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Peace Calendar for November 10, 2006

THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR HARD WORK SUPPORTING PEACE CANDIDATES.  SOME WON,
SOME LOST AND THERE WILL BE LESSONS FOR THE FUTURE.

[Ed heads up: the Vets for Peace takes a bus each year to the School of the
Americas at Ft Benning, Georgia, where the U.S. has trained many Latin
American torturers and death squad leaders.  The bus leaves around 9 am on
Friday, 11/17, and returns late afternoon on Monday, 11/20.  Cost is $200
plus room and food.  If you want to go, call Jim Steinhagen at 612-722-1112
for more information.  At this writing, there were 5 seats available, but
you should call quickly.  The Antiwar Committee will also be taking a bus;
email them at info [at] antiwarcommittee.org]

Find "Iraq for Sale" screenings at
http://iraqforsale.bravenewtheaters.com/screenings/us/
For "The Ground Truth" screenings, go to http://thegroundtruth.net
For Amnesty Internatioal's movie "Outlawed," go to
www.amnestyusa.org/america/

Month of November, Monday to Saturday, 11 am to 3 pm, Chante Wolf has a
photography show "Generations for PEACE" telling her story from Air Force
warrior to Veteran for Peace, St Martin's Table, 2001 Riverside Ave, Mpls.
lhowell [at] visi.com

now to 11/16, film "Last King of Scotland" about Ugandan President Idi
Amin's Scottish doctor, Lagoon Theater, 1320 Lagoon, Uptown Mpls.
www.landmarktheaters.com

now to 11/12, times vary, play "Wellstone!" about Paul and Sheila, History
Theater, 30 E 10th St, St Paul.  www.historytheatre.com or 651-292-4323.

11/3 to 11/16, film "Babel" about random gun accident in Morocco which
causes havoc with a US couple, a deaf Japanese teen and a Mexican nanny with
two US children, none of whom can communicate with each other, Uptown
Theater, Lagoon & Hennepin Aves, Mpls.  www.landmarktheaters.com
 
11/4 to 12/29, the Susan Hensel Gallery hosts Kari Gunter-Seymour's show
"Diary of a Military Mom," 3441 Cedar Ave S, Mpls.
www.susanhenseldesign.com/TheGalleryArchive3.html

11/4/06 to 1/4/07, noon to 5 pm Tues to Sun, MN Center for Photography
presents Lori Grinker's exhibit 'AFTERWAR: Veterans from a World in
Conflict" with physical and psychological wounds of frontline war vets from
WWI to present-day Iraq, 165 - 13th Ave NE, between Marshall & University,
just north of Boradway, Mpls.  www.mncp.org

11/10 to 11/14, film "Black Gold" about eye-opening contrast between
impoverished coffee growers and $3 cappuccino, Bell Museum, 10 Church St SE,
Mpls.  www.mnfilmarts.org

Saturday, 11/11, 10 to 11:30 am, Laurie McGinley and Terry Gydesen of the
Museo de la Palabra y la Imagen speak on "El Salvador: Photography's Power
to Heal," Resource Center of the Americas, 3019 Minnehaha Ave, Mpls.
www.americas.org

Saturday, 11/11, 10 to noon, FNVW exec Phil Steger speaks on "Disarming
Extremism: Engaging Religious Conservatives in Nonviolent Dialogue," Unity
South Church, 7950 - 1st Ave S, Bloomington.  www.fnvw.org

Saturday, 11/11, 10 to noon, Women's International League for Peace and
Freedom hosts "Youth Views on Peace: Report Out from PeaceJam" with Angie
Martinez and Shivani Bhatt, Van Cleve Community Center, 901 - 15th Ave SE,
Mpls.  wilpf [at] earthlink.net

Saturday, 11/11, 10:30 to noon, Veterans for Peace bell-ringing program for
Armistice Day at First Shot Memorial, Capitol grounds, St. Paul.  Wayne
Wittman at 651-774-4008.

