Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Thursday at noon on WORT’s A Public Affair host Allen Ruff speaks with Ervand Abrahamian on recent developments in Iran. Call 256-2001 for details.

Weekdays the Blue Bus Clinic offers free Hepatitis A and B vaccinations. It is at 333 East Campus Mall. Contact 265-5600 for details, eligibility requirements and hours.

Madison Department of Health and Madison Free Health Services offer immunization clinics, well child exams, children’s dental health and support services for pregnant and postpartum women. Call 246-4516 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.

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.

On Tuesday and Friday afternoons there is a food pantry at the Catholic Multicultural Center, 1862 Beld Street. Clients choose anything shelved based on food availability. This is between 2:30 and 4:30. They ask clients to register before 1:00 the day before. Call 255-1287 for details.

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Tuesday evening the group, “Buy Dane Local” a coalition of local independent businesses, community groups and citizens working together holds an “Independents Celebration.” It is at the “Nau-Ti-Gal Waterfront Restaurant”, 5360 Westport Road at 4:30. Call 467-7555 for details.

Tuesday evening the Dane County Environmental Council hosts the next in the “Green Tuesdays Films and Lectures on Sustainability”. This one is entitled, “Focus on Energy and Home Energy Audits.” Presenter Amy Lord helps people make better informed decisions about energy efficiency and renewability. This one is at 6:00 in the Monona Public Library, 1000 Nichols Road. Call 663-2459 for details.

Tuesday evening the Wisconsin Historical Society presents cartoonist Lynda Barry speaking on "Creative Ways to Recall and Preserve Our Memories." This is at 7:00 in the Wisconsin Historical Society, 816 State Street. Call 264-6400 for details.

The Parental Stress line helps prevent child abuse by connecting parents who are stressed or feeling alone with volunteers who talk with them by phone. Training is necessary. Call 241-4888 extension 26 for details.

Briarpatch offers walk-in HIV/AIDS, STDS and STI testing. This is every Wednesday evening from 5:30 to 7:30 or by appointment in 1955 Atwood Avenue. To schedule an appointment call the agency at 1-800-798-1126. For details people may call locally at 245-2550 or email youthhivtesting@yahoo.com.

The Rape Crises Center is a non-profit community organization. They aid people who need support and information after experiencing or being close to someone sexual assaulted in the past or recently. This includes survivors of rape or incest. For services and twenty- four hour crises intervention call 251-7273. To volunteer people may call 251-5126.

Monday, June 29, 2009

Monday at noon on WORT’s A Public Affair host Norm Stockwell speaks with author Ray Raphael about his new book "Founders: The People Who Brought You a Nation". For details call 256-2001 for details.

Monday evening the North and Eastside Coalition for the Elderly hosts the next in its series of concerts in the Warner Park shelter. This time the featured performers are the “Waunakee Community Band.” They play patriotic music. It is at 1625 Northport drive at 6:30. Senior transportation is available. Call 243-5252 for details or to arrange transportation.

This evening the Infoshop hosts a meeting of the “Muffin Club, an on-going women’s health discussion group.” The topic this week is “beauty.” This is at 1019 Williamson Street at 7:00. Call 262-9036 for details.

Monday evening the Madison Public Library sponsors a series of video presentations on the History of Madison Public Library. This is by Stuart Levitan. The first one is in the Alicia Ashman branch, 733 North Highpoint Road at 7:00. Call 824-1780 for details.

Monday evening on WORT’s Access Hour the program will bring food, via radio, into people’s cars, houses, and minds. This show will present interesting, funny, fashionable, delicious food talk. That’s at 7:00. Call 256-2001 for details.

Tuesday at noon on WORT’s A Public Affair host Stacy Harbaugh discusses controversial budget issues such as contraceptive rights and immigrant rights. Call 256-2001 for details.

