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    411 South 800 East, SLC
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    (This indie coffee shop is located on the 2nd floor, south end, historic Trolley Square, 600 East 600 South.)

    REGULAR EVENTS

    Every Sunday


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    Every Monday
    UARC Weekly Meeting

    Utah Animal Rights Coalition
    7:00-9:00pm
    All our welcome to attend. Paid members of UARC are allowed to vote on matters, but everyone has a voice.
    Coffee Under the Bridge 511 W. 200 S. (near the Gateway Mall)
    Eric Waters 801-560-8238
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    Ching Farms (Animal Sanctuary) Cooking Classes
    2nd Monday of each month-Downtown Wild Oats
    (400 S 645 East) 7-9 pm
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    Every Tuesday - all day
    NO DRIVE TUESDAYS
    Leave your fuel powered vehicles at home
    Bike, walks bus, or take TRAX
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    Every Wednesday
    The Salt Lake Bicycle Collective hosts Ladies-Only bike night every other Wedensday night, from 5 PM to 9 PM at the SLC Bike Collective (2312 South West Temple, look for the yellow Schwinn above the door) It's a change for women together, work on their bicycles, and socialize. For details and updates go online to http://www.slcbikecollective.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    EarthSave monthly cooking demo and potluck
    2nd Wednesday of
    each month
    (435) 647-0961 EarthSave
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    EarthSave
    2nd & 4th Wednesday of each month -
    The Salt Lake Bicycle Collective hosts Ladies-Only bike night every other Wedensday night, from 5 PM to 9 PM at the SLC Bike Collective (2312 South West Temple, look for the yellow Schwinn above the door) It's a change for women together, work on their bicycles, and socialize. For details and updates go online to http://www.slcbikecollective.org
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    PPJ monthly Thursday Vigils have been discontinued at this time. Please join us for special vigil actions when announced.
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    Every Thursday -9:00pm

    ESTE pizza 166e 200s
    Come meet up and ride every Thursday for an evening of mobbing bikes, trick comps, footdown, pizza, polo, and so much more...
    Contact: tomhucktom at gmail dot com
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    Every Friday
    Peace Vigil, 5-6pm

    in front of the Tabernacle in downtown Logan
    Info: 435-797-5237 or Logan Vigil
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    First Friday of every month, Environmental Ministry of the First Unitarian Church of Salt Lake City. Lecture Series
    Speakers, films, and events.
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    Third Friday of every month, Take Action! - Iraq Moratorium
    The slow-motion train wreck that is the occupation of Iraq grows daily more of a nightmare. In 2006 America voted to bring it to an end. But our politicians have failed to grasp the strain on our military and the depth to which America's influence in the world has fallen. We must force them and our media to recognize just how angry America is, and how massive the anti-war sentiment in this country has become.
    The Iraq Moratorium will be an escalating monthly series of actions demanding an end to the war. Starting on Friday, September 21 and on the third Friday of every month thereafter, we will take the time to show our President and Congress that our troops must be brought home, now!

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    Last Friday of each month
    Critical Mass Bicycle Ride
    5:30pm
    Gallivan Center, Salt Lake City
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    Every Friday
    Poetry Slam

    Wildhorse Coffee, Salt Lake's newest Indie Coffee Shop
    2nd floor, south end, historic Trolley Square.
    600 East 600 South, SLC
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    Every Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
    The Market Hall in Kimball Junction~Indoor Year round Farmers Market in Park City!

    Tues/Thurs 11:00am-6:00pm and Sat. 10:00am-6:00pm
    Currently there is space for additional food vendors on a monthly basis and space for other weekly local goods!
    We also can do events, art shows, health classes, films, yoga etc. please contact us to do a class after hours!
    $50 for your first week! $100 after that!
    Jesse Swing, 801 550 1293
    The Market Hall.org
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    Every Saturday, mid-June through mid-October
    Downtown Farmers Market

    8:00 am to 1:00 pm
    Food, plants, homemade arts & crafts.
    Pioneer Park, 300 South and 300 West, Salt Lake City
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    2nd Saturday of each month-Ft Union Wild Oats
    (6930 South Highland Drive) 12-2 pm
    2nd Sunday of each month-Sugarhouse Wild Oats
    (1131 E Wilmington Ave) 5-7 pm
    4th Thursday of each month (but not in November)
    -Sugarhouse Wild Oats 7-9 pm
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    Every Sunday, mid-June through late October
    Peoples Market

    International Peace Gardens in Salt Lake City (1000 S 900 W). From 10am - 3pm
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  • Other Community Calendars