Saturday, 11/11, 11 am to 6 pm, Socialist Alternative conference including
class struggle, the war on terror, service sector organizing, Oaxaca,
abortion rights, supporting leftie Democrats and reform v. revolution,
Walker Library (Uptown), 2880 Hennepin Ave, Mpls.
www.socialistminnesota.org or 612-760-1980.

Saturday, 11/11, 1 to 4 pm, Peace First think tank session "Planning the
Peace," Friends for a Non-violent World, 1050 Selby Ave, St Paul.
651-917-0383.

Saturday, 11/11, 4 to 5:15 pm, MN Rep. Karen Clark reflects on "Harvest of
Gratitude" at 11th day prayer for peace, Sisters of St Joseph of Carondelet,
Presentation Chapel, 1880 Randolph Ave. St Paul. www.csjstpaul.org or
651-690-7079.

Saturday, 11/11, 5 to 6 pm, picketing in solidarity with the people of Mayo
(Nigeria), Shell station at 94 and Riverside, Mpls.  mpw4883 [at] yahoo.com

Saturday, 11/11, 7 pm, photographer Chante Wolf describes her transformation
from Air Force warrior to Veteran for Peace, St Martin's Table, 2001
Riverside Ave, Mpls.  lhowell [at] visi.com

Saturday, 11/11, 7 pm, film "I Know I'm Not Alone," about Michael Franti
trip to Iraq, Israel and occupied Palestine with a guitar and a camera crew,
May Day Books, 301 Cedar, West Bank, Mpls. $5 benefits Youth Against War &
Racism counter-recruitment work.  612-333-4719.  (Party at 9 pm at 3024
Chicago, $5 suggested.)

Sunday, 11/12, 1 to 3:30 pm, Vets for Peace classes to prepare families for
conscientious objector status, basement of St Stephens school building, 2123
Clinton Ave S, Mpls.  $10/family.  RSVP Kim at 612-721-6908.

Sunday, 11/12, 1 pm in Duluth, march from the Rose Garden (London Road next
to Leif Erickson Park) to Portland Square, with speakers from Military
Families Speak Out, Wisc National Guard, various vets and poets.
www.myspace.com/nawc

Sunday, 11/12, 1:30 pm, film "The Ground Truth," a ferociously honest look
at recruitment, training, combat, homecoming and the struggle to
reintegrate, First Unitarian Society, 900 Mt Curve, Mpls. FFI 763-546-5368.
(To locate screenings, go to http://thegroundtruth.net)

Sunday, 11/12, 2 to 5 pm, annual meeting of MN Fellowship of Reconciliation,
Macalester-Plymouth United Church, Macalester & Lincoln St, St Paul.
chris385 [at] umn.edu

Sunday, 11/12, 3 pm, peace activist couples Ralph and Kay Hilgendorf and
Marie and John Braun are honored by the Hawkinson Foundation, St Joan of Arc
Church large hall, 4537 - 3rd Ave S, Mpls.

Sunday, 11/12 (and every 2nd Sunday), 6 to 8:30 pm, Veterans for Peace
chapter 27 monthly meeting, VFP office, St Stephens School basement, 2130
Clinton Ave S, Mpls.  612-821-9141.

Sunday, 11/12, 7 pm, 1-hour film "500 Miles to Babylon" about the Iraq under
US occupation (with director David Martinez), St John's Episcopal Church, 60
Kent St, St Paul.  www.mppeace.org

Monday, 11/13, 5:30 to 8 pm, free class "American Empire 101" with U of M
prof Richard Martinez, Jack Pine Center, 2815 E Lake, Mpls.  612-624-6005.

