Friday, October 29, 2010

This evening, Critical Mass holds a Halloween Edition of its Monthly Ride. Costumes are highly encouraged. This meets at the West Washington side of the State Capitol at 5:30. Check madisoncriticalmass.org for more details.

Tomorrow morning, Call To Action holds “Courage to See”, a celebration of the life of Mary Daly. Mary Daly was a feminist philosopher who created a cultural and intellectual space for women. Call to Action is a national movement to reform the Catholic Church. There is a registration fee. The event is at Madison Christian Community Center, 7118 Old Sauk Road, from 8:30 to 12:30. To RSVP, check ctamadison.org.

Tomorrow, the Lake View Hill Neighborhood Association and Friends of Lake View Hill Park are hosting a Fall Festival. The Festival includes a Walking tour of Lake View Hill Park, marshmallows roasted over a fire, hot cider, and donuts. Costumes are encouraged. This is in the Southwest Corner of the Dane County Human Services on Northport Drive from 4 to 6. Call Lorie Walker at 244-1620 or Sue Gleason at 249-9449 for more details.

Tomorrow night, there is a Capture the Flag game as an alternative to Freak Fest. All ages are welcome. This meets at the intersection of Wisconsin and Langdon Streets at 8:30. Call 262-9036 for more details.

Thursday, October 28, 2010

This afternoon UW Geography Professor Matt Turner gives a talk entitled “Knowing Nature: Conversations at the Intersection of Political Ecology and Science Studies”. This is in Room 8411 of the Social Science Building, 1180 Observatory Drive, from noon to 1:30. Check sts.wisc.edu for more details.

This afternoon, the Center for the History of Print Culture hosts Chi-Shiou Lin who will discuss “Why Do Straight Women Read and Create Boys’ Love Stories?” In recent years, Boys’ Love stories have become a popular genre of pleasure reading among women readers in the Asian countries especially in Japan, China, and Taiwan. BL stories are love stories of two or more male characters created predominantly by women for women; most of them identified themselves as heterosexual. Chi-Shiou Lin is Assistant Professor, Department of Library & Information Science at National Taiwan University. This is from noon to 1 in Room 4207 of Helen C. White Hall, 600 North Park Street.

This evening, the Peregrine Forum hosts a discussion on "The Early Zionist Movement Through World War I". This is at the Madison Central Library, 201 West Mifflin Street, at 6:30. This event is free and open to the public. Call the Peregrine Forum at 442-8399 for more details.

Madison Friends of International Students seeks volunteers to host an international student for the Thanksgiving Weekend. To host a student or two for the meal or for more information, call the MFIS office at 263-4010 or send an email to thanksgiving@mfismadison.org.

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

This afternoon the “History Sandwiched In” brown bag lunches and the Wisconsin Historical Museum hosts a discussion by Dennis McCann, author of "Badger Boneyards: The Eternal Rest of the Story." This is at 12:15 in thirty North Carroll Street. Call 264-6555 for details.

This evening Q Cinema at 0utreach hosts a showing of the film, "Round Trip" from Israel and Ghana. It is quote “a love story between a single Israeli mom and Mushidi, an illegal immigrant from Ghana”. This is in 660 Williamson Street at 6:30. Call 255-8582 for details.

This evening the Peregrine Forum and others host a screening of "'The War at Home': the Early Years Through 1968." This is in the University of Wisconsin Science Hall in room 360 at 6:30. Call 442-8399 for details. The second half will be screened on Wednesday, November third.

This evening the Progressive Dane organization holds their general membership meeting. On the agenda is a discussion of group’s next six months. This is in Madison’s downtown public library at 6:30. Call 358-2940 for details.

The Worker’s Rights Center helps people resolve workplace problems. This includes firing for “no match” letters, non-payment of wages or overtime, discrimination, or not caring for an employee hurt on the job. The office is in the Villager Mall, 2300 South Park Street. Call 255-0376 for details

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

This afternoon Madison Urban Ministry hosts their monthly service fair for re-entering prisoners. Quote “the fairs are an easy and effective way to get involved in strengthening the community. They increase awareness of services and programs available in the Madison area”. This is in the Villager Mall community room, 2300 South Park Street at 3:30. Call 256-0906 for details.

