December 20

The Wisconsin Council of the Blind and Visually Impaired hosts an exhibit of art made by and for people who are blind or visually impaired. Artists Albert Schmeige and Jamie Landolt will be featured. This is until January fifteenth at 754 Williamson Street. Call 237-8111 for details.

There is a free computer lab in the Catholic Multicultural Center. It is available weekdays from 9:00-5:30 at 1862 Beld Street. Lab Users must always show a photo ID and take an orientation the first time. Call 255-1287 for details.

The Dane County Humane Society tries not to use euthanasia on animals. As such, they ask people to consider adopting, sponsoring or providing foster care to an animal. They may also donate time, money or pet supplies to the shelter at 5132 Voges Road. Call 838-0413 for details.

The South Central Federation of Labor (SCFL) is helping the United Steel Worker’s Union 904's Strike and Defense fund. Help is needed since thee strike defense fund will not be enough to sustain striking workers. For the duration of the strike they are urging local unions and individual supporters to pledge monthly contributions to adopt a Goodyear family. To help call USW local 904 at 837-5602.

The Urban League of Greater Madison needs help improving the social economic conditions of African Americans, other communities of color and the disadvantaged. They need help with academic success, career exploration, home ownership and other programs. For details, or, to volunteer, call 251-8550, extension 28.

December 19

There is a free computer lab in the Catholic Multicultural Center. It is available weekdays from 9:00-5:30 at 1862 Beld Street. Lab Users must always show a photo ID and take an orientation the first time. Call 255-1287 for details.

The Women and Infant Children (WIC) Nutrition program offers a wide variety of services, food and nutrition information to help keep pregnant and breastfeeding women, infants and children under five years of age healthy and strong. For details call 267-1111.


The Madison Coalitions of Older Adults are looking for volunteers this winter to shovel snow for the elderly. This is a flexible volunteer opportunity. Call 243-5252 for details.

A Madison tradition, the "Holiday Fantasy in Lights" again lights up Olin-Turville Park. NECA and IBEW 159 and others are again sponsoring the display which includes light pictures of holiday items of all varieties. Call 239-7888 for details.

December 18

Monday at noon on WORT’s A Public Affair host Norm Stockwell speaks with Stuart Levitan regarding his new"Madison, The Illustrated Sesquicentennial History"", Volume 1, 1856--1931. It highlights Madison’s early history from its first days as a city to the Great Depression. Biographical vignettes tell the stories of city’s early residents. Call 256-2001 for details.

Monday evening on WORT’s Access Hour host Barbara Golden discusses the work of Madison Area Family Advisory and Advocacy Coalition (MAFAAC). They have an anti-racism mission and advocate on behalf of African-American families in the schools. That’s at 7:00. Call 256-2001 for details.

"Schools of Hope" is a tutoring and mentoring program in area middle schools. The Urban League of Greater Madison intends to close the achievement gap between youth of color and Caucasian youth. They need to "Witness the Hope and Knowledge," that professional African-American’s and other groups of color can contribute to their classrooms and schools. Call 251-8550 for details.

Project Home seeks applicants for its annual "Hammer for a Heart" project to be held in May. Last year more then three hundred and fifty volunteers provided eighty-five thousand dollars worth of repairs. They want homeowners whose homes are in need of desperate repair and meet income guidelines. For details or to volunteer please contact Project Home at 246-3737.

December 13

The Urban League of Greater Madison needs help improving the social economic conditions of African Americans, other communities of color and the disadvantaged. They need help with Academic Success, career exploration, home ownership and other programs. For details, or, to volunteer, call 251-8550, extension 28.

The Wisconsin Council of the Blind and Visually Impaired hosts an exhibit of art made by and for people who are blind or visually impaired. Artists Albert Schmeige and Jamie Landolt will be featured. This is until January fifteenth at 754 Williamson Street. Call 237-8111 for details.

The Madison Coalitions of Older Adults are looking for volunteers this winter to shovel snow for the elderly. This is a flexible volunteer opportunity. Call 243-5252 for details.

Project Home is seeking applicants for its annual Hammer for a Heart project which is to be held Saturday, May 5. Last year more then three hundred and fifty volunteers provided eighty-five thousand dollars worth of repairs. They want homeowners whose homes are in need of desperate repair and meet income guidelines. For details on Hammer with a Heart or to volunteer please contact Project Home at 246-3737.