Friday, June 26, 2009

Saturday at Mother Fools Coffee Shop, 1101 Williamson St. poets R. Virgil Ellis, Elody Samuelson, Richard Roe, and Lynn Patrick Smith will be reading from their recent work starting at 8 PM. More info at 259-1301 or visit Mother Fool’s website at www.motherfools.com

Today through Sunday the Madison Concourse Hotel, 1 W Dayton Street in Madison, will host the TimeBanks USA Conference. In more than 40 states and 32 countries, TimeBanking is a force for good and source of hope. It works because people create networks of support where everyone gives and receives. The conference is an ideal way for the community to learn how TimeBanking can benefit us all. More info at tbusa.org

Sunday at 2 pm at A Room of One’s Own, 307 W Johnson Street, Kathleen Rooney, author of Live Nude Girl: My Life as an Object will share her experiences as an artist’s model and offer insight on female beauty, intelligence, art, and pornography while S.L. Widenberg, author of The Adventures of Cancer Bitch discusses her breast cancer treatment with a feminist attitude and humor. More info at 257-7888.

The Madison Area Technical College is looking for mentors and short-term hosts for a group of 20 international students. These students come from developing world countries such as Egypt, Brazil, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Turkey and Indonesia. Their study in Madison is made possible by grant funding. If you would like to help show these students what Madison is all about and build connections and friendships with these students from round the world call 243-4556.

Sunday from 1 to 3 pm, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum, 1207 Seminole Highway, will host “The Moth Madness and Interesting Insects”. Admission is free. Visitors will learn ways to identify insects, while discovering how plants and animals depend on these six-legged creatures. Adopt a cecropia moth caterpillar to rear. Bring a clear 2 liter bottle to make a rearing cage and go home with cecropia eggs and information. Dress for the weather; outdoor and indoor. More info at 263-7888.

Thursday, June 25, 2009

Tonight at 7 pm at the Woolen Mill Gallery (26 E. Main St. in Reedsburg), the Growing Season series of cultural events continues with UW-Madison English Prof. Caroline Levine discussing her book, Provoking Democracy, Why we Need the Arts. This lecture will consider the relationship between art and democracy through stories of a series of art controversies, from disputes over public art, copyright, and obscenity, to the operations of the House Un-American Activities Committee during the Cold War. More info at wormfarminstitute.org

Tonight from 5 to 8, there will be a community-wide meeting at the Downtown Madison Public Library upstairs meeting room to create a plan to solve the lack of affordable housing in Madison. The meeting is organized by the Affordable Housing Action Alliance – a group of concerned citizens - and is endorsed by the South Central Federation of Labor. More info at 256-5111.

New Life Church, located at 7564 Cottage Grove Rd in Madison will be sponsoring a Youth Sports Camp July 20th through the 23rd bringing 4 evenings worth of sports, arts and outrageous fun to the Cottage Grove area this summer. Evening meals will be provided and scholarships are available. More info at newlifelc.com or by phone at 223-9337

The ACLU’s LGBT Project is looking for couples to help them defend Wisconsin’s new domestic partnership law in case it’s challenged by someone claiming that it violates Wisconsin’s anti-gay marriage amendment. If you’d like to learn more, please contact Anna Mumford at 212.519.7835.

Tonight at 7 pm, Madison's own Capitol City Band continues its 41st concert season at Rennebohm Park, 115 N. Eau Claire Ave in Madison. Rain or shine. The event is free and open to the public. Bring a lawn chair and a friend for your listening comfort. More info at 835-9861 or Madison.com/communities/ctyband

Thursday, June 25, 2009

Saturday at Mother Fools Coffee Shop, 1101 Williamson St. poets R. Virgil Ellis, Elody Samuelson, Richard Roe, and Lynn Patrick Smith will be reading from their recent work starting at 8 PM. More info at 259-1301 or visit Mother Fool’s website at www.motherfools.com

Today through Sunday the Madison Concourse Hotel, 1 W Dayton Street in Madison, will host the TimeBanks USA Conference. In more than 40 states and 32 countries, TimeBanking is a force for good and source of hope. It works because people create networks of support where everyone gives and receives. The conference is an ideal way for the community to learn how TimeBanking can benefit us all. More info at tbusa.org

Sunday at 2 pm at A Room of One’s Own, 307 W Johnson Street, Kathleen Rooney, author of Live Nude Girl: My Life as an Object will share her experiences as an artist’s model and offer insight on female beauty, intelligence, art, and pornography while S.L. Widenberg, author of The Adventures of Cancer Bitch discusses her breast cancer treatment with a feminist attitude and humor. More info at 257-7888.

