Eco/Justice Café — Nov. 14th, 6-10pm

Save the Date and Tell Your Friends: Friday, November 14, 6 to 10 pm

Eco/Justice Café !

Featuring music, poetry, an open mike session, good food, good beer, good people, good cheer, good info and good karma.

University of DC, Firebird Inn, Van Ness/UDC Red Line West exit

Building 39, B-Level, 4200 Connecticut Ave., NW, 20008, Wheelchair Accessible

Suggested donation $15/ $10 students/$5 kids

Food and drink included.

All ages event; child activities provided – and powered by kids!

A TABLING AREA (The Eco-Justice Bazaar) will feature environmental and social justice organizations and businesses.   For this launch event, tables are FREE for the first 20 groups to co-sponsor!  To co-sponsor, email zaharapeace@gmail.com.

Co-sponsors and Eco-justice Bazaar participants: UDC David A. Clarke School of Law Community Development Clinic,  DC Environmental Network–Friends of the Earth, Sierra Club Energy Committee, DC Department of Public Works Recycling Office, DC Employment Justice Center, National Council of Women’s Organizations, Young Ladies of Tomorrow, Community IT Innovators, Washington Peace Center, Ecolocity DC, Can Stand Up! for Democracy in DC Coalition (Free DC), Stop Modern Slavery, Capital Sun Group, Community Forklift, Live Green, Bethesda Green, DC Statehood Green Party, Progressive Democrats of America, Peoples MEDIA Center

Girls Rock! DC Camper Showcase — Sat, Aug. 16, 11am-1pm

http://www.girlsrockdc.org/

girls rock! concert flyer

Girls Rock! DC

Girls Rock! The Movie a Benefit for Girls Rock! DC

Girls Rock! The Movie, a documentary about the Rock and Roll Camp for Girls in Portland, OR is coming to the Avalon Theatre in Chevy Chase April 4-10, 2008.

On April 4, there will be an Opening Night Benefit for Girls Rock! DC, the inaugural rock and roll summer camp for girls in the DC area taking place in August 2008.

Come for the movie, stay for the dance after party. We’ve got two bands and a DJ and all proceeds from merchandise sales and raffle tickets will go to Girls Rock! DC.

The View From the Cheap Seats: Great Theater Bargains for Young People

The View From the Cheap Seats: Great Theater Bargains for Young People
By Emily Halonen
Washingtonian.com

Tickets to Shakespeare’s plays in the 1500s and 1600s are said to have cost a penny. Now they cost a lot more, which might be one of the reasons Washington’s theater audiences are missing a younger demographic. In an effort to tame this shrew of a problem, several theaters are starting cheap-ticket initiatives to entice the younger crowd.

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STAND UP FOR DARFUR! — Concert on Tues, Oct. 23

STAND UP FOR DARFUR – An Interfaith Benefit Concert

Date: October 23, 2007
Time: 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Contact: Darfurconcert@hotmail.com
Location: The George Washington University Lisner Auditorium
Lisner Auditorium, 730 21st Street NW  Washington, DC, 20052
TICKETS: General Admission $25

STAND UP FOR DARFUR!, an interfaith concert to benefit advocacy and humanitarian relief efforts in the Darfur region of Sudan, will feature performances by Step Afrika!, a highly acclaimed dance troup and Drumtalk39, an energetic percussionist group specializing in world music. The program will also include speakers who will share their personal experiences or provide up-to-the minute information on the Darfur situation.

The concert is sponsored by GW Students Taking Action Now: Darfur (STAND) in cooperation with the Darfur Interfaith Network, Save Darfur Coalition, Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington, American Jewish Committee, American Islamic Congress, Metropolitan AME, Shiloh Baptist, Foundry United Methodist Churches and Temple Beth Ami.

TICKETS: General Admission $25

+ Available Lisner’s Box Office (cash & check only)
+ Ticketmaster (301) 808-6900, (202) 397-7328 or (703) 573-7328 or on-line at www.ticketmaster.com
+ House of Musical Traditions (301)270-9090

Student Tickets $20 at Lisner’s Box Office with valid ID

7th Street Garden Happy Hour — Oct. 10, 6-9pm

Drink for your Community!
             a 7th Street Garden Happy Hour.

 

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Andalu is opening the bar early so we’ll have it all to ourselves, as well as donating 100% of the cover and proceeds from drink specials !!!”     

