MARCH 1989 FREE

BULK RATE U.S. POSTAGE PAID ANN ARBOR, Ml PERMIT NO. 736

ANN ARBOR'S ALTERNATIVE NEWSMONTHLY NEW ZONING ORDINANCE Affordable Housing Under Siege by Michael Appel

"Our zoning rules were developed with the traditional family in Department. "We're kind of dancing around that." mind. Should there be a maximum, number of individuals (or Under the proposals, functional families would still not be able adults?) who can live together in a single dwelling unit? At what to exceed four persons per household outside of downtown and stu- number of individuals does the entity became a group rather than dent neighborhoods without a special exception permit. Houses in a family?"—North Bums Park Association Planning Committee areas like the Old West Side (except that part north of Jefferson and (from the Oct. 11, 1988 Planning Commission public hearing east of Fourth St.), Burns Park, most of the Miller-Fountain neigh- minutes). borhood and the residential blocks near Pontiac Trail and Broad- way would fall into this category. The Ann Arbor Planning Departmenthas proposed amendments The Guatemalan Army continues to rule the coun- To be approved for a special exception permit, the affected to the Zoning Ordinance which will continue, if not exacerbate, the try's indigenous population with an iron fist. household must meet six standards. One standard is that there must city's shortage of affordable housing. Residential neighborhood be a "permanent domestic relationship among the occupants." (Un- associations and the Planning Commission are advocating language fortunately no one knows what a permanent domestic relationship which would tightly restrict the presence of non-biological family GUATEMALAN is.) Another standard is that households must have a lot size with households—cooperatives, fraternities, sororities, rooming dwell- at least 1,800 square feet per occupant (i.e. at least 12,600 square ings, and functional family households (households of unrelated feet per lot in most student and downtown neighborhoods and 9,000 WORKERS STRIKE people)—in the city. The proposed amendments could threaten square feet per lot in most other areas). these living arrangements which provide important sources of by Jon Reed Robert Magill, an Ann Arbor attorney who argued the Dinolfo affordable housing in Ann Arbor. GUATEMALA CITY—Since Jan. 23, 50,000 agricultural case for the family and currently represents three local groups with A wide variety of Ann Arbor residents are likely to find them- workers in southern Guatemala have gone on strike, paralyz- similar concerns, rejects the special exception strategy for comply- selves affected by the proposed amendments, which contain lan- ing, and in some cases, temporarily seizing more than 20 major ing with the court ruling. "Delta vDinolfo," he argues, "gave func- guage biased against functional family households. Those affected agro-export plantations in the Esquintla, Retalhuleu, Suchite- tional families the right to live in family neighborhoods; the propos- may include many households, student and non-student, composed pequez and Quetzaltenango provinces. of unrelated single people, unmarried couples, and gay men and al would convert that right into a privilege obtained by the permit process. This was not the court's intent." The strike was called by the semi-clandestine Campesino lesbians who cannot legally many in Michigan. It may also include Unity Committee (CUC) and the national federation of Trade senior citizens who are able to keep their homes through renting out NON-FAMILY GROUPS Union and Popular Action (UASP). According to a Jan. 24 rooms, or who v ant to live in "shared housing." The list of those Other forms of group housing encounter even more opposition ' CUC press conference in Guatemala City, the primary de- affected may also include a local Christian group, The Word of God, than functional family households. Cooperatives, fraternities, so- mands of the strike are a doubling of the minimum wage to who have single adults living together or with a traditional family rorities, and rooming and boarding houses stand to lose ground in approximately S3.50 U.S. a day and an improvement in the on occasion. the proposed amendments. working conditions on the fincas (plantations). Hit harder will be students and low-income residents who live The strike in the Pacific Coast region is centered principally in organized dwellings such as cooperatives and rooming houses. Organized group dwellings would have to meet stringent stan- dards to apply for a special exception permit. The current proposal in the sugar cane plantations and in the sugar refineries where WHAT IS A FAMILY? "makes the creation of new affordable housing for students... a near the work force earns an average of S.87 to $1.75 per day, ac- City attorney Bruce Laidlaw urged the Planning Department to impossibility," according to the Inter-Cooperative Council (ICC), cording to UASP. Coffee and cotton plantations have also been revise the Zoning Ordinance in light of a Michigan Supreme Court which owns 17 student cooperative houses with 540 members. The struck. UNAGRO, the national association of agro-export decision. Delta Charter Township vDinolfo. Laidlaw fears the rul- most troublesome of the standards for organized group dwellings businessmen, flatly rejected the strike's central demand, ing invalidates the-ordinance's current definition of a family. In the requires a lot size of at least 8,500 square feet in the student and namely a doubling of minimum wage. Dinolfo case, the court ruled against a Delta Charter Township zon- downtown neighborhoods where the ICC expects to locate any fu- Finca owners and President Vincio Cerezo denounced the ing ordinance which limited a household to the biological/legal fam- ture co-ops. Only three of the current eleven ICC co-ops in those strike as illegal, and as being led and promoted by "extreme • ily plus only one unrelated person. neighborhoods could meet that standard, so while existing co-ops left-wingers." On Jan 24, Cerezo acceded to finca owners de- Under the present Ann Arbor Zoning Ordinance, a biological/ are not affected by these proposed changes, finding future sites may mands and sent in thousands of troops and National Police to legal family (the household unit which may reside in a single house prove a real problem. quell the rebellion and occupy the fincas. On Jan 24, according or apartment) is one or more persons "related by blood, marriage Rooming houses, which are currently allowed automatically in to reports in El Grafico and Prensa Libre, striking workers oc- or adoption... with not more than three additional persons, or in a the downtown and student neighborhoods, will have to obtain spe- cupying sugar refineries in Escuintla were violently dislodged multi-family dwelling, not more than five additional persons." cial exception permits everywhere in the city under the latest draft by armed police. Hundred of strikers fought back, building bar- Thus, the size of a biological/legal family is not limited by the proposal, but would be allowed for the first time in two-family areas. ricades, throwing stones, and attacking trucks that tried to cross the picket lines. Riot police, wearing gas masks, fired hundreds Zoning Ordinance, but only by the ,.v . . m The North Burns Park Associa- Housing Code space requirements 3 tion's concern for an equitable dis- of tear gas cannisters and clubbed workers to the ground in for their home. On the other hand, a tribution of uses throughout the city clashes that took place in over a dozen locations. As National functional family, consisting of drops considerably at this expan- Police occupied the sugar refineries and majorplantations, rov- unrelated persons in a single resi- sion into their neighborhood of a ing bands of militants began setting fire to sugar cane fields dence, may live in groups of only up less desirable use: "A rooming and delivery trucks and damaging farm machinery, causing al- to four people in most single family house is considered the most dete- most a million dollars in losses, according to news reports on and duplex neighborhoods regard- riorating and least desirable use of Jan.' 26. less of house size. In most down- residential property, and decreases In a press conference called on Jan. 26, General Hector town and student neighborhoods the the value of surrounding properties. Gramajo, Minister of Defense, denied that the CUC had any limit is six. Rooming houses do not belong in chance of success, and stated that the CUC had direct connec- Ann Arbor could comply with the R2B (two-family zoning dis- tions with the EGP (Guerrilla Army of the Poor) organization the Dinolfo ruling by dropping ordi- trict)." based in the northern highlands of Quiche. Gramajo blamed nance language which distinguishes Residents of neighborhoods al- the turmoil on "13 armed leftists-extremists," whom he claim- between biological/legal and func- ready zoned to accept these uses, ed had forced the thousands of campesinos to go on strike. tional families. Instead, both types such as the Old Fourth Ward Asso- Trade union, student, campesino and human rights groups of family would be regulated based ciation located just north of down- have denounced Gramajo's statements as preposterous, and on density. town, take a slightly different view have pointed out that recent government slander directed The proposed changes, how- of the proposed changes. As the against the progressive movement is setting adangerous prece- ever, are designed to comply with more residential areas rebuff any dent that could lead the country back to the bloody carnage of the Dinolfo ruling while still pre- advances of denser or less desirable the early 1980s. serving different density standards uses, the downtown and student " In 1980, the CUC organized a nationwide two week work for biological/legal families and PHOTO: CASEY CAVANAUGH (R4C) ZQn[ng districts neCessarily stoppage that succeeded in raising plantation workers' wages functional families. "The U.S. Supreme Court has said that the host concentrations of these uses. To the Old Fourth Ward Asso- from $.40 to $1.12 per day. However, following the 1980 ac- family is sacred," said.Wendy Rampson of the .city's Planning (see HOUSING, page 11) (see GUATEMALA, page 4) , 2—AGENDA—MARCH 1989 Breaking the Cycle of Tropical Saving DNRfrom its Friends Fourth of a Series ENVIRONMENTAL LETTER Deforestation TO THE PEOPLE OF MICHIGAN by Bill Foerderer by Solomon Eagle Drought, flood, famine and the threat of global any cost. Mahogany for instance grows naturally warming are among the calamities which in 1988 throughout mostof Central and South America. But, emerged as crises, and tropical deforestation is the it grows in isolated stands of one or two trees. A quarter of a century ago on May 22, 1964, the shared cause. Sandra Postel, Senior Researcher at Mahogany is susceptible to infestation from a shoot- , President of the United States in a speech at The the-Worldwatch Institute, estimates that 28 million borer which attacks and kills the young trees as they University of Michigan, said. The challenge of the acres of tropical forest are destroyed each year for grow. The opportunity for the borer to succeed in next half century is whether we have the wisdom to crops, livestock and fuelwood, and at least another killing mahogany is small if the trees are widely use our wealth to enrich and elevate our national 12.5 million acres are destroyed by commercial dispersed through a forest, but when they are life— and to advance the quality of American civili- logging. The sum, Postel states, is larger than