The Madison Area Technical College is looking for mentors and short-term hosts for a group of 20 international students. These students come from developing world countries such as Egypt, Brazil, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Turkey and Indonesia. Their study in Madison is made possible by grant funding. If you would like to help show these students what Madison is all about and build connections and friendships with these students from round the world call 243-4556.

Sunday from 1 to 3 pm, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum, 1207 Seminole Highway, will host “The Moth Madness and Interesting Insects”. Admission is free. Visitors will learn ways to identify insects, while discovering how plants and animals depend on these six-legged creatures. Adopt a cecropia moth caterpillar to rear. Bring a clear 2 liter bottle to make a rearing cage and go home with cecropia eggs and information. Dress for the weather; outdoor and indoor. More info at 263-7888.

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Wednesday evening the Young Shakespeare Players present the George Bernard Shaw play "Saint Joan". It is a play about “Joan of Arc”. Performances are free at the Young Shakespeare Players' Playhouse at 1806 West Lawn Avenue at 6:00. It is an on-going event through June. Call 258-0015 for details.

Wednesday evening Progressive Dane holds a general membership meeting. On the agenda is “Centro Guadalupe”, “Next Steps.” This is at 6:30 in the downtown public library 201 West Mifflin Street . Call 358-2940 for details.

Thursday morning the Wisconsin Historical Society Press and others host the next installment in the "Sharing Stories Summer Program for Children." The guest is author R. Bruce Allison celebrating the release of his book entitled, “If the Trees Could Talk.” This is at 10:00 in thirty North Carroll Street. Call 264-6555 for details.

From now through July twelfth the Chazen Museum of Art features an exhibit entitled, “Underground Classics: The Transformation of Comics into Comix, 1963–1990.” This runs weekdays from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Call 263-2246 for details.

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Tuesday afternoon there is a Madison Water Utility board meeting. It includes a discussion of the capital budget through 2015. The meeting is at 4:30 in 119 East Olin Avenue. Call 266-4651 for details.

Tuesday evening there is a general monthly meeting of the Madison Area Peace Coalition (MAPC). This is at 6:30 in the Wil-Mar Neighborhood Center, 953 Jenifer Street. Call 442-0030 for details.

Tuesday evening there is free talk to discuss investing in and owning local solar projects. Reportedly people do not need to mount photo voltaic panels on their roofs. It is in the Goodman Community Center, 149 Waubesa Street at 7:00. Call 213-6080 for details.

Tuesday night local artist, “Thistle”, and “Froseph” from Winona, Minnesota host an evening of soulful folk music. It will be followed by a community campfire and open mic. This is at 8:00 in Lothlorien Co-op, 244 West Lakelawn Place. Call 316-5822 for details.

The Parental Stress line helps prevent child abuse by connecting parents who are stressed or feeling alone with volunteers who talk with them by phone. Training is necessary. The next one starts on Friday, June 26. Call 241-4888 extension 26 for details.

Briarpatch offers walk-in HIV/AIDS, STDS and STI testing. This is every Wednesday evening from 5:30 to 7:30 or by appointment in 1955 Atwood Avenue. To schedule an appointment call the agency at 1-800-798-1126. People may call locally at 245-2550 or email youthhivtesting@yahoo.com.

Monday, June 22, 2009

Monday evening there is a discussion of the ‘zine “Insurrectionary Mutual Aid” by the “Curious George Brigade.” It looks at the opportunities for radical change in calamitous situations. This is at Madison Infoshop, 1019 Williamson Street at 6:00. Call 262-9036 for details.

Monday evening the group, “Fitchburg Fields” sponsors a showing of the documentary, “Fresh.” It explores convenience food and why people should produce their own food. This is at 6:00 in the Stoner Prairie Dining Room of the Fitchberg Community Room, 5510 Lacy Road. There will also be a potluck and discussion. Call 223-9571 for details.

Monday night Mike Boehm speaks about Vietnam relief. There will be a discussion of current Vietnam peace and justice programs and a slide show. This is at 7:00 in 4330 Waite Circle. Please contact 233-2190 for details.

Monday evening the Weston A. Price Madison Chapter holds their monthly meeting. It is at 7:00 in the Wil-Mar Neighborhood Center, 953 Jenifer Street. Call 221-8696 for details.

