PUBLIC MEETINGS ON HEALTH CARE . . . US Senator Ben Nelson will hold public meetings on health care reform Monday, August 24, and Tuesday, August 25, 2009 in North Platte, Kearney, Norfolk and South Sioux City, Nebraska. The schedule is as follows: Monday, August 24, 9:00am to 10:00am, County Fairgrounds, 5015 Rodeo Road, North Platte; and 2:00pm to 3:00pm, Merryman Performing Arts Center, 225 West 22nd Street, Kearney. Tuesday, August 25, 9:00am to 10:00am, Northeast Community College Lifelong Learning Center, Norfolk; and 1:30pm to 2:30pm, Marina Inn and Conference Center, 510 East 5th Street, South Sioux City.
LINCOLN GREEN DRINKS . . . Lincoln Green Drinks will meet Wednesday, August 26, 2009, 5:30pm to close, at Lazlo’s Brewery & Grill, 210 North 7th Street. Everyone working on or studying environmental issues is invited to meet in the bar–simply ask at the front. Green Drinks is an informal, self-organizing network for fun and exchange of ideas. All are welcome.
LINCOLN PEACE VIGILS . . . Lincoln peace vigils continue at the Federal Building, 15th and O streets, every Wednesday from 5:00 to 6:00pm. Contact Mark at 402-499-6672 or e-mail mark [at] weddleton [dot] com for more information.
OMAHA PEACE VIGILS . . . Omaha peacemakers vigil every Wednesday, 4:30-5:30pm, at StratCom/UN-O, 6801 Pine Street, east of the Scott Technology Center on the Un-O campus. Free parking is available at the NE Corner of 67th Street and Pine in a student lot. For more information, phone Jerry Ebner, 402.502.5887. Every Saturday, 1:00-2:00pm, there is an Anti-War and Peace Vigil at 72nd and Dodge Streets. Contact Steve Horn at 402.426.9068.
OMAHA PEOPLE’S FILM FESTIVAL . . . There is a People’s Film Festival every Wednesday evening, 7:00pm, at McFoster’s Natural Kind Cafe, 38th and Harney in Omaha. The event is always free and open to the public. This week’s film is Unnatural Causes. Food and drink is available. A lively discussion follows each showing. For more information, click here. The People’s Film Festival – Expanding Political Consciousness Since 2004.
PRO-CHOICE ACTION . . . Pro-choice friends and supportive organizations will rally from all corners of the United States in support of Dr. Leroy Carhart on Friday, August 28 and Saturday, August 29, 2009. The rally will be at Carhart Clinic, 1002 West Mission Avenue, Bellevue, Nebraska, throughout the day on Friday and until close Saturday. The newly elected national President of NOW will be in Omaha all day Friday to show solidarity with Carhart and his supporters. For more information, e-mail Erin Sullivan, trustwomen2009 [at] gmail [dot] com.
HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION . . . Saturday, August 29, 2009, 9:00am to 1:00pm, Lincoln and Lancaster County residents can take household hazardous waste to a collection site at Lincoln Industries, 600 West E Street. Click here for more information about local recycling, or phone 441.8021.
AUGUST BIRDQUEST . . . Sunday, August 30, 2009, 7:00am, meet in the east Oak Lake parking lot, West Charleston Street and Sun Valley Boulevard, Lincoln, for caravan and carpool to birding destinations featuring birds on summer dispersals and fall migrations. Birding expert Larry Einemann will lead the excursion to current local viewing hot spots. For more information, contact John Carlini at 402.475.7275.
BUY FRESH. BUY LOCAL . . . . Join the local food revolution by shopping farmer’s markets and eating fresh foods grown in or very near your own community. Eating locally grows family farming, grows the local economy, and is thousands of miles fresher. Click here for Nebraska Buy Fresh. Buy Local. information. Lincoln’s current Markets are as follows:
Old Cheney Farmers Market, 55th Street and Old Cheney Road, 10:00am to 2:00pm, Sundays through November 1.
Historic Haymarket Farmers Market, North Seventh between P and Q streets, 8:00am to noon, Saturdays through October 10. During peak season, mid-June through mid-August, there are about 215 vendors.
Havelock Farmers Market, north parking lot behind businesses between 62nd and 63rd streets and Havelock Avenue, 3:00 to 6:30pm, Wednesdays through October 28.
Piedmont Farmers Market, 1265 South Cotner Blvd., parking lot of Piedmont Shopping Center, 8:00am to noon, Saturdays through September/October.
St. Paul United Church of Christ Farmers Market, 1144 M Streets, 4:30 to 7:30pm, Tuesdays through September 8.
Community CROPS Farmers Market, Pentzer Park, North 27th & Potter Streets, 4:30 to 7:30pm, Thursdays, June through September. Click here for a map of local Community CROPS gardens.
Centennial Mall Garden Market, 14th & M Streets, noon to 4:00pm, Wednesdays, July 1 through September 30.
We are no longer the alternative; we are the imperative. –Rosa Clemente