Every Friday:
- Noon to 1 p.m. Join WV Patriots for Peace at weekly one hour vigils.
Now that another election has been held in Iraq, isn't it time to start
bringing our troops home? Vigil continues Friday, 12-1 p.m. at
old location, Brawley walkway
across Court St from Town Center. WVPFP will be holding the sadly ever-growing "Wall
of Remembrance," which lists the names of the U.S. troops who have lost
their lives in Iraq.
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Monday - Friday, 7:06 - 10 p.m. Tune In to Bob Kincaid's Radio Program
for Progressive West Virginians - Call in to let others know your
thoughts!
Click here to listen online. The call-in numbers are (304) 658-3333 and
(877) 443-2366. |
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May 13: 9:35 p.m. EST. Sundance Channel’s series THE GREEN broadcasts
Burning the Future: Coal In America, directed by David Novack.
More Info |
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May 14: 6:30 p.m. COME JOIN US! Public Hearing on 5-Year Permit
Renewal for Zeb Mountain mountaintop removal mining site in Campbell County.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 14TH, ELK VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (6691 Hwy 297, Pioneer, TN
37847). This hearing will help determine whether (or how) National Coal mines
Zeb Mountain for the next 5 years. Please consider attending, speaking at the
public hearing if you wish, and spreading the word. PLEASE RSVP that you are
coming: Call or email Alex Moir at the SOCM office at (865) 426-9455 or
alex@socm.org Much
more info here. |
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May 15: Asheville North Carolina Fine Arts theater Biltmore Street.
Screening of "Mountain Top Removal" in Asheville NC. Proceeds benefit SouthWings.
Visit
www.fineartstheatre.com |
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May 11: 1:00 p.m. Appalshop's documentary film "Sludge" airs on Kentucky
Educational Television's (KET) Kentucky Channel. More
info |
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May 16: 7:00 p.m. Appalshop's documentary film "Sludge" airs on Kentucky
Educational Television's (KET) Kentucky Channel. More
info |
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May 17: 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. The Matewan Massacre Reenactment. In downtown
Matewan, Mingo Count. For more info on the reenactment, call Donna May,
director, at 304-426-6512. |
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May 17: 12:00 a.m. and 2:00 pm Appalshop's documentary film "Sludge" airs
on Kentucky Educational Television's (KET) Kentucky Channel.
More info |
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May 17-24: Mountain Justice Summer Training Camp Camp Blanton, Harlan
County, KY. See
www.mountainjusticesummer.org/. |
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July 4: Larry Gibson's July 4th Celebration, Kayford Mountain WV |
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May 22. p.m. West Virginia Public Radio will broadcast a radio version of
Diane Gilliam Fisher's "Kettle Bottom" set in a Mingo County coal camp,
West Virginia 1920-21, during the height of the mine wars. Though
it's about the 1920s, it's about today too. You can't really get the full
picture of mountaintop removal till you see the historical context. A riveting
mix of history, music and poetry read by southern West Virginians. Produced by
Kate Long, funded by the West Virginia Humanities Council. Streamed on the Web
at www.wvpubcast.org. |
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May 22 -27: Seoul, South Korea. The documentary film Mountain Top Removal
(www.hawriverfilms.com)
has been selected for the 5th annual Green Festival in Seoul South Korea May 22
-27 2008. Mountain Top Removal was one of 772 films form 72 countries submitted
and has been selected for the in competition category. The Green Film Festival
offers over $ 20,000 dollars in prize money to the winning films. Visit
www.greenfestival.or.kr |
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May 23- 26: Memorial Day weekend --18th annual Heartwood Forest Council,
held at Boy Scout Camp Oyo in the Shawnee State Forest near West Portsmouth,
Ohio. Hosts for this years event include Heartwood, the Buckeye Forest Council,
Save Our Shawnee Forest, Voices for the Forest, Meigs Citizens Action Now,
Protect Biodiversity in Public Forests, EarthWatch Ohio, Portsmouth/Piketon
Residents for Environmental Safety and Security, and Southern Ohio Neighbors
Group. The theme of this year's Forest Council is "Burning Issues: Climate is a
Forest Product." Heartwood helps you protect the places you love.
More Info here. Please join us
http://www.heartwood.org/join.html. |
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May 24: 12 noon ~ 6:00 p.m. --West Virginia Environmental Council's “Artists for the Environment.” 2206 Washington Street East, Charleston
* Artwork for Sale * Wine Tasting ►Music
* Silent Auction * Edible creations ►Booths
* Raffle Drawing ~ Mark Blumenstein Sculpture (5 p.m.)
Much more info
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May 30:
Drive Nowhere Day |