Relax and let God lead You Women's Spa Retreat

RMC Ministries Inc invites you to the "Relax…and let God lead you!" Psalms 23 Women’s Spa Retreat in Houston Texas Friday, January 14 to Sunday, January 16, 2005. The retreat offers a variety of seminars, breakout sessions (Praying in the Midst of My Tears 1 Samuel 1:10-11 and I Need You to Survive Titus 2:3-5) and fellowship opportunities for women to network, develop mentoring relationships, revitalize their spirits and meditate on God’s Word. This unique life-changing retreat will feature some of the most profound and inspirational ministers who understand the challenges that are facing women in the new millennium.

The retreat will also include a special leadership class (Revitalizing the Shepherds) for Pastors, Ministers, Ministers Wives and Lay Leaders. This class will focus on healing and reviving the spirits of Pastors, Ministers and Lay Leaders who have become physically and emotionally overextended due to spiritual fatigue.

We will also have a Beauty Expo with one-stop shopping for all of your beauty needs, a trip to the Stellar Awards events and several other fun things planned for you!

Location:
THE HOUSTONIAN HOTEL, CLUB & SPA 111 North Post Oak Lane, Houston, Texas 77024 Phone: 800.231.2759 Fax 713.680.2992

Cost: $125pp October 1-31 | $150pp November 1-30 | $175pp December 1-31 | $200pp January 1-15

Organizer:

URL: http://www.www.rmcintlministries.org

Folk The System! Riot Folk!

FEATURING:

Baltimore's own Ryan Harvey, that crazy little goat on a guitar.

Evan Greer rock folk artist from Boston

Mark Gunnery Refreshingly clever anarchist folk . Another Baltimore native!

Fire Away is the Beyond The Grunt Call solo acoustic project(Dom)

This show is priced at donation. The money is going to Seeds Of Peace the mobile kitchen collective that will be doing the feedings at the upcoming Inauguration protests.

Location:
Red Emmas
800 St. Paul St.
Baltimore, MD

Cost: Donations

URL: www.riotfolk.org

American Library Association Conference

The 2005 American Library Association Midwinter Meeting will be held in Boston, MA, from January 14-19, 2005. The exhibits will be held January 14-17, 2005 in the Hynes Convention Center, with the Ribbon-Cutting held Friday, January 14 at 5:15 pm preceding the All-Conference Reception.

Headquarter Hotels will be the Marriott Copley Place, Sheraton Boston Hotel and the Westin Copley Plaza.

AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
50 E. Huron Chicago, IL 60611 Call Us Toll Free 1-800-545-2433

ALA President's Program
Creating an Advocacy Epidemic
Sunday, January 16, 2005, 3 - 5pm
In today’s difficult economic conditions, it is more important than ever before to stand up and speak out for libraries to ensure that we retain our funding and support. Join ALA President Carol A. Brey-Casiano as she welcomes Malcolm Gladwell, author of The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference, and a panel of distinguished speakers in an exciting program that demonstrates how to mobilize individual grassroots advocacy efforts in your community into a nation-wide advocacy ‘epidemic.’ By turning passive support into educated action, we can enhance the image of and increase support for libraries, librarians and library workers, bring increased attention to critical national issues such as literacy and equity of access, and expand the global reach of librarians. Whether you are an experienced library advocate or are taking your first steps along this important path, you can’t afford to miss this program. We Can Do It!/Si, Se Puede!
Sponsored by Little, Brown and Company

Author Forum
The Friday afternoon Author Forum has three speakers on the panel this year.
Come and hear these exciting New England authors
Friday, January 14, 4pm - 5:15pm, Convention Center
Chris Bohjalian, author of the #1 New York Times Bestseller Midwives, is once again engaging readers in his latest novel, Before You Know Kindness. Bohjalian is the author of nine novels, various magazine credits, and currently has three works in development for movies (The Buffalo Soldier, The Law of Similars, and Water Witches), establishing him as not only as “America’s answer to Joanna Trollope” (Kirkus), but an American treasure.    
Sponsored by Random House

