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Tuesday, November 1: 7:00 pm at Charlottesville High School, "Charlottesville Speaks Out for Public Schools," sponsored by the Virginia Education Forum. Roundtable chaired by Stella Edwards, PTA Legislative Chair. Questions to Tanara Bowie (202) 454 5679, tbowie@qualityednow.org Tuesday, November 1: Places29 Master Planning Public Workshop (planning 29 North Corridor) Details on Charlottesville Tomorrow Wednesday, November 2: 6:00 pm at Clark Hall, University of Virginia, the UDems "Prinicples in Politics" Speaker Series presents Maj. Paul Hackett, Iraq War Veteran and candidate for the Senate in Ohio. The event is free and open to the public. VIP Buffet Reception follows at O'Neill's Irish Pub, 1805 University Avenue, Charlottesville. $25 suggested minimum sponsorship. RSVP Devon Winkles, dew8q@virginia.edu (240) 446 3210. Wednesday, November 2: 11:30 am to 1:30 pm. The fifth and final candidate forum for the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors at the Doubletree Inn, Route 29 North. This event is free to the public, however, there is a charge if you have lunch and the Chamber of Commerce is encouraging reservations. Call 295-3141. If you missed any of the previous four candidate forums, you can listen to the broadcasts or read the transcripts of ALL of them by visiting our Election Watch page. Thursday, November 3: 3 - 4 pm, Jack Gibbons, former science advisor to the President and Director, White House Office of Science and Technology, will speak on "Why Science and Technology Matter in the 2005 Virginia Election." Mechanical Engineering Building at UVA, Room 205. Thursday, November 3: 4:30 pm Get Out The Vote Rally for the Democratic Ticket! Come to the University of Virginia Student Activities Building Adjacent to Scott Stadium. Please join Tim Kaine, Creigh Deeds and our local Democratic candidates as we send them to Victory on November 8th. Senator Max Cleland will also be there. He is a former U.S. Senator from Georgia, Director of Veterans Affairs under President Clinton and a decorated Vietnam War Veteran. (Look for signs to park and for the rally) For more information call: 295-1405 Thursday, November 3: Places29
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Tomorrow Friday, November 4: 3:00 pm, "Meet and Greet" with Leslie Byrne, Democratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor, at the Tip Top Restaurant on 250 East at Pantops. For more information call 295-1405. Friday, November 4: 7:00 pm NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet at the Monticello Events and Conference Center, 201 Monticello Avenue, Charlottesville. Tickets $35. Contact Jane Foster, 293-3683. Friday, November 4: 7:00 pm, Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression screening of 5 Voices, a collection of original music videos by students from Light House Studio and the Music Resource Center. Free. At The Community Chalkboard and Podium on the Downtown Mall. Remarks and comments by Mitch Van Yahres and Paul Wagner. For more info. call 295-4784. Inclement weather cancels. Friday, November 4: 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm at the Design Center, 101 East Main Street (on the Downtown Mall) Charlottesville. Destination: West Main, an exhibit prommoting the benefits that an urban streetcar can bring to the area. Sponsored by the Alliance for Community Choice in Tranportation with the Charlottesville Community Design Center. Saturday, November 5: 6:30 pm (Reception with Cash Bar) 7:30 Equality Virginia Dinner at the TJ Memorial Unitarian Church, Rugby Road, Charlottesville. $50 per person--checks to Equallity Virginia. Mail to Usry/Kuttler, 1450 Villaverde Lane, Charlottesville 22902 or information/registration through the website, www.equalityvirginia.org/charlottesville2005. Saturday, November 5: Fourth
annual Twenty Mile Pilgrimage around the City on the Rivanna Trail.
