Friday, November 13, 2009

Saturday, St. Mark's Lutheran Church will offer a low-cost Annual Turkey Dinner from 4 to 7 pm at 605 Spruce St. Madison, WI. The turkey dinner will includ Stuffing, Mashed Potatoes and homemade pies. More info at 256-8463

East side residents are invited to participate in the East Isthmus Neighborhood Planning Council's annual forum tonight at 6 pm. This year's event features a fast-moving brainstorming session to identify doable projects to make the neighborhoods better. Meeting will be held at the United Way Building, 2059 Atwood Avenue. Refreshments and child care provided. For more information call the EINPC at 204-0836

Saturday the Rainbow Bookstore Cooperative will be hosting acclaimed poet, essayist, and journalist Mukoma wa Ngugi, as he reads from his first novel, Nairobi Heat - a gripping detective thriller partially set in Madison that touches on issues of race, identity, and class. Mukoma wa Ngugi is a political columnist for the BBC's Focus on Africa Magazine as well as a contributor to the Guardian, Los Angeles Times, and the International Herald Tribune. The event will begin at 2pm at 426 W. Gilman Street.

Saturday from 3 to 5 pm, Madison Areas Peace Coalition and Palestine Task Force will sponsor an advocacy workshop entitled “Presenting for Palestine” at the Wil-Mar Neighborhood Center, 953 Jenifer St. This event is free. More info at 442-8399.

Today at 3 pm, there will be a March for Green Solutions from the UW-Madison Library Mall to the State Capitol. The rally at the State Capitol will demand that politicians take the issues of burning fossil fuels and climate change serious. More info at madisonmarch.com