The South Central Federation of Labor (SCFL) is helping the United Steel Worker’s Union 904's Strike and Defense fund. The strike defense fund will not be enough to sustain striking workers. Help is needed. For the duration of the strike they are urging local unions and individual supporters to pledge monthly contributions to adopt a Goodyear family. To help call USW local 904 at 837-5602.

December 11

Monday at noon on WORT’s Access Hour host Mark Young provides an overview of mental health care for persons in Wisconsin and Michigan. He’ll interview members of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill of Wisconsin and the National Schizophrenic Foundation. That’s at 7:00. Call 256-2001 for details.

Monday evening the Radical Film series presents "Genoa Libera". This is at 7:00 on the University of Wisconsin, Madison campus. Call 262-9036 for details. See today in the union for the film location.

Monday evening there is the monthly meeting of the Alliance for Animals. This is in the fourth floor conference room of 122 State Street at 7:00. Call 257- 6333 for details. This is monthly on the second Monday.

A Madison tradition, the "Holiday Fantasy in Lights" again lights up. NECA, IBEW 159 and others are sponsoring the display which are light pictures of many different holidays. It is a benefit for the "Second Harvest" food bank. This is in Olin-Turville Park through January first. Call 239-7888 for details.

The Urban League of Greater Madison needs help improving the social economic conditions of African Americans, other communities of color and the disadvantaged. They need help with academic success, career exploration, home ownership and other programs. For details, or, to volunteer, call 251-8550, extension 28.

The Dane County Humane Society tries not to perform euthanasias on animals. As such, they are asking for people to consider adopting, sponsoring or providing foster care to an animal. They may also donate time, money or pet supplies to the shelter at 5132 Voges Road. Call 838-0413 for details.

December 12

Tuesday evening the Community Action on Latin America (CALA) hosts a discussion on Venezuelan’s election results. This is in the Rainbow Bookstore, 426 West Gilman Street at 7:00. Call 251-1551 for details.

Tuesday evening there is a general meeting of the Madison Area Peace Coalition. This is in the Wil-Mar Neighborhood Center, 953 Jenifer Street at 6:30. Call 442-8822 for details.
Wednesday at noon on WORT’s A Public Affair host Esty Dinur talks with Eric Sperling in Venezuela about the recent elections in that country and what six more years with Chavez are likely to bring. Call 256-2001 for details.

There is a free computer lab in the Catholic Multicultural Center. It is available weekdays from 9:00-5:30 at 1862 Beld Street. Lab Users must always show a photo ID and take an orientation the first time. Call 255-1287 for details.

There is a traveling art instillation entitled, "Light Mediatiations". It is by artists such as Barb Kirby and Debra Wheeler. It can be seen in the Rennebohm Library at Edgewood College. Call 663-2263 for details.

The Women and Infant Children (WIC) Nutrition program offers a wide variety of services, food and nutrition information to help keep pregnant and breastfeeding women, infants and children under five years of age healthy and strong. For details call 267-1111.

December 8

This evening and tomorrow evening, Prairie Fire Bio Fuels Cooperative host lectures on running diesel engines on vegetable oil with Alexander Noack, a BioFuels Engineer for Elsbett in Germany. All day today, tomorrow and Sunday, the Cooperative also hosts an open house demonstrating the technology. The event is free to members, but a small charge applies to the public. This is at the Coop shop, 1894 East Washington Avenue, with the lectures the evening from 5 to 6 and tomorrow from 4 to 5. For more details, contact Jeff Barnhart at 441-5454 or by email at info@prairiefirebiofuels.org .

Sunday, Melanie Herzog, Art Historian at Edgewood College, speaks on her latest book, Milton Rogovin: The Making of a Social Documentary Photographer. In her book, she chronicles the story of the man behind the photographs that show the tenacity, profound dignity, and resilience of people living in extremely difficult circumstances. This is at Rainbow Bookstore Cooperative, 426 West Gilman Street, at 2. Call the store at 257-6050 for details.

Sunday, the Peregrine Forum hosts the film “Until When?”. The film follows lives of four Palestinian families living in Dheisheh Refugee Camp in Bethlehem. They talk about their past and discuss the future with humor, sorrow, frustration and, occasionally, with hope. This is at 7 at Escape Java Joint, 916 Williamson Street, at 6:30. Contact David Williams at 442-8399 or dvdwilliams51@yahoo.com for more information.

Sunday, on W.O.R.T.’s Third World View reports on Venezuela election results. This is on W.O.R.T. from 5 to 6. Call 256-2001 with comments and questions.

