Thursday, November 26, 2009

Tonight at 5:30 pm, the Alliance for Animals will host Thanksgiving for the Birds and the Hungry at the Neighborhood House, 29 S Mills St in Madison. The community is invited to lend a hand or to make a donation to help provide a free vegan Thanksgiving dinner to neighbors in need. Help is needed to cook or to clean up afterwards. More info by contacting Trina via email at bluevenus54@hotmail.com bluevenus54@hotmail.com or by phone at 846-4067.

Green Online Holiday Auction items are now available for viewing at greenauctionswi.cmarket.com. This year the auction will benefit Wisconsin Partners for SustainAbility, Community GroundWorks at Troy Gardens, WYOU Community Television, and The Dane County TimeBank. The online auction supports green practices and offers an impressive array of foods, goods and services provided by local, independently-owned, businesses. For more info email greenauctionswi@gmail.com

Today through Saturday, 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

Today through Monday, Motherfool’s Coffeehouse, 1101 Williamson Street hosts the "Plants and Animals" art show by Twyla Clark. Call 259-1301 for details.