women's discussion

Community discussion hosted by CodePink Austin
Join a discussion of what a second Bush term means for women's issues.
For information contact: codepinkaustin-AT-yahoo.com. Find out about the
CodePink movement nationally at codepinkalert.org.

Location:
Location: Austin History Center, 810 Guadalupe.

Organizer:

women's discussion

Community discussion hosted by CodePink Austin
Join a discussion of what a second Bush term means for women's issues.
For information contact: codepinkaustin-AT-yahoo.com. Find out about the
CodePink movement nationally at codepinkalert.org.

Location:
Austin History Center, 810 Guadalupe.

Inside Books Volunteer Night

Come and open letters from Texas inmates and send them books that they request. We need all the help we can get.
Also, we always encourage people to bring dictionaries and book donations (soft back, please)for our library.

This is a non-profit organization formed to help Texas inmates through literacy and self-education.

Thursdays 6pm-10pm
Sundays 7pm-12am

Location:
Rhizome Collective
(300 E Allen St)

Cost: FREE

Organizer:

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

Honoring Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

"WHAT LIMITS TO MULTI-CULTURALISM AND DIVERSITY?"
with Allen Jackson

- music by Pelaiah Auset and Umar Muhammed

COMMUNITY CHURCH OF BOSTON is an independent-minded, radical religious community, a member of the Unitarian Universalist Association and the Greater Boston Interfaith Organization.

"Unleashing the Human Spirit for Justice and Peace"

Location:
Community Church of Boston 565 Boylston Street Boston

Directions: between Dartmouth and Clarendon Streets, by public transportation, the closest stops are Copley on the Green Line and Back Bay on the Orange Line

URL: http://www.commchurch.org

Election 2004: What Happened?

Election 2004: What Happened? Was the Election Stolen?

Political activists Jonathan Simon and Alice Copeland Brown will address 2004 voting election irregularities, including reports of voter intimidation and suppression, voter violations, voting machine problems, and discrepancies between exit polls and the “official“ results.

Simon, an expert on political survey analysis, first downloaded exit poll data before the data was changed to predict a Bush win. He presented a sworn affidavit regarding his findings to the House of Representatives December 8 Judiciary Committee forum. Simon’s findings have been the source of one of the most serious lines of inquiry about the 2004 election. Simon will discuss the implications of his data as well as other voting irregularities in the 2004 election.

Alice Copeland Brown, lifelong political activist, speaks from her 30-year experience as a software engineer for U. S. agencies. She has been actively involved in election reform and is uniquely qualified to discuss electronic voting.

This article is sponsored by Watertown Citizens for Environmental Safety & WILPF.

Location:
St. John's Methodist Church, 80 Mt. Auburn St. Watertown

Directions: By public transportation, take the #71 bus from Harvard Square. Parking is available in the church lot, on the street, and at a public parking lot located behind the CVS on Main Street.

URL: http://www.justicewithpeace.org

Boston Vegetarian Society: Michael Greger, M.D.

Boston Vegetarian Society

3rd Sunday Seminar & Dinner (Seminar is free, buffet is $8-10)

4 p.m. (FREE/ALL WELCOME) - "Killer Fats and Acrylamide:
How Some Vegetarian Foods May Be Damaging Our Health"

Michael Greger, M.D., will present an exciting new nutrition seminar, packed with information and humor.

A vegan diet can be the healthiest diet in the world, but just because people are eating vegetarian or vegan does not necessarily mean they are eating healthfuly. Trans fats are found in animal fats, but are also found in processed foods that contain hydrogenated oils. These toxic trans fats may be killing tens of thousands of Americans every year. In this cutting-edge informative presentation, Dr. Michael Greger documents our government's complicity with the processed food industry in endangering the public's health. Dr. Greger also offers an update on acrylamide, a possible carcinogen discovered in fried and baked starchy foods.

A graduate of Cornell University and Tufts Medical School, Dr. Greger is a physician specializing in vegetarian nutrition and a nationally recognized speaker on important nutrition and public health issues. One of the most entertaining medical speakers you may ever hear, Dr. Greger will keep the air waves crackling with this talk, jam packed with valuable information, presented with great clarity, and offered in a lively and entertaining presentation style.

5:15 - 7 P.M. - Stay for our SOCIAL DINNER (optional) Stay for a
sumptuous vegan unlimited buffet for only $8.95 + tax.
Socialize and get to know others in the BVS community, and let us get
to know you!

