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  • Subject: [Internationalist] New holiday items, volunteer showcase, Greece discussion, and more!
  • Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:17:44 -0500

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) New holiday items now in stock!
2) Benefit pie-baking contest/puppet show/concert!
2) Volunteer Showcase Performance!
3) Discussion about the riots in Greece
4) more upcoming events at the store!


1) NEW HOLIDAY ITEMS NOW IN STOCK!

We've got a bonanza of new holiday items in stock here at the
Internationalist! Come in from 11-8 Mon-Sat or 12-6 Sun to check out
an array of exciting books, magazines and 'zines, gift cards,
calendars, planners, posters, T-shirts, and more! Some of the latest
arrivals:

-Bread and Puppet 2009 calendars
-Syracuse Cultural Workers 2009 Peace Calendars
-social justice gift cards by local photographer Tim McGloin
-Bike-themed T-shirts from Microcosm Publishing
-Peace and Social Justice-themed posters
-and TONS MORE!

And coming later this week: Nikki McClure 2009 Calendars!


2) BENEFIT PIE (AND DATE) AUCTION/PUPPET SHOW/CONCERT!

All proceeds will benefit legal costs resulting from the police attack
on the November 21st dance party/funeral for capitalism.

Pies will be auctioned off, and winners get a blind "date" with the
pie-maker. Bring a pie to auction or some cash to bid with. (vegan is
encouraged, but all pies are welcome)

Friday, Dec 12
7pm @ the Hillsborough Road Co-op
621 Hillsborough Rd in Carrboro

Following the pie auction:
a puppet show reenactment of Nick's arrest
Dan Mac on guitar
a theatrical death sentence for capitalism
loud punk bands, Verso and From the Depths
a fire show
a dance party

--a full moon, and a full night of community fun and entertainment--


3) SAT, DEC 13th, 7 PM: VOLUNTEER SHOWCASE PERFORMANCE!

This exciting, free event will feature performances by
Internationalist Books and Community Center volunteers! There will be
everything from music played on piano, banjo, and guitar to various
other performances. Comfirmed performers include:

Seamus McGillicuddy (a.k.a. Nick) - old-time, Irish, and folksy banjo
tunes with a queer twist

Flying Winnebago - music for freethinkers; witty and well-constructed
acoustic tunes (www.myspace.com/flyingwinnebago).

Maddie Miller - she's awesome and she plays piano!

and more...


4) DISCUSSION ABOUT THE RIOTS IN GREECE

Join us at the Internationalist on Monday, December 15th at 7 PM for a
discussion with interested local radicals about the recent riots and
insurrections in Greece. We'll talk about the historical and
political context, what's been happening and what might happen, and
ways to support the upheaval with action here in the US.


5) MORE UPCOMING EVENTS!

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

SAT, 12/13, 7 PM: VOLUNTEER SHOWCASE!
See above!

MON, 12/15, 7 PM: DISCUSSION ABOUT THE RIOTS IN GREECE
See above!

SAT, 1/10/09, 9 PM: INTERNATIONALIST BENEFIT CONCERT/DANCE PARTY WITH
L IN JAPANESE!
Come shake it with Internationalist Books at Nightlight (405 1/2 W.
Rosemary St.) from 9 PM to the wee hours as we celebrate with local
hip hop/DJ sensation L in Japanese! All proceeds at the door will
benefit your favorite progressive community center and bookstore. More
info coming soon!

TUES, 1/26, 7 PM: "TO THE HOUSE OF COLLATERAL DAMAGE"- WILLIAM LA
RICHE READING!
Join Internationalist Books for an exciting and evocative reading with
acclaimed poet William La Riche, as he reads from his latest work, "To
the House of Collateral Damage: Centuries of the Civilian Dead."

This incredibly ambitious, book-length poem takes on the modern
problem of war. The poem's great achievement is that it situates our
own age, not as a golden age, but as one notable for its harshness and
brutality, especially towards noncombatants, as well as for the beauty
of the language that can be found to describe and understand that
brutality, and perhaps to change it. Homer's *Iliad* and Virgil's
*Aeneid* allow us, two and a half millennia later, to experience the
complexity and contradictions of the ancient world. La Riche proposes,
boldly, to observe and judge our own world through the contradictions
of our relationship to war. Read more at
http://www.sevenstories.com/book/?GCOI=58322100785310.

William La Riche was a Fulbright Scholar and has lectured at New York
University and Princeton University in art and architecture over the
years. His previous book *Alexandria: The Sunken City* is about the
largest underwater excavation of all time. He lives in New York City.


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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