Tomorrow morning on a pledge drive edition of “A Musical Offering” host Ena Foshay celebrates fifteen years on the air at WORT. She will play three hours of choral favorites from the past fifteen years of broadcasts. This is at 5:00. Call 256-2001 for details.

Tomorrow at noon on a pledge drive edition of WORT’s A Public Affair host Tonya Brito speaks with Avi Steinberg, author of “Running the Books: The Adventures of an Accidental Prison Librarian.” Call 256-2001 for details.

People who cannot afford a lawyer or, are not qualified for free legal representation may call the University of Wisconsin Law School’s Consumer Law Clinic at 263-6283.

Lifepoint”needle exchange program is associated with the AIDS Resource Center in Wisconsin. It prevents spread of HIV by trading used needles for clean ones. They are anonymous, free and mobile. They offer HIV and Hepatitis C testing. In Madison participants may call 332-6169 for details.

Briarpatch offers walk-in HIV/AIDS, STDS and STI testing. This is every Wednesday evening from 5:30 to 7:30 or by appointment in 1955 Atwood Avenue. To schedule an appointment call the agency at 1-800-798-1126. People may call locally at 245-2550 or email youthhivtesting@yahoo.com.

Monday, October 25, 2010

Today at noon on a pledge drive edition of WORT’s “A Public Affair” host Cynthia Lin speaks with beat poet Neeli Cherkovski on his new book of poetry and on stories from the beat generation. Call 256-2001 for details.

This evening in this pledge drive edition of WORT’s Access Hour the hosts will perform live music using an acoustic guitar, an upright bass, a keyboard and three vocalists. That’s at 7:00. Call 256-2001 for details.

Legal Action of Wisconsin Incorporated provides qualified low-income people free legal services. They are open to respond to questions on Tuesdays from 9:00 to noon. Call 256-3258 for details.

Networks Exchange, needle replacement program is an authorized, anonymous, community harm reduction plan. It is associated with the AIDS Network. They are open weekdays from 10:00 to 6:30. For details call 516-2158.

FoodShare Wisconsin helps low-income families and individuals to buy nutritious food. For details on how and where to apply for assistance call 1-877-366-3635

Friday, October 22, 2010

This afternoon, he Department of Slavic Languages and Literature, and the Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia present the talk “Russia and Orientalism: The Case of G. R. Derzhavin” by Brown University Professor Alexander Levitsky. This is free and open to the public. It is in Room DE 232 at the Pyle Center, 701 Langdon Street, at 4. Check creeca.wisc.edu for more information.

Tomorrow, the Sons of Norway Idun Lodge holds a Lutefisk dinner with meatballs for those who don't want fish. This is at the Sons of Norway Idun Lodge, 2262 Winnebago Street, from 11 to 6. Tickets are available at the door. Check sonsofnorwaymadison.com for more information.

This weekend is Girls to the Front Fest in Milwaukee. It is a three-day event dedicated to the legacy and persevering the spirit of the Riot Grrrl movement. Events include music, activism, poetry, discussions, art, workshops, and films. Opening night kick-off features a reading and discussion by Sarah Marcus, author of Girls to the Front: the True Story of the Riot GRRRL Revolution. This is held over the weekend in the River West neighborhood of Milwaukee. For a full, updated schedule, check girlstothefrontmke.blogspot.com.

Thursday, October 21, 2010

This evening, Ambrosia Co-op hosts the One Hundred Mile Potluck. Participants must bring a drink or dish that comes from within 100 miles of Madison. After the dinner is folk music sparking revolt from Thistle and the Thorns the True Cost of Coal storytelling workshop with the Beehive Design Collective. This is at Ambrosia Co-op, 225 East Lakelawn Place, at 6. Call 316-5822 for more details.

This evening, the Peregrine Forum hosts a discussion on "The Early Zionist Movement Through World War I". This is at the Madison Central Library, 201 West Mifflin Street, at 6:30. This event is free and open to the public. Call the Peregrine Forum at 442-8399 for more details.

