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Tuesday, April 1: April Fool's Day. The eighteenth annual April Fools' Day Coronation of the King of Fools will be marked by a parade down Fifth Avenue, from 59th Street to Washington Square Park, beginning at 12 noon, Tuesday, April 1st, 2003. "April Fools may have started in France in 1564. April 1 used to be New Year's Day in France, but in 1564 the beginning of the new year was changed to Jan. 1. People who continued to celebrate the April 1 New Year were called "April fools" and people began to play jokes on them. They would send them to buy "sweet vinegar" (there's no such thing) or find a stick with only one end. Some scholars point out that April Fools' Day is similar to a portion of the Hindu festival of Holi. This five-day holiday is celebrated with bonfires and dancing. Unsuspecting people are sent on fool's errands on the final day, March 31. Sweden, Portugal, Scotland, and England also have similar customs." (Sharon J. Huntington, The Christian Science Monitor, March 25, 2003) Tuesday, April 1: NATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS MARCH ON WASHINGTON Defend Affirmative Action! Save Brown v. Board of Education! APRIL 1, 2003 - WASHINGTON, DC - Rally starts at 9am at the Supreme Court - E. Capitol & 1st Street NE For more info, see http://www.bamn.com/wdc Tuesday, April 1: 11:00am Miller Center Forum on "Islam and U.S. Policy Post 9/11" featuring John L. Esposito, founding director of the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown U. Free (contributions are welcomed). Additional info (434) 924-0921. Tuesday, April 1: Noon to 1:00pm April Fool's Day Demonstration on the four corners of Barrack's Road and Emmett Street. Sponsored by the Charlottesville Center for Peace and Justice Tuesday, April 1: 7:00 pm Interfaith Peace Forum at Maury Hall, Room 209, UVa. Sponsored by the Christian Science Organization, the Muslim Students Organization and the Quaker Worship Group. Addiitional information: email to John Petersik Representatives of different faiths will speak about the nature and significance of peace and ways to achieve it; general discussion to follow. Speakers will include UVA Professor of English Chip Tucker, visiting Christian Science lecturer Patti May Cangiano, and a Muslim speaker TBA. Tuesday, April 1 through Saturday, April 5: Free screenings of Bowling for Columbine, Michael Moore's Academy Award winning documentary film. Through Friday, April 4th at 8:00; Saturday, April 5 at 10. At the UVa Cinematheque in Newcomb Hall. Wednesday, April 2: Panel Discussion follows screening of Bowling for Columbine -- see details April 1. Panel to include Ira Bashkow (Anthropology), Rosalyn Byrne (Technology, Culture and Communication) and participants from American Studies. Additional information: Ira Bashkow, (434) 924-7059 or via email. Thursday, April 3: Vigil to protest the scheduled Virginia execution of Brandon Wayne. Noon, in front of the Charlottesville Circuit Court, 315 East High Street. Additional information: Virginia Rovnyak, (540) 456-6930 or the VADP website.
Thursday, April 3: TAKE BACK THE NIGHT AT U.VA  Rally at 6 pm at the U.Va. Rotunda, followed by march and vigil at approximately 8:30 p.m.  Details: The National Organization for Women at UVa is cosponsoring Charlottesville's annual "Take Back the Night". Please join the women and men of U.Va. and the community at this event to protest violence against women. Friday, April 4: Last Saturday, University of Virginia President John Casteen informed the Student Living Wage Campaign (SLWC) that he has no plans to meet and discuss a living wage for the university's direct and contracted workers. Casteen's refusal to address the issue comes just weeks after the Student Council voted unanimously to ratify a resolution in support of SLWC and, more importantly, after his own pledge to support the cause personally. In response to the administration's ostensible willingness to employ university staff (who are disproportionately female and African-American) at poverty wages, the SLWC is holding a press conference on April 4th at 12:30 on the North Lawn of UVA. The event, intended to stimulate concern for the plight of university staff, will be headlined by students, faculty, staff, and others who will illuminate the moral, economic, and racial aspects of the issue. Friday, April 4: 11:00am Miller Center Forum on "Religion and American Foreign Policy after 9/11" featuring David Little, Professor of the Practice in [sic] Religion, Ethnicity and International Conflict at Harvard Divinity School. Free (contributions are welcomed). Additional info (434) 924-0921 Sunday, April 6: Spring forward! Remember to set your clocks ahead one hour. Tuesday, April 8: The Cuban
Government is Offering Full Scholarships to US Citizens to Study Medicine
in Cuba !! Carol Cross will present a slide show at an informational meeting
about Cuba's medical school offer and an overview of the Cuban medical system
on Tuesday, April 8 at 7:15 p.m. at the Thomas Jefferson Unitarian-Universalist
