Parlin 306 They said that Marx was dead and that capitalism had triumphed. Then came the realities of globalization. Then came endless wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Then came the greatest economic crisis … Continue reading →

Sunday, April 19, 5-9pm , Monarch Event Center, 6406 North IH-35, Suite 3100 In a Special Evening Benefiting American Gateways: WINGS~ Love Takes Flight It’s been two whole years since the Hilde Girls and Djembabes offered one of their unforgettable … Continue reading →

Join us for a “Vigil to End Immigrant Family Detention” at the T. Don Hutto detention center this Saturday, April 18th, from 5:00-6:30pm. Immigrant family detention has been made infamous at the Hutto detention center, a private prison operated by … Continue reading →

April 18, 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. at the Ruiz Branch Library, 1600 Grove Blvd. The Basics of Conducting an Oral History Interview Workshop* 10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Welcome Remarks by Gloria Espitia, Mexican-American Neighborhood Liaison for the Austin … Continue reading →

7pm Friday April 17, 2009, Resistencia Books, 1801-A South First St. Red Salmon Arts presents Café Libro, a bi-monthy open mike series, featuring Roger Reeves. Originally from Mount Holl, NJ, Roger is an MFA candidate in poetry at the James … Continue reading →

Thursday, April 16, 7:00 PM, St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 14311 Wellsport Dr. “Fighting Goliath ” follows the story of unlikely partners — mayors, ranchers, CEOs, community groups, legislators, lawyers, and citizens — that came together to oppose the construction of … Continue reading →

April 16, 2009 – 10:15 am to 5:15 pm, The University of Texas at Austin School of Law, In the Eidman Courtroom Imprisoned by the Past: The Enduring Role of Race in the American Death Penalty Symposium Program 10:15 Welcoming … Continue reading →

Wednesday, April 15th, 8 p.m.Monkeywrench Books, 110 E. North Loop Mojados: Through the Night (2004) – Director Tommy Davis tags along with four migrants from a small village in Mexico as they leave their families and embark on a 120 … Continue reading →