Tuesday, April 12, 2011

This evening the “Student Sierra Coalition” hosts a screening of the movie. “Carbon Nation.” This will be followed by a discussion via “Skype” with the movie’s director. This is in room 1310 of Sterling Hall at 7:15. Call 256-0565 for details.

This evening “Peace Economics” a “Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice” group hosts a showing of the video, “Peace Economics.” It is about quote “economic disaster created by high levels of military spending for long periods of time”. This is at 7:00 in the Sequoya (say “Se-koi-ya,” like the tree) branch of the Madison Public Library, 4340 Tokay (say Tow-k) Boulevard. For details call 230-6640.

This evening the “Madison Area Peace Coalition” an “open mic” to discuss the “Libyan” war during its next meeting. This is at 7:00 in the “Wil-Mar Neighborhood Center”, 953 Jenifer Street at 7:00. Call 241-1437 for details.

This evening as part of, the “Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters' Academy Evenings” conversation series, two Wisconsin water experts, “Rebecca Klaper” and “Mark Sandheinrich” speak about the state of Wisconsin's waterways. The program is entitled, “Water Course: A Conversation on the Health of Wisconsin's Lakes and Rivers”. This is 7:00 pm at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art lecture hall in the Overture Center for the Arts, 221 State Street. Call 263-1692 for details.

The Respite Center is a safe place for kids, ages birth to fourteen, whose families are under stress or in crisis. They are looking for volunteers to play with kids four hours a week. Training is required. Call 244-5730 for details.

The Women and Infant Children Nutrition program offers a wide variety of services, food and nutrition information to help keep pregnant and breastfeeding women, infants and children less than five years of age healthy and strong. For details call 267-1111.