UPDATED July 22
* July 21 (Thursday): Bill of Rights Defense Committee Meets in Southampton at 7pm
* July 22 (Friday): Deadline to Submit Comments on LI Offshore Wind Park
* July 23 (Saturday): Island-Wide Demonstrations at Military Recruiting Stations Starting 10am
* July 23 (Saturday): Reading: "The End of the Hamptons: Scenes from the Class Struggle in America's Paradise" in Sag Harbor, 6 pm
* July 23 (Saturday): Meeting with Scott Harris of WPKN on East End News Project in Sag Harbor, 7:30 pm
* July 26(Tuesday): Richard and Max Wolff - Current Political & Economic Conditons - Bayshore at 7:15pm
* July 27 (Wednesday): Whose Life Is It? - Making Ethical End-of-Life Decisions: Discussion in Bridgehampton at 7:30pm
* July 28 ( Thursday): Rally in Support of Bill of Rights in Southampton at 12 noon
* July 28 (Thursday): Could You Be Drafted? and Military Recruitment in Ronkonkoma at 6:30pm
* July 29 (Friday): Reading of "Visa for Avalon" at Canio's in Sag Harbor at 6pm
* July 30 (Saturday): Peace Action Meeting on Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in East Hampton at 5pm
* August 6 (Saturday): World Peace Vigil on Hiroshima Anniversary in Bellport at 3:30pm
* August 10 (Wednesday): Vanishing Landscapes - Photographer Kathryn Szoka - in Bridgehampton at 7:30pm
* Repeating Events: "Herstory" Writing Workshops in English and Spanish: Thursdays in East Hampton at 7 pm
Details follow:
July 21 (Thursday): Bill of Rights Defense Committee Meets in Southampton at 7pm
The South Fork Bill of Rights Defense committee will meet at the United Methodist Church in Southampton at 7pm Thursday July 21. The group is petitioning the Southampton and East Hampton Town Boards to pass a resolution in support of the Bill of Rights and in opposition to the US Patriot Act. ( see East End Report 'Bill of Rights Day in Southampton', posted last week).
Also see July 28 rally in support of the petition in Southampton in this calendar.
For more information on the South Fork Bill of Rights Defense Committee contact Myrna Truit at myrna.truitt@worldnet.att.net
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July 22 (Friday): Deadline to Submit Comments on LI Offshore Wind Park
Visit www dot LIoffshoreWindEnergy dot org for more information and to download the printable public comment form
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July 23 (Saturday): Island-Wide Demonstrations at Military Recruiting Stations Starting 10am
The Long Island Counter Military Recruiting Committee will be holding a "Caution - Do Not Enter" demonstration on Saturday July 23. Volunteers will be holding yellow caution tape and leafletting to youth and citizens who are being bombarded with falsehoods regarding military service. Get involved in getting the truth out!!
Call 631-875-8647 or email spncr@active.ws for the recruiting station near you!
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July 23(Saturday): Reading: "The End of the Hamptons: Scenes from the Class Struggle in America's Paradise" in Sag Harbor, 6 pm
Author Corey Dolgon, former Southampton College sociologist reads from his book "The End of the Hamptons: Scenes from the Class Struggle in America´s Paradise" at Canio's Books, 290 Main St. in Sag Harbor More info at 631-725-4926
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July 23 (Saturday): Meeting with Scott Harris of WPKN on East End News Project in Sag Harbor, 7:30 pm
Scott Harris, radio journalist of WPKN/WPKM ' s Counterpoint and the nationally syndicated radio news magazine "Between the Lines" will meet members of east end activist groups to discuss the WPKN east end news initiative. This informal meeting will follow the Corey Dolgon reading (see above) at Canio's Books, 290 Main Street in Sag Harbor.
More info at eastendreport@optonline.net and Between The Lines
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July 26(Tuesday): Richard and Max Wolff - Current Political & Economic Conditons in Bayshore at 7:15pm
Richard Wolff, Professor of Economics at U. Mass, Amherst and Max Wolff, economic analyst will speak at the Bayshore - Brightwaters Library on Tuesday, July 26 at 7:15pm. The lecture will cover war and the economy including trade issues.
more info: Brian at worker515@juno.com
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July 27(Wednesday): Whose Life Is It? - Making Ethical End-of-Life Decisions: Discussion in Bridgehampton at 7:30pm
A discussion with The Rev. Elsie Smith, Lutheran . Part of the Series "Religion and Ethics" Every other Wednesday 7:30 to 9:00 at Incarnation Lutheran Church, Montauk Highway & Hayground Road, Water Mill
Contact: Rev. Rose Ann Vita (631) 537-1187 pastorvita@fnol.net
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July 28 ( Thursday): Rally in Support of Bill of Rights in Southampton at 12 noon.
