RTP-area local music and culture

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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) Internationalist Annual Member Meeting at Nightlight!
2) more upcoming events at the store!


1) INTERNATIONALIST ANNUAL MEMBER MEETING AT NIGHTLIGHT!

You're invited to join us on Sunday in celebrating our 27th year as a  
progressive community institution at our Annual Member Party!

This Sunday, October 12th from 6 to 8 PM at Nightlight (405 1/2 W.  
Rosemary St., Chapel Hill), we'll be looking back over our last year  
and planning the next one. The evening will include updates about the  
store's finances, events, inventory, and projects, discussions about  
the future of the store including the possibility of finding a new  
location, and elections for our board of directors. We'll conclude the  
evening with a screening of a documentary film about Internationalist  
founder Bob Sheldon, filmed shortly after his death in 1991. There  
will be free food from the Mediterranean Deli, Margaret's Cantina, and  
more, as well as free wine from a local vineyard.

Anyone who has purchased an Internationalist membership in the last  
year is invited to attend. Not a member yet? You can join at the  
meeting! Visit our website at www.internationalistbooks.org for more  
details. Come help shape the future of Chapel Hill's progressive  
activist resource center!


2) MORE UPCOMING EVENTS!

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

MON 10/20, 7:00 PM: ROLLING THUNDER #6 RELEASE PARTY!
Come to the release party for the sixth issue of locally produced  
anarchist magazine Rolling Thunder!  Contributors and editors involved  
in the magazine will be on hand to present on some of the themes of  
the issue, talk about the process of compiling the magazine, and  
discuss the current state of direct action movements in the US. THERE  
WILL ALSO BE SNACKS AND SMALL TALK!  The new issue features an  
analysis of new models developed by animal rights activists to target  
abusive corporations, a photoessay documenting the construction of an  
autonomous social center in Sweden, a discussion of the role of proper  
support structures in communities of resistance, and the tale of  
Mikhail Bakunin's daring escape from exile in Siberia, among other  
things.

TUES 10/21, 7:00 PM:
Don't miss this thrilling evening of queer indie folk/pop as three  
Philadelphia songsters bring their unique blend of harmony, melody,  
and fabulosity to Chapel Hill!

Dave End (myspace.com/daveend) sings, by his own description, "queer  
cupcake-loving honesty pop" - passionate acoustic jams that are  
simultaneously heart-warming and heart-breaking. Emily Bate  
(myspace.com/emilybate) sings wrenchingly gorgeous melodies  
accompanied by intricate guitar, ukulele, xylophone, and other  
instruments in her energetic and evocative songs. Laura Rabbit  
(myspace.com/maplerabbit) prefers their cuteness with edge, their  
politics with glitz and stop-motion, and their drum machines with  
careful harmonies. Expect matching outfits, melodies that will stick  
with you for days, and lyrics about everything from school picture day  
to the end of the world.  Also performing will be the  
Internationalist's very own Flying Winnebago  
(myspace.com/flyingwinnebago), who plays "music for free thinkers,"  
clever and engaging acoustic tunes that'll make you laugh, make you  
dance, and make you think.

No cover, but we'll pass the hat to support the touring dreamboats.  
Wear your fanciest drag and let's show those big-city kids how  
fabulous down south can be!

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.

WED 11/19, 7 PM: FILM SCREENING + DISCUSSION WITH FILMMAKERS: "TROUBLE  
IN THE WATER"
A young African-American man deals with racial alienation from within  
his own community in this powerful short film that has been named an  
official selection for both the Eugene International Film Festival and  
the San Diego Black Film Festival, among others. "Trouble In The  
Water" deals with complex subjects like self-mockery and racial  
identity in a sensitive and localized manner, but still forces viewers  
to think about the issue on a larger scale. The film has been aired  
locally on PBS' Carolina Visions and Time-Warner's Second Cinema. Now  
Internationalist Books & Community Center is not only pleased to  
present the film, but to also have a Q&A session afterwards with  
creators Jim McQuaid and Roger Edwards. Come out for an insightful  
discussion on a challenging topic that does not get the regular  
attention that it deserves.

For more information about the film, the issue and the creators, visit  
www.troubleinthewater.com.


ONGOING EVENTS:

RADICAL MENTAL HEALTH COLLECTIVE
Join us every Sunday at 6 PM for the weekly meeting of the Radical  
Mental Health Collective, Sundays at 6pm. This group provides  
discussion and support for people around mental health issues, based  
on a model developed by the Icarus Project (theicarusproject.net). For  
more information, please email rileysparkles AT gmail.com.

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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