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EventsThursday, May 30 - Saturday, June 1 Javits Center
NYC Come visit Lantern at booth #2244 at Book Expo! Saturday, May 4, 7:00pm Boneshaker Books
2002 23rd Ave. S.
Minneapolis, MN 55404
612-871-7110 Saturday, April 13, 7:00pm 6 Church St.
New Paltz, NY 12561 Thursday, April 4, 7:00pm 800 St Paul St Baltimore, MD 21202
(410) 230-0450 Friday, March 29, 7:00pm 704 South St.
Philadelphia, PA 19147
(215) 413-0999 Tuesday, March 26, 4:00pm Online, at the Progressive Radio Network! Monday, March 25, 6:30pm 327 W. 48th St.
Minneapolis, MN Sunday, March 24 Downtown Manhattan, see website for details Come visit Lantern at the always fabulous NYC Veggie Pride Parade! Friday, March 22, 7:00pm Bluestockings - Bookstore, Fair Trade Cafe and Activist Center
172 Allen St.
New York, NY 10002
212.777.6028 Sunday, March 17, 5:00pm The Last Bookstore
453 S. Spring St., Ground Floor
(main entrance is around the corner, on 5th)
Downtown LA, California
213.488.0599 Tuesday, February 12, 5:00pm - 7:00pm 1711 County Rd B W
Suite 110S
Roseville, MN 55113 Thursday, February 7, 12:00pm - 1:30pm Mental Health Association of Palm Beach County
909 Fern Street
West Palm Beach, FL 33401 Tuesday, January 29, 6:30pm - 8:00pm Between the Covers Bookstore
224 West Colorado Avenue
Telluride, Colorado Bill Hatcher will be reading from The Marble Room at Between the Covers Bookstore in Telluride. Monday, January 28, 5:30pm - 6:30pm Maria's Bookshop
960 Mail Avenue
Durango, Colorado Thursday, January 10, 7:00pm Phoenix Books
21 Essex Way
Essex, VT 05452
802.872.7111 Tuesday, November 27, 7:00pm online @ spreecast.com Ellen Tadd, author of The Wisdom of the Chakras, is doing a live interview on spreecast.com. If you have questions to submit, email them in advance to ellen@ellentadd.com, and have your webcam ready! Tuesday, November 13, 3:00pm - 4:00pm National District Attorneys Association 44 Canal Center Plaza, Suite 110
Alexandria, VA Saturday, November 10, 3:00pm - 4:30pm Alamosa Public Library
300 Hunt Avenue
Alamosa, CO Sunday, November 4, 6:00pm - 7:00pm Villa Grove Trade
34094 US Hwy. 285
Villa Grove, CO
719.655.2203 Thursday, November 1, 8:30am Online at http://www.krza.org/listenlive.htm Saturday, October 20, 8:00am - 5:00pm Friday, October 19, 2:00pm - 4:00pm University of Virginia School of Law