the clumped together in a plantation, the entire crop can zation— for in your time we have the opportunity to area covered by both New York and Vermont. We easily be wiped out. Consequently, mainland ma- move not only toward the rich society and the in the U.S. are both directly affected by tropical hogany has not succeeded. However, mahogany is powerful society but upward to the Great Society." deforestation and, even if we are not carrying the plantation grown on Puerto Rico, Jamaica and the chainsaws, we are responsible for its occurrence. Dominican Republic which as islands are isolated In 1989, with half of that half century gone, some Michigan law- and are not prone to borer infestation. Unless the makers apparently think what Lyndon Baines Johnson had in mind THINK GLOBALLY mahogany product you wish to purchase is explicitly was a gazebo, financed by DNR, for Macomb County, and a horde As trees are cleared from the tropical rainforests, labeled for production in one of these three places, of similar indulgences during a time of economic crisis. changes are caused in the earth's climate. According quite simply, you should not buy it. If you do, you to James Hansen, a climatologist at the Goddard are causing deforestation. Institute for Space, the drought sustained in the U.S. Decision rules for the other woods are not so We've managed to control our tears; but when the DNR "slush breadbasket this past summer may partially be clear cut. According to U-M Professor of Biology fund" news arrived on the state's front pages early in February, we traced to tropical deforestation. Rainforests recycle John Vandermeer, many tropical hardwoods like felt sudden sympathy and compassion for DNR Director David carbon dioxide into oxygen, water and other bypro- rosewood and teak, which are imported into the ducts. Cutting the rainforests, Hansen slates, con- Hales and others at the Department who must carry out their heavy U.S., are cut from secondary forests. The immediate tributed to global warming—the accumulation of responsibilities while lugging a ponderous weight of lawmakers and effects of cutting secondary growth timber may not carbon dioxide in the atmosphere which reflects and politicians on their drooping shoulders. SMERA has been criticized be as environmentally disruptive as cutting primary traps heat around the earth. As a result, 1988 was for criticizing DNR's politicization that results in lapses of sensi- growth species like purpleheart. However, as the "warmest" year on record. tivity to some sectors of the state economy. That still seems to us demand for any tropical wood increases, there is fair comment, and we hope the "slush fund" hubbub will help DNR Preserving the rain forests offers the greatest pressure to cut more wood from virgin forests, or to better appreciate the different environmental perspectives held in hope for a return to climatic stability. At a November cut more virgin forest to establishplantations. Either Michigan. rainforest conference in Seattle, rainforest action way, rainforests are destroyed. groups launched a campaign to address tropical After identifying where the wood was grown, as deforestation. The campaign will target tropical a secondary condition of purchase, identify where Newspapers reported that while millions were being cut from wood used for construction and industry by the U.S., the finished product was made. Many tropical DNRfunds for toxic waste cleanups, over $ 1 million in projects such Japan and Western Europe. According to Francois woods are imported into the U.S. in log form from as ice rinks, ski trails, and an $88,000 gazebo, had been "quietly Nectoux, a research fellow at Earth Resources Central and South America, and in finished form approved" by legislative leaders. The reports also noted that Research Ltd., and a speaker at the conference, the from East Asia. Unless the finished product was problem is not necessarily that trees are being cut. Governor James J. Blanchard's budget for 1990 (Welcome to the made in the country of origin, not only is the nation The problem 1 ies in who is doing the cutting and who Gray Nineties!) would not, repeat not, include DNR discretionary which produced the wood stripped of its resources, is reaping the profits. funds for such wild dream projects by wild goose politicians. We'll it is also denied the lion's share of the profits which just have to wait and see what happens. The dollar value of world timber trade has accrue from the finishing processes. In an effort to swelled in the past decade and in 1987 hit S8 billion, capture these profits, some tropical nations like We can feel for harassed Director Hales and his DNR colleagues according to Nectoux. Though this trade represents Costa Rica and Nicaragua have taken bold steps to besieged by calls and queries from local leaders demanding, "If only 4% by volume of all tropical hardwood re- stop the flow of unfinished wood across their bor- Macomb gets a gazebo, how about us?" Maybe DNR could gain moved from the forest, the effects are concentrated ders. Unfinished wood can no longer be exported heavily in key areas. Historically, the bulk of tropi- from either country and now only finished products mental relief from Mark Twain's 19th century report in Roughing cal timber exports (70%) has originated in Southeast reach the north. The message regarding finished It "One of the first achievements of the legislature was to institute Asia (Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines) and wood products is simple—don't buy them unless a ten-thousand-dollar agricultural fair to show off forty dollars has flowed to Japan. Western Europe purchases they were produced in the country of origin. worth of pumpkins in—however, the Territorial legislature was wood from both Southeast Asia and Africa, and the U.S. has relied principally on Latin America for its Prevent tropical rainforest destruction by being aware of usually spoken of as the 'asylum.'" Lansing seems equally con- what you purchase, and by supporting local organizations like cerned about pumpkins. We can imagine the outspoken sage from unfinished wood products. In the U.S., tropical the Rainforest Action Movement (RAM). In 1989 RAM and Hannibal, Missouri, nodding at the news of a costly gazebo during hardwoods are also imported largely as plywood or rainforest groups worldwide are launching a "Tropical Wood" paneling and originate in Japan, Korea or Taiwan campaign. We want to identify the kinds, quantities and fiscal hard times and growling, "A century later and no improve- sources of tropical woods used in the U.S. This includes not which import unfinished "round" wood. only the wood that we see in artwork and kitchen items, but ments worth a dog's bark!" We assume/hope that salutary changes the wood used by construction and industry as well. Make a will come in the wake of the "slush fund" revelations. We hope/ According to Jenny Stout of the Rainforest game of finding out how far back you can trace the wood—to Action Network (RAN), Southeast Asia and Africa the retailer, the distributor, the importer, the producer? The assume that Director Hales will stand up to the lawmakers with further back that the product can be traced the better we can have been virtually logged out. However, demand protect the forests. their pet projects and insist that DNR has better fish to save and for tropical hardwood continues to swell, particu- greater tasks to tackle. RAM is a non-profit organization working within the Ann larly in Japan. As the price of Asian and African Arbor community to educate people about rainforests and limberrises, three events are expected to occur: rarer rainforest issues. Internationally, RAM is affiliated with organi- species will be exploited, previously unprofitable zations such as the Tambopata Wildlife Reserve in Peru, the The "DNR Director's Discretionary Program Fund" that made Japan Tropical Action Network (JATAN), Friends of the areas will be logged, and a new global supplier will Earth—Malaysia, and other non-governmental organizations. $3.1 million handy for blithe squandering of public money in hobby- emerge, probably Central and South America. RAM presents speakers, slide shows and films. Call 764-2147 horse and hanky-panky projects should now join the dinosaur, Currently, according to the World Bank, only 8% for the winter and spring program calendar. penny candy, and buggy rides among things vanished and extinct. of Latin America's harvested hardwood is exported. Quoted on the subject was State Budget Director Shelby Solomon But RobertBuschbacherof the WorldWildlife Fund who lamented that "working with the legislative process we have believes that by the turn of the century large-scale to accommodate some of those views, even if we don't always agree." industrial plantations in Latin America will become AGENDA This is an area where public clamor often serves well, as it did in the dominant source of tropical timber on the inter- Ann Arbor's Alternative Newsmonthly national market. the Congressional pay raise brouhaha recently. We should let EDITORS— Laurie Wechter, Ted Sylvester lawmakers of all tribes, counties, and communities know that if ACT LOCALLY CONTRIBUTING EDITOR—Phillis Engelbert they want gazebos, they should take up collections at their local Countless species of trees grow in the rainforest, EDITORAL ASSISTANTS—Mary Mangan, barbershops. DNR has real environmental jobs to do and must be approximately 80 of which are commercially valu- Jud Kempson given a chance to start doing them. able and are traded as logs or sawn wood. Some of PHOTOGRAPHERS—Gregory Fox, Casey Cavanaugh the more common tropical woods that we see in the DISTRIBUTION—Earl Uomoto, Al Lozano, U.S. are mahogany, teak, rosewood, purpleheart, Bill Diesenroth Sponsored by cocobola, padouk, and zebra-wood. These woods, many of which are very beautiful, are used to make THANKS—Andrea Walsh, UCAR, Nan Stall, SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN ENVIRONMENTAL everything from business card cases, jewelry boxes Barbara Ransby, Saguaro, Hugh McGuin- and salad bowls, to chairs and tables. Less visible ness, Al, Hunter, Casey Cavanaugh, Dave Austin, The First Presbyterian Church RESOURCE ASSOCIATION (SMERA) uses of tropical woods are found in the U.S. con- struction industry. Wood like lauan, which for years AGENDA is an independent non-aligned newsmonthly POST OFFICE BOX 3165 published by Agenda Publications, 202 E. Washington has been marketed as Philippine mahogany, shows #512, Ann Arbor, Ml 48104, 313/996-8018. Vol. 3 No.12, up in hollow core doors and plywood. Meranti and MARCH 1989, Copyright s> Agenda Publications. Sub- ANN ARBOR, Ml 48106-9998 scriptions: $15/year U.S., $3O;year international. 20,000 ram in both are used for the interior parts of furniture, free copies of AGENDA are distributed at the beginning for molding and again, for plywood. of every month from over 350 locations in the Ann Arbor Metro Area. For advertising information call 996-8018. ADVERTISEMENT Among these woods, some arc to be avoided at MARCH 1989—AGENDA—3 FORMER CIVIL RIGHTS BARBARA ACTIVIST MARTHA RANSBY NORMAN RECENTLY RECALLED, "WHEN WE The Art of WENT INTO RURAL COM- MUNITIES TO ORGANIZE Accessories WE SOON RECOGNIZED Functionable fashion is the best way to describe our hand bags. THAT THESE PEOPLE Collected Works has a variety of WERE NO STRANGERS TO STRUGGLE. STRUGGLE WAS A lightweight colorful bags that NOT SOMETHING THEY LEARNED IN AN TWO HOUR , are fashionable WORKSHOP ON NON-VIOLENCE. STRUGGLE WAS WHAT LT> and practical. THEY LIVED EVERY DAY...AND THEY TAUGHT US WHAT STRUGGLE WAS ALL ABOUT."

