Historian, author, philosopher, and activist Howard Zinn will be speaking in Gainesville on Feb. 28th at 8pm, at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts (315 Hull Road, UF Campus).

Zinn will speak on the uses of history and the War in Iraq. He will also be available afterwards to sign books.

Free advance tickets will be available at the Phillips Center on Friday February 24th at noon. This will be the last 350 tickets available. Individuals are limited to 2 tickets per person. Ticketholders should show up early for the event, as those waiting without advance tickets will be given the remaining open seats 5 minutes before the speech starts.

Non-ticket holders do not despair. The Phillips Center is putting a large screen TV and sound system outside the enterance for those that cannot get in. Additionally a hundred or more people can be in the lobby, where the speech can also be heard. We wish wish the Phillips held 4000 but unfortunately it doesn’t, we’re sorry for any inconvience. We’ve learned the speech will be re-broadcast on WUFT Classic 89 on Saturday March 18th from noon to 1:30pm.

If you would like to help us raise money to cover the costs of bringing Howard Zinn to Gainesville, please make a donation to the Civic Media Center in the largest amount you can afford. The CMC is a 501(c)3 non-profit, and all donations are tax deductable. You can make a donation online via paypal or mail donations to 1021 W. University Avenue, Gainesville, Florida 32601 (Mark “Zinn” on donations).

Please check back for updates!

Are you a corker? Come celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with the CMC’s Irish Freedom Film Festival, dedicated to the men and women who have given their lives in the fight against British oppression. Join us for all or part of the festival.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:

5pm - MICHAEL COLLINS - Liam Neeson portrays the Michael Collins, the man many credit as a hero for winning freedom for the southern 26 counties of Ireland (and whom many curse as a sellout for bartering the agreement that partitioned the island). Directed by Neil Jordan (1996).

7:15pm - BLOODY SUNDAY - On Jan. 30th, 1972 peaceful civil rights protesters in Derry, Northern Ireland were fired on by British soldiers. 13 people were shot and killed (most of them teenagers, none of them armed), and hundreds were injured by the hail of bullets. The British soldiers who murdered 13 Derry protestors were later decorated by the Queen, and to date have never been charged with a crime. The film “Bloody Sunday” depicts these events in a raw, gritty style that makes you feel like you’re right there, among the panicked, fleeing masses. Directed by Paul Greengrass (2002).

Before Zinn’s speaking engagement at the Phillips Center, the CMC will be hosting a dinner party for him at the Matheson museum, located at 513 East University Avenue. The event will last from 5:30 to 7:00, with a few comments to welcome our honored guest. Great food will be provided by Elegant Events Catering and the CMC’s Board of Directors.

Dinner tickets are SOLD OUT at this point.

Come out for good food, a bit of wine, and conversation with renowned historian Howard Zinn.

Call 352-373-0010 for directions or more information.

WHEN: Friday, March 3, 8:15pm
WHERE: Civic Media Center (1021 W. University Ave)
TICKETS: $8 advance from Omni Books, Hyde and Zekeâ??s, and Wild Iris. $10 at the door.

What’s funny about war, poverty, ignorance, bigotry, neo-conservatism, homophobia, corporate greed, lust and fear? Ask Roy Zimmermanâ?? he’s been writing satirical songs for twenty years.

â??Faulty Intelligenceâ? is a 70-minute presentation of Zimmerman’s original songs and comic commentary. Zimmermanâ??s music is featured on American Public Media’s syndicated broadcast â??Weekend Americaâ? and Sirius Radio’s â??West Coast Live.â?

For more info, call (352) 373-0010 or visit www.civicmediacenter.org. Proceeds benefit Civic Media Center and Veterans for Peace

The Civic Media Center presents…

PROMISES

WHEN: Monday, Feb. 6th
WHERE: Hippodrome Cinema
SHOWTIMES: 7pm, 9pm
TICKETS: $3 to $10, sliding scale (available in lobby 30 min before the show)

PROMISES travels to a Palestinian refugee camp and to an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, where we meet seven Palestinian and Israeli children. Though the children live only 20 minutes apart, they exist in completely separate worlds. The film explores the nature of their division, and tells the story of a few children who dared to cross the lines to meet their neighbors. A refreshing, human, and sometimes humorous portrait of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict (106 minutes).