Room WB 126 Saturday, October 6, 7:30pm Como Park House
1610 Fernwood St.
St. Paul, MN
Seating is limited, so RSVP to reserve a seat: email or call 651-488-4896 Brad Fern and Tom Lutz will be discussing their book, Ashes to Gold, at the Como Cottage Salon Series, St. Paul, MN. Sunday, September 23, 10:00am - 6:00pm Brooklyn Borough Hall and Plaza
209 Joralemon Street, Brooklyn NY 11201 Join Lantern at the Brooklyn Book Festival, our home borough's celebration of great books. We're in booth #62. Thursday, August 2 - Sunday, August 5 Information on the location can be found here. Lantern Books will be exhibiting and publisher Martin Rowe will be speaking at Animal Rights National Conference 2012 at the Alexandria Mark Center Hilton, just outside Washington D.C. Saturday, July 21, 11:00am - 6:00pm West 135th Street between Malcolm X Boulevard (Lenox Avenue) and Frederick Douglass Boulevard (8th Avenue). Lantern will be selling books at the Harlem Book Fair, featuring Joseph Holland's From Harlem with Love. Monday, July 2 Camp Choson is held at Camp Lakamaga,a Girl Scout camp ocated on Big Marine Lake near Forest Lake, Minn., approximately 40 miles north of St. Paul/Minneapolis. Kelly Fern, author of Songs of My Families, will be talking with parents of adopted children at Camp Choson in Scandia, MN. Saturday, June 16 82 Mercer
2nd Floor
(between Spring & Broome Streets in Soho)
New York, NY 10012 Thursday, June 7, 6:00pm 101 East Green Street
Ithaca, NY 14850
(607) 272-4555 Joe Holland will discuss From Harlem with Love at the Tompkins County Public Library. Thursday, June 7, 6:00pm 101 East Green Street
Ithaca, NY 14850
Phone: 607-272-4557 Joseph Holland will be signing copies of From Harlem with Love at the Tompkins County Public Library. Tuesday, June 5, 9:00am - Thursday, June 7, 5:00pm Javits Center Lantern will be exhibiting its books and meeting authors at BookExpo America, booth #3546 at the Javits Center in New York City. We will also feature titles by American Mental Health Foundation Books. Saturday, May 12 Brooklyn Tech High School
29 Fort Greene Place
Brooklyn, New York 11217 Come see us at the important Brooklyn Food Conference!Sunday, April 29, 3:00pm - 5:00pm Neighborhood Church
301 North Orange Grove Blvd.
Pasadena, CA 91103 Diane Lefer, co-author of The Blessing Next to the Wound, will be speaking about civil liberties in the era of the War on Drugs, the War on Terror, and the War on Immigrants. Friday, April 27, 7:00pm The Bookcase
607 East Lake Street
Wayzata, MN
952.474.8341 Tuesday, April 17, 5:00pm - 7:00pm Behavioral Institute for Children and Adolescents
1711 County Rd B West
Suite 110S
Roseville, MN 55113 Friday, April 6, 7:00pm Galleria Shopping Center
3225 W 69th
Edina, MN 55435
952-920-0633 Saturday, March 3 - Sunday, March 4 The Metropolitan Pavillion
125 W. 18th Street
New York, NY Visit Lantern's table while you eat your way through this fabulous festival. Friday, March 2, 7:00pm Chapter 2 Books
422 2nd Street
Hudson, WI 54016
Contact: Brian or Sue Roegge, owners
715-220-8818 Kelly Fern will read from Songs of My Families at Chapter 2 Books in Hudson, WI. Wednesday, February 29, 3:00pm Online at Progressive Radio Network
http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/its-all-about-food/ Tuesday, February 21, 6:30pm - 8:00pm Hue-Man Bookstore & Cafe
2319 Frederick Douglass Blvd (Between 124th and 125th Streets)
New York, NY 10027
Tel: 212-665-7400
Fax: 212-665-1071 Joseph Holland will be talking about and signing copies of his book From Harlem with Love at this premier African-American bookstore in the home of black literature. Saturday, January 21, 10:00am - 12:30pm Graham School
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL Diane Lefer, co-author of The Blessing Next to the Wound, will be directing a writing & social change workshop. Friday, January 20, 12:00pm Noon - lunch discussion, hosted by the Center for Latin American Studies
3 p.m. - performance by Diane Lefer
4:30 p.m. - workshop with Hector Aristizábal: Awakening the Imagination for Social Change, both hosted by the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs, 5710 S. Woodlawn)
7 p.m. - Reading from The Blessing Next to the Wound and a discussion of human rights and peace movements or Or Chadash, Temple Emanuel building, 5959 N. Sheridan Road The authors of The Blessing Next to the Wound will be holding a lunch discussion, a performance by Diane, a workshop with Hector, and a reading and discussion of their book at the University of Chicago. Free and open to the public. Thursday, January 19, 8:00pm Hosted by Theater and Performance Studies.
