March 2010 Progressive Community Calendar

March 2010 Progressive Community Calendar

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3/4

March Forth on March 4th! National Rally to Save Public Education!
Assemble at Alma Mater. March to Swanlund at 12:10, rally ends at 12:50

An Inside Look at Outsider Art Environments: Monumental Expressions of Devotion, Evangelism, and Salvation
Krannert Art Museum, Auditorium
5:30 PM

March 4-6--11th Annual Graduate Symposium on Women's and Gender History, Levis Faculty Center

Session 1: 1:30-3:00 PM
Intersectionality and Social Activism

Session 2: 3:15 – 4:45 PM
Religious Challenges to Feminism?l

Keynote Address: 7:30 PM

3/5

Press Play: Warrior The life of Leonard Peltier- film by Suzie Baer
Native American House, 1206 W. Nevada St.
12:00 pm

Critical Queers: An Informal Discussion of Non-mainstream Topics

LGBT Resource Center, 12-1pm

Children's Search Experiences in the Age of Google, Today and Tomorrow
Center for Children's Books, rm 126
7pm – 9pm

Stitch n' Bitch and the WRC present: Knit Happens
Women's Resource Center, 703 S. Wright Street, 2nd Floor
5:30 pm - 8:00 pm

"Doing Well and Doing Good: Expatriates and Economic Development in Bangladesh"
Friday Forum
University YMCA
$6 ($3 with a student ID)

Drawn to Life: the Art and Artistry of Manga: A Hands-On Workshop
Urbana Free Library, Lewis Auditorium
4-5:45pm

March 4-6--11th Annual Graduate Symposium on Women's and Gender History, Levis Faculty Center

Session 3: 9:00- 10:45 AM
Gender: the Folk and the Popular

Session 4: 11:00AM – 12:30 PM
Symbolic Women and the Super-natural

Session 5: 2:15 – 3:45 PM
Patriarchy in peril

Session 6: 4:00–5:30 PM
Birthing Identities

3/6

ZOO IMPROV: Comedic Improv Theater
Urbana Champaign Independent Media Center
3-5pm
$5

Empyrean Soul
Urbana Champaign Independent Media Center
9:30pm
$5

Russian Heritage Society: Welcoming Spring through dance, songs, and games
Urbana Free Library, Lewis Auditorium
10:00am-12:30pm

Third Annual Refugee Center Fundraising Dinner
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, 708 West Main Street, Urbana
Doors open at 6:15 p.m. Dinner is served at 6:45 p.m.
$60

March 4-6--11th Annual Graduate Symposium on Women's and Gender History, Levis Faculty Center

Session 7: 9:00—10:45 AM
Shifting Spaces

Session 8: 10:45 – 12:15 PM
Religion and the Politics of the Family

Session 9: 1:00 -2:30 PM

3/7

27th Annual International Dinner & Performance Night
Univeristy YMCA
6 pm - 9pm
$8

FOOD JUSTICE FOR ALL!
Eco-chef, food justice activist, and author Bryant Terry
Unit One/Allen Hall
7pm

People's Potluck
Monthly community meeting and potluck
Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center
6-9pm

Global Rhythms: Maria & Company
Champaign Public Library, Robeson Pavilion Room A & B
2-3pm

3/8

Grub Parties 101: Using Food to Build Community
Eco-chef, food justice activist, and author Bryant Terry
Unit One/Allen Hall (South Rec Room)
7pm

Dish It Up: Beyond the Veil
Women's Resource Center, 703 S. Wright Street, 2nd Floor
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Free

3/9

"Slow Violence and the Drama Deficit of Climate Change"
Levis Facultly Center, Third Floor
7:30 PM

CAS Initiative - Interpreting Technoscience: Explorations in Identity, Culture and Democracy - Mix and Scratch: The Turntable Becomes a Musical Instrument, 1975-1978
Spurlock Museum, Knight Auditorium
4pm

FFT: The Future Is Unwritten: Manifesting Our World Through Words
Sahra Nguyens' work as a performance poet and activist
Asian American Cultural Center
12pm