Nathaniel Philbrick takes his fans on yet another riveting voyage with his latest book Sea of Glory: America’s Voyage of Discovery-The U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842. Sea of Glory integrates his esteem and acute knowledge of history with his proclivity for compelling drama, while he discuss the journey from the South Pacific to the Antarctic, Pacific Northwest to New York City. Philbrick is currently working on a novel about the voyage of the Mayflower.     
Sponsored by Penguin Putnam

Tom Perrotta is the author of several works of fiction, including Joe College and Election, which was made into the acclaimed 1999 movie starring Reese Witherspoon and Matthew Broderick. Perrotta’s latest novel, Little Children finds him illuminating some new yet familiar territory-the American suburb.  Hailed as his best work, Kirkus calls Perrotta “an accomplished comic novelist extends his range brilliantly”.
Sponsored by Holtzbrinck Publishers including St. Martin's Press; Farrar, Straus and Giroux; Henry Holt; Picador; Tor Books and Audio Renaissance

ALA Planned Giving Seminar
ALA Development
Monday, January 17, 12:30pm - 1:30pm
Please join the ALA Development Office for a one-hour seminar on estate planning and recent changes in estate and gift lax laws. Reservations are required. An invitation can be requested by calling 800-545-2433, extension 5050. There is no fee for this event.

From the Top: Technology Opportunities Program Basics
Wash/LITA
Friday, 1:00pm - 5:00pm
This lively and interactive session will provide ALA members information about the TOP program, its support of libraries in the past, and give participants an opportunity to think about how to put together a technology project in your community. First, TOP staff and library grantees from years past will share lessons learned and describe outstanding projects featuring libraries. Next, TOP staff will outline a typical grant round, including the award criteria, tips on elements to include, and pitfalls to avoid. Finally, participants will collaboratively brainstorm project ideas and share them with the rest of the group. TOP staff will be available for more detailed critique of potential project ideas after the meeting. No fee is required to attend, but attendees must register in advance. To reserve your spot, please send an email to rreynolds-AT-alawash.org.

Serving the Underserved IV
YALSA
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Registration for this event is by invitation only. To register for this event, Please contact YALSA at yalsa-AT-ala.org.

Friends of Libraries U.S.A. – Boston Tea Party
AFL-FOLUSA
Monday, 2pm - 4pm
A Boston Tea Party - FOLUSA style! Friends of Libraries U.S.A. will host four best-selling authors discussing their work while you munch on finger sandwiches, fine pastries, fruits and cheeses, and a wide assortment of teas. All authors will sign copies of their latest books – many of which will be available free - others will be offered at a very generous discount. Don’t miss this opportunity to hobnob with some of your favorite authors and leave with signed, first editions! Call 800-936-5872 or logon www.folusa.org for tickets. Tickets are $35 in advance, and $45 onsite.

Exhibit Information
The exhibits will include over 800 booths, and will be housed in the Hynes Convention Center in Boston. The ALA Midwinter Exhibition is packed with demonstrations and free samples from over 425 vendors.

For detailed information on all our exhibitors, please visit our online exhibitor database. Or, you can view an online, interactive exhibit floorplan.

Exhibit Events and Hours
Friday, January 14
4 – 5:15 pm  Best-Selling Authors Forum  
5:15 – 7:30pm Exhibits Opening Ceremony and ALA/ERT All Conference Reception (includes entertainment and complimentary refreshments)
Saturday and Sunday, January 15-16
9am – 5pm Exhibits Open

Monday, January 17
9am – 2pm Exhibits Open
10am – 1:15pm Technology Showcase

Special Events on the Exhibit Floor

Basket Raffle
Friday, January 14, 5:30 - 7:30pm
Exhibitors will be raffling off exciting gift baskets at their booths during the All Conference Reception. Baskets will be displayed near registration on Friday afternoon. Check the Final Meeting Program and Cognotes for descriptions of the baskets.

Technology Showcase
Monday, January 17, 10am - 1:15pm
Don’t miss this year’s Technology Showcase, which will consist of free concurrent programs on the exhibit floor featuring new products and demonstrations. See the Final Meeting Program and Cognotes for further information.

