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SO. IL NOW EDUCATES CARBONDALE PHARMACIES |
by Rev. MeLissa Obermiller Email: so_il_now (nospam) yahoo.com |
19 Apr 2006
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On Saturday, April 8th, a few members of Southern IL NOW took it upon themselves to educate the pharmacies of the city of Carbondale regarding a new piece of Illinois legislation that the Governor signed on March 27th. This piece of legislation requires ALL pharmacies/pharmacists in Illinois to display a poster informing patients of their rights concerning the receipt of filled BC(Birth Control)/EC(Emergency Contraceptive) prescriptions. |
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Review :: Elections & Legislation : Gender & Sexuality |
Green Party candidate for Illinois State Treasurer to officiate same-sex wedding |
by bmimc |
12 Apr 2006
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Rev. Dan Rodriguez-Schlorff, the Green Party candidate for the Illinois State Treasurer, will officiate a wedding ceremony uniting two women in a private ceremony on May 27, 2006. The two women first approached Schlorff after hearing him speak at the Matthew Shepard rally last October. Since then, Schlorff has been meeting with the couple to discuss their future together. Following the ceremony, the couple will marry legally in Canada, where same-sex unions were decriminalized five years ago. |
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Announcement :: Art & Culture : Faith and Spirituality |
Keeping the Faith: Coffeehouse Benefit for Interfaith |
by Treesong Email: treesong (nospam) treesong.org |
05 Apr 2006
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Keep the Faith!
Live Music Coffeehouse and Open Mic
In benefit of the Interfaith Center.
This Weeks Artists:
Guitarist Uncle Bob and Keyboardist Ed Van Awken
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Where: Corner of Grand and University, Carbondale
When: 7PM Saturday April 8th, 2006 (doors open 6:30-ish) |
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Announcement :: Health |
"Silent/Listen: The Minutes" -- April 9 performance by Ultra-red |
by BMIMC Email: jroddy (nospam) siu.edu |
04 Apr 2006
Modified: 01:55:41 PM |
Sunday April 9, 7pm @214 North Washington Street, Carbondale --- Ultra-red is a media arts collective operating where public space, performance art, activist politics, and sound art intersect. Each performance is the unique result of work with HIV/AIDS affected communities: people living with AIDS/HIV and their families, health care workers, and other service providers. The collective offers a powerful model of a politically and theoretically engaged contemporary arts practice evidencing how socially engaged and community-based art practices relevant to specific political conditions can also be aesthetically and conceptually complex.
SIUC Cinema and Photography has organized a visit by this Los Angeles/New York based collective Ultra-Red this semester. Ultra-Red
will be in residence at SIU for a week to work intensively with students to prepare a new iteration of their ongoing performance series SILENT/LISTEN," a sound performance that live-mixes sound and interviews regarding the ongoing AIDS/HIV crisis. The piece seeks to explore questions like "Where has the AIDS crisis been?" and "Where might it be going?" by listening to the voices of people who have themselves been affected by the pandemic and the shifting politics surrounding it or active in confronting them. Ultra-Red has conducted iterations of the project across the U.S. and Canada and we are excited to welcome them to SIU. |
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Announcement :: Art & Culture |
Art of Survival Opening Reception April 7 |
by Jessica Becker |
01 Apr 2006
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Rosetta Stone Bookstore will host an opening reception in their art gallery for the Women's Center of Carbondale’s “Art of Survival: Women, Healing, and the Arts.” The reception will take place at Rosetta Stone Bookstore from 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday, April 7. Rosetta Stone Bookstore is located at 214 West Freeman Street in the Campus Shopping Center in Carbondale.
The opening reception will feature an open house, refreshments, and is free and open to the public.
The exhibition will last for the entire month of April in two locations: Rosetta Stone Bookstore in Carbondale and Perk Place in West Frankfort. Perk Place Espresso Bar and Café in West Frankfort is located at 105 East Main Street. Admission is free, and the art works will be available for purchase. All profit from the sales will support “Art for Empowerment Program” at The Women's Center. |
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Announcement :: Art & Culture |
"30 Plays in 60 Minutes" from the Neo-Futurist's 'Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind" |
by bmimc |
28 Mar 2006
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Experience a rush of performative fun at approximately 7:30 p.m. this Wednesday, March 29, at the Big Muddy IndyMedia Center (214 N. Washington)as a young performance crew will be blowing through Carbondale on the way to a performance and activism festival in Arkansas. All are invited to attend as they throw down their radical material for everyone to enjoy.
