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Sunday, July 8: 11:00 a.m. put-in for the Annual Left-of-Center Tubing Trip on the James River. Meet at James River Runners, Hatton's Ferry (30 minutes from town). If we have at least 25 participants, tubes will be $17/person. Otherwise they're $19. Make checks out to Eve Hesselroth and mail them to 187 Fox Horn Lane, Charlottesville, VA 22902. Email Eve at yogamom@gmail.com with any questions or to arrange for carpooling. RSVP (with name, email and phone) and send checks by June 20th to reserve your spot. Sunday, July 8: 9:30 a.m. Reverend Adora Iris Lee will be the guest preacher at Sojourners UCC, 1017 Elliott Avenue, Charlottesville. Rev. Lee is a United Church of Christ minister currently serving as a missionary with Global Ministries as an HIV/AIDS Advisor to churches in seven Southern African countries. Before going into the ministry, Reverend Lee had a 20 year career in public health working on issues such as women's wellness, breast cancer education, prostate cancer in Black males, access to health care, health disparities among racial minorities and HIV/AIDS.For more information, please contact the church at 977-1481 or sojournersucc@earthlink.net. Saturday, July 14: 6:30 – 9:30 pm. African American Heritage Scholarship Fundraiser at Saxx Jazz and Blues Lounge – 407C Monticello Road. “AN EVENING OF JAZZ, ART & POETRY” Jazz vocalist Clarisse Harris-accompanied by Pianist Art Wheeler $20.00 Advance Tickets for entire evening, $10 for Dance only. 10:00 pm – 1:00 am “Old School Dance and Party.” Dress to Impress - After Five Attire. Friday, July 20: 6:00 pm. Cindy Sheehan's Journey for Humanity comes through Charlottesville. Rally to end the war, impeach the president, restore New Orleans, fund human needs, and raise money for medicine and hospitals in Iraq and Afghanistan. West end of the Downtown Mall, near the Ice Park. For information about the Journey see www.thecampcaseypeaceinstitute.org
Local contacts: Saturday, July 21: 9:30 am. Regular monthly Charlottesville Albemarle Democratic Breakfast. This month features a review and prognosis on the 2008 presidential campaigns, moderated by Prof. Paul Freedman of the UVa Center for Politics (better known as Larry Sabato's program). At JABA, 674 Hillsdale Drive, Charlottesville (Behind Fashion Square and adjacent to the Marriott Suites Hotel) A light breakfast is offered, the event is free and the public is warmly invited. Friday, July 27: 5:00 - 8:00 pm. Free screening of the documentary film "Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes." Self-described “hip-hop head” Byron Hurt interviews Chuck D, Russell Simmons, Mos Def, Michael Eric Dyson, Busta Rhymes, Talib Kweli, Fat Joe and others on the history of hip-hop, where it’s been and where it’s going. The Music Resource Center, 105 Ridge Street (The old Mount Zion Baptist Church) Parking Downtown/on Monticello Avenue. For more information contact Rebecca Schmidt at (434) 296-1000 ext. 207. Must be 16 and older without parental/guardian consent - contains explicit sexual imagery, graphic language and violence such as that seen in MTV and BET music. Saturday, July 28 - Saturday, August 4: The Nation magazine Seminar Cruise to Alaska. Participants include Ralph Nader - Consumer Advocate, Lawyer and Author; Rocky Anderson - Mayor of Salt Lake City; Richard Dreyfuss - Academy Award Winning Actor and Education Activist; Gary Younge - Nation Contributing Editor and Author; Mark Hertsgaard - Nation Environmental Correspondent and Author; Mary Mapes - Former CBS News Producer and Author; Robert Scheer - Nation Contributing Editor; Liza Featherstone - Nation Contributing Editor and Author; Doug Henwood - Editor of Left Business Observer; Patricia Williams - Nation Columnist; Katrina vanden Heuvel - Editor and Publisher; The Nation and Victor Navasky - Publisher Emeritus. Information / reservations nationcruise website, or call (800) 707-1634 or email groups@the-cruise-authority.com. Sunday, July 29: 9:04 p.m.
The Full Buck Moon, when the new antlers of buck deer push out from
their foreheads in coatings of velvety fur. It was also often called the
Full Thunder Moon, thunderstorms being now most frequent. Sometimes also
called the Full Hay Moon.
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