Church, 717 Rugby Rd. A Beans & Rice Dinner precedes the presentation
at 6 p.m. $5 suggested donation for dinner. Tuesday, April 8: Lewis Black, Comedy Central and Will Durst, political comic will appear along with Moderator Howard Mortman, producer of Hardball with Chris Matthews, at Old Cabell Hall (Note change of place and time) at 8:00pm [Part of the National Symposium Series on Political Humor, sponsored by the Center for Politics and the University Programs Council at the University of Virginia.] Although the event is free and open to the public, tickets are required, and can be obtained (two per person) at the Newcomb Hall Ticket Office before 5:00 pm on Monday, April 7 or Tuesday, April 8.  Wednesday, April 9: Vigil to protest the scheduled Virginia execution of Earl Bramblett. Noon, in front of the Charlottesville Circuit Court, 315 East High Street. There will also be a silent vigil at the Friends Meeting House on Forest Street at 8:45 pm and a prayer vigil in Lee Park at 9:00pm. Additional information: Virginia Rovnyak, (540) 456-6930 or the VADP website. Thursday, April 9 - Friday, April 10: Digital art in its broadest definition graces the Fayerweather Gallery at the University of Virginia, all the art there pieced together through an international exchange of ideas.In some cases, that electronic mail correspondence is the only thing "digital" about the art. Students have created everything from prints to sculpture to film for the "Panorama" show.  Visiting professor Bogdan Achimescu used his connections at home in Poland to initiate a semester-long exchange between his Studio Art classes and students at the Fine Arts Academy in Krakow."Panorama" is unlike other student art shows for reasons beyond this creative diplomacy. The culminating events on April 10 and 11 will feature multimedia presentations by Arthur Tajber, Brian Kennedy and John W. Ford - world-renowned artists and part of the "international school of loose affiliation," according to Achimescu. Friday, April 11: 8:00pm William H. Rehnquist, Chief Justice, United States Supreme Court will speak at the UVa Law School Caplin Auditorium. Admission is free but reservations are required: (434) 295-4784. Sponsored by the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression. Saturday, April 12: The 30th Anniversary season of the City Market begins at 7am until noon at the H&R Block Parking Lot on Water Street. The market runs every Saturday this year through October 25, but it will be cloased April 26 for the Dogwood Parade. The market welcomes new vendors. For more information, call 970-3271. Saturday, April 12: Commemoration at Monticello of the 260th Anniversary of Thomas Jefferson’s Birth. This outdoor ceremony at Jefferson’s gravesite will include remarks by former Virginia Supreme Court Justice John Charles Thomas, performances by the U.S. Army's Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps, and wreath laying by representatives of local, state, and national institutions. 11:30 a.m., Cemetery. Free. Saturday, April 12: "March for Freedom" to show support for President Bush and the troops. Begins at 10:10 am at Rio Hill Shopping Center and features parade and celebrity speakers. Sunday, April 13: Thomas Jefferson's Birthday Award of the Jefferson Muzzles by the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression. Sunday, April 13: MARCH ON WAL-MART TO PROTEST THE SALE OF EASTER BASKETS WITH WAR TOYS Sunday, April 13, 2 p.m. at WalMart on route 29 Details: A number of major retail outlets are stocking Easter baskets with toy hand grenades, knives and assault rifles. "A lighthearted and fun gift," one merchant called it. Protesting patrons have influenced the removal of some of these offensive Easter gifts at other store chains, but WalMart is still stocking them. Wal-Mart says "We share in the pride of all Americans toward our service men and women and are offering to our customers these Easter baskets with military toys." Screen printed T-shirts which read "War is not the answer" ($5 for students, $10 for professionals) will be available at the protest. Tuesday, April 15: The National Symposium Series, sponsored by the Center for Politics and the University Programs Council at the University of Virginia, will host “The Politics of Political Humor” panel at Newcomb Hall Theater at 7:00pm. This event is free and open to the public, and seating is first come, first served. Doors open at 6:00 p.m., and the event will be covered by C-SPAN. -- Matt Cooper, TIME Magazine The event will be moderated by Larry Sabato. Tuesday, April 15: Tax Day Leafletting at the Charlottesville Main Post Office, Route 29 North in Albemarle County, 4:00 to 5:00pm. Leaflets "show percentage of taxes for military spending and what you can do about it." Sponsored by Charlottesville Food Not Bombs Thursday, April 17: AUTHOR FRANCES FITZGERALD TO GIVE LECTURE "BUSH AND THE WORLD" AT UVA from 4-5:30 pm in Rm. 301 Wilson Hall About Frances Fitzgerald: Fitzgerald has been recognized with a Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the