Events

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02 / 11
Start: 5:00 pm

Mon. Feb. 11th 5:00 pm Madison Central Library (201 W. Mifflin) At the River I Stand! Join us for a screening of this powerful one hour documentary film. In the 1960s, Memphis' 1,300 sanitation workers formed the lowest caste of a deeply racist society, earning so little they qualified for welfare. When they go on strike, Martin Luther

Start: 6:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm

Design Fundamentals Class
February 11 – 27 Mondays & Wednesdays 6 – 9 p.m.
Registration deadline: February 4

Start: 7:00 pm

Mon. Feb. 11th 7:00 pm WilMar Center (953 Jenifer St.) Community Police Meeting on Crime. With Madison Police Captain, Mary Schauf; Madison Neighborhood Liaison Officer, Time Radke; Alderperson, Marsha Rummel, and You! Invite your friends and neighbors. Info? #772-4555 or district6@cityofmadison.com Sponsored by
the Marquette Neighborhood Association.

02 / 12
Start: 4:00 pm

Tues. Feb. 12th 4:00 pm UW-Madison, Rm. 206 Ingraham Hall. Citizens and Social Knowledge – talk with Prof. Sarah Igo, Dept. of History, Univ. of PA. Sponsored by the A.E. Havens Center. Info? www.havenscenter.org

Start: 6:00 pm

Tues. Feb. 12th 6:00 pm City County Building, Rm. 201 (210 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd) Public Hearing on Proposed Changes to Community Garden Plot Fees in Madison. This is your chance to provide feedback to the city’s Community Gardens Committee.

Start: 7:00 pm

Tues. Feb. 12th 7:00 pm Rainbow Bookstore (426 W. Gilman) Citizens, Not Terrorists Campaign Continues! – Update and Film Screening on the Political Crisis in El Salvador. Thirteen leaders of the Salvadoran social movement have been charged with Acts of Terrorism under a law modeled after the U.S.A Patriot Act. Each faces up to 60 years in prison for participating in peaceful activities against water privatization in Suchitoto, El Salvador on July 2, 2007. Find out more about this situation and what you can do. Hosted by Community Action on Latin America (CALA). Info?

Start: 7:00 pm

Tues. Feb. 12th 7:00 pm Escape Java Joint (916 Williamson St.) Alliance for Animals Film Series continues with: Ingrid Newkirk in Washington DC, followed by Mad Cowboy – documentary about MT rancher turned vegetarian, Howard Lyman. Info? www.allanimals.org

Start: 7:00 pm

Tues. Feb. 12th 7:30 pm River Arts Center (105 9th St. in Prairie du Sac) The War on Terrorism: Who Gains and Who Loses - the Role of Corporations in the Policy Making of the U.S. Government. Talk by G. Simon Harak, S.J., director of the Marquette Univ. Center for Peacemaking and co-founder of Voices in the Wilderness. Co-sponsored by Sauk Prairie Area Peace Council, Concerned Citizens of Newport, Dells Country Progressive Voices, Family Farm Defenders, Juneau County Peace Committee, Portage Area Peace Seekers and Progressive Voices (Baraboo). Free and open to the public. Info?

02 / 13
Start: 4:00 pm

Wed. Feb. 13th 4:00 pm UW-Madison, Rm. 206 Ingraham Hall. Privacy as a Political Value – talk with Prof. Sarah Igo, Dept. of History, Univ. of PA. Sponsored by the A.E. Havens Center. Info? www.havenscenter.org

Start: 5:00 pm

Wed. Feb. 13th 5:00 pm Meadowridge Library (5740 Raymond Rd. at Whitney Way) At the River I Stand!