"Poignant beyond belief ..." -- Noam Chomsky
"Makes 'V' look like festering bag of Wallaby vomit ..." -- Beth Orton
"After seeing this, skiing drunk will never be the same!!" -- Bode Miller
"It was totally Pamper-iffic! I lost control of all bodily functions simultaneously. What a rush!!!" -- Condoleezza Rice
"Screeaahhhhgggghh, raawwgghhhh, yoowwwrrak ..." Howard Dean
"Forget goosebumps, this stuff gave me colon polyps." -- Woody Allen
We're taking this show to the Petit Jean Performance Festival, where the theme this year is "Performance and Activism," hosted by former SIU Performance Studies superstar Elizabeth Whitney. Her work has been presented throughout the country, and is focused mainly on issues of
gender and queer identity.
This is a selection of some of the best Neo-Futurist shows from their published works.
"TMLMTBGB" has been running since 1988--the longest running show in Chicago. |
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News :: Elections & Legislation |
Oppose the Jackson County Safety Tax on March 21st -- Don't Pay for Unfunded Mandates! |
by Ridge Runner Email: Ruralbumpkin (nospam) gmail.com |
17 Mar 2006
Modified: 18 Mar 2006 |
Vote No on the Safety Tax!
The Jackson County Board and several local politicians believe that the people of Jackson County are ignorant enough to pay for mandates from Springfield that the Administrative and Legislative branches decided not to fund. They feel that we citizens should pay an additional .25% sales tax each time we make a purchase. Obviously, the sales tax is the most regressive method of raising public funds. Like the Carbondale street paving tax, the working class, the poor, and the itinerant students pay for it, in other words, this will impact most upon the poorest citizens.
The press releases about the tax claim it will be utilized to hire six additional road deputies and one investigator at a cost of $650,000 over a period of three years. The cost includes pension payments, benefits, contractual pay raises that may be incurred and a fully equipped patrol vehicle per officer.
An additional telecommunicator will be hired for $47,493, which includes the same fringe items as the patrol officers. Over a period of two years, the sheriff is hoping to hire two new jail officers at a cost of $162,468, including benefits.
Additionally, the department hopes to hire one part-time civil process server for $14,107.
Finally, the department would like to expand its jail, because it claims to continually operate at its capacity of 117 inmates. A dollar figure has not yet been assigned to this expansion, but is being studied by an engineering firm. Interestingly enough, this is the same firm that is doing a reexamination of the EPA study of the Koppers Wood Treatment site in Carbondale. Does this firm have a bit of clout? Also, this is the jail that has been sinking into the landfil it was built on since its creation.
These Press releases sound quite well and good but they do not reflect the discussion that occurred at the actual Board meeting. Breton O'Neill, chairwoman of the county board's judicial and law committee, who is pushing for the tax, said the committee involved the community through meetings with township governments, civic group meetings and editorial boards to better educate the public about the need for the tax.
However, this same County Board Member during the committee meeting regarding the tax said that Jackson County Sheriff Bob Burns talked about the "unfunded mandates" for the sheriff's department that are coming out of Springfield, adding he said, "the department is severely understaffed and under-equipped to handle those mandates". So, what is the real purpose of the tax? Isn’t it simply to pay for those mandates? |
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Announcement :: Art & Culture : Media : Miscellaneous |
Discovering Adobeland - Opening Reception on Saturday March 25, 6-8 pm, Gallery 1101 |
by Sara Gulbrandsen & Jesse Landstrom Email: sbgulbrandsen (nospam) yahoo.com |
18 Mar 2006
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“When we arrived in Adobeland, we expected to find a close-knit community, but instead found a quiet echo of a once-thriving wimmin’s land.
An opening reception will be held Saturday, March 25, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in Gallery 1101 in the SIUC Cinema and Photography Department Office - Communications Building, Room 1101. Sara and Jesse will be present to answer questions and receive feedback. Refreshments will be served. The exhibition dates are Monday, March 27, through Friday, March 31, 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. The opening reception and exhibit are free and open to the public. |
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