6-9 PM

@ ANDALU

1214 18th St NW (Connecticut & 18 th St)  

$10 suggested donation at the door, or sign-up to be regular volunteer

Great drink specials & door prizes!

Live Music by Evan Bliss & the Welchers

Andalu is opening the bar early so we’ll have it all to ourselves, as well as donating 100% of the cover and proceeds from drink specials !!!

The 7th Street Garden is a highly productive community food garden wherein participants learn to grow, cook and market produce; the garden’s produce is given to low-income D.C. residents.  The garden unites diverse communities through the provision of local food production. Urban gardens not only directly alleviate food insecurity, but also foster trust and camaraderie amongst program participants.  This relationship ultimately leads to the development of strong communities.  

Dalai Lama to Speak on the Mall

The International Campaign for Tibet is honored to announce a public address by His Holiness the Dalai Lama on October 17, 2007 following his receipt of the Congressional Gold Medal in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda.

Mayorga Coffee Peru Benefit — Sept. 27th

Mayorga Coffee  invites you to an evening of music, food, and friends to provide support for Peru’s earthquake victims

Date: Thursday, September 27Time: 7:00PM to 9:00PM Location:Mayorga Coffee Factory 8040 Georgia Avenue Silver Spring, MD 20910 Tel: 301-562-9090 *FREE VALET PARKING  Learn more about the red Cross’ response to the Peru earthquake The American Red Cross name is used with its permission, which in no way constitutes an endorsement, expressed or implied, of any product, service, company, or political position Peru suffered a devastating earthquake on August 15th of this year.  In addition to the 519 lives lost and the 1,366 injuries, there was extensive destruction of the infrastructure, including the loss of over 58,000 homes. Many staff members and friends of Mayorga Coffee are from Peru and some have family directly impacted by this event.  I had the privilege of living in Peru during a part of my childhood and my mother was actually born in Pisco, the city most devastated by the earthquake.  In order to raise funds for the Red Cross’s efforts in Peru, we are having a very special event at our Silver Spring lounge on September 27th. We will be providing authentic Peruvian food, live Peruvian music, Pisco sours made using MacchuPisco, and a silent auction.  We ask that anyone attending contribute a minimum of $20 via check made out to the Red Cross, with “Peru Earthquake” written in the memo section.  We will have a representative from the Red Cross at the event to collect the checks.  You will receive an official receipt from the Red Cross National Headquarters office via mail.  If you cannot make it to the event, we ask that you mail any donation via check made out to the  American Red Cross with “Peru Earthquake” written on the memo to: Mayorga Coffee Attn: Peru Earthquake 15151 Southlawn Lane Rockville, MD 20850 You will receive an official receipt from the Red Cross National Headquarters office via mail after we hand the checks over to them on the 27th and they have the opportunity to process them. Thank you in advance for your support. -Martin Mayorga

The Hip-Hop Generation Gap

by: Omekongo Dibinga   

The Hip-Hop Generation Gap

Here we go again with the latest round of attacks from elder black leaders on rap music. For those of you who have been in space for the last few months, let me provide a couple of examples. Esther Lee, president of Bethlehem NAACP in Pennsylvania expressed her discontent about Ludacris performing at the August 4th Musikfest by stating: “All I know is he’s a rapper, and rap music is lousy.” The Reverend Jesse Jackson has released a statement condemning rapper Bomani’s video “Read a Book” (watch here), which parodies all the negative images in hip-hop videos and flips the message from buying rims and grills to reading books and buying land. Said Jackson through his Rainbow-Push organization: “The video insults reading, personal hygiene, family values and frugality. ‘Read a Book’ heaps scorn on positive values and (un)intentionally celebrates ignorance.”

We still don’t get it in 2007. Our elders are still quick to cast all of us involved in rap music into a pit of worthless degenerates. They are also quick to use the white-controlled media platform (coincidentally, the same group that distributes this “vile” music they condemn) to express their discontent. Post-Don Imus, I was naïve enough to believe that America was really going to start recognizing artists who celebrate positivity and uplift their community. I thought that maybe guys like myself and even better-known rappers like Mos Def, Talib Kweli and Lupé Fiasco were going to top the charts in ways not seen since Will Smith was in his rapping prime. Boy was I an idiot.