To let them know you want to participate, or for further information, Diana
Foster dfoster@newventure.com
964-1022. RTF web site: www.rivannatrails.org Sunday, November 6: 11:15 am, James Hingeley,Public Defender for Albemarle County and Charlottesville, will address the topic "Are Judges Fair to Everyone?" at Summit House, Thomas Jefferson Memorial Church, Unitarian-Universalist, on Rugby Road. This speech is part of the "Faith in Action" Speaker Series. For info. contact Leslie Takahashi-Morris, 293-8179. Sunday, November 6: Join Governor Mark Warner on Sunday, November 6 at 4:15 PM on the Downtown Mall in Charlottesville as he gathers with friends old and new from around Central Virginia. Please join us and show the Governor how much we appreciate his work over the last four years and show your committment to keeping the Commonwealth moving forward for the next four years. Come early at 3:45 p.m. to hear the Blue Grass band from Galax, Virginia, No Speed Limit! Monday, November 7: 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm Shaping Communities with Transit presentation on the proposed West Main Streetcar at the Design Center, 101 East Main (on the Downtown Mall) Charlottesville. Repeated Wednesday, November 9. Tuesday, November 8: ELECTION DAY Polls are open from 6 am to 7 pm. There will be a local Democratic victory party with a DJ, food and refreshments after the polls close at the Ice Park Terrace on the Downtown Mall in Charlottesville. Tuesday, November 8: 6:00 - 7:30 pm, Guest lecturer Judy McLeod will speak on "Art and Voice: Feminist Social Commentary in Visual Arts." Kaleidoscope, Newcomb Hall, UVa. Sponsored by the UVa Women's Center. Find out more about Judy McLeod at http://www.mcguffeyartcenter.com/members/McLeod.html. Wednesday, November 9: 11:00 am to noon Shaping Communities with Transit presentation on the proposed West Main Streetcar at the Design Center, 101 East Main (on the Downtown Mall) Charlottesville. Wednesday, November 9: 11:00 am, Miller Center Forum Louis Johnson and the Arming of America David L. Roll, co-author speaks about Roosevelt's architect of industrial mobilization. A book sigining will follow the presentation. Information/Directions http://www.millercenter.org Thursday, November 10: 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. Post Election Luncheon and Analysis at the Richmond Marriott, 500 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia. Larry Sabato will break down the election results and offer his analysis at the luncheon. He will also be joined on-stage by Ken Hutcheson, campaign manager of the Kilgore for Governor campaign, and Larry Roberts, chairman of the Kaine for Governor campaign, for commentary, reactions, and behind-the-scenes stories from the election. Tables for 10 are $250, or you can purchase individual luncheon tickets for $25. To register, complete the online registration form. If you have any questions, please contact Holly Hatcher at (434) 243-3539 or cfpevents@virginia.edu. Thursday, November 10: 5:30 pm Hal Crowther will talk about Gather at the River: Notes from the Post-Millennial South, a new collection of essays, at the New Dominion Bookshop on the Downtown Mall, Charlottesville.
Thursday, November 10: 7:30 pm. Meet the St. Patrick's Day Four Church of the Incarnation, Parish Hall, 1465 Incarnation Drive, Charlottesville (behind ToysRUs) Join a discussion on dissent, military recruitment and communities of resistance, with members of the St Patrick's Day four who recently beat a felony conspiracy charge stemming from their March 17, 2003 non-violent, anti-war action at a recruiting station in Ithaca, New York. Donations greatly appreciated. If you need directions please call the church at: 973-4381. For other information: Contact: Sue Frankel-Streit 540 967-5574 Thursday, November 10: 7:30 pm. Monticello Bird Club meeting at the Education Building, Ivy Creek Natural Area, Earlysville Road, Charlottesville. The Program: “Colonial Nesting Birds of Virginia”: Bill Williams, who founded both the Coastal Virginia Wildlife Observatory and the Kiptopeke Hawk Watch, will discuss aspects of the birds’ natural history and the probable causes for the changes in these bird populations—and potential solutions for these changes. Information: Ron Kingston 293-5173. Friday, November 11: 6-8 p.m Charlottesville Democrats regular monthly Second Friday! at Rapture (upstairs) $6 for food Cash bar Pool Tables Join us! Friday, November 11: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm at the UVa School of Architecture, Bruner Loeb Forum, innovative thinking on community building. Lunch, wine reception after at the Design Center. Reservations required--contact Jennifer Olenn, jolenn@brunerfoundation.org (617) 492 8404. Saturday, November 12: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm. Church of the Brethren, Rio Rd., Charlottesville. Conference on Restorative Justice and the Death Penalty. Workshops: Lunch provided by