Thursday, April 26, 2012

Energy expert Kate Gordon presents, “Running out of Gas: Jumpstarting Wisconsin’s Economy with Clean Energy” as she highlights smart investments in clean energy.  This free lecture will be Thursday, April 26 at the Inn on the Park, 22 South Carroll Street, from 7 to8:30 pm.  Call 251-7020 ext. 18 for event information.  

The nine part series, “Jackpine Savages, Bolt Weevils, and Solidarity Tractorcades – Radical Rural Protest History in the Midwest!” continues tonight.  This session focuses on the Crandon Mine fight in the 1990s. This is a Rainbow Bookstore, 426 W. Gilman St. at 7 pm. Contact the Madison Info shop at 262-9036 for event information.

Tonight and tomorrow evening is a screening of the new Robert Greenwald film, "Koch Brothers Exposed," followed by a discussion with special guests Lisa Graves and John Nichols.  The showings each start at 7:30pm at the Barrymore Theatre. Find out more at PRWatch.org, BarrymoreLive.com, or by calling 260-9713.

Humanities Without Boundaries lecture series continues with "What to Do In a Crisis," by Duke University Prof. Michael Hardt.  Hardt explores past and present rhetorical forms and political iterations of "crisis."This is at 7:30pm in Room L160 of the Humanities building, 455 N. Park St.  Get more information at  humanities.wisc.edu