Held in the 3rd floor theater at the Reynolds Club,
57th and University
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL See this performance by Hector Aristizábal about his experiences as a victim of torture. Hector's full story can be found in The Blessing Next to the Wound. Wednesday, January 18, 8:00pm International House
1414 E. 59th Street
Chicago, IL See a (free) sneak preview of this documentary about torture survivors that features Hector Aristizábal, author of The Blessing Next to the Wound. Sunday, December 11 The Altman Building
135 West 18th St.
(between 6th and 7th Avenues)
New York, NY Come buy ethical holiday gifts at the Green Holiday Festival in NYC—we'll be there with all your favorite Lantern books. Monday, December 5 - Friday, December 9 MIT, Lesley College, and Emmanuel College Chef Brian McCarthy, author of The Lantern Vegan Family Cookbook, will be touring Eastern colleges giving cooking demos and book signings. He'll visit MIT, Lesley College, and Emmanuel College, and will be making tasties such as Thai Pineapple Salad, Vegan Lasagna, Samosas, and Grilled Gyros. Tuesday, November 22 North Carolina Public Radio - WUNC, distributed by American Public Media.
Find stations & times to tune in here. Kelly Fern, author of Songs of My Families, will be on The Story radio with Dick Gordon talking about her international adoption, and finding her Korean family 37 years later. Joining her will be the daughter she gave up for adoption, who she has also reunited with. Tune in!Saturday, November 12 TACT Studio
900 Broadway, Suite 905
New York, NY 10003 Co-author of The Blessing Next to the Wound, Diane Lefer, has produced a short play, Ave Atque Vale, that will be part of Around the World, an experimental interactive theatre event by The Internationalists. Saturday, November 12 Unitarian Universality Congregation
48 Shelter Rock Rd.
Manhasset, NY Melanie Joy, author of Strategic Action for Animals, will be speaking at the Unitarian Universality Congregation at Shelter Rock. Saturday, October 29 The Center for Arts Education
14 Penn Plaza
225 W. 34th St.
New York, NY Zoe Weil, author of Claude and Medea, will be leading a day-long MoGo (Most Good) workshop that will help you put your values into action. Saturday, October 29 - Sunday, October 30 Reggie Lewis Athletic Center
1350 Tremont Street
Boston, Massachusetts Visit Lantern (and lots of other people interested in vegetarianism) at this annual Boston festival. Thursday, October 27 - Saturday, October 29 Westin Arlington Gateway
801 North Glebe Road
Arlington, VA 22203 Saturday, October 1, 10:00am - 6:00pm Empire State Plaza Convention Center Albany, NY Victoria Moran and Melanie Joy will be among the speakers at this veg expo in Albany. Sunday, September 25 - Sunday, October 2 San Diego, CA Participate in Veg Week and enjoy all the support you could want while trying out a meat-free lifestyle. Plus, a chance to win Brian McCarthy's The Vegan Lantern Family Cookbook. Sunday, September 18 Brooklyn Borough Hall
209 Joralemon Street
Brooklyn, New York 11201 Lantern will be at the Brooklyn Book Festival again this year—come out and say "hello!" at Booth #51. Wednesday, September 14, 3:00pm Detroit, Michigan
WYCD 99.5 radio Dr. Don will be interviewing Dr. Ruth, author of A Race for Life and Senior Fitness, about her vegan diet and Ironman triathlons. Friday, July 22 - Sunday, July 24 Westin LAX Hotel
Los Angeles, CA Friday, June 17, 7:30pm Club Fais Do-Do
5253 West Adams Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90016
Performance in the theater, adjacent to the club. Hector Aristizabal will be performing Nightwind, the companion play to The Blessing Next to the Wound, as a benefit for Program for Torture Victims, Los Angeles. Friday, May 20 - Monday, May 30 Barrancabermeja, Colombia Hector Aristizábal and Diane Lefer, co-authors of The Blessing Next to the Wound, will offer Spanish-language performances and workshops and meet with artists from all over the Americas, Europe, and Afghanistan at the Festival Internacional de Teatro por la Paz (International Theatre Festival for Peace), in Barrancabermeja, Colombia. Sunday, May 15, 12:30pm Community Forum of the First Universalist Church
