From: "treesrmeandu" <treesrmeandu@earthlink.net>
To: <wny-discuss@lists.riseup.net>; <treesrmeandu@earthlink.com>
Subject: [wny-discuss] five Bflo arts/media educational anti-war events
Date: Sunday, February 09, 2003 1:04 PM

Peaceful Greetings --


Below are five announcements for five separate but related anti-war events going on around Bflo in the next week and longer.  They are -- chronlogically -- 1st --  a poetry jam of sorts(details follow);   2nd -- is an event produced by UB's women's studies dept;  3rd -- a film at the Market Arcade (both of these are on Friday -- one in the afternoon, the other in the evening);  4th -- The Women's Film Festival;   5th/final is one we can hope will not happen at all...It's the plan for what we can do if and when the U.S. thwarts the opinion/advice of most of the world and actually attacks Iraq.  Contact info is provided where possible.   [  I can't figure out why the organizers called it the "war plan", b/c it's a plan for taking a stand for peace, but the bigger picture is to be aware that while there's all the talk of war, there's plans for peaceful actions, too.  ]

--Apologies for cross postings.--

This (so far informal) listserv is intended to inform and accompany us in our various paths to peace and justice locally and personally as well as nationally and earthfully.  My main focus is arts/media and educational efforts.  A lot of info comes my way with hopes that I can pass it on to a variety of contacts...I send it to you with the same hope...Pass it on (unless otherwise requested).  While I am recovering my email/announcement/newsletter voice, please be aware that I am still unclear my list...If you don't want to receive this info from me, please let me know, and I will remove your email adrs pronto.  

Thanks --
roxanne

"...got to kick at the darkness 'till it bleeds daylight..."
(--Bruce Cockburn -- "Lovers in a Dangerous Time")

"...my country 'tis of thee...Will we ever live long enuf to undo everything they done to you?..."
(--paraphrase of Ani DiFranco's "My Country 'tis of Thee")

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On Febuary 10th, the Women's Studies dept (WS 213 collective) at UB  is setting up a variety of tables in the Student Union to present various groups having to do with women/war/women's issues.  

This will take place at the Student Union in Amherst/North Campus, on the First Floor -- at 10A - 3P.  Contact Jessica at (cell-- sorry it's long distance!) 1-(585) - 737- 9859.


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----- Original Message ----- From: "Jonathan Skinner" <jskinner@acsu.buffalo.edu To: "treesrmeandu" <treesrmeandu@earthlink.net Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 11:39 PM Subject: Poetry Actions / Catalog of Oppositions

DEAR MAKERS

To encourage poetic disruption in the militant logosphere, I'm forwarding this modest action we've arranged here in Buffalo (friend and colleague Sarah Campbell came up with the idea).

Feel free to borrow and implement in your own spheres. In return, if you have other ideas or have heard of any, PLEASE EMAIL THEM to jskinner@buffalo.edu I am compiling a catalog of poetry-action experiments (along the lines of Bernadette Mayer's Writing Experiments or Darren Wershler-Henry's Tapeworm Foundry) to disseminate as widely as possible.

http://www.poetryproject.com/features/mayer.html#exper http://www.ubu.com/ubu/wershler_tapeworm.html

The predictable model of "anti-war poetry," to rally the faithful or "speak truth to power," clearly has limitations in today's context, as does the "language" model of disruptive, reflective and/or expressive writings politely circulated amongst a company, however vital, of poets and critics.

These are both valuable approaches, not to be overlooked, but the moment calls for practices reaching, in form as well as content, beyond what (and whom) we already know. (Poetry world infighting or the time-consuming business of critical and theoretical debate, though perhaps useful in the long run, are mainly a drag RIGHT NOW on limited resources.) A list of merely potential, even absurd practices (a la Wershler-Henry) could have great generative consequences.

It might be poetry's particular contribution, furthermore, to disrupt right-step, left-step reflexes with a productive confusion or a brutal clarity, to electrify and awaken precisely the imaginative responses, the historical and foundational questioning that are the first victims of our administration's rush to war.

Now more than ever the world needs our variously defined intensively activated IMAGINATIONS.