Start: 6:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm

Design Fundamentals Class
February 11 – 27 Mondays & Wednesdays 6 – 9 p.m.
Registration deadline: February 4

Start: 6:45 pm
End: 9:00 pm

Wed. Feb. 13th 6:45 - 9:00 pm South Madison Police Precinct (815 Hughes Pl. - behind Park St. McDonalds) Water Wealth or Water Woes? - Considering the Water Legacy We Leave our Grandchildren. Panel discussion with:
Will Hoyer of Clean Wisconsin talking about a Water Conservation Plan for Madison
Ken Bradbury of UW Extension talking about Managing Groundwater Quality in WI

02 / 14
Start: 12:00 pm

Thurs. Feb. 14th 12:20 pm UW-Madison, Rm. 8108 Social Sciences. Toward an Intellectual History of “Ordinary Americans” – seminar with Prof. Sarah Igo, Dept. of History, Univ. of PA. Sponsored by the A.E. Havens Center. Info? www.havenscenter.org

Start: 5:00 pm

Thurs. Feb. 14th 5:00 pm UW-Madison Memorial Union (check Today in the Union for exact location) At the River I Stand!

Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:00 pm

Nighttime in the Jungle:
Tropical Treats

February 14 Thursday 6:30 – 8 p.m.
Registration deadline: February 7

Start: 7:00 pm

Thurs. Feb. 14th 7:00 pm Escape Java Joint (916 Williamson St. ) Keeping the Lights On – Burning Coal to Make Electricity. Join the Green Action Network for the local premiere of the new film by Gretta Wing-Miller and Aarick Beher. Most people don't know how the electricity they use is produced. More than 70% of the electricity used in

Start: 7:00 pm

Thurs. Feb. 14th 7:00 pm Electric Earth Cafe (546 W. Washington Ave.) Valentine’s Day Extravaganza! Fair trade chocolate tasting, activist speed dating, cool door prizes, plus a screening of Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human, a hilarious space alien’s anthropological investigation of human courtship, mating, and reproduction. Bring your favorite crush! Hosted by the Madison Infoshop. Info? #262-9036

02 / 15
Start: 10:00 am

Fri. Feb. 15th 10:30 am Hilldale Mall (meet at the Sundance Theater lobby) National Iraq Moratorium Day Action!

Start: 12:00 pm

Fri. Feb. 15th 12:00 Noon St. Marks (605 Spruce St.) Free Meals and Movies Series! Screening of Besieged. Dir. Bernardo Bertolucci presents a biblical parable of love for Valentine’s Day. After her husband is arrested in Africa, Shandurai (played by Thandi Newton) flees to Rome to work for an eccentric recluse who falls in love with her.

Start: 6:30 pm
End: 11:00 pm

Fri. Feb. 15th 6:30 pm - 11:00 pm Lakeview Lutheran (4001 Mandrake Rd - just west of Dane Co. Health on Northport Dr.) Dance Alive! Featuring: Last Gaspe (Contra and Square Dance with instructor, Steve Pike); Vera Court Girl Neighborhood Power Drill Team; and Cajun Strangers (Traditional Cajun with instructor, Deb Bachmann). Suggested donation $5-$10. Refreshments provided. Info? #241-7635 or
www.dancealivemadison.org

Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm

Seminar with Stickley Furniture Corporate Historian Michael J. Danial
Friday, February 15th at 7pm and Saturday, Stevens Design – 6333 University Avenue, Middleton
Fee: No charge, but reservations are required
Call Stevens Design at 238-3375

Start: 9:00 pm

Fri. Feb. 15th 9:00 pm Emma Goldman Co-op (625 N. Frances St.)
For the Love of Liberation! A Music & Poetry Benefit for Juan Ruiz' Legal Defense Fund & for Universal Immigrant Rights!
Featuring...
* DJ Pain1 & MC Starr (hip-hop)
* Son Jarocho (Mexican folk)
* Ali Muldrow (spoken word)
* Lifeline (hip-hop)
* Sofia Snow (spoken word)
* Synchronized Minds (hip-hop)
* Cecilia León (spoken word)
* John & Juelz (beatbox kings)
* Daniel Dharam (acoustic)
* hosted by Josh Healey
* and featuring Juan Ruiz (poetry/drums/spirit)

02 / 16
Start: 10:00 am
End: 12:00 pm

Seminar with Stickley Furniture Corporate Historian Michael J. Danial
Saturday, February 16th at 10am
Stevens Design – 6333 University Avenue, Middleton
Fee: No charge, but reservations are required
Call Stevens Design at 238-3375

Start: 12:00 pm

Sat. Feb. 16th 12:00 Noon Wilmar Center (953 Jenifer St.) Free Meals and Movie Series! Screening of Swept Away – a 1974 film by director, Lina Wertmuller, that takes on sex, love and politics in a classic role reversal that maroons both a capitalist and a communist on a desert island.

