INDY EVENTS CALENDAR AUG 21-28
FRI AUG 21
12-1:30pm • Free
ACTION: TIMES SQUARE COUNTER-RECRUITING
Join the Granny Peace Brigade at the Armed Forces Career Center to demand an end to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and to oppose U.S. military recruiting.
Armed Forces Recruiting Station, Times Sq.
Btwn B’way and Seventh Ave
10am-2pm • Free
EVENT: GREENING THE GOWANUS
The clean up will begin with the construction and painting of birdhouses and bat houses, followed by the clean up and greening of Degraw and nearby streets and planted areas.
Degraw St off Nevins St
gowanuscanalconservancy.org • (718) 541-4378
SAT AUG 22
3pm-7pm • $7
CONCERT: BULIDING BENEFIT-FUTURE VIRGINS+ADD/C+MORE!
Future Virgins (Chattanooga raw and catchy punk), ADD/C (Chattanooga!), Bubonic Bear (doom from Philly) and Cut it Out (punk from South Jersey) will perform at a benefit for ABC No Rio’s building fund.
ABC No Rio, Gallery/Performance Space
156 Rivington St
SAT AUG 22
3-8pm • Free
CONCERT: IMMIGRANT RIGHTS FESTIVAL
Radical Women is sponsoring live music performances, with genres including Cumbia, Bachata, Rancheras, Salsa, Merengue, Punta, Ritmos Africanos and Musica Urbana.
Brook Park
141st St and Brook Ave, Bx
radicalwomen.org • (718) 292-6137
SAT AUG 22
4pm • $10/$12 Sliding scale
EVENT: SAVE LA PREGUNTA ARTS FUNDRAISER
Fans are welcome to make donations to help with rent payments in tough economic times. Participants can enter a raffle to win prizes, including gift certificates, clothes, and artwork.
La Pregunta Café
1528 Amsterdam Ave
lapregunta.net • (347) 591-6387
SUN AUG 23
1:15pm • Free
FILM SCREENING: RESISTANCE CINEMA PRESENTS A SPECIAL DOUBLE FEATURE
Two short documentary films, Sit-In On The Sea (2006) and No Dal Molin (2007), depict the resistance of local residents in Okinawa, Japan, and Vicenza, Italy, to the construction and expansion of U.S. military bases.
Community Church of New York, Gallery Room
28 E 35th St
russellbranca.com • (718) 843-0515
SUN AUG 23
2pm • Free
EVENT: BEHIND THE LENS: NEW YORK CITY’S SHELTER DOGS
Photographer Charlotte Dumas will speak about her portraits of New York City shelter dogs, now on view in “Dutch Seen: New York Rediscovered,” followed by a discussion with dog handlers from Animal Care & Control of New York City about their work in rescuing, caring for, and finding homes for homeless and abandoned animals throughout the five boroughs.
Museum of the City of New York
1220 Fifth Ave
mcny.org • (212) 534-1672
SUN AUG 23
4pm • $15
PLAY: CALL ME CRAZY: DIARY OF A MAD SOCIAL WORKER
After being assigned more work than she can handle, social worker Lewis has a nervous breakdown, tries to kill her boss, and is committed for psychiatric observation. Call Me Crazy is a unique look at the highs and lows of working for peanuts while trying to save the world one poem at a time.
Nuyorican Poets Café
236 East 3rd St
MON AUG 24
7:30pm • Sliding scale: $6/$10/$15
EVENT: THE WILL TO RESIST, SOLDIERS WHO REFUSE TO FIGHT IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN
Dahr Jamail, author of Beyond the Green Zone and winner with Mohammed Omer of the 2007 Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism, discusses the movement of military resistance to the occupation of Iraq.
Brecht Forum
451 West St
brechtforum.org • (212) 242-4201
TUE AUG 25
5pm-8pm • Free
EVENT: RTTC CONDO CANVAS DAY
Do you see all the empty condos throughout the city? Wouldn’t it be great if low-income people of color could live in those luxury apartments? That’s exactly what Right to the City-New York is fighting for—come join the effort.
FIERCE
147 W 24th St, 6th Fl
fiercenyc.org • (646) 336-6789, ext. 208
TUE AUG 25
7pm • $5 Suggested
FILM SCREENING: LESSIN AND DEAL’S TROUBLE THE WATER
Join filmmakers Tia Lessin and Carl Deal for the DVD release of Trouble The Water, their Academy Award-nominated documentary about New Orleans residents’ struggle to rebuild their lives after Hurricane Katrina.
Bluestockings
172 Allen St
bluestockings.com • (212) 777-6028
WED AUG 26
6pm • Free
DISCUSSION: COMMUNITY REPORT BACK ON THE EL BARRIO TENT CITY
Picture the Homeless will report on the Tent City takeover of an empty lot last month in El Barrio/East Harlem. The forum will feature videos of the day’s activities and activists will discuss the campaign’s future.
St. Mary’s Church
521 W 126th St
(212) 864-4013
WED AUG 26
7:30pm • $6/$10/$15 Sliding scale
FILM SCREENING: THE GREATEST THREAT
A series of four short films chronicling the rise and fall of the Black Panther Party will be shown: Huey! (1968), Bobby Seale (1969), Black Panthers in Chicago (1969) and The Death of a Revolutionary (1971).
Brecht Forum
451 West St
brechtforum.org • (212) 242-4201
THU AUG 27
6:30pm • Free
FILM SCREENING: DREAMS DIE HARD
Peggy Callahan’s film about slavery in modern-day America profiles victims of sexual exploitation, involuntary domestic servitude and forced farm labor.
Bloomingdale Branch Library
150 W 100th St
nypl.org • (212) 222-8030
THU AUG 27
7pm • Free
READING: RAKESH SATYAK BLUE BOY
Novelist Rakesh Satyal will read from Blue Boy, a coming of age story about an Indian-American boy’s recognition of his homosexuality and his transformation from mere mortal into a deity. This reading was organized by SALGA-NYC, a social and political network for LGBTQ folks of South Asian descent.
Bluestockings
172 Allen St
bluestockings.com • (212) 777-6028
FRI AUG 28
4-6pm • Free
ACTION: SOLIDARITY MARCH AGAINST THE COUP D’ETAT IN HONDURAS
Activists will demand an end to the new coup regime in Honduras and condemn human rights abuses.
Times Sq.
44th St and B’way
FRI AUG 28
7:30pm • Free
FILM SCREENING: REVOLUTION: WHY IT’S NECESSARY; WHY IT’S POSSIBLE; WHAT IT’S ALL ABOUT
This film features excerpts from a 2003 speech by Bob Avakian, Chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party, about his radical background and his bold revolutionary vision.
Washington Square Park
W. 4th St and Waverly Pl
revolutionbooks.org • (212) 691-3345
FRI AUG 28
8pm · Free
CONCERT: SQUIGGLETONE MUSIC COMPANY (GARDEN SHOW)
Strange, weird and beautiful flexing from Chris Fedosky’s twisted mind and ensemble.
285 East 3rd St
tribes.org · 212-674-3778
http://www.tribes.org/web/
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