2007-10-05 07:45 Education Roundup: Bond elections, school board elections and -- much more fun -- a carnival!
It's a week of meetings. Send future calendar items and news tidbits to ericka.mellon@chron.com. Houston ISD : School board agenda review meeting (the agenda isn't posted online yet but check back here ), 4 p.m. Oct. 8, at the central administration building, 4400 W. 18th St. The voting meeting takes place 3 p.m. Oct. 11 at the same place. Houston parents invited : Meeting of the Houston ISD Council of PTAs, 6:30 p.m. Oct. 8. PTA delegates will vote whether to support the district's $805 million …
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2007-09-02 13:34 Getty Museum Lecture: œEdward Weston s Love/Hate Relationship with Los Angeles September 13
From the Getty Museum's website : Los Angeles launched the career of Edward Weston (1886 1958), the subject of the current exhibition Edward Weston: Enduring Vision and a creative visionary who has been described as "the quintessential American artist/photographer of his time" Weston lived in the greater Los Angeles area from 1906 to 1923, establishing his own photographic business, marrying and having four children, and coming to grips with modern art for the first time. In 1923 Weston left for …
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2007-08-29 23:34 not this Saturday, but next Saturday in Toronto
A Science Fiction/Anime Flea Market Saturday, September 8th, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM in the Beeton Auditorium at the Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge Street. Are your shelves being weighed down by old paperbacks and DVDs Are you hunting for the R2-D2 Pez dispensor or Cutey Honey action figure you need to fill out your collection Do you have convention program books that need a good home Then worry no more, as The Friends of the Merril Collection present a science fiction/anime flea market, one-s …
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2007-08-22 20:44 One Reason to Subscribe to NY Times Select
... so you can read this: Challenging the Generals by Fred Kaplan On Aug. 1, Gen. Richard Cody, the United States Army s vice chief of staff, flew to the sprawling base at Fort Knox, Ky., to talk with the officers enrolled in the Captains Career Course. These are the Army s elite junior officers. Of the 127 captains taking the five-week course, 119 had served one or two tours of duty in Iraq or Afghanistan, mainly as lieutenants. Nearly all would soon be going back as company commanders. A capta …
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2007-07-16 00:08 On James
Bill James will be inducted into the Shrine of the Eternals on Sunday, July 22, in Pasadena, California. James, Yogi Berra, and Jim Brosnan comprise the ninth class of electees in voting conducted by the membership of the Baseball Reliquary. All three honorees have made significant contributions to the language and literature of baseball. According to Terry Cannon, Executive Director of the Baseball Reliquary, the Shrine of Eternals is "similar in concept to the National Baseball Hall of Fame" b …
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2007-07-02 20:32 If you re not too busy drinking your weight in margaritas this month
... go feed your mind, will you Kentucky Refugee Ministries will host their second annual Refugee Film Festival to celebrate Louisville's growing refugee population. The festival will take place on three consecutive Sundays: July 8, 15, and 22. The films will be shown each Sunday at 3:00 pm at the Elaine Chao Auditorium at the Ekstrom Library at the University of Louisville, 2301 South Third Street. Each film will be followed by a panel discussion with several refugees from the countries represe …
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2007-06-30 15:29 Richard M. Stallman: Coming to Town July 5th
On Thursday, July 5th, Free Software Foundation founder Richard M. Stallman will be speaking at the University of Toronto's Mississauga Campus. His topic will be Copyright vs. Community in the Age of Computer Networks. The talk is co-sponsored by U of T's Department of Mathematical and Computational Sciences and Knowledge Media Design Institute. It will be a non-technical talk, and everyone from hard-nerds to laypeople are encouraged to attend. Here's the abstract for the talk, taken from Greg W …
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2007-06-19 03:06 Strange Fruits at Lincoln Center; Drag Show Video Vérité
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Bruno Walter Auditorium40 Lincoln Center Plaza (Best entrance for auditorium 111Amsterdam Avenue) New York, NY Thursday, June 21, 2007 6pm Admission: Free Dress: You DecideSeating: First come first served For seating information: (212) 642-0142 Its the ultimate NYC drag show; on video tape.An evening of rare and never before publicly screened videoclips, Drag ShowVideo Vérité brings together a cavalcade of the legendary facesand places, past and pr …
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2007-04-24 21:01 LA Green Drinks - VALLEY Edition! Inaugural Event!
LA Green Drinkers, Finish Earth Month strong with the inaugural Valley LA Green Drinks! Thanks to Jessica, Zach, Margo, and Hans for making this happen! Please sign in with Hans or Zach so we can keep track of the growth of this new location. LA Green Drinks - Valley Thursday, April 26 th, 2007 7pm- The Sapphire 11938 Ventura Blvd Studio City, CA 91604 map 818 506-0777 Take Public Transit! The Sapphire is located near the intersection of Laurel Canyon Blvd. From the Universal Red Line Station, t …
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2007-04-18 04:17 LA Green Drinks - Silver Lake this Thursday!
LA Green Drinkers, Hope some of you enjoyed the StepitUp2007.org actions last weekend- There are plenty more events as we approach Earth Day on the 22nd. Be sure to look through our expanding Announcements section further below- LA Green Drinks - Silverlake Thursday, April 19th, 2007 7pm- The Good Luck Bar 1514 Hillhurst Ave Los Angeles, CA 90027 map (323) 666-3524 Remember- If anyone wants to bring literature to promote their green issue please do so- we will have an area for brochures, busines …
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