Tonight, Retired Colonel Ann Wright will speak on "From Afghanistan to Gaza: Obama's Middle East Policy in Crisis". As war loomed in Iraq in 2003, Col. Wright resigned her State Department position in protest. An outspoken critic of U.S. policy from Iraq to Afghanistan, Col. Wright most recently participated in the Gaza Freedom Flotilla. This is at 7 in Room 180, Science Hall, 550 North Park Street. For more information call 262-705-5856 or visit madisonrafah.org. Retired Colonel Ann Wright will also be on tomorrow's “A Public Affair” on W.O.R.T. at noon.

Tonight, the Tenant Resource Center celebrates their 30th Anniversary. They are hosting a fundraising night, with several bands performing, including The Choons, Electric Spanking, and the People Brothers Band, and an after-work event including a silent auction. The public is welcome and donations are requested. This is at the High Noon Saloon, 701 East Washington Avenue, with the silent auction from 5 to 7:30 and the bands from 9 to close. Call 257-0143 or check tenantresourcecenter.org for more information.

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

This afternoon the Havens Center Visiting Scholars program and others host Samuel Farber of Brooklyn College, at City University of New York. He will be speaking on “Towards an understanding of the Cuban Revolution” "Cuba Today: Current Trends and Future Developments." This is at 4:00 in room 8417 of the Social Science building. Call 262-1420 for details.

This evening Madison Urban League will gather to view film clips from DVDs on bullying, discuss why it is important to address anti-gay bullying. “Make it Better: Addressing Bullying of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning Youth” is at 6:00 in 2222 South Park Street. Call 661-4141 for details.

This evening the Wisconsin Historical Society Press hosts an open house and book signing for Louis Wasserman and M. Caren Connolly who wrote the book, Wisconsin’s Own. It is written by and richly illustrated with the photography of Zane Williams. It offers an intimate tour of residential treasures that have endured the test of time. This is at the Harold C. Bradley House of the “Sigma Phi Society,” 106 North Prospect at 7:00. Call 264-6465 for details.

The Worker’s Rights Center helps people resolve workplace problems. This includes firing for “no match” letters, non-payment of wages or overtime, discrimination, or not caring for an employee hurt on the job. The office is in the Villager Mall, 2300 South Park Street. Call 255-0376 for details.

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

This afternoon the Havens Center Visiting Scholars program and others host
Samuel Farber of Brooklyn Colleg”, at City University of New York. He will be speaking on “Towards an understanding of the Cuban Revolution - Cuba 1959: Roads Chosen and Not Chosen." This is at 4:00 in room 206 in Ingraham Hall. Call 262-1420 for details.

This evening Oregon Working to Live Sustainably hosts a presentation on Electronic Waste (E-Waste) Recycling. The presentation will include two short videos: "Exporting Harm: The High-Tech Trashing of Asia" and "Digital Dumping Ground". The speaker will be Ed Abel of “File 13 E-Waste Solutions”, LLC. This is in the Oregon Public Library at 6:30. Call 237-1957 for details.

People who cannot afford a lawyer or, are not qualified for free legal representation may call the University of Wisconsin Law School’s Consumer Law Clinic at 263-6283.

Lifepoint needle exchange program is associated with the AIDS Resource Center in Wisconsin. It prevents spread of HIV by trading used needles for clean ones. They are anonymous, free and mobile. They offer HIV and Hepatitis C testing. In Madison participants may call 332-6169 for details.

Briarpatch offers walk-in HIV/AIDS, STDS and STI testing. This is every Wednesday evening from 5:30 to 7:30 or by appointment in 1955 Atwood Avenue. To schedule an appointment call the agency at 1-800-798-1126. People may call locally at 245-2550 or email youthhivtesting@yahoo.com.

FoodShare Wisconsin helps low-income families and individuals to buy nutritious food. For details on how and where to apply for assistance call 1-877-366-3635.

