peace calendar for 7/5/08
From:
Charley Underwood
Date:
Jul 05 22:50 UTC
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NOTE: This is a shortened version of the peace calendar, edited to include
only events in or near St Paul. To submit events or to receive a blind-copy
email of the complete calendar, please write to peacecalendar (at) visi (dot)
com with "peace calendar" in the subject line. The calendar is also archived
at http://lists.justcomm.org/pipermail/mn-prog-events/
7/4 to 7/10, satirical film "War, Inc." about a country occupied by a private
U.S. corporation run by a former U.S. vice president and a plot to kill a
Middle Eastern oil minister (sound familiar?), Uptown Theater, Hennepin and
Lagoon Aves, Uptown Mpls. http://www.landmarktheaters.com
7/4 to 7/10, film "The Singing Revolution" about the role of song by Estonians
in opposing Soviet occupation, Lagoon Theater, 1320 Lagoon Ave, Uptown Mpls.
http://www.landmarktheaters.com
Saturday, 7/5 7:30 pm, WAMM sponsors an antidote to the tired, old "bombs
bursting in air" with Weekend of Music of Peace, featuring Tom Neilson, who has
opened for Dennis Kucinich, Nadar, Chavez and others, St Joan of Arc Church,
3537 - 3rd Ave S, Mpls. $12 suggested. http://www.worldwidewamm.org or
612-827-5364.
Sunday, 7/6, 10 am, Charlie Clements, president of the Unitarian Universalist
Service Committee speaks on "Peacemaking and the Iraq War" including supporting
returning veterans, at services at First Universalist Church, with open
feedback session afterward in the Cummiins Room, 3400 Dupont Ave S, Mpls.
Sunday, 7/6, 4 pm, student strike meeting of Youth Against War and Racism, Ty's
House/YAWR office, 3024 Chicago Ave S, #1, Mpls. (Bring a couple of bucks for
some veggie/vegan pizza.) Tyrus at 651-210-5342.
Sunday, 7/6, 5 to 7 pm, WAMM sponsors an antidote to the tired, old "bombs
bursting in air" with Weekend of Music of Peace, featuring New Orleans
singer/songwriter Susan Cowsill with local musician Rick Robot of Gospel
Gossip, Minnesota Music Cafe, 499 Payne Ave, St Paul. $20 suggested.
http://www.worldwidewamm.org or 612-827-5364.
7/7 to 7/29, play "After a Hundred Years" about U.S. journalist interviewing
Khmer Rouge general accused of war crimes, Guthrie Theater, Dowling Studio, 818
S 2nd St, Mpls. http://www.guthrietheater.org
Tuesday, 7/8, 6:30 pm, Pax Christi and Sisters of St Joseph's sponsor
documentary "Uncounted" about vote fraud in the 2000 and 2004 elections,
Carondelet Center, 1890 Randolph Ave, St Paul. 651-696-1642.
Tuesday, 7/8, 6:30 pm, Peace Salon reads and listens to poems of Guantanamo
detainees, written on Styrofoam cups and collected in "Poems from Guantanamo:
The Detainees Speak," Mad Hatter's Teahouse, 943 W 7th St, St Paul.
651-227-2511.
Wednesday, 7/9, noon, MN leaders (religious, city council, congress, state
senators and representatives, business and cultural) fast and speak out in
opposition to military action against Iran, State Capitol south steps, 75 Rev
ML King Blvd, St Paul. http://www.worldwidewamm.org
Wednesday, 7/9, 2 pm, support demands for permits to march on the RNC, Federal
Courthouse, 4th St and 4th Ave, Mpls. http://marchonrnc.org
Thursday, 7/10, noon, TRACES presents 4 documentaries about WWII veterans
including ski troops, Europe and the Pacific, 2nd floor Galleria, Landmark
Center, 75 W 5th St, St Paul. <email obscured> or http://www.TRACES.org or
651-292-8700.
Thursday, 7/10, 7 to 9 pm, Lama Shenpen Drolma speaks on "Enduring Change:
Moving Beyond Hope and Fear," Paul and Sheila Wellstone Center, 179 Robie St E,
St Paul. $15 suggested; no one turned away.
bodhisattvapeacetraining@gmail;.com or 651-206-5271.
Friday, 7/11, 4:15 to 5:30 pm, vigil to end US military/political support of
the Israeli occupation of Palestine, corner Summit and Snelling, St Paul.
Saturday, 7/12, 8 to 3, Antiwar Committee yard sale, Spirit of the Lakes
Church, 2930 - 13th Ave S, Mpls. (Items may be dropped off between 6 and 8 pm
on Friday night.) http://www.antiwarcommittee.org
Saturday, 7/12, 5 to 8 pm, National Lawyers Guild hosts annual picnic and
celebration of Defenders of Freedom, Minnehaha Park Bandstand, 4825 Minnehaha
Ave, Mpls. NLG provides burgers (veggie and meat) and hot dogs (veggie and
meat), corn, watermillon and drinks. Questions djadante@lycos or
http://www.nlgminnesota.org/
Saturday, 7/12, 7 pm, Storytelling for Adults: With Peace and Liberty and
Justice for All, including storytellers Larry Johnson, Gary Melom, John Martin
and Jerry Wellik, Java Jack's, 818 W 46th St, Mpls. Suggested $5. FFI:
612-747-3904.
