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Monday, November 2: Deadline for entries in the First Amendment Writes contest. Complete information, entry details at www.tjcenter.org. Tuesday, November 3: Election Day! Thursday, November 5 - Sunday, November 8: Fluvanna County Public Library Book Sale.
For more information call: 589-1400 or view the ad on Booksalefinder.com Thursday, November 5: 6:30 p.m. Take Thyme for Women’s Health at Keswick Hall, Club and Estate, Charlottesville Women’s Health Virginia invites you to celebrate its 10th anniversary with a special dinner of four courses created by chefs Melissa Hart of Palladio, Craig Hartman of Keswick Hall, Erin Maupin of The Clifton Inn, and Ed McLaughlin of The Silver Thatch Inn, and paired with wines from Barboursville, Cardinal Point, Keswick, and Thibault-Janisson Vineyards. The dinner benefits Women’s Health Virginia’s work enhancing the health and well-being of Virginia women and girls through education, research, and community outreach. Individual tickets are $90, Patron tickets are $150, and Patron tables, with seating for 8, are $1200 (payment per ticket in excess of $50 is tax-deductible). Advanced reservations are required and can be made by phone (434-220-4500), mail or online. For more information, the reservation form for mailing and online reservations, see www.womenshealthvirginia.org. Saturday, November 7: 5:00 p.m. Special Screening (part of the Virginia Film Festival) “Locked Out” is the story of the fall of Massive Resistance and the desegregation of public schools told by the students who lived through it. Why did Virginia's government fight so hard against integration and what were the lasting effects on the children who were locked out of the public schools in Virginia? What happened that helped Virginia and the nation overcome these times? More importantly, what remains to be done? At Culbreth Theatre, UVa. The one hour documentary will be broadcast on public television at 9:00 p.m. on November 16. Thursday, November 12: 4:30 p.m. Thank-You Rally & Potluck Dinner! and Phonebank. Organizing For America is sponsoring a rally to thank Rep. Tom Perriello for his support of Health Care Reform. State Del. David Toscano and other community folks will speak and we will all let Tom know we appreciate his stance on this important issue. Sign up and get more details HERE. The rally will begin at 4:30 at the Charlottesville Perriello office in the Glass Building, 313 2nd St SE, all the way around the corner from Bluegrass Grill and at the back of the parking lot). After the rally, we'll gather at the home of Carroll Ann Friedmann for an informal pot-luck dinner followed by a phone bank, where we'll call supporters in the Fifth District and urge them to send their own thank-you calls and notes to Rep. Perriello. Sign up HERE to get the address. Bring a dish to share. Thursday, November 12: 5:30 p.m. Miller Center Forum: Prospects in Afghanistan: Should we be there? Should we get out? Can we win? Former Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger, who served as Assistant to National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger during the Nixon administration, U.S. Ambassador to Yugoslavia under President Carter, and Undersecretary of State under President Reagan. Howard Hart served in the CIA's clandestine service for more than 25 years. He served in Tehran before and during the attempted rescue of American embassy hostages, and was chief of station in Islamabad. Further info, schedule of other events, directions on the website http://www.millercenter.org Thursday, November 12: 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Discussion on Democracy in the back room at Cafe Cubano, 112 E. Main Street, Charlottesville, Virginia Thursday, November 12: 7:00 p.m. Rep. Perriello is hosting a phone-in town hall meeting with constituents on Thursday evening from 7-8 pm about the health care reform bill. To participate, call 877-269-7289 and enter code 14581. We want to get as many positive callers on as possible. Spread the word! Thursday, November 12: 7:30 p.m. Monticello Bird Club November program “Wonderful Wetlands: Their Flora and Fauna.” Mike Hayslett, Sweet Briar College’s naturalist-in-residence, will show us what very special plants and creatures inhabit Virginia’s vanishing vernal pools. Always free. Beginners always welcome. 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 12: 7:30 p.m. Ten finalists in the First Amendment Writes poetry and songwriting competition will read and perform their work at the Southern (the former Gravity Lounge). “... a celebration of the creative heights that only can be achieved when artists are free to express themselves on any theme, subject or idea.” Prize $500, entry deadline November 2. Judges include Rita May Brown. Sponsored by the Music Resource Center, the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression and WCNR 106.1 FM. Complete information, entry details at www.tjcenter.org. Friday, November 13: 5:30 p.m. The African Development Project invites you to our annual Harambee. Special Guest: Melissa Haley of World Neighbors reporting on two ADP supported projects , at Trinity Episcopal Church, 1042 Preston Ave., Charlottesville. Kenyan crafts and jewelry sale at 5:30 followed by a festive African dinner prepared by our volunteers. Please let us know at srainey@cstone.net if you plan to attend, and if you'd like to help. Friday, November 13: 5:30 p.m.Miller Center Forum: John Milton Cooper, Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin will discuss his current book, Woodrow Wilson: A Biography. He is also the author of Pivotal Decades: The United States 1900-1920; and The Vanity of Power. A book signing will follow his Forum. Further info, schedule of other events, directions on the website http://www.millercenter.org Friday, November 13: 8:30 p.m.QCC sponsors Cease the Silence - End the Violence a monthly Peace March against gun violence, this month at Rives Park  Sunday, November 15: 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. Free Speech or Disruption: Balancing the Rights to Speak and to Hear Dickinson Auditorium, Piedmont Virginia Community College. Free and open to the public. Several times during the July 4, 2008 naturalization ceremony at Monticello, protestors disrupted President George W. Bush’s address to the crowd of brand new U.S. citizens, guests, and visitors. During President Barack Obama’s September 9, 2009 address to a joint session of Congress, U.S. Representative Joe Wilson yelled “You lie” in response to one of the President’s comments. In late summer 2009, town hall meetings across the country organized by elected representatives to discuss health care reform reportedly became shouting matches between those holding different views. Do these incidents represent a new tone in political discourse or are they simply recent examples of a national tradition? Is this how the marketplace of ideas is supposed to function? Should one person’s right to speak be limited by another’s right to hear? These and other issues will be the focus of a discussion led by an outstanding panel of experts.
Questions from the audience will be encouraged. A free copy of the book, The Bill of Rights, the Courts, and the Law--an expert treatment for the non-expert, with a chapter on the judicial history of free speech--will be provided to each member of the audience courtesy of the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities. Presented by The Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression, Piedmont Virginia Community College and The Virginia Foundation for the Humanities. Friday, November 20: 11:00 a.m. Miller Center Forum: Karim Sadjadpour: Will Iram Change? Sadjadpour is an associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and has served as the chief Iran analyst at the International Crisis Group based in Tehran and Washington, D.C.. Further info, schedule of other events, directions on the website http://www.millercenter.org Saturday, November 21: 9:30 a.m.Regular monthly Charlottesville / Albemarle Democratic Breakfast. This month, a round table discussion of the future of Democratic party in our area, "Where do we go from here?" Moderated by Prof. Paul Martin of UVA's Batten School for Public Policy, the panel includes:
Your questions will be solicited. At JABA, 674 Hillsdale Dr, Charlottesville
(Behind Fashion Square and adjacent to the Marriott Courtyard) The public
is warmly invited and a light breakfast is offered. The event is free, although
a modest donation to offset costs is requested.
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