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| November 8-12 | 7:30 p.m. 11/8-11 2 p.m. 11/11-12 Frederick Theater UW-L |
Nickel and Dimed - by Joan Holden, based on the book, NICKEL & DIMED, by Barbara Ehrenreich. Can a middle-aged, middle-class woman survive making beds all day and live on $7 an hour? Maybe. But it won’t pay the rent. At 55 Barbara is prepared for hard work but not for double shifts and nonstop aches and pains; for having to share tiny rooms, live on fast food because she has no place to cook, beg from food pantries, g ulp handfuls of Ibuprofen because she can’t afford a doctor; for failing, after all that, to make ends meet. The worst is not what happens to the back or the knees: it’s the damage to the heart. The play shows us the life of a third of working Americans now lead, and makes us angry that anyone should have to live it. Tickets go on sale Monday, November 6. Call 785-8522 |
| November 12/13 | All Day UW-L |
United Nations Association Film Festival - Plans are underway for a two day film fest featuring great shorts and documentaries from around the world. The films will focus on two or three major themes including women's issues and war. Check the schedule here. |
| November 13 | 6:00 p.m. 330 Cartwright Ctr UW-L |
Just Call Me Kade - Kade Farlow Collins is a sixteen year old FTM (female to male transgendered person) residing in Tucson, Arizona. Kade's parents maintain a supportive and nurturing relationship to Kade regarding the many challenges facing their teenage child. However, it hasn't always been easy. As Kade's body began to transform during puberty, Kade became nearly suicidal. Realizing that the issue was more complex than Kade being a tomboy or a lesbian, the family searched for information. Through a local support group and the internet, Kade's mother found books and other resources pertaining to transgenderism. Kade and his family agreed to have their lives documented in order to bring awareness to the subject. “Just Call me Kade” begins during Halloween weekend, 1999. Kade (then "Kate") was fourteen years old and beginning the initial stages of transition. Kate and family share their concerns, and all embark upon the path toward Kate's new identity as "Kade." Just Call Me Kade concludes during St. Patrick's Day weekend, 2001 and Kade, having legally changed his name, is well into testosterone therapy. Friends and family candidly express their feelings about the transition, the changes in Kade and the impact on everyone involved. Sponsored by the PRIDE Center. |
| November 13 | 8:30 a.m. High School Richland Ctr |
March against the Ban - This event is being planned by high school students. They are protesting the vote on the amendment to ban gay marriage. They think it is wrong and they want to let the townspeople know that. The high school student organizers have invited students from nearby high schools to be with them, and college students from the UW-Richland. Bring your own signs. For more information, contact Kayla. |
| November 13 | 7:00 p.m. 3452 Cartwright Ctr UW-L |
Earth Day Planning Meeting - Let's get a head start! At this meeting we're planning on discussing (and hopefully choosing) a main speaker for the celebration and working on ideas for fundraising. Come with ideas! Contact Kaitlynn for more info. |
| November 15 | 7 p.m. Main Hall Aud UW-L |
Film: Bride and Prejudice - In a modest Indian village, the determined Mrs. Bakshi sets out to find marriage matches for her four beautiful daughters. Sponsored by UW-L Women's Studies. |
| November 16 | 7 p.m. 141 Wimberly UW-L |
Film: Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios (1988) - Women on the verge of a nervous breakdown. A woman's lover leaves her, and she tries to contact him to find out why he's left. She confronts his wife and son FREE. |
| November 16 | 5 p.m. - meal 7 p.m. - talk Place of Grace 919 Hood St. |
WHY are they immigrating? - Join us for an evening of discussion about the reasons behind immigration. Joyce Stellik, a supreme Court Roster Qualified Interpreter/Translator i n Minnesota and Wisconsin, will be presenting. |
| November 17 | RSVP DEADLINE for Nov. 29 event |
La Crosse Area Planning Committee - Public Participation Workshop - Get in on transportation planning - discussion will focus on public participation in community transportation issues. For more info, please contact Jackie Eastwood, 785-6141 by Friday, November 17. |
| November 17 - 18 | noon to 7 p.m. 11/17 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 11/18 1st Presbyterian Church 233 West AVe. S. |
Ten Thousand Villages Festival Sale -
Feel good about shopping! As a founding member of the International Fair Trade Association, Ten Thousand Villages is
part of a worldwide movement striving to improve the livelihood of disadvantaged people in developing countries through
the expansion of fair trade. Festival Sale items include linens, pottery, onyx, wood carvings, jewelry, toys, and a
variety of gift and holiday items. This Festival Sale is a not a fund raiser. First Presbyterian Church donates space
and volunteer labor, and all proceeds are returned to the artisans and their families. Free admission and parking.
