Sunday, October 02, 2011

Upcoming events in the Asheville area this week


UPCOMING EVENTS

ONGOING:  OCCUPY WALL STREET ASHEVILLE --for more information, call 828-348-7989 or visit Facebook page “OccupyWallStreetAsheville”   From the Media Group...This Week's Schedule - Every day we will...
5:00pm Meet at Pritchard Park for daily picket march
5:30pm Begin picket to selected route/location
7:00pm General Assembly at Pritchard Park

Today's (Sunday) camping is on Wall Street. We will revisit the location at Monday's GA.

10/04/11 BRAZIL’S NEW POWER IN THE AMERICAS AND THE WORLD
Learn how Brazil overcame crippling inflation and a failing currency to become one of the world’s fastest growing economies as Ernesto Araujo, Minister-Counselor at the Brazilian Embassy, presents “Brazil’s new power in the Americas and the world” at UNCA Reuter Center at 7:30 PM.  More info at unca.edu or 251-6600.

10/5/11 SIERRA CLUB MEETING
“Sustainable transportation:  a future worth creating” a discussion on energy and transportation issues.  UNCA professor Dave Erb will lead the discussion, and present an overview of these issues.  Social is at 7 PM and program starts at 7:30 PM.  Location is Unitarian Universalist church in Asheville, at the corner of Charlotte and Edwin Streets.

10/05/11 SOLDIERS HEART
Dr. Ed Tick (author of “War and the Soul”) will be speaking about healing the wound of war.  This will be held at All Souls Episcopal Cathedral in Biltmore Village at 7:30 PM.

10/05/11 WARREN WILSON ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP LECTURE SERIES
David Pimentel, author of “Food, Energy and Society,” and a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at Cornell University, will speak Oct. 5 at Warren Wilson College as part of the Environmental Leadership Center’s Fall Speakers Series. His free public presentation, titled “Food, Biofuels and the Environment,” begins at 7 p.m. in the Warren Wilson College Chapel.  Pimentel’s research spans the fields of energy, population ecology, biological pest control, sustainable agriculture, environmental policy and land and water conservation. He is professor emeritus of ecology and evolutionary biology at Cornell University, where he earned his Ph.D.  More information at http://avl.mx/5d or 298-3325

10/06/11 FREEDOM PLAZA IN WASHINGTON DC
Join thousands to protest wars and injustice on the tenth anniversary of the US invasion of Afghanistan.  Stop the machine, create a new world!  More info here:  http://october2011.org/statement   Also,
Occupy Wall Street is ongoing in many cities now, including Asheville.

10/06/11 VETERANS FOR PEACE MEETING
Time is 6:30 PM and location is VFP HQ at the Phil Mechanic Studios: 109 Roberts Street (the corner of Haywood and Roberts), Asheville. VFP CHAPTER 099: http://vfpchapter099wnc.blogspot.com/

10/06/11 to 10/08/11 PERFORMING ARTS COLLECTIVE PRESENTS “SHOTGUN”
This play is set in post-Katrina NOLA.  In “Shotgun” a white man and his teenage son rent half of a shotgun duplex from an African-American Woman, and her father, who has lost his home in the Lower Ninth Ward has moved in with her.  The two families find that more than just a wall runs between them.  This will be held at the BeBe Theater at 7:30 PM and tickets are $15.  Some of the proceeds will go to Building Bridges.  This is cosponsored by the Asheville YWCA.  Call 828-275-2093 for more information or to reserve tickets.

10/07/11 ANNIVERSARY OF TEN YEARS OF WAR IN AFGHANISTAN

10/08/11 to 10/09/11 MARCH ON U.S. SOUTHERN COMMAND
Join us on October 8-9, 2011 in South Florida and at the gates of the U.S. Southern Command in Miami, Florida as we demand:  NO BASES, NO 4TH FLEET, BUILD BRIDGES, NOT BASES.
http://soaw.org/component/content/article/39/3686-october-2011-march-on-the-us-southern-command

10/09/11 ASHEVILLE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF WOMEN MEETING
The next NOW meeting will be at the Roof Garden of the Battery Park Apartments from 3 to 5 PM.  Contact Debbie at AshevilleNOW@live.com for more information.

10/11/11 PRIMARY ELECTION DAY

10/14/11 MOVIE NIGHT AT U.U. CHURCH IN ASHEVILLE
This month’s movie will be “Gasland” which is about fracking in the USA.  A representative from NC Clean Water will share NC legislation updates and NC actions. Time is 7 PM, and U.U. Church is located at Edwin & Charlotte Street.  Donations accepted.

10/14/11 ASHEVILLE COMMUNITY THEATRE
"John Muir Among the Animals", Oct, 14, 7:00 pm at Asheville Community Theatre, actor Lee Stetson, sponsored sponsored by Sierra Club of WNC and WNC Alliance.

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