Monday, October 18, 2010

Today at noon on WORT’s A Public Affair host Norm Stockwell speaks with Mike Miller, author of “A Community Organizer¹s Tale: People and Power in San Francisco”. Call 256-2001 for details.

This evening the South Central Federation of Labor hosts a “School for Workers” Workshop by David Nack entitled, “An Overview: What’s in the New Federal Health Care Legislation … and What Isn’t?.” Topics include “How will the new health care legislation affect collective bargaining.” This is at 5:15 before the SCFL Delegate meeting in the Madison Labor Temple, 1602 South Park Street. Call 256-5111 for details. Pre-registration is required. A light supper will be provided.

This evening there is a solidarity planning for R/T Prisoners at Guantanamo Prison. This is at 5:30 in Michelangelo’s Coffee House, 114 State Street. Call 222-7581 for details.

This evening on WORT’s Access Hour there is another of the periodic visits with the Madison Astronomical Society. This is at 7:00. Call 256-2001 for details.

Tomorrow at noon on WORT’s A Public Affair host Brenda Konkel interviews Bill Lueders on his latest book “. . . and 25 years of muckraking.” Call 256-2001 for details.

This evening there is a screening of "Capitalism Hits the Fan: Richard Wolff on the Economic Meltdown." He is the author of “Capitalism Hits the Fan: the Global Economic Meltdown and What to Do About It”. This is at 6:30 in room 1101 of the “Humanities Building” at 6:30. Call 262-9036 for details.

Friday, October 15, 2010

This evening, the Chazen Museum of Art and the Department of Art Funding Courtesy of the Anonymous Fund host a lecture by Reva Wolf Professor, Art History Department State University of New York at New Paltz. She will talk on “Andy Warhol: I Told Them I Didn't Believe in Art, That I Believed in Photography”. This is free and open to the public and is in Room L160 of the Chazen Museum of Art, 800 University Avenue, at 5:30. Check chazen.wisc.edu for more details.

Each Friday, International Outreach hosts an English conversation time for international students, native English speakers and families. Activities include short presentations on American and world cultures, English pronunciation, idioms, informal conversation, music, games and short movies. Light refreshments are be served. This is from 6:30-8:30 at 944 East Gorham Street. For more information call Jean Renee at 257-4845.

Tonight, Rhapsody Arts Center holds a "Dazzling Duets" recital. It is a program of classical collaborations between the faculty at Rhapsody. Rhapsody Arts Center is a non-profit organization located in Verona, providing theater, music, and art education to families throughout the Verona/Madison area. The concert is located at 271 South Main Street, Verona and admission is free. Call the Center 848-2045 for more information.

This weekend, the Madison Area Embroiderers' Guild is holding their 2010 Needlework Show. The show features over 100 pieces of needlework, an educational display of tools used in this art form and a gift boutique of hand-stitched items. This is free and open to the public. This is Saturday and Sunday at the Lutheran Church of the Living Christ, 110 North Gammon Road from 10 am to 4 pm. Check madisonareaega.org for more details.

Working Bikes Cooperative is a not-for-profit organization which diverts bikes from the waste stream and provides them to urban neighborhoods and to developing countries for transportation and power. They have a bike drop-off this Sunday from 11:30-1:30 at Unity of Madison, 601 Tompkins Drive just off Monona Drive. Donators can put items by the storage shed, left of the parking lot. For more information, contact Bill or Jeanie at 226-8738 or check workingbikes.org.

Tomorrow afternoon, the Madison Public Library hosts a screening of “Reel Injun: On the Trail of the Hollywood Indian” by Cree filmmaker Neil Diamond. It is a look at the Hollywood Indian, exploring the portrayal of North American Natives through a century of cinema and examining the ways that the myth of “the Injun” has influenced the world’s understanding, and misunderstanding, of Natives. A discussion follows the film. This event is free and open to the public. This is at Madison Public Library, 201 West Mifflin Street, from 1 to 3. Check madisonpubliclibary for more information.

