Thursday, November 12, 2009

Reservations will be taken through tomorrow for Fitchburg Fields and the Underground Food Collective’s delicious Fall Harvest Dinner next Saturday, November 21 at the Goodman Community Center on Wauseba Ave. from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Reduced rates are available for students, seniors and folks with low-income. Space is limited, so contact Catherine at 608-335-7295 no later than Friday November 13th or go online to fitchburgfields.org for more information.

Now through November 28th, the Drury Gallery of the Portage Center for the Arts presents “Snow” by Debra Grall, showcasing the beauty of elderly women. The “Snow” series is a body of work that questions traditional stereotypical images of aging and exhibits qualities that are not part of the culture’s concept of being an elder. Gallery hours are Wednesday, Thursday, Friday from 1 till 6:00 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. till 3 p.m. More info at 608-742-5655 or on the web at portagecenterforthearts.com

Tonight at 10 pm, and every Thursday night, WYOU TV, Community Access Television, features the program Animals Have Rights. Producers Ann Emerson and Yamina Steit continue to focus viewers' attention on the use of monkeys in the UW Madison labs and bring information to the public that is simply unavailable anywhere else. WYOU is on Cable channel 95 and digital 991. Live stream available at www.wyou.org

Tonight at 8:00 pm in the Memorial Union’s Great Hall, Lama Ole Nydahl will present: "Buddhism in the Modern World". As part of his Midwest tour, the Danish Lama will give a lecture in the Karma Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Lama Ole has spent more than 30 years bringing the teachings of the Buddha to students around the globe. An unconventional teacher who enjoys skydiving and fast motorcycles, Nydahl distills the essence of Buddhism and delivers it without cultural trappings in a way that is practical for our modern world. More info at 251-9175 or diamondway.org/madison

Tonight at 7 pm at UW-Madison, Rm. 180 Science Hall , Alex Cicelsky, founding member of the Center for Creative Ecology located in Israel's Arava Valley, will offer a Permaculture & Creative Ecology presentation to discuss the Center's programs for organic farming, sustainable building, recycling, Green Apprenticeships, their Peace, Justice, and the Environment College, and more. More info at kibbutzlotan.com/creativeEcology/index.htm