RTP-area local music and culture

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Our apologies, the last email announcement went out with the wrong  
date for the "Consuming Culture" performance, it's on Monday --  
please come!

Internationalist Books & Community Center
405 W Franklin Street
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
919.942.1740
Open 11 AM to 8 PM, Mon-Sat; 12 to 6 PM Sun
www.internationalistbooks.org

IN THIS EMAIL:
1) "Consuming Culture" performance is Monday the 18th, not the 19th!
2) other upcoming events at the store!


MON 8/18, 7:00 PM: "CONSUMING CULTURE: A Story of Halves and Have-Nots"
Join us at the Internationalist for a potluck and exciting multimedia  
performance!  A pair of puppeteers travel from Philadelphia to San  
Francisco, stopping along the way to unpack an evening of provocative  
shadow theatre and half-bred antics around the politics of food.  
While governments spar with their people and each other, climates  
shift, culinary traditions collapse, and we find Anna Whitehead and  
Michelle Posadas navigating their giant refrigerator through the  
rising tides of the global food crisis. Singing songs and telling  
stores that will make your mouth water and your head spin, Anna and  
Michelle include us all in their coffee table conversation about our  
roles in the current food epidemic and what is to be done... or undone.

Anna Whitehead is a writer, painter, and performer who occupies most  
of her time making music under the guise of Jailbird Thunderheart.  
She has taught puppet, parade and mural arts to adults and kids and  
regularly collaborates with her peers in performances about  
gentrification, ownership, immigration, history, and female  
sexuality. Anna is on her way to earning a MFA in social practice and  
visual criticism at California College of the Arts.  Michelle Posadas  
combines her skills as a visual artist, sculptor, puppeteer, parade- 
maker, designer, photographer and videographer to tell personal
stories that connect to larger issues. Her work touches on the War in  
Iraq, Hurricane Katrina, and the history of resistance movements in  
the Philippines, all woven in between her own family narrative.  
Posadas is a storyteller and teacher who brings communities together  
through collective art making and activism.

All events take place at the Internationalist (405 W. Franklin St.)  
unless otherwise noted.

TUES 8/19, 7 PM - THOREAU: "WALDEN NOW!" (RADICAL THINKERS LECTURE  
SERIES)
Join us at Internationalist Books and Community Center for an ongoing  
series of lectures and discussions on subversive thinkers. Starting  
August 19th, every Tuesday night at 7 PM at 405 W. Franklin St. in  
Chapel Hill, we will host radical intellectual historian William  
Manson, PhD, for a weekly series of in-depth examinations of thinkers  
ranging from Thoreau to Freud. Each evening will feature the  
screening of a 28-minute video lecture about the fundamentals of a  
philosopher?s thought and their contributions to radical critiques of  
society, followed by a lively facilitated discussion about the  
contemporary relevance of their ideas.

FRI 8/22, 7:30 PM: ACOUSTIC CONCERT / SHORT FILM / IWW FUNDRAISER!
Join us at Internationalist Books for a rousing night of union songs,  
impassioned discussion, learning about the International Workers of  
the World, and raising money in solidarity with IWW activists!

On August 11th, 2007, a peaceful march in solidarity with immigrant  
workers facing miserable conditions organized by the Providence, RI  
chapter of International Workers of the World (IWW) was brutally  
attacked by police. Two IWW members, Alexandra Svoboda and Jason  
Friedmutter, were arrested simply for participating, and Svoboda  
suffered severe injuries to her knee and leg during the unreasonable  
arrest. Now, almost a year later, the two activists still face legal  
charges while Svoboda has accumulated over $100,000 of medical bills.  
Activists around the country are mobilizing to raise awareness about  
the injustice and to raise money towards their legal and medical  
costs. Here in Chapel Hill, you can get involved at this exciting  
event at the Internationalist!

The evening will feature radical acoustic union songs from local  
musician Dan Mac, followed by a short film about the IWW and  
information about radical union struggles as well as the  
demonstration and police brutality. We'll pass the hat to help  
support our comrades in Rhode Island while we plan strategies to  
pressure the Providence police to drop all charges and pay  
restitution for their life-threatening aggression. Don't miss this  
opportunity to support the interlocking struggles for justice against  
immigrant exploitation, crackdown on unions, police brutality!

SAT 8/23, 2 PM: CHILDREN?S AUTHOR READING WITH STEPHEN RABURN:  
"ISOBEL AND HER DAD TAKE A TRIP TO THE MOON"
Join us at Internationalist Books for a fun-filled, all-ages  
afternoon with local author Stephen Raburn, as he reads from his new  
children's book, "Isobel and Her Dad Take a Trip to the Moon."  A  
young girl and her father decide to spice up the summer a little by  
embarking on a great adventure - a trip to the moon. After building a  
rocket ship and surviving a wrong turn that almost leads the pair to  
Mars instead, Isobel and her dad arrive on the moon, where Isobel  
meets a young moon girl named Maya. The two become fast friends, as  
Maya shows Isobel all around the moon, making stops at the Luna Moth  
Museum and the Moon Pie Factory, playing hide and seek in the  
craters, and explore Mons Huygens (the highest point on the moon).  
After a day filled with fun and thrills and newfound friendship the  
two little girls must say goodbye. Isobel and Maya promise that  
they'll write to each other and that someday, Maya will visit Isobel  
at her home in North Carolina.

Durham resident Stephen Raburn's background and training is in the  
field of child psychology. He is known as a zealous advocate for the  
rights and needs of children and has spent most of his adulthood  
leading child-serving nonprofit organizations. Along the way, he has  
written dozens of articles (most of which have a more serious tone  
than this book) that have appeared in newspapers, magazines and  
professional journals. This is his first children's book. Proceeds  
from the sale of the book will be donated to children's charities.