Sunday, the Madison Hostel hosts a Pig Roast Fundraiser. It features a sustainably-raised and spit-roasted pig from Jordandal Farms prepared by local chefs. This is a fundraiser for the Hostel, which is part of Hostelling International. This is Sunday at 4. For tickets and more information, check brownpapertickets.com/event/133987.

Thursday, October 14, 2010

This weekend, the Grassroutes Caravan Crew hosts a bike ride and Full Moon Harvest Party. This starts with a bike ride from Madison to Edgerton and ends with a campfire party. You can attend the party even if you didn't ride there. The ride leaves from behind the Willly Street Co-op on Friday. Email thistle@riseup.net for the time. For more information, check grassroutescaravan.org.

This weekend is the fifth-annual Edgerton Sterling North Book & Film Festival. This year's festival is an important milestone in its mission of transforming Edgerton from a town founded by the tobacco industry, into a literacy capital and Wisconsin's book town. Among this year's guests is author Chris Van Allsburg, who wrote "The Polar Express," "Jumanji," and many other books for children and young adults. This is in Edgerton this weekend. For schedules and locations, check edgertonbookfestival.com.

This and next weekend, Rave Theatre presents “Escanaba In Da Moonlight”. The stage play follows a man in a family on the eve of deer-hunting season who must deal with the eldest son's curse of never having bagged a buck. This is at the Mazomanie Community Building stage, 9 Brodhead Street on Friday and Saturday nights at 7 and Sundays at 2. Check ravetheatre.org for more details.

Friends of Indian Lake is looking for volunteers this Saturday to help with the first annual Indian Lake Trail Race. They need help with parking, directing runners, passing out water and bananas, and so on. Volunteers will meet at 7 AM at the park shelter. The race, a 6k/12k and kids' fun run, is at 9:00, followed by refreshments and music amid the changing colors of fall. The festivities will wrap up around noon. Proceeds from the race go to directly to park restoration. If intersted, email Jesse Gardner-Durbin at jgardnerdurbin9@gmail.com.

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

This evening Cinema Q features a screening of the Chinese film, “Lan Yu”. It is about the fateful love between two Chinese gay men. This is at 6:30 in Outreach, 600 Williamson Street. Call 256-8582 for details.

This evening the Hancock Center for Dance and Movement Therapy hosts a free introductory session to “Empowerment through Movement”, a therapy group for women. This is at 6:30 in the “Hancock Center,” 16 North Hancock Street. Call 251-0908 for details or to register.

This evening the group, International Socialist Organization is sponsoring a talk and discussion entitled, "The Right Turn in US Politics: How it Happened and What We Can Do to Stop it." This is at 7:30 on the University of Wisconsin Campus. See "Today in the Union" for the room location. Call 469-3103 for details.

Tomorrow at noon on WORT’s A Public Affair host Brenda Konkel, interviews people past and present about Tenant Resource Center’s thirtieth Anniversary. Call 256-2001 for details.

People who cannot afford a lawyer or, are not qualified for free legal representation may call the University of Wisconsin Law School’s Consumer Law Clinic at 263-6283.

The Worker’s Rights Center helps people resolve workplace problems. This includes firing for “no match” letters, non-payment of wages or overtime, discrimination, or not caring for an employee hurt on the job. The office is in the Villager Mall, 2300 South Park Street. Call 255-0376 for details

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Legal Action of Wisconsin Incorporated provides qualified low-income people free legal services. They are open to respond to questions on Tuesdays from 9:00 to noon. Call 256-3258 for details.

This evening the downtown central library hosts a discussion of Rebecca Skoots book “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.” The biography concerns an African American cancer patient whose cells have been used for more then twenty years in research without her family’s knowledge. This is in room 201 at 201 West Mifflin Street. Call 266-6359 for details.

Briarpatch offers walk-in HIV/AIDS, STDS and STI testing. This is every Wednesday evening from 5:30 to 7:30 or by appointment in 1955 Atwood Avenue. To schedule an appointment call the agency at 1-800-798-1126. People may call locally at 245-2550 or email youthhivtesting@yahoo.com.

FoodShare Wisconsin helps low-income families and individuals to buy nutritious food. For details on how and where to apply for assistance call 1-877-366-3635.