Start: 5:30 pm
End: 8:00 pm

Sat. Feb. 16th 5:30 – 8:00 pm Wilmar Center (953 Jenifer St.) Sixth Annual Veggie Soup for the Soul Dinner – hosted by Alliance for Animals. Our Soup for the Soul dinner is a favorite, with a variety of hot vegan comfort soups to calm the Wisconsin winter chill. We'll again have our chef's specialty - Vegan Chicken and Dumpling

Start: 6:00 pm

Sat. Feb. 16th 6:00 pm 139 East Kilbourn Ave. in Milwaukee. ACLU of Wisconsin Foundation Annual Bill of Rights Celebration Dinner 2008, featuring syndicated political cartoonist Tom Tomorrow! Tickets are $100. Please RSVP by Tues. Feb. 12th. To register and for more info? https://www.aclu-wi.org/forms/billofrights.html

02 / 17
Start: 9:00 am
End: 12:00 pm

Coniferous Tree ID
February 17 Sunday 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Registration deadline: February 7

Start: 9:00 am

Sun. Feb. 17th 9:00 am Salvation Army (3030 Darbo Ave.) Free Meals and Movies Series! Screening of Luther – Part One. In this 2003 film directed by Eric Till and starring Joseph Fiennes, Martin Luther challenges the authority of ruling elites in 16th century Germany.

02 / 18
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm

Design Fundamentals Class
February 11 – 27 Mondays & Wednesdays 6 – 9 p.m.
Registration deadline: February 4

Start: 7:00 pm

Mon. Feb. 18th 7:00 pm Escape Jave Joint (916 Williamosn St.) To mark President's Day, join us for a screening and discussion of American Blackout, the Sundance Film Festival's 2006 Special Jury Prize Award, that tackles the issue of contemporary U.S. disenfranchisement of Africa–Americans by exposing the fraud behind presidential

02 / 19
Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:30 pm

Container Gardening
February 19 Tuesday 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Registration deadline: February 12

02 / 20
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm

Design Fundamentals Class
February 11 – 27 Mondays & Wednesdays 6 – 9 p.m.
Registration deadline: February 4

Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:30 pm

Sierra Club Monthly Programs
Digging Deeper into the Spiritual Dimensions of the Global Eco-Crisis
Wednesday, February 20. 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Madison Public Library, Main Branch, 201 W Mifflin

Start: 7:00 pm

Wed. Feb. 20th 7:00 pm Jade Monkey (109 Cottage Grove Rd.) MadisonWING (Madison, WI Nonprofit Group) monthly meeting! Join us for an opportunity to meet and socialize with other nonprofit professionals in a casual setting. This month we will be hosting an informal Q and A session with a financial savvy guest who will answer

Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm

Wed. Feb. 20th 7:00 – 9:00 pm Escape Java Joint (916 Williamson St.) Box Cutter Cabaret U.S. Tour 2008! An evening of sundry entertainments presented by a ragtag association of cardboard wigglers, horn tooters, trash alchemists, and a bell-strapped human xylophone! A tour de force featuring:
MODERN TIMES THEATER: puppet shows for the street, the school, the barn, the pasture and the subway. The shows convey a general dissatisfaction with post-modern convenience and promote a return to old-timey difficulty.

