ART FROM THE ASHES KNOXVILLE, TN – MAY 17-JUNE 28 2009
Exhibition / Silent Auction to support the many survivors
of the Coal Ash Disaster in Roane County Tennessee
Donations from artists and artisans due before May 8, 2009
Deliver or ship to: Knoxville Museum of Art
Attn: Asst Curator Clark Gillespie, 1050 World’s Park Drive
Knoxville TN 37916 – (865) 525-6010 ext 255
Jubilee Community Arts presents “For Pete’s Sake, Sing!” on Sunday, May 3rd at 3:00 p.m. at the Laurel Theater, in honor of Pete Seeger’s 90th birthday. There will be concerts in honor of Pete that day throughout the United States and around the world.
The concert and sing-along songfest at the Laurel Theater will feature Sparky and Rhonda Rucker, Nancy Brennan-Strange, the trio of Dan Gammon, Steve Horton and George Reynolds, and the Carawan family. All are longtime Knoxville musicians much influenced by the singing and work of Pete Seeger.
Pete Seeger is a legendary folk singer, humanitarian and ambassador for peace and social justice. He uses his prowess as a musician to engage other people from all walks of life and across generations in causes to build a more peaceful and civilized world. His singing has been at the forefront of the history of labor solidarity, the growth of the mass effort to end the Vietnam war, the ban of nuclear weapons, work for international diplomacy, support of the Civil Rights Movement, for cleaning up the Hudson River and for environmental responsibility in general. His music and life’s work have been an inspiration to generations, and on May 3, thousands of people around the world are coming together to join voices for peace, justice, the environment, and to honor his spirit, courage and integrity.
Admission to “For Pete’s Sake, Sing!” is $5.
The Highlander Center is co-sponsor of the event. Pete and Toshi Seeger are longtime friends and supporters of Highlander. See you there!
Highlander congratulates Maria Gunnoe, an organizer with the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, on winning the 2009 Goldman Environmental Prize – the “Nobel Prize” for environmental activism.
A lifelong resident of the Appalachian coalfields, Maria is a tireless opponent of mountaintop removal and an advocate for coalfield communities. Her activism and commitment are an inspiration to all who care about Appalachia and the environment. We join many others in applauding this recognition of her work.
Deadline for Fall 2009 – Summer 2010 Residencies: April 30, 2009
Are you a grassroots organizer or a social, environmental or economic justice leader? We know you work hard at all dimensions of strategy, community building, organizational leadership and movement building. Thank you for all you do in these hard and exciting times!
But with your high level of commitment, we also know that you may skimp on the time needed to keep yourself creative, healthy and energized. Have you taken a rest lately? Do you need to renew your energy in the face of economic and political turmoil? Have you come to a turning point in your life/work? Are you burned out?
Apply now for the Windcall Residency Award or nominate a colleague.
Windcall Residents spend 2-3 weeks in beautiful natural settings with a small group of social, economic and environmental justice leaders who share open time and space for reflection, artistic exploration, contemplative practices, transformative learning and rest in order to bring renewed energy to the work. Windcall time is your time — open time and space with no expectations — which has been a powerful experience for its over 435 alumni.
Windcall is accepting applications and nominations for the 2009-2010 residencies (sites in Washington, Vermont, and other locations TBA). Please see our website at www.windcall.org for more information, lists of past residents and their testimony. Applications can be requested by e-mailing holly@windcall.org.
2009-2010 Sessions
September 11-October 1, Vermont
September 16–October 6, Olympic Peninsula, Washington State
May and June, 2010-Locations TBA for two or three weeks
Firday, April 17th; 5:30 p.m.
World’s Fair Park Amphitheater
Friday, April 17, is the 13th annual “Day of Silence” — a nationwide and even worldwide effort to bring the devastating impacts of homophobia to the attention of people who are unaware of the harassment, rejection and discrimination faced by LGBTQ youth every day.
Youth in Knoxville will observe the day of silence. Then, at 5:30 that afternoon, they will “break the silence” in the rally at the World’s Fair Park Amphitheatre.
The rally will last approximately one hour. This event will also be a fund-raiser for the Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network (GLSEN), the national organization that started the Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) movement and continues to lend valuable support.
While supplies last, donors will receive items from the GLSEN Store, including tee shirts, buttons, wrist bands and posters.
Information booths will be available from area organizations, including the GSA’s, PFLAG, Spectrum Cafe, and others.
This event is being staged by LGBT and supportive straight youth who attend school in several East Tennessee counties. Many of them are members of GSA’s — Gay-Straight Alliances — in their schools. Or they are attempting to start a GSA in their schools.
Please come to the rally… and bring a friend!
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PARKING — There are several parking options, but the UT Garage on 11th Street is NOT available to the public. Parking options include the Fort Kid lot, the area north of the Museum of Art, and the Locust Street garage. If you park at Locust Street, you can use the footbridge across Henley Street and then go across the Clinch Avenue viaduct to the stairs leading down to the Amphitheater.