Location:
Hynes Convention Center

URL: http://www.ala.org/ala/eventsandconferencesb/midwinter/2005/home.htm

10 Years of Democracy in South Africa

"A Conversation with the Reverend Mpho Tutu."

(A.R.T.) Rev. Mpho Tutu, Reinvest South Africa Charitable Trust.

Rev. Tutu will be speaking on the first ten years of democracy in South Africa, reflecting on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission that was headed by her father, Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

Location:
Harvard University, Zero Arrow Theatre

URL: http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/calendar/lectures.html

How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed

Jared Diamond

COLLAPSE: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed

In GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL, Diamond examined how and why Western
civilizations developed the technologies and immunities that allowed them to
dominate much of the world. He now asks: What caused some of the great
civilizations of the past to collapse into ruin, and what can we learn
from their fates?

Location:
First Parish Church Meeting House, on the corner of Church St. and
Mass. Ave., Cambridge

URL: http://hbsnews.c.topica.com/maac2I1abc26RbePUhjbafpLQA/

Xerrada sobre Radio Bronka i prentació del fanzine La Runa.

Aquest hivern, un any més, Invierno Negro hem reprès les jornades de cultura i debat, i amb motiu d'això us informo del primer acte que farem:

Divendres 14 de gener:
19h.; xerrada a càrrec d'uns companys de Radio Bronka per parlar-nos sobre la situació actual en la que es troba l'emisora (Lliure i Llibertària), desprès que Radio 5 l'hagi trepitjat el dial. També es farà la prentació del fanzine La Runa, butlletí fet per l'Assemblea d'Okupes de Gramenet del Besòs.

21:30h; Sopar-introducció de les jornades invierno negro´05 + kafeta

Nos vemos.

Location:
C.S.O. La Fabriketa
c/Santa Rosa nº23, Gramenet del Besòs
L1 -Santa Coloma

Directions: Per + info:www.bshoguera.tk

Organizer:

Sopar i festa per l'autogestió del Contra-Infos

21:00 començarà el sopar.
22:00 cantautor zapatista.
23:00 dj's

Location:
Espai Obert, Blasco de Gary, 2
Metro: Paral·lel o Poble Sec

Organizer:

Constitución Europea VS Constitución Bolivariana de Venezuela

Debate sobre la Constitución Bolivariana de Venezuela en contraste con la Constitución Europea. Intervienen Víctor Ríos, por la Assemblea Bolivariana de Catalunya; Gerardo Pisarello (miembro de la Campaña por el NO a la Euroconstitución); y María José Aubet (militante contra los tratados europeos desde 1992)

Location:
Casa de la Solidaritat.
Carre Vistalegre nº 15 Baixos
Metro Liceu o Sant Antoni

Cost: entrada libre

Organizer:

URL: www.nodo50org/bolivariana

concentracion solidaridad con las radios libres

Location:
21 de enero a las 20:00, frente a la sede de RNE (licenciado poza N15)Bilbo

Organizer:

Tas-Tas Irrati Librearen 20005. urteko programazioaren aurkezpen-jaia

Informazio gehiago duzue lotura honetan euskalherria.indymedia.org/eu/2005/01/18827.shtml

Location:
Médicos del Mundo GKe-ren egoitzan Bailen kalean, 1. zenbakia.

Cost: Doan

Organizer:

Fiesta presentación de la nueva programación de Tas-Tas

El viernes 14 de enero Tas-Tas Irrati Librea presentará la programación que se puede oir a trvés de la 97.0 f.m desde el día diez y que se mantendrá durante el año entrante.
El acto de presentación tendrá lugar durante la fiesta organizada por esta radio libre en Bilbao, en concreto en la sede de la ONG Médicos del Mundo situada en la calle Bailén número 1 el viernes 14 de enero a partir de las ocho de la tarde. La animación correrá a cargo de GOLOKA ANTZERKI TALDEA, bertsolaris, y el grupo de hip-hop MAF´S BLOD.

