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Wednesday, October 1 - Saturday, October 4: Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride On October 1st, the University of Maryland Baltimore Campus will welcome the Freedom Riders at noon. Bible Way Temple in Washington, D.C. will welcome the Freedom Riders at 6:30 p.m. On October 2nd, there will be a March in Solidarity at Farragut Square in Washington, D.C. at 7 p.m. For more information, call the Metro DC Labor Council, AFL-CIO at 202-857-3410. The ride will culminate at a mass rally October 4th in Flushing Meadows Park in Queens, New York. Wednesday, October 1: October is The Arc's Month! For the month of October, every time you buy a sundae at the Ben & Jerry's at Barracks Road, $.50 will be donated to The Arc of the Piedmont! The Arc is a service and advocacy agency supporting people of all ages with or at risk of mental retardation and developmental disabilities. Proceeds will help to fund services assisting people with disabilities to be fully participating members of our community. The Arc encourages you to have a Sundae Party in October -- invite 6 of your best friends to join you for sundaes at Ben & Jerry's! Have fun, have a sundae, and support The Arc! Christina Delzingaro Wednesday, October 1: Tickets go on sale for the March 25th Virginia Festival of the Book Luncheon. The speaker will be Clyde Edgerton. For more information, call 434-924-6890. Wednesday, October 1: 6:00 - 8:00 pm. Join Special Guest Tim Kaine at a reception in honor of Hunter McGuire, Democratic Candidate, Virginia House of Delegates 56th District. At the First Colony Winery, 1650 Harris Creek Road Charlottesville. Wine Tasting and Hors d'oeuvres. Hosted by Randolph McElroy Jr. RSVP/questions to Michael Murphy (804) 307-8415. Wednesday, October 1: Dean Meetup Day in Charlottesville at 7 pm at Gordon Avenue and Mudhouse on the Downtown Mall and at 8:30 pm at Newcomb Theater at UVa. Signup (www.dean2004.meetup.com) or just show up! THREE meetups Wednesday October 1: Gordon Avenue Library 7 PM, Mudhouse on the Downtown Mall 7 PM and UVA (8:30 at Newcomb Theater). Invite friends. Dean supporters are nearing their goal of 450,000 members and $15 million raised this quarter. Thursday, October 2 - Thursday, October 9: Annual "Fall Foreword" Book Week. The various bookstores in Charlottesville donate to the Virginia Festival of the Book, and we invite everyone to visit their favorite bookstores and buy books during this week. I know so far that UVA Bookstore will have a reading on October 2. Barnes and Noble will have several readings, October 2-9 and will have a voucher system by which a percentage of purchases made during the week will go to VABook! We invite people to check the VABook! website at http://www.vabook.org then go to the menu and find "Literary Links" and then the "Central Virginia Literary Calendar for more information on specific readings. In fact, we invite everyone to go to the Central Virginia Literary Calendar all year to check out readings and other book events around the state. Nancy Coble Damon Friday, October 3: Bike to Work Day  All CTS vehicles are equipped with bike racks. Bring your bike aboard on October 3rd and ride for free! 7:30 - 10:30 AM - Stop by City Hall or Jordan Hall * Free breakfast for cyclists Sponsored by the City of Charlottesville, Commuter Information, the County of Albemarle and University Health Systems. Commuter Information is CTS, JAUNT, RideShare, UTS and Greene County Transit. Toll Free (888) 974-5500 www.CommuterInformation.com
Friday, October 3: James M. Cannon speaks at the Miller Center at 11 a.m. His topic will be "President Gerald Ford: His Political Realism for a World in Conflict." Saturday, October 4 - Sunday, October 5: Monticello Wine Festival at Boar's Head Inn. From 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. There will be live music by Jimmy O and Tim and Steve Ryalls. For more information, call 296-4188, ext. 21. Saturday, October 4: International Rescue Committee's 2nd Annual 5K Run. Registration begins at 7am, the run promptly at 8. Registration is $15 and you even get a cool t-shirt! They will start and finish at Trinity Presbyterian Church at the end of Fontaine Ave. The route is up and down Camp Holiday Trails Road. Come support the fine work of the IRC, get some exercise and eat a bagel or two! Saturday, October 4: Time: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm Location: Albemarle County Office Building. Corner of McIntire and Preston.  Description: Annual American Military History Weekend. Period displays from Jamestown through Desert Storm including Revolutionary War soldiers, Civil War Surgeon & artillery, U.S. Cavalry, WWI trench bunker WWII vehicles, modern day military & more! Admission. Saturday, October 4: EXPLORING HETEROSEXISM: A One Day Workshop Sponsored by: Out Youth of the Blue Ridge and the Virginia Organizing Project When: Saturday, October 4th, 10:00 AM-4:00 PM For more information contact Ellen Ryan at Virginia Organizing Project (434) 984-4655 or eryan@virginia-organizing.org EXPLORING HETEROSEXISM provides an opportunity for participants to reflect on their personal experiences and explore their questions about social attitudes and public policies concerning gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, and transgendered people. The session is intended to bring together people ranging in age from high school students to senior citizens to deepen their understanding of barriers to the acceptance of GLBT people in many areas of society, as well as consider ways to foster acceptance and equal rights for all people. There will be a pot-luck lunch, so please bring some food to share. There is no charge for the workshop, but donations to Out Youth and VOP will be accepted. Please register for the workshop by e-mail or phone no later than Wednesday,
October 1st Enrollment is limited to 20 people. To help with planning for