Monday evening on WORT’s Access Hour Abi Scott has “A Tour of Canada via Indie Rock”. This is at 7:00. Call 256-2001 for details.

The Rape Crises Center is a non-profit community organization. They aid people who need support and information after experiencing or being close to someone sexual assaulted in the past or recently. This includes survivors of rape or incest. For services and twenty- four hour crises intervention call 251-7273. To volunteer people may call 251-5126.

Weekdays the Blue Bus Clinic offers free Hepatitis A and B vaccinations. It is at 333 East Campus Mall. Contact 265-5600 for details, eligibility requirements and hours.

Friday, June 19, 2009

Friday through Sunday, the “Midwest Clean Energy and Sustainable Living Fair” will be held in Custer, Wisconsin, just east of Stevens Point. Last year’s fair was a record breaking success. With over twenty-two thousand attendees, it remains the largest such event in North America! Hundreds of exciting speakers, workshops, exhibits, live music, and more are planned. Shuttle buses and other transportation will be available from Madison, Chicago, Milwaukee, Green Bay, La Crosse, and Minneapolis. Pre-registration is required. For more information contact the-mrea.org or call by phone at 715-592-6595.

Saturday from 7 to 4, the Arcatao Sister City Project Annual Garage Sale will be held at 4406 Somerset Lane in Madison. Proceeds from the sale will help support educational and solidarity activities with our sister community in El Salvador. Participants can drop off items to donate for the garage sale at 4406 Somerset Lane Friday by just leaving them on the front porch. Pick ups of large items may be arranged. For details call 556-0717

Sunday at 2 pm, the Madison Infoshop, 1019 Williamson Street will host “Madison Radical Mental Health Collective”, a weekly peer-led support and discussion group, inspired by the “Icarus Project”. Participants envision a new culture and language that resonates with their actual experiences of 'mental illness' rather than trying to fit their lives into a conventional framework. For details e-mail MadRMHC@gmail.com

Sunday at Olbrich Park, a Procession of the Species Parade will begin at 6 pm, followed by a Summer Solstice Bonfire and Celebration at dusk. Large puppets will include: sun, deer, owl, bear, flatworm, dragon, eagle, among others. Those interested in helping make and/ or carry puppets may call 241-0959.

Saturday the Madison Trust for Historic Preservation will continue its series of informative and entertaining walking tours through Madison’s most distinctive historic neighborhoods. This week they will offer the State Street tour at 10 am and the Mansion Hill West neighborhood tour at 11 am. No reservations are required. Participants may simply show up at each tour’s designated starting point. For designated meeting place and more info visit the website madisontrust.org or call 441-8864.

Friday night around 9 PM, “Rooftop Cinema” continues its fourth season in the “Madison Museum of Contemporary Art’s” rooftop sculpture garden at 227 State Street in Madison. The screening is “Cane Toads: An Un-natural History”, an offbeat and entertaining documentary about, as George Ebert put it, “the assault of sex-mad giant toads munching their way across Australia ". The film will be preceded by more frog fun in “A Frog on the Swing”. For details contact mmoca.org or 257-0158.

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Thursday through Sunday, the Madison Infoshop will sponsor the Madison and Milwaukee Trading Post Bike Ride and Solstice Celebration! Madison folks will be meeting at 9 AM on Friday at the State Capitol and East Washington Avenue for a community bike ride to Sandhill Station State Campground. Bring goods, food, art, plants, or anything you'd like to trade with people from Madison and Milwaukee. There will also be a second bike contingent leaving late Friday or Saturday morning. For details contact 262-9036.

OutReach of Madison and South Central Wisconsin’s LGBT Community Center, is seeking nominations of individuals, organizations and businesses whose work make a substantial contribution to improving equality and quality of life for LGBT people in South Central Wisconsin this past year. Awards will be presented at OutReach’s seventeenth Annual Community Awards Banquet, to be held Friday, July 17th, at the Monona Terrace Convention Center. Nomination forms are available at OutReach, 600 Williamson Street or on-line at lgbtoutreach.org. Nominations must be received by June 21, 2009. For details call 255-8582.

With “Wings and a Halo--R.E.A.C.H. a Child” is in need of volunteers for the Mascot and Celebrity Charity Hug that will take place at Rhythm and Booms at Warner Park on Saturday, June twenty-seventh. Volunteers are needed for two hour shifts between 4 - 8 p.m. that evening. The rain date is Sunday, June 28th. Please contact Julie Cruz at 445.9903 for more information.