Location:
Médicos del Mundo. c/ Bailén nº1 Bajo

Cost: Dohainik

Organizer:

URL: www.tas-tas.org

Riot Folk benefit for Seeds of Peace

Making folk a threat again, Riot Folk will be performing at rE in a benefit for Seeds of Peace. Join us, Ryan Harvey, Evan Greer, Mark Gunnery, and more TBA for an evening of music that is aware, heartfelt, and enjoyable, a mix you won't see elsewhere.

Location:
Red Emma's Coffeehouse Bookstore

Cost: Sliding scale donation

URL: www.redemmas.org

19th Western Worker Labor Heritage Festival

Western Workers, since its founding in Santa Cruz has provided a annual Martin Luther king Jr. weekend celebration of union and civil rights stuggles using music,visual art, spoken word, theater and video. Meet reknow labor crtoonist Mike Konopaci, take a theater class with Elise Bryant,the black and beautifully inspiring and talented teacher from the George Meany Center for LAbor Studies. Here Dr. King's advance man Jimmy Collier who wrot e the song "Burn Baby Burn" and the Freedom Song Network sing about the fight for human rights! There will be photo exhibits, history, and a weekend of Solidaity and Fun. Benefit concer tot support workers in need Sunday night!

Location:
IBEW 332
2125Canoas Garden Ave
San Jose CA

Cost: Sliding scale for volunteer

Organizer:

19th Western Worker Labor Heritage Festival

Western Workers, since its founding in Santa Cruz has provided an annual Martin Luther king Jr. 3-day weekend celebration of union and civil rights stuggles using music,visual art, spoken word, theater and video. Laugh with reknown radical labor cartoonist Mike Konopaci, take a theater class with Elise Bryant,the black and beautifully inspiring and talented teacher from the George Meany Center for Labor Studies. Hear Dr. King's advance man Jimmy Collier ,who wrote the song "Burn Baby Burn", and the Freedom Song Network sing about the fight for human rights! There will be photo exhibits, history, and a weekend of Solidaity and Fun. A benefit concert to support workers in need Sunday night! Come Rock and Roll the Union On!

Location:
IBEW 332
2125Canoas Garden Ave
San Jose CA

Cost: Sliding scale for volunteer

Organizer:

John McCutcheon

Folksinger, songwriter, storyteller and instrumentalist extraordinaire! John McCutcheon has recorded 25 albums, and is widely recognized as a world master on the hammer dulcimer. He has "the pithy insight of Will Rogers, the understated delivery of Garrison Keillor, the song-leading ability of Pete Seeger, and the virtuosity of an orchestra... John McCutcheon is a national folk treasure!

Location:
First Congregational Church, 900 High St, Santa Cruz

Cost: $14-20 sliding scale advance ($16-20 at door)

Organizer:

URL: http://www.rcnv.org

WINGS OF DESIRE at Santa Cruz Guerilla Drive In

New location! And indoors yet. Woohoo! See you Friday...

Santa Cruz Guerilla Drive-In Presents

Wings of Desire

A beautiful film that celebrates the sensuous earthly delights of life and love with sympathy and sensitivity. Wim Wenders won the award for Best Director at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival for this captivating vision about an angel (Bruno Ganz) who falls in love with a beautiful circus performer while drifting unnoticed through West Berlin. Overcome by the girl's beauty, the angel decides he wants to become human. Peter Falk also stars, as himself, and aids the angel in his decision-making process. (in German and English with English subtitles).

PLUS selected shorts, previews, yummy popcorn, good company, and an intermission.

8:00 pm Friday January 14th
Next Door, right next to the Rio Theater
1205 Soquel Avenue in Santa Cruz

BRING blankets, pillows, friends, wine, & food to share for intermission. Donations are greatly appreciated and directly support the project and the Revolutionary Garden Society who sponsors Guerilla Drive-In. (We are currently saving to get a spare projector bulb.)

SANTA CRUZ GUERILLA DRIVE-IN is exactly what it sounds like -- an outdoor movie theatre under the stars that springs up unexpectedly in the fields and industrial wastelands. Guerilla Drive-In is helping reclaim public space and transform our urban environment into the joyful playground it should be.

SUBURBAN WASTELAND LOCATION: S on Hwy 17 to Ocean St., L on Soquel Ave, up to the Rio Theater at 1205 Soquel. Next Door is next door to the theater.

