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Founder of To Write Love on Her Arms on campus Tuesday
Jamie Tworkowski, the founder of To Write Love on Her Arms (TWLOHA), will give a lecture on campus Tuesday evening.
The mission of TWLOHA is to give hope and find help "for people struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury, and suicide."
Tuesday, Feb. 7, 7:00–10:00 p.m.
Illini Union (Rooms ABC)
Doors: 6:30 p.m.
| Book discussion: Normal Life
Author: Dean Spade (Seattle University School of Law)
Friday, Feb. 3, 2:00 p.m.
Illini Union Bookstore, Reader's Corner (2nd floor)
Dean Spade will discuss his new book, Normal Life: Administrative Violence, Critical Trans Politics and the Limits of Law, (South End Press, 2011).
Dean Spade is an assistant professor at the Seattle University School of Law. He teaches Administrative Law, Poverty Law, and Law and Social Movements. In 2002, he founded the Sylvia Rivera Law Project, a collective that provides free legal help to low income people and people of color who are trans, intersex, and/or gender non-conforming.
A light reception will immediately follow the talk.
LGBTQ participants needed for research study on community involvement
LGBTQ participants are invited to participate in a research study on community involvement.
Requirements:
• 18 years of age or older
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, or queer
• Willingness to be interviewed
All identifying information remains strictly confidential.
Contact the interviewer: Megan Paceley, PhD Student, School of Social Work by email, or call (217) 316-4789.
(email and phone number are confidential and accessible only by Megan)
Community Center for the Arts Garage Sale
The Community Center for the Arts (C4A) have announced their annual Garage Sale. The sale will take place on Friday, February 24 and Saturday, February 25 at Good Shepard Lutheran Church (Prospect at Devonshire, Champaign).
- Pre-sale: Friday, February 24, 7:00 to 9:00 PM. $5 admission (C4A members get in for free!)
- Saturday, February 25, from 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM.
Right now, C4A is looking for gently used items for donations that will be sold during the Garage Sale. All manner of furniture, household goods, books, CDs & DVDs (but please, no electronics or VHS tapes), toys, clothing and baby items (but please, no baby furniture) are accepted.
Donations can be made by the following ways:
- by arrangement (call 384-5051 or email susan@c-4a.org)
- Between now and February 23, drop items off at C4A, located on the 2nd floor of the downtown Urbana post office building at 202 South Broadway, on Sundays between 4:00 and 6:00 PM (no drop-off on February 5)
- drop items off on Friday, February 24, from 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM at Grace Lutheran Church (Prospect at Devonshire, Champaign).
The group is willing to take donations of large quantities. Their website can be found at c4a.org.
Illini District Dental Society providing free cleanings, exams for kids
I just got my first cleaning in about 5 years earlier this month and now my teeth feel like perfectly smooth diamonds. Give your child the gift of this wonderful sensation on Wednesday Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Lincoln Square Mall.
Or, alternatively, show up at Lincoln Square Mall at 10 a.m. alone with the sole purpose of collecting fodder for a hyper-realist abstract essay on the pervasive Foucauldian imagery of the American Midwest and see how long it takes security to exercise their anonymous power upon you.
Assembly Hall calls for street team volunteers
An announcement on the University of Illinois Assembly Hall's Facebook page calls for interested UIUC students (take a hike, Parkland!) to become street team members this semester.
If you love promotions and marketing (and who doesn't, am I right?) and you're interested, check out their application, then email them your resume.
Krannert Center’s Mike Ross receives NAPAMA Award
January 9, 2012: NAPAMA Awards Presented at APAP Awards Luncheon
NAPAMA is the association of North American Performing Arts Managers and Agents, a not-for-profit service organization founded in 1979, and dedicated to promoting the professionalism of its members and the vitality of the performing arts.
President Robert Baird had the privilege of presenting two NAPAMA Awards at the APAP Awards Luncheon at the APAP Conference in New York. The NAPAMA Award for Excellence as an Agent or Manager in the Performing Arts was presented to Ann Summers Dossena of Ann Summers International in Toronto, Canada. The NAPAMA Award for Excellence in Presenting the Arts was presented to Mike Ross, Director of the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Congratulations to Mike Ross!