Monday, October 11, 2010

This evening WORT’s Access Hour features Kristen Roman, a Madison police officer and Le Anna Ware, NAMI (National Alliance of Mental Illness) Dane Board president, about the interaction between Madison police officers and the mentally ill. That’s at 7:00. Call 256-2001 for details.

Tomorrow on WORT’s A Public Affair host Cynthia Lin speaks with Jeff Metoxen, manager of the Oneida Nation Farm, Tsyunhehkwa, on the “White Corn Festival” this Saturday through next Friday. Call 256-2001 for details.

Lifepoint needle exchange program is associated with the AIDS Resource Center in Wisconsin. ”It prevents the spread of HIV by trading used needles for clean ones. They are anonymous, free and mobile. They offer HIV and Hepatitis C testing. In Madison participants may call 332-6169 for details.

Networks Exchange, needle replacement program is an authorized, anonymous, community harm reduction plan. It is associated with the AIDS Network. They are open weekdays from 10:00 to 6:30. For details call 516-2158.
Care Wisconsin offers many programs and services designed to help older adults. They offer coordinated health care and long-term support services for Medicaid-eligible older adults. These may have chronic conditions requiring nursing home level of care, adult day centers and home care services. Call 240-0020 for details.

Friday, October 8, 2010

Sunday morning, Madison Hours hold its monthly Pancake Breakfast. All pancakes are organic and vegan with nuts or fruits. The breakfast also features oven-roasted potatoes, organic fair trade coffee, orange juice, and live music. Madison HOURS promotes local trade through local currency. This is at the Wilmar Center, 953 Jenifer Street from 8:30 to 11. Check madisonhours.org.

Sunday, as part of the Global Work Party, 350.org holds the Parade for the Planet and Sustainability Fair. It's open to all students, congregations, businesses, agencies, non-profits, neighborhoods, and families in the Madison area who have been taking steps to reduce carbon emissions. This is at Lisa Link Peace Park on State Street from noon to 4. Check for more details check paradefortheplanet.org.

Sunday is the 10/10/10 Global Work Party, the world’s largest day of practical action to fight the climate crisis. Organizers from The Natural Step Monona and Project Home are hosting a letter-writing campaign, “Pressing Our Leaders for Action, Now”. Organizers want citizens to create over 350 letters by helping with whatever obstacle is in their way and will assist putting their ideas into words. This is at the Monona Public Library, 1000 Nichols Road, from 1:30 to 3:30. Check www.350.org/monona for more details.

Sunday night, the People's History Peace Project and the Wisconsin Network For Peace & Justice holds a screening of an updated version of the 1997 film Citizen Soldier: an Oral History of the Vietnam Veterans Against the War. A Q&A with the director Dennis Mueller and comments from historian, Paul Buhle follows the documentary. This is at Michelangelo's Coffee House, 114 State Street, at 7. Call 442-8399 for more information.

Sunday, there is a screening of “Lawyer Charged with Committing Poetry”. It is a multi-media one-person show featuring human rights attorney Eric Sirotkin. Committing Poetry follows free speech zones, police riots, and poets in the classroom and the streets who band together in support of their First Amendment right to self-expression in a post 9/11 world. This is in the Class of '24 Reception Room at the Memorial Union at 7. Email srleondard@wisc.edu for more information.

Thursday, October 7, 2010

This evening is the first meeting of the Fall 2010 Education Series on the History of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. The first class will provide broad historical background of the Middle East and the Abrahamic religions up to the 19th century and is a "Prologue" to our examination of the development of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict from the 1880s onward. Admission is free but there is a cost for the recommended reading. The main text for the core classes is David Hirst's epic narrative history The Gun and the Olive Branch: the Roots of Violence in the Middle East. This is organized by the Peregrine Forum and supported by the Wisconsin Network for Peace & Justice. This is at 122 State Street, room 401, at 6:30. Email dvdwilliams51@tds.net.

Tomorrow afternoon, the Madison Area Peace Coalition will participate in a picket with the theme of "Bring the Troops Home from Afghanistan". The public is welcome to join. This is at the corner of John Nolen Drive, Williamson Street, and Blair Street from 4-6.