Apparel • Jewelry • Accessories BLACK HISTORY: 325 E Liberty • 995-4222 "Heroes and Martyrs" Version Not Enough Black history month was launched in 1926 by historian Dr. Carter G. Woodson, founder of the Association for the Study of Afroamerican Life and History. Black History month was started as Chris Kolb a way to promote greater understanding and appreciation of the role and contributions of Black Americans to United States history and culture. Initially begun as a week-bng observance the Fourth Ward Democrat event was expanded to an entire month. February was selected because it includes the birthday Lifetime Ann Arbor Resident of the great anti-slavery activist Frederick Douglass. A healthy city must grow and change to Black History month was created to reinsert, into they taught us what struggle was all about." The doz- stay vital. But we must plan and direct the picture of American history, the Black faces ens of families that provided food, shelter and sup- development to enhance the quality of which have been distorted or sliced out. One unfor- port to civil rights workers in the mid-sixties did so tunate tendency has been for historians and educa- at great personal risk. Many had their homes shot life we enjoy in Ann Arbor. We must tors to succumb to the "Heroes and Martyrs" version into or firebombed, their children threatened and support proposals like the Historic Land- of Black history in an attempt to cram centuries into some, like Jimmie Lee Jackson and Herbert Lee, lost mark Ordinance and the proposed weeks. One period in which distortions and myths their lives. They received no medals for their sac- Natural Features Ordinance to protect are rampant in our collective memory is the Civil rifices, no monuments built in their memory. Yet our unique character. Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. We must without their priceless and unheralded contributions revise this view of Black history to include not only the movement would never have existed. the Great Men and Women, but the anonymous his- The case of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic torical actors and actresses who made their greatness Party (MFDP) led by rank and file Mississippians, Vote Monday April 3 possible. like Fannie Lou Hamer, Unita Blackwell, and Many popular accounts of the period suggest that Victoria Gray provides a final example of the impact the movement was singlchandedly constructed, di- of grassroots participation in the movement. The rected and sustained by Dr. Martin Luther King MFDP's disruption of the Democratic National alone. The reality is that, "it was not Martin who Convention in Atlantic City in 1964 was a critical made the movement, but rather the movement that turning point in the evolution of the Civil Rights made Martin," as longtime civil rights leader Ella movement. While their attempt to unseat the all- Baker once commented. It was the ordinary people white Mississippi delegation, unfairly elected in all- performing extraordinary deeds that changed the white primaries, was unsuccessful, the MFDP con- New in Paperback political and social landscape of a nation. fronted northern liberals on their own racism. It Dr. King did not start the historic Montgomery forced the Democratic Party to deal with the issue B us boycott of 1955, and compel the masses to follow of racism seriously, perhaps for the first time in its at Borders... him. A local Black women'sorganization, the Wom- history. The MFDP was a people's campaign and en's Political Council, under the leadership of Joann elicited the support and involvement of thousands Gibson Robinson, was responsible. The group took with no one single leader at its helm. The collective and radical spirit of the group was captured most Our Unfinished Business: the advantage of Rosa Parks" arrest to launch a full-scale U.S. Catholic Bishops' Letters assault upon Jim Crow segregation on Montgomery eloquently by Fannie Lou Hamer, a sharecropper buses. The boycott, originally scheduled for one day, from Sunflower County, Mississippi who was beat- on Peace and the Economy by lasted foroverayear. Hundredsof Black women and en, shot at and fired from her job because of her Phillip Berryman, Pantheon, $8.95. political activity. When the delegation was asked to men demonstrated their unwavering determination And We Are Not Saved: the by continued refusal to ride the buses as long as their accept a compromise of two convention seats, inlieu demand for equal treatment went unmet. It was these of unseating the entire white Mississippi delegation, Elusive Quest for Racial nameless but heroic people who walked, sang and she responded, "We've all come a long way, we're Justice by Derrick Bell, Basic, $9.95. fought their way into a relatively better place, and all tired and we all want to sit down."The unyielding position of the MFDP delegates was in direct defi- On the Line: Essays in the carved out the limited breathing space that this gen- History of Auto Work, edited by eration of Blacks now enjoys. ance of more established and moderate national leaders, including Dr. King, Roy Wilkins and others Nelson Lichtenstein and Stephen At no lime in the civil rights movement was the who urged them to quietly accept the compromise. Meyer, University of Illinois, $12.95. heroism and determination of common Black people more evident than during the Freedom Summer vot- These examples of the struggle and courage of Mothers of Feminism: the er registration projects of 1964 and 1965. Young or- otherwise average people during the period of the Story of Quaker Women in ganizers of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Civil Rights movement offers lessons for how we America by Margaret Hope Bacon, Committee (SNCC), many of them northern college view history and our role in it. Common people and Harper and Row, $8.95. students, went into the belly of the beast of American their will to influence change is "one of the hinges racism, the rural deep South. There, they confronted upon which history turns." We do not have to wait Pesticide Alert: a Guide to the political structures that had totally disempower- for Great Men to lead us to freedom. We are active Pesticides in Fruits and ed the Black population. What SNCC workers found players in that transformation ourselves. Ella Baker Vegetables by Lawrie Mott and in places like Rueville and Greenwood, Mississippi; serves once again as inspiration: "To me, I'm part Karen Snyder, Sierra Club, $6.95. Albany, Georgia; and Selma, Alabama, however, of the human family. What the human family will was not a docile, passive, impotent Black commu- accomplish, I can't control. But it isn't impossible Anthills of the Savannah, a nity. They found a poor but proud Black people, that what those who came along with me went novel by Chinua Achebe, Anchor, groping for new modes of struggle and greater re- through might stimulate others to continue to fight $7.95. sources with which to wage such struggles. Former for a society that does not have those kinds of civil rights activist Martha Norman recently re- problems. Somewhere down the line the numbers called, "When we went into rural communities to or- increase, the tribe increases. So how do you keep on? ganize we soon recognized that these people were I can't help it. I don't claim to have any comer on no strangers to struggle. Struggle was not something an answer, but I believe that the struggle is eternal. BORDERS BOOK SHOP they learned in a two hour workshop on non-vio- Somebody else carries on." 303 South State, 668-7652 lence, struggle was what they lived every day...and Sister City Hospital to Receive Aid

by Gregory Fox The Camilo Ortega Saavedra Hospital and Juigalpa, and felt this would enhance the long- shipping costs must be paid by sister city support- (HCOS) in Juigalpa, Ann Arbor's Nicaraguan term success of the aid. Support was requested for ers. The medical goods are expected to fill an sister city, will be receiving a major donation of three projects: arural health clinic, thenursery and entire 40-foot sea cargo container, and shipping medical supplies and equipment. The shipment is maternity ward of HCOS, and for the hospital in will cost at least S6000. Tax deductible donations valued at approximately S600.000 and will be general. Juigalpa's HCOS is the supplier of health can be sent to the Interf aith Council for Peace and coming from World Medical Relief of Detroit services for the entire central region of Nicaragua, Justice (ICPJ), 730 Tappan, Ann Arbor, MI (WMR). World Medical Relief is an independent an area greater in size than El Salvador. All three 48104. Each SI received will pay for delivery of non-profit agency which collects and re-distrib- projects were approved. SI00 worth of medical goods to Juigalpa. Checks utes medicines and medical equipment locally Medical care in HCOS has suffered from a should be made out to ICPJ/Juigalpa Hospital. and internationally. combination of a lack of equipment and supplies An Ann Arbor-Jugalpa Sister City medical/ Last autumn, the Ann Arbor-Juigalpa Sister as well as overuse of existing hardware. Dr. Luna public health/sanitation delegation is being City Committee and the Nicaragua Medical Aid showed WMR staff slides of equipment that has planned for May 21 to 31. This group will focus Project brought Dr. Xavier Luna Mena, the direc- been patched together time and again. He also primarily on public health issues in Nicaragua and tor of HCOS, to Ann Arbor to work on a set of showed slides of cooks preparing foods outside Juigalpa. For more information call Gregory Fox proposals for submission to WMR. World Medi- over an open fire due to broken down stoves. at 665-0655. cal Relief was impressed with the official sister While the equipment and pharmaceulicals are city relationship that exists between Ann Arbor being donated by the good people at WMR, the

activists, students, and the human rights move- sued the following statement: "The agricultural cupation of the Pacific Coast region, and pointed GUATEMALA (from page one) ment. workers' struggle has its roots in the misery and out that thousands of strikers were being dismiss- lion, 10,000 strikers lost their jobs and the Guate- Recent reports by Amnesty International and hunger in which our people live, in the grand in- ed. Thousands more were being forced to work at malan Army and right-wing death squads Americas Watch have called attention to the rise justices and suffering that we must endure, and in gunpoint. The Guatemalan press on Jan. 27 listed launched a campaign of retaliation. In the agrar- in politically inspired killings, kidnappings, and the high cost of living and consistent discrimina- no fewer than ten murders and attempted murders ian South and the mountainous highlands of the human rights abuses in Guatemala. Since the tion. Farmworkers do not earn money like the of campesinos in the zones of conflict in the South, North, the campaign resulted in the killing of military coup in 1954,over 140,000 Guatemalans ministers and deputies of the government, like the all of which took place the preceding day. thousands of people, forcing the CUC under- have been murdered or disappeared, giving the president. We do not have money like the planta- The UASP and the Archbishop of Guatemala, ground. country the dubious distinction of being the worst tion owners. Those people know nothing of the Rodolfo Quezada Toruno, have called for the The CUC re-emerged only last year, appear- human rights violator in the hemisphere. Human hunger and pain of a community that is struggling plantation owners to enter into dialogue with the ing in May Day demonstrations in Guatemala City rights activists claim that the SI50 million per tirelessly to obtain justice, liberty and peace." strikers. As of press time, President Cerezo has and several provincial capitals. Since that time the year in U.S. aid to Guatemala is instrumental in The CUC went on to denounce the military oc- refused to call for negotiations. CUC has become increasingly active, despite as- keeping the country' s repressive system function- sassination threats by finca owners' gunmen and ing. According to reports in the national press and military officials. Recently CUC organizers have the news organization Enfopress, over 100 civil- Ruling May Bankrupt Christie institute ians a month are being murdered or kidnapped. been seen handing out leaflets on the plantations On Feb. 3, the Christie Institute (a Washing- accused 29 Iran/Contra co-conspirators of play- and encouraging the primarily indigenous work- Currently, the CUC is holding firm in its de- ton-based public law firm) was ordered by ing a role in the (allegedly CIA-backed) La force to band together and demand their rights. On mands and the strike continues. The country is Judge James King, a federal judge in Miami, to Penca bombing in Costa Rica, in which an Jan. 23 the CUC ran an advertisement in the na- holding its breath in hopes that the bloodbath can pay over SI million in defendants' legal fees. attempt was made to assassinate contra leader tional press, explaining how the current wage be averted, but the miltary occupation of the This ruling came in the wake of Judge King's Eden Pastora. levels of agricultural workers make it impossible area—slopping all cars and buses, and occupying June, 1988 dismissal of a case filed by the Chris- The recent ruling could drive the Christie to survive. Throughout 1988 and continuing the major fincas one by one—is not encouraging. tic in May, 1986. That case, filed on behalf of Institute to bankruptcy if they are not successful through the strike, the CUC lias received over- On Jan. 26, CUC held a press conference in journalists Martha Honey and Tony Avirgan, on appeal. whelming support from trade unions, progressive the office of the U ASP in Guatemala City and is-

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M-S10 - 6, Fri 10 - 8, Sun 12 - 5 A nonprofit community service FOR MORE INFORMATION on the Home visits Program and (313) 665-2757 program of the on other Ecolgy Center programs, CALL 761-3186 ECOLOGY CENTER (313)761-3186 AND ITS FREE! Central America Awareness Week March 18-25 18-SAT. 19-SUN. 20-MON. 21-TUE. 22-WED. 23-THU. 24-FRI. "The Flight of the Quetzal" Direct action/non- Panel Discussion Salvadoran Workshops Bucket Drive In November of 1987, Los Muchachos, a two- violent protest 7:30 pm, Anderson Dinner & Talk Day of workshops on The Latin American man theater troupe, began a national tour with 4:30 pm, Federal Room, Michigan Union 6 pm, First Congrega- Central America, 9 am to Solidarity Committee their new play "Flight of the Quetzal." This multi- Building (tentative) "Social Conflict and tional Church, comer of 12 noon and 1 pm to 4 and the Peace & Justice media performance focuses on the journey of a Direct action/non- Popular Movements in E. William and State St. pm in the 3rd floor, Committee of the North American to Central America in search of violent protest as part of Guatemala," a panel A Salvadoran dinner will Michigan League. See Michigan Student an endangered bird, the resplendent Quetzal. There CISPES' (Committee in with: Emerina Mcndoza, be prepared by the schedule posted in the Assembly will conduct a he is befriended by a Central American whom he Solidarity with the Attorney and member of Celayas, a Salvadoran League for exact times bucket drive. The employs as a guide. This is the story of their People of El Salvador) Detroit Guatemala Com- refugee family living in and places of the proceeds will be used for friendship and the crisis that threatens it, National Call to Action mittee, speaking on sanctuary in Ann Arbor. following workshops: direct aid projects in El poignantly told through drama, music and slides. to Stop the War in El "The American Connec- Victor Rubio, a represen- Puerto Rico in the Salvador and Nicaragua. Salvador. tion: U.S. Interests and tative of El Salvador's Context of Central Tickets available in advance from Guild House, Involvement in Guate- FMLN/FDR (Farabundo America: Historic Movie 802 Monroe, or by calling 769-3095. The mala"; Jane Slaughter, Marti National Libera- Perspectives and 7:30 pm, Rackham proceeds of these performances will go to Labor Notes staffer and tion Front/Democratic Militarism, with Pedro Amphitheater, free. UNADES (National Union of Earthquake Victims co-author of "Choosing Revolutionary Front), Bonilla and Daniel "El Norte": This movie in El Salvador). Sides: Unions and the will speak about the Menendez; Health is the story is two Team Concept", speak- situation in El Salvador. Care in Central Guatemalan refugees, a Saturday: 8 pm, Sunday: 2 pm, Slauson ing on "Development of America, with a rep. Residential College Junior High Auditorium, $4 donation. sister and brother, their the Labor Movement in from the Nicaraguan journey to the U.S., the Aud., 701 E. University, Ninth St. and W. Guatemala: Past and Medical Aid Project; $8 general admission, Washington, $8 general difficulties they encoun- Present"; John Watan- U.S. Role in Militarization of Honduras, ter crossing the border, $5 students and senior admission, $5 students abe, U-M Prof, of citizens. and senior citizens. with Phillis Engelbert and Dave Austin; Current and the hardships they Anthropology, speaking Situation in Costa Rica, with John Vander- face once in the U. S. on "Mayan Perspectives meer; Refugees and the Sanctuary Move- ^^ _ on Repression and a BaBBH ment, with Shirley McCrae; Women and the 25-SAT. Revolution." Struggle in Central America, with Ximena Zufiiga; Militarization Dance/Music and the Environment in Central America video: "Environment Under "Rock Down Central Fire" and discussion with Arlin Wasserman; Export Agriculture & Crisis America" The Trinidad in Central America, with Kathryn Savoie; Under the Gun: Democra- Tripoli Steel Band per- cy in Guatemala (a video); Current and Historical Perspectives on forms at this fundraising Panama, with Eric Jackson; The, Debt Crisis and Economic Issues in dance for the Latin Amer- Central America, with Dean Baker. ican Solidarity Commit- tee (LASC) and human- Panel Discussions itarian aid projects in 2 pm, Michigan League: "El Salvador Today on the Brink." A panel with Central America. 8 pm, Victor Rubio of FMLN/FDR; Mike Fischer of the Latin American Solidarity Michigan Union Ball- Committee and Solidarity; and a representative of the Midwest Regional Office room. Tickets $8 at the of CISPES. door, or $5 in advance 7:30 pm, Kuenzcl Room, Michigan Union: "U.S. Policy in Central from LASC (665-8438). America: In Whose Interest?" A panel with John Vandermeer, Professor of Advance tickets also Biology, U-M; and David Finkel, Editor of "Against the Current." available at all Central America Week events.