A rally in support of the Bill of Rights and in opposition to the US PATRIOT act is planned for Thursday at Noon at the Rogers Memorial Library on Windmill Lane in Southampton.
Speakers will include historian Blanch Wiesen-Cook of East Hampton and Jared Feuer of the Suffolk- New York Civil Liberties Union.
The rally is sponsored by the South Fork Bill of Rights Defense Committee
For more information contact Myrna Truit at myrna.truitt@worldnet.att.net
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July 28 (Thursday): Could You Be Drafted? and Military Recruitment in Ronkonkoma at 6:30pm
Members of the LI Counter Military Recruitment Committee will be holding an event to raise awareness about and to get people involved in the continuing struggle against military recruitment. Will include discussion of recruiting tactics and why the Draft seems almost certain. The prgram will be at the Freespace at 23 Union Avenue in Ronkonkoma.
For directions and more info LI Freespace
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July 29 (Friday): Reading of "Visa for Avalon" at Canio's in Sag Harbor at 6pm
Poets Kathy Engel and Jan Freeman along with Blanche Wiesen-Cook and Clare Coss will read excerpts from Bryher's amazing novel Visa For Avalon at Canio's Books on Friday July 29th, 6 PM. The program is an hour long.
"Visa for Avalon is a visionary and haunting novel. Bryher wrote this book forty years ago, but it speaks directly to the politics of today. It's a warning against apathy and should be read by anyone who's worried about civil rights." --Grace Paley
Canios is at 290 Main St in Sag Harbor. 725 - 4926
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July 30 (Saturday): Peace Action Meeting on Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in East Hampton at 5pm
The Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty Review Conference held in May at the UN ended in deadlock. The organization Peace Action has been working nationally to get our elected officials
to put pressure on the administration to stop development and deployment of bunker-busters, nukes in space, etc.
A meeting to extend this campaign to the east end is scheduled for East Hampton at the home of Judy Lerner on Saturday July 30. Speakers including historian Blanche Wiesen-Cook and state and national Peace Action representatives will be heard.
For directions contact Judy Lerner at 631-324-5480 or judyct12@aol.com
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August 6 (Saturday): World Peace Vigil on Hiroshima Anniversary in Bellport at 3:30pm
Hiroshima Day, Saturday, August 6, 2005, will mark 60 Years since the atomic devastation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This year, as in the past 22 years, participants wearing traditional white for mourning will meet at 3:30PM at the sidewalk adjacent to Woodlawn Cemetery located on Station Road, Bellport Village, just south of Head of Neck Rd.
They will mark the day with a silent, commemorative walk to the Great South Bay for a
live program at the Bellport Village Bandshell.
All who yearn for World Peace and an end to the threat of nuclear annihilation are invited to join the vigil.
This year's very special 60th Anniversary Memorial includes:
* South Country Peace Group Co-chair Dennis Urlaub speaking on 21st Century Concerns: the Nuclear Agenda.
* Susan June Blake of PeaceSmith’s, featured speaker!
* Paul Ames to highlight proposed legislation and peace actions.
* Nina Uchida on Robert Oppenheimer, atomic weapons designer, now anti-nuke peace activist
* Catherine Synan Greene is back by popular demand with her very moving musical
selections.
* Susan McKeon, LI Poet Laureate and Diane Atkinson, reading their original work dedicated to the World Peace Vigil
* Tiffany Russo & Company, interpretive dance performance.
For more information call 286-1803 or email wilkds@suffolk.lib.ny.us
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August 10 (Wednesday): Vanishing Landscapes - Photographer Kathryn Szoka - in Bridgehampton at 7:30pm
Photographer Kathryn Szoka talks about her series "Vanishing Landscapes" which documents dissapearing rural east end scenes.
7:30 to 9:00 at Incarnation Lutheran Church, Montauk Highway & Hayground Road, Water Mill
Contact: Rev. Rose Ann Vita (631) 537-1187 pastorvita@fnol.net
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Repeating Events:
"Herstory" Writing Workshops in Spanish and English: Thursdays in East Hampton
Every Thursday women come together to share their writing with one another and receive feedback on how to structure and shape their lifewriting.The East Hampton workshop is open to East Hampton Town residents. Itmeets every Thursday, 7-9 p.m., at the Senior Citizens Center, 128Springs-Fireplace Road.
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