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  • Subject: [Internationalist Books] EVENTS: Screening, Rev. Billy, Local Media
  • Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 14:05:30 -0500

Internationalist Books & Community Center
405 W Franklin St
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
919-942-1740
http://internationalistbooks.org/

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23 - 'INDEPENDENT VOICES' SCREENING @ IBOOKS, 7pm

Please join us for an Independent Voices screening this Thursday at 7pm,
followed by a discussion hosted by Indyvoices producer Elena Everett! We
will feature segments on the legacy of environmental justice activist
Nan Freeland, the campaign against the death penalty in North Carolina,
and the upcoming SURGE conference in Durham.
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28 - READING: REVEREND BILLY TALEN @ IBOOKS, 7pm

Next Tuesday at 7pm come hear Rev Billy Talen read from his book 'What Should I Do if Reverend Billy is in My Store'? Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Gospel Choir believe that Consumerism is overwhelming our lives. The corporations want us to have experiences only through their products. Our neighborhoods, "commons" places like stoops and parks and streets and libraries, are disappearing into the corporatized world of big boxes and chain stores. But if we "back away from the product" - even a little bit, well then we Put The Odd Back In God! The supermodels fly away and we're left with our original sensuality. So we are singing and preaching for local economies and real - not mediated through products -- experience. We like independent shops where you know the person behind the counter or at least - you like them enough to share a story. Remember children... Love is a Gift Economy! -- The Rev

The Church of Stop Shopping is based in New York City. We are a 501(c) not for profit organization staffed almost entirely by volunteers (just like I-books!). http://www.revbilly.com/
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1 - AGAINST THE GRAIN: EXPLORING GRASSROOTS AND LOCAL
MEDIA @ IBOOKS, 7pm

Join us for for this year’s first “Against the Grain: networking local
alternatives”. In the current climate of questionable democracy and
corporate dominated news, finding different and autonomous means for
creating and disseminating news has never been more critical. Join us on
March 1st at 7pm as local media-makers and activists from Triangle Free
Press, The People’s Channel, Independent Voices, Underground magazines
and publishing houses discuss the projects they are a part of. Find out
everything from the technicalities of publishing to the broader visions
and political projects and problems underpinning them.

AGAINST THE GRAIN: Networking Local Alternatives
Chapel Hill and the surrounding area are filled with organizations,
groups and businesses that are daily enacting ways of living within and
against the current system. Collective bookstores, cooperative living
communities, biofuel collectives and experiments in public television,
we are all involved—albeit differently—in projects that attempt to make
the world a better place as we get on with our daily lives and work.
Too often, however, we do so without a recognition about how many
others are out there doing amazing things, we miss out on the potential
learning and growth we could all get from one another if we told our
stories and though together about the possibilities, problems and goals
of our projects—both individually and collectively as part of a larger
movement and community.
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8 - DR WILLIAM MANSON: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF POWER @ IBOOKS, 7pm

What can Freudian psychiatry tell us about the hidden motivations of political leaders? The compulsive drive for power may in itself be symptomatic of a serious personality disorder - with devastating consequences for humanity and the world. Please join Internationalist in welcoming psychoanalytic anthropologist Dr. William Manson as he explains why he believes President Bush is a "psychopathic narcissist." For an alternative perspective, the psychiatrist Justin Frank's new book 'Bush on the Couch' will also be discussed.
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THURSDAY, MARCH 16 - READING: 'BIG MISTER, LITTLE MISTER, BABY SISTER' @ IBOOKS, 7pm

On March 16th Internationalist Books will welcome first-time author, and mother of four, Renee Piccirillo as she reads from her books 'Big Mister, Little Mister, Baby Sister.' Finally a book about nursing and a nursing mom. As a mother, Piccirillo got tired of never having a children's book at home that demonstrated to her older children a nursing family like the one they knew. For mothers with older children and a new baby, this book helps explain why mothers nurse. 'Big Mister' also celebrates children's individuality, showing how great it is to do things just the way you do them no matter how different it is from others. We hope to see you, and your little ones, there!
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SATURDAY, MARCH 25 - READING & DISCUSSION: 'TOGETHER WE DO GOOD WORK' @ IBOOKS, 7pm

Ibooks welcomes Sara Gomez as she discusses her travels and her book, 'Together We Do Good Work.'
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS -- SOUNDSCAPE MOVEMENT FEST

The 2006 SoundScape Movement Fest is currently accepting submissions for
performers, teachers and volunteers for Thursday May 18 to Sunday, May
21st. The SoundScape Movement Fest will foster the education and art of
live music and dance collaboration. It is a two-track event featuring
educational based workshops highlighting all aspects of production.
Workshops range from improvisation, sound/audio production, video
production, grant-writing and screen printing. The festival will feature
nightly performances by local and touring artists at several diverse
venues including the Nightlight, the Carrboro ArtsCenter, the Local 506,
Balanced Movement, Carolina Fitness, and the Internationalist Bookstore
& Community Center. Our mission is to provide an alternative environment
for ground-breaking provocative, and artistic collaborations.

Please send all proposals for workshops or
performances and video materials to:
Alexis Mastromichalis
208 A. Purefoy Rd.
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
info at soundscapefest.org
919.923.7910
Deadline: March 15, 2006
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