The nation’s preeminent (and possibly only) Squeeze cover band, SQUEEZEUS, are taking the stage for the first time and you are invited! The show will be preceded and followed by the members of SQUEEZEUS and other special guests spinning your new wave favorites all for your dancing pleasure! We know you’ll be tempted to come up the junction and pull some mussels from a shell if you know what’s cool for cats!

features members of bands such as Invisible Hand, Borrowed Beam of Light, The Hilarious Posters, Broken Hips.

Beginning 9 pm, Friday, Feb. 10.

Come join us to celebrate how the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King (and many other Civil Rights activists) lives on here in Charlottesville. This is a gathering for all those who have a dream of social justice and a desire to see it come true.

The theme is Dr. King’s Principles of Nonviolence and how they can guide us in today’s world.

~ We will serve homemade soup, bread, salad and desserts.
~ Special guests* will offer poetry, music, stories, and other artistry related to the theme.
~ The Presence troupe will use playback and forum theatre techniques to reflect on audience members’ hopes, fears, frustrations, wishes and dreams for the future for Charlottesville and the world. We encourage you to share your own anecdotes, situations and concrete strategies for change!
~ We will show clips from films on King including Boycott http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0255851/ and Citizen King http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/mlk/, and respond to them with discussion, playback theatre and music, and show footage of present day social movements.
~ We will ask: “What’s the relationship between economic justice and racial justice? How can contemporary social movements address racial justice issues?”
~ All the diverse elements will be interwoven artistically, supported by visual projection, freestyle poetry, interactive theatre forms, and the soulful rhythms of DJ “Double A1K”.
~ Local groups are invited to display their work in the areas of social justice, diversity awareness, and nonviolent change.
~ Produced by Presence Center for Applied Theatre Arts and JustLyricz/ Skies the Limit Entertainment

Feel free to spread the word, and we hope to see you on MLK Day!

* Contact us if you would like to perform a song, poem, monologue or scene, dance piece, etc. Or you can let us know if you feel moved to share something in the moment!

Robert Flaherty’s 1922 documentary NANOOK OF THE NORTH returns to the screen on Saturday, Jan. 28 at Random Row. JMU Anthropologist Liam Buckely will introduce the film at 6:00 pm and the film will begin at 6:30. Bring your kids and enjoy a winter classic with some hot chocolate.

Bring a dish to share if you can …. a side dish?
or add to our “occu-pie” desserts?

“Occupy Rising” shadow puppet theater to follow

Come learn how to make your own solar panel with GiGi from 12 to 3 pm at Random Row.  Bring your own soldering iron.  Any questions, call Evan at 434-295-6736.

Come to Random Row Tuesday Dec. 13th at 4:30, for a slideshow presented by Luis Oyola breaking down the history of struggles against colonialism in Puerto Rico.