off line stimuli: Events List from Will Brady

events calendar | I'll be going to some of these events | others I'm just letting you know about but wish I could attend | NOTE: Don't assume that everything, every site or all information is reachable online! Some of the resources you read about here you can only reach by phone, by writing to them or even by tracking them down |

october

31 october-2 november | flint-knapping classes | washburn, illinois | "the art of the ancients," aboriginal bowhunting and taught by Bill McConnell at the Blue Heron Farm | $300 for the course which runs from 8:30 to 4:30 | for more details about this or other primitive archery programs: write to the ABS ART PROGRAM, 1276 Sun Road, Washburn, IL 61570 or call 309-246-2727 |

november

2-9 november | gay games VI : sport & cultural festival | sydney, australia | Athletes, artists and audiences will descend in their thousands on a city pumped and primed for action both on and off the field – and the Welcome Party on Saturday 2 November following the Opening Ceremony is going to be one hell of a night to remember | for more information see the gay games website |

5 november | election day | united states | Go out there and VOTE, dang gum it! | While I have my own opinions on what approach to take, I'd be happy to see a better turnout in general | Once again, you have uyntil 8 pm in the time zone where you live so get out there and VOTE! |

9 november | MSC's Annual Prime Rib Dinner | moodus, ct | e-mail me for info on tickets and directions |

16 november | middletown, ct | walk for homeless shelter support | Middlesex County's first annual walk for homelessness ...though I would guess it is to combat the effects of homelessness | Homeless shelters in Connecticut have see an 81% increase in the number of people they have had to turn away | Join the walk, get pledges to sponsor your hike | For more information call The Connection, 955 South Main Street, Middletown, CT 06457 or call 860-343-5500 |

21-24 november | portland, or | narpa conference | RIGHTS UNDER SIEGE is the focus the annual conference for this human rights advocacy group | Robert Whitaker, author of Mad in America, as well as Michael Perlin, Susan Stefan, Kermit Brown, and Peter Davidson are confirmed keynote speakers. Michael Perlin, J.D., is a Professor of Law at New York Law School, has litigated landmark cases, and is the author of the multi-volume treatise, Mental Disability Law: Civil and Criminal. Michael's most recent book is "The Hidden Prejudice: Mental Disability on Trial"

23 november - 15 february 2003 | "this is then" | hartford, ct | | Real Art Ways winter gallery show, a reflection on memories with works by the Atlas Group | "...Whether it is the private memory of the individual or, for instance, the official histories of public school textbooks (the socially filtered, public equivalent of individual memories), both make decisions based on recollections that, when scrutinized, are often revealed to be tenuous..." | Check RAW's Website for more details |

december

6 december | a lighthouse keeper's christmas | guilford, ct | costumed interpreters host a Victorian evening of Christmas cheer as it was celebrated by lighthouse keepers and their families in the 1800s | Self-guided tours of the 1639 Whitfield House and the lighthouse exhibit are included. 5:00pm - 9:00pm. Admission: $3.50 Adults; $2.50 Seniors and Students; $2 Children 6-17. Henry Whitfield State Museum, 248 Old Whitfield Street, Guilford. 203-453-2457 |

2003 | january

23-26 january | outsider art fair | new york city | Art Impresario Sanford Smith hosts his annual bash at the Puck Building in Manhattan's SoHo district | an astounding assortment of works by self-taught and visionary artists living and dead | The Thursday evening preview is a fund raiser to benefit the The Museum of American Folk Art | Check out the Art Fair Web Page for more details |

25 january-8 february | 24th annual hygienic art show | new london, ct | The Hygienic Restaurant & Grille [now an art gallery] hosts its weirdly eclectic annual art extravaganza | 79-83 Bank Street • New London, CT | You'll have to write them to get more information about entries, show times, etcetera |

february

9-13 february | impacts of water cycle variabilities | long beach, ca | | This American Meteorological Society symposium will focus on all aspects of the impacts of water cycle variability on ecosystems and human society | Of particualr import, especially when considering that international corporations are rapidly trying to buy up control of potable water resources around the planet | The conference website is still asking for presenter abstracts | When details baout attendance are put up, the info here shall be changed |

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june

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