THURSDAY, JULY 26

7-9 PM. Northwest Environmental Education Council presents a lecture Introducing Bioneers: Amy Goodman, Lois Gibbs, Tzeporah Berman, Paul Hawken. Camp Long Environmental Learning Center, Main Building, 5200 35th Ave. SW, Seattle. Free/donations taken. Info: rsobol@nwetc.org or http://www.nweec.org/ea.htm or 206-762-1976.

FRIDAY, JULY 27

7-9:30 PM. Friday Night At the Meaningful Movies presents: "War Made Easy: How Presidents And Pundits Keep Spinning Us To Death." Keystone Church, 5019 Keystone Pl., West of I-5, just North of 50th, Metro Bus Routes 16, 26 & 44. Discussion follows; free and open to the public but donations are kindly accepted. (Please note that Friday Night at the Meaningful Movies is taking the month of August off, but will resume film screenings on Sept. 7.) Info: http://www.meaningfulmovies.org.

7 PM. Film: "Psychiatry: An Industry Of Death.". Bethany UCC Church, 6230 Beacon Ave S. at Graham St. Free, collection taken. Free professional childcare available. There is a separate film showing for older youth--to be chosen by those attending. Feel free to bring DVD's or VHS tapes. Presented by the Seattle/Cuba Friendship Committee (a Task Force of the Church Council of Greater Seattle) and Movie Night of Bethany. Confirm movie schedule at 206-723-4891, Bring Your Own Snacks. Info: 206-523-1720 or mail@drruhland.com or warner@scn.org.

SATURDAY, JULY 28

Noon. March: Fund The Wounded, Not The War! Gather at Beacon & Columbia, Seattle. March past VA Hospital at 1660 Columbia Way. Forum 2 PM, Jefferson Community Center, 3801 Beacon Ave. S. Sponsored by: Troops Home Now, Iraq Veterans Against the War, International Socialist Organization. Accessible from bus routes 36, 39, & 60.

SUNDAY, JULY 29

Noon-6 PM. Seattle Peace Concert. 27th Annual Summer Park Concert Series with music by Aeolian, Shakeh, Mofius, Stephen Smartt Band, Orbo & the Longshots (from Norway). Gas Works Park, Seattle. Free, funded by your donations, please bring nonperishable food bank items for Northwest Harvest. Drum Circle after every event! Info: http://www.seapeace.org/events.html or 206-729-5232 or seapeace@seapeace.org.

MONDAY, JULY 30

through August 4. Canoe Journey. Hosted by the Lummi Nation. Thousands of people from tribes throughout the Pacific NW and BC, and non-Indian visitors, will attend this event, including 70 canoes traveling from their home site to the Lummi Nation. As hosts, this is a massive undertaking for the Lummi Nation. Let us support them in this effort, and honor the revitalization of culture and hospitality. Info: http://www.paddletolummi.com.

TUESDAY, JULY 31

7-9 PM. Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility's Quarterly Forum "Nuclear Energy: Is It Really Healthy? Is It Really Green?" Glaser Auditorium at Swedish Medical Center, 747 Broadway on First Hill, Metro routes 9, 12, or 60; donations welcome. Free and open to the public. Info: http://www.wpsr.org.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1

All day. Peace Fleet: Meet the US Navy fleet at Seafair in Elliott Bay. Activists are also encouraged to meet on land on the Seattle waterfront near Pier 66 at the same time for a nonviolent demonstration against weapons of war. Meet on the waterfront by 1 pm to see vessels in Elliott Bay. Peace Fleet vessels enter Elliott Bay around noon. Sponsored by Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action. Info: Mary Gleysteen 360-297-3894 (Kitsap), or Glen Milner 206-365-7865 (Seattle).

THURSDAY, AUGUST 2

4-7 PM First Thursday Reception and a Special Exhibit by Artists Rebuilding Mississippi. Safeco Center, 1191 Second Avenue at Seneca. Safeco's Corporate Art Collection presents an exhibit of five artists from the Gulf Coast of Mississippi, Randy Hayes, Lori Gordon, Jorge Lovato, Lee Renninger, and Jeff Schmuki.

6-8 PM. Seattle City Council Candidates' Forum on Growth & Development. Yesler Terrace Community Center, 917 E. Yesler Way, Seattle. Sponsored by LELO, CCEJ (Community Coalition for Environmental Justice), and many others. Info: Sarah Warren, UNITE HERE!, 206-728-2326x11, swarren@unitehere.org.

6:30 PM-dark. From Hiroshima to Hope annual lantern floating ceremony to commemorate the victims of the Aug 6, 1945 bombing of Hiroshima, and of other acts of violence. At Green Lake, Northwest shore, just south of the Bathhouse Theatre, Seattle. Special guests include Masahiro Sasaki, the eldest living brother of Sadako Sasaki, made famous by "Sadako and the 1,000 Cranes." Lantern ceremony and launching at dusk. Sponsored by Peace Action of Washington, Wing Luke Asian Museum, Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility, Seattle Fellowship of Reconciliation, and others. To volunteer with set-up, clean-up, or other activities, please contact nancyd@wpsr.org or Frank Jones, franklaura@seanet.com, or 206-329-7444.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 9

Nagasaki Day, anniversary of day in 1945 when a 2nd Nuclear Weapon Was Dropped On The City Of Nagasaki, Japan, last use of a nuclear weapon in war.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 10

10 AM-2 PM. HR Connections & Great Wall Shopping Mall Presents Its 38th Diversity Job Fair. Great Wall Shopping Mall, 18230 East Valley Highway, Kent. Info: 206-940-4910.

7:30-11 PM. Pike Place Market will raise a glass to its first 100 years at its annual bash, Sunset Supper at the Market. Proceeds benefit the Pike Place Market Foundation's four human services agencies: Pike Market Medical Clinic, Senior Center, Child Care & Preschool, and the Downtown Food Bank. Tickets $85 for General Admission, $125 for Reserved Seating, $165 for Patron Tickets, and $1,650 for a Patron Table (ten people). Info: http://www.pikeplacemarket.org or 206-682-PIKE.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 11

11 AM-6 PM. Educational Resource Street Fair. On 24th Avenue between East Spruce Street and East Yesler in central Seattle. Hosted by People's Institutional Baptist Church, the event is a multicultural, ethnically diverse celebration of children, youth and families. Includes arts and culture, music, food and fellowship, a farmer's market, and children's activities. Access resources on the street: books, parenting tools, school supplies, backpacks, rain jackets, and community services. Advocate for children, learn about remarkable organizations, and support family-friendly businesses. Info: 206-323-5959.

For an excellent and much, much longer compilation of upcoming and ongoing progressive events in Seattle, check out Jean Buskin's Peace Calendar: http://www.scn.org/activism/calendar/ or e-mail her at bb369@scn.org. Also, check out www.seattleactivism.org.

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