38]
See film CITIZENFOUR – Feb. 10
39] Nonproliferation Treaty – Feb. 11
40] Oppression of African people – Feb.
11
41] Justice
in Kenya – Feb. 11
42] Peace group meeting – Feb. 11
43] DON’T
LOSE TRACK – Feb. 11
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37] – Al-Mutanabbi Street
Starts Here Exhibition is a project that began as a call from Beau Beausoleil
in 2007 for writers which quickly moved on to incorporate artists, artist books
and now includes printmakers all who are responding to bear witness to a
tragic loss of a center of literacy and humanity in Iraq. One of the
purposes of this project is to let those in the Iraqi Arts Community know that
we will not let them endure the destruction of Iraqi culture in silence,
that we have a collective voice and we will use it. This was a street of
booksellers, printers, and readers. This was a street where people still felt
"safe" among all the words and books. How can we not see the
commonality between al- Mutanabbi Street and any street in the world that holds
a bookshop or cultural institution? This is the starting point: where language,
thought, and reality reside; where memory, ideas, and even dreams wait
patiently in their black ink.
A diverse coalition of DC-area
universities and arts and literary organizations will present Al-Mutanabbi
Street Starts Here DC 2016, a book arts and cultural festival through Sat.,
Mar. 5 throughout the Washington, D.C., area. Major exhibitions, programs, and
events will commemorate the 2007 bombing of Baghdad’s historic bookselling
street, celebrate the free exchange of ideas and knowledge, and stand in
solidarity with the people of Iraq. Exhibitions of artwork created in response
to the bombing will be featured at multiple venues, including the George Mason
University School of Art Gallery, Atrium, Fenwick Library and the Workhouse Art
Center, Gelman Library and the Corcoran School of Art and Design at The George
Washington University, the Brentwood Arts Exchange, Smith Center for Healing
and the Arts, McLean Project for the Arts, Northern Virginia Community
College, Olly Olly Gallery, and the Smithsonian American Art/Portrait Gallery
Library.
The exhibitions that are
featured at the School of Art Gallery, the Fenwick Library, the Mason Atrium
Gallery, and the Workhouse Art Center (plus partners) include three
components: Letterpress Printed Broadsides; Artist Books; and Absence and
Presence (a call to printmakers). Additionally, each gallery provides new
interpretive documentary materials, hands-on workshops, and panels
and conversations that will be built around the exhibitions. For a complete
list of sites and dates and times go to http://www.amsshdc2016.org/contact-us.html.
This is a list of some of the
sites. You can see the exhibit, for example, at the Smith Center for
Healing and the Arts, 1632 U St., WDC, through Wed., Mar. 30. It is
entitled “Night and the Desert Know Me,” and the curators are Shanti Norris and
Spencer Dormitzer. The exhibit at the Brentwood Arts Exchange, 3901 Rhode
Island Ave., Brentwood, MD 20722, runs through Sat., Mar. 12 -- “Selections
from Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here.” The curator of the exhibit is Phil
Davis. Also see the exhibit at the Tyler Gallery, Corcoran School of the
Arts and Design, 500 17th St. NW, WDC, through Sun., Mar. 20--“Al-Mutanabbi
Street in Books, Prints & Poetry.” Enjoy a reception on Fri., Mar. 4 from 1
to 2:30 PM. Also you can see this exhibit at the Smithsonian American
Art/Portrait Gallery, 750 9th St. NW, Room 2100, WDC 20001-4505 through Wed.,
Mar. 30 -- “Come Together: American Artists Respond to Al-Mutanabbi Street.”
The curator is Anne Evenhaugen.
38] – Come to see the film CITIZENFOUR on Wed., Feb. 10 at 6:30 PM at the Baltimore Ethical Society, 306 W Franklin St., Suite 102, Baltimore 21201. This is
a free screening. Go to http://www.meetup.com/Charm-City-Film-Series/events/225320978/. The director is Laura Poitras, recipient of the
MacArthur Genius Fellowship and the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.
