Thursday, February 25, 2010

Tonight at 7:00 pm, the International Co-op (140 W. Gilman St.) will host Black History Month Movies Series, a screening of Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing, a 1989 film. Everyone is welcome. More info at 283-6333

Tonight at 7 pm at the UW Memorial Union, the International Socialist Organization will hold its weekly meeting. Topics on the agenda are the abortion clinic defense rally, the Building Unity Conference, the Historical Materialism Discussion Series, and Direction Actions against the on-going wars in the Middle East and the attack on Public Education. More info at 358-6822.

The Chicago Regional Census Center is encouraging job seekers to call 1-866-861-2010 to register to test for the hundreds of census taker jobs that remain. The next test in the Madison area will be tomorrow but are ongoing. A practice test and testing location information can be found at www.2010censusjobs.gov. More info at 312-454-5624.

Tonight from 6:30 to 9 pm, Kicks Unlimited and the Crowne Plaza of Madison will sponsor a fund raiser to bring relief to Haiti. The event will feature a kickboxing class taught by the highly trained staff of Kicks Unlimited at 4402 E Washington Ave in Madison. All proceeds to go to the American Red Cross for the Haiti Relief Fund. Registration at 6:30, class at 7 and reception at 8. Smoothies and snacks will be available Space is still available. To sign up for the event call 288-8466.

He “We Care” organization is requesting winter clothing donations for Iowa County residents. The public is invited to drop off donations of unused coats, snow pants, boots, gloves, hats, mittens and scarves at the Dodgeville State Farm Insurance, Quality Liquid Feed, We Care office and all Dodgeville schools. Cash donations are also accepted. Contact Mary Berg at 574-9661 for more details.