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Monthlong: During the month of June, Sojourners United Church of Christ will celebrate Gay Pride Month. Planned activities include sermons; reflections by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender members of the congregation; an after-worship adult forum entitled “Homosexuality and the Bible;” a rainbow-themed picnic and a performance by the Charlottesville Women’s Choir. Please join us Sunday mornings for worship at 9:30 a.m. at Sojourners UCC, 1017 Elliott Avenue. For details about these upcoming services, please contact the church office at 977-1481 or sojournersucc@earthlink.net. Saturday, June 2: 8:30 am to 2:00 pm Rain or Shine National Trails Day 2007 Celebration. Gathering spot: Rivanna Trail trailhead on Melbourne Road, near the Charlottesville High School football field.Activities for all ages, all skill levels. Trail building in and around McIntire Park, stream clean-ups, special construction projects. Participation is FREE but email dfoster@newventure.com by May 20th so we can plan food and projects. Attire: Long pants, long sleeves, work gloves. Boots or old shoes if you want to work in a stream. Bring drinking water and a mid-morning energy snack. Bring the following tools if you have them: work gloves, hand clippers, pruning loppers, pruning saw, garden rake, shovel, hoe, mattock, and pick. RTF will also provide tools. Saturday, June 2: 11:00 am to 2:00 pm or so. Fluvanna County Democrats' Strawberry Social. At the home of Supervisor Marvin Moss on Rte 15 in Palmyra. Information, directions at the Fluvanna Democrats website. $10 per person, under 12 free. Saturday, June 2: 1:00 pm Charlottesville Democratic Nominating Convention for City Council Candidates, at the MLK Performing Arts Center at Charlottesville High School. Tuesday, June 5: 7:00 pm. Left of Center on Women and Politics. Starr Hill gallery space. Why is it that women remain underrepresented in all levels of government (especially in Virginia), and our nation's progress lags behind that of most developed (and developing) nations? Why don't women run? What barriers do women face? Is America ready for a female leader of the free world? Come hear the latest research and Crystal Ball forecasts for 2008. Speakers: Holly Hatcher, Coordinator of CFP's 2006 Symposium on Women & Politics, Adjunct Professor VCU and Dave Wasserman, Co-Editor of Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball at the UVA Center for Politics This is a free event. Questions? Contact us at leftofcentercville@gmail.com. Or check our our website at www.leftofcentercville.org. Thursday, June 7 and Friday, June 8: Miller Center Colloquiam U.S. Foreign Policy After the Bush Doctrine. Sessions moderated by Fareed Zakaria, David Brooks and David Broder. More information at http://www.millercenter.org/ Thursday, June 7 - Saturday, June 9: Charlottesville Festival of the Photograph. Events, exhibits. Information at http://www.festivalofthephotograph.org/ Monday, June 11: 5:30-7:00 pm Please join us for a People’s College Community Conversation with renowned Multi-Media artist William Christenberry at the Quality Community Council, 327 W. Main St. Suite 101. The artist will discuss his Klan Room Tableau in the context of 40 years of art-making, and refreshments will be served. Thursday, June 14 - Sunday, June 17: Shentai Carnival at the Ix Building, Charlottesville. Please visit www.shentaicarnival.org for more info and please note that it is intended for mature audiences only. Thursday, June 14: 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Charlottesville for Obama cocktail reception at TEN, 120-B East Main Street (upstairs from the Blue Light Grill), Charlottesville. $35.00 per person, Cash Bar. Tickets must be purchased in advance - after June 4th $40 per person. For more information contact: Cauline Yates at (434) 961-3164 or email, cauline@cyelegantevents.com. Saturday, June 16: 9:30 am. Regular monthly Charlottesville Albemarle Democratic Breakfast. This month features a talk by Prof Robert Brent Toplin on "Radical Conservatism:."  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. Thursday, June 21: 5:00-7:00 pm Summer Reception at The Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection off Free Expression At the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection, 400 Worrell Dr. (Peter Jefferson Pl) Aaron Fein will briefly introduce and display his Surrender Flags along with a talk by writer and radio essayist Janis Jaquith. The event is open to the public, however reservations are required as it is catered and they would like an accurate head count. Please call The Jefferson Center at 434.244.0234 if you'd like to attend. Friday, June 22: 8:00 pm. 80s Prom - A totally radical benefit for Planned Parenthood Satellite Ballroom on the Corner - 21+ $10 / $20 with PPAV membership - also includes raffle tickets and drink specials. Don't go dancing with yourself, get into the groove with others who've got the beat to support Planned Parenthood Advocates of Virginia (PPAV). On June 22nd, we'll be partying like it's 1999 (or 1989) at the Satellite Ballroom. So get pretty in pink, jump into your little red corvette, and join us to have the time of your life. Featuring DJ Steve Richmond spinning 80s tunes, door prizes, and much, much more... Want to be on Prom Court? Sponsorship starts at $50. For advance tickets & sponsorship: www.ppav.org/80sprom.html. Questions? Email plannedparenthood80sprom@yahoo.com or call 806-5210. Saturday, June 23: 8:30 am Virginia NOW State Conference: Understanding the F Word: Feminism Today Registration begins at 8:30am, conference goes from 9am to 5pm At the Observatory Hill Forum at the University of Virginia. The forum is located at the intersection of Alderman Road and McCormick Road in Charlottesville You can register and pay online, at https://128bit.clickandpledge.com/default.aspx?ID=10631&cid=US&a= Or you can register when you arrive. The conference is open to members and non-members. Cost is $35. Lunch will be extra. All NOW events are on a sliding scale and no one will be turned away for lack of full payment. If you come Friday late afternoon or evening, meet Virginia NOW President Marj Signer (mother of Mike Signer) and our Charlottesville hostesses at the Best Western Cavalier Inn, 105 Emmett Street, in the Madison Room. Wednesday, June 27: 7:00
p.m. at the Jefferson Hotel in Richmond "Sounds & Tastes of
Virginia" Celebration Gala, Sponsored by "Moving Forward Virginia"
PAC in honor of Governor Tim Kaine. This PAC is dedicated to helping Democrats
who are running for the General Assembly. Special "Democrat Activist"
price of $125. Thursday, June 28 - Sunday, July 1: Shentai Carnival at the Ix Building, Charlottesville. Please visit www.shentaicarnival.org for more info and please note that it is intended for mature audiences only. Thursday, June 28: 5:30-7:30 pm Senator Creigh Deeds, Delegate David Toscano, Barbara and Mark Fried, Holly Hatcher, Mittie and Will Harvey, Fred Hudson, Sherry Kraft, Russ Linden, and David Mills invite you to attend a Reception Honoring Jennifer L. McClellan, Member, House of Delegates, 71st District, to benefit the House Democratic Caucus. Orzo Kitchen & Wine Bar, 416 West Main Street, Charlottesville. Friend: $50; Patron: $100; Sponsor: $250; Host: $500. Please RSVP by June 21st to Allison Lawrence at 800-322-1144 ext. 239 or info@jennifermcclellan.com. Contributions can be made to Friends for Jennifer McClellan, P.O. Box 47, Richmond, VA 23218, or at www.jennifermcclellan.com Friday, June 29: Fundraiser for the John Edwards campaign, featuring Elizabeth Edwards. Details TBD. Saturday, June 30: 9:49 a.m.
The Full Strawberry Moon. Known to every Algonquin tribe. Europeans
called it the Rose Moon.
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