the workshop, please let us know your approximate age when you register: Email: eryan@virginia-organizing.org Phone: 434-984-4655 Saturday, October 4th: The Jefferson School Task Force invites you to a COMMUNITY MEETING on the future of the Jefferson School site. We want to hear YOUR thoughts about possible development on the vacant areas of the Jefferson School property, and future uses for the building, such as Learning Center, Multi-service Center, Library ... Date: Saturday, October 4, 2003 For more, see original announcement for cancelled meeting on September 20th. Saturday, October 4: Thomas Jefferson and Natural History Walk at Monticello Thomas Jefferson's passion for gardening arose from his truly wide-eyed curiosity about natural history. Peggy Cornett will lead this two-hour trek through the forests of Monticello mountain.  Participants will examine autumn wildflowers, seedpods and nuts, trees, mammals, birds, the skies, fungi, insects, and geology with the historical perspective of the sage of Monticello ever in mind. Please wear sturdy shoes. Reservations required; call 434-984-9822. Meets at Monticello Garden Shop, 9:30 a.m. $10 Saturday, October 4 - Sunday, October 5: October 4 - 5: Fall Fiber Festival & Montpelier Sheep Dog Trials. Displays, demonstrations, and workshops focused on the fiber arts, organized by The Fall Fiber Festival of Virginia, Inc. Saturday - 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Sunday - 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Fee. For information: 434/296-8533 [from Virginia] or 800/784-9285 [outside of Virginia]. Additional information is available online at www.fallfiberfestival.org Monday, October 6: William Quandt will speak at the Miller Center at 11 a.m. His topic will be "Taking Stock in the Middle East: Six Months after the Fall of Baghdad." Monday, October 6: The close of books to register to vote in the November 4, 2003 General Election is October 6, 2003 at 5 p.m. Monday, October 6 - Friday, October 10: "In observance of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the Shelter for Help and Emergency sponsored "Silent Witness: A Visual Memorial" on the lawn of the Albemarle County Office Building ...  The exhibit featured cut-outs with biographies of men and women killed by domestic violence" (C-villeWeekly, October 14, 2003)  Tuesday, October 7: California Recall Tuesday, October 7: Oliver North is 60 years old today. Tuesday, October 7: Former Lt. Governor Don Beyer will be at Johnson School on Cherry Avenue from 7 to 9 p.m. to talk about Howard Dean.  Beyer is the National Treasurer of the Dean Campaign. Wenesday, October 8: "WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE": from crisis to metamorphosis... a meeting of minds for the rescue of American ideals Meeting on Wednesday, October 8, 7 p.m Gordon Avenue Library Do you think America is in crisis? Economically, environmentally, educationally... morally? If your answer is yes, then you must ask yourself, "Can I make a difference? Can I make this a better country? Can I change the world?" Ask it right now. How did that make you feel? Was there a powerful surge? Was there even a glimmer of hope? Do you really believe you could make a difference? The fact is, one individual is all that has ever made a difference! Why not you? Why not now? Sure, you can dream up reasons why you can't. But you can dream up even more reasons why you can... and why you should. The composition of a crisis is one part danger, one part opportunity. Our nation, our values, and our very future are in danger. We are no longer a bastion of hope and freedom for the downtrodden and needy in the world. The once noble goals of the Founding Fathers have been replaced by greed, malice, ignorance and a mutually-destructive detachment from reality. But you can do something about it--locally, nationally, and globally. You are invited to make a difference. Join those in your community who have decided, "We're not going to take it anymore!" Don't wait until the 2004 elections to make change happen. Bring your energies, your ideas and your like-minded friends to the Gordon Avenue Library on Wednesday, October 8th at 7PM. Think with your hopes, not your fears. Find the opportunity in our national crisis. Make your life a statement of possibility. See you on October 8th. Brian Wimer, Wenesday, October 8: Dennis J. Kucinich's 57th birthday. For his birthday, Dennis Kucinich organized "a national fund-raising effort at, of course, $57 a pop. 'We played it big on the Web as it was approaching,' said Mr. Kucinich's campaign adviser, Jeff Cohen. 'We got boatloads of checks.' The day's take totaled $70,281" (Political Points, The New York Times,, November 30, 2003). Thursday, October 9: Earlysville Area Residents League Candidate Forum, Broadus Wood Elementary School, 7:30pm Thursday, October 9: "The Democratic Party's 10 presidential candidates will be in Phoenix on Thursday for a 90-minute debate. The debate is the third of six set up by the Democratic Party in the countdown to balloting that begins in January with the Iowa caucus. CNN anchor Judy Woodruff will moderate, and the network's Candy Crowley and Jeff Greenfield will serve as the only panelists. The nationally televised event will run from 5 to 6:30 p.m. [8 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. locally] Also, CNN's "Inside Politics" will air live from downtown's Orpheum Theatre." (Tucson Citizen, October 6, 2003) Friday, October 10: A. Linwood Holton, Jr. will be speaking at the Miller Center at 11 a.m. His topic will be "Getting There - Getting Started: Campaigning and Governing". Friday, October 10: Dorothy I. Height, 91, a Richmond native and a major figure in the U.S. civil rights movement, will speak at the University of Virginia on Friday, Oct. 10. “A Conversation with Dorothy I. Height” will be held at 4 p.m. in Alderman Library’s McGregor Room and will be followed by a reception. The event, co-sponsored by the University Library, the U.Va. Office of African American Affairs, the Carter G. Woodson Institute for Afro-American and African Studies and the University’s Minority Rights Coalition, is free and open to the public. Height also will sign copies of her recently published book, “Open Wide the Freedom Gates: A Memoir,” in the library’s Stettinius Gallery. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Contact the Office of University Relations at (434) 924-7116. Television reporters should contact the TV News Office at (434) 924-7550. Saturday, October 11: BANDS AGAINST BUSH INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ACTION - CHARLOTTESVILLE Join us for a full day of free music rocking against the Bush administration! Bands Against Bush (BAB) is an international resistance movement advocating the use of music, art and culture to create a more just and equitable world. BAB is calling for an international day of action on Saturday, October 11th 2003. In Charlottesville, there will be a free concert in the Old Michie Building Courtyard, located at 609 East Market Street, from 12:00 –5:00pm. This concert is free and open to the public. Featured bands include: The Lilas (featuring Lauren Hoffman), All of Fifteen, Civil War Re-Enactors, and Those Crazi Bruce Lee Power Kicks, Folkskunde, Las Gitanas, and The Jamminites. From 1:30 – 2:30 pm there will be an open microphone for people wishing to read or speak. For more information, visit BandsAgainstBush.com. Saturday, October 11: Bessie Carter invites you to a reception at her home with special guest, Sen. Mary Margaret Whipple, for Voices for Women, an organization that champions the issues that matter most to women. Redlands The event is free. RSVP to Karen Kolber at kekolber@yahoo.com or (757) 425-8895. Saturday, October 11: Mt. Zion Baptist Church will sponsor a music performance featuring Grammy-nominated recording artist, Ann Nesby, as well as several choirs at the Charlottesville Performing Arts Center Saturday, October 11th, 7:00 pm. Other performers include: Mt Zion Church Choir Tickets are $12.00 in advance and $15.00 at the door. Tickets can be purchased at Plan 9, Rose Hill Barber Shop, Foods of all Nations, and Martina's Hair Design at Preston Plaza. Proceeds will benefit the Mt. Zion building fund. For more info call 434.971.8616. Saturday, October 11 - Sunday, October 12: 13th Annual Garlic Festival at Rebec Vineyards in Amherst. Featuring Virginia grown garlic, Garlic King and Queen, Garlic cook-off, and more. Live music, arts, crafts, demos, and lectures. 10a.m to 5 p.m. $20/gate. Info: 434-946-5168. Sunday, October 12 - Saturday, October 18: Marriage Protection Week President Bush endorsed the "Marriage Protection Week," Oct. 12-18, that was announced last week by the Family Research Council, Concerned Women for America, Focus on the Family and representatives from over 20 other ultra-conservative, anti-gay organizations.
One of the coalition's goals is to build support for a Constitutional amendment to permanently deny civil marriage to same-sex couples. Please join the Human Rights Campaign in denouncing President Bush's endorsement of this politically motivated, mean-spirited attack on gay families. Visit http://www.hrcactioncenter.org/campaign/tell_president to send a message to President Bush! Please act right now. And after you've sent your e-mail, call the White House switchboard at (202) 456-1414. Ask President Bush to reconsider his endorsement of "Marriage Protection Week". Tell him that this is a false and misleading campaign to 'protect' families by fostering discrimination against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Americans. Ask him to oppose any attempts to build discrimination into the U.S. Constitution. Monday, October 13: Columbus Day Observed "The first recorded celebration of Columbus Day in the United States took place on October 12, 1792. Organized by The Society of St. Tammany, also known as the Columbian Order, it commemorated the 300th anniversary of Columbus's landing. The 400th anniversary of the event, however, inspired the first official Columbus Day holiday in the United States. In 1892, President Benjamin Harrison issued a proclamation urging Americans to mark the day. The public responded enthusiastically, organizing school programs, plays, and community festivities across the country. Columbus and the Discovery of America, Imre Kiralfy's "grand dramatic, operatic, and ballet spectacle," is among the more elaborate tributes created for this commemoration. The World's Columbian Exposition, by far the most ambitious event planned for the celebration, opened in Chicago the summer of 1893. Over the following decades, the Knights of Columbus, an international Roman Catholic fraternal benefit society, lobbied state legislatures to declare October 12 a legal holiday. Colorado was the first state to do so on April 1, 1907. New York declared Columbus Day a holiday in 1909 and on October 12, 1909, New York Governor Charles Evans Hughes led a parade that included the crews of two Italian ships, several Italian-American societies, and legions of the Knights of Columbus. Since 1971 Columbus Day, designated as the second Monday in October, has been celebrated as a federal holiday. In many locations across the country Americans parade in commemoration of the day." In New York City, the Columbus Day parade will be held at noon on fifth Avenue from 44th Street to 79th Street and will be telecast on NBC4. In Baltimore, Maryland, "The parade will feature comedian Don Novello in his best-known role as Father Guido Sarducci, the chain-smoking, trash-talking Vatican gossip columnist. The faux priest will ride in a Dodge Viper behind Columbus impersonator Don Castronova, organizers said. This year's parade is scheduled to start at 1 p.m. in Mount Vernon Square rather than in Federal Hill. Organizers said the change makes more room for spectators and parking. The parade will proceed south on Charles Street, then follow Pratt and President streets. Marchers will continue into Little Italy along Fleet Street, ending at Central Avenue. The parade will be followed by a sidewalk festival in Little Italy from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m." (The Baltimore Sun, October 11, 2003) Monday, October 13: Gaddis Smith will be speaking at the Miller Center at 11 a.m. His topic will be "The United States and Iraq: Reflections after Studying and Teaching Diplomatic History for 50 Years." Tuesday, October 14: Mindfulness Meditation Sponsored By Department of Family Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine
Tuesday, October 14: State Senator John Edwards, 21st District, Roanoke & Mr. John L. Hopkins Cordially invite you to join us As we honor our 24th State Senate District Democratic candidate Steven Sisson Hosted by Diane Workman Derzis -6 o'clock in the evening until 8:30 p.m.- Cave Hill Farm Bed & Breakfast Silent Auction Wednesday, October 15: The New Dominion Bookshop is hosting Donovan Webster for a reading and booksigning of his new book The Burma Road, the epic story of the China-Burma-India theater in World War ll, at 5:30pm. NDB Thursday, October 16: Governor Howard Dean will be the featured keynote speaker at Virginia's 11th Annual Kennedy-King Dinner at the Hilton Alexandria at Mark Center 5000 Seminary Road at 6 p.m. in Alexandria, Virginia. Friday, October 17: Fifth District Representative Virgil H. Goode, Jr. is 57 today. Friday, October 17: Aaron David Miller will be speaking at the Miller Center at 11 a.m. His topic will be "Is Arab-Israeli Peace Possible?"  Aaron Miller, president of Seeds of Peace, will speak about a cooperative endeavor of bringing Jewish-Israeli and Palestinian youth together for a 6-week summer program in Maine. Miller Center is located west on University Avenue/Main Street, continuing past Foods of All Nations, bear RIGHT under the train overpass, to the first drive on the RIGHT. Signs: Miller Center and Faulkner House. Parking is free at the Center along the driveway. Heena Reiter, Director Saturday, October 18: Albemarle/Charlottesville Democratic Breakfast William H. Wood will speak on "The Fall and (perhaps) Rise of the Virginia Democratic Party" at 9:30 a.m. at Jefferson Area Board for Aging. The public is invited. Bill Wood is the Executive Director of the Thomas C. Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership at the University of Virginia. Saturday, October 18 - Sunday, October 19: Grassroots America Defends the Bill of Rights Conference in Washington, D.C. Hilton Silver Spring Hotel (8727 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, MD 20910.
2.5 blocks away from the Silver Spring Metrorail station on the Red line).
Please call (301) 589-5200 or (800) 774-1500, and ask for Grassroots America
Conference rate. Confirmed speakers & panelists include Laura Murphy, Ralph Neas, Nancy Chang, Grover Norquist, Mahdi Bray, Kit Gage, Hilary Shelton, Bob Barr, Wade Henderson, Chellie Pingree, Jeanne Herrick-Stare, Alec Baldwin, James X. Dempsey, Nancy Talanian, Damon Moglen, Joe Volk, Dave Meserve (Arcata, CA), and dozens of grassroots heroes! Saturday, October 18: 1st Annual Mountain Cove Blues Festival, co-sponsored by the James River Blues Society. 11 a.m. -6 p.m., admission $10., under 12 free.  Three great acts, food and wine available. www.mountaincovevineyards.com Saturday, October 18 - Sunday, October 19: Plantation Community Weekend at Monticello Historic interpreters revive the sights and sounds of the early 19th century to Mulberry Row, the plantation "street" along which Monticello slaves lived and labored. Costumed artisans will interpret the trades and domestic skills practiced by Jefferson's enslaved and free workers. Included in price of general admission. Sunday, October 19: Autumn Big Woods Walk from 2 to 4 pm at Montpelier, Orange County. The guided tour, which will last approximately two hours, will take participants through the Landmark Forest, also known as the "Big Woods." The trees of the forest are up to 250 years old. The undisturbed forest floor harbors a large population of wildlife and is rich with native plant species. The Big Woods, a remnant of the original hardwood forests that once blanketed the Piedmont, was designated as a National Natural Landmark in 1987 by the U.S. Department of Interior.  There will be a $9 per-person charge ($5 for children) for this guided, reservations-only tour, which will be limited to 50 participants. The autumn Big Woods Walk is one of the most popular of the four guided seasonal walks held at Montpelier, so interested individuals are encouraged to reserve a space as soon as possible by calling the 24-hour Montpelier RSVP line [540.672.2728, press 6 to RSVP]. Sunday, October 19: Robert Michael Pyle at Ivy Creek Natural Area at 2:00 p.m. [Directions to Ivy Creek Natural Area: http://avenue.org/icf/located.html] ROBERT MICHAEL PYLE is a prolific author and naturalist who has held a wide range of professional positions, many of which help illustrate his interests and commitments. He has been a butterfly conservation consultant for Papua New Guinea, an assistant curator at Yale's Peabody Museum, the Northwest Land Steward for The Nature Conservancy, and guest professor or writer at Portland State, the University of Alaska, Evergreen State, and Lewis & Clark College. He has lectured for scientific, literary, and general audiences in many cities and countries, taught numerous field courses and creative writing seminars, appeared on NPR's E-Town, and been on the faculty of Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory.  