December 7

This evening, there is a Peak Oil & Climate Crisis Meet Up. The group meets to build networks to deal with the effects of peak oil and global warming. This is at 6:30 at Escape Coffeehouse, 916 Williamson. For more information, email The Peak Oil/Climate Crisis Action Network at tntnbt@tds.net or leave a message at 332-1493.

This weekend and through December 17, Broom Street Theater presents “A Very Bitchy Christmas”. The story is about a Grandpa, who started a family tradition many years ago, telling stories around a Christmas bonfire at his house. But when he dies unexpectedly and Grandma decides she has had enough stories from a family she doesn’t even like it becomes a Christmas like no other. It explores the true meaning of traditions and of family. This is every Friday and Saturday at 8 and Sundays at 2 at the Broom Street Theater, 1119 Williamson Street. For more information, check broomstreet.org or call 244-8338.

The Grassroots Leadership College is accepting applications through December 15 to join the Spring 2007 Semester. Participants can learn how to be more effective in their community work. Childcare and dinner are included in each session. The sessions run on Thursday evenings from 5:30-8:30 from January 18 to May 10. There is a registration cost, but scholarships are available. These classes are at Christ Presbyterian Church, 944 East Gorham Street. Applications are available at grassrootsleadershipcollege.org or by calling 441-0085.

Every year the Parental Stress Center hosts a Holiday Party for the families they serve. They need several volunteers to bake cookies for kids to decorate or help prepare and serve festive holiday meal on Sunday, December 17. To help out, contact Shannon at 241-4888 x13 or by email to shannons@parentalstresscenter.org

The Urban League of Greater Madison seeks volunteers help to improve the social economic conditions of African Americans, other communities of color and the disadvantaged. The need help with youth education & career development; workforce development; home ownership, business development and social entrepreneurism. To help, contact Daphne Brown, Volunteer and Community Outreach Coordinator at DBrown@ulgm.org or 251-8550 x28.

December 6

Wednesday evening the “Tunes at Monona Terrace” series presents “Yid Vicious” with Klezmer music. That’s at 5:30 in the Monona Terrace Convention Center, One John Nolen Drive. Call 261-4000 for details.

Wednesday evening there is a free showing of Al Gore’s ninety minute documentary “An Inconvenient Truth”. This is at RP’s Fork and Spoon Café’, 1133 East Wilson Street at 6:30. Call 204-2888 for details.

Wednesday evening there is a meeting and potluck of the Rainbow Community Co-op. Attendees are invited to review the co-o budget, talk about the highlights of last year and elect a new board of directors. This is at 6:30 in 426 West Gilman Street. Bringing a dish or drink to share is requested. Call 257-6050 for details.

Thursday at noon on WORT’s A Public Affair host Barbara Golden speaks with Silja Talvi on the true cost of “non-lethal” weaponry, particularly TASAR guns. Call 256-2001 for details.

The Wisconsin Council of the Blind and Visually Impaired hosts an exhibit of art made by and for people who are blind or visually impaired. Artists Albert Schmeige and Jamie Landolt will be featured. This is until January fifteenth at 754 Williamson Street. Call 237-8111 for details.

The Madison Coalitions of Older Adults are looking for volunteers this winter to shovel snow for the elderly. This is a flexible volunteer opportunity. Call 243-5252 for details.

December 5

Tuesday WORT hosts December’s First Tuesday’s Reggae” benefit. It is at the Cardinal Bar and Dancehall and features Supa Ranks and His Rock-Stone High-Power; Tropical Riddims Sound System. It will also be a celebration of WORT’s thirty first birthday. This is in 418 East Wilson Street at 8:00. Call 256-2001 for details.

Wednesday at noon the African Studies Sandwich Seminar presents PhD candidate of the Department of African Studies and Literature, Reem M. Hilal speaking on “Tracing Identity in Muslim slave writings in America”. This is in room 206 of Ingraham Hall. Call 262-2389 for details.

Wednesday at noon on WORT’s A Public Affair host Esty Dinur speaks with Debra Sweet, national director of “The World Can’t Wait, Drive Out the Bush Regieme”. Call 256-2001 for details.

There isa free computer lab in the Catholic Multicultural Center. It is available weekdays from 9:00-5:30 at 1862 Beld Street. Lab Users must always show a photo ID and take an orientation the first time. Call 255-1287 for details.

There is a traveling art instillation entitled, “Light Mediation”. It is a by artists such as Barb Kirby and Debra Wheeler. It can be seen in the Rennebohm (read: Renn-e’-Bowm) Library at Edgewood College. Call 663-2263 for details.

