Monthly Archives: June 2009

Sunday June 28th, 6 to 7:30 pm, Jovita’s Restaurant on South First St. Come to Jovita’s, have dinner and enjoy original homegrown Austin music and dances by Earth Culture Dancer Daniel Llanes. Appropriate for the whole family, Daniel will be … Continue reading →

Saturday, June 27, 7:00 PM, Monkeywrench Books, 110 E North Loop Blvd. “I refuse to deploy to Afghanistan”: Meet the Face of GI Resistance Find out more about Victor Agosto and his decision to refuse, as well as other active … Continue reading →

Saturday, June 27, 2009 9:00 A.M. –11 A.M. The march will begin at 9:00AM at Republic Park in downtown Austin and proceed north to the south steps of the Texas State Capitol. Speakers & presentations will occur at the State … Continue reading →

Thursday, June 25th – 5:30 – 9:00 PM at the Austin City Hall 5:30 – 6:30 Sustainable Future Fair and Reception with new City Council Members. 6:30 – 7:00 Opening Presentations: Building a Sustainable Future 7:00 – 8:00 Eco-Priorities Sessions: … Continue reading →

Austinites Mourn Iranians who have Perished during Protests, on Monday, June 22nd from 9:00 PM, Pflueger Pedestrian Bridge (S. Lamar). For more info about what to bring, address and parking please go to: http://austinforiran.org and sign up to receive future … Continue reading →

Monday, June 22, 7 pm, Trinity United Methodist Church, 600 East 50th William Hernandez, Speaking on the FMLN Victory in El Salvador’s Presidential Election: William Hernandez, FMLN Deputy to the Central American Parliament, will speak about the recent election of … Continue reading →

6pm Saturday June 20, 2009, Resistencia Bookstore, casa de Red Salmon Arts, 1801-A South First St., Red Salmon Arts presents a reading & celebration of Sinister Wisdom Journal #74: Latina Lesbians with artist/writers Anel Flores & Ana-Maurine Lara. This issue … Continue reading →

June 20 — National leaders from LULAC (League of United Latin American Citizens) and Amnesty International will join people from all over Texas for a march and vigil at T. Don Hutto Detention Center in Taylor, Texas. The vigil will … Continue reading →

Friday, June 19th, 8pm. Doors at 7, music at 7:30 at the Dos Palmas Bar and Grill (214 Anderson Lane, Austin, TX, take the St. John’s/183 south exit going north on I-35 from downtown Austin, make a left on Anderson, … Continue reading →

See Details at the Official Juneteenth Website: www.juneteenthcentraltexas.com 2K FREEDOM RUN/WALK 9:30am, COMAL ST. and MLK BlVD — Grab the JUNETEENTH “HEALTH TORCH” as we RUN and WALK to show others we are free to be healthy! Raising awareness aboutthe … Continue reading →

Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at 5:00pm, Texas Capitol In light of the great possibility that the June 12th elections in Iran were fraudulent and the ensuing crackdown on the population who wants an investigation of the results, a group of … Continue reading →

Tuesday, June 16th, 7pm, BookWoman, 5501 N. Lamar Blvd. #A-105 reading + signing: Ute Carson author of the novels: In Transit & Colt Tailing. Carson¹s latest book, In Transit, is the story of the heartbreaking consequences of damaged childhood trust … Continue reading →

Monday, June 15 at 6:00pm – 10pm, Zaituna Banquet Hall, 970 N Coit Rd, Richardson, Texas “VIVA PALESTINA GAZA CONVOY” — GEORGE GALLOWAY SPEAKS IN DALLAS. MAS Freedom National Fundraiser. Phone: 972-952-0242 For More Information Please Contact Imam Mahdi Bray … Continue reading →

Austin Permanent Peace Protest: Demonstration against the fraudulent election results in Iran, 2:00pm, 6th and Lamar (in front of Waterloo Records) TODAY, Sunday, June 14, 2009, 11:03 AM According to studies done by analysts inside and outside Iran, the results … Continue reading →

Saturday, June 13, 2009 – 8 pm, The Independent (Corner of E. 5th Street and Brushy) Presented by the Texas Youth Word Collective: In the spring of 2003, a 14 year old spoken word phenom named Shannon Leigh led a … Continue reading →

Friday, June 12: outside the Wortham Theater, 550 Prairie St at Smith St., downtown Houston from 6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m. For more information, visit The Progressive Action Alliance or the Houston Indy Media Calendar . Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of … Continue reading →

Friday, June 12, 5-7 pm, Maria’s Taco Express, 2529 S. Lamar Blvd. Special Guest: Birthday Rag Doll Chris Hargreaves Leeann Atherton performs outside at 7 TheRagBlog

Thursday, June 11, 7pm, First Unitarian Universalist Church at 4700 Grover Ave TCADP will hold a spring fund raising event. This will consist of a silent auction and a play. The silent auction begins at 7 PM and the play … Continue reading →

Wednesday, June 10 and 17, 8 pm, MonkeyWrench Books, 110 E North Loop MonkeyWrench Books will be screening this two-part documentary on two consecutive Wednesdays. During the Cold War, as African nations struggled for independence from European colonialism, revolutionary Cuba … Continue reading →

- Wednesday 10 June at 6:30 pm: Camp Casey Alumni will host Cindy Sheehan at the First Unitarian Universalist Church, 4700 Grover. Opening for Cindy will be Thom the World Poet who will be joined by fiddler Rich Bowden, percussionist … Continue reading →