Monday, 11/13, 6:30 to 8:30 pm, bimonthly potluck supper meeting of Every
Church a Peace Church, with video of Fr. Emmanuel Charles McCarthy on the
nonviolence of Jesus, Hamline United Methodist church, 1514 Englewood Ave,
St Paul.  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MnECAPC/message/42

Monday, 11/13 (and each month's 2nd Monday), 7 pm (socialize 6:30), Network
of Spiritual Progressives including viewing and responding to presentations
from the Washington gathering last May, Plymouth Congregational Church, 1900
Nicollet, Mpls.  brucelissem [at] aol.com

11/14 and 11/15, 7:15 pm, film "Story of Pao" about Hmong girl in Vietnam
searching for her biological mother, Oak St Cinema, 309 Oak St SE, Mpls.
www.mnfilmarts.org

Tuesday, 11/14, 11:30 am, YSA presentation on "The Case Against the
Occupation of Iraq," Christenson Center lounge of Augsburg College, Mpls.
anathoth [at] lakeland.ws

Tuesday, 11/14, 6 pm doors, 7:20 program, MN Alliance of Peacemakers holds
annual Celebration of Peace with MN Rep Keith Ellison and former Institute
for Agriculture and Trade Policy president Mark Richie, talking about the
economics of peace, Hennepin Ave United Methodist Church, 511 Groveland Ave,
Mpls.  www.mapm.org

Thursday, 11/16, noon (pre-forum concert at 11:30), Westminster Town Hall
Forum presents Amnesty International director William Schulz speaking on
"From Darfur to Guantanamo - Human Rights for All," Westminster Presbyterian
Church, Nicollet Mall at 12th St, Mpls.  www.micglobe.org

Thursday, 11/16, 7 pm, Citizens for Global Solutions presents U of M poly
sci prof William Flanigan, speaking on "Making Sense of the Past Elections,"
Hennepin Ave United Methodist Church, 511 Groveland Ave, Mpls.

Thursday, 11/16, 7 pm, Tikkun magazine founder and "Left Hand of God" author
Rabbi Michael Lerner speaks on "The Spiritual Transformation of American
Society" (free), Ted Mann Concert Hall, 2128 - 4th St S, West Bank, Mpls.
www.ias.umn.edu or 612-626-5054.

11/16 to 11/18, 7:30 pm, Pangea World Theater and Intermedia Arts present
Dianna Fuemana in 1-woman play "Falemalama," about Samoan woman making
painful adaptation to New Zealand, 2822 Lyndale Ave S, Mpls.  $12.
612-871-4444.

11/17 to 11/13, film "Shut Up and Sing" about bruhaha following Dixie Chicks
criticism of George W, Lagoon Cinema, 1320 Lagoon Ave, Mpls.
www.landmarktheaters.com

Friday, 11/17, 4:15 to 5:30, vigil to end U.S. military and political
support of Israel, Summit & Snelling Aves, St. Paul.  Karen, 651-283-3495.

Friday, 11/17, 6 pm, opening reception for "Rites of Passing: Works of Aaron
Johnson-Or, concerning racial profiling, the theatricality of war news
coverage and government scrutiny, Resource Center of the Americas, 3019
Minnehaha, Mpls.  (Exhibit continues until Debember 1.)  www.americas.org

Friday, 11/17, 7 pm, Mizna presents Algerian French writer Ahmed Zitouni,
talking about the experience of being a foreigner, 2205 California St NE,
Mpls.  612-788-6920.

Friday, 11/17, 7:30 pm, flim "Feast of the Goat" about the bloody fight to
end dictator Trujillo's reign in the Dominican Republic, $8, Walker Art
Center Cinema, 1750 Hennepin Ave, Mpls.  www.walkerart.org

11/17 to 11/20, yearly convergence to close the School of the Americas, Fort
Benning, GA.  Local buses leave 11/16 a.m. and return 11/17 p.m.  FFI
www.soaw.org (national) or www.circlevision.org/mnsoaw.html (local).

11/17 to 11/19, international Venezuela solidarity conference, Macalester
College, Grand and Snelling, St Paul.  www.venezuelasolidarityconference.org
or 612-624-1512.

11/17 and 11/18, 9 pm, play "It is the Seeing," a retrospective of war
illustrated through poetry, music, movement, Pillsbury Community Center
Theater, 3501 Chicago, Mpls.  $5 to $8. 612-825-0459.