02 / 21
Start: 8:00 am
Start: 02/21/2008 - 8:00am
End: 02/23/2008 - 5:30pm

Nation's Largest Organic Farming Conference to be Held in La Crosse, WI

The Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service (MOSES) will host the 19th annual Organic Farming Conference (UMOFC) at the La Crosse Center in La Crosse, Wisconsin, February 21 - 23, 2008.
This popular event has grown into the largest organic farming conference in the country.

Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:00 pm

Nighttime in the Jungle:
Tropical Treats

February 21 Thursday 6:30 – 8 p.m.
Registration deadline: February 14

02 / 22
(all day)
Start: 02/21/2008 - 8:00am
End: 02/23/2008 - 5:30pm

Nation's Largest Organic Farming Conference to be Held in La Crosse, WI

The Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service (MOSES) will host the 19th annual Organic Farming Conference (UMOFC) at the La Crosse Center in La Crosse, Wisconsin, February 21 - 23, 2008.
This popular event has grown into the largest organic farming conference in the country.

02 / 23
End: 5:30 pm
Start: 02/21/2008 - 8:00am
End: 02/23/2008 - 5:30pm

Nation's Largest Organic Farming Conference to be Held in La Crosse, WI

The Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service (MOSES) will host the 19th annual Organic Farming Conference (UMOFC) at the La Crosse Center in La Crosse, Wisconsin, February 21 - 23, 2008.
This popular event has grown into the largest organic farming conference in the country.

Start: 8:00 am
End: 3:30 pm

On Saturday, February 23, 2008 the Madison Area Woodland Owners Conference will feature presentations in the morning that focus on examining climate change and its impacts to Wisconsin woodlands, explore the reasons for species movement and changing ecological communities including how we have accelerated that pace, and look at the impacts on invasive species to our Wisconsin woodlands. The afternoon program will investigate wood products as biofuels and how to reduce fire fuels in the wildland urban interface.

Start: 9:30 am
End: 2:30 pm

Sat. Feb. 23rd 9:30 am – 2:30 pm Edgewood College, Anderson Auditorium
Criminal Justice in Wisconsin: Effective Strategies for Change!

Start: 12:00 pm

Sat. Feb. 23rd 12:00 Noon Wilmar Center (953 Jenifer St.) Free Meals and Movie Series! Screening of Jackie Brown. Director Quentin Tarantino combines a wily stewardess (Pam Grier), a lonely bail bondsman (Robert Forster), a shifty ex-con (Robert DeNiro), stoned beach bunny (Bridget Fonda), and earnest federal agent (Michael Keaton) in the quest for a missing million dollars.

Start: 1:00 pm
End: 4:00 pm

Sat. Feb. 23rd 1:00 – 4:00 pm Grassroots Leadership College Workshop Series Continues: Grant Writing for Local Sources - focused on the Hands Across South Madison and city grants, this workshop will give you the opportunity to develop your grant writing skills by working with our faculty and writing assistants on real local
grants. Cost is $20 or 2 TimeBank Hours. Scholarships available. Childcare offered. To register, please call #441-0085 or visit: www.grassrootsleadershipcollege.org

Start: 7:00 pm

Sat. Feb. 23rd 7:00 pm Celebration of Trees: Healing, Reconciliation, and Alternative Paths to Peace and Justice in Israel/Palestine. This discussion and celebration will kick off the national JVP campaign to purchase 3,000 olive saplings for planting in the West Bank to support the efforts of Palestinian olive farmers to rebuild their economy. Since Sept. 2000, more than 700,000 olive trees in the West Bank have been uprooted by the Israeli Army.

02 / 24
Start: 9:00 am

Sun. Feb. 24th 9:00 am Salvation Army (3030 Darbo Ave.) Free Meals and Movies Series! Screening of Luther – Part Two. In this 2003 film directed by Eric Till and starring Joseph Fiennes, Martin Luther challenges the authority of ruling elites in 16th century Germany.

Start: 2:00 pm

Sun. Feb. 24th 2:00 pm High Noon Saloon (701 E. Washington Ave.) Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art Skool! Art class…but without the class! Grab your pencils, sketchpads, easels and head to the High Noon for an artful afternoon of drinking, drawing, and debauchery. Dr. Sketchy's is what happens when cabaret meets art school!