Bowling sure is expensive these days
Yesterday I received an email from occasional SP contributor, C-U business person, and good friend Tony Pomonis asking me to pony up $25 so he could go bowling. I immediately moved to delete his email as I was offended that he would ask me for bowling money without inviting me to join him. (Also, $25 seems rather exorbitant, no?) I too enjoy bowling, and feel that, despite never having bowled very well, I could be a phenomenal bowler with the proper conditioning and practice routines.
(Watch a video of future me below.)
Then, just before scratching Tony off of my contacts list, I read his email a bit more carefully and found out that he was actually asking me to DONATE $25 to his fundraising effort for our local chapter of Big Brothers Big Sisters, a research proven mentoring program that does really great work with local at-risk youth. Feeling guilty about the near loss of our friendship, I coughed up 50 of my very own dollars, putting him one step closer to beating the $905 he raised last year.
This is a really worthy cause, so if you're interested in donating, I'd encourage you to click here.
Also, if you're interested in finding out how you can make a difference in a young person's life as a mentor, click here.
Teach in Series: The myth of corporate personhood
Where: La Casa Cultural Latina
When: Thursday, Jan. 19, 7:00–8:30 p.m.
With the myth of corporate personhood as a starting point, A. Belden Fields, Emeritus Professor of Political Science, will tackle some of the most pervasive myths about corporations that have been legitimized in our political and legal systems.
Teen novel to launch at Champaign Library
From the press release:
One of the most eagerly anticipated young adult books of 2012 will be launched at the Champaign Public Library. Champaign author Julie Cross’s action-packed debut novel, Tempest, was released on Tuesday, January 17. Adults and teens are invited to a launch celebration with the author on Saturday, January 21, at 2:00 p.m. The hour-long event will be in Robeson Pavilion Room A & B of the library, at 200 W. Green St.
Registration is recommended. Registrants will be entered in a drawing for a copy of the book. Registration is available online or by calling (217) 403-2070.
Tempest is the first book in a trilogy being published by Thomas Dunne Books, an imprint of St. Martin’s Press. The studio that filmed Twilight, Summit Entertainment, has optioned the rights to all three of Cross’s novels.
For more information about the event, email Betsy Su, teen librarian, or call (217) 403-2086.
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Confidential? In this state? Hahahahahahahhahahaha
So it is.
It’s on Saturday, B.
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Ummm, that seems like a ___________stretch___.
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Pamela - Are the roasteries in Seattle as clean as CSR? It always disturbs me a little that it is so clean in there.
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Signs someone is “fishing” for a factual anchor: 1. Starts call to radio with: “I’ve been an Illini fan for (XX) years” or “I’m a diehard fan,” as if somehow that unverifiable claim will justify the 5 minutes of B.S. that follows. 2. Makes reference to KenPom…
That’s what she said.
Black dog and Siam terrace is where I always go after my divorces.
Love CSR. Apart from making my way through the regular roasts in 1/2 pound increments, I also like to pick up some of the little sample packets of the flavored stuff for when the lady and I feel like getting crazy. Sticky Bun is pretty nice.
If you happen to be getting a divorce, or fighting a DUI prosecution, downtown Urbana is a great place to eat.
HUUUUUUGE fan of their Black Velvet roast…It makes up about 75% of my coffee intake. LOL CSR is definitely one of those Champaign institutions that I brag about to people not from here. :-)
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Confidential? In this state? Hahahahahahahhahahaha
just confirmed: there will be white russians served. the art abides.
big lebowski at the art. mark it, dude.
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Thanks for that, Louis CK.
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Now you will be able to munch on pizza and shrimp cocktails in downtown Urbana (whilst a DJ spins?) after your dissolution of marriage http://www.news-gazette.com/news/business/features/its-your-business/2012-02-05/its-your-business-new-pizza-place-downtown-urban Is this a franchise of a Reno pizza joint, or just a coincidence of name? http://www.blackrockpizza.com