His many books include WALKING THE HIGH RIDGE: LIFE AS FIELD TRIP (2000), CHASING MONARCHS: MIGRATING WITH THE BUTTERFLIES OF PASSAGE (1999), WHERE BIGFOOT WALKS: CROSSING THE DARK DIVIDE (1995), WINTERGREEN: RAMBLES IN A RAVAGED LAND (winner of the 1987 John Burroughs Medal for Distinguished Nature Writing), as well as nationally recognized field guides such as THE AUDUBON SOCIETY HANDBOOK FOR BUTTERFLY WATCHERS (1984) and PETERSON FIELD GUIDE COLORING BOOKS on INSECTS (1993) and BUTTERFLIES (1983). In addition he has co-edited NABOKOV'S BUTTERFLIES: UNPUBLISHED AND UNCOLLECTED WRITINGS (2000). He lives in the rural community of Gray's River, on a tributary of the Lower Columbia in far southwest Washington in the home he shares with botanist and silkscreen artist Thea Linnaea Pyle. For more information, contact Michael Lundblad, Sara Shallenberger Brown Fellow in Environmental Literature, ml2r@virginia.edu, 434-924-7859. Sunday, October 19: Magnificent Mutt Show: Sunday, October 19th, rain or shine Keswick Horse Show grounds, upper ring 8 categories, including "Looks Most Like Owner," "Best Dressed," "Least Obedient," and "Best Vocalist." The 3rd annual Sally Mead Memorial Trophy will be presented to "Best in Show." There will be food booths, vendors, dog snacks, face-painting, hair-beading, activities for both adults and children. All dogs must be spayed or neutered. Admission: $5 adults, $2 children Registration Fee (covers entry in up to 3 different categories): $20 Rapidly becoming one of the area's most popular autumn events. For more information, call the SPCA at 973-5959 Sunday, October 19: The University Democrats present Presidential Candidate Reverend Al Sharpton at 3:15 p.m. at Old Cabell Hall at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. The event is free and open to the public. Please arrive early to ensure seating. 2:00 PM: Jefferson Hall, University of Virginia. A reception in honor of Reverend Al Sharpton. Meet the Reverend, enjoy food and drink as well as take a picture with him. Cost is 25 dollars a person. Please contact Ryan Hughes: rhughes@virginia.edu to RSVP and for directions to Jefferson Hall. 3:15 PM: OLD CABELL HALL, University of Virginia. This event is free and open to the public. Reverend Sharpton will be speaking and answering questions. Please come early to ensure seating. Reception guests will be guaranteed admission. Sunday, October 19: Concert by the Oratorio Society of Charlottesville-Albemarle (TOSCA). On Sunday, October 19, at 3:30 PM, the Oratorio Society will perform Carl Orff's Carmina Burana, at the V. Earl Dickinson Center at PVCC. This is a fascinating 20th-century composition, based on poems that Orff found in a monastery. He set the poems to some beautiful and compelling music. Some of the poems are written in old Latin, some in old German, some in old French. If you have come to prior TOSCA concerts, when we have done someone's Requiem or Mass, and where we sing about very serious matters, all that I can say is that this is VERY different. The monks in the monastery apparently let their thoughts wander; some of the songs commemorate fortune and luck, some are drinking songs, some are love poems. One talks about "loosing the chains of ... virginity," and one talks in rather off-hand fashion about lying down with the Queen of England. Of course, since the poems are written in language that is not spoken any more, you probably can't tell that that's what the songs mean, but... The music is fun, beautiful, and technically quite challenging. Because many people may not be familiar with the work, our conductor, Lance Vining, will give a lecture in the auditorium at 2:30. Come early! Our soloists are, as usual, outstanding -- Robert Burner, baritone; Leslie Terrell Hamilton, soprano; and Daniel Snyder, tenor. Dan Snyder has sung with us a number of times before, including in the Verdi Requiem last spring. Tickets are $22.50. They are available at the door, or at Greenberry's at Barracks Road, the New Dominion Bookshop on the downtown mall, or a Mincer's on the corner. You can also reserve tickets by calling 996-3610 (it's a local call). Please note the location of the concert -- we're not at Cabell Hall, as we usually are. PVCC! Lloyd Snook Monday, October 20: Patricia Bomba will be speaking at the Miller Center at 11 a.m. Her topic will be "Collaborative Solutions to Improving End-of-Life Care." Monday, October 20: In tandem with the EVER conference on October 25th (see below), individuals are taking out an add (full page) in the Daily Progress - it will run on the 22nd. The statement will be as follows: The EVER Statement of Rights All people are created equal and are entitled to the basic rights now affirmed in democratic nations around the world. These rights include but are not limited to employment, housing, education, parental custody and adoption, and for partners: inheritance, hospital visitation and medical guardianship. These and all other rights to fair and equal representation and protection under the law are inviolable and should be held free from discrimination on any basis, including sexual orientation or gender identity. Therefore, we the undersigned, ask all Virginians who are truly committed to the democratic principles on which this nation stands, to promote a hate free society and to affirm those rights enshrined in the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights and existing law for all persons regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. They would like as many signatories as possible. If you wish to sign or if you wish to sign up others, they MUST use a signup sheet because it also serves as a release. The Daily Progress will not accept any name unless they have signed the form which has the one sentence release on it !!!!!!!! Must be received by the 20th to be published in the ad on the 22nd!! For more information about the sign up sheet contact call Rosie Smith at 823-6352. Tuesday, October 21: William P. Hobby will be speaking at the Miller Center at 11 a.m. His topic will be "Incivility in Public Life." Tuesday, October 21: Please join the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities (VFH) for a "Conversation with Senior Fellow William W. Freehling" on Tuesday, October 21, from 3:30 until 5:30 p.m. Professor Freehling's topic is "Did a Great Slave Power Conspiracy Help Cause Disunion in 1860-1861?" The seminar will be held in the downstairs conference room at VFH. The climatic chapters of Professor Freehling's Road to Disunion. Volume II. Secessionists Triumphant, 1854-1861 (the first volume, Secessionists at Bay, 1776-1854, was published in 1990) will include the controversial contention that a very real conspiracy in 1860-1861 had something to do with producing disunion. Historians usually agree that pre-Civil War Northerners believed that the slaveholders had controlled the Union's government for many years by deploying conspiratorial manipulation. Historians also usually agree that this Yankee belief in a so-called Great Slave Power Conspiracy helped produce Abraham Lincoln's election in 1860. Freehling's argument that such a conspiracy truly did exist, albeit only at the moment of revolution, will raise eyebrows among professional historians, who for decades have called such a conspiracy merely the figment of Northern imaginations, and among Southern lay people, who usually want to believe that the Southern majority eagerly embraced disunion, and without conspiratorial manipulations forcing their hand. Conversations with Fellows are held at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, 145 Ednam Drive, Charlottesville, Virginia. All Conversations begin at 3:30 p.m. and are followed by refreshments and an informal time for discussion and questions. Conversations conclude at 5:30 p.m. Directions to the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities: From the North, South, and East: take I-64 or Route 29 to 250 West. Take 250 West to the Boar's Head Inn. Turn left at the Boar's Head Inn sign. Make your first left, before the Inn. Come to the top of the small hill. The VFH is on the left. From the West: Take I-64 East to 29 North. Take 250 West. Follow directions above. For more information, please contact: Ann White Spencer Tuesday, October 21: Robert Michael Pyle at McGregor Room (Alderman Library, Special Collections, UVa) + reception at 5:30 p.m. [See also, October 19th.] Tuesday, October 21: On Tuesday at 7pm, come to the first March for Choice Meet Up! Please visit http://marchforchoice.meetup.com to participate. Meet Up allows you to choose locations in your area to meet other local activists in an informal setting. Connect with people who believe the time is right for a public demonstration of historic size in support of abortion rights and reproductive freedom for all women. Discuss organizing for and attending Save Women’s Lives: March for Freedom of Choice on Sunday, April 25, 2004. Save Women’s Lives: March for Freedom of Choice invites pro-choice individuals across the country to participate in the first Meet Up as an opportunity to discuss strategies and visions for organizing, forming delegations, and recruiting cosponsors. See what steps people have taken to encourage participation in the March, and learn how you can become more involved in this monumental event. We must unite and raise our voices to guarantee that Save Women’s Lives: March for Freedom of Choice on April 25, 2004 is the largest, most visible pro-choice demonstration in history. Join Us! Meet Up. Mobilize. March. For further information or questions about the March email info@marchforchoice.org. To sign up as a cosponsor, get the latest updates, register for the march or to donate visit us at www.marchforchoice.org. Thursday, October 23 - Sunday, October 26: Into The Woods  Thursday, October 23: Films by Kevin Everson / An Injury to One with artist
Kevin Everson Co-sponsored with OFF-Screen, this program includes Travis Wilkerson's experimental documentary An Injury to One (2002) and short video works by local filmmaker Kevin Everson. Sundance's favorite, Everson focuses on the relentlessness and beauty of everyday life as seen through the eyes of working-class African-Americans. Everson will present twenty brief but intense films made over the past eight years. Though fictional, these works mimic documentary in their naturalism and attention to the life, tasks, and gestures of their protagonists. An Injury to One chronicles the life of union organizer Frank Little and the turn of the century class struggles in the devastated landscapes of Butte, Montana. Interweaving archival data, computer generated material, and a forceful, fast-paced narration, Travis Wilkerson enlarges the Little affair into a powerful indictment of the excesses of capitalism. OFFScreen Virginia Film Festival (Oct. 23-26) Thursday, October 23: Larry Syverson, the father of two sons currently deployed to Iraq with their Army units and a member of Military Families Speak Out and Bring Them Home Now, will speak at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg on Thursday, October 23. Military Families Speak Out is an organization of people who have relatives or loved ones in the military and are opposed to the ongoing war in Iraq. It launched and participates in Bring Them Home Now, a campaign of military families, veterans, active duty personnel, reservists and others opposed to the war. Bring Them Home Now supports an end to the occupation of Iraq and the immediate return of all US troops to their home duty stations. Syverson, an environmental engineer who works for the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality in Richmond, has been interviewed on CNN’s Wolf Blitzer Reports and profiled by the Baltimore Sun. He spoke at the first Bring Them Home Now press conference in Washington, DC on August 13, and was recently featured in a full-page advertisement in the New York Times demanding the ouster of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. His appearance at the College will take place at 8:00 pm in Washington Hall Room 201 on the Jamestown Road side of the Sunken Gardens in the Old Campus. It is hosted by the Student Liberation Action Collective and sponsored by Amnesty International, the Student Environmental Action Coalition and the Community of Faith for Peace. For More Information: Bring Them Home Now Military Families Speak Out Directions and Maps Friday, October 24: Elisabeth Sifton will be speaking at the Miller Center at 11 a.m. Her topic will be "The Serenity Prayer: The Life and Work of its Author and Friends." Friday, October 24 - Saturday, October 25: Halloween at Montpelier.  