Tonight at 6:30 pm at a “Room of One's Own Bookstore”, 307 West Johnson Street, Michael Perry, author of “Truck: A Love Story”, reads from his latest book about a new life in the country and being over his head with two pigs, a dozen chickens, and a baby due any minute. For details call call 257-7888.

Today through Sunday the 2009 Socialism Conference will be held in Chicago at the Wyndham Hotel near O’Hare airport. This year’s conference theme is “Building a New Left for a New Era”. To register or for more information visit socialismconference.org or call 773-583-7884.

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

On Tuesday and Friday afternoons there is a food pantry at the Catholic Multicultural Center, 1862 Beld Street. Clients choose anything shelved based on food availability. This is between 2:30 and 4:30. They ask clients to register before 1:00 the day before. Call 255-1287 for details.

The Home Chore Volunteer Program is seeking volunteers to help older people by doing household chores, such as, yard work that may be difficult for them making living at home impossible. Call 223-3100 for details or to volunteer.

The Worker’s Rights Center helps people work out problems they have in the workplace. This includes firing for “no match” letters, non-payment of wages or overtime, discrimination, or not caring for an employee hurt on the job. The office is in the Villager Mall, 2300 South Park Street. Call 255-0376 for details.

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

The Parental Stress line helps prevent child abuse by connecting parents who are stressed or feeling alone with volunteers who talk with them by phone. Training is necessary. The next one starts on Friday, June 26. Call 241-4888 extension 26 for details.

Briarpatch offers walk-in HIV/AIDS, STDS and STI testing. This is every Wednesday evening from 5:30 to 7:30 or by appointment in 1955 Atwood Avenue. To schedule an appointment call the agency at 1-800-798-1126. People may call locally at 245-2550 or email youthhivtesting@yahoo.com.

Dane County Friends of Ferals volunteers are dedicated to bettering the future of feral cats. Their mission is to establish a no-kill standard and promote the value and well-being of Dane County area feral cats. Call 467-4067 for details.

Low cost spayings and neuterings for dogs and cats are available through the Dane County Humane Society. There are various times and prices and they include an FVRCP vaccine. Caretakers of feral or free-roaming cats can be helped as well. Call 838-0413 extension 103 for an appointment or details.

Weekdays the Blue Bus Clinic offers free Hepatitis A and B vaccinations. It is at 333 East Campus Mall. Contact 265-5600 for details, eligibility requirements and hours.

Care Wisconsin offers many programs and services designed to help older adults. They offer coordinated health care and long-term support services for Medicaid-eligible older adults. These may have chronic conditions requiring nursing home level of care, adult day centers and home care services. Call 240-0020 for details.

Monday, June 15, 2009

Monday afternoon on WORT’s A Public Affair host Norm Stockwell speaks with author, Andrew Nikiforuk about his book "Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent". Call 256-2001 for details.

Monday evening the Hancock Center for Dance and Movement Therapy hosts a free introductory session of the “benefits of the Alexander Technique”. Deborah Thomas teaches skills of self-observation and tension release in everyday movement. This is at 7:00 in the Williamson Street Co-op Community Room, 1221 Williamson Street. Call 251-0908 for details.

Monday evening there is a women's health discussion group. It is also called the “Muffin Club.” This week the topic is gender expectations in the workplace. It is at 7:00 in the Madison Infoshop, 1019 Williamson Street. Call 262-9036 for details.

Monday evening hosts Susie Rasmussen and Liam Martin play “rock n’ roll” and “soul.” These include Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Taj Mahal, Johnny Cash and maybe a few new artists as well. That’s at 7:00. Call 256-2001 for details.

Tuesday morning the Milwaukee NAACP holds a seminar on employment barriers faced by people of color. The free panel covers laws that prohibit employment discrimination, how to file a charge and what employment barriers may discriminate against people of color. That’s in the Milwaukee NAACP branch office, 2745 North Martin Luther King Junior Drive at 9:00. Call 414-297-3594 for details.