Saturday, 11/18, 10 to 11:30 am, Resource Center of the Americas coffeehour
on "Guatemala Today," 3019 Minnehaha Ave, Mpls.  www.americas.org

Saturday, 11/18, 8:30 am to 5:30 pm, Midwest Conference of Spiritual
Progressives "Igniting a Culture of Love, Peace and Justice" with Rabbi
Michael Lerner, then 6 concurrent afternoon workshops, Plymouth
Congregational Church Rev James Gertmenian and activist Farheen Hakeem, $45
advance registration ($20 for activists), lunch included, Wesley Church, 101
E Grant, downtown Mpls.  www.nspmn.org

Sunday, 11/19, 1 to 2 pm, local vigil in solidarity with those killed by
graduates of the School of the Americas in Ft Benning, Georgia,
Lake/Marshall bridge, Mpls/StPaul.  http://mnsoaw.org

Sunday, 11/19, 3 to 5 pm, monthly local Amnesty International meeting,
Center for the Victims of Torture, 717 E River Rd SE, Mpls.
gabeo [at] bitstream.net

Monday, 11/20, 6:30 pm, film "The Ground Truth: After the Killing Ends," the
shocking Iraq war is only a prelude to even more challenging battles upon
return home, St Joan of Arc Parish Center, 4537 - 3rd Ave S, Mpls.
www.worldwidewamm.org

Tuesday, 11/21, 6:30 pm, DFL Progressive Caucus hosts panel on the prospects
for a grassroots peace candidate for U.S. Senate in 2008, Martin Luther King
Rec Center, 4055 Nicollet Ave S, Mpls.  Panelists so far include former
senate candidate Ford Bell, former U.S. House candidate Jack
Nelson-Pallmeyer, DFL chair Brian Melendez, plus others pending. Charley
Underwood moderates.  FFI peacecalendar [at] visi.com

Thursday, 11/23 (and every 4th Thursday), 7:45 to 9 pm, Dialogue about Peace
and listening to Deepok Chopra's set, pre-register at Body Prayers Yoga,
9201 Lexington Ave N, #5C, Circle Pines.  IndigaArt [at] aol.com or 
763-413-0612.
(Please call ahead to confirm this Thanksgiving day dialogue.)

Wednesday, 11/29, noon to 1:15, Human Science Research Council (South
Africa) chief specialist Virginia Tilley speaks on "Rethinking the Middle
East Conflict: The One-State Solution," Blegen 235, 269 - 19th Ave S, Mpls.
http://igs.cla.umn.edu

Thursday, 11/30, 7:30, Hamline Students for Peace host movie "Why We Fight,"
about the development of the military-industrial complex, Giddens Learning
Center room 100E, Hamline Univ, St Paul.  matthewfbyrnes [at] gmail.com

Saturday, 12/2 (and each 1st Saturday), 10 to 11:30 am, Homeless Veterans
for Peace meeting, Peacehouse, 510 E Franklin Ave, Mpls.  Bob Heberle at
612-789-9020

Saturday, 12/2, 7 pm, play "When Reason Sleeps," about a temp job as priest
taking confessions at the mall and about the practice of torture (a 2005
Fringe favorite), Heart of the Beast Theater, 1500 E Lake St, Mpls.
Suggested $10 to 50, to benefit WAMM.  www.worldwidewamm.org
 

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            VIGILS

Every Sunday, noon to 1 pm, peace vigil at Summit and Snelling, St Paul.
651-699-8655.

Every Monday, 4:15 to 5:15 pm, Vigil in downtown White Bear Lake at
intersection of Highway 61 and 4th Street.  FFI: www.worldwidewamm.org

Every Tuesday, 4:30 to 5:30 pm, Peace vigil at 98th St. and Lyndale,
Bloomington.  952-831-4276.

Every Tuesday, 5 to 6 pm (all year), east end of Franklin bridge over the
Mississippi River, Mpls. carolynbelle [at] pressenter.com

Every Tuesday, 5 to 6 pm, Penn Ave just north of 394, Bryn Mawr neighborhood
of Mpls.  

