April: Multicultural Communication Month

Thursday, April 1: The newly formed Interfaith Gay/Straight Alliance will meet at the Friends Meeting House, 1104 Forest St., 7:15 pm. All are welcome. Call 979-2751 for information.

Friday, April 2: Retired Admiral William J. Crow, Jr. speaks at the Miller Center at 11:00 am. Topic: "An Iraq Perspective." Free and open to the public.

Friday, April 2: The Fate of the Arts symposium at UVa in the Dome Room of the Rotunda., 10:00 am. Scheduled events include: 11:00 am literary critic Terry Eagleton and literary theorist Krzysztof Ziarek. 2:00 pm philosopher Nicholas Wolterstorff. 4:00 pm poet Adam Zagajewski with a reading. Event continues tomorrow. Information (434) 924 0998.

Friday, April 2: Voter registration drive at Reid's Market on Preston Avenue, 2-6 pm. Sponsored by the Voter Education, Registration, and Mobilization Committee, as well as City Voter Registrar Sherri Iachetta and the KISS 92.7 crew. Treats for kids, as well as information on the restoration of voting rights for felons.

Friday, April 2: Independent Presidential Candidate Ralph Nader discusses "Corporate Power and You" from noon to 2 p.m. in Armstrong Concert Hall on Shenandoah University's main campus in Winchester, Virginia. (This event is sponsored by SU's Amnesty International group. The university is not endorsing any presidential candidate.) For info and directions: www.su.edu Free and open to the public.

Friday, April 2: Linda Greenhouse, New York Times Supreme Court correspondent, speaks on 'What Got Into the Court? Lawrence, Grutter, and Other Recent Surprises, and What They Mean.' 5:00 pm at the UVa School of Law Caplin Auditorium. Admission is free but reservations are required. (434) 295-4784. This is the sixth annual Henry J. Abraham distinguished lecture, sponsored by the TJ Center for the Protection of Free Expression.

Friday, April 2: Paintings by John Howard at C&O Gallery, 515 Water Street. Opening reception 5:30 pm - 7:30. (434) 971 7044 Show continues through the month of April.

Saturday, April 3: The Charlottesville City Market resumes operations -- from 7:00 am to noon each Saturday except April 24 (Dogwood Festival) through October 30. In the H&R Block Parking Lot, between Water and South Streets.

Saturday, April 3: The Fate of the Arts symposium at the University of Virginia continues (see Friday, April 2), in the Dome Room of the Rotunda. 10:00 am, former NEA chair Bill Ivey; 11:00am artist and critic Suzi Gablik; 1:00 pm poet Adam Zagajewski speaks. 2:00 pm panel discussion with all six participants. Information (434) 924 0998.

Saturday, April 3: MACAA's 17th Annual Men Who Cook! is April 3 from 6 - 10:30 PM at the Monticello Event and Conference Center. Tickets are $60 per person. Call Candy, Jewel or Jeff at 295-3171 for information. Food, beverages, dancing and silent auction.

Saturday, April 3: MCCPJ SALON at 7:30 pm In Charlottesville

TOPIC: "Need or Greed: Local Issues Examined" Issues: Meadowcreek Parkway, New Nuclear Reactors, Housing.

Please call or email if you would like to attend. Space is limited. Susan Oberman: 244-0714 or oberman@esinet.net

Saturday, April 3: "Brown v Board of Education: The Virginia Story." 9:00 am to noon at the Mt. Zion Baptist Church, 105 Lankford Avenue, Charlottesville. Free and open to the public.

Speakers include Christopher W. Schmidt, "The Brown Decision," and Kent Germany, "We've Alerted the Army: Kennedy & Johnson and the Crisis of Desegregation." Panel Discussion follows, with Vera Allen, Jim Bash, George Tramontin and Howard Allen. Sponsored by the Miller Center for Public Affairs at UVa and the Virginia Historical Society.