4101 Hampden Ave.
Denver, Colorado Keith Akers, author of The Lost Religion of Jesus, and Kate Lawrence, author of The Practical Peacemaker, will be talking about how to live happily ever after without animal foods in Denver. Sunday, May 15 Starts: Meatpacking District
Ends: Union Square Park
NYC Join Lantern at this year's Veggie Pride Parade! Friday, April 22 Emerson Cultural Center
Bozeman, MT Lisa Kemmerer, one of the editors of Call to Compassion, will be speaking at the Emerson Cultural Center in Bozeman, MT about how our food choices impact the planet. Thursday, April 14 Granite Performing Arts Center
Prescott College
Prescott, AZ Diane Lefer, co-author with Hector Aristizábal of The Blessing Next to the Wound, will offer a crash course in political theatre at Prescott College, followed by a talk at 2:15 PM about war, peace, and the environment in Colombia. Monday, April 4 Cal State
Fullerton, CA Diane Lefer, co-author of The Blessing Next to the Wound, will be addressing torture with the Media Literacy class at California State University in Fullerton. Sunday, April 3, 1:00pm - 1:45pm The Altman Building
135 W. 18th St.
between 6th and 7th Avenues
New York, NY Hear Victoria Moran, author of the The Love-Powered Diet, talk about the long term benefits of a plant based diet as a part of the NYC Veg Fest this Sunday. Saturday, April 2, 3:00pm - 5:00pm Brooklyn's Restaurant
206 Richmond St
Thorold, ON Join Anthony J. Nocella II at Brooklyn's Restaurant in Ontario to learn about animals and spiritual practice. Thursday, March 31 - Friday, April 1 Brock University
St. Catharines
Ontario, Canada Brock University will be hosting Thinking About Animals, at which the book launch party for Call to Compassion will be held. Wednesday, March 30, 7:00pm - 9:00pm AZ Capitol Building
1700 W. Washington
Phoenix, AZ As a part of the annual Border Justice Conference at Arizona State University, Diane Lefer (co-author of The Blessing Next to the Wound) will see her border play performed in front of the AZ Capitol. Saturday, March 26, 6:00pm Sunland Park Holiday Inn
900 Sunland Park Drive
El Paso, TX 79922-1325 Dr. Michael Greger, author of Carbophobia! and Bird Flu is giving an El Paso talk about the latest findings in nutritional studies. Sunday, March 20, 2:00pm - 4:00pm Oakland PETA Foundation Office
554 Grand Avenue
Oakland, CA 94610 Bruce Friedrich will be on the West Coast in March, talking about vegetarianism and animal activism. He'll have copies of [Read More...] Wednesday, March 16, 5:00pm - 7:00pm Soka University
Aliso Viego, CA Hector Aristizábal will perform Nightwind and offer a Theatre of the Oppressed workshop at Soka University (which was founded upon the Buddhist principles of peace, human rights and the sanctity of life), to be followed by a book signing of The Blessing Next to the Wound, with his co-author Diane Lefer. Wednesday, March 9 Capitol Visitor's Center
The main entrance is located on the East front of the Capitol at First Street and East Capitol Street, NE. Dr. Michael Greger, author of Bird Flu, will be giving his Pandemic Prevention talk in conjunction with the D.C. screening of Pig Business. Thursday, February 24 - Saturday, February 26 Oberlin, Ohio Hector Aristizabal, co-author of The Blessing Next to the Wound will be participating in Theatre of the Oppressed workshops, peace potlucks, stilt-walking and street puppetry workshops, and street performances in Oberlin. Sunday, February 13 Manchester, VT The Wisdom of the Chakras author Ellen Tadd will be conducting a chakra workshop in Manchester, VT. Saturday, February 12, 10:00am - 11:00am UC Berkeley
101 Morgan Hall
http://berkeley.edu/map/maps/AB23.html
Berkeley, CA Breeze Harper, editor of Sistah Vegan, will give the keynote address at UC Berkeley's feminist studies event. Tuesday, February 8, 7:00pm New York University
(details to be determined)
New York, NY See Bold Native, the film everyone's talking about, then stop by the Lantern table to buy the book featured in the opening minutes of the film. (That'd be Terrorists or Freedom Fighters?.) Sunday, February 6, 12:30pm MCCNY
446 W. 36th St.
between 9th & 10th Aves.