–BEST DOCUMENTARY WINNER, Emmy Awards
–BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY NOMINEE, Academy Awards
–FESTIVAL PRIZE, Jerusalem International Film Festival

Part of the CMC monthly film series. 373-0010
For more on the film, visit www.promisesproject.org

The Civic Media Center presents…

PROMISES

WHEN: Monday, Feb. 6th
WHERE: Hippodrome Cinema
SHOWTIMES: 7pm, 9pm
TICKETS: $3 to $10, sliding scale (available in lobby 30 min before the show)

PROMISES travels to a Palestinian refugee camp and to an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, where we meet seven Palestinian and Israeli children. Though the children live only 20 minutes apart, they exist in completely separate worlds. The film explores the nature of their division, and tells the story of a few children who dared to cross the lines to meet their neighbors. A refreshing, human, and sometimes humorous portrait of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict (106 minutes).

–BEST DOCUMENTARY WINNER, Emmy Awards
–BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY NOMINEE, Academy Awards
–FESTIVAL PRIZE, Jerusalem International Film Festival

Part of the CMC monthly film series. 373-0010.
For more on the film, visit www.promisesproject.org

The Counterpoise collective will be celebrating it’s 10th Birthday with food, drink, and a raffle! The party is free and open to the public.

What is Counterpoise?
Counterpoise (ISSN 1092-0714) is a quarterly review journal that makes independent points of view widely accessible to librarians, scholars and activists. Charles Willett founded it in January 1997, while he chaired the Alternatives in Print Task Force of the American Library Association’s Social Responsibilities Round Table.

For more info visit www.counterpoise.info

Joe Haldeman sold his first story in 1969, while he was still in the army, post-Vietnam, and has been a constant writer ever since, with a little time off for teaching. He’s written about two dozen novels and five collections of short stories and poetry, and appears in about twenty languages, including Klingon, which he suspects will generate letters he won’t want to answer.

Since 1983, he and his wife Gay have spent one semester a year in Cambridge, MA, teaching at MIT.  He is an associate professor (adjunct) in the Department of Writing and Humanistic Studies.

His novels The Forever War and Forever Peace won both the Nebula and Hugo Awards;  Forever Peace also won the John W, Campbell Award, the first such “triple crown” since Pohl’s Gateway, 22 years
earlier.  He’s won several other Nebulas and Hugos, and three times
the Rhysling Award for science fiction poetry, as well as the World Fantasy Award.  His 2004 novel, Camouflage, won the James Tiptree Award for gender exploration.  His latest novel is Old Twentieth, and it
was joined in 2005 by War Stories, a collection that reprints his
Vietnam fiction — two novels and several short stories and narrative poems.

He also paints and plays guitar, both as a devoted amateur, and bicycles whenever the weather allows.  He and his wife recently bicycled across America, 3050 miles, from Florida to California.  When he can, he seeks out dark skies for his 12″ telescope.

Formerly known as “bootcamps,” volunteer retreats the place where CMC volunteers and board members get together to plan, strategize about upcoming events, address problems, evaluate our goals as a radical institution, and decide on courses of action. As much work as they entail, volunteer retreats are also a hell of a lot of fun.

All CMC volunteers are welcome to attend. Call for more info, directions: 378-5655.

The Civic Media Center presents…

THE YES MEN: Changing the World One Prank at a Time

WHEN: Monday, Jan. 9th
WHERE: Hippodrome Cinema
SHOWTIMES: 7pm, 9pm
TICKETS: $3 to $10, sliding scale (available in lobby 30 min before the show)

The Yes Men is a small group of prankster activists that has gained world-wide notoriety for impersonating the World Trade Organization in the press and at business conferences around the world. Delighted to represent the organization they politically oppose, Andy and Mike don thrift-store suits and set out to shock unwitting audiences with darkly comic satire that highlights the worst aspects of global free trade (2003). 83 minutes.

Part of the CMC monthly film series. www.civicmediacenter.org, 373-0010.