November 1

Tuesday evening the Family Farm Defenders sponsor a "report back from New Orleans and the Gulf Coast". On a recent trip to help survivors they found that "As people return home to rebuild, they face illegal evictions, curfews and police occupation". The night includes discussion, stories of peoples’ experiences and future efforts to help. There is a potluck at 6:00 and a dialogue at 7:00 in the Wil-mar Neighborhood Center, 953 Jenifer Street. Call 260-0900 for details.

Tuesday night is the monthly reggae benefit for WORT at the Cardinal Bar and Dancehall. It features Supa Ranks and His Rock-Stone High-Power Tropical Riddims Sound System. It is 418 East Wilson Street at 8:00. Call 256-2001 for details.

Wednesday at noon John Peck speaks. He is a recent IES Land Resources graduate who participated in the Madison-Ainaro August 2005 sister city delegation to East Timor. The talk is entitled "Sustainable Agriculture, Permaculture, and the Struggle for Food Security in East Timor". This is at the University of Wisconsin Madison Soil Science building. Call 265-9930 for details.

Wednesday at noon on a pledge drive addition of A Public Affair host Esty Dinur speaks with musician Michael Franti who wrote the APA theme music. They will speak about his new film on traveling to Iraq and Palestine, the politics of hope and change and the role of music in all of this. Call 256-2001 for details or to pledge.

The University of Wisconsin, Madison School of Ecology hosts an art exhibit entitled "Weavings of War: Fabrics of Memory". It is about how for years textile artists around the world have broken with tradition to depict their personal experiences of modern warfare. This is at 1300 Linden Drive through December eleventh. Call 262-8815 for details.\