Makings that extend into whatever (im)mediate environment, not just that of speech and writing, are of interest: the only suggestions NOT welcome are those of a violent, destructive nature. The emphasis, to rescue a sadly trivialized category, is CREATIVE (including, of course, the creative-critical). Oblique as much as direct, both private and public actions are welcome.

Need I add that there is nothing proprietary to this catalog. In the interests of urgency it will be circulated, plagiarized and propagated, as widely as possible (and inevitably transformed and expanded). Copyrighted poets need not apply. A list of contributors will be appended-- anonymous suggestions are fine too.

If you have a poetry action to contribute, please send it NOW, as there is little time to lose. (Please indicate POETRY ACTION in the email subject heading, and send your suggestion in the body of the email rather than by attachment.) All contributors will receive an electronic copy of the catalog, to be further disseminated, once it is compiled. And thanks in advance!

JS

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A C A T A L O G O F O P P O S I T I O N S

a public reading / demonstration Friday, February 14th at noon

SUNY at Buffalo's Student Union, North Campus 2nd Floor Social Hall (above lobby)

"For to oppose evil men is the chief aim we set before ourselves" --from Boethius's _The Consolation of Philosophy_, which he wrote in prison awaiting execution for "treason" against the reigning king Theodoric.

A public reading as demonstration of opposition to Bush's intended war on Iraq. The reading will be compiled and read by participants and will describe the lives of people who have set before themselves as their chief aim the opposition of evil.

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Please consider participating in this event which is part of "Teach-Ins At College Campuses Throughout New York State" week, being organized by people at Cornell University (Feb. 10-14, 2003).

The time this event requires is minimal, and the efficacy of it will be boosted by the participation of many, so please consider joining in.

Here are details on how you can participate:

PREPARATION

Participants choose a person or group who has set him / her / themselves in opposition to _______ (you may fill in the blank and go as far back in time as you like) using non-violent means. Each participant writes 20 sentences of fact about the person / group--these sentences may concern any fact of the person / group's life: significant, mundane, representative, detailed, general, whatever; each sentence should contain the name of the person / group; and the person / group does not have to be famous.

PUBLIC READING

Participants read one sentence at a time so that each person passes the microphone, reads one sentence, the next person reads a sentence, and so on moving readers past the microphone and returning again for the next sentence; thus the Catalog becomes a mingled compendium of oppositions, in the round.

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If you'd like to participate, please send an email including your name to: skc3@acsu.buffalo.edu, and then:

1) select your person / group and write twenty sentences about them and

2) come and read those sentences at the event

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: Amal Harb 
To: IAC Buffalo 
Cc: BAN listserve ; ub peace coalition ; buffalo indymedia ; 9/11 listserve ; a22 listserve 
Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 2:38 PM
Subject: [a22buffalo] Award Winning Palestinian Film DIVINE INTERVENTION February 14th in Buffalo NY!!!


http://www.yullah.com/cgi-local/calendar.pl?view=Event&event_id=443&datestring=20030214

Please come out and support this award winning film!

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Divine Intervention Opens February 14th in Buffalo NY!!!

Avatar Films proudly presents: 

Elia Suleiman's Award Winning DIVINE INTERVENTION

Market Arcade Film & Arts Centre                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   639 Main Street
Buffalo, NY  14203


ONE OF THE TOP TEN FILMS OF THE YEAR!

- Richard Corliss, TIME

TOUCHING, PROVOCATIVE AND WONDERFULLY STRANGE!

- A.O. Scott, NEW YORK TIMES

DIVINE INTERVENTION DEMANDS TO BE SEEN!

- Armond White, NEW YORK PRESS

THE DR. STRANGELOVE OF THE PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI CONFLICT! 

- David Sterritt, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR

HYSTERICAL AND DEVASTATING!

- Lorraine Ali, NEWSWEEK

Winner of many prestigious international awards, including both the Jury Prize and the FIPRESCI Prize at the 2002 Cannes International Film Festival , DIVINE INTERVENTION, directed by Palestinian filmmaker Elia Suleiman, delivers an intense, hallucinogenic and extremely adept exploration of the dreams and nightmares of Palestinians and Israelis living in uncertain times.

