RTP-area local music and culture

[Internationalist Books <ibooks AT internationalistbooks.org>]

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

Tonight from 5:30 to 9:30pm at the Carrboro Town Commons for the 
Immigrants Rights Strike:

Potluck at 6pm
Music and square dancing at 7pm
Screening of 'The Princess Bride' at 8pm.

Join us at Internationalist Books at 5pm for a march/walk/bike to
the event in Carrboro!
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APRIL 26 & MAY 3 - MINI FILM SERIES: PERMACULTURE @ IBOOKS, 7pm

For two consecutive Wednesdays Internationalist Books is happy to
present a series of films on the topic of permaculture courtesey of
local resident Greta Lee.  Interested in permaculture?  Come in and
check out our selection of books & magazines.

April 26 --
'The Global Gardener' with Bill Mollison: Four 30-minute segments on
subtropical, dryland, temperate and urban systems.  A classic!

May 3 --
'Farming with Nature': An Austrian couple demonstrates a highly
productive permaculture system on a steep Alpine slope (30 mins).

'The Synergistic Garden': French permaculturist, Emilia Hazelip, shows
organic no-till gardening and explains the basis of true soil health (30
mins).

'Urban Permaculture': Dr. Bill Roley introduces his coastal paradise in
southern California.  Also shown is a food forest in Mexico in its early
phases (30 mins).
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SATURDAY, MAY 6 -- SCREENING & DISCUSSION: 'LIVING ROOM' @ IBOOKS, 7pm

This Saturday night Internationalist Books is proud to welcome Liz 
Simmons and Courtney Kallas, creators of the documentary "Living Room: 
Space and Place in Infoshop Culture."

We live in a society where public places that people feel like they are 
an active part of and can use for non-economic purposes are increasingly 
rare. Public spaces where people can go in order to feel like a part of 
a community and to participate in creating a transformational culture of 
resistance to the dominant society are even more rare. One exception to 
this general scarcity of alternative public spaces is the emergence of 
Info-shops in urban centers across the United States - and indeed around 
the world. Info-shops are community spaces that facilitate access to 
traditionally marginalized information while providing a physical space 
for people to build creative projects of resistance to current forms of 
destruction and domination.

The film focuses on six infoshops: the Lucy Parsons Center in Boston, 
Breakdown Book Collective & Community Space in Denver, Jane Doe Books in 
Brooklyn (RIP), the Long Haul Infoshop in Berkeley, The Back to Back 
Worker-run Cafe in Portland, OR, and the Wooden Shoe in Philadelphia. We 
decided to approach the film from a point of view interested in 
interrogating the importance of place and space in relation to 1.) 
peoples daily lives in urban areas 2.) the creation of activist 
movements for social change 3.) the decline of open/free public, 
non-commercialized space 4.) ways that privilege and oppression are 
manifest physically in space 5.) ways in which people participate in 
place-making exercises and/or resist feelings of placelessness.
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MONDAY, MAY 22 -- READING: MICHELLE TEA @ NIGHTLIGHT, 7pm

Whoa, a big one.  Stay tuned for flowery description...
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SATURDAY, JUNE 3 -- CARRBORO BOOK FAIR @ THE ARTS CENTER

Stay tuned...


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MAY 18 - 21 -- SOUNDSCAPE MOVEMENT FEST

The 2006 SoundScape Movement Fest (Thursday May 18 to Sunday, May 21st)
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.

CONTACT:
Alexis Mastromichalis
208 A. Purefoy Rd.
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
info at soundscapefest.org
919.923.7910
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*WHAT IS PRISON BOOKS*

The Prison Books Collective is a new prisoner support group forming in
the Chapel Hill/Carrboro area.  Like the dozens of other similar groups
around the country, it will provide thousands of free books, at request,
to prisoners throught the southeast.  By providing educational,
political and legal resources, we can support people behind bars, show
solidarity with their struggles, and fight against the alienating and
destructive effects of the US prison system.

But we need your help!  We currently have a space to work out of, but
are in need of books and money for shipping.  We're also going to need
lots of eager volunteers to help package and mail books.  If you would
like to help organize or support this great project please go to
www.prisonbooks.info.
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*INTERNATIONALIST BOOKS IS HIRING*

Internationalist Books and Community Center is hiring a part-time
bookstore manager to start June or July 2006.  This is an awesome
opportunity to work in a non-hierarchical, flexible, and challenging
environment advocating social, environment and economic justice; to meet
and work with incredible and inspirational individuals and groups within
the community and nation-wide; and to gain valuable experience managing
a volunteer-run non-profit collective. The two year position is for 20
hours/week at $10/hour.  Women and people of color are strongly
encouraged to apply.  Applications (a cover letter and resume) are due
by May 19 and may be submitted in person at the store or sent to
info at internationalistbooks.org.

Applicants should be willing to contribute creatively to the ongoing
growth of the Internationalist and should be committed to priciples of
social justice, cooperation and mutual aid.  The Bookstore manager will
focus primarily on day-to-day operations such as finances, inventory,
and volunteer coordinating and must therefore be an independent and
self-motivated worker.  Other responsibilities may include fundraising,
membership, public relations, and events coordination.  General
familiarity with computers is a must, knowledge of Quickbooks is a plus.

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