This thriller is a gripping, behind-the-scenes chronicle which follows Poitras
and journalist Glenn Greenwald’s remarkable encounters with the whistle-blower
Edward Snowden as he hands over classified documents that provide evidence of illegal
invasions of privacy by the NSA
39] –
The State of the Comprehensive Test Ban and Non-Proliferation Treaties will be
discussed on Thurs., Feb. 11 from 12:30 to 2 PM. RSVP at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/10EyRxm6QMX7cBZ1wlbTVVLFhXsvPyHPbLytHIoK67zU/viewform. The Nuclear
Non-Proliferation Treaty was indefinitely extended in 1995. The Comprehensive
Test Ban Treaty was negotiated in 1996. Two decades later, both treaties are
not in good shape. The CTBT remains in limbo, shackled by a provision designed
to delay its entry-into-force. The health of the NPT requires strong bonds
between states recognized by the Treaty as possessing nuclear weapons and
non-nuclear-weapon states. The divide between these camps is growing, and
future NPT Review Conferences may well exacerbate these divisions.
Where do we stand? And where
do we go from here? The Stimson Center and the Arms Control Association invite
you to attend a luncheon meeting to address these questions at the Stimson
Center, 1211 Connecticut Ave. NW, 8th Floor, WDC 20036. It will feature
Ambassador Susan Burk, U.S. Ambassador to the 2010 Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Treaty Review Conference, Daryl Kimball, executive director of the Arms Control
Association, David Koplow, Professor of Law at the Georgetown University Law
Center, and Michael Krepon, co-founder of the Stimson Center, will moderate.
40] –
Come to the NOVA Alexandria Campus, 5000 Dawes Ave., Bisdorf Bldg., room 127,
Alexandria 22311, on Thurs., Feb. 11 from 2 to 4 PM at a film
screening followed by a discussion with Pan-African activist and IPS Events
Coordinator Netfa Freeman about the contributions of Africans worldwide and the
tendency of capitalism toward the socio-economic oppression of African people
globally. Go to http://www.ips-dc.org/events/film-and-discussion-concerning-vio/ or email netfa@ips-dc.org.
41] –
On Thurs., Feb. 11 from 2 to 3:30 PM, the Public International Law
& Policy Group (PILPG) cordially invites you to a roundtable event entitled
“Using Alternative Justice Systems in Kenya to Address Accountability
Gaps." The roundtable at PILPG’s office, 1455 Pennsylvania Ave., 4th
Floor, WDC, will feature PILPG’s Kenya Chief of Party, Atieno
Odhiambo. PILPG's Kenya program strengthens domestic accountability
for election-related and politically-motivated human rights abuses. In
late 2007, tensions arising from the disputed Kenyan elections erupted into
violent conflict, leaving more than 1,100 people dead and 300,000 people
displaced. Today, several years after the post-election violence, few
individuals have been held accountable for their crimes.
One component of PILPG’s Kenya
program pilots the use of alternative justice systems (AJS) to address
post-election crimes. The project plans to establish AJS councils in
select communities that were affected by the crimes. The AJS councils
will focus on adjudicating post-election violence crimes. PILPG is also
working with local partners and judicial actors to produce an AJS framework to
guide Kenyan communities in establishing their own AJS councils. During the
roundtable, Ms. Odhiambo will discuss the AJS component of the program, the
challenges faced, and respond to questions from participants. In addition
to her experience working in traditional justice in Kenya, Ms. Odhiambo was a
judicial law clerk to the Chief Justice for the Supreme Court of Kenya, where
she advised the Chief Justice on cases filed at the Supreme Court. RSVP
to Chloe O'Kelly at cokelly@pilpg.org.
42] – The Pledge of
Resistance-Baltimore now meets on Thursdays at 7:30 PM, and the meetings take
place at Max’s residence. There will be a meeting on Thurs., Feb. 11 at
7:30 PM. The agenda will include Freddie Gray & local organizing,
killer drones and Obama, an action at the State of the Union, the refugees and the unending wars. Call 410-323-1607 or email mobuszewski at
verizon.net.
43] – On Thur., Feb. 11
at 7:30 PM come to Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse, 30 W. North Ave.,
Baltimore 21201, as Jordannah Elizabeth will present her collected works -
"Don't Lose Track." She is a musician, entertainment journalist,
author, model and the founder of the literary nonprofit, Publik / Private.
Elizabeth is also a civil rights and feminist writer who often
offers commentary on racial and gender issues in America. Call
443-602-7585. Go to http://www.redemmas.org.
To be continued.
Donations can be
sent to the Baltimore Nonviolence Center, 325 E. 25th St., Baltimore, MD
21218. Ph: 410-366-1637; Email: mobuszewski [at] verizon.net. Go to http://baltimorenonviolencecenter.blogspot.com/.
"The master
class has always declared the wars; the subject class has always fought the
battles. The master class has had all to gain and nothing to lose, while the
subject class has had nothing to gain and everything to lose--especially their
lives." Eugene Victor Debs
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