Tuesday , February 16, 2010

This evening the organization, “Outreach” celebrates “Fat Tuesday”. Host “Ricardo Gonzalez” helps them celebrate with New Orleans style food, music, a cash bar, handmade masks and Mardi Gras beads. This is at the Cardinal Bar, 418 East Wilson Street at 5:00. Call 255-8582 for details.

This evening “Rainbow Bookstore Coop” hosts a screening of the film, “Live from Bethlehem.” It is quote “A chronicle of the “Ma'an News Network”, the only independent news in the Palestinian Territories. Emmy-nominated screenwriter and documentarian “Matt Sienkiewicz” will be present. It is at 7:00 in 426 Gilman Street. Call 257-6050 for details.

This afternoon the “University of Wisconsin General Library System” and others host the “Haiti Past and Present Film Series” featuring “Aristide and the Endless Revolution”. This is at 4:00 in the Memorial Library Commons. Call 262-3193 for details.

Tomorrow at noon the “Africa at Noon” discussion series presents “Old Wine, New Skins.” The speaker is Akosua Darkwah of the “Department of Sociology” at the University of Ghana. Participants may quote “bring lunch and enjoy coffee from Rwanda's “Bufcafe Cooperative” roasted locally by “Ancora”. This in room 206 of Ingraham Hall. Call 262-2380 for details.

“The Internal Revenue Service” and others provide income tax help to differently-abled, low income and elderly people through its “Volunteer Income Tax Assistance” (VITA) sites. It is available by appointment on various dates. This is at 1302 Mendota Street. Participants may call 608-246-3140 extension 112 to schedule an appointment. Additionally they may call 1-800-829-1040 for other “VITA” site locations or “Taxpayer Counseling for the elderly” (TCE) 1-888-227-7669 for details.

On-going Olbrich Botanical Gardens Bolz Conservatory features an exhibit entitled, “chocolate.” The exhibit highlights the journey from the cacao tree seeds (also known as cocoa beans) to chocolate. This is at 3330 Atwood Avenue daily at various times till March twenty-first. Call 246-4550 for details.

The Catholic Multicultural Center provides free meals Monday through Friday at 4:00 in 1862 Beld Street. Call 661-3512 for details.