Monday, November 3: 11:00 a.m. Miller Center Forum: Intelligence Analysis and Dissemination. Thomas Finnegan, Chairman of the National Intelligence Council. Further information, directions at www.millercenter.org

Tuesday, November 4: 6:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. Election Day.

Wednesday, November 5: 5:30 p.m. Miller Center Forum: The United Nations and International Peace. Edward Luck, Director of Studies of the International Peace Academy and Special Advosor and Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations. Further information, directions at www.millercenter.org

Thursday, November 6: at Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi. 10:00 a.m. Second Annual Matthew Holden Jr. Symposium Lecture "What a Mighty Power We Can Be: African American Fraternal Groups and the Struggle for Racial Equality." The speaker, Theda Skocpol, is Victor S. Thomas Professor of Government and Sociology and Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Harvard, and the author of 18 books and edited collections on comparative politics, comparative and historical sociology and American politics and public policy.

Friday, November 7: 11:00 a.m. Miller Center Forum: An Open, Civilized World. Philip Zelikow, Miller Professor of History at UVa, and Ernest May, Warren Professor of American History at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government. Further information, directions at www.millercenter.org

Saturday, November 8: 9:00 a.m. Sojourners United Church of Christ will be offering a film screening and discussion,(1017 Elliott Avenue, Charlottesville www.sojourners-ucc.org). Call Me Malcolm is a documentary feature about a transgender seminary student, and his struggle with faith, love and gender identity.

Adam Thompson from AIDS Services Group will facilitate a discussion of the issues of gender and faith with interested and concerned members of both the faith and transgendered community. We would love to have you join us that morning for fellowship and conversation.

Refreshments and resource materials will be provided. Pre-registration is optional but encouraged. For more information and to pre-register, please e-mail info@interfaithgsa.org.

Monday, November 10: 11:00 a.m. Miller Center Forum: The Great Inflation and Its Aftermath: The Past and Future of American Affluence. Robert Samuelson, Newsweek columnist on socioeconomic issues. A book signing will follow the presentation. Further information, directions at www.millercenter.org

Wednesday, November 12: 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. Mexican Fiesta for the Arthritis Walk 2009 Guadalajara Restaurant, 1344 Richmond Road, Charlottesville. RSVP by Nov. 10 to Jamie Fisher (800) 456 4687 jfisher@arthritis.org. Light food will be provided. Bring a friend!

Thursday, November 13: 7:30 p.m. Teta Kain will present Antarctic Ice - The Ultimate Adventure. Education Building, Ivy Creek Natural Area, Earlysville Road, Charlottesville. Contact: Ellen Dudley: 244-2688 / Patricia Wilczek: 985-4444 / Stauffer Miller: 296-5505 www.monticellobirdclub.org

Thursday, November 13: 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Reception Honoring Senator Creigh Deeds, Candidate for Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia At the Second Street Gallery 115 2nd St. SE, Charlottesville, VA.

Levels of Support Host: $1,000; Supporter: $500; Friend: $100; Individual: $50. For more information or to RSVP, please contact Margot Bolon by phone at (434) 327-9258 or by e-mail at margot@deedsforvirginia.com

Friday, November 14: 11:00 a.m. Miller Center Forum: One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War. Washington Post correspondent Michael Dobbs. A book signing will follow the presentation. Further information, directions at www.millercenter.org

Saturday, November 15: 9:30 a.m. Regular monthly Democratic Breakfast. This month's speaker is Jody Wagner, candidate for the Democratic nomination for Lieutenant Governor next year. At JABA, 674 Hillsdale Drive, Charlottesville. A light breakfast is offered, the event is free and the public is warmly invited.

Monday, November 17: 11:00 a.m. Miller Center Forum: Interagency Relationships in the Intelligence Community. Philip Mudd, Associate Executive Assistant Director of the National Security Branch of the Counter Terrorism Center of the CIA. Further information, directions at www.millercenter.org

Monday, November 17: 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. free legal workshop on Accessing Health Care and Health Insurance 953 Second Street, S.E. Charlottesville (IX Building, corner of Elliott Avenue off of 5th Street.) No Charge but pre-registration is strongly suggested. For more information and to register, please contact: Dr. Eliason at 293-2222 ext. 27.

Wednesday, November 19: 11:00 a.m. Miller Center Forum: The Shadow Factory: The Ultra-Secret NSA from 9/11 to the Eavesdropping on America. Investigative reporter and author James Bamford. A book signing will follow the presentation. Further information, directions at www.millercenter.org

Friday, November 21: Larry Sabato and the Center for Politics' post-election conference at UVa Alumni Hall. Details to be announced. More at www.centerforpolitics.org/programs/adc

Friday, November 21: 11:00 a.m. Miller Center Forum: Chávez's Venezuela After a Decade of Bolivarian Revolution. Jennifer McCoy, Director of the Americas Program at the Carter Center in Atlanta. A book signing will follow the presentation. Further information, directions at www.millercenter.org

Sunday, November 23: 3:00 p.m. UVa Professor Jeffrey Legro will speak at the United Nations Association meeting at the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Church – Unitarian Universalist (717 Rugby Road),on “The Collapse and Remaking of the International Order.” Prof. Legro is the Compton Professor and Chair of UVa’s Department of Politics and is an excellent speaker. The public is invited, at no charge.

Monday, November 24: Certification by the Virginia State Board of Elections of the vote in the November 4 election.