MORE INFO schedule & do-it-yourself: www.thespoon.com/drivein

BREAKING NEWS: Join our low-volume Guerilla Drive-In announcement list:
guerilla-drive-in-subscribe-AT-lists.riseup.net

Location:
Next Door, right next to the Rio Theater
1205 Soquel Avenue in Santa Cruz

Cost: FREE!

Directions: SUBURBAN WASTELAND LOCATION: S on Hwy 17 to Ocean St., L on Soquel Ave, up to the Rio Theater at 1205 Soquel. Next Door is next door to the theater.

Organizer:

URL: http://www.thespoon.com/drivein

Tampa Bay Veterans for Peace Meeting and the Screening of "Arlington West"

Tampa Bay Veterans for Peace
Friday, 14 January 2005
5:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Organizer: Jay Alexander and James Willingham

Tampa Bay Chapter of the Veterans for Peace
Group Meeting

Formation of a New Chapter and the Screening of the Film “Arlington West”

Where:
Piccadilly Restaurant
1900 34th Street North
St Petersburg, FL

When:
Friday January 14, 2005

Agenda:
5:45PM to 6:45 PM
Dinner and Social Hour
7PM to 8 PM
Film of Arlington West
8PM to 8:30 PM
Create a working chapter and discuss the film. We will be formalizing the group and committees and planning our next meeting!

This meeting is open to all Veterans and Friends/Families of Veterans.

Contact:
Jay Alexander
PO Box 442
St Petersburg, FL 33731
727-527-3996

Location:
Piccadilly Restaurant
1900 34th Street North
St Petersburg, FL

Cost: FREE! (Unless you want to purchase something to eat or drink!)

Organizer:

URL: http://www.geocities.com/tampabayvfp/home.html

Protest Walmart Groundbreaking - East Nashville

For Immediate Release:

East Nashville Greens to host Protest of Walmart
10am Friday January 14th
Gallatin Road and Douglas
(grounds of the new East Nashville Walmart)



Walmart, the world's largest corporation, is scheduled to have a ground breaking for a new store this Friday at 10:00am to begin the process of colonizing East Nashville. Members of the East Nashville Green Party are going to gather on the corner of Douglas Ave and Gallatin Road to tell Walmart to "Go Home" and "We Don't Want Walmart in Our Neighborhood." Members of the East Nashville Green Party and sympathizers will wear black armbands to mourn the loss of jobs and lower wages that Walmart will bring to the neighborhood.

Jon VanderHarst, of the East Nashville Greens says that Walmart is definitely going to hurt East Nashville both economically and in terms of community. "Basically what you have here is the largest corporation in the world coming into a poor community and offering cheaper prices by paying workers less than the competition and not offering them any benefits. It is ironic that while the governor is eliminating Tenncare for poor people, Walmart is busy building a store in our neighborhood. They will not offer their employees health insurance, and they are not going to be able to make enough money to buy their own health insurance, and now they can't get Tenncare so they are basically screwed."

Local organizers predict that Walmart will most likely put the HG Hill Grocery store or else the local Kroger grocery store out of business. Kroger is a Union store that pays it's employees a living wage. The opening of this new Walmart is projected to lead to a net job loss for the community, as well as providing lower wages and no benefits for most of its employees.

The East Nashville Green Party is also concerned about the Urban Zoning Overlay for historic East Nashville which has been trashed in order to bring Walmart into town. "We had an urban zoning overlay that was designed to encourage more pedestrian traffic and less automobile traffic as well as to preserve the beauty of our historic neighborhoods, and Nashville's city council basically trashed this overlay in order to build the new Walmart. This has been a real loss for East Nashville," notes Vanderharst, who was active in efforts to keep Walmart out of East Nashville.

Demonstrators plan to gather shortly before the official groundbreaking at 10:00am. People are encouraged to bring signs and wear black armbands mourning the loss of jobs and economic devastation that Walmart brings in its wake.

For More information contact:

Chris Lugo 593-0304
Jon Vanderharst 227-3499
East Nashville Greens

Location: