In suburban Buenos Aires, thirty unemployed auto-parts workers walk into their idle factory, roll out sleeping mats and refuse to leave. All they want is to re-start the silent machines. But this simple act – The Take – has the power to turn the globalization debate on its head.

Films For Action is hosting a special screening of “The Take” on Monday, March 30th at Liberty Hall (Lawrence, KS) beginning at 7pm. Tickets are $3 but feel free to bring extra cash since the proceeds go to The Solidarity Center.

posted by: Brent Carter

The Solidarity Revolutionary Center and Radical Library has moved. As of March 15th they have been operating out of a new location at 13 East 8th Street (next to Henry’s) in Lawrence, KS. The Solidarity Center is opening the doors to their new location on Saturday, March 28th from 7-11pm for their Grand Re-Opening Party, an event they promise will be filled with “music, food and fun.” Please go and donate a few bucks, Solidarity is a not-for-profit organization so they are always in need of some extra cash.

If this is the first you’ve heard of Solidarity allow The Rathaus to provide some background information on this positive group of activists, community organizers, and free thinkers.

The Solidarity Center is an all volunteer organization that provides the Lawrence, KS community with:

- Over 4,000 rare and radical books available for checkout including works by The Rathaus favorites Noam Chomsky and Howard Zinn

- Over 5,000 magazines, periodicals, pamphlets, zines, and other publications available for use within the space

- Monthly events including nationally-renowned speakers, workshops, teach-ins, live shows, and art shows

- Free internet access (wireless or through public computers in the computer lab)

- Free community space for local organizations to hold meetings or other events

- Free food pantry stocked through donations

Learn more here

posted by: Harold Johns III

“Forget It” graphite, acrylic, gesso on mylar

“Untitled” oil on silver gelatin print on panel,8″x10″

“Untitled” oil on panel, 6″x6″

“Untitled” oil on panel

From the artist:
Misha Kligman’s recent body of work titled “Mouthful of Silence“ will be on view at the Art & Design Gallery on the campus of the University of Kansas from March 29th through April 3rd, 2009. In his work, Kligman attempts to gain insight into the identity fragmentation and cultural dualism that occur as a result of an immigrant experience. Kligman examines the ideas of home and cultural belonging, as well as the history of the Russian Jewish diaspora, the Soviet ethnic repressions and the Holocaust through the lens of his family’s history and personal experience. The artist’s intent is to recover and piece together the remains of a culture that have been lost or scattered across the world due to time, extermination, wars, and assimilation.

The work in the exhibition references domestic objects from the artist’s childhood, as well as photographs from Kligman’s personal family collection, and historical archives of the Soviet government among others. In his mixed-media drawings and paintings, the artist alludes to the hidden violence of the imagery through the physicality of the marks and the unsentimental surface treatment. The people portrayed are literally erased and disfigured. Their identity lost or destroyed. By combining drawing and painting with the use of such materials as salt, ash and gold, Kligman aims to transform the images from mere nostalgic artifacts to the containers of cultural memory.

Misha Kligman was born in Kazan, Soviet Union in 1978 and immigrated to the United States in 1995. He received his BA in Art from Cleveland State University in 2000. In the past seven years, Kligman’s work has been exhibited in numerous regional and national shows. The “Mouthful of Silence“ is Kligman’s second solo show and will conclude his work towards an MFA degree in painting at the University of Kansas.

Opening Reception:
Sunday, March 29th at 2pm
University of Kansas Art & Design Gallery (1467 Jayhawk Blvd in Lawrence, KS)

posted by: Tricia Rock

Great opportunity for all thrifty, closet cleaning women in Lawrence, KS:

What:
One Hundred Good Women Annual Clothing Exchange

When:
Sunday, March 29, 2009 1:00 – 3:00 pm

Where:
Steve’s Place, 1388 N 1293 Road (SE corner of 31st & Louisiana)

How does this work?:
It’s a fabulous and fun way to rid your overflowing closet of those articles of clothing you no longer wear but are in still in great condition and someone ought to have them. You bring those articles to Steve’s Place on the 29th on the day of the event and we price them at $1 each. Then, you have the opportunity to purchase other clothing articles and fill up the void in your closet!!

Who does this benefit?:
One Hundred Good Women is a grassroots movement that utilizes its members to provide services and goods to those in need throughout the Lawrence community. And for this event all leftover donations from the will be taken to Penn House.

Go here to learn more about this event
Go here to learn more about One Hundred Good Women

posted by: Tricia Rock

Attention Lawrencians:
This Saturday, March 28th from 8am to 1pm the East Lawrence Neighborhood Association will hold its annual YART Sale. The sale, which is a combination yard sale and art sale, will be held inside New York Elementary School at 936 New York Street. So bring your friends and family and enjoy the local artists’ wares, gently used items, plant starts, baked goods, quiche, coffee, and popcorn from the famous Popcorn Bike all while listening to music provided by local musicians.

posted by: Tricia Rock

With the DVD release of its first six seasons and an updated CW remake, Beverly Hills 90210 has yet again become a source of entertainment and fashion inspiration for girls (and grownup girls) everywhere. References to the show in the fashion world began popping up in late 2006, around the time of the 90210 Season One release and Spring 2007 runway shows. The fashion blogging world was inundated with sightings of oversized blazers and floral patterns, many of which seemingly straight out of the halls of West Beverly.

Since then, 90′s influences in the fashion world have yet to cease. However, not an industry to stay static in its reference points, we’ve seemed to move from the first season of 90210 to the second and third. Light denim mixed with black leather jackets, cut off Levi’s jean shorts, lace bandage dresses, and loose knit sweaters almost seamlessly make the jump from 1992 to today. The Spring 2009 collections of Alexander Wang (bottom middle) and Givenchy (bottom left) make great use of the light denim / leather combination. Urban Outfitters (top right) is offering the 90′s favorite, Levi’s 501′s, in a distressed light shade. Kate Moss for Topshop’s (bottom, second from right) line of cropped leather motorcycle jackets sold out in a matter of minutes. And Erin Wasson’s collaboration with RVCA (bottom right) screams 90210 with its denim cutoffs and bustier tops. And of course I couldn’t leave out my favorite 90′s influenced fashion blogger Rumi of Fashion Toast. If you’re interested in incorporating some Beverly Hills 90210 into your wardrobe Rumi’s style is a great example of of how to utilize these trends without the fear of being mistaken for Donna Martin.

by: Tricia Rock