The Rape Crises Center is a non-profit community organization. They aid people who need support and information after experiencing or being close to someone sexual assaulted in the past or recently. This includes survivors of rape or incest. For services and twenty- four hour crises intervention call 251-7273. To volunteer call 251-5126.

Friday, June 12, 2009

Today and Saturday at 1, some well-known hip hop artists/activists with a positive message will be coming from around the country to work with youth in a variety of mediums at Art and Activism ’09, sponsored by the Wisconsin Youth Company, 1201 McKenna Boulevard in Madison. This Hip Hop Youth celebration featuring free music, performances and workshops is based around a central theme of community building through Art. The day will include workshops like music production, graffiti, break dancing and spoken word. Registration is required. To register or for more info call 239-8600 or 223-1708 or email visit wisconsinyouthcompany.org

Saturday from 12:30 to 2 pm, the Inner Fire Yoga Center will offer a donation based Intro to Bikram Yoga class to benefit the Family Centers agency. The studio is located at 5003 University Avenue in Madison. More info at innerfireyogacenter.com or at 661.0167

Today through June 26, Rooftop Cinema returns for its fourth season in the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art’s rooftop sculpture garden at 227 State Street in Madison. Bring a friend, a blanket or camp chairs, and prepare yourself for an evening of avant-garde films and videos under the stars. More info at 257-0158.

The Madison Trust for Historic Preservation has resumed its series of informative and entertaining walking tours through Madison's most distinctive historic neighborhoods. On Saturday, the State Street tour will begin at 10 am at 107 State Street. A Mansion Hill East tour will also be offered at 11 and Bascom Hill at 2 pm. No reservations are required, simply show up at each tour’s designated starting point. More info at madisontrust.org or by calling 441-8864.

A study designed to treat depression & alcohol abuse is seeking African-American participants aged 48-60. The study involves group counseling sessions for 12 weeks and will offer up to $150 in participant incentives plus gas cards or cab vouchers to help cover travel costs. If interested call 622-5996.

The Madison Folk Music Society announced its 7th season on State Street. Tomorrow and every Saturday until September, the Society and the Greater State Street Business Association will sponsor folk music from 1 to 3 pm at Francis Street Park. Rain location is the Ratskeller at the Memorial Union on Langdon Street. More info at 225-0710.

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Tonight at 7, Avol’s Bookstore will host a reading and discussion with Progressive Magazine editor Matthew Rothschild. Matt will be discussing and reading from the special centenary collection, Democracy in Print - The Best of the Progressive Magazine 1909-2009, just out from the University of Wisconsin Press. The bookstore is located at 315 W Gorham St. More info at 263-0735 or 257-6050.

Registration is underway for the PINS FOR PORCHLIGHT bowling event to be held Sunday June 14th at Ten Pin Alley, 6285 Nesbitt Rd. The afternoon of bowling fun is a fund raiser for Porchlight, an organization aiming to strike out homelessness in our community. Participants will receive free bowling, shoe rental, lunch and a T-Shirt. For pledge forms and to register call 257-2530 x 20 or visit porchlightinc.org

Beginning June 25th, Madison Public Library, the Madison Senior Center and the UW-Madison Writing Center will be offering bi-weekly workshops for job seekers at the Central Library, 201 W. Mifflin St. Trained personnel will help interested individuals write resumes and cover letters, use credible job search web sites, apply for jobs online, and establish free, web-based email accounts for job search contacts. Job seekers will have one-on-one session devoted to their particular needs. Sessions will be offered on Monday and Thursday afternoons through mid-August. Call 266-6350 to register or drop in for first-come, first-served service.

Tonight at 7 at A Room of One’s Own, 307 W Johnson Street, Rick Brooks, author of Compassionate Activist, will read about the life of Gandhi Peace Prize winner Dr. Ariaratne who founded the largest people’s organization in Sri Lanka. More info at 257-7888.

Tonight at 7 at Rainbow Bookstore, 426 Gilman, Wisconsin Books to Prisoners Project and the Wisconsin network for Peace and Justice will sponsor a film and discussion series. The film, Up the Ridge, gives audiences an in-depth look at Wallens Ridge State Prison, human rights violations, racial tension between staff and inmates, and the impact of forcibly translocating hundreds of thousands of inner-city minority offenders to distant rural outposts. The film also explores the connections between recent human rights violations in Abu Ghraib and the longer systemic legacy of physical and sexual abuse in U.S. prisons. More info at 257-6050.