Sunday, April 4: Daylight Saving Time begins 2:00am

Sunday, April 4: Sunday Walking Tour of Montpelier Old Growth Forest from 2 to 3 p.m. Sunday Walking Tours of Montpelier Grounds and Gardens on the 4th, 11th, 18th and 25th from 2 to 3 p.m. For more information, call 540-672-2728 or email education@montpelier.org

Monday, April 5: Yang Jiechi, Ambassador of China to the U.S., speaks on U.S.-China Relations at 1:30 pm in the Dome Room of the Rotunda at UVa. Sponsored by the Miller Center.

Monday, April 5: Charlottesville Public Budget Hearing at 7:30 p.m. at City Hall. If you believe the Quality Community Council is a good use of your tax dollars, let your representatives on council know.

Monday, April 5: BRIEFING ON THE "CHARLOTTESVILLE CIVIL LIBERTIES PROTECTION ACT" from 7:00 - 8:30 pm

A talk by Ed Wayland, co-drafter of this Act.

LOCATION: McIntire Room, 3rd floor, Jefferson-Madison Library, 201 E. Market St., Charlottesville.

Ed will explain what the Act is, what it would do to protect area residents in relation to the USA Patriot Act, and why it is a good idea. Q and A to follow as well as a discussion of how to influence the City Countil to pass this Act, also known as an Ordinance.

Contact: Charles Murn, cmurn@hotmail.com or 296-4705

Tuesday, April 6: Paul Kengor speaks at the Miller Center at 11:00 am. Topic: "Reagan's Faith and the Cold War." Free and open to the public.

Tuesday, April 6: Democratic campaign meeting for Charlottesville City Council at 5:30 p.m. at Headquarters on the Downtown Mall.

Tuesday, April 6: Council Candidate forum, sponsored by by the Fry's Springs Neighborhood Association, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Fry's Springs Beach Club, 2512 Jefferson Park Avenue.

Wednesday, April 7: William G. Bowen, President of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, will speak on "The Quest for Equity: 'Class' (Socio-Economic Status) in American Higher Education" at 4 pm in the Dome Room of the Rotunda.

Thursday, April 8: Rogers Smith of the University of Pennsylvania speaks at the Miller Center at 11:00 am. Topic: "Racial Orders in American Political Development." RSVP to (434) 924 4694 if you plan to attend. Free and open to the public.

Thursday, April 8: Joel Tarr of Carnegie Mellon University speaks on "The Environmental Impacts of Urban Infrastructure" at 3:30 pm in the 3rd Floor South Meeting Room in Newcomb Hall at UVa. Sponsored by the Miller Center and the UVa School of Architecture.

Thursday, April 8: TAKE BACK THE NIGHT RALLY, MARCH and VIGIL/SPEAK-OUT

RALLY: 6:00 pm at the Downtown Amphitheater
MARCH: 7:00 pm from Downtown to the Rotunda
CANDLELIGHT VIGIL and SPEAK-OUT: at the ROTUNDA

Please join the men and women of UVA and the Charlottesville community as we come together to raise awareness about domestic abuse and sexual violence and as we call for an end to these injustices in society.

CONTACT: Annis Steiner, UVA NOW annis@virginia.edu

Friday, April 9: Charles A. Kupchan speaks at the Miller Center at 11:00 am. Topic: "The Emerging Global Landscape: A New American Century or the End of the American Era?"

Saturday, April 10: Easter Egg Hunt at Charlottesville HS Athletic Fields, 10:45 am -- for children 12 and under. Information (434) 970 3271.

Sunday, April 11: Easter

Annual Easter Sunrise Service, Natural Bridge, Blue Ridge Parkway, 7:00 a.m. For other local Easter Day events, see http://www.charlottesvilletourism.org/php-bin/pubcal/?view=day&date=2004-04-11

The date for Easter varies and can fall between March 22 and April 25. It's the Sunday after the full moon that occurs on or after March 21; if the full moon occurs on a Sunday, Easter is the following Sunday.

Monday, April 12: Prof. Daryl Michael Scott speaks on "Postwar Pluralism, Brown v. Board of Education, and the Origins of Multiculturalism" at 4:00 pm at Newcomb Hall, UVa, Room 168. Professor Scott teaches in the Department of History, Howard University.