Every Wednesday, 7 to 8 a.m., Vigil at Alliant Tech, 5050 Lincoln, Edina. 
FFI: www.circlevision.org/alliantaction.html

Every Wednesday, 4 to 5 pm, Peace walk, carrying signs in both directions
from the corner of Hwy 241 and Co Rd 19 (across from St. Michael's Church),
St. Michael.  FFI: regofam [at] earthlink.net

Every Wednesday, 4:45 to 5:45, Grandmothers for Peace vigil, 50th and
Halifax, Edina (just west of France). www.worldwidewamm.org

Every Wednesday, 5 to 6 pm, Vigil to end the occupation of Iraq,
Lake/Marshall bridge over the Mississippi.  www.worldwidewamm.org

Every Wednesday, 4:30-5:30 pm, Peace vigil over footbridge at 85th Ave N and
Hwy 252, Brooklyn Park FFI 763-566-8255

Every Wednesday, 6 pm, peace vigil at signal light on Hwy 169, Belle Plaine.
JoAnne, 952-873-3315

Every Thursday, 4 to 6 pm, NW Neighbors for Peace host anti-war vigil on
Vinewood, just north of Rockford Rd and just east of 494 (at Target/Rainbow
entrance), Plymouth. caryberg [at] comcast.net  (DAY IS CHANGING TO SATURDAY,
BEGINNING 11/11/06.  THE LAST DAY OF THURSDAY VIGIL IS 10/26.)

Every Thursday, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., Vigil in front of Lockheed Martin, NW
corner of Pilot Knob Road and Yankee Doodle Road in Eagan.  FFI:
skograce [at] mtn.org 

Every Thursday, 5 to 6 pm, Peace vigil at intersection of Bridge and
Fountain Streets, Albert Lea.  sjmoore [at] smig.net

Every Thursday, 5:30 to 6:30 pm, Peace vigil at NE corner Co Hwy 10 & Univ
Ave NE, Blaine.  vanka485 [at] aol.com (note new corner and contact).

Every Friday, noon to 1 pm, Anti-Recruitment vigil ³Our Children Are Not
Cannon Fodder,² off Oak St and Washington Ave, East Bank of U, Minneapolis,
612-379-4716. 

Every Friday, 4:15 to 5:30 p.m., Vigil to end the occupation of Palestine,
Snelling and Summit, St. Paul.  steichenfm [at] usfamily.net

Every Friday, 4:30, Red Wing Alliance for Peace sponsors a vigil at John
Rick park, Red Wing, followed by potluck and discussion on alternate weeks.
tuvecino [at] redwing.net

Every Friday, 5 to 6 pm, Chisago City gathering for peace (chat, sing, run
around with the kids, share food), Moberg Park, Chisago City.
AARONWOODJW [at] aol.com

Every Friday, 5 to 6 pm, peace vigil at Lagoon and Hennepin, Uptown Mpls. 
FFI: WAMM. 

Every Friday, J. Rich Park, 4:30 to 5:30 pm, Peace vigil, Hwy. 61 and West
Avenue, RedWing.  sherlev [at] redwing.net

Every Saturday, 9 am, Peace walk, Fern and Hwy. 95, Cambridge.  (8 block
walk) ytpsund [at] yahoo.com

Every Saturday, 10 to 11 am, peace vigil at corner of Bridge and River St,
Chippewa Falls, WI.  FFI: lagoclam [at] aol.com or 715-726-0365.

Every Saturday, 11 to noon (beginning 11/11/06), NW Neighbors for Peace
hosts antiwar vigil, along Vinewood, near Rockford Rd (AKA 42nd Ave or Cty
Rd 9), just east of 494, New Hope.  carydberg [at] comcast.net

Every Saturday, 1 to 3 pm, Vigil at Barnes and Noble, highways 15 and 23
(Division Street), St. Cloud.  FFI: Mnolde [at] CSBSJU.edu

Every Saturday, noon to 12:15, Vigil at Bridge Square (Division and 4th),
Northfield.  mcgrath1 [at] rconnect.com

(More vigils are listed at www.worldwidewamm.org  )