April 20

This evening, Free Wheel Community Bicycle Workshop is hosting a volunteer training for people interested in helping. Free Wheel teaches people to restore, fix, alter, or beautify their bikes by themselves This is at their shop, 1818 B-8 South Park Street, from 6 to 7. Call 256-3733 for details.

This evening, Professor Erram Carmel gives a talk entitled “Israeli vs. Indian High-tech: The Place of Israel in the New Era of Technology Globalization”. This is sponsored by the Graduate Students’ Israel Education Initiative, the Graduate International Business Association, and the International Business Student Association. It is in Room 3180 of Grainger Hall, 975 University Avenue, at 6:30.

Tonight, the PoliSciFi book club hosts a reading and discussion of reads John Brunner’s “The Sheep Look Up”. Light refreshments and snacks are provided and donations are accepted. This is at Escape Java Joint, 916 Williamson Street, at 7. For more information, call 442-8399 or email dvdwilliams51@yahoo.com.

Tonight, Lester Brown, founder and former president of Worldwatch Institute, gives at talk entitled Hall “Plan B 2.0: Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble”. This is free and open to the public and is in room 272 of Bascom Hall, 500 Lincoln Drive, at 7:30. Call 265-5296 for details.