Monday, April 12: STUDENTS AND WORKERS UNITED FOR A LIVING WAGE AND DIGNITY ON THE JOB

COULD YOU LIVE ON $7.25 AN HOUR? PAY RENT? PHONE? ELECTRICITY? CHILD CARE? CAR PAYMENT? WATER/GAS? HEALTH INSURANCE?

JOIN THE UVA LIVING WAGE COALITION AND THE STAFF UNION AT UVA TO STAND UP FOR A LIVING WAGE AT UVA MONDAY, APRIL 12TH, 5:30, UVA AMPHITHEATRE. RAIN SITE ROUSE 202

FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL 984-3362, EMAIL SUUVACWA@AOL.COM OR VISIT OUR WEB SITE WWW.SUUVA.ORG

IT'S TIME FOR STUDENTS AND WORKERS TO UNITE FOR A VOICE AT UVA

Tuesday, April 13: Commemoration of the 261st anniversary of Thomas Jefferson's birth, at Monticello. This outdoor ceremony at Jefferson’s gravesite will include remarks by a featured speaker and a wreath laying by representatives of local, state, and national institutions. 11:00 a.m., Cemetery. Free.

Tuesday, April 13: Jefferson Muzzles.

Tuesday, April 13: Press Conference on the April 20th March for Women's Lives (see below) with local political leaders at 10 a.m. in the Old Michie Building, 609 East Market St. (The former Live Arts Building.)

The current line up looks like it will include Mayor Maurice Cox, Vice Mayor Meredith Richards, Sheriff Cornelia Johnson, Nelson Co Board of Supervisors Chair Connie Brennan, US House candidate Al Weed, City Council candidates Kendra Hamilton and David Brown, David Toscano and others community leaders. Sen. Creigh Deeds and Del. Mitch Van Yahres will not be able to appear due to the General Assembly emergency session.

Introduced by: David Nova, President of Planned Parenthood of the Blue Ridge

Tuesday, April 13: Democratic campaign meeting for Charlottesville City Council at 5:30 p.m. at Headquarters on the Downtown Mall.

Tuesday, April 13: 2nd reading, Council adopts final budget. Please call the Clerk of Council's office at 434-970-3113 or e-mail coxj@charlottesville.org to verify times and locations of budget work sessions.

Tuesday, April 13: Students for Individual Liberty is sponsoring an address by Paul Jacob this evening (Tuesday, April 13, Founder's Day at U.Va.). Mr. Jacob is president of Citizens in Charge, a citizens' lobby that advocates Initiative, Referendum and Recall rights at all levels of government. The title of his address is "Has 'Representative Government' Become a Euphemism for Unrepresentative Government?" The address will take place at 7:30 p.m. in Room 209 of Maury Hall; the event is free and open to the public.

One of the more interesting aspects of Mr. Jacob's life was his refusal to comply with the Selective Service laws, a stance that brought down the wrath of the federal government upon him.

Wednesday, April 14: William G. Bowen, President of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, will speak on "Stand and Prosper: Race and American Higher Education" at 4 pm in the Ruffner Hll Auditorium A.

Wednesday, April 14: Nilkki Giovanni will present a talk entitled, "Okra Leaves: Looking at the Future Through the Past." Clark Hall, UVa, Room 108 at 5 p.m. Information: Phyllis Leffler, pkl6h@virginia.edu; (434) 924-6945.

Thursday, April 15: JOIN THE WEEKLY THURSDAY ANTI-WAR DEMONSTRATION on the Corner of Ridge and Water St. at the Federal Building from 5:00 - 6:00 pm

Signs provided. For further information contact CCPJ: 961-6278 or Mike: 245-9898

Thursday, April 15: Emergency Contraception Van at UVa, tenatively parked in front of the Chemistry Building, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Thursday, April 15: WTJU Eclectic Women's Show from 7 to 9 p.m. Discussion of the benefit concert on April 20th (see below) and the March for Women's Lives.

Thursday, April 15: "The Cyberpunk Educator": Andrew Holden's structural literary film analysis of 'cyberpunk' films of the 1980's, with a heavy emphasis on politics.

First Screening: Thursday, April 15th, 7:00pm, in the second-floor auditorium/theater of the UVA Physics Building. Admission is free. More info is available at www.cyberpunkfilm.com

Friday, April 16: Seymour M. Hersh of The New Yorker and Kenneth M. Pollack of the Brookings Institution speak at the Miller Center at 11:00 am. Topic: "Report from Washington." Free and open to the public.