Central America Awareness Week sponsors: Latin American Solidarity Committee and the Peace & Justice Committee of the Michigan Student Assembly 6—AGENDA—MARCH 1989 GRAFFITI JaBmfWata TORCH SONG SINGS by Stephanie Harrell BOOKS & COLLECTABLES "Torch Song Trilogy," is the poignant film adap- the very real, often brutal, discrimination that gay tation of Harvey Fierstein's 1982 Tony Award win- men and lesbians face. The film's ability to induce BIRKENSTOCKS ning play. The story concerns the major relationships viewer action is thus minimized. But the film suc- in the life of Arnold Beckhoff (Fierstein)—a homo- ceeds in other ways. DON'T FIT LIKE sexual, Jewish drag queen from Brooklyn. These re- Especially exceptional are scenes between lationships include his lovers: Ed (Brian Kerwin) and Arnold and his mother. Both Fierstein and Bancroft SHOES. Alan (Matthew Broderick) and his family: his mother possess the ability to dig into our guts and pull out (Anne Bancroft) and adopted son David (Eddie every bit of hate, love, warmth, and respect that can THEY DONT FIT Castrodad). The outcome is a cast of characters we be mustered. Bancroft's portrayal of the quick-witted, relate to and care about because of everything they maybe-he'll-change-someday mother is bitingly LIKE SANDALS. are: human beings struggling with change, conflict, real. With every burst of criticism—at one point she and love. The film forces us to question our preju- accuses Arnold of blasphemy for reciting kaddish THEY FIT dices and to thus realize the richness and value in (the Jewish prayer for the dead) over Alan's tomb- all of humankind. stone—the tension in their relationship resurfaces. LIKE The first scene opens in Brooklyn in the late 30s. Some people, even mothers, the film seems to say, A Dodgers' game plays in the background as the will never accept homosexuality as anything but a FOOTPRINTS. camera sweeps past a huge cemetery to Arnold's problem to be kept in the closet. The conflicts in house. Arnold's mother is yelling "Arnold, lunch is Arnold's life are frankly and honestly portrayed by ready." She continues yelling, searching the house. Fierstein as a man tormented by his mother's refusal She finally finds Arnold cowering in the closet, to accept him. dressed in women's clothing with lipstick smeared Other aspects of the film are not so positive. Alan over his face. Her jaw drops, and Arnold's journey and Arnold meet and fall in love and it is never clear begins. exactly why they like each other. What's missing is Thirty years later Arnold is doing female imper- why Arnold decides to take a chance and become sonations at a club and searching for a meaningful part of another relationship. Matthew Broderick often relationship. "I want more out of life than meeting a seems uncomfortable and awkward, and is about as pretty face and sitting down on it," he confides to fel- convincing as Sylvester Stallone playing a French low-drag queen, Marcha Dimes. He meets Ed in a diplomat. It is difficult to sense the great love they gay bar and falls in love, only to be disillusioned by have for one another because we see only a surface Ed's bisexuality. Months after this painful break-up, view. he and Alan, a young model, meet, fall in love, and The film is not as politically powerful as it might eventually decide to marry and adopt a child. Alan, be, but it is certainly better than no film portraying the however, is killed while attempting to rescue a gay plight of gay men—a much misunderstood minority man being beaten by a street gang. group in our society. In a confrontation with his moth- Scott Collins, Detroit Free Press News Arts writ- er, Arnold retorts that Alan was killed by children 322 E. Liberty er, has labeled the film "comfortably non-militant." taught by people like her that "queers don't matter, He says, "I guess gentle confrontation is the best a queers don't love." This film is successful in that it (by Seva) Hollywoodized 'Torch Song' can hope for." His criti- proves that everyone matters and everyone loves. 662-9401 cism is warranted, as the film does not emphasize Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Tearing Down the Wall of Sound by Peggy Denis On Feb. 17, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Seed's sound must have been difficult to mix as it is played at St. Andrew's Hall in Detroit. The Britain- a very flat one (unusual as most bands strive for a based band, currently touring the states, was re- wall of sound). But it wasn't right until the encore. cently seen in the Wim Wender's film, "Wings of There was also a loud buzz over the top of everything Desire." throughout. My guess was that the amplification was High-quality film Upon squeezing through the doorway turned up beyond its limit. processing of St. Andrew's Hall I found a fashionable, The musicians were all exceptional, Detroit crowd, decked in leathers and ianist Mick Harvey sent out an eerie, Contact sheets & hair paints writhing to the sound of the discordant sound that was often mim- warm-up group The Wolfgang Press, a icked by the guitars. Drummer Thomas projection proofs band that played a combination synth- Wydler had an unusually simple drum pop, and punk-jazz music—a lot of kit made up of a bass drum,snare, torn, Color-corrected rhythm with a sort of screaming, grasping high hat and two mid-range cymbals. His automated proof vocal reminiscent of the style of Pere drumming was very martial. The bassist, Ubu's David Thomas. The strobe lighting Roland Wolf and other two guitar players, prints for their last number had my stomach in Blixa Bargeld and Kid Congo Powers did my throat for what seemed like half a lot of fast plucking and harmon- Custom prints up an hour. However, they were ics. Their back-up vocals tended to 30" x 40" good, really good. to be in unison with Nick on Between sets I moled choruses rather than in har- Prints from slides my way up to the stage. mony. And Nick is a Ann Arbor's The sound was significant- warped nightclub crooner. 20" x 30" poster ly better but much louder He's a great showman special and more claustrophobic. flipping his greased REFRESHING Making my way back to back locks, and all but Portfolio the balcony, I kicked praying to the crowd. At through a sea of bot- times his voice sound- NEW photography of tles. It appears to be ed like Jim Morrison of flat art the fashion at St. An- the Doors, especially in drews to drop emptied Nick's rendition of "By BOOKSTORE beers where one the Time I Get to Phoe- Precision Photographies stands, an odd but nix," which began with • Audio Tapes The Full-Service Photo Lab convenient custom. a long spoken line lead- • Handmade Dolls With no ado Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds made ing into the song. Altogether, the band's music • Greeting Cards their way on stage. They tuned up, said "hi," and reminded me of none more than that of Kurt Weill, • Original Art the great German composer (Three Penny Opera). • Crystals launched into one of their many macabre, cabaret- Main Lab like tunes. It was only seconds before Nick was On record the band's sound is more sparse and • Minerals clean and sports violins. But there is nothing that can • T-Shirts 830 Phoenix Dr. pulling the microphone stand to him and weeping out • Jewelry lyrics in his intense, and surprisingly beautiful way. beat seeing and hearing a band in the flesh. They 971-9100 played powerful versions of " Deanna," and every- Native American Objects Unfortunately, it took the sound person almost half way through the concert to get the levels right. First one's favorite "The Mercy Seat." Nick Cave and the 318 S. Ashley r At Great Copy ~ Nick was twice as loud as the other instruments and Bad Seeds are not enough appreciated for their musical genius. Just listen to "Tender Prey" and you'll 747-9810 110 E. Washington one could barely make out the guitars and back-up vocals. Then one guitar was too loud, then the piano know what I mean. N II 668-0200 up above Nick and on like that. Admittedly, The MARCH 1989—AGENDA—7 To publicize April CALENDAR Dog Training & Care Clinic: The events, send formatted listings Humane Society of Huron by Wednesday, March 15 to Valley 4 to 6 pm, Ann Arbor Dog Train- A Shayna Maidel": Ann Arbor AGENDA, 202 E. Washington ing Club, 1575 E. North Territorial-2 mi. Repertory Theatre8 pm, Hillel, #512, Ann Arbor, Ml 43104. CALENDAR east of US-23. A seminar covering dog 1429 Hill. A deeply moving play about a (996-8018) breed characteristics, care, and young survivor of the Holocaust and around a murder, $9/$6 students & obedience. 662-5545 her Manhattan reunion with her family, FORMAT—Date, event, spon- $10/$5 students & seniors. 761-7410 sor, time and place. One or two seniors. 663-0681 4 Saturday Meeting: HAC 6 pm, Guild House, sentence description, (fee), Marc Anderson Quartet: The World of Audubon: Detroit Audu- 802 Monroe. Planning of events to "Wowie Kazowie": Performance phone number. Apartment Lounge 9:30 pm. Ann Ar- bon Society 8:30 am to6 pm, Domi- raise public consciousness of Network 8 pm (see 2 Fri) no's Farms. Day-long program on a var- bor's Alternative Dance Bar. 769-4060 homelessness in Ann Arbor and Joe Palmer Group: Apartment Unless otherwise noted, all iety of environmental concerns includ- nationally. Earl 930-2959 Lounge 9:30 pm, Jazz. 769-4060 events listed in the CALENDAR ing tropical rainforest preservation, con- are free and open to the public. 3 Friday servation in Africa, and an update on "Wowie Kazowie": Performance Juice: Blind Pig 996-8555 Also, all locations are in Ann "Mother Goose in Hiding" Chil- Detroit incinerator litigation. Proceeds Network 6:30 pm (see 2 Fri) Arbor unless otherwise noted. dren's Conference: The Domes- go to preserve tropical rainforest in tic Violence Project SAFE Belize, $5. 545-2929 10 Friday 7 Tuesday April News & Feature Deadline: ALL MONTH House 9 am to 4:30 pm, McKenny Lesbian-Gay Radio Show 6 pm, Union, EMU, Ypsilanti. Dr. Mary Capps, Picket: Ann Arbor Homeless AGENDA News & feature articles due Heart to Heart for the Home- Action Committee (HAC) 11 am to 88.3 FM, WCBN. 763-3501 or 763-4186 before 5 pm, 202 E. Washington, #512, less: Interfaith Council for a national spokesperson for the mod- ern underground for sexually abused 1:30 pm, Kline's parking lot, 306 S. Meeting: Lesbian & Gay Rights Ann Arbor, Ml 48104.996-8018 Peace and Justice 730 Tappan, Main. Pressure city council to build Ann Arbor, Ml 48104. Sign-up all month children whose perpetrators have been Organizing Comm. (LaGROC)8 Cultural Survival: Rainforest given custody or unsupervised visita- more affordable housing instead of pm, 3100 Michigan Union. 