TUES 8/26, 7 PM - SOCRATES: "DISSENT AND INTEGRITY" (RADICAL THINKERS  
LECTURE SERIES)
Join us at Internationalist Books and Community Center for an ongoing  
series of lectures and discussions on subversive thinkers. Starting  
August 19th, every Tuesday night at 7 PM at 405 W. Franklin St. in  
Chapel Hill, we will host radical intellectual historian William  
Manson, PhD, for a weekly series of in-depth examinations of thinkers  
ranging from Thoreau to Freud. Each evening will feature the  
screening of a 28-minute video lecture about the fundamentals of a  
philosopher?s thought and their contributions to radical critiques of  
society, followed by a lively facilitated discussion about the  
contemporary relevance of their ideas.

FRI 8/29, 5:30 PM: HOUSE PARTY/DOCUMENTARY SCREENING- "NEW ORLEANS:  
PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE?" Want to help ensure a sustainable recovery  
for New Orleans and the Gulf Coast? Mark your calendar to head to our  
house party to protect the Gulf's natural storm defenses!

The third anniversary of Katrina is fast approaching but the Gulf  
Coast and its communities still need help. Levees are just not enough  
to protect coastal communities from powerful hurricanes. Natural  
storm defenses, such as wetlands, coastal forests, and barrier  
islands, are essential to the survival of these vibrant Gulf Coast  
communities yet every 35 minutes we lose a football fields worth of  
wetlands to erosion. Strong leadership is required to restore the  
coastal wetlands and you can help convince our nation's leaders to  
take action by joining us at a screening of "New Orleans: Past,  
Present, Future?" by Walter Williams.  This moving series of three  
short films that document the evolution of our coastal wetlands  
crisis and the solutions for our survival. The film and event are  
sponsored by the Gulf Restoration Network, a network of  
environmental, social justice, and citizens' groups and individuals  
committed to restoring the Gulf of Mexico to an ecologically and  
biologically sustainable condition.

TUES 9/9, 7 PM - FREUD: "REPRESSION AND THE UNCONSCIOUS" (RADICAL  
THINKERS LECTURE SERIES) Join us at Internationalist Books and  
Community Center for an ongoing series of lectures and discussions on  
subversive thinkers. Starting August 19th, every Tuesday night at 7  
PM at 405 W. Franklin St. in Chapel Hill, we will host radical  
intellectual historian William Manson, PhD, for a weekly series of in- 
depth examinations of thinkers ranging from Thoreau to Freud. Each  
evening will feature the screening of a 28-minute video lecture about  
the fundamentals of a philosopher?s thought and their contributions  
to radical critiques of society, followed by a lively facilitated  
discussion about the contemporary relevance of their ideas.

THURS, 10/16, 7:30 PM: "CARBON FREE HOME" AUTHOR READING! Join local  
authors Rebekah and Stephen Hren as they read from their new book,  
"Carbon Free Home: 36 Remodeling Projects to Help Kick the Fossil- 
Fuel Habit."  More information coming soon!

WED, 10/29, 7 PM: JEFFERY BEAM READS FROM "BEAUTIFUL TENDONS:  
UNCOLLECTED QUEER POEMS, 1969-2007"
Renowned poet and Hillsborough resident Jeffery Beam will bring his  
latest collection of riveting, passionate poems to Internationalist  
Books!  The Beautiful Tendons: Uncollected Queer Poems 1969-2007  
brings together more than three decades of lyrical, metaphysical Gay  
poetry from native North Carolinian Jeffery Beam. The vast majority  
of these poems are unpublished in any of his previously published  
books, but were originally published in many of the most important  
gay magazines & anthologies of the latter half of the 20th century.

ONGOING EVENTS:

INTERNATIONALIST PRISON BOOKS COLLECTIVE
The Internationalist sponsors a program that sends free books and  
literature to people incarcerated in Mississippi and Alabama.  Since  
2006 the Books to Prisoners collective has mailed educational  
materials to thousands of prisoners, building solidarity with  
networks of activists inside and out of prison agitating for justice  
and alternatives to the prison system, while meeting a direct and  
urgent need.  There are many ways to get involved:

-Come fill requests at the weekly book-wrapping, which takes place  
every Sunday from 1-4 PM at 218 N. Graham St. in Chapel Hill.

-DONATE books by dropping them off at the Internationalist!   
Particularly in demand are dictionaries, thesauruses, African- 
American history, culture, and fiction, self-help, Spanish language,  
GED/education, and more (paperbacks only).

For more information, check out www.prisonbooks.info.

NEW LOCAL SKILLSHARE / FREE SKOOL!

Do you like to make stuff, learn things, and teach others? A local  
Skillshare/DIY/Art Collective, Free Skool, Radical Event Bulletin,  
and Space/Material/Tool Share is being formed.  This is a way for  
local creative types to find each other to make and do stuff  
together. There are a lot of innovative, skilled, and imaginative  
people in this area. Let's pool our knowledge, skills, and resources  
to exponentialize our creative input and output.  So if you want to  
make masks or soap or vegan liqueurs or a rope ladder or a mud oven  
or collaged formal wear or tamales or hula hoops or pretty much  
anything else, or find others to play soccer or practice tai chi  
with, or host a workshop on blowing glass or screen-printing, or  
organize a potluck or salon, or just put out an idea to the  
community; check this thing out. This is a way to get your desires  
out of your head and into the awareness of lots of other like-minded  
local people. Let's get together for the artistic and practical.   
This is completely non-commercial and local.  The website is http:// 
people.tribe.net/papokha.  (Please email papokha AT gmail.com to make  
postings or with any questions.)




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