Bancroft Prize for History for her work in the area of cultural history and politics. Author of "Fire in the Lake" and "Way Out There in the Blue: Reagan, Star Wars, and the End of the Cold War", she is also an accomplished writer who has worked as a journalist in the U.S., Vietnam, the Middle East, Europe, Central America and the South Pacific. Thursday, April 17: "Late Marriage" playing at OFFScreen at 9:30 PM, also April 19 at 5&7 PM. Zaza, the 31-year-old son of Georgian immigrants in Tel Aviv, is a problem child. He's successful, handsome, well mannered, but still without a wife. Including possibly the most honest sex sequence ever committed to film -- "watching this scene, we realize that most sex scenes in the movies play like auditions" (Robert Ebert) -- "Late Marriage" is at once a relentlessly frank, iconoclastic comedy of errors and a tragedy of the real. Israel/France, 2002, 100 min Saturday, April 19: David Saunier, Restorative Justice Coordinator, will speak at the Albemarle/Charlottesville Democratic Breakfast at 9:30 a.m. at Jefferson Area Board for the Aging on Hillsdale Drive. His topic will be "Repairing the Harm Caused by Crime." The event is open to the public. Monday, April 21: Eric Strucko will officially announce his candidacy for the White Hall District seat of the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors on Monday, April 21, 11:30AM, at the County Office Building (Preston Avenue and McIntire Road). The announcement will be in the lobby on the 2nd floor. For more, see his website. Tuesday, April 22: Earth Day. Tuesday, April 22 and Wednesday, April 23: BRUCE GAGNON SPEAKS AGAINST WEAPONS IN SPACE. Details: Bruce Gagnon will address the need to protest the weaponization of space and the use of nuclear weapons in a war with Iraq. Tuesday 7:00pm at the TJMC Unitarian Church, 717 Rugby Road, Charlottesville. Wednesday at 7:00pm in 215 Cabell Hall at UVa. For more information, contact Alex McGee; (434) 984-4459. Tuesday, April 22: David Toscano presents "Mall Makeover," a noontime review of plans for the proposed bus transfer station at the east end of Charlottesville's Downtown Mall. Location TBA. Information from the League of Women Voters: lwv@avenue.org Wednesday, April 23: Virginia House of Delgates Rob Bell's birthday. Also William Shakespeare's Birthday. Wednesday, April 23: 11:00am Miller Center Forum on "Islam, Muslims and Terrorism" featuring Farhang Rajaee, Associate Professor of Political Science and Humanities at Carleton U. Wednesday, April 23: Come see “Simpsons Mania” with Mike Reiss, co-creator of The Simpsons, at McLeod Hall at 8:15pm [Part of the National Symposium Series on Political Humor, sponsored by the Center for Politics and the University Programs Council at the University of Virginia.] Thursday, April 24: Pursuant to the Virginia Democratic Party Plan and the Call to Convention issued by the appropriate Legislative District Committees, any person who wishes to be a candidate for the Democratic nomination for either the 57th House of Delegates seat now occupied by Mitch Van Yahres, or the 25th State Senate seat now occupied by Creigh Deeds, must file a written declaration of candidacy, accompanied by a check made out to the Charlottesville Democratic Party for $500, with Lloyd Snook at 108 Fifth Street, S.E., Suite 307, no later than April 24, 2003, at 5:00 PM. If only one candidate prefiles for the Senate nomination, that person will be declared the nominee of the party and there will be no convention. If only one person prefiles for the House of Delegates nomination, that person will be declared the nominee, but we will still have a convention on May 29, 2003. I will have more details on that convention later. If you have any questions, please contact Lloyd Snook at 293-8185 or cvllelaw@ntelos.net. Thursday - Saturday, April 24-26: Blue Ridge-Southwest VirginiaVision Film Festival in Roanoke. Features films made in Virginia and artists, producers, directors, etc. from Virginia. Includes opening reception, movie presentations, and closing gala with awards ceremony. For ticket info, call 540-562-1713 or visit Film Office website. The Festival will feature films by John Johnson, who is also up for several awards. Friday, April 25: Albemarle County Spokeswoman Lee Catlin's birthday. Friday, April 25: 11:00am Miller Center Forum on "The Middle East after Saddam" featuring William Quandt, Vice-Provost for International Affairs and a Professor in the Department of Politics at UVa. Free (contributions are welcomed). Additional info (434) 924-0921. Saturday, April 26: March With Albemarle County Democrats in the Dogwood Parade Albemarle Democrats are number 62 in the parade. The parade begins at 10:45. People can show up at anytime before 10:45, but they should be aware that as the morning wears on, parking will be harder and harder to find... so they need to allow themselves enough time to walk! Look for Albemarle County Democrats at the intersection near the Alb. Cty Office Building. NBC-29 Dogwood Festival Parade 2002 – Downtown