September 30

Tonight, the film series “Global Visions” continues. Tonight’s film is “Time Out” from France. It follows the story of a French every-man who has lost his job and finds himself taken up in an increasingly large web of lies to keep the fact hidden from family and friends. This is in room 4070 of Vilas Hall, 821 University Avenue, at 7:30. For more information, call 262-0646 or check global.wisc.edu/visions.

Tonight, the film series “Global Visions” continues. Tonight’s film is “Time Out” from France. It follows the story of a French every-man who has lost his job and finds himself taken up in an increasingly large web of lies to keep the fact hidden from family and friends. This is in room 4070 of Vilas Hall, 821 University Avenue, at 7:30. For more information, call 262-0646 or check global.wisc.edu/visions.

Tomorrow morning, the Madison Institute hosts Professor Shadia Drury of the University of Regina, Saskatchewan. Professor Drury will speak on “Gulliver in Lilliput, American Foreign Policy in a Neoconservative Age”. She has given intense scrutiny to Leo Strauss, commonly considered the force behind the current neo-conservative movement. This is from 9 to noon at the Historical Society, 816 State Street on Library Mall.

Tomorrow, the Madison Observer hosts “Don’t Hate the Media, Be The Media!” an Alternative Media Conference. Participants will learn about the media and how to make an impact on what they decide to tell the public. This is from 11 to 6 at the Red Gym on Langdon Street. For more information, call 234-7893 or to register, email madobserver@gmail.com.

Tomorrow, the Madison Senior Center hosts the 6th Annual Empty Bowls Dinner. Local potters create the bowls and local restaurants donate soup and bread, all of which is served by volunteers. There is a charge for the dinner and all proceeds go towards providing fresh food to low-income families. This is at the Madison Senior Center, 330 West Mifflin Street, from 11 to 2. For more information, call 226-0300 or check www.emptybowls.net.

Tomorrow, the Red Cross Blood Mobile will be at Lakeview Park in Middleton, to accept blood donations. Red Cross volunteers will also be on hand to accept financial donations from area residents who wish to contribute to the hurricane relief efforts. To give blood you must be healthy, at least 17 years old, weigh at least 110 pounds, and not have donated blood in the last 8 weeks. For more information on blood donation please visit www.redcross.org or to make an appointment to donate blood, call 1-800-448-3543. This is from 1 to 5 and walk-ins are welcome.

Sunday, Lakeview Lutheran Church hosts the Health Fair 2005. The fair includes workshops on injury preventions, healing arts, bike safety and more. It also features a 3-mile walk or a 5-mile run. There is an admission charge. This is at Lakeview Lutheran Church on Northport Drive from 9 to noon. For more information, call 244-6181.



Sunday, the Peregrine Forum holds a discussion entitled “The Social Ecology of Murray Bookchin”. Discussion focuses on Bookchin's “The Modern Crisis”, “Remaking Society: Pathways to a Green Future”, and John Zerzan's “Future Primitive”. This event is part of the Forum’s continuing Eco-Radicalism series. The books are available at the Madison Infoshop. This is at 616 Brearly Street from 3 to 5. For more information, call 442-8399 or email dvdwilliams51@yahoo.com.