[Peace] so much happening Thursday January 27th / social issues artist / free film / The People Speak / documentary on bees

[Karen Medina]

So many thing happening Thursday, January 27th

Noon – A Conversation with Favianna Rodriguez - @ La Casa Cultural
Latina, 1203 W. Nevada, Urbana
[Favianna Rodriguez is an artist-entrepreneur who has helped foster
resurgence in political arts both locally and internationally. Named
by UTNE Magazine as a “leading visionary artist and changemaker,”
Rodriguez is renowned for her cultural media projects dealing with
social issues such as war, immigration, and globalization, as well as
for her leadership in establishing innovative institutions that
promote and engage new audiences in the arts.]

[film, free] 'For Once in My Life' / screening and post screening discussion
This is a film about the band, "Spirit of Goodwill" — a unique
assembly of singers and musicians who live with varying degrees of
physical and mental disability. They bond over their mutual love of
music, and their fierce drive to improve and play to ever-larger
audiences.
* FREE Public library screening of Independent Lens documentaries
prior to their broadcast on WILL-TV.
January 27, 2011
6:30 PM
Champaign Public Library, Robeson Rooms A & B
200 W. Green St.
Urbana-Champaign, IL 61820
- http://www.itvs.org/screenings

“The People Speak.”: Democracy is not a spectator sport: Commemorate
the 1st anniversary of Howard Zinn’s passing. Spend the evening at a
live staged reading
Event: The People Speak – a community reading in Champaign-Urbana
Time: Thursday, January 27 · 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Location: The Red Herring, 1209 West Oregon Street, Urbana, Illinois
$5 suggested donation at the door. Proceeds benefit Haymarket Books,
and The People Speak.
See the facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=176509949037849

7:00pm – Women Artists Who are Fighting for a Better Planet [Favianna Rodriguez]
Allen Hall, 1005 W. Gregory Dr, Urbana
How women artists have broken new ground in the fields of performance
art, printmaking, digital arts, and video art and examples of how
women tackle themes of sexuality, identity, and political equality.
[Favianna Rodriguez is an artist-entrepreneur who has helped foster
resurgence in political arts both locally and internationally. Named
by UTNE Magazine as a “leading visionary artist and changemaker,”
Rodriguez is renowned for her cultural media projects dealing with
social issues such as war, immigration, and globalization, as well as
for her leadership in establishing innovative institutions that
promote and engage new audiences in the arts.]

[film, not free] Queen of the Sun: What are the Bees Telling Us? [film]
Thursday, January 27 · 7:30pm - 10:30pm
Art Theater
Common Ground is co-sponsoring a showing of Queen of the Sun, a
documentary that looks at the global bee crisis and its effect on the
future of our food. The showing is Thursday, January 27th, 7:30pm, at
the Art Theater in downtown Champaign. A discussion will follow the
movie, and there will be door prizes...
The movie starts at 7:30, but suspect it will be a full house
Ticket Prices:
Adult: $9
Student: $7.50