Charlottesville. Begins at 10:45 a.m. Travels east on Water Street, north on 7th Street, then west on Market Street to County Office Building. Marching bands, clowns, floats galore, Miss Virginia and the Dogwood Queen and her Court! Please pass the word along to any friends and neighbors who are not hooked up to the internet and who might also want to participate in the parade! Saturday, April 26 - Sunday, April 27: Charlottesville-Albemarle SPCAs Spring 2003 Rummage Extravaganza at the Former Moore's Lumber building, Rt.250 East at Pantop's (next to Clean Machine Car Wash), Charlottesville. Sneak Preview Sale : Friday, April 25, 5-9 p.m., $10 Admission Fee Rummage Extravaganza Sale: Saturday, April 26 thru Sunday, May 4 (Sat. & Sun. 11 to 6; M, T, W 11 to 7; Thurs. & Fri. 11 to 9) Sunday, April 27: (Time and Location To Be Announced) Rabbi Arthur Waskow will "speak out for peace." He is the founder and director of the Shalom Center. Sponsored by the Charlottesville Center for Peace and Justice Since 1969, Rabbi Arthur Waskow has been one of the leading creators of theory, practice, and institutions for the movement for Jewish renewal. He founded and directs The Shalom Center that focuses on Jewish thought, peace and protecting and healing the Earth. In 1996, Waskow was named by the United Nations a "Wisdon Keeper" among forty religious and intellectual leaders who met in connection with the Habitat II conference in Istanbul. Sunday, April 27: Thirty-four graduating seniors from six area high schools are the first in their families to go on to higher education. You're invited to celebrate these "first generation" college students at a lunch on Sunday, April 27 at 2 at the Monticello Event and Conference Center. They have been groomed by Project Discovery, a MACAA program. Tickets are $20. to make a reservation, call Christina Mennella-Fulsom at 295-3171. Sunday, April 27: ORGANIZATION OF A CHAPTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION OF THE USA An organizational meeting for a chapter of the United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA) will be held this coming Sunday afternoon, 27 April, at 3:30, at the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Church - Unitarian Universalist (717 Rugby Road). Anyone interested in the creation of a UNA-USA chapter in Central and Western Virginia is encouraged to attend this meeting.  The UNA-USA is a nonprofit nonpartisan organization that supports the work of the United Nations and builds public support for U.S. engagement in the U.N. The web site is www.unausa.org. Support for the U.N. is especially important in these perilous times when some segments of American society seek to undermine the U.N. and U.S. participation in it. A chapter here would join 175 local chapters in the U.S. in creating a national constituency for the U.N. and its programs. If you are interested in joining this local chapter but cannot attend the meeting, or if you have questions regarding the meeting or the programs and objectives of the UNA-USA, please contact Helen or Al Reynolds (hareyn@aol.com, 296-0673). Sunday, April 27: "Russian Ark" playing at OFFScreen at 7&9:30 PM. A technical and stylistic tour-de-force, "Russian Ark" is composed of one 96 minute shot -- no cuts, no editing ... simply the longest unbroken take in the history of cinema. Shot in St. Petersburg's cultural treasure, the Hermitage, Alexander Sokurov's ("Mother and Son") film explores all of Russian history from Peter the Great to the present through the eyes of a 19th-century diplomat and a contemporary filmmaker. "A magnificent conjuring act, an eerie historical mirage evoked in a single sweeping wave of the hand" (New York Times). Monday, April 28: A few folks in town are getting together to support Howard Dean for President. They are meeting for lunch at Bodos on Preston Avenue Monday, April 28 at 11:30 AM. Please let everyone know that anyone can show up and join the local "Dean Team". More information about Dean can be found at www.deanforamerica.com and www.dean2004.meetup.com and www.dean2004.blogspot.com Wednesday, April 30: The Fluvanna County League of Women Voters Presents: Are We Secure? Emergency Preparedness in Fluvanna County from the National, State and Local Levels Wednesday, April 30, 2003, 7 PM, Middle School Cafeteria Speakers: National: Judith Mueller, Director of Public Works, Charlottesville; member of 14 member 'Homeland Security ' group; State: George Foresman, Deputy Assistant to the Governor for Commonwealth Preparedness (has been invited); Local: Shelley Wright, Coordinator of Fluvanna County Emergency Preparedness Group; Hazards: Marge Sidebottom, Director of Emergency Management for UVA. Coordinates among hospitals in our area, UVA, Charlottesville and Albemarle County. Trained for all hazards: chemical, biological, nuclear, radiological and cyber. Available for Questions from the audience: Audience Questions; 8-9 PM - 3 minutes per person Terrorist Alerts: Red- Severe; Orange- High; Yellow- Elevated; Blue-
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