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Wednesday evening the Peregrine Forum holds the next in their “Fine Forgotten Authors Series.” It is a preface to Daniel Defoe's historical-satirical novel, “Memoirs of a Cavalier” during the seventeenth century’s Thirty Years War and the English Civil War This is at 7:00 in Avol's Bookstore, 315 West Gorham Street. For details call 442-8399.

On Tuesday and Friday afternoons there is a food pantry at the Catholic Multicultural Center, 1862 Beld Street. Clients choose anything shelved based on food availability. This is between 2:30 and 4:30. They ask clients to register before 1:00 the day before. Call 255-1287 for details.

Weekdays the Blue Bus Clinic offers free Hepatitis A and B vaccinations. It is at 333 East Campus Mall, on the UW campus. Contact 265-5600 for details, eligibility requirements and hours.

The Home Chore Volunteer Program, is seeking volunteers to help older people by doing household chores, such as, yard work that may be difficult for them making living at home impossible. Call 223-3100 for more information or, to volunteer.

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Tuesday evening Madison Area Peace Coalition (MAPC) holds their monthly meeting. Featured will be excerpts from Michael Moore's film, “Sicko”. It will be followed by a discussion about the need for single payer national healthcare. This is at 6:30 in the Wilmar Neighborhood Center, 953 Jenifer Street. Call 855-7501 for details.

Wednesday morning sponsors “Planet Bike” and the “Wisconsin Bike Federation” have their third annual “Bacon on the Bike Path”. This is part of “Bike to Work week.” Fruit, donuts, juice, coffee, and Nueske’s bacon will be served and there will be an inflation station and tech support. The morning commuter station will be located on the bike path along the shores of Lake Monona between the Monona Terrace and Broom Street. This is from 7:00 to 10:00. Call 256-8510 for details.

Wednesday afternoon there is a protest against alleged crimes in Palestine and Israel. This is at the Caterpillar shareholder meeting. Participants may engage in creative street theater and leafleting to educate shareholders and passersby about Caterpillar. This is at 12:30 at the Northern Trust Bank Building, 50 South LaSalle Street in Chicago. Those interested in a day trip to Chicago from Madison please contact Davis Williams at 608-442-8399 for details.

Wednesday at noon there is a single payer healthcare rally. This is at the Madison City County Building, 215 Martin Luther King Junior boulevard. Call 442-0030 for details.

Wednesday at noon on WORT’s A Public Affair host Tonya Brito speaks with Jerome Gold, author of "Paranoia and Heartbreak: Fifteen Years in a Juvenile Facility." Call 256-2001 for details.

Through June tenth this station is having the “WORT Summer pledge drive.” This listener sponsored community radio station gets the majority of its budget from its listener’s donations. Participants may donate time or money. Call 256-2001 or log on to http://www.wort-fm.org for details. And tell ‘em those nice people at the Kiosk sent you.

Monday, June 8, 2009

Monday evening on a pledge drive edition of WORT’s A Public Affair there are bicycle season topics with the “We Are All Mechanics” bicycle maintenance teachers and people from “Revolution Cycles.” Call 256-2001 for details.

The Rape Crises Center is a non-profit community organization. They aid people who need support and information after experiencing or being close to someone sexual assaulted in the past or recently. This includes survivors of rape or incest. For services and twenty-four hour crises intervention call 251-7273. Or to volunteer call 251-5126.

Briarpatch offers walk-in HIV/AIDS, STDS and STI testing. This is every Wednesday evening from 5:30 to 7:30 or by appointment in 1955 Atwood Avenue. To schedule an appointment call the agency at 1-800-798-1126. People may call locally at 245-2550 or email youthhivtesting@yahoo.com.

Dane County Friends of Ferals volunteers are dedicated to bettering the future of feral cats. Their mission is to establish a no-kill standard and promote the value and well-being of Dane County area feral cats. Call 467-4067 for details.

Low cost spayings and neuterings for dogs and cats are available through the Dane County Humane Society. There are various times and prices and they include an FVRCP vaccine. Caretakers of feral or free-roaming cats can be helped as well. Call 838-0413 extension 103 for an appointment or details.