Start: 7:00 pm

Sun. Feb. 24th 7:00 pm Escape Java Joint (916 Williamson St.) Sorrows of Palestine Film Series Continues. This week’s screening includes: Gaza Strip (2002) and ISM Rafah (2006). Sponsored by the Madison Rafah Sister City Project. Info? snkbeckett@yahoo.com

02 / 25
Start: 6:00 pm

Tues. Feb. 26th 6:30 pm Fountain of Life (633 W. Badger Rd.) Screening of Prison Town USA. Part of a community forum series on race and diversity. Info? #256-0906

Start: 6:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm

Design Fundamentals Class
February 11 – 27 Mondays & Wednesdays 6 – 9 p.m.
Registration deadline: February 4

Start: 7:00 pm

Mon. Feb. 25th 7:00 pm Wilmar Center (953 Jenifer St.) Weston A. Price Foundation – Madison Chapter monthly meeting, followed by a discussion on Making Sauerkraut and farm sales. Info? #221-8696 or www.madisonwapf.org

Start: 7:00 pm

"Weston A. Price Foundation - Madison Chapter"

Nutrient-Dense Foods - Education & Activism

Mon. Feb. 25 - Chapter meeting 7 pm, Wil-Mar Center, 953 Jenifer St., the
public is invited. For more info, call Carolyn at 221-8696 or see
http://www.madisonwapf.org/

02 / 26
Start: 6:00 pm

Tues. Feb. 26th 6:00 pm Room of One’s Own Bookstore (307 W. Johnson). Turning Back the Clock: Do Women's Rights Have a Place in the New Sandinista Era?

02 / 27
Start: 5:00 pm
End: 5:59 pm

Wed. Feb. 27th 5:00pm Escape Java Joint (916 Williamson St.) PNC2RNC Grassroots Caravan! Come help us plan a fun bike ride from Madison to St. Paul this Aug. Info? #262-9036 www.pnc2rnc.org

Start: 6:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm

Design Fundamentals Class
February 11 – 27 Mondays & Wednesdays 6 – 9 p.m.
Registration deadline: February 4

Start: 7:00 pm

Wed. Feb. 27th 7:00 pm UW-Madison, Rm. 180 Science Hall (550 N. Park St.) Nuclear Power's Dirty Little Secret: Uranium Mining – talk with Doug Brugge, Associate Professor of Public Health and Family medicine at Tufts Univ., and lead editor of the 2006 book Navajo People and Uranium Mining. Part of the UW-Madison Gaylord Nelson Institute Lecture Series which is focusing on environmental justice themes this year. Info? #265-6712

02 / 28
Start: 5:00 pm

Thurs. Feb. 28th 5:30 pm Just Coffee (1129 E. Wilson) Madison Co-op Network meeting!

Start: 7:00 pm

Wed. Feb. 28th 7:00 pm Escape Java Joint (916 Williamson St.) Screening of Winter Soldier. In 1971, a group of courageous Vietnam War veterans held the first Winter Soldier hearing during which they presented public testimony to expose the criminal nature of the war. Info? jsfirst@tds.net or todd@ivaw.org

02 / 29
Start: 12:00 pm

Fri. Feb. 29th 12:00 Noon St. Marks (605 Spruce St.) Free Meals and Movies Series! Screening of the Lives of Others. Winner of the 2006 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, a secret police agent in 1984 Berlin learns too much bugging the apartment of a socialist playwright.

Start: 1:00 pm
End: 7:00 pm

All You Need to Know About Tankless Water Heaters
2 p.m., Seminar Room F
Learn about the seminar speaker's experience in deciding whether a
tankless water heater was a viable choice for his home. In the process,
learn the pros and cons of tankless water heaters, their construction,
and the requirements for a proper application and installation.