Charlottesville Center for Peace and Justice. For information about VADP see: www.vadp.org Sponsored by Virginians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty Contact: Jack Payden-Travers 888 567-8237 jack@vadp.org Monday, November 14: 7:00 p.m. Delegate-elect David J. Toscano, and representatives from Delegate Rob Bell’s office, the City of Charlottesville and the County of Albemarle will host a public information session on this winter’s record energy costs. Heating costs are expected to be 30 to 50 percent higher this year and we want to encourage people to be thinking ahead. Representatives from non-profit agencies and energy companies will be in attendance to discuss payment alternatives and possible emergency assistance. The public information session will be held in City Council Chambers and will be taped for broadcast on public access TV. Monday, November 14: 7:00 pm Free Screening of Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Prices. At the Jefferson Theatre, Downtown Mall, Charlottesville. See trailers and learn more at www.walmartmovie.com Contact: Rick Fromberg 703 851-2078 rfromberg@walmartwatch.com Tuesday, November 15: 5:30 pm, Miller Center Forum Reagan's Movies UNC-Wilmington historian Robert Brent Toplin talks about how Ronald Reagan's career shaped the man, and the public perception of him in his later career. Illustrative clips will be shown. http://www.millercenter.org Tuesday, November 15: 7:30 - 8:30 pm, WVTF's Evening Edition will feature former US Ambassador to Kuwait Nathaniel Howell and international elections consultant Jim Heilman. They will discuss the movement toward democracy in the Islamic world and the former Soviet republics. Public Radio WVTF is at 88.5 FM. Wednesday, November 16: 11:00 am, Miller Center Forum Training Christians to be Politicians Michael Farris, president of Patrick Henry College in Leesburg, Va. Information/Directions http://www.millercenter.org Wednesday, November 16: 7:00 pm Town Hall meeting on the effects of Wal-Mart's business model on our economy, community and country. Burley Middle School, 901 Rose Hill Drive, Charlottesville. Further information: Rick Fromberg 703 851-2078 rfromberg@walmartwatch.com Thursday, November 17: 6 pm, The Virginia Alliance for Worker Justice is sponsoring a forum to educate the public and gather support to raise Virginia's minimum wage. Second Presbyterian Church, 5 North 5th Street, Richmond. For info. contact Cathy Woodson, Virginia Organizing Project, 804-261-7497. Friday, November 18: 11:00 am, Miller Center Forum The Legacy of Sandra Day O'Connor Legal Affairs writer Joan Biskupic is joined by Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson. Information/Directions http://www.millercenter.org Friday, November 18: Noon - 2:00 pm at the Doubletree Hotel, Rte 29 N. The League of Women Voters Town Hall Meeting, What's Next for China and the United States? Speakers Prof. Brantly Womack of UVa and Prof. Robert Sutter.of Georgetown U. Lunch Reservations: A seated lunch will be served promptly at 12:00. Reservation deadline is Monday, November 14. Please send your check for $15.00 each to the League of Women Voters at 1936 Arlington Blvd. # 116, Charlottesville, VA 22903. Phone: 970 1707, email: lwv@avenue.org Saturday, November 19: 9:30 am Regular Monthly Charlottesville / Albemarle Democratic Breakfast. A Panel Discussion on the Future of the Democrats in this Region. Invited panelists include Tom Vandever, David Toscano, Meredith Richards, Lane Kneedler, Mike Signer, Connie Brennan, Steve Koleszar and Marshall Pryor. The event is free, a light breakfast is offered, and the public is warmly invited. At JABA, 674 Hillsdale Drive, behind Fashion Square and next to the Marriott Courtyard. Sunday, November 20: 11:15 am. Robert O'Neil, head of the TJ Center for Freedom of Expression discusses the U.S. Patriot Act. Thomas Jefferson Memorial Church (Unitarian Universalist) 717 Rugby Road, Charlottesville. Info 293 8179. Monday, November 21: 7:00 pm Hearing on the nature of future School Board member election: At-Large (as Council is elected now), by Ward, or mixed Ward and At-Large. Charlottesville City Council Meeting. City Council Chambers, downtown. If you wish to speak at the City Council meeting, please arrive at 6:30 to sign up. Tell City Council: Yes to Walking, Biking and Transit. Contact: Stratton Salidis 882-1069 strattonis@yahoo.com Wednesday, November 30: 11:00 am, Miller Center Forum Twilight in the Desert: The Coming Saudi Oil Shock and the World Economy Energy industry expert Matthew R. Simmons. Information/Directions http://www.millercenter.org Wednesday, November 30: HIV/AIDS Candlelight Walking Vigil from 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM BEGINNING LOCATION – ROTUNDA Program Participants Rotunda: • Dean Jeanette Lancaster –School of Nursing Barracks Road: • Invocation, Reverend Kathy Baker – Director of AIDS Services
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