  • Historical Dates and Events

    FEBRUARY
    AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH
    February 1
    1960
    Four African American students sit in at Woolworth's, Greensboro, NC

    February 2
    GROUNDHOG DAY
    1990
    South African President F.W. deKlerk lifts ban on opposition groups

    February 3
    1965
    Mass arrest of schoolchildren demonstrating for civil rights, Selma, AL

    February 4
    1913
    Birth of civil rights leader Rosa Parks
    1999 NYC police kill innocent Amadou Diallo; 15 days of civil disobedience ensue

    February 8
    1968
    Orangeburg Massacres: 3 students killed by police while protesting segregation at SC campus
    1978Longest Walk begins: Native Americans march fro San Francisco to Washington, DC

    February 10
    1990 Nelson Mandela released after 27 years in South African prison

    February 11
    1967
    Death of A.J. Muste, age 82

    February 12
    1909
    NAACP founded
    1947 First peacetime draft card burning
    February 14
    CHINESE NEW YEAR
    (Year of the Tiger)
    February 15
    1820
    Birth of Susan B. Anthony
    2003 Millions around the world march against U.S. war on Iraq
    February 16
    2005
    The Kyoto Protocol goes into effect in an attempt to reduce greenhouse gases and global warming

    February 19
    1942
    Norwegian teachers begin successful nonviolent protest against Nazification of schools

    February 20
    1965
    Malcolm X assassinated, NYC

    February 25
    1998
    Weapons inspection team is not allowed entry to Bangor, WA, nuclear submarine base to search for WMDs
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February

Monday, February 8 – Friday, February 12, 2010

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Writing for Change: Civic Writing
SLCC Community Writing Center - 210 East 400 South on the Plaza, Suite 8 , Salt Lake City, 801-957-4992
Learn techniques for civic writing such as letters to editors & public officials. Come with a concern to write a letter!
Free

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

The Wisdom of Our Years – A documentary that uses first person narratives from seven elderly African-Americans experiencing racism in Utah.
Utah Cultural Celebration Center – 1355 West 3100 South West Valley City, 801-965-5100
Free Admission

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Westminster College and UCCD Present: ‘The Quest for Sustainability: Climate Change and Economic Growth’

Bruce McKenzie Everett, Ph.D., discusses climate change and economic growth

Westminster College and the Utah Council for Citizen Diplomacy present a lecture by Bruce McKenzie Everett, Ph.D., and professor of business at Tufts and on The Quest for Sustainability: Climate Change and Economic Growth on Feb. 9, 2010, at 7:30 p.m. in the Vieve Gore Concert Hall in the Emma Eccles Jones Conservatory.

In a world of accelerating technological and social change, we face unprecedented complexity regarding the global economy and the environmental challenges it poses. To what extent do we really understand the science of climate change? Can we address climate change through modest lifestyle changes, or are the trade-offs between economic growth and greenhouse gas emissions simply too severe? Can technology save us? With over three decades of experience in the energy business as a government official, oil industry executive, teacher and commentator on energy policy, Dr. Everett will interpret the relationship between climate change and economic growth.

Born and bred in the Boston area, and still a die-hard Red Sox fan, Dr. Everett graduated from Princeton University in 1969 and earned a Ph.D. in International Relations from the Fletcher School at Tufts University in 1980.

All lectures are free and open to the public. For more information, visit http://www.westminstercollege.edu/culturalevents or www.utahdiplomacy.org.

About the series:
The 2009-2010 American Express Weldon J. Taylor Executive Lecture Series, in partnership with the Utah Council for Citizen Diplomacy’s Ambassador John Price and Marcia Price World Affairs Lecture Series, is a learning-lecture experience that features distinguished speakers who are leading authorities in their field. Their expertise is relevant to the Bill and Vieve Gore School of Business and includes topics related to business management, leadership, social entrepreneurship and international issues.

Thursday, February 11 – Saturday February 13, 2010

The Vagina Monologues – Westminster College – 7:30pm

Even Enslers, traveling show preformed to raise awareness & funds for organizations working to end violence against women.
CALL FOR TICKETS:  Westminster College, 1840 South 1300 East, Salt Lake City, 801-832-2457

Friday, February 12, 2010

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S.O.S. Haiti – Benefit show in response to the devastatin Haiti Earthquake

Whisper’s Cafe, 1429 south 1100 East, SLC

HOST: WHISPER’S CAFE and THE AMERICAN RED CROSS

Come out and have a good time drink some coffee and have some dinner. ALSO SERVING VEGAN FOOD. This coffee shop offers a nice and warm atmosphere.