Geothermal Heat Pumps for Your Home
4 p.m., Seminar Room F
The session will cover the basic science and principals of how ground
source heat pumps (GSHPs) work, new and retrofit applications for your

Start: 6:00 pm

Fri. Feb. 29th 6:00 pm Majestic Theater (115 King St.) Madison Area Sneak Preview of the new film: The Business of Being Born. In 2001, actress Ricki Lake gave birth to her second child in her home bathtub with the assistance of a midwife. Her experience was so empowering that Ricki approached filmmaker Abby Epstein to collaborate on a film that would examine the way American women have babies. The Business of Being Born follows several women, including Ricki Lake and Abby Epstein, as they prepare for and give birth to their babies in the New York City area.

Start: 7:00 pm

Fri. Feb. 29th 5:00 – 7:00 pm Dardanelles Restaurant (1851 Monroe St.) SOA Vigilers ¡Presente ! - a reunion and update on the efforts to close the School of the Americas. All-you-can eat papas, followed by an update on the efforts to close the SOA with Le Anne Clausen, Prisoner of Conscience (POC). Requested donation of $12 ($5
for students). Info? soawmadison@yahoo.com .

03 / 1
Start: 9:00 am
End: 7:00 pm

How to Make Older Homes Cozy and Warm
10 a.m., Seminar Room D
Because older homes present unusual challenges, they require individual
scrutiny and evaluation to make them more energy efficient. During this
seminar, you will learn about the diagnostic equipment and procedures
that professional energy consultants use to evaluate and test building
shells.

Tankless Water Heaters
10 a.m., Seminar Room F
This seminar will show you how to determine your savings and save water
and energy with tankless hot water heating and reduced flow fixtures.

Start: 9:00 am
End: 12:30 pm

Arboretum Special Event: "Madison Reads Leopold." Communities across the state are coming together to read aloud from Aldo Leopold's powerful and eloquently written, "A Sand County Almanac," an environmental classic that reminds us of the importance of protecting our priceless natural resources. Bring the family, a neighbor, or come solo to enjoy the company of fellow involved community members.

Start: 11:00 am

Sat. March 1st 11:30 am Wilmar Center (953 Jenifer St.) Free Meal and Movie Series Continues with: 4 Little Girls - a documentary by Spike Lee! When a bomb tears through the basement of a black Baptist church on a peaceful fall morning, it takes the lives of four young girls; Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, Cynthia Wesley and Addie Mae Collins, and fuels a nation’s outrage about racism.

Start: 11:00 am

Sat. March 1st 11:00 am – 1:00 pm Madison Infoshop (1019 Williamson St.) Madison May Day Committee meeting. Join us as we organize community wide events celebrating international worker solidarity. Info? #255-1800

Start: 11:00 am
End: 1:00 pm

Sat. March 1st 11:00 am – 1:00 pm Madison Infoshop (1019 Williamson St.) Madison May Day Committee meeting. Join us as we organize community wide events celebrating international worker solidarity. Info? #255-1800

Start: 1:00 pm
End: 2:30 pm

Arboretum Walk: "A Walk with Leopold." Naturalists will follow the Madison Reads Leopold Event with a walk to see places where Aldo Leopold, the Arboretum's first director, conducted wildlife research and helped to establish the first restoration of Wisconsin's natural ecosystems.

Start: 2:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm

Sat. March 1st 2:00 – 6:00 pm High Noon Saloon (701 E. Washington) People’s Networking Convention (PNC) Benefit Show. Featuring music by Thistle, Spires that in the Sunset Rise, and Los Surenos del Norte. The People's Networking Convention, or the PNC, will be held in Madison from August 15-17 and will provide a space for discussion and debate of non-elections based organizing.

Start: 4:30 pm
End: 8:30 pm

Sat. March 1st 4:30 – 8:30 pm Pres House (731 State St.) Imagine Peace! Community Celebration of Peace Vigils Across Wisconsin - with a special guest appearance by LeAnne Clausen, UCC Seminarian in Chicago, SOA resister and CPT delegate to Iraq.

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