763-4186 Action Movement & others noon, for a fundraising walk on Sat April 8 to parking structures. Earl 930-2959 benefit agencies which provide shelter, tion, will give the keynote address and 3058 Literature Science and Arts (LSA) food and services to homeless people. later give a workshop on sanctuary, "American Buddhist Practice: 8 Wednesday Bldg. Brown Bag lunch and discussion $35.995-5444 The goal: 600 walkers raising $30,000. A Personal Account" : Zen Lotus Beans & Rice: Guild House 6 pm with Ted McDonald. Further discussion at 4 pm, 4560 LSA, Anthropology Dept Sign up to walk either from Ypsilanti or Women's Tea: Women's Crisis Society 7:30 to 8:30 pm, Zen Bud- (see 1 Wed) Colloquium (see 9 Thur) Ann Arbor to Carpenter School. To do- Center & U-M Lesbian Programs dhist Temple, 1214 Packard. Talk by nate, write check to: Heart to Heart- Sukha Murray, Dir. & Dharma Teacher, 'Take Back the Night' Planning Office 5:30 to 7 pm, 218 N. Adams, Meeting: AACAR 7 pm (see 1 Wed) "The Economic Crisis and ICPJ & send to above address. To Ypsilanti (in the First Congregational Zen Buddhist Temple. 761-6520 Labor's Response: Prospects volunteer: 665-3350 or 663-1870 Church). All women are welcome to this "My Gene": Michigan Theater 8 Meeting: Campus Women's for the Nineties": Against the alternative happy hour. Enjoy pleasant pm, Michigan Theater, 603 E. Liberty Action for Nuclear Disarmament Current magazine 4 pm, Henderson 1 Wednesday company in an alcohol-free atmos- Colleen Dewhurst, long associated with (WAND) 7 to 8:30 pm, 2209 Michigan rm., Michigan League. Forum with phere. 485-2310 Union. Planning of events to raise Beans & Rice: Sanctuary 6 pm, the works of Eugene O'Neill, in a one- Robert Brenner, Howard Kimeldorf, public consciousness about nuclear Guild House, 802 Monroe. An opportuni- woman memory play examining Jane Slaughter and Thomas Weisskopf Mars Needs Women, with Bob weapons. 662-2475 (see Solidarity CRD). 665-2709 ty to meet others and to support direct Schetter: Apartment Lounge O'Neill's career and personal life as revealed through his third wife Caiiotta, aid for Central America, $2. 662-5189 5:30 pm, Happy Hour. 769-4060 Meeting: LASC 8pm (see 1 Wed) Women's Tea: Women's Crisis $22.50 & $18. 668-8397 Center and U-M Lesbian Pro- Take Back the Night' Planning "Wowie Kazowie": Performance Diamond Back: Blind Pig 996-8555 grams Office 5:30 to 7 pm (see 3 Fri) Meeting: Ann Arbor Coalition Network 8 pm, reception following "Wowie Kazowie": Performance Against Rape (AACAR) 7to 8:30 show (see 2 Fri) Network 8 pm, reception following 9 Thursday Mars Needs Women, with Bob pm, Community Access (2nd fl. Fire show (see 2 Fri) Schetter: Apartment Lounge Dept. on N. 5th Ave.), all are welcome. Gay Men's Coffee House: Cultural Survival: Rainforest Glass: The Apartment Lounge 5:30 pm. Happy Hour. 769-4060 994-8775 Brothers 8 pm, Guild House, 802 Action Movement & others 12 to Monroe. 763-4186 9:30 pm (see 3 Fri) 2 pm, 1520 Sch. of Nat. Resources. "Alejandrina": U-M Inst. for the Meeting: Latin American Solidar- Glass: The Apartment Lounge Scott Morgan: Blind Pig 996-8555 Lecture: "How can Indigenous Peoples, Humanities & others 8 pm,True- National Governments & Aid Agencies blood Theater, Frieze Bldg. Portrays ity Committee (LASC) 8 pm, room 9:30 pm. Seven piece party and show Work Together?" by Ted McDonald, an- Alejandrina Torres, Puerto Rican nation- # at info, desk, Mich. Union. 665-8438 band, $3. 769-4060 5 Sunday thro. prof, at Harvard & Projects Direc- alist & political prisoner currently serv- Book of Love: Prism Produc- Meditation and Service: Zen tor of Cultural Survival, an organization ing the 5th year of a 35-yr. sentence in 2 Thursday tions 10pm, St. Andrew's Hall, 431 E. Lotus Society 11 am to 1 pm, Zen which works to support the preserva- a U.S. prison. Features Pregones, a "Wowie Kazowie": Performance Congress, Detroit. $11.50 at Ticket- Buddhist Temple 1214 Packard. tion of indigenous cultures around the Puerto Rican theater group from the Meditation, traditional Buddhist Network 8 pm, 408 W. Washington. master or 423-6666. 99-MUSIC world. Discussion with Ted McDonald 4 Bronx, $5/$3 students at Mich. League Naomi Saferstein's play is a 60s dance chanting, a reading, and a Dharma talk. to 5:30 pm, Res. Coll., 701 E. Univ., & ticket office. 764-5625 party/beach musical which takes place George Bedard and the Korean speaking (English speaking 5 7:30 pm, 1520 SNR. 936-0638 on a pier in New York City and revolves Bonnevilles: Blind Pig 996-8555 to 7 pm). 761-6520 (days) Wowie Kazowie": Performance Network 8 & 10:30 pm (see 2 Fri)

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and Fifth Ave. Tickets for all shows at For 24 hr concert & club info, dial 99-MUSIC 1308 Neahtawanta Rd Traverse City, MI 49684 (616) 223-7315 8—AGENDA—MARCH 1989 School, 2775 Newport. Discuss the Meeting: LaGROC8pm(see7Tue) "A View From the Bridge": Mich- "King of Hearts": National igan Theatre 8 pm. The Alley Theater Theatre of the Deaf 8 pm, Power The Replacements: Prism 8 pm, future of the farm. 665-8047 "Gone With the Wind": Michigan in Arthur Miller's absorbing story of a Center. Based on the classic film of the Mich. Theater, 603 E. Liberty. The Theater 8 pm (see 11 Sat) Blues Jam with The Infinitones: man's fatal, unrecognized passion for same name by Philippe de Broca, "King Minneapolis hearthrobs play "I'll Be Apartment Lounge 5:30 pm. 769- you" & "Alex Chilton," $16.50 at New Ryders of the Purple Sage: his niece. $22.50, $18. 668-8397 of Hearts" is presented in NTD's unique 4060 Blind Pig With special guest Flash- style which pairs Sign Language with Ticketmaster or 423-6666. 99-MUSIC Ed Sarath & U-M Jazz Ensem- Meeting: HAC 6 pm (see 5 Sun) back. 996-8555 the spoken word, offering the audience Skyles: The Apartment Lounge bles: The Apartment Lounge 1 the singular opportunity to hear and 9:30 pm. Rockin Blues, $3. 769-4060 "Wowie Kazowie": Performance 9:30 pm. 769-4060 see every word. $15 at Michigan Union Network 6:30 pm (see 2 Fri) 15 Wednesday The Difference: Blind Pig 996- and Ticketmaster. 763-TKTS Jeanne and the Dreams: Blind Agenda April issue deadline for Pig 996-8555 "Civil Disobedience/Nonviolent 8555 Resistance" Discussion: WAND Calendar & Community Re- People Dancing & The Detroit (Women's Action for Nuclear source Directory: AGENDA Dance Collective: Performance 11 Saturday Disarmament) 7:30 pm (doors open 5 pm, 202 E. Washington #512, 48104. 17 Friday Network 8 pm (see 16 Thur). 11 pm Council of All Beings: Jim Hart- at 7 pm), St. Aidan's/Northside Church, 996-8018 "The Hazards of Work": U-M program follows (see 17 Fri) Sch. of Public Health & Sch. of man/Shannon Rhodes 10 am to 4 1679 Broadway. Four panelists who Beans & Rice: Ann Arbor- Violent Femmes: Prism Produc- Art 1 to 2 pm, Aud., Henry Vaughan pm, Alice Lloyd Hall, 100 S. Observa- have chosen civil disobedience as a Juigalpa Sister City Task Force tions 8 pm, Hill Auditorium. The mid- Bldg., School of Public Health. Photo tory. Spend a day getting in touch with way of voicing their view on anti-nucle- 6 pm (see 1 Wed) western acoustic-punk band plays the Earth. Exciting and empowering ar issues will share their thoughts. Presentation (see 16 Thur) Take Back the Night' Planning "Blister in the Sun," "Nightmares," and council built from exercises in "Thinking Child care available. 761-1718 Gallery Evening: Le Minotaure Meeting: AACAR 7 pm (see 1 Wed) "Children of the Revolution," $16.50 at Like A Mountain." Led by experienced Gallery & others 5 to 9 pm, 115 E. Lesbian-Gay Men's Music: Gay Ticketmaster or 423-6666.99-MUSIC workshop organizers. 764-1179 Meeting: LASC 8 pm (see 1 Wed) Ann. 665-0445 Liberation 8 pm (see 5 Sun) "A Shayna Maidel": Ann Arbor Picket: HAC 11 am to 1:30 pm (see 4 "Gone With the Wind": Michigan "Gone With the Wind": Michigan Women's Tea: Women's Crisis Rep.Theatre 8 pm (see 9 Thur) Sat) Theater 8 pm (see 11 Sat) Center & U-M Lesbian Programs Theater 8 pm (see 11 Sat) Michelle Jeanne and the Dreams: Apart- Office 5:30 to 7 pm (see 3 Fri) Cat Behavior & Care Clinic: Hu- Shocked: Prism Productions9 Sound Garden: Blind Pig 208 S. ment Lounge 9:30 pm, $3. 769-4060 mane Society of Huron Valley 4 pm, St. Andrews Hall, 431 E. Congress, First. 996-8555 The Whip, with Rafe Savage: Sleepy La Beef: Blind Pig (see 17 to 6 pm, Ann Arbor Dog Training Club, Detroit. The folk heroine of our time put The Apartment Lounge 5:30 to 9 1575 E. North Territorial—2 mi. east of together "Anchorage" & "When I Grow 16 Thursday pm. 769-4060 . Fri) US-23. Clinic covers cat breed charac- Up." $12.50 at Ticket-master or 423- Vigil for Justice: American Gay Men's Coffee House: teristics, care & obedience. 662-5545 6666.99-MUSIC Friends Service Comm. & Team Brothers 8 pm (see 3 Fri) 19 Sunday "Migrants": U-M Inst. for the for Justice noon, The Capitol Rotun- "Flight of the Quetzal": Salva- Humanities & others 8 pm, True- da, Lansing. Vigil to protest prison "Gone With the Wind": Michigan doran Support Committee 2 pm, 13 Monday Theater 8 pm (see 11 Sat) blood Theater, Frieze Bldg. Pregones, "Denying the Holocaust: Free expansion and call for alternative Slauson Junior High Aud. 1019 W. Puerto Rican theater group from the Speech in Germany, Israel and corrections. Penny 761-8283 People Dancing & The Detroit Washington (see 18 Sat) Bronx, in this play which examines the Dance Collective: Performance the U.S.": Jewish Law Students David Lehman: U-M Visiting People Dancing & The Detroit factors influencing migration of Puerto Network 8 pm (see 16 Thur) Also, 11 Union 4:30 pm, U-M Law School, rm. Writers Series 4 pm, Rackham East Dance Collective: Performance Ricans to the U.S. $5/$3 students at pm program of dance, improvisation, 250. Prof. Eric Stein, Prof. Joseph Conference Room. This poet, essayist, Network 2 pm (see 16 Thur) Mich. League ticket office. 764-5625 and performance art. $5/$3 for those Weiler, & Dean Lee Bollinger, all of U-M critic and journalist, will read from his who attended the 8 pm performance. "A Shayna Maidel": Ann Arbor "Gone With the Wind": Michigan Law School, will discuss free speech latest work, "The Holocaust Gallery." Rep. Theatre 2 & 7 pm (see 9 Thur) Theater 8 pm, 603 E. Liberty . Special tenets as they apply to the Holocaust. 769-0500 George Bedard and the King- 50th anniv. screening of this classic, 769-0500 pins: The Apartment Lounge "A Soldier's Dilemma in the Ter- $4/$3.25 students & seniors. 668-8397 "The Hazards of Work": U-M ritories": Progressive Zionist Meeting: WHE-AC 6 pm (see 6 Mon) School of Public Health & 9:30 pm, $3. 769-4060 Caucus 3 pm, Hillel, 1429 Hill. Israeli "Wowie Kazowie": Performance School of Art 5 to 7 pm, School of Sleepy La Beef: Blind Pig Cele- Meeting: Parents-FLAG/Ann Aaron Wolfe served in Hebron during Network 8 & 10:30 pm (see 2 Fri) Art, outside Slusser Gallery. Exhibition Arbor 7:30 pm, First Methodist brate St. Patrick's all weekend with the Palestinian uprising. 769-0500 "A Shayna Maidel": Ann Arbor Church, State at Huron. 763-4186 Opening. Photos by Earl Dotter, Labor rock-a-billy and green beer. 996-8555 Bob Cantu & the Blues Nuts: Rep. Theatre 8 pm (see 9 Thur) Photographer, American Labor Ballroom Dancing: Apartment Education Center. 936-0758 18 Saturday The Apartment Lounge 5:30 to 8 Winter Blues Bash: Blind Pig- Lounge 7:30 to 11pm. 769-4060 pm, Blues jam. 769-4060 Meeting: Bread for the World- Picket: HAC 11 am (see 4 Sat) Blues Factory Records 8 pm to 2 "Gone With the Wind": Michigan Interfaith Council for Peace Meeting: HAC 6 pm (see 5 Sun) am, 208 S. First. TheDetroit Blues Theater 8 pm (see 11 Sat) "Flight of the Quetzal": Salva- Band, Little Jr. Cannaday, The and Justice Hunger Task Force doran Support Committee 8 pm, Bruce Cockburn & His Band: Alligators, Code Blue and Harmonica Open House for Lesbians & Gay 7:30 pm, Memorial Christian Church, Res. Coll. Theater, 701 E. Univ. A multi- Prism Productions 7:30 pm, Power Shah. Advance tickets at Ticketmaster Men: Integrity 8:45 pm (see6 Mon) 730 Tappan. Discussion of domestic & media performance by Los Muchachos Center. The darling of the Latin Amer- international hunger issues, legislative or 423-6666.996-8555 Idyll Roomers: Blind Pig 996-8555 about the journey of a North American ican solidarity movement whose reper- updates, & local action planning: & a to Central America in search of an en- toire includes "If I Had a Rocket The Infinitones: The Apartment training session for spring WIC food pro- dangered bird, the resplendent Quet- Lounge 9:30 pm, $3. 769-4060 Launcher." $14.50 & $ 16.50 at 14 Tuesday gram legislative campaign. 487-9058 zal. A benefit for UNADES (The Ticketmaster or 423-6666. 99-MUSIC Lesbian-Gay Radio Show 6 pm National Union of Earthquake Victims People Dancing & The Detroit Lesbian-Gay Men's Music: Gay 12 Sunday Dance Collective: Performance of El Salvador). $8/$5 students & Meeting: Amnesty International Liberation 8 pm (see 5 Sun) Meditation and Service: Zen Network 8 pm, 408 W. Washington. 2 seniors in advance at Guild House, 802 Group 61 7:30 pm, Mich. Union- Lotus Society 11 am to 1 pm (see 5 of Michigans's most inventive dance Monroe, or 769-3095 (eves). Sun) check at desk for room. Activities to protect human rights and free prisoners troupes join forces for an evening of The Flying Karamazov 20 Monday "A Shayna Maidel": Ann Arbor of conscience around the world. 761 - premiers from both companies. $9/$7 Brothers: Mich. Theater 8 pm 603 Protest to End the War in El Sal- Rep. Theatre 2 & 7 pm (see 9 Thur) 3639 students & seniors. 663-0681 E. Liberty. "Their self imposed recipe of vador : LASC 4:30 pm, in front of Kline's, 306 S. Main (tentative time and Meeting: Community Farm of "A Shayna Maidel": Ann Arbor good juggling and bad jokes is "A Shayna Maidel": Ann Arbor irresistable..." $ 16.50. 663-8397 place). Direct action/non-violent pro- Ann Arbor 3 pm, Rudolf Steiner Rep. Theatre 8 pm (see 9 Thur) Rep. Theatre 8 pm (see 9 Thur)

"What can one say? There is Oedipus at Colonus, King Lear and then there is the mighty oeuvre of the Flying Karamazov Brothers." -The New Yorker

Featuring Susan Meeker-Lowry author of Economics As If the Earth Really Mattered

This conference, organized by the Huron Valley Greens, will provide a forum for people in the community interested or involved in developing a sustainable, integrated local economy. It will focus on creating alternative economic systems that are people rather than profit oriented, that empower rather than exploit the people working within them, that operate in harmony with the Earth's ecological systems. Sponsors to date include: the People's Food Co-op, the Inter-Cooperative Council, and the Community Development Corp.

Friday, April 7 4:00-7:00pm - Registration 8:30-9:00pm - Discussion (free) 7:00-8:30pm - S. Meeker-Lowry 9:00pm - Entertainment Saturday, April 8 9:00-10:00am - Registration 10:00am-5:30pm - Session to identify local resources and needs; Workshops to examine models and strategies; Networking session. For more information, call Gaia at 994-4937 or pick up a brochure at the People's Food Co-op or area bookstores. Please reserve spaces 0 $15.00 ea. Registration deadline: March 21 (includes Sat. am snacks and lunch.) After March 21: $2.50 late fee SAT • March 18 • 8 pm Total enclosed $ Tickets will be held at door. Location: The Flying Karamazov Brothers do not fly, are not Russian and are ( ) YES, I need childcare for children ages 1st Presbyterian Church 1432 Uashtenaw not brothers. They juggle meat cleavers, cats & slime amidst a backdrop Ann Arbor, MI Name of political jokes, Russian literature and vaudeville. True Serious Fun. "Make checks payable to: Address .GREEN NOTES c/o: City ST ZIP Alternative Economics Conference "1402 Hill St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 Call 663-8397 Gil Michigan Theater Phone MARCH 1989—AGENDA—9 test as part of CISPES' (Committee in Detroit. Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Solidarity with the People of El Salva- legend. $12.50 at Ticketmaster or 423- dor) National Call to Action to Stop the 6666. 99-MUSIC new films that probe the tragedy of the War in El Salvador. 665-8438 for info. AIDS epidemic. "A Death in the Family" Mass Appeal: Performance (52 mins) tells the heartbreaking story • Meeting: WHE-AC6pm (see6 Mon) Network 8 pm (see 23 Thur) of Andrew Boyd, the fourth person in Ballroom Dancing: Apartment "A Shayna Maidel": Ann Arbor New Zealand to die of Al DS. "A Virus Lounge 7:30 to 11 pm, $2. 769-4060 Rep. Theatre 8 pm (see 9 Thur) Has No Morals" (82 mins) by Germany's Rosa von Praunneim has nurses on the Open House for Lesbians & Gay The Conqueroots: Apartment night shift rolling dice to see which Men: Integrity 8:45 pm (see 6 Mon) Lounge 9:30 pm. Blues, $3. 769-4060 AIDS patient will die next and gay terror- Eels Wig: Blind Pig 996-8555 Tracy Lee and the Leonards: ists kidnapping the Minister of Health. Blind Pig (see 24 Fri) A black comedy filled with everybody's 21 Tuesday worst fears, $2.50.769-7787 Lesbian-Gay Radio Show 6 pm 26 Sunday "Murderers Among Us: The Si- (see7Tue) "Toward A New Earth": Eco- mon Wiesenthal Story": Com- "Social Conflict & Popular Move- Kashrut 10 am, Jewish Community memorative Service & HBO 7 pm, ments in Guatemala": LASC & Center, 2935 Birch Hollow. Rabbi Angell Hall Aud. A. The life of the man MSA Peace & Justice Comm. Gottleib will present a formula for whose pursuit of the Nazis has burned 7:30 pm, Anderson Room, Mich. Union. Jewish action based on halachic and the Holocaust into the conscience of A panel featuring: Emerina Mendoza, ecological principles. 971-0990 the world. 769-0500 member of Detroit Guatemala Comm.; "A Shayna Maidel": Ann Arbor Annual Meeting: Interfaith Coun- Jane Slaughter, Labor Notes staffer Rep. Theatre 2 pm (see 9 Thur) cil for Peace and Justice 8 pm, and John Watanabe, Prof, of Anthro- The National Theatre of the Deaf presents KING OF HEARTS St. Francis Catholic Church, 2150 "Mass Appeal": Performance pology, U-M. 665-8438 Camille L Jeter is "The Acrobat," a tightrope-walking waif who falls in Frieze. Bishop Thomas Gumbleton, Network 4 pm (see 23 Thur) 27th Ann Arbor Film Festival love with Private Charles Plumpick (played by Willy Conley), an allied Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit, Michigan Theater. 7:30 pm reception soldier sent into a French village to find hidden bombs in The National 27th Ann Arbor Film Festival speaks on: "What Would We Do With- with emcee O. J. Anderson (opening Theatre of the Deaf's adaptation of Philippe de Broca's classic French Winners Night 5,7 and 9:30 pm, out Russia As An Enemy?" 663-1870 night only) followed by 8:30 pm public $4/show.(see21Tue) film, KING OF HEARTS. The Company presents the production in Sign Meeting: LASC 8 pm (see 1 Wed) screening of independent and experi- Language and the spoken word, so that the audiences hear and see Blues Jam with "The Conque- mental 16mm films, $4 or $25 for com- every word. (At the Power Center, see 18 Saturday) roots": The Apartment Lounge plete festival (runs thru Sunday). Ann 5:30 pm. 769-4060 30 Thursday Arbor's oldest "alternative" happening: Evening With Survivors: Hillel Don't miss it! 995-5356 Meeting: HAC 6 pm (see 5 Sun) 27th Ann Arbor Film Festival 3 Peace & Justice Comm. 7:30 pm, 7:30 pm, 1429 Hill. Explore education Meeting: LaGROC 8 pm (see 7 Tue) pm, free; 7and9:30 pm, $4/show, Rackham Amphitheater. Movie about "Education in the Third Reich: outside the classroom. What is learned two Guatemalan refugees, their Blueprint for Mind Control": Hil- and unlearned by being a survivor of Walk the Dogma: Blind Pig 996- $7/evening. (see 21 Tue) journey to the U.S. and the hardships lel 7:30 pm, 1429 Hill. Alfons Heck, the Holocaust? 769-0500 8555 "U.S. Policy in Central America: they face once they arrive. 665-8438 author of "A Child of Hitler," joined the In Whose Interest?": LASC and Hitler Youth in 1938 at age 10. He Jazz with Walt Symanski: Apart- 22 Wednesday MSA Peace & Justice Comm. "Mass Appeal": Performance speaks about his upbringing under the ment Lounge 9:30 pm. 769-4060 7:30 pm, Kuenzel Rm, Mich. Union. Pan- Network 8 pm (see 23 Thur) Salvadoran Dinner: LASC & Nazi education system. 769-0500 el with John Vandermeer, Prof, of Biol- Dinosaur: Blind Pig 996-8555 MSA Peace & Justice Comm. 6 Mars Needs Women, with Bob ogy, U-M; and David Finkel, Editor of Lesbian-Gay Men's Music: Gay Schetter: The Apartment pm, First Congregational Church, E. Against the Current 665-8438 Liberation 8 pm (see 5 Sun) William and State. Prepared by the Cela- Lounge 9:30 pm, $3. 769-4060 31 Friday yas, a Salvadoran refugee family living "An Israeli's View of the Arab Gregory Isaacs: Prism Pro- Bluefields: The Apartment in sanctuary in Ann Arbor. Victor Rubio, Middle East": Progressive ductions 10 pm, St. Andrew's Hall, 27 Monday Lounge 5:30 to 8 pm, happy hour. a representative of El Salvador's FMLN- Zionist Caucus 7:30 pm, Hillel, 1429 431 E. Congress, Detroit. $14.50 at Meeting: WHE-AC 6 pm (see 6 Mon) 769-4060 FDR (Farabundo Marti National Libera- Hill. Major General Shlomo Gazit, past Ticketmaster or 423-6666.99-MUSIC tion Front/Democratic Revolutionary Director of Military Intelligence & coor- Ballroom Dancing: Apartment Mich Int'l Lesbian and Gay Male Front), to speak. $4 donation. 