New York, NY Join Metropolitan Community Church of New York for a conversation on Veganism! Sunday, February 6th at 12:30pm. Calla Wright from Farm Sanctuary, Jim Allen from VegOut and Mike & Casey Easterling from MCCNY will be speaking. The talk will be followed by a reception featuring vegan snacks and a chance to win Lantern books. Friday, February 4, 4:00pm San Francisco Public Library, Potrero Branch
1616 20th Street
San Francisco, CA 94107
(415) 355-2822 Saturday, January 15, 4:00pm Princeton Public Library
65 Witherspoon St.
Princeton, NJ 08542 Dr. Michael Greger, author of Bird Flu, is giving a presentation on how best to avoid pandemic influenza (whether that be bird or swine or other!) at the Princeton Public Library. Saturday, January 1 - Sunday, January 1 The mentorship requires a one-year commitment, beginning in January 2011 and completing in January 2012. The group will meet for five weekend sessions in Nyack, NY and one 4-day retreat on the stunning Downeast coast of Maine.
Save these dates:
January 22 - 23, 2011
March 19 - 20, 2011
June 11 - 12, 2011
September 8 - 11, 2011 (in Maine)
November 19 - 20, 2011
January 21 - 22, 2012
There will also be practices, readings, and assignments to complete between sessions. Come participate in a year-long training program for acupuncturists, holistic healers, and other "agents of change" in Nyack, New York and Downeast Maine with Lorie Eve Dechar, author of Five Spirits: Alchemical Acupuncture for Psychological and Spiritual Healing, with Benjamin Fox, Lawrence Palevsky & David Lundgren. Saturday, December 11, 10:00am - 4:30pm Guilford Community Church
38 Church Drive
Guilford, VT 05301 Ellen Tadd, author of The Wisdom of the Chakras, will help you understand the balance that can be achieved by tuning into your Chakras. Friday, December 10, 7:00pm Guilford Community Church
38 Church Drive
Guilford, VT 05301 Ellen Tadd, author of The Wisdom of the Chakras, will be giving at talk at Guilford Community Church, VT. Thursday, December 9, 6:30pm - 9:00pm Ethos Vegan Kitchen (Restaurant)
1235 N Orange Ave, #101
Orlando, FL 32804 Nick Cooney will be signing copies of his new book Change of Heart and talking about how we can effect social change by using strategies culled from the work of social scientists. Wednesday, December 8, 7:00pm - 9:00pm Books and Books
927 Lincoln Rd
Miami Beach, Florida 33139 Nick Cooney will be signing copies of his new book Change of Heart and talking about how we can effect social change by using strategies culled from the work of social scientists. Tuesday, December 7, 6:00pm - 9:00pm Sublime Restaurant
1431 North Federal Highway
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304 Nick Cooney will be signing copies of his new book Change of Heart and talking about how we can effect social change by using strategies culled from the work of social scientists. Saturday, December 4, 7:30pm - 9:30pm 4722 Baltimore Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19143
215.821.6877 Friday, December 3, 7:00pm - 9:00pm Wooden Shoe Books
704 South St.
Philadelphia, PA 19147
(215) 413-0999 Monday, November 29, 11:00am - 12:00pm Friday, November 19, 7:30pm - 9:00pm Grindcore House Cafe
