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.