665-8438 dinator of Govt Operations in the Ad- Tracy Lee and the Leonards: Lounge 7:30 to 11 pm, $2.769-4060 Film Festival: Ann Arbor Film Co- ministered Territories, speaks on Arab- Blind Pig 996-8555 op 7 & 9:15 pm, Natural Science Aud. 'Take Back the Night' Planning Israeli relations and recent develop- Open House for Lesbians & Gay "Storme: The Lady of the Jewel Box" Meeting: AACAR 7 pm (see 1 Wed) ments in the peace process. 769-0500 Men: Integrity 8:45 pm (see6 Mon) (21 mins) features Storme DeLarverie, 25 Saturday former emcee and male impersonator of 27th Ann Arbor Film Festival 3 Big Box of 9's: Blind Pig "A Shayna Maidel": Ann Arbor Picket: HAC 11 am to 1:30 pm (see 4 the legendary Jewel Box Revue, Amer- pm, free; 7 and 9:30 pm ,$4/show, 996-8555 Rep. Theatre 8 pm (see 9 Thur) Sat) ica's first integrated female imperson- $7/evening. (see 21 Tue) ation show. This film profiles an extra- "Mass Appeal": Performance 27th Ann Arbor Film Festival 1 28 Tuesday Meeting: Campus WAND 7to8:30 pm, free; 7 and 9:30 pm, $4/show, ordinary woman, an era, and an integral Network 8 pm, 408 W. Washington. Bucket Drive: WHE-AC Proceeds slice of black and gay history. In "Virgin pm (see 8 Wed) $7/evening. (see 21 Tue) Bill C. Davis' moving comedy brings to- to OXFAM America. 930-6944 to help Machine" (85 mins) Ina Plum plays a "Babes & Biceps: Is That All?" gether a beloved parish priest & an ide- Ella Fitzgerald: Ann Arbor Sum- journalist researching romantic love. & "On Your Mark, Get Set, Go! alistic young seminarian causing both Lesbian-Gay Radio Show 6 pm mer Festival 6 pm, lobby Great (see 7 Tue) Her study takes her from German But Where?": Residence Hall to re-evaluate themselves & their faith. Lakes Bancorp HQ. Preview Party. Fea- endocrinologists to the San Francisco Repertory Theatre Troupe 8:30 $9/$6 students & seniors. 663-0681 tures details of 1989 Festival season "Au Revoir Les Enfants": Hillel porn district where she meets Susie pm, Hillel, 1429 Hill. Original theatre "Four Four Three" with Tony & a tribute to Ella Fitzgerald. Also,8 pm, 7 & 9:15 pm, 1429 Hill. Winner of seven Sexpert, who demonstrates sex toys pieces about social issues. 769-0500 Viviano: The Apartment Lounge Hill Aud., benefit concert featuring Ella French Cesars (including Best Picture), as if they were tupperware, $2.50. 769- Flashback: Blind Pig 996-8555 9:30 pm. 769-4060 Fitzgerald. Benefit tickets including Pre- $2.50.769-0500 7787 view Party 936-3393. Concert tickets $12 to $25 at Michigan Union and Discussion Series: Solidarity Gay Men's Coffee House: 23 Thursday 24 Friday Ticketmaster. 747-2278 7:30 pm, Guild House, 802 Monroe. Brothers 8 pm (see 3 Fri) Day of Workshops on Central Bucket Drive: LASC and MSA Prof. Buzz Alexander on "Leftists in the America: LASC and MSA Peace Peace & Justice Comm. Pro- "Rock Down Central America": Academy: Choices and Conse- The Whip, with Rafe Savage: & Justice Comm. 9 am to noon and ceeds go to aid projects in El Salvador LASC and MSA Peace & Justice quences." 665-2709 The Apartment Lounge9:30 pm, Comm. 8 pm, Mich. Union Ballroom. 1 to 4 pm, 3rd floor Mich. League. and Nicaragua. 665-8438 to volunteer Meeting: LaGROC 8 pm (see 7 Tue) $3. 769-4060 Fundraiser for LASC & aid projects in Schedule posted in the League, (see 27th Ann Arbor Film Festival 3 ad page 5). 665-8438 Central America features Trinidad Tri- Jeff Healey Band: Prism pm, free; 7 and 9:30 pm ,$4/show, poli Steel Band. $8 at door; $5 in ad- 29 Wednesday Productions 10 pm, St. Andrew's "El Salvador Today on the $7/evening. (see 21 Tue) vance from LASC (665-8438) and at all Bucket Drive: WHE-AC (see 28 Hall, 431 E. Congress, Detroit, $12.50 Brink": LASC and MSA Peace & Bluefields: The Apartment Central America Week events (see ad Tue) at Ticketmaster or 423-6666. Justice Comm. 2 pm, Mich. League. Lounge 5:30 to 8 pm. Happy Hour. page 6). 665-8438 99-MUSIC A panel with Victor Rubio of FMLN/FDR; 60's Brit influenced pop/rock. 769-4060 Mich Int'l Lesbian and Gay Male Mike Fischer of LASC and Solidarity; Bo Diddley: Prism Productions Film Festival: Ann Arbor Film Co- Frank Allison and the Odd Sox: Blind Pig 996-8555 and a CISPES rep. 665-8438 "El Norte": LASC and MSA 8 pm & 11 pm, Alvin's, 5756 Cass, op 7 & 9:20 pm, Nat. Science Aud. Two "Gallery Artists" March 15 to April 16 Recent work by European and American Artists •Also now presenting for the first time at Le Minotaure two American Artists: John Elkerr and Georges Graveldinger ADRIANS LE MINOTAURE GALLERY Delightful Tories T-SHIRT PRINTERY 115 E. Ann St., Ann Arbor, MI 48104 • 665-0445 WE CAN TURN YOUR SKETCH Delicious Pastries JNTO QUALITY T-SHIRT AF [A2'S FJNEST.fr FASTEST j The Best of Breads Om WEEK SERVICE Partners Press, Inc. 1002 PONTIAC TR. 1164 Broadway * Ann Arbor 410 W. Washington Ann Arbor, MI 48103 (313) 662-8681 994-1367 UolM P.O NUMBERS ACCEPTED 662-5210 newsletters—brochures—envelopes—posters—programs Monday-Saturday 7 a.m.- 6 p.m. booklets—doorhangers—color Inks—carbonless forms 10—AGENDA—MARCH 1989 COMMUNITY RESOURCE DIRECTORY Tell'em AGENDA sent ya! Is U.S. Aid Effective? SUP£RSHI£TS AGENDA has, in the past, asked for your help AGENDA'S Valentine's Day Dinner was a 404 E. Liberty at Division 665-0370 in various ways. We always need, and will continue great success thanks to the First Presbyterian The semester quickly moves on, and WHE- AC has a few new projects for March. We will be 407 N. Fifth at Kerrytown 994-9898 to ask for the obvious—more subscriptions and do- Church who supplied the social hall and kitchen, nations, more writers, reporters and word proces- Dave Austin who helped set up and clean up, Nan working with OXFAM America once again with sors, more distributors and fundraisers, more input, Stoll who decorated the room and made it so ro- the annual Tools for Peace and Justice cam- etc... AGENDA depends on people playing an ac- mantic, Saguaro who supplied the lovely flowers, paign. This year the focus is on U.S. aid and its tive part in these areas and could not exist other- Casey Cavanaugh who got us all the vegetables effectiveness in promoting development, and wise. Call 996-8018 if you can help. and Barbara Ransby who gave such a nice speech its use as a weapon against developing coun- AGENDA also needs another kind of help. If We are also grateful to the Celayas who made a tries. Currently the fraction of money allocated you shop at the stores advertised in AGENDA, or wonderful meal for everyone. Thank you to every- for relief work and development work accounts eat at the restaurants advertised in AGENDA, or one who came to the benefit and bought T-shirts, for only a tiny fraction of the U.S. budget. This attend an advertised event, please make it a point subscriptions and gave donations. campaign will focus on educating the U.S. pub- to tell someone—a manager, a clerk, a cashier, a lic and on raising much needed funds for devel- COMMUNITY RESOURCE DIRECTORY (CRD): ticket-taker—that you saw their advertisement in opment work. For a minimum fee, your organization can greatly AGENDA, that you read the paper and appreciate WHE-AC has planned a bucket drive for increase its public visibility through the CRD. List- their patronage. March 28th and 29th. The money raised will be ings for March are due Feb. 15. Tie-Dyes from ELMO'S Why? To begin with, roughly 80% of AGENDA'S sent to OXFAM America. Sandra Steingraber Hours: Mon.-Sat. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. revenues come from advertising. AGENDA is obvi- SUBSCRIPTIONS: Support Ann Arbor's only free will be showing slides andtalking about Sudan WE DO CUSTOM LETTERING/PRINTING FOR ously very dependent on this avenue of fundraising. alternative newsmonthly. A one-year subscription (tentatively scheduled for March 28th or 30th— DORMS, GREEKS, TEAMS, SPECIAL EVENTS The newspaper has been successful in this field so is $15. For a $25 donation you will recieve a copy watch for fliers with details). WHE-AC will be far because we offer very competitive prices and an of the Freedom of Information Handbook with your offering some other educational activities dur- attractive circulation (20,000). But we could be subscription. For a $50 donation you will receive an ing the week of March 27-31; further informa- even more successful if we could convince our cur- "I Support AGENDA" T-shirt along with your sub- tion will be posted around campus prior to the rent and future accounts that their advertisements scription and FOIA Handbook. event. In early April there will a benefit concert to end our Tools for Peace and Justice cam- are being read and that their advertisements bring DEADLINES for April issue: March 10: News/ paign, but we will tell you more about this next SayCheest Cheesecakes customers to the store (or wherever). So take notice feature first drafts. March 15: Calendar & Commu- month. of the advertising in AGENDA, and the next time nity Resource Directory listings. March 23: Cam- SayCheeseCheesecakes you buy a book or clothes or a computer, get a era-ready art deadline. To keep you up to date on the outcome of haircut, go to a play or concert or movie, eat-out, the Oxfam Fast money, WHE-AC has sent SfiyCHeescCheesecahes buy a futon, or volunteer your time, take an extra AGENDA, 202 E. Washington #512, Ann money to the Mt. Nebo Resource Center, minute to tell 'em AGENDA sent ya. Arbor, Ml 48104, 996-8018. House of Hope, House of Love, and the United Sisters of Charity—all of which are in Detroit. We are in the process of distributing the money Ghe dessert" which was allocated for the Ann Arbor area and Sharon Kowalski and Karen Thompson Reunited next month we will list the organizations to which we sent donations. In addition, we re- worth repeating! We are elated to report that Sharon Kowalski Noon rallies will be held on the campus Diag, films cently sent our final check to the Overseas and Karen Thompson have been reunited after a will be screened in cooperation with a campus film Development Network project in the Philip- court-ordered separation of over three years. The group and a series of workshops and videotape pines, thus fulfilling our commitment to the far- separation was the result of a suit brought by Ms. screenings is scheduled for the evenings of Mon- mer's co-operative which we adopted in Sep- San Cheese Kowalski's father, Donald Kowalski, who obtained Wed., April 3-5 on the second floor of the Michigan