e-culture: Hope in Hard Times, Experience of a Lifetime, Zinn tonight!
February 17, 2005


IN THIS ISSUE

Argentina - Hope in Hard Times
Howard Zinn - You Can't Be Neutral...
Inaugural Addresses Archive
Experience of a Lifetime
Upcoming Houston Events
Regional Conferences


Argentina - Hope in Hard Times

"¡Que se vayan todos!" Chants echo off the skyscrapers, burst through the plazas, and clamor down the streets of Buenos Aires. "Throw them all out!" shout legions of frustrated Argentine housewives, students and lawyers, weaving their way through the city one summer evening, banging on pots and pans. What would you do if you lost your job, they closed the banks so you couldn't access your savings, and the government seemed unable to help? In Argentina they stormed supermarkets for food; the police gunned down 30 people in just one day. But what happened next was truly extraordinary.

In the face of economic collapse, the Argentine people rescued themselves. The documentary film "Argentina - Hope in Hard Times" by Mark Dworkin and Melissa Young provides a hopeful example for all of us.

"Argentina - Hope in Hard Times" will be showing on Monday, February 21, at University of St. Thomas Anderson Auditorium. Anderson Auditorium is located in Anderson Hall, near the Chapel of St. Basil. The film starts at 7:00pm.

The free screening is presented by Houston Institute for Culture and the Department of Modern and Classical Languages at the University of St. Thomas, with Globalization Forum and Globalization Working Group.

Monday, February 21, 7:00pm
University of St. Thomas Anderson Auditorium
(Located in Anderson Hall near the Chapel of St. Basil
at West Alabama and Mt. Vernon Street.)

For more information, please see http://www.houstonculture.org/film

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Howard Zinn - You Can't Be Neutral...

Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train

"Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train" documents the life and times of the historian, activist, and author of the best selling classic "A People's History of the United States". Featuring rare archival materials and interviews with Howard Zinn as well as colleagues and friends including Noam Chomsky, Marian Wright Edelman, Daniel Ellsberg, Tom Hayden and Alice Walker. The film captures the essence of this activist and thinker who has been a catalyst for progressive change for more than 60 years. Noam Chomsky noted, "It is no exaggeration to say he has changed the consciousness of a generation."

In celebration of Black History month there will be a special post-movie panel discussion on Friday night covering the topic "Civil Rights: Then and Now". A donation of $5 to $10 is appreciated, but no one will be turned away.

February 18 - 20, 7:30pm
The El Dorado Ballroom
2310 Elgin
http://www.voicesbreakingboundaries.org

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Inaugural Addresses Archive

We present a new educational resource of presidential inaugural addresses for this Presidents' Day - one that will offer a great collection of documents for classroom use, as well as great debate, ideological theories, and fun reading. The trends of the nation's policies are expressed in these speeches:
http://www.houstonculture.org/ia

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Experience of a Lifetime

Camp Dos Cabezas Presentation

Camp Dos Cabezas is an educational youth camp in the Chiricahua Mountains of southeastern Arizona. It will offer children the experience of a lifetime to help them achieve success in their lives.

We will give a presentation for anyone who is interested in being a volunteer or education partner for the camp. The pilot project will take place May 28 - June 4, 2005.

VOLUNTEERS - Get involved to help Houston children
EDUCATORS - Advocate for deserving children in the selection process
SPONSORS - Find out how to provide scholarships to at-risk children
MEDIA - Discover what this tremendous effort is all about

A small amount of time and resources will help some of Houston's most at-risk children become leaders in their communities.

General Interest Meeting for Camp Dos Cabezas
Saturday, February 26, 2005, 4:30pm
Eleanor K. Freed Montrose Branch
Houston Public Library
4100 Montrose Blvd at Colquitt

Get more information about Camp Dos Cabezas:
http://www.houstonculture.org/camp

Here you will learn more about the subjects, museums and parks the children will enjoy while they develop interests in education and their futures while on a great adventure in the "Land of Standing Up Rocks":
http://houstonculture.org/camp/campmap.html
http://houstonculture.org/camp/topics.html
http://houstonculture.org/vc/azmextime.html

Please contact us at info@houstonculture.org to learn more.


More important dates to save:

EDUCATIONAL TRAVEL ADVENTURES

Multicultural New Orleans, March 16 - 20, 2005
DC Latino Music Initiative and NYC Adventure, July 1 - 9, 2005
The Land of Enchantment, August 6 - 14, 2005
West Indian Celebration and NYC Adventure, September 1 - 6, 2005
El Dia de los Muertos, October 28 - November 4, 2005

Please contact us at info@houstonculture.org to learn more.

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Upcoming Houston Events

"Globalization, Promoting Inequality"
P. Sainath considers: "Is Globalization the answer to all of World's problems? Who is caring for those left behind?"

Author of "Everybody Loves a Good Drought ­ Stories from India's Poorest Districts", Sainath has won numerous awards for his reporting, including the European Commission's Natali Prize in 1994, the Boerma Journalism Prize - the most prestigious award in development journalism from the UN Food and Agricultural Organization ­ in November 2001, and recently the Shaheed Niyogi Memorial Award for Journalism in 2004.

February 18, 2005
6:00pm - Social Hour; 7:00pm Lecture followed by Q&A
University Center (Cougar Den)
51 University Center, University of Houston, Houston Campus
$5 (free with student ID)
http://www.uh.edu/aidindia

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Good Girls Don't, But Indian Girls Do (Comedy and Dinner)
with Vijai Nathan

In this hilarious and poignant one-woman show, Nathan exposes the underbelly of the Indian-American family, breaking every taboo, and exploring topics from religion and politics to sex and racism. Nathan has been voted one of New York's Top 10 Stand-Up Comics of 2003. She was featured on ABC's "20/20"; PBS; the Oxygen Network and the BBC.

February 19, 6:00pm
Zarathushti Heritage and Cultural Center
8787 W. Airport Blvd
Houston, TX 77071
http://www.dayahouston.org

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Blackboard Bungle Curated by Skip Elsheimer, A/V Geeks

Returning to Aurora for the sixth time, our favorite classroom clown, Skip Elsheimer, brings a few more 16mm film reels to remember. A/V Geeks present an evening of old school films about--interestingly enough--the hazards of going to school in the 1960s and 70s. Films include: Our Obligation, Lunchroom Manners, How Quiet Helps at School, And Then It Happened and more! As always, each screening begins with Skip's ceremonial filmstrip read-a-long on a subject selected by the audience, so bring your monocle.

February 26, 8:00pm and February 27, 3:00pm
Admission $5, unless otherwise indicated
Aurora Picture Show
800 Aurora Street
Houston, Texas 77009
713-868-2101
http://www.aurorapictureshow.org

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Regional Conferences

Ireland: North, SouthEast and West

American Conference for Irish Studies
Southern Regional Conference presents "Ireland: North, SouthEast and West"
Hosted by the University of St. Thomas
February 24-27, 2005
The Warwick Hotel
http://www.stthom.edu/irishstudies

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Reinventing Hispanism in the Age of Globalization

Presented by the Center for the Study of Cultures (Global Hispanism Workshop), the Rice University Dean of Humanities, the Department of Hispanic Studies, Fondren Library, the Department of Modern and Classical Languages at the University of Houston, the Institute of Hispanic Culture of Houston

Saturday, February 26, 2005, 8:00am - 6:00pm
Humanities Building, Room 117, Rice University
For registration form and further information, email: span@rice.edu
http://cohesion.rice.edu/humanities/span/spanish.cfm?doc_id=5135



Thank you for supporting great educational and cultural activities.

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