Friday, April 16: Rally for Equality at 2 pm on the Lawn at the University of Virginia. Join your fellow students, faculty, staff, Charlottesville community members, city leaders and state legistlators for this rally in support of equality for gays and lesbians in Virginia.

Sandy S. Clark from UVA will be there. Also Luke Ward, for QSU president will speak. Dyana Mason from Equality Virginia will be there. Delegate Mitch Van Yahres will also speak.

Saturday, April 17: Charlottesville / Albemarle Democratic Breakfast. Sen. Creigh Deeds (D-Bath County) and Del. Mitch Van Yahres (D-Charlottesville) offer an analysis of the recent legislative session. 9:30 am at JABA, 641 Hillsdale Drive, Charlottesville.

Saturday, April 17: The Living Education Center is sponsoring a rally on April 17th, 12:00 noon to publicize the upcoming March for Women's Reproductive Rights.

The rally will take place in front of the Pregnancy Center on West Main St. (the anti choice one), next to the bus station. Please come lend your support to my son and his co-horts!

Katherine Magraw of Planned Parenthood will be speaking.

Saturday, April 17: Help prepare for the April 18th Earth Day Celebration pagent.

10AM- 1PM: PUPPET BUILD (help make art! bring supplies if you have 'em) @ Alex's house 1010 St Clair ave. call for directions 2pm-4pm: PAGEANT REHEARSAL (come volunteer to be IN the pageant, no theatre experience required!)

The pageant follows the adventures of a giant fish (from its native habitat to imprisonment in the local zoo) and its relationship with the people it encounters. Watch the flock of over-zealous scientists, and fearful tourists try to understand the mystery.

Sunday, April 18: Pro-Choice film festival, "Who Controls Your Body?" Cosponsored with cvilleindymedia.org. 7 pm, at 609 East Market Street in the Old Michie Building. Films will include Cider House Rules and several shorts.

Sunday, April 18: GATO (Guerrilla Arts Theatre Organization) and Cville Food Not Bombs present an Earth Day Celebration at Tonsler Park (corner of 5th/Ridge st. and Cherry ave.) 12:30 on: Free Store (bring stuff- from clothes to books- to trade or not) 1pm: Community Meal (and bday cake!) by Cville Food Not Bombs 2pm: PERFORMANCES, music and balkan singing (including a *special* Earth Pageant presented by GATO) ALSO: Seed planting, face painting and info on local environmental issues.

Monday, April 19: 7:30 P.M. City Mass Meeting and Caucus - to select delegates to the Fifth Congressional District Convention in Nelson County [on May 8th] and the State Democratic Convention in Roanoke [on June 5th] - in the City General District Court at 606 E. Market Street.

Charlottesville is allotted 14 delegates and 7 alternates. Of those, 10 delegates and 5 alternates must be committed to Kerry, and 4 delegates and 2 alternates must be committed to John Edwards.

There is a prefiling deadline of April 14, 2004, at 5:00 PM, at my office (108 Fifth Street S.E. Suite 307). You can file by delivering or faxing (295-0698).

Tuesday, April 20: Democratic campaign meeting for Charlottesville City Council at 5:30 p.m. at Headquarters on the Downtown Mall.

Tuesday, April 20: National March for Women's Lives Meetup (http://marchforwomen.meetup.com): 7pm, Gravity Lounge the Downtown Mall in Charlottesville, VA. Only 5 days until the March!

Tuesday, April 20: Planned Parenthood of the Blue Ridge (http://ppblueridge.org) is sponsoring a benefit concert to raise money and awareness for the upcoming March for Women's Lives at 7:30 p.m. Performances by Devon Sproule, Jan Smith, Karmen, and the Dirty Dishes. Gravity Lounge, 103 South First Street (1/2 block off of the Downtown Mall). Tickets are $12 at the door and proceeds benefit the Charlottesville Pro-Choice Alliance which is offering subsidized bus tickets to the March For Women’s Lives.