For more information, contact: Carol Lloyd Neill - 787-4536 (day), 782-0282 (evening) or First Presbyterian Church -
784-4248
Since 1946, Ten Thousand Villages has supported the work of tens of thousands of artisans in over 30 countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East. Ten Thousand Villages provides vital, fair income to Third World people by marketing their handicrafts and telling their stories in North America. Artisans, who would otherwise be unemployed or underemployed, earn sustainable income through fair trade. |
| November 19 | NOON to 6 p.m. Valhalla, Cartwright Ctr UW-L |
Asian Fest - Sponsored by the Asian Students Organization. |
| November 19 | 7 p.m. Valhalla, Cartwright Ctr UW-L |
Ahn Trio - Born in Seoul, Korea and educated at Julliard in New York City, the members of the AHN Trio – sisters Maria, Lucia, and Angella are redefining the art and architecture of chamber music, breathing new life into the standard piano-trio literature with commissioned works from visionary composers like Kenji Bunch, Maurice Jarre, and Michael Nyman. They explore new realms of sounds without alienating the listening audience for which it was intended. Co-sponsored by Campus Activities Board and Residence Life. For additional information call 608-785-8887. |
| November 20 | 6 p.m. Valhalla, Cartwright Ctr UW-L |
Transgender Day of Remembrance - Sponsored by the PRIDE Center. |
| November 20 | 5:30 p.m. English Lutheran Church 1509 King St. |
Prayer Vigil for Peace in the Middle East - |
| November 29 | 2 to 4:30 p.m. WTC Academic Resource Ctr, Rm 200 7th & Badger |
La Crosse Area Planning Committee - Public Participation Workshop - Get in on transportation planning - discussion will focus on public participation in community transportation issues. For more info, please contact Jackie Eastwood, 785-6141 by Friday, November 17. |
| November 29-30 | 9 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Ward Room Cartwright Ctr UW-L |
Ten Thousand Villages Festival Sale -
Another chance to feel good about shopping! Ten Thousand Villages, Concern, Local Hmong Crafts, and Kickapoo Fair Trade
Products. AND the 2007 UWL Progressives, Green is Sexy Calander. Ten Thousand Villages is part of a worldwide
movement striving to improve the livelihood of disadvantaged people in developing countries through the expansion of
fair trade. Festival Sale items include linens, pottery, onyx, wood carvings, jewelry, toys, and a variety of gift and
holiday items. Free admission. For more information, contact Guy.
Ten Thousand Villages supports the work of tens of thousands of artisans in over 30 countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East. Ten Thousand Villages provides vital, fair income to Third World people by marketing their handicrafts and telling their stories in North America. Artisans, who would otherwise be unemployed or underemployed, earn sustainable income through fair trade. |
| November 30 | 7 p.m. 141 Wimberly UW-L |
Film: La mala educación (2002) - An examination on the effect of Franco-era religious schooling and sexual abuse on the lives of two longtime friends. FREE. |
| December 1 | 9:30 a.m. Mary MotC 2006 Weston St. |
Church Women United Human Rights Celebration - |
| December 2 | 6 p.m. Three Rivers School 901 Caledonia St. |
Community Folk Dance - House band, friends, bring the kids, all dancers of all abilities welcome. |
| December 7 | Time/Location TBA |
Celebrate our hard work against the Ban - Many of us worked long and hard to stop the ban. While we didn't prevail this time, we changed many hearts and minds. Celebrate and demonstrate that we will not stop and we will not go away. More info soon. |
| December 10 | 7:00 p.m. Recital Hall Fine Arts Ctr Viterbo |
Human Rights Work Begins At Home - with Dr. Deborah Buffton, UW-L Professor of History, a talk in honor of world-wide Human Rights Day. “Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home – so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world.” - Eleanor Roosevelt. FREE. |
| February 21 | 7 p.m. Main Hall Aud UW-L |
Films: Ferry Tales and The Wedding Proposal -
Ferry Tales: For hundreds of commuters, it is just another routine trip from the quiet of Staten Island into the frenzy of Manhattan. Some spend the half hour
traveling across New York Harbor anxiously waiting, suffering through the boat's motions and sipping their third cup of coffee while burying their
heads in the newspapers. Some attempt a hopeless nap. But not all. A few use up every precious minute of the ride preparing themselves in a very
exclusive place: The Staten Island Ferry Powder Room. Ferry Tales is a sneak peek into a culture that only happens 30 minutes a day in the women's
bathroom….a place where no men are allowed. As they put on their make-up, they are transformed from housewives to businesswomen, from mothers to
lawyers, from sisters to socialites.
The Wedding Proposal: The filmmaker, an educated African-American journalist, celebrates her 35th birthday and acknowledges to her dismay that she is STILL unmarried. The Wedding Proposal is an at times humorous, at times heart-wrenching personal journey to find out how this could have happened to her. For answers she turns to her family, her friends and "the villain" --Thomas Lopez Pierre, Managing Partner of The Harlem Club, a private social club for professional African-Americans. Any professional man is eligible to join, but women must be under 35, single, have no children; they must also submit head and body photos. Thomas points out the troubling statistic that of those African-Americans that graduate college, 65% are women. That leaves a shortage of available professional men for women like Anjanette. She gathers together her friends, a lively group of "Sassy Sistas", to see how they cope with this reality in their daily lives. Both films sponsored by UW-L Women's Studies. |
| March 28-31 | day performances Frederick Theater UW-L |
Tale of the Mouse - A children’s show by Anita Gustafson. Produced by UW-L Theater Department. Call 785-8522 for tickets. |
| April 18 | 7 p.m. Main Hall Aud UW-L |
Film: TransAmerica - Academy Award nominee, Felicity Huffman, is Stanley, a pre-operative transsexual (Bree.) Shortly before her surgery, Bree learns that she is the father of a son, now 17, who is in trouble with the law. Bree meets Toby because her analyst won't allow the surgery to happen unless Bree meets him and confronts her past. Sponsored by UW-L Women's Studies. |