Rainbow Coffeehouse
Etc. Cafe, corner of Goodwin and Green
6pm

Share-A-Meal with Community Shares
Have a wonderful meal with people you enjoy AND support 75 non-profit organizations in your community
Luna - 116 N. Chestnut, Champaign (lunch)
Siam Terrace - 212 W. Main St., Urbana (dinner)
Great Impasta - 156 C Lincoln Square, Urbana (lunch & dinner)

Black Dog Smoke & Ale House - 201 N. Broadway Avenue, Urbana (lunch & dinner)

3/10

Lifelong Learners: Mathematics & Music
Champaign Public Library, Robeson Pavilion Room C
9:30am-11am

Around the World Wednesdays
Zahn Learning Center, Spurlock Museum
9:30 AM - noon

Weekly West African Dance Class With Alseny Soumah
Capoeira Academy, 32 E. Springfield, Champaign
6:00 PM

"International Nutrition and Food Security in Sierra Leone"
101 International Studies Bldg, 910 S. Fifth St, Champaign
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Redefining Soul Food: Politics and Pleasures of Food and Eating in African American Communities
Eco-chef, food justice activist, and author Bryant Terry
Unit One/Allen Hall, South Rec Room
7pm
Arrive early, as space is limited.

Cultural Enrichment-The History of Tea & the Tea Ceremony
Japan House, 2000 S. Lincoln Ave.
5:30pm

3/11

roundtable discussion: Visions for the Future of the University of Illinois
Levis Faculty Center
8:00 pm

Spellbound
IPRH Film Series
Krannert Art Museum, Auditorium
5:30pm

SPEAK Cafe
Krannert Art Museum, Palette Cafe
7pm

Studiodance I
Krannert Cente's Studio Theatre
7:30 PM
$7-$14

China Workshop
Global Economy, Chinese Law, and Social Change
Freeman Fellows Building, 912 S. Fifth St.
3:00-5:00 pm

Lecture Series: Ugly Stories of the Peruvian Agrarian Reform
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
101 International Studies Building, 910 S. Fifth Street, Champaign
12pm

"What’s On Your Plate? Young People in the Movement to Create a Just and Sustainable Food System"
Eco-chef, food justice activist, and author Bryant Terry
Unit One/Allen Hall (South Rec Room)
7pm

Drag at High Velocity
Illini Union I-Rooms
7:30 pm

The New Immigrant Europe: Languages and Borderland Conference
Mapping urban multilingualism in European multicultural cities
1080 Foreign Languages Building (FLB), Lucy Ellis Lounge

(Pre-Conference) Linguistics Seminar Featuring Professor Extra: "Mapping urban multilingualism in European multicultural cities
4pm

"Is Europe Too Diverse? The Implications of 'Super' Diversity for European Citizenship, Identity, and Political Community"
6pm

3/12

"Collaborations for Change: Building Effective Partnerships for Social Entrepreneurship"
Friday Forum
University YMCA
$6 ($3 with a student ID)

Springer Cultural Center Artist Reception
Springer Cultural Center, 301 N. Randolph
6:00 PM

Maly Drama Theatre: Uncle Vanya
Krannert Cente's Tryon Festival Theatre
7:30 PM
Tickets $12-26

Korea Workshop
Voice, Affect, and the Cultivation of the Maŭm in a South Korean church
1 NOYES 161
1:00-3:00 pm

Grand Prairie Friends
Winter Membership Meeting
Anita Purves Nature Center, Urbana, IL
7pm – 9pm

The New Immigrant Europe: Languages and Borderland Conference
Mapping urban multilingualism in European multicultural cities
1080 Foreign Languages Building (FLB), Lucy Ellis Lounge

Keynote: "Dealing with Increasing Linguistic Diversity in Multicultural Europe"
9-10am

Panel: "The Languages and Literary Voices of the New Europe"
10:15-12:15 pm

Panel: "New Immigrants and Borderlands"
1:45-3:45 pm

Concluding remarks by Professors Messina and Extra
4:00-5:00 pm

3/13

IMC Open House, Skillshares, Really Really Free Market & Food Not Bombs!
Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center
11-2pm

Bill Staines Folksinger and Songwriter
Urbana Champaign Independent Media Center
8pm
$10 advance, $15 at the door

