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Two poetry events in the next three days -<br>
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Aaron Ammons' <b><big>Speak Cafe</big></b><br>
*tonight* - <b>Thursday Nov. 8th - 6:30-8:30pm,</b><br>
in <b>Krannert Art Museum</b>, 500 E. Peabody Drive, Champaign<br>
featuring Ugochi, the "African Buttafly",<br>
a Nigerian born amazing songstress who now resides in Chicago<br>
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"SONG / POETRY / EXPRESSION / ART / KNOWLEDGE & Sweet Potato
Pie<br>
is what you will hear, see, feel and taste at SPEAK CAFE."<br>
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... and, this Saturday afternoon ...<br>
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<div class="column"> <b><big>Anti-War Poetry Reading<br>
in commemoration of Veterans' Day </big></b><br>
<b>2:30 PM, Saturday, November 10th</b>
<p>U-C<b> Independent Media Center</b>
202 S. Broadway, Urbana<br>
Grandpa Wahlfeldt Family Room - downstairs<br>
Enter by the stairs leading down from Elm St side.
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<p>We are delighted to have as our
featured guest <b>Tim Bagwell</b>, long-
time activist with Vietnam Veterans
Against the War in Bloomington,
Indiana, conscientious objector, and a
well-known poet who has read his
work throughout the Midwest. Read
his poems at:<a
href="http://bagwellantiwarpoet.wordpress.com"><span
style="font-size: 13.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'">
http://bagwellantiwarpoet.wordpress.com
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<p>Tim will be joined by others, including local artist <b>Aaron
Ammons</b>, author of two
poetry anthologies and convener of the local Speak Cafe, a
monthly event
celebrating Black Power with hip-hop, song, poetry and other
spoken word art
forms.<span style="font-size: 14.000000pt; font-family:
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<p><b>Please come out, enjoy the poetry and re-commit to
ending war.
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<p>Light snacks will be served.
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<p><small><i>Sponsored by Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW)
and Anti-War, Anti-Racism
Effort (AWARE). For more information, contact Scott
Kimball of IVAW
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:scttkmbll@gmail.com">scttkmbll@gmail.com</a> or Stuart Levy of AWARE
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:stuartnlevy@gmail.com">stuartnlevy@gmail.com</a>
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<p><small><i>It's especially appropriate that this will be
held in the Grandpa Wahlfeldt Family
Room, named for the late Robert Wahlfeldt, a veteran who
became a fierce and
outspoken opponent of war. Thanks to the School for
Designing a Society for
inviting us to this space, and to James Kilgore for
bringing Tim Bagwell to C-U!
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