May 4

This evening, the Social Justice Center celebrates its 6th Anniversary. The event features the SJC Visionary Award, presented this year to Abha Thakkar of the Northside Planning Council. Ed Garvey of the People's Legislature, Fighting Bob, and Garvey, McNeil & McGillivray will receive the SJC Legacy Award for a lifetime of work dedicated to social justice and political change. This is at Olbrich Botanical Gardens, 3330 Atwood Avenue, from 5 to 7. For more information, contact the Social Justice Center at 227-0206 or by email at sjc@choiceonemail.com.

Tonight, the Rainbow Bookstore Cooperative and WORT – 89.9 FM host the authors of “Crashing the Gates: Netroots, Grassroots, and the Rise of People Powered Politics” Markos Zuniga and Jerome Armstrong. They are two of the most popular and influential commentators in the blogosphere and are in Madison on a national book tour. This is at the Madison Public Library, 201 West Mifflin Street, at 7. Call the Bookstore at 257-6050 for details.