All vegan * no MSG * Grasshopper offers us a generous buffet including
appetizers, soup, salad, several entrees, and fresh melons!

Location:
Grasshopper Restaurant, Union Square, Allston

URL: http://bostonveg.org/

CineFòrum: "Fahrenheit 9/11" al CSOA l'Estella

Seguint amb el ja clàsic cine fòrum del diumenge al CSOA l'Estella, aquest passi de FAHRENHEIT 9/11

Location:
CSOA l'Estella

Directions: c/ Lepant, 83
al costat de l'estació de tren
de Mataró

Organizer:

URL: http://www.musaik.net/estella

Ciutat, urbanisme i especulació

CIUTAT,URBANISME I ESPECULACIÓ
cinema i debat

16-1-05, 19h
Joan Mallarach
P.E.R.I.ll al centre històric de Barcelona
(E 1999/45min).

Location:
Ateneu del Xino
C/Robador,25
M Liceu o St. Antoni

Cost: gratis

Organizer:

URL: www.coordinadoraraval.org

Womyn vs G8

Morning - Gathering - discussion, skill sharing, breakfast -

Afternoon - journey round Glasgow - safe spaces and corporate criminals - starting venue to be announced

Wimmin Only - Trans Friendly

Location:
The Annexe, 9 Stewartville St, Glasgow, near Partick Underground

Cost: Free/Donation

Organizer:

URL: http://g8feministaction.frockon.org/

Film Screening of "The Fog of War"

January 16th at 7pm

The award-winning Errol Morris documentary about the former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara as he discusses the lessons learned about the nature and conduct of modern warfare. 95 minutes. This event is free and open to the public

Location:
End of the Line Cafe, 610 E. Wright Street

Cost: free

Organizer:

URL: http://www.angelfire.com/fl5/vfppcola

SILENT VIGIL MOURNING THE VICTIMS AND THE TRAGEDY OF THE IRAQ WAR

Join us in a
SILENT VIGIL

MOURNING THE VICTIMS AND

THE TRAGEDY

OF THE IRAQ WAR



SUNDAY, JANUARY 16

12:00 noon to 1:30 pm

(latecomers welcomed)

at the intersection of

EAST AVENUE and GOODMAN STREET

Participants are asked to dress in black

and to bring signs appropriate to the occasion

________________________________________________________________________

Biweekly vigils sponsored by Peace Action & Education (PA&E),

a Task Force of Metro Justice (585-325-2560)

Location:
Intersection of EAST AVENUE and GOODMAN STREET, Rochester

Organizer:

Peace Witness, Tallahassee

Join the Tallahassee Network for Justice and Peace, Veterans for Peace, Vietnam Veterans Against the War, Military Families Speak Out, Sundays and Thursdays in front of the Old Capitol, corner of Apalachee Parkway and Monroe Street
BUSH LIED; CHENEY LIED; RUMSFIELD LIED; POWELL LIED; THEY ARE ALL LIARS; AND THEY THINK YOU ARE TOO DUMB TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE. BUSH LIES - GIs DIE
Sundays 12:30 to 2:30.
Thursdays 4:00 to 6:00
www.tnjp.org
organize-AT-TNJP.org

Location:
Old Capitol, corner of Apalachee Parkway and Monroe Street

Cost: FREE!!!!!

TallahNOW Third Sunday Coffee

You don't have to drink coffee, or even tea. There are other beverages. If you like to talk about feminist issues and what actions we need to do to change public opinion and policy, this is the place to be. Male feminists welcome. Come for the ideas and to laugh. E-mail us to get action alerts and news in between our monthly gatherings at TallahNOW-AT-aol.com

Location:
Black Dog Cafe

Cost: Whatever you order from bar

Directions: Black Dog Cafe is on the north side of Lake Ella, behind the American Legion Hall, near N. Monroe and Tharpe Street.

Organizer:

The Complete History of America (abridged)

Tampa's own "Bad Boys of Abridgement" are back to give you a history lesson guaranteed not to be short on laughs. The follow-up production to The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) and The Bible: The Complete Word of God (abridged)

jobsitetheater.org/america.htm

Location:
Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center
Shimberg Playhouse

Cost: $18.50 (50% off student/senior/military rush available 90 minutes before curtain)

Organizer:

URL: http://jobsitetheater.org/america.htm