Vegetable Seed Starting
Anita Purves Nature Center
10am-12pm

Spanish Story Time
Urbana Free Library, Children Department
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm

Maly Drama Theatre: Uncle Vanya
Krannert Cente's Tryon Festival Theatre, 7:30 PM
Tickets $12-26

Opening Celebration: Korean Funerary Figures: Companions for the Journey to the Other World
Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St.
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

3/14

"The Velvet Rut" & Playwright Talkback
The Station Theatre
8pm show, 9:45pm Q&A
$10

3/15

You and Freud: The History of Sexual Orientation and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
Quench Lunch Series
314A Illini Union
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Climate Change Across the Disciplines: A Graduate Student Panel
Levis Faculty Center, Music Room
8:00 pm

Jerrold Ziff Distinguished Lecture in Modern Art
Yue Minjun, contemporary Chinese painter
KAM Auditorium, 5:30pm

Prairie Greens Meeting
Urbana Free Library, Lewis Auditorium
7:30-8:30pm

3/16

"The Natures of the Beast: On Honeybees and the Biopolitics of Terror"
Levis Faculty Center, Third Floor
7:30 PM

The State of the Punjabi Language in Pakistan
Foreign Language Building, Lucy Ellis Lounge (room 1080)
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

CAS Initiative - Interpreting Technoscience: Explorations in Identity, Culture and Democracy - Visualizing Health: Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Popular Culture and American Medicine
Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum
4:00 pm

FFT: A History of Asian American Student Activism at UIUC
Asian American Cultural Center
12pm

Rainbow Coffeehouse
Etc. Cafe, corner of Goodwin and Green
6pm

3/17

Comedy with Zoo Improv!
Iron Post, Urbana
8:00 PM
$4

"Service Learning Exercise in Sao Tome: Explorations of Plantation Landscapes of the Island Nation"
101 International Studies Bldg, 910 S. Fifth St, Champaign
12:00 pm

Concepts in Public: The Art of Suzanne Lacy with author Sharon Irish
Urbana Free Library, Lewis Auditorum
7-8pm

3/18

Lecture Series: Sea Turtles and Tourists: Combining environmental conservation and ecotourism development in Brazil and Mexico
101 International Studies Building, 910 S. Fifth Street, Champaign
12pm

Sudden Sound Concert - Rova Saxophone Quartet
Krannert Art Museum, Gelvin Noel Gallery
7:30pm

3/19

Korea Workshop
The 1950s as a Crucible for South Korean Popular Music
Lucy Ellis Lounge, Foreign Languages Building
1:00-3:00 pm

Press Play: Nokomis Voices of Anishinabe Grandmothers- film by Sarah Penman
Native American House, 1206 W. Nevada St., 12pm

Stitch n' Bitch and the WRC present: Knit Happens
Women's Resource Center, 703 S. Wright Street, 2nd Floor
5:30 pm - 8:00 pm

3/20

Middle East Story Time
Mar 20, 2010 | 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Urbana Free Library, Megan's Room

3/21

UFLive! presents Keith Harden
Urbana Free Library, Busey-Mills Reading Room
2-3:30pm

3/23

Rainbow Coffeehouse
Etc. Cafe, corner of Goodwin and Green
6pm

3/28

BOSSA NUEVO
Urbana Champaign Independent Media Center, 6-10pm
Admission $6

UFL Reads Memoirs--The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
Urbana Free Library, MacFarlane-Hood Reading Room
2-3:00pm

3/29

Dish It Up: Plastic Dreams: Barbie
Women's Resource Center, 703 S. Wright Street, 2nd Floor
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Queer Punk
Quench Lunch Series
323 Illini Union
12-1pm

3/30

FFT: Contentious Legacies: Mixed-Race in the Age of Colorblindess and Beyond
(Mixed Race issues, the 2010 Census, and the history of the construction of race and the census in the United States)
Asian American Cultural Center
12pm

What It Is! featuring Mavis Staples, Booker T., and JJ Grey
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Colwell Playhouse, 7:30pm
Tickets $25-45

Rainbow Coffeehouse
Etc. Cafe, corner of Goodwin and Green
6pm

3/31

History Makers Project: Play Reading of The Moment
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Colwell Playhouse
7:30 PM
Free