All doations along with a percentage of sales will benefit The Red Cross efforts in haiti.

Art Show: 5pm-7pm

Live Music: 7pm-10pm

Open Mic: 10pm – midnight.

For questions or interest in performing call or text Kurt at 801-67152.

Facebook link toWhisper’s Cafe:

http://www.facebook.com/search/?q=whisper%27s+cafe&init=quick#!/group.php?gid=336711945390&ref=ss

Friday, February 12, 2010

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A powerful new film about advertising and inspiration. Directed by Doug Pray (SURFWISE, SCRATCH, HYPE!), it reveals the work and wisdom of some of the most influential advertising creatives of our time…people who have profoundly impacted our culture, yet are virtually unknown outside their industry.

Exploding forth from advertising’s “creative revolution” of the 1960s, these artists and writers all brought a surprisingly rebellious spirit to their work in a business more often associated with mediocrity or manipulation.

Official Selection – 2009 Sundance Film Festival
Official Selection – 2009 Hot Docs Documentary Film Festival
Winner – Best Director, Atlanta Documentary Film Festival

Where: Salt Lake Arts Center, 20 S. West Temple
More information: www.slcfilmcenter.org

Friday, February 12 – Saturday, February 13, 2010

A Climate of Change: Working for Peace, Social Justice and a Healthy Planet

5:30 Friday – 8:30 Saturday, Orson Spencer Hall and the adjacent University Union Building at the University of Utah Campus

5:30 pm: OSH 202 The Carbon Reduction Imperative: Energy Crisis in the Climate Crisis. Ed Firmage Jr., Wim Cardoen, and others.

7 pm: OSH Auditorium, Keynote speech by Tyler Volk: CO2 Rising: The World’s Greatest Environmental Challenge. He will be introduced by Barbara Richardson.

9 pm: OSH Auditorium, Film Home (90 mins)

9 pm: Union Theater, Film Rethink Afghanistan (60 mins)

9 pm: OSH 202, Film One Degree Matters (57 mins)

Saturday All Day Feb. 13 (Refreshments will be served)

10 am: Union Den, Brunch with Tyler Volk

11 am: OSH Auditorium, ‘Reviving the labor movement’ Steve Early and Rand Wilson speaking, w/ Peter Philips (chair), discussants: Julie Holzer, Jim Cooksey, Warren Brodhead, others.

1 pm: OSH 202, “Health Care Reform: a post mortem examination” panel with Rand Wilson and others.

3 pm: OSH Auditorium, Justice for the Palestinians with Alison Weir, founder of If Americans Knew, and Frances ReMillard, Utahns for a Just Peace in the Holy Land.

5 pm: Union Den, Plenary Session: What Next? Planning the next actions of the HPMC.

7 pm: OSH Auditorium, Film Garbage Dreams (79 mins) presented by SLC Film Center.

Saturday, February 13, 2010

HREC with The Salt Lake Interfaith Roundtable

is hosting a workshop on Forgiveness:
Forgiving One Another as a Path to Peace
Please join us for a workshop about forgiveness that acknowledges among faith traditions there is a common understanding that forgiveness of self and others is central to peacemaking. In some traditions, forgiveness is understood as an obligation as well as a choice.
Forgiveness is one of the most difficult things we are ever asked to do, and none of us can claim to be an expert on the subject. Forgiveness is so difficult because when we have harmed or betrayed one another, or have been harmed by another, a sense of justice and fairness comes into direct conflict with our desire to show mercy and compassion. We must learn how to forgive ourselves and others.
In this highly interactive workshop we discover our individual empathy and compassion are the tools that will bring peace to our lives. Acknowledging the challenges and sharing our stories we learn that forgiveness will become a process that brings a peaceful life.
“The holiest of all the spots on earth is where an ancient hatred has become a present Love.”
—A Course in Miracles
When: Saturday, February 13th, 2010
Where: The Episcopal Diocese of Utah, 75 South 200 East, Salt Lake City, Utah
Time: 10AM-4PM
Facilitators: Carla Kelley, Director HREC and Karla Reading, L.C.S.W.

Lunch will be provided.

RSVP (a must) to carla@hrecutah.org or (801) 521-4283

The Human Rights Education Center of Utah is a 501©3 nonprofit organization dedicated to peace, justice and equality.
www.hrecutah.org

Saturday, February 13, 2010

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Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Panel Discussion: What is the Value and Purpose of Black History Month?
7:30 p.m. Gore School of Business Auditorium , Westminster College
Panelists from the SLC area, to be announced when finalized.

