July 2008
From The Facebook:
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The Chapel Hill/Carrboro Chapter of Drinking Liberally
What is Drinking Liberally?
An
informal, inclusive progressive social group. Raise your spirits while
you raise your glass, and share ideas while you share a pitcher.
Drinking Liberally gives like-minded, left-leaning individuals a place
to talk politics. You don't need to be a policy expert and this isn't a
book club - just come and learn from peers, trade jokes, vent
frustration and hang out in an environment where it's not taboo to talk
politics.
Regular meetings every 2nd and 4th Wednesday at The Station Bar @ Southern Rail from 7-9pm.
Bring friends, all are welcome!
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Contact Info
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Chapel Hill, NC |
Date:
Wednesday, August 13, 2008 - 3:00pm
Location:
The Station at Southern Rail, Carrboro
From The Facebook:
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The Chapel Hill/Carrboro Chapter of Drinking Liberally
What is Drinking Liberally?
An
informal, inclusive progressive social group. Raise your spirits while
you raise your glass, and share ideas while you share a pitcher.
Drinking Liberally gives like-minded, left-leaning individuals a place
to talk politics. You don't need to be a policy expert and this isn't a
book club - just come and learn from peers, trade jokes, vent
frustration and hang out in an environment where it's not taboo to talk
politics.
Regular meetings every 2nd and 4th Wednesday at The Station Bar @ Southern Rail from 7-9pm.
Bring friends, all are welcome!
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Contact Info
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| Location: |
Chapel Hill, NC |
Date:
Wednesday, August 27, 2008 - 3:00pm
Location:
The Station bar at Southern Rail, Carrboro
From http://lastfridays.org:
At every outdoor Last Fridays, the Hillsborough Arts Council sponsors the center-stage musical actand artist demonstrators at the courthouse square, and a film series at the Masonic Lodge. The Council also sponsors the Last Fridays Art Walk and manages the vendor booths. For information about and registration for the Handmade Parade workshops, stop by the HAC booth!
Date:
Friday, July 25, 2008 - 2:00pm
Date:
Friday, August 29, 2008 - 2:00pm
Kudos to the UNC-CH Board of Trustees for rejecting a recent architectural plan for the inaugural building at Carolina North. It seems they felt the proposed design of the Innovation Center was not innovative enough to mark the entrance to the modern new campus which they plan to build in the northern heart of Chapel Hill. I was glad to see that the BOT has such high expectations for the building, but was a bit concerned about administrators' refusal to consider locating the building anywhere other than the grand entrance.
I still don't understand the logic behind UNC doing construction before completing the plan for the larger campus into which this building must fit. I really don't feel I can support any thing on that site until we see that it will be part of a commitment to use Carolina North to enhance Chapel Hill and not just UNC's bottom line.
Notice of Special Meeting of the Carrboro Board of Alderman
We, the undersigned, hereby call a special meeting of the Carrboro Board of Alderman for 7:30pm on Thursday, July 31, 2008 at Carrboro Town Hall.
The purpose of this meeting will be to discuss and possibly enact a proposed ordinance regulating the towing of automobiles from private lots within town limits.
Signed:
Alderman jacquelyn Gist
Alderman Dan Coleman
The source of this information is the PDF on this page obtained from the new Official Correspondence Google group for the Town of Carrboro.
Date:
Thursday, July 31, 2008 - 3:30pm
Via Facebook & e-mail:
Lyle Estill author reading - "Small is Possible"
Forget Homeland Security – Let’s Create Hometown Security!
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| Network: | Global |
Time and Place| Date: | Thursday, July 31, 2008 |
| Time: | 7:00pm - 9:00pm |
| Location: | Internationalist Books |
| Street: | 405 W Franklin St |
| City/Town: | Chapel Hill, NC |
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Contact Info| Phone: | 9199341740 |
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Find out how at Internationalist Books and Community Center on
Thursday, July 31st at 7 PM, as we welcome author and activist Lyle
Estill for a reading from his new book, Small Is Possible. This
passionate, insightful book introduces us to "hometown security," with
this chronicle of a community-powered response to resource depletion in
a fickle global economy. True stories, springing from the soils of
Chatham County, North Carolina, offer a positive counter balance to the
bleakness of our age. This is the story of how one small southern US
town found actual solutions to actual problems. Unwilling to rely on
government and wary of large corporations, these residents discovered
it is possible for a community to feed itself, fuel itself, heal itself
and govern itself.
"Think self-reliance is far-fetched in a flat
world? Lyle Estill's Small is Possible shows how it is being done for
food, housing, energy, finance, health care, and just about everything
else communities care about. A seasoned entrepreneur and social
innovator, Estill tells fun-to-read stories that are engaging,
insightful, and practical. His book is an indispensable resource for
community organizers and economic developers alike."
-Michael Shuman, author of "The Small Mart Revolution: How Local Businesses are Beating the Global Competition"
Local
resident Lyle Estill is the author of numerous articles, essays, and
blog entries, including the book, Biodiesel Power; the Passion, People
and Politics of the Next Renewable Fuel. He serves as vice-president of
Piedmont Biofuels in Pittsboro, NC.
Date:
Thursday, July 31, 2008 - 3:00pm
Location:
Internationalist Books, 405 W Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27516
Via internationalistbooks.org:
"The Psychology of Fascism" - talk with William Manson
Join us at Internationalist Books for a thought-provoking talk with William Manson about "The Psychology of Fascism."
What drives leaders such as George Bush and John McCain towards
their destructive militarism and repressive global and domestic
policies? In this provocative talk and discussion, Manson will analyze
the authoritarian narcissism underlying US corporate and political
power through the lens of psychology. Deriving insight from diverse
thinkers including Sigmund Freud, Wilhelm Reich, Erich Fromm, and
others, participants will examine the role of sexual repression,
authoritarian conditioning, and pathological narcissism in shaping the
psychology of America's leaders as the country edges towards fascism.
Come prepared to learn, debate, and explore humanistic alternatives to
the "wargasmic" policies of Republican (and Democratic) narcissists!
William Manson is a Chapel Hill-based radical intellectual historian
and author who has published essays examining fascist psychology,
authoritarian narcissism, and radical humanism in Fifth Estate
magazine, Anarchy! A Journal of Desire Armed, and more.
Date:
Sunday, August 10, 2008 - 12:00pm
Location:
Internationalist Books, 405 W Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27516
Is there anywhere on the web with details about NC state budget, orange county budget, and Chapel Hill town budget? I've been searching the last hour and am surprised that I have been unable to find any breakdown of the recently passed budgets. Am I missing a good resource? I have no agenda; just wondering what the facts are. Seems like this information is more difficult to find than it should be.
Thanks.
Carrboro's new Official Correspondence e-mail archive shows how easy it is to make the public's business actually available to the public. If you do it as Mayor Chilton did - with a Google Group - it's even free. Chapel Hill News editor Mark Schultz says the new system serves the community better than paper archives used by other governments, and it makes reporters' job easier which leads to better coverage in the papers. It's also very easy for officials to use as they just forward or CC e-mails to get them into the archive.
What's keeping Chapel Hill, Hillsborough, and Orange County from following suit? Sometimes I wonder if they wouldn't prefer that we just let them govern in peace instead of sticking our noses into the public business all the time.
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