Friday, June 5, 2009

The Wisconsin Tibetan Association is organizing a series of "Walk-For-Tibet" events to be held monthly, starting this Saturday. The walk will begin at 1 pm from Brittingham Park to the Capitol Square and is aimed at garnering support and sympathy for the continuing suffering and difficulties that are still happening in Tibet under the harsh and forceful hands of the Chinese Communist Government that still rule in Tibet. More info at 209-7838 or wistib.org

The UW Educational & Psychological Training Clinic (Rm 316, Educational Science Bldg, 1025 W. Johnson St.) in co-operation with OutReach, is making counseling services available on a sliding scale to the LGBTQ communities. The services are provided by counseling psychology graduate students and are supervised by licensed psychologists/counselors. They provide services to individuals, couples, and families with a variety of pressing concerns such as anxiety, depression, grief, and general life adjustment problems. Bi-lingual counselors and interpreters for Spanish are also available. Clinic hours are 5-8pm Mondays and Wednesdays. For appointments and an initial screening please call 265-6120.

Care Wisconsin offers many programs and services designed to help older adults. They offer coordinated health care and long-term support services for Medicaid-eligible older adults. These may have chronic conditions requiring nursing home level of care, adult day centers and home care services. Call 240-0020 for details.

Today through June 26, Rooftop Cinema returns for its fourth season in the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art’s rooftop sculpture garden at 227 State Street in Madison. Bring a friend, bring a blanket or camp chairs, and prepare yourself for an evening of avant-garde films and videos under the stars. More info at 257-0158.

Saturday the Madison Trust for Historic Preservation will resume its informative and entertaining walking tours through Madison's most distinctive historic neighborhoods. The State Street tour will begin at 10 am at the House of Wisconsin Cheese, 107 State Street. The King Street tour will meet at 11 by the granite arch at the corner of Webster, Doty, and King Streets. No reservations are required, simply show up at each tour’s designated starting point. More info at 441-8864.

Low cost spayings and neuterings for dogs and cats are available through the Dane County Humane Society. There are various times and prices and they include an FVRCP vaccine. Caretakers of feral or free-roaming cats can be helped as well. Call 838-0413 extension 103 for an appointment or details.

Thursday, June 4, 2009

Registration is now open for the upcoming free introductory session of the Alexander Technique at Willy Street Coop on June 15th at 7pm. The session is designed to teach attendees to experience their natural potential to move with ease in a supportive environment and to learn skills of self-observation and tension release in everyday movement. The event will be held at 1221 Williamson Street in the Community Room. To register or for more info call 251-0908 or visit the website hancockcenter.net

Registration has begun for the PINS FOR PORCHLIGHT bowling event to be held Sunday June 14th at Ten Pin Alley, 6285 Nesbitt Rd. The afternoon of bowling fun is a fund raiser for Porchlight, an organization aiming to strike out homelessness in our community. Participants will receive free bowling, shoe rental, lunch and a T-Shirt. For pledge forms and to register call 257-2530 x 20 or visit porchlightinc.org

The Portage Center for the Arts, 301 Cook St in Portage, has developed a Children Theatre program for children ages 8 -13. The program will include a three-week workshop held Monday through Friday and actual performances to follow. For more information about enrollment and activities, visit the center’s website portagecenterforthearts.com or call 608-742-5655.

Tonight at 7 pm, Avol’s Bookstore will host a Poetry Open Mike event. The bookstore is located at 315 W. Gorham in Madison, More info at 255-4730.

OutReach, Madison & South Central Wisconsin’s (LGBT) Community Center, is seeking nominations of individuals, organizations and businesses that have made make a substantial contribution to improving equality and quality of life for LGBT people in South Central Wisconsin. Awards will be presented at OutReach’s 17th Annual Community Awards Banquet, to be held Friday, July 17th, at the Monona Terrace. Nomination forms are available at OutReach (600 Williamson St, 255-8582) or on-line at lgbtoutreach.org. Nominations must be received by June 21, 2009.

The Goodman Community Center offers free meals every Friday. Everyone is welcome, although a large number of guests are older adults. The meals nourish the body and the soul by providing fellowship among the attendees. Friday meals are served promptly at noon at 149 Waubesa Street. No reservations are necessary and donations are welcome. More info at 241-1574.