Saturday, Echo Valley Hope hosts a free Harvest Festival concert with Charlie Parrand, Fayme Rochelle and the Waxwings, and Christine Costanzo. The next day features a 350.org Work Party. Call Melody at 608-337-4578 for more information. This is at Echo Valley Farm in Ontario, Wisconsin at 6. Check echovalleyhope.org for directions and more information.

Saturday night, there is a free screening of “The War At Home “, the documentary about the resistance movement to the Vietnam War in Madison. This is at the Play Circle Theater in the Memorial Union at 7. Call 262-1143 for more details.

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

This evening the Peregrine Forum and others host two films. They are entitled, "Why are We in Afghanistan?" and “Rethink Afghanistan.” Doctor Adam Schesch will provide more information following these films. This is at 6:30 in the Memorial Union. See Today in the Union for the room location. Call 442-8399 for details.

People who cannot afford a lawyer or, are not qualified for free legal representation may call the University of Wisconsin Law School’s Consumer Law Clinic at 263-6283.

Lifepoint needle exchange program is associated with the AIDS Resource Center in Wisconsin. It prevents spread of HIV by trading used needles for clean ones. They are anonymous, free and mobile. They offer HIV and Hepatitis C testing. In Madison participants may call 332-6169 for details.

The Parental Stress line helps prevent child abuse by connecting parents who are stressed or feeling alone with volunteers who talk with them by phone. Training is necessary. Call 241-4888 extension 26 for details.

The Rape Crises Center is a non-profit community organization for people who need support and information after experiencing or being close to someone sexual assaulted in the past or recently. This includes survivors of rape or incest. For services and twenty- four hour crises intervention call 251-7273. Or to volunteer call 251-5126.

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Legal Action of Wisconsin Incorporated provides qualified low-income people free legal services. They are open to respond to questions on Tuesdays from 9:00 to noon. Call 256-3258 for details.

This afternoon the Coalition of Wisconsin Aging groups presents the next in a series of seminars. These concern aging issues for the LGBT community. The subject of this one is “long-term care issues.” That’s at 2:00 in room two of the Madison Senior Center, 330 West Mifflin Street. Call 224-0606 for details.

Briarpatch offers walk-in HIV/AIDS, STDS and STI testing. This is every Wednesday evening from 5:30 to 7:30 or by appointment in 1955 Atwood Avenue. To schedule an appointment call the agency at 1-800-798-1126. People may call locally at 245-2550 or email youthhivtesting@yahoo.com.

FoodShare Wisconsin helps low-income families and individuals to buy nutritious food. For details on how and where to apply for assistance call 1-877-366-3635.

“Networks Exchange,” needle replacement program is an authorized, anonymous, community harm reduction plan. It is associated with the “AIDS Network.” They are open weekdays from 10:00 to 6:30. For details call 516-2158.

Monday, October 4, 2010

This evening there is an introductory workshop to “Feldenkrais” during which participants will learn to quote reduce “tension and improve performance.” This is at 6:00 in the Williamson Street Grocery Co-op, 1221 Williamson Street. Call 241-7635 for details. Call 251-6776 to register.

This evening the Madison Infoshop hosts a screening and discussion of the film “The World According to Monsanto.” It discusses the corporation, its toxic and genetically engineered products. This is at 6:30 in room 1221 of the Humanities Building. Call 262-9036 for details.

This evening the Vigil for Peace will gather for a quote “a solemn simulation of the deadly drone strikes taking place over Afghanistan and Pakistan”. This is at 11:50 at the corner of Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard and Doty Street. Call 846-7924 for details.

FoodShare Wisconsin helps low-income families and individuals to buy nutritious food. For details on how and where to apply for assistance call 1-877-366-3635

Care Wisconsin offers many programs and services designed to help older adults. They offer coordinated health care and long-term support services for Medicaid-eligible older adults. These may have chronic conditions requiring nursing home level of care, adult day centers and home care services. Call 240-0020 for details.