Thursday, August 27, 2009

Tickets are now available for “Why We Can't Wait: The Struggle for LGBT". This is next Monday, August 31 at 7:30 at 3650 Humanities, 455 North Park Street on the UW Campus. HARVEY MILK’S closest collaborator, author, founder of the AIDS MEMORIAL QUILT, and progenitor of upcoming National Equality March will visit Madison to discuss the ongoing struggle for LGBT Rights! For more information, email lgbtequalitynow@gmail.com or call 446-0273.

Thursday night from 5 to 9 pm, Olin Park Pavilion will host a celebration of El Salvador and Sister Cities to celebrate the election victory in El Salvador this past spring, as well as all the hard work, dedication and success that Madison Sister City groups have accomplished over the past decades to further economic, political and humanitarian justice in our sister cities. For details call 251-9280 or by emailing mascp@mascp.org.

Tickets are now available for the Rock Trail Coalition benefit concert this Saturday in Janesville. Folk singer Walkin’ Jim Stoltz will bring his multi-media show, Forever Wild, to Parker High School, 3125 Mineral Point Road in Janesville at 7:00 p.m. His performance will include traditional folk songs, original stories, poetry and photography based on his hike across America’s wilderness. More info at (608) 756-3952.

Wisconsin Citizens for Science and Madison Skeptics sponsor Science Pub, a public science outreach program, on the last Sunday of each month, at 2PM at Brocach Irish Pub on the square. Drinks and food are served along with informal discussions with experts in the field of climate change. For details call 250-2720.

The UW Multicultural Student Coalition presents "Dip.Lo.Matic Lounge", featuring Cydney E. and People Like US. The event is a poetry open mic at Avol's Books (315 West Gorham Street) tonight from 7 to 9. This is a free event. For details call 255-8582.