Aid & Abet

While there are still a few dates to be confirmed, I’m excited to announce the preliminary tour dates for Ana Nogueria and Andrew Stern’s multi-media presentation, Samidoun. Please email me if you have questions about a particular date, or about bringing Ana and Andrew to your town!

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Sat Dec 2 – Seattle, WA
Location: Seattle University, Wyckoff Auditorium
Time: 7 p.m.
Contact: Erin Foran
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Sun Dec 3 – Vancouver, BC, Canada
Location: TBA
Sponsor: Stop the War Canada
Time: TBA
Contact: Derrick O’Keefe
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Wed Dec 6 – Norfolk, VA
Studio for the Healing Arts
7 p.m.
organizer: Tench
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Thur Dec 7 – DC – Tentative
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Fri Dec 8 – Richmond, VA
Location: Virginia Commonwealth University, 224 S Cherry St, Williamburg House
Time: 7 p.m.
Sponsors: Virginia Anti-war Network, Campus Anti-War Network, Muslim Student Association at VCU
Contact: Sean O’Hern
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Sat Dec 9 – Pittsburgh, PA
Location: First United Church, 640 Morewood Ave
Time: 7 p.m.
Organizer: Andalusia
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Sun Dec 10 – Pittsburgh, PA
Location: St George Syrian Orthodox Church, 3400 Dawson St
Time: 1 p.m.
Contact: Andalusia
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Mon Dec 11 Yellow Springs, OH
Location: Antioch College, McGregor Rm 113
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Contact: Jean Gregorek
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Tue Dec 12 – Detroit, MI
Location: Al-Ameer Restaurant
Banquet Room
12710 W Warren
Dearborn
TIME: 7:30 PM
Organizer: Mike Medow
Sponsors: Critical Moment
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Wed Dec 13 – Grand Rapids, MI
Location: GRIID
Wealthy Theater
1130 Wealthy SE, Grand Rapids
Organizer: Jeff Smith
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Thu Dec 14 – Chicago, IL
Location: In These Times
2040 N. Milwaukee Avenue
Chicago, IL 60647
7 p.m.
$10 at the door
Organizer: Aaron Sarver
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Fri Dec 15 – Urbana, IL
Location: Urbana Champaign Independent Media Center, 202 Elm St
Time: 7 p.m.
Contact: Brian Dolinar
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Sat Dec 16 – Cleveland, OH
Location: C-Space, 4323 Clark Ave, Cleveland OH 44109, 216.631.2233
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Door: $7 sliding scale
Co-Sponsers: Northeast Ohio Anti-War Coalition, Greater Cleveland Immigrant Support Network
Contact: jocey killbossy

Hey All – I got this announcement from Prometheus Radio Project, an amazing organization based in Philadelphia. Basically, there’s a rare opportunity to gain full-power stations in some areas of the country. If you know of any organization that might be remotely interested, please forward this announcement to them and urge them to call Prometheus directly. Prometheus can help them decide whether to apply and if so, help them with the process. Thanks!

Jen Angel
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The FCC is opening up a rare opportunity where they will be giving away free radio licenses to non-profit organizations (does not have to be 501(c)3). Usually commercial stations like this sell for millions of dollars, but since these are non-commercial channels they are given out for free. If your group meets the qualifications, and a frequency is available, you can start a radio station. Sound too good to be true? There is a catch. Well, several catches. The channels that are available are mostly just in smaller cities. Your group would  have to pay for engineering and legal consultants, and the costs of equipment, which can add up.  And most places only have one or two open channels, and sometimes the competition  can be complicated between the various  activist groups, agencies, schools, and churches for that one channel.  But your group has as good a chance as anyone else!   And finally, this is the first time that the FCC has done this in close to 15 years and it is quite possible that it will be another 15 years before they open it again. If you want to know more, call the Radio For People Coalition, or take a look at radioforpeople.org. You can call Coalition groups  Prometheus Radio Project at 215-727-9620,.who can help you to  claim your communities slice of the FM dial! Prometheus  Radio Project has  helped to build radio stations for  civil rights groups, unions, schools, tribes, environmentalists and neighborhood organizations of all sorts, and can help you evaluate whether this is right for your organization, and if it is, lead you through the process.

October 22: New York
Bluestockings
7 pm
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October 24: Long Island
StonyBrook
7 p.m.
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October 30: Pittsburgh, PA
Thomas Merton Center, 5125 Penn Ave
www.thomasmertoncenter.org
7 p.m.
Donations
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November 1: Columbus, OH
Mad Labs, 105 N Grant Avenue
8 p.m. $5
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November 2: Cleveland, OH
C-Space 4323 Clark ave. Cleveland, Oh 44109
www.clevelandspace.org
7.30 p.m. $7 sliding scale
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November 3: Detroit, MI
Trumbull
4210 Trumbull Detroit 48208,
film to begin at 8:30
$5 cover
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November 4: Detroit, MI
DETROIT FILM CENTER
1227 Washington Blvd.
Detroit, MI 48226
Office: (313) 961-9936
Email: info@detroitfilm.org
Web: www.detroitfilm.org
Time: 8 p.m.
$5 at the door

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November 5: Grand Rapids MI
GRIID, 6 p.m.
Wealthy Theater
1130 Wealthy SE, Grand Rapids
$5 at the door
www.griid.org
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November 8: Chicago, IL
Sponsored by: Chicago Independent Media Center
Location: Acme Artists COmmunity 2418 Bloomingdale, Chicago (off Western, Near Western CTA blue line stop)
$10 recommended donation, no one turned away.
7.00 p.m. Screening
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November 9: Milwaukee WI
Darling Hall, 8 p.m.
$3 at the door
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November 11: Madison WI
UW Madison, Humanities Building
7 p.m.
Organizer: Spike, spikemail@mac.com
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November 12: Minneapolis
St John’s Episcopal Church, 60 Kent St, St Paul
$5 donation
Sponsored by: Merriam Park Neighbors for Peace and Crocus Hill/West 7th Neighbors for Peace
For more info: info@mppeace.org
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November 18, DC
Brian MacKenzie Infoshop
7pm @ the Brian Mackenzie Infoshop
1426 9th st NW Washington,DC
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November 19: Richmond VA
Virginia Commonwealth University, Commons Theater
Time 7 p.m.
Organizer: Tess Van Geczy, canatvcu@yahoo.com, 703-909-2031

Dude. 500 Miles to Babylon has a Myspace page. You should all go there and make friends with David Martinez.

Josh Breitbart has been doing some really great blogging on this craziness.

Also, breaking news is at Narco News. Funny that there are no posts about,  Oaxaca on Common Dreams or such.

Finally, thanks to Casey Neill for his incredibly touching song about Brad last night.

xo
jen

Hey All! Very excited to be working with Jacinta Bunnell, who does amazing hands-on workshops exploring gender issues. You can see a complete description of her workshop if you click on the page under “info pages.”

Please contact me if you’re interested in having her come to your school or community group!

Jen