Friday, February 26, 2010

New Models of Societal TransformationBill and Vieve Gore School of Business, room 107 at 3 p.m
• Learn about several new approaches to politics and governance

The Westminster College Center for Civic Engagement will host an upcoming series of innovative community leadership workshops entitled “From Civility to a New Social and Political Movement: How to be a Societal Transformation Agent.”

The workshops will feature Salt Lake community organizer John Kessler who has presented on community work throughout Utah and is currently developing a wellness program with a team of engaged citizens.

All workshops are free and open to the public and will take place in the Bill and Vieve Gore School of Business, room 107 at 3 p.m.

The workshops are hosted as a part of Westminster’s S.L.I.C.E. (Student Leaders in Civic Engagement) program to help students hone their community organization skills. S.L.I.C.E. students design projects to address issues about which they are passionate and the Center for Civic Engagement provides them the resources and mentorship they need to turn their ambitions into real social change.

For more information or to RSVP for the workshop, contact Westminster’s Center for Civic Engagement at (801) 832-2805 or email civicengagement@westminstercollege.edu. An RSVP is encouraged, but not necessary.

March

Tuesday, Mary 9, 2010

Westminster College Presents: ‘The Iraq War: Three Things Americans Still Don’t Understand About It’

Lecture by Thomas E. Ricks is part of the Kim T. Adamson Lecture Series on International Studies

As part of the Kim T. Adamson Lecture Series on International Studies, Westminster is pleased to present a lecture by Thomas E. Ricks entitled “The Iraq War: Three Things Americans Still Don’t Understand About It” on March 9, 2010, at 7:30 in the Vieve Gore Concert Hall in the Emma Eccles Jones Conservatory.

Ricks will provide insight into three critical things we don’t understand about the Iraq War. A multiple Pulitzer Prize-winning former reporter, Ricks’ expertise in such matters is substantial.
With a penchant for national security issues, he has studied and reported on U.S. military activities for nearly 30 years, covering American combat in Somalia, Haiti, Korea, Bosnia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Kuwait, Turkey, Afghanistan and Iraq. He served as a special military correspondent for the Wall Street Journal, followed by a similar position at the Washington Post. He has also written on defense matters for the Atlantic Monthly and was a member of two teams that won the Pulitzer Prize for reporting in 2000 and 2002.

Ricks is also the author of multiple books on the U.S. military. Two of his works, Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2003–05 and The Gamble: General Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006–08 were New York Times bestsellers. Michiko Kakutani of the Times has called these two books “devastating,” “brilliant,” “provocative,” “powerful,” “illuminating,” and “important and chilling.” Ricks also published several novels, including Making the Corps, which won Washington Monthly’s “Political Book of the Year” award, and A Soldier’s Duty, about U.S. military intervention in Afghanistan—published four months before the U.S. actually intervened there.

Currently, Ricks is a senior fellow at the Center for New American Security and a contributing editor of Foreign Policy magazine, for which he writes a blog called “The Best Defense.” Ricks grew up in New York and Afghanistan and graduated from Yale University in 1977.

The lecture is free and open to the public. A book signing will follow the event. For more information, visit www.westminstercollege.edu/campusevents.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Panel Discussion: What is the Value and Purpose of Women’s History Month? 7:30 p.m. Vieve Gore Concert Hall , Westminster College
Panelists from the SLC area, to be announced when finalized.

Friday, March 19, 2010

Facilitating five levels of civil discourse and behavior
• Learn five increasingly superior levels of civility, reciprocity, dispute resolution and policy development

The Westminster College Center for Civic Engagement will host an upcoming series of innovative community leadership workshops entitled “From Civility to a New Social and Political Movement: How to be a Societal Transformation Agent.”

The workshops will feature Salt Lake community organizer John Kessler who has presented on community work throughout Utah and is currently developing a wellness program with a team of engaged citizens.

All workshops are free and open to the public and will take place in the Bill and Vieve Gore School of Business, room 107 at 3 p.m.

The workshops are hosted as a part of Westminster’s S.L.I.C.E. (Student Leaders in Civic Engagement) program to help students hone their community organization skills. S.L.I.C.E. students design projects to address issues about which they are passionate and the Center for Civic Engagement provides them the resources and mentorship they need to turn their ambitions into real social change.

For more information or to RSVP for the workshop, contact Westminster’s Center for Civic Engagement at (801) 832-2805 or email civicengagement@westminstercollege.edu. An RSVP is encouraged, but not necessary.