[imc-st.louis] Fwd: Activists in St. Louis for summer '08: Events for week of July 28

[Ben West]

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Adam Shriver sent a message to the members of Activists in St. Louis
for summer '08.

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Subject: Events for week of July 28

(for a blog version of this message, go here:
http://blog.showmeprogress.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=1377)

Well, if last week's theme was activism and art, I guess this week's
theme would have to be activism and beer.  Yup, there will be plenty
of opportunities this week to have a cold one while chatting with
fellow activists, but there should be a lot of opportunities to get
involved for the teetotalers amongst us as well.  Everybody wins!

Also, I've gotten a fair amount positive feedback on the weekly events
messages, so I probably will continue something like it during the
year.  Unfortunately, facebook won't let me drop "for summer '08" from
the name, so don't be shocked when I send you a friend request in the
next few days (if we're not already friends).  I won't be offended if
you ignore it, but accepting it will make it easier for me to invite
you when I create a more permanent version of this group.

This week's events:

Monday, July 28, 6:30 to 7:30: The first opportunity for drinking &
activism will be tonight at the Young Democrats of Greater St. Louis
Monthly membership meeting.  The meeting will be at the Laclede Street
Grill.  More info is at
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=63751415098.

Tuesday, July 29: I couldn't find a whole lot of activism events per
se going on for Tuesday, but the St. Louis Art Museum continues their
series on famous civil rights photographer and "Shaft" director Gordon
Parks with a gallery talk by photojournalist Wiley Price of the St.
Louis American.  The talk is at 11 AM starting at the information
center.  More info is at: http://www.slam.org/index.aspx?id=3

Wednesday, July 30:  Join the Latin American Forum for a showing and
discussion of "The Revolution Will Not be Televised" at 7 PM at the
Oak Bend Branch Library, 842 South Holmes Avenue.  More info is at:
http://www.Latinamericaforum.org/ .

Thursday, July 31 The Grand Opening of the St. Louis Obama Campaign
for Change office in St. Louis is from 5 PM to 7 PM.  They'll be
passing out free buttons and letting people know how they can get more
involved in the campaign.  Details are at
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=27129389847 .  Also, I hear that
Obama is kicking off a tour of rural Missouri next Wednesday; is it
possible that he would be stopping by St. Louis on Thursday for the HQ
opening?  Probably not, but hey, one can always speculate.

Also Thursday, after the HQ opening or after work, you should come
hang out with the people who liked the combination of drinking and
activism so much, they made it an end in itself.  The monthly meeting
of  St. Louis chapter of Drinking Liberally will be at the Royale,
3132 South Kingshighway, from 6 PM on.  You can join the Drinking
Liberally facebook group by going to
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=16791578069 .

Friday, August 1st: Come to St. Louis's worker-owned collective Black
Bear Bakery for an opening of the art exhibit "Resistance", featuring
work from St. Louis and international artists.  The event starts at 7
PM and you can find more information at
http://stlcamp.org/event2008/resistance_art_opening_black_bear_bakery
.

Also Friday, the St. Louis Art Museum is showing a documentary about
the aforementioned Gordon Parks.  The movie, "Half Past Autumn: The
Life and Works of Gordon Parks" will be at 7 PM in the museum's
auditorium.

Saturday, August 2: Starting at 8 AM at the Schlafly Tap Room, come
check out the SchlaFlea Market to pick up some good stuff and get rid
of the things you don't need! The event is in conjunction with
Goodwill and is designed to promote reuse and recycling.  Of course,
beer will be available.  For more details, go to
http://www.schlafly.com/schlafleamarket.shtml

Also Saturday, a couple bannering events:  CODEPINK St. Louis will be
at the Soulard Market for a couple hours starting at noon (dress in
pink!), and St. Louis Speaksout will be at the Animals Always
sculpture outside the St. Louis Zoo from 2 PM to 4 PM
(http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=34727243016) .

Also Saturday, for people infinitely more daring than myself, is the
St. Louis version of the World Naked Bike Ride.  The event is designed
to (1) protest our oil dependency (2) promote a comfortable body
image, (3) raise awareness of cyclists in a motor driven world and (4)
promote exercise.  I'm fairly confident that (3) will be achieved.
You can find the details at
http://nakedwiki.org/index.php?title=Saint_Louis .

And finally on Saturday evening, you can party with Planned Parenthood
over at Just Johns starting at 9 PM.  The event features a drag show
and will be at 4112 Manchester Avenue. You can find the details at
http://www.plannedparenthood.org/stlouis/calendar-events-21409.htm .

That's all for now; have a fun and meaningful week,

Adam
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Ben West
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