The Women and Infant Children (WIC) Nutrition program offers a wide variety of services, food and nutrition information to help keep pregnant and breastfeeding women, infants and children under five years of age healthy and strong. For details call 267-1111.

December 4

Monday at noon on WORT’s A Public Affair host Norm Stockwell speaks with Milton Glaser about “The Design of Dissent” and the graphic work that focuses on social and political concerns. Call 256-2001 for details.

Monday evening the “Radical Film” series presents “Crowd Bites Wolf” reportedly a humorous look at the Prague anti-globalization protest. This is at 7:00 on the University of Wisconsin, Madison campus. Call 262-9036 for details. See today in the union for the film location.

Monday evening on WORT’s Access Hour a panel of clergy from different religions will discuss the definitions and origins of the “values” in the United States and search for positive values with ethical and moral underpinnings. That'’s at 7:00.

Call 256-2001 for details.

A Madison tradition, the "Holiday Fantasy in Lights" again lights up. NECA, IBEW 159 and others are sponsoring the display which are light pictures of many different holidays. It is a benefit for the “Second Harvest” food bank. This is in Olin-Turville Park through January first. Call 239-7888 for details.

The Urban Leagueof Greater Madison needs help improving the social economic conditions of African Americans, other communities of color and the disadvantaged. They need help with academic success, career exploration, home ownership and other programs. For details, or, to volunteer, call 251-8550, extension 28.

The Dane County Humane Society tries not to perform euthanasias on animals. As such, they are asking for people to consider adopting, sponsoring or providing foster care to an animal. They may also donate time, money or pet supplies to the shelter at 5132 Voges Road. Call 838-0413 for details.

December 1

This afternoon, there is a local gathering as part of International Day of Action in Solidarity with Oaxaca. This features speakers reporting about the ongoing repression, state terror, and corporate free trade policies that are killing people in Mexico. After the speakers, participants will march to the State Capitol. This is on the Library Mall at the end of State Street at 3:30. For more details on Oaxoca, check oaxacacalibre.org.

Today, The Wisconsin Council of the Blind & Visually Impaired holds an Open House and opening for an art exhibit made by and for people who are blind or visually impaired. The Wisconsin Council of the Blind & Visually Impaired is a private, not-for-profit advocacy agency. This is at the Council of the Blind, 754 Williamson Street, from 4 to 7. For more information, call Kathy Lange-Novak at 237-8111.

Tomorrow, Community Action on Latin America and MATC’s Global Horizons Program hold their ninth annual Fair Trade Holiday Fair. This features dozens of vendors, information booths, workshops, a bake sale fundraiser, and more. This is at MATC’s downtown campus on Carrol Street from 9 to 4. For more details, check www.calamadison.org.

Tomorrow is Madison Hours Holiday Trade Fair. Dozens of vendors will be accepting both federal and local currency for their handmade crafts, clothing, local food, greeting cards, gift certificates, and more. This is at the High Noon Saloon, 701 East Washington Street, from 11 to 3. For more information, check madisonhours.org

Tomorrow is the Seventieth Commemoration of the start of the Spanish Civil War. Professor Kata Beilin of the UW Spanish Department will give a presentation of the origins and the early months of the conflict. David Williams will provide a summary of the Battle for Madrid from November 1936 to February 1937. Madison Veteran of the Abraham Lincoln International Brigade, Clarence Kailin, will provide remarks. Sorrel Lazaro, producer of WORT's recent access program on the Spanish Civil War, will offer further comments on the revolution in Barcelona. There is a suggested donation and this is at Escape Coffeehouse, 916 Williamson Street, from 1 to 5. Call 442-8399 for details.

Tomorrow, Rainbow Bookstore hosts American Indian Studies historian Ned Blackhawk. He will be speaking on his new book Violence Over the Land. In the book, he chronicles two centuries of Indian and imperial history that profoundly shaped the American West. This is at the Bookstore, 426 West Gilman Street, at 2:30. For more information, check rainbowbookstore.org.

Sunday, on W.O.R.T.’s Third World View reports on the State of International Human Rights. This is on W.O.R.T. from 5 to 6. Call 256-2001 with comments and questions.

Sunday, the Peregrine Forum Palestine history class hosts Mohammed Omer. Omer is the Rafah-based Gaza correspondent for the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs. His words and images have been carried by media around the world and he publishes the blog “RafahToday.org”. This is at Escape Java Joint, 916 Williamson Street, at 6:30. For more information call 215-9157, e-mail rafahsistercity@yahoo.com or visit www.madisonrafah.org.