Thursday, November 5, 2009

A free Art Exhibit is offered by Mother Fool’s Coffee shop at 1101 Williamson St in Madison. The November show is entitled "Plants and Animals" by Twyla Clark. There will be a reception for the artist on Sunday from 6 to 8. Mother Fools’s Coffee Shop is open until 11 pm seven days a week. More info at 608 259-1301 or motherfools.com.

The Fair Housing Center of Greater Madison is offering a free fair housing training seminar for owners and managers of rental property next Tuesday from 6 to 8 pm at the Madison Public Library, 201 W Mifflin St. Pre-registration is required and seats are limited. For more info or to register call 257-0853. The seminar will include information about the protected classes and prohibited practices delineated by local, state and federal fair housing laws; reasonable accommodations and modifications for tenants with disabilities; advertising of rental units in compliance with fair housing laws; and much more.

Tonight at 8pm, WYOU TV, Community Access Television, will feature an interview with Dr Amy Vedder, Senior Vice President of Conservation for the Wilderness Society. This is on the Freedom of Peace Community Video program which is followed every Thursday night by Animals Have Rights at 10 pm. WYOU is on Cable channel 95 and digital 991. Live stream available at www.wyou.org

Peter Bradford, former Nuclear Regulatory Commissioner, is on a 3 city tour in Wisconsin. Bradford will appear in Madison at the State Capitol Building, Senate Parlor, at 11 am Friday to present his views on the financial risks that will be placed on Wisconsin taxpayers and electric customers in order to build nuclear reactors. He will also explain how improvements in energy efficiency can decrease the demand for new power plants while providing savings to Wisconsin residents. More info at (703) 276-3256.

Tonight at 6:00 pm, Just Coffee (1129 E. Wilson) will host a Guy Fawkes Day Celebration. A community potluck will be followed by a report-back from the Wisconsin Books to Prisoners exciting mud stencil action on Sat. Oct. 17th, and a screening of V for Vendetta, the 2005 cinematic version of Alan Moore's graphic novel. More info at 262-9036.