tember. unconditional guardianship of his daughter after Union. Please watch for detailed announcements Many new people have joined WHE-AC in asserting that Ms. Thompson was a depressing and in the University Record and The Michigan Daily. the past few months, and we would like to see 994-5163 detrimental influence on Ms. Kowalski. This past You can also call 763-4186 or 994-5403 for infor- even more new faces. Our meetings are held in Sept., under court order, Ms. Kowalski underwent mation. room 4202 Michigan Union every Monday at 6 an evaluation of her competency by a team of men- Gay Liberation's Purpose is to provide infor- pm. If you are interested in learning more about tal health experts and physicians at the Miller-Dwan mation, counseling, and related social services for WHE-AC and/or would like to learn about what Medical Center in Duluth, Minnesota, As a result of people concerned about sexual orientation. you can do to help locally or internationally with the competency report, Judge Robert Campbell of Community Services include a Hotline: crisis hunger related issues please attend our meet- CASA NICARAGUENSE DE ESPANOl the St. Louis County District Court decreed that the intervention, peer counseling, referral. Education: ings or call 930-6944. hospital could decide who could visit Ms. Kowalski, workshops and conferences on lesbian and gay basing their determination on "her reliably-ex- male concerns, with an emphasis on how people in The World Hunger Education Action Com- pressed wishes." Ms. Thompson was asked to the "helping professions" and "teaching profes- mittee (WHE-AC) is a campus based organiza- participate in psychological, speech, and occupa- sions" can work positively with lesbian and gay tion whose focus is on educating the community tional therapy sessions at the hospital. Ms. Th- male clients, patients, students. Speakers Bu- on the causes of world hunger and on the so- A SPANISH LANGUAGE. ompson has reported that Ms. Kowalski "seemed reau: phone for information. Human & Civil lutions to world hunger. Our goal is to under- POLITICAL AND CULTURAL shocked at first. She immediately got tears in her Rights: information and referral to help people stand the complex social, political, economical, STUDY CENTER IN MANAGUA. NICARAGUA eyes and I broke down, though I had vowed to under discrimination because of their actual or and environmental forces that both create and remain calm. But for the rest of the weekend, she presumed sexual orientation or because of their promote world hunger. We recognize that true CASA NICARAGUENSE was all smiles and laughs." Donald Kowalski re- presumed "cross-gender" characteristics; lobbying development can only be achieved by empow- fuses to believe that his daughter is a lesbian and for human and civil rights. Community Organiz- ering people on a grassroots level. We organize DE ESPANOL that she was happy to see Ms. Thompson. We are ing: information and assistance in organizing projects with this perspective in mind. Conse- OFFERS YOU THE OPPORTUMTY TO: inclined to believe Ms. Thompson and rejoice with groups, setting goals, addressing conflict, linking quently, we work with Oxfam America, Over- • STUDY SPANISH 4 HOURS DALY. her and with Ms. Kowalski. with other groups and resources. seas Development Network, and the Institute • LIVE WITH A MCARAGUAN FAMILY. For your calendars, please note that several U- for Food and Development Policy (IFDP). • MEET WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM REVOLUTIONARY ORGAMZATIONS. M campus groups will sponsor the annual "Aware- Gay Liberation, c/o 4117 Michigan Union, Ann WHE-AC, 4202 Michigan Union, Ann • TRAVEL TO DIFFERENT REGIONS OF ness Week for Lesbian-Gay Men's Concerns" Arbor, Ml 48109, info: 763-4186; hotline: 662- Arbor, Ml 48109, 930-6944. MCARAGUA. beginning Wed, March 29 and ending Wed, April 5. 1977. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE SEND A SELF4DDRESSED STAMPED ENVELOPE TO: 2330 W. Third St., Suite 4 On Civil Disobedience... Economic Crisis & Working Class Upsurge Los Angeles, CA 90057 (213) 386-8077 Why would a person choose to risk arrest The capitalist system is currently confronting its struggles for lesbian and gay rights. We firmly and prosecution? Come and listen to four pan- worst crisis since the '30s. And the U.S. working believe that any socialist movement worthy of the elists who have resisted at the Nevada Nuclear class, faced with a managerial offensive seeking to name must join in such struggles now, rather than Weapons Test Site and at Williams Interna- save capital at the expense of labor, is in crisis as perpetuate the illusion that they can either be sepa- tional, maker of cruise missile engines in Walled well. It is in this context that Solidarity announces a rated from or take a back seat to the class struggle. CHANGE JOBS Lake, Michigan. Elizabeth Clare, Dorothy Hen- forum sponsored by Against the Current magazine In Ann Arbor, our members participate in FSACC, derson, Marge Munger and Marjorie Winkle- on "The Economic Crisis and Labor's Response: LASC, POWER, UCAR and Concerned Faculty. Change the World man will share their ideas and experiences on Prospects for the Nineties." We oppose the growing U.S. drive toward war, Each month COMMUNITY PBS lias hundreds of pbs and internships civil disobedience and nonviolent resistance. The speakers will be Robert Brenner, Professor whether that be in the Middle East or Central available in socially responsible organizations across the country. It lists johs The doors open at 7 pm and the meeting begins of History at UCLA and editor of Against the Cur- America. We support the PLO in its struggle against in peace and justice work, the environment, women's issues, social service, at 7:30 pm. The meeting will be held on Sunday, rent; Howard Kimeldorf, Asst. Professor of Sociol- Israeli oppression. We see the need for interna- legal advocacy, alternative media, and more. Each ad describes the hiring March 12 at the St. Aidan's-Northside Church, ogy at U-M and author of "Reds and Rackets"; Jane tional solidarity among working people and the organiation, lists the job's dunes and requirements, and rells you how to apply. If you're an employee looking for meaningful work, a srudent looking 1679 Broadway, Ann Arbor. All are welcome. Slaughter, staffer at Labor Notes and co-author of oppressed in a period of concessions, deindustri- for an internship, or an acnvist wanting to keep infotmed about what is For more information please call 761-1718. "Choosing Sides: Unions and the Team Concept"; alization, unemployment and the growing debt cri- happening at the grassroots, youl want to subscribe to COMMUNITY and Thomas Weisskopf, Professor of Economics at sis. We believe in a creative rethinking of socialism PURPOSE: WAND's goals are to educate our- JOBS today. U-M and co-author of "Beyond the Wasteland." The for the 90s in which an open environment and a selves and the public about the dangers of con- D Send me 1Z issues (1 year) for $15. D ftyment enclosed. forum will be held Friday, March 10 at 4 pm in the variety of views is more important than presenting tinued nuclear arms buildup, to influence our Henderson Room, on the third floor of the Michigan a monolithic face to the world or engaging in pre- U Send me 6 issues (6 months) for SI Z. : Please Ml me. Congressional representatives by informed League. tenses of being "the vanguard." • I've added Slft'vear for 1st class delivery. lobbying, and to empower people, especially women, personally and politically. On Tuesday, March 28, Solidarity will continue Solidarity, 4104 Michigan Union, Ann Arbor, Ml Name. its Discussion Series with a talk by Buzz Alexander, MEETINGS AND MEMBERSHIP: Meetings 48109, 665-2709. AJdre Professor of English at U-M. on the topic "Leftists in are held the second Sunday night of the month the Academy: Choices and Consequences." The at St. Aidan's/Northside Church, 1679 Broad- talk will begin at 7:30 pm at Guild House, 802 Mon- RECYCLING TIP OF THE MONTH: COMMUNITY JOBS way. Call our Information Hotline at 761-1718 roe. 1516 P St, NW • Suite AGE for a message announcing important lobbying Solidarity is an organization committed to build- Don't throw away that scuzzy Washington, DC Z0005 • 202/667-0661 information, meeting times, and upcoming ing a non-sectarian socialist movement in the U.S. plastic shower curtain (see WAND, next page) We are socialist activists who participate in the jthrow it in a washing machine instead! MARCH 1989—AGENDA—11* BFW to hold training session Bread For The World (BFW) will be holding a monthly meetings or call 487-9058 or 663-1870. AGENDA BENEFIT training session for its 1989 Offering of Letters, MEETINGS: BFW meets on the third Thursday of which is a drive to increase funding for the Special every month (next meeting, March 16th) at the Me- Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants morial Christian Church, 730 Tappan, starting at and Children (WIC). The Offering of Letters is an 7:30 pm. Meetings are held in conjunction with the excellent way for churches and other organiza- tions interested in fighting hunger to become more Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice Hunger Task Force. Prism Productions involved. The training session will be held on March 16th from 7:30 pm until 9 pm at the Memori- Bread For The World, 706 Dwight St., Ypsilanti, al Christian Church, 730 Tappan. For more infor- Ml 48198, 487-9058. presents mation call 487-9058 or 663-1870. PURPOSE: Bread For The World is a national citi- zen's lobbying organization that deals with hunger and health-related legislation. Although BFW does WAND (from page 10) not send direct aid itself, it has given, through its events. Our Speaker's Bureau provides members, crucial support to domestic and interna- trained speakers who will address groups, tional hunger programs since its founding in 1971. classes, and public forums and rallies on a Members are encouraged to contact their legisla- variety of issues. Contact Tobi Hanna-Davies tors on hunger issues, and are kept informed at 662-7869. Child care is available. through newsletters, background papers, and in- formational meetings about pertinent legislation. Washtenaw County Women's Action for VOLUNTEERS: Bread For The World is very Nuclear Disarmament, Inc. (WAND), P.O. much in need of volunteers to help with letter writ- Box 1815, Ann Arbor, Ml 48106-1815, 761- ing drives in connection with efforts to increase 1718. WIC funding. If you can help, please attend the

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