Take a hayride and tour Montpelier's Haunted Barn, where ghosts and ghouls will meet you, along with treats for the kids. Recommended for children ages 7 through 12; an adult required with each group of children. $7.00 per person. For information: 540/672-0025. Saturday, October 25: Event: The Empowering Voices for Equal Rights (EVER) Conference Description: A conference and open forum with 14 workshops/panel discussions will be available exploring the rights and concerns of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender citizens. It is a place where people of diverse experiences, views, and convictions can share their concern for a loving and just society. The Human Rights Campaign's Donna Payne will be presenting on Civil Unions and Marriage. Featured keynote speakers are the MEL WHITE, cofounder of Soulforce, and DAVID NORTH, founder of the musical group, Gospel Celebration. Workshops/panel discussions in the morning and afternoon. Musical performances at opening and closing will feature the Women's Chorus and David North! Venue: Westminster Presbyterian Church, 190 Rugby Road Contact: Registration forms may be downloaded at www.everconference.org, or call Rosie Smith at 823-6352. Saturday, October 25: International March on Washington United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ) and Act Now to Stop War & End Racism (ANSWER) are joining forces to call on all those who oppose the war, invasion and occupation of Iraq, to unite on Saturday, October 25 in Washington, D.C., for a truly massive outpouring reflecting the growing popular opposition to the Bush Administration's foreign and domestic program. CCPJ will be renting a bus for the trip to D.C. which will depart from Charlottesville. Tickets are $10-20 (sliding scale) for students and $20 (more if possible) for adults. Extra funds are available to help pay for those in need. To reserve your space send your check made out to CCPJ to For more information, call or email Sarah at (540)456-6028 (this is a local call from C'ville) or lanzbrod@cstone.net . Also, check the UFPJ and ANSWER web sites at http://www.unitedforpeace.org and http://www.internationalanswer.org/ Saturday, October 25: Saturday October 25th, 1 pm, at the IGA building (across from the OMNI hotel), in conjunction with the Virginia Film Festival and The Fringe Festival. Tickets $7.50 regular, $6.00 students; available at http://www.vafilm.com and at the door. Reverend Billy is the creation of New York performance artist Bill Talen, who invented the ersatz televangelist to oppose transnational companies whose products and advertising were spawning a vast, violent mono culture. Starting at the Disney Store in Times Square in 1996, his lonely venture has spread to include a 30-voice choir and an international congregation. The Church of Stop Shopping now has chapters from Lithuania to Taiwan. Reverend Billy and The Church of Stop Shopping are directed by once local Savitri Durkee, whose performance and plays were produced in Charlottesville by Live Arts and Offstage Theatre, she performed with Foolery and is a founding member of the Zen Monkey Project. "Common sense is sweeping across the land. Paradise is at hand. Can this culture really pause in its shopping spree? Will obese consumers wander away from their flickering televisions and gingerly make their way across their front lawns, free of corporate shackles? Will the bullets come back up the barrels of the guns? Will the tourists withdraw from their killing fields? Is the nonsense of Consumerism revealed? Will the surreal TV movie of the Bush era give way? " -Reverend Billy Saturday, October 25: Apple Tasting at Monticello This annual event, truly a unique opportunity to explore the essence of the apple, has been among our most popular programs. Supermarkets today provide only a limited sample of the thousands of apple varieties once available to nineteenth-century fruit lovers. Tom Burford, Professor Apple, will provide numerous apple varieties, each introduced with a discussion of their history and culture, for participants to taste, judge, and savor. Reservations required; call 434-984-9822. Meets at the Tufton Farm nursery. $10 Saturday, October 25: Virginians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty invites you to attend Organizing the ¿ V E N A T L R I T A ? Alternative in Charlottesville, Virginia at Trinity Episcopal Church on 1042 Preston Avenue. Guest Speakers: Earl Washington Jr., the only man exonerated from Virginia’s death row; Kay Mirick, the VA State Official who has worked on Earl’s case; Margaret Edds, the author of An Expendable Man; The Near Execution of Earl Washington, Jr. Join Virginians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty for a gathering devoted to organizing and creating public awareness in the fight against the death penalty in Virginia!! This Conference will include five workshops about different aspects of the death penalty in Virginia and a special session for students on student organizing lead by Josh Noble of the ACLU. The conference will end with a panel discussion entitled Malvo and Muhammad Trials: Implications for Death Penalty Work in Virginia, devoted to focusing on the future direction of anti-death penalty work in Virginia. REGISTER TODAY! $15.00 for members and $ 10 for students. For more information on registration, conference speakers, and