November News
The A-Space November 2007 calendar is now available at http://the-aspace.org/thismonth.pdf
Email us at a-space@defenestrator.org
if you want us to email you a copy. Print copies will be available at the
A-Space, both inside and from our new folder on the outside of the door (thanks
to Lovella from Poems Not Prisons for this great idea!)
There are lots of November dates still available, so contact
us now to plan your winter event! You can email us, or fill out a form on our
website at
http://the-aspace.org/contact
(scroll to see dates)
We hope to return to using our voicemail more effectively
soon, but are currently experiencing some technical difficulties with our phone
system.
We need winter art shows! Contact us if you’d like to hang a
show this winter—or next spring or summer!
Soon we will be kicking off our “40 Friends” Sustainability
Drive. If we get 40 friends to donate 5$ each per month, we will be financially
sustainable and will be able to focus our energy on providing meaningful
programming, and supporting community events. To donate send a check made out
to “4722 Association” with A-Space in the memo line to 4722 Baltimore Ave,
Phila PA 19143 or donate online via paypal or credit card at http://the-aspace.org/Donate
Smaller (and larger) donations also warmly appreciated.
Special
November Events
Saturday, Nov 3 7:30pm Poems
Not Prisons welcomes a one woman show by Leah Lakshmi www.the-aspace.org/pnp_presents
Friday, Nov 9 7pm screening of the documentary Giuliani Time www.the-aspace.org/antifa_films
Saturday, Nov 11 noon Books Through Bars hosts a tree planting in
memory of Barbara Herskovits www.the-aspace.org/booksthroughbars
News & Updates:
- · The Salt of the Earth collective has been doing
some bangin’ vegan brunches—keep an eye on the calendar to see if there are
more to come. - · An amazing group of artists and activists facilitated
an art event for Love Your Body Day—35 folks came through to check it out, and
we hope to see more from these folks in the future. - · Some of our 4722 friends have started a weekly
luncheonette on Wednesdays—come by and share some food! - · Philly Jericho switched their meeting time. They
still come twice a month to organize around political prisoner issues. Their
meetings are closed but you can learn more about them at http://www.myspace.com/jericho_philadelphia
or email phillyjericho@riseup.net
to learn how to get involved - · Philadelphia Anarchist Black Cross Federation now
meets at the A-Space on the 2nd Monday of each month. There meetings
are open so drop in at 7:30pm to learn how you can support US political prisoners
& POWS or email them at philadelphiaabcf@riseup.net - · Philadelphia Alliance for Labor Support—that
awesome group of doulas switched their meeting time to each first Sunday from 2:30-5.
Learn more about their work at dolphin.upenn.edu/~doulas/ - · A 4722 friend will be hosting a New Mammas
Support Group on Thursday s in November at 10:30am. Email us with questions and
we will forward your email on. - · Mariposa Coop will be doing some cashier
trainings in our space. Do you know Mariposa? They are practically our
next-door neighbors. If you love healthy and delicious food you should check
them out at www.mariposa.coop to learn
more. We are trying to start a process of posting our flyers and calendars
there so you can multi-task by buying organic chocolate and catching up on
local anarchist events at the same time - · We welcome the local graphic designers from PIRG
who have a work retreat at A-Space in November - · In October we hosted the LCA Land Trust general
meeting. We are a proud member of the LCA and hope to participate in the upcoming
progressive dinner. - · We added an art section to our calendar—the current
show is listed at the top of the days it is showing, and our 2nd
page gives info about the show - · We added a photo gallery to the art section of
our website where we display some clickable thumbnails of past, current and
upcoming shows—it is still under construction, but you can get a preview at http://www.the-aspace.org/art - · A local antifascist group is beginning a film
series on Friday, Nov 9 at 7pm. This month check out the documentary Giuliani Time. We hope to see them the 2nd Friday of
each month. - · Philly Anti-War Forum has a new meeting time!
Drop by the first Wednesday of each month at 6:30 to help plan educational anti-war
events - · Our fabulous volunteer coordinator Danielle
Stimpson did a gemstone healing benefit to raise money for project “a-space fix
up fun”. Email us if you want to get on Danielle’s list of volunteers - · We need to find 3 people or organizations to do
a monthly cleaning shift—email if you or your group can clean once per month
November Art
Because art is one of
the few means by which prisoners are able to express themselves, and because
artwork so frequently accompanies book requests, in 1999 Books Through Bars
began a prisoner art project.
The Contexts Collection of Artists in Prison
represents some of the realities of prison life, a reality which many of us on
"the outside" rarely see or consider. This selection of the Contexts
Collection is being shown in memory of Barbara Hirshkowitz, curator of the
project and long-time leader in Books Through Bars, who passed away in March.
List of available November dates—plan your
winter event today!
Sunday Day: Nov 25
Sunday Night: Nov 18
Monday Night: Nov 5, 26
Tuesday Night: NONE
Wednesday Night: Nov 21, 28
Thursday Night: NONE
Friday Night: Nov 23, 30
Saturday Day: Nov 10, 24
Saturday Night: Nov 3, 10, 17 & 24
The A-Space Anarchist Community Space
4722 Baltimore Ave, W. Philly
215-727-0882 leave msg
plenty of parking for bikes
& cars
south side of Baltimore ave
between 47th & 48th on
septa #34 green line surface trolley
most events free/we survive on
donation
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