7/12 to 9/1, peace walk from Chicago (Grant Park) to St Paul (Republican
National Convention). Details at http://www.vcnv.org or <email obscured> or
773-878-3815.
Sunday, 7/13, 6 to 8:30 pm, Veterans for Peace chapter 27 meets, St Stephens
Church, 2123 Clinton Ave S, Mpls. (Ring bell on north door.) John Varone
952-2665.
Monday, 7/14, 7 pm (refreshments at 6:30), Network of Spiritual Progressives
hosts Demi Miller giving a presentation on his trip to Rwanda and the
reconciliation efforts going on there, Plymouth Congregational Church, 1900
Nicollet Ave S (enter under the canope off parking lot on Franklin), Mpls.
<email obscured>
Tuesday, 7/15, noon to 1 pm, brown bag presentation on Legislative Initiatives
and Advocacy on Violence against Women, Advocates for Human Rights, 650 - 3rd
Ave S, suite 550, Mpls. Register by 7/11 with <email obscured> or
612-341-3302 ext 107. Info at http://www.mnadvocates.org
7/17, noon to 1 pm, lunch lecture on the International Criminal Court: An
Important Enforcer of Human Rights with U of M La prof Duane Krohnke, Faegre &
Benson LLP, 22nd Floor, Wells Fargo Center, 90 S 7th St, Mpls. Lunch provided
(CLE credit application also) with RSVP by 7/15 to <email obscured> or
612-341-3302, ext 127. Info at http://www.mnadvocates.org
7/17 to 7/20, play "Cirque de Guerre" at the Illusion Theater, 7th St and
Hennepin Ave, downtown Mpls. <email obscured> or
http://www.illusiontheater.org
Sunday, 7/20, 3 to 5 pm, Amnesty International group 37 regular meeting focuses
on the new "Campaign to Ban Torture," Center for the Victims of Torture, 717 E
River Rd SE, Mpls. <email obscured> or http://www.twincitiescmnesty.org/
Thursday, 7/24, 9 pm to 1 am, Rock Against the War benefit concert for the
Coalition to March on the RNC and Stop the War, Triple Rock Social Club, 629
Cedar Ave S, Mpls. http://marchonrnc.org
Saturday, 7/26, 9 to 10:30 am, Pax Christi Twin Cities invites friends to join
them at their monthly prayer and meditation gathering, St Joan of Arc Parish
Center, 4537 - 3rd Ave S, Mpls. 651-646-1611.
Saturday, 7/26, 11 am, Peace in the Precincts annual picnic at Indian Mounds
Park, 10 Mounds Blvd, St Paul. Details from http://www.fnvw.org
Saturday, 7/26, 7 pm, MN Cuba Committee hosts celebration of Cuba's 50th
Independence Day at 1314 Marquette Ave, Mpls (in the party room).
Refreshments, musicm movies and conversation, for a small donation to support
the MN Cuba Committee. http://groups.msn.com/minnesotacubacommittee
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VIGILS
Every Sunday, 9:30 to 10:45 am, vigil to Close Guantanamo-End Torture, 40th St
pedestrian overpass over 35W, Mpls. 952-465-2866.
Every Sunday, noon to 1 pm, peace vigil at Summit and Snelling, St Paul.
651-699-8655.
Every Sunday (weather permitting), 3:30 to 4:30 pm, peace vigil on the I-94
footbridge just west of Snelling, St Paul. Mike Madden, 651-644-2288.
Every Monday, 4:15 to 5:15 pm, Vigil in downtown White Bear Lake at
intersection of Highway 61 and 4th Street. FFI: www.worldwidewamm.org
Every Tuesday, 5 to 6 pm (all year), east end of Franklin bridge over the
Mississippi River, Mpls. <email obscured>
Every Tuesday, 5 to 6 pm (back to summer hours), Penn Ave just north of 394,
Bryn Mawr neighborhood of Mpls. <email obscured>
Every Wednesday, 5 to 6 pm (back to summer hours), Vigil to end the occupation
of Iraq, Lake/Marshall bridge over the Mississippi. www.worldwidewamm.org
Every Friday, noon to 1 pm, Anti-Recruitment vigil “Our Children Are Not Cannon
Fodder,” off Oak St and Washington Ave, East Bank of U, Minneapolis,
612-379-4716.
Every Friday, 4:15 to 5:30 p.m., Vigil to end the occupation of Palestine,
Snelling and Summit, St. Paul. <email obscured>
Every Friday, 5 to 6 pm, peace vigil at Lagoon and Hennepin, Uptown Mpls. FFI:
WAMM.
Every Saturday, 10:15 to noon, peace bannering on 40th St footbridge over 35W,
Mpls. 952-465-2866.
(More vigils are listed at
http://www.worldwidewamm.org/takeaction/vigil/statevigils.html )
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