workshops: 1. Visit VADP’s website www.vadp.org (REGISTER ONLINE); 2. Call 434-960-7779; .3. Email office@vadp.org. There are funds to help cover conference costs for those who need it! VADP will try and help arrange transportation and housing as needed. Saturday, October 25 - Sunday, November 2: The Charlottesville-Albemarle SPCAs Rummage Extravaganza from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily at Former Moores Building, Pantops at Rte. 20 Need info? Want to volunteer? Call 295-2915 Just FYI: the Rummage Sale is the SPCA's largest fundraiser, providing a quarter to a half of the yearly operating budget. Cars & Trucks * Antiques * Collectibles * Art * Furniture * Clothing * Books * Computers Housewares * Linens * Office * TV/Audio * Garden * Sporting Goods * Toys (No Magazines, Encyclopedias, Tires, Paints, Mattresses, Flammables. Only clothes & computers in good condition, please) Sunday, October 26: Daylight Savings Time Time reverts to standard time and falls back one hour at 2 a.m. Sunday, October 26: 2-4 p.m.: The Lewis and Clark Exploratory Center of
Virginia will commemorate the 200th anniversary of the launching of the
expedition's keelboat. Darden Towe Park
2-4 p.m. near the Barn. Sunday, October 26: Lewis & Clark keelboat launch commemoration. 2:00 to 4:00 pm, Darden Towe Park, near the Barn. Refreshments, fun, presentation of the plans for the Center. Free. Sunday, October 26: The Sheriff of Charlottesville, Cornelia Johnson, invites you to take tea with Paul Garrett at her home, 1100 Hilltop Drive, Charlottesville, from 3:30 to 5:30. Information / RSVP 293-2510. Monday, October 27: Dylan Thomas's work will be celebrated in New York City and Wales between October 27, the poet's birthdate, and November 9, the 50th anniversary of his death. Monday, October 27: Mark E. Williams will be speaking at the Miller Center at 11 a.m. His topic will be "The Values of Long Term Care." Tuesday, October 28: The League of Women Voters of Charlottesville-Albemarle holds its October General Meeting on Tuesday, October 28th at 12 noon at the Monticello Event and Conference Center, 201 Monticello Avenue. UVA Professor Emeritus Clifton McCleskey will speak about Virginia politics - a subject he devoted a large part of his academic career studying and teaching. McCleskey earned his Ph.D. from Harvard University and joined the University of Virginia as a professor of American Government. His expertise is in the area of national institutions, political processes, and state and local government. McCleskey is the author of several books including: Political Power and American Democracy, The Government and Politics of Texas, and co-author of The Politics of Mental Health, as well as numerous articles in journals and books. Professor McCleskey is also past Director of the Institute of Government, and retired from the Woodrow Wilson Department of Politics at the University of Virginia. He continues to research, write, and remain active in politics and government. All members of the public are welcome. Lunch is available (vegetarian entrée upon request) for $8. To reserve a lunch, please call (970-1707) or email (lwv@avenue.org) by Thursday, October 23rd. Wednesday, October 29: HALE AND ABBITT TO DEBATE IN 59th The Fluvanna NAACP will host a debate for the House of Delegates candidates in the 59th District on Wednesday, October 29th at 7:00pm at the Fork Union Community Center. Allen Hale, the democratic challenger, and Watkins Abbitt, the independent incumbent, will debate issues concerning the state and the district. Members of the NAACP in Fluvanna and the surrounding counties of the 59th District are being invited, and the interested public is welcome. Candidates will field questions posed by a committee of the NAACP, plus questions from the audience. Thursday, October 30: Organizational information meeting for HOOS for Lieberman at 7 p.m. For more information, please contact Ilan Kaufer at igk5v@virginia.edu Thursday, October 30: The Miller Center will host Jon Rosenberg & Zach Karabell on October 30th. They are authors of a new book, "Kennedy, Johnson, and the Quest for Justice: The Civil Rights Tapes" based on recordings of Oval Office discussions about the civil rights movement now being published by the Miller Center . This book changes the way we look at Kennedy, Johnson, and civil rights in some surprising ways. The authors will appear at the Miller Center (plenty of free parking) on Old Ivy Road at 5 p.m., and then at Mt. Zion Baptist Church (new location, also with plenty of parking) at 7 p.m. In each case, they'll discuss their book, play excerpts from the formerly-secret recordings, and answer questions. Thursday, October 30: The Thomas Jefferson Center invites you to come hear William H. Hurd, State Solicitor for the Commonwealth of Virginia, discuss First Amendment Rights in the Political Realm at 7:30 p.m. at 400 Peter Jefferson Place [remaned 400 Worrell Drive] in Charlottesville, Virginia. Reception to follow. To reserve a seat, call 434-295-8784. Friday, October 31: Halloween Friday, October 31 - Sunday, November 2: 29th Annual Horstman Gold Cup Series/ GT Machine Grand Nationals Friday, October 31: W. Patrick Lang and Joseph C. Wilson IV will be speaking at the Miller Center at 11 a.m. Their topic will be "A Conversation between a Military Strategist and a U.S. Ambassador on Postwar Developments in Iraq." Friday, October 31: Charlottesville Critical Mass meets on the last Friday of every month at 5:30 pm at the Central Place fountain on the Downtown Mall. Wear a helmet. Drink water. Wear Halloween costumes. Friday, October 31: Grand Opening of the City Center for Contemporary Arts at 7 p.m. Wear a costume, bring a light and parade from Live Arts, Second Street Gallery or Light House to the corner of Water and Second Streets SE.  Ribbon Cutting and Opening Ceremony at 7:30 p.m. Open House from 8 p.m.
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