Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Today at 3pm, the Political Economy Club discusses Aristotle and Exchange. This is at the Washington Hotel Coffee Rm., 402 W. Lakeside St. For more information call 256-1261.

The Oregon Public Library is offering a free public screening of the Oscar nominated documentary “Gasland”. This film is about and produced by filmmaker Josh Fox when he is asked to lease his land for drilling for natural gas, the Halliburton-developed drilling technology called "fracking" or hydraulic fracturing. This is at the Oregon Public Library, 256 Brook St. For more information, contact The Natural Step Monona at http://www.tnsmonona.org.

From 7:00 – 8:30 pm, the First Congregational UCC presents the “Ban the Box” Public Forum discussing the "future of corrections". This is at the First Congregational United Church of Christ, 1609 Univ. Ave. Contact Contact 270-9711 for more details.

The Occupy Madison General Assembly meets daily from 5:30pm – 7:30pm at Veterans Plaza at the corner of State St. and W. Mifflin St. Contact Occupy Madison by emailing timpanyu@gmail.com.

Tomorrow, there will be a public screening of the landmark documentary “Woke Up Black”. This ground-breaking film followed five Black Midwest youth over two years, wherein they tell their personal stories of struggle and success in their own words. Showings are Wednesday from 10am-12noon at CUNA, 5910 Mineral Point Road and later from 6-8pm at the Anderson Auditorium-Edgewood College, 1000 Edgewood College Dr. Call Michael at Youth Services of WI at 245-2550 Ext.108.