Wednesday, April 21: Democratic Businesspersons Breakfast, 7:30am at the Downtown Grille. Tickets are $50 per person. Sponsorships are still available. Call David Toscano 977-7977 or Susan Payne 977-7607.

Wednesday, April 21: The League of Women Voters of Charlottesville-Albemarle will host a forum for all prospective City Council candidates from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers. All members of the public are welcome and encouraged to attend. For more information, call or email the League office at 970-1707 or lwv@avenue.org.

Thursday, April 22: JOIN THE WEEKLY THURSDAY ANTI-WAR DEMONSTRATION on the Corner of Ridge and Water St. at the Federal Building from 5:00 - 6:00 pm

Friday, April 23: Mortimer M. Caplin and Walter B. Slocombe speak at the Miller Center at 11:00 am. Topic: "Experiences from Two Fronts: Normandy and Baghdad."

Saturday, April 24: Dogwood Parade

ALL BIKERS interested in being in the BIKE contingent for the CCPJ parade please contact Alex Davis to have some idea of how many people will be coming. Bikers are encouraged to make signs that link alt. transportation, oil/gas/car use war, peace, and justice issues. All bikes will be decorated with balloons on the day of the parade, but additional decoration is encouraged. alex can be contacted: alexd@planet-save.com and 293.4854 if you can't RSVP and still want to bike, just come anyway!

The CCPJ Contingent will assemble in front of McDonalds on Ridge Ave. across from the Omni Hotel. Please be there by 11:00 am on Sat. April 24. Look for peace signs and earth flags.

Spread out along the parade route and cheer for Al and the Weed for Congress truck. Afterwards, join us for a casual reception for Al Weed in the courtyard at 609 East Market Street (the old location of Live Arts). For more information about the parade, visit the website at <http://www.dogwoodfestival.org/html/parade.html>.

Sunday, April 25: March For Women’s Lives (http://www.marchforwomen.org) Washington, D.C. - 10am - 4pm on the National Mall

Women's Rights Supporters from all over the country will be in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, April 25th for the historic MARCH FOR WOMEN'S LIVES. Massive, overwhelming turnout is critical to sound the alarm that women's fundamental reproductive rights are severely threatened. Reserve your seat today for a hassle-free bus ride to the March with other Charlottesville residents. Tickets are $20 but some subsidized tickets are available. Student tickets are just $5. Make history; create the future. For more information or to buy a bus ticket, call 434.989.1514 or go to the Planned Parenthood of the Blue Ridge website (www.ppblueridge.org).

Sunday, April 25: Plant Sale, 1:00 to 3:00 pm, Ivy Creek Education Building. Sponsored by the Jefferson Chapter of the Virginia Native Plant Society. Part of the Ivy Creek Foundation's Natural History Day.

Monday, April 26: The NAACP will host a forum for all prospective City Council Candidates from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the City Council Chambers. Each candidate will be asked four initial predetermined questions, after which the forum will be open to questions from the audience. The focus of the forum will be the "State of the African American Community."

Tuesday, April 27: Michael G. Knapp of NGIC speaks at the Miller Center at 5:15 pm. Topic: "The Concept and Practice of Jihad in Islam." Free and open to the public.

Tuesday, April 27: Democratic campaign meeting for Charlottesville City Council at 5:30 p.m. at Headquarters on the Downtown Mall.

Wednesday, April 28: Live on-air debate 9:00 to 10:00 am featuring canididates for Charlottesville City Council. WINA 1070 AM. Today: Kendra Hamilton vs. Kenneth Jackson. Call in and ask a hard question.

Wednesday, April 28: Andrew Kohut, Director of the Pew Research Center, speaks at the Miller Center at 11:00 am. Topic: "The Long and Winding Road to the Presidential Election." Free and open to the public.

Thursday, April 29: Live on-air debate 10:00 to 11:00 am featuring candidates for Charlottesville City Council. WINA 1070 AM. Today: Kevin Lynch vs. Vance High. Call in and ask a hard question.

Friday, April 30: Live on-air debate 9:00 to 10:00 am featuring candidates for Charlottesville City Council. WINA 1070 AM. Today: David Brown vs. Ann Reinicke. Call in and ask a hard question.