The film weaves together the stories of a sick father, a stalled screenplay and an unrequited love affair with a beautiful Palestinian woman (Manal Khader) living in Ramallah. An Israeli checkpoint on the Nazareth-Ramallah road forces the couple to rendezvous in an adjacent parking lot. Their relationship and the absurd situations around them serve as metaphors for the lunacy of larger cultural problems, and the result is palpable, bottled personal and political rage.

We need your support for this important and wonderful film, the first Palestinian work to receive a full American release. It is of utter urgency that theatergoers attend this film in large numbers during the first weekend (and first week) of its release. The box office numbers will determine how long the film will play as well as act as a bellwether for other theater owners across the country that have yet to book the film. 

So please come out in support of Divine Intervention, and help us spread the word by forwarding this email to anyone who might also be interested- friends, family, neighbors, coworkers.

For more information on DIVINE INTERVENTION, please visit our website at <http://www.avatarfilms.com/releases/divine_intervention.html>

 

MORE PRAISE FROM THE CRITICS:

"It is impossible not to marvel at Suleiman's knack for turning rage and hopelessness into burlesque. His wry, ultimately humane fatalism suggests that Palestinians and Jews are, in some respects, not so far apart." - A.O. Scott, NEW YORK TIMES

"Elia Suleiman's craft, wit, sense of righteousness and fairness not only seduce the moviegoer in me, they compel my world citizenship. Suleiman's poetic essay on Palestinian oppression is the most extraordinary agit-pop since Spike Lee's 1989 Do the Right Thing. At times a silent comedy, a musical provocation, a romantic tragedy, this film brilliantly encapsulates Palestinian-Jewish attraction/repulsion." - Armond White, NEW YORK PRESS

"Suleiman uses the most subversive weapon of all - humor - to portray the tumultuous mood in his homeland. In the laughter Suleiman creates from such bleakness, he and the viewer experience a euphoric sensation of triumph in the face of adversity!" -Kirk Honeycutt, HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

"Elia Suleiman's 'DIVINE INTERVENTION' is a very personal meditation on love, life, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In turn laconic, witty and outrageous, Suleiman works in slow, poetic scenes that build to hilarious climaxes!" - Jurgen Fauth, ABOUT.COM

"Suleiman's ideas work spectacularly well - as in the sequence of a red balloon festooned with Yasser Arafat's smiling face floating across the Jerusalem cityscape..." - Derek Elley, VARIETY

February 14 - Market Arcade Film & Arts Centre - Buffalo, NY 

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you need any further information. Thank you very much for forwarding this email to friends and family!

Thanks so much!!!

Regards, 

Nadia

Nadia Saah
Publicity
AVATAR FILMS
150 West 28th Street, Suite 1803
New York, NY 10001 USA
+ (212) 675-0300 (Phone)
+ (212) 675-1960 (Fax)
http://www.avatarfilms.com 



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http://www.hallwalls.org/

MY COUNTRY IS THE WORLD: FILMS BY WOMEN

IRWEG's 7TH INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S FILM FESTIVAL 

Thursdays at 7:00 pm. February 13, 20, 27, March 6, 20, 27 at the

Market Arcade (639 Main Street, Buffalo, NY)

And Special Fundraiser Event at Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center (TriMain Building, 2495 Main Street, Suite 425) on Saturday, March 29 at

6:00 pm.

This film series presents the unrecognized role women have played in

their struggle for liberation, both political and personal. This is a

struggle which does not define itself in terms of geographical borders,

but rather in terms of universal human rights. In this festival, the

personal stories of women's resistance, as we see in WILL IT SNOW FOR CHRISTMAS? are intertwined with women's political struggles, as in films like FLAME and FIDEL, about the Cuban and Zimbabwean revolutions.


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A draft War Plan for Buffalo is now posted at:
www.BuffaloPeacePeople.org/warplan

A small group is working on refining the plan; contact the 
WNY Peace Center at 894-2013 if you'd like to actively help.  
Expect revisions and links for printable flyers to appear ASAP.
 
http://www.buffalopeacepeople.org/files/organizers/webpages/warplan20030208.htm