1515 S. 4th St.
Philadelphia, PA 19147 Nick Cooney will be reading from Change of Heart and celebrating the book's release with his Philly peeps at Grindcore House Cafe. Wednesday, November 17, 12:00pm - 1:30pm Penn Law
3400 Chestnut Street
Gittis 2
Philadelphia, PA Dara Lovitz, author of Muzzling a Movement, will discuss how recent laws affect animal rights and environmental activists. Vegan pizza and sandwiches provided. Sunday, November 14, 1:00pm - 5:00pm Old Dynamite Records Space
lower level of THORNES MARKETPLACE
150 Main St.
Northampton, MA 01060 If you're in the Northampton area, come buy a book at this fundraiser for evolvegan! Saturday, November 13, 4:00pm - 9:00pm Columbus Community Center
2532 S. 400 E.
Salt Lake City, UT Nick Cooney, author of Change of Heart, is the featured speaker at the Ching Farm Sanctuary Vegan Thanksgiving Dinner. Saturday, November 13 SUNY Cortland
Cortland, New York
Located in the New Wing of the Building of Education, Near Corey Union
First Floor
Paid Parking Right Across the Street Anthony Nocella, co-editor of Terrorists or Freedom Fighters?, will be participating in SUNY Cortland's 22nd annual Peace Studies Conference. Thursday, November 11, 7:30pm - 9:00pm Village Books
1049 Swarthmore Avenue
Pacific Palisades, CA 90272
Contact Mia or Katie: 310-454-4063 Co-authors Diane Lefer and Hector Aristizábal of The Blessing Next to the Wound will be reading from the book and leading a discussion in Pacific Palisades, CA. Monday, November 1, 7:00pm - 8:00pm Pine Tree Spa
101 W. 17th St., 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10011 Dr. Michael Greger, author of Bird Flu and Carbophobia! lets everyone in on the latest findings in nutrition. Saturday, October 30 - Sunday, October 31 Saturday, October 30: TBA
Sunday, October 31: Reggie Lewis Athletic Center, 1350 Tremont Street (Roxbury Crossing T right across the street), Boston, MA 02120 Michael Greger, author of Bird Flu and Carbophobia, will talk on the subject of nutrition. Saturday, October 30 - Sunday, October 31 Reggie Lewis Athletic Center
1350 Tremont Street
Boston, Massachusetts
Subway stop across the street Visit Michael Greger (author of Bird Flu) and Melanie Joy (author of Strategic Action for Animals) at this two day festival. Come by the Lantern table for all other veg books—we'll be with our friends Brighter Green. Friday, October 29, 6:00pm - 8:00pm Cornell University
Ives 305 Saturday, October 23, 10:00am - 5:00pm Union Square Park
14th St. & Broadway
New York City Enjoy the fall weather in Union Square with all the vegetarians that can pack in for the NYC VegFest. Between talks, be sure to visit us at the Lantern Books booth! Thursday, October 21, 9:00am - Sunday, October 24, 5:00pm Grailville Center, 932 O'Bannonville Road, Loveland, OH. Come to the The World Peace Diet. This course will lead to certification for facilitating classes and study groups based on the book. Thursday, October 14, 7:00pm - 9:00pm Bluestockings Bookstore
172 Allen St. (between Stanton & Rivington)
New York, NY 10002
212.777.6028 Wednesday, October 13, 7:30pm - 8:30pm BookThugNation
100 N. 3rd St. (btwn Berry & Wythe in Williamsburg)
Brooklyn, NY Lawyer Dara Lovitz will be reading from her book and discussing the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act at BookThugNation. Friday, October 8, 6:30pm - 8:30pm The Shala Yoga House
815 Broadway, 2nd floor
(between 11th and 12th Streets)
New York, NY 10003
212.979.9988 Ruth Lauer-Manenti's talk at The Shala is open to all levels, and offers guidelines to help cope with life and make it sweeter. Ruth is the author of An Offering of Leaves and Sweeping the Dust. Monday, October 4, 6:00pm - 9:00pm Traffic Bar
986 Second Avenue, 2nd floor
(between 52nd and 53rd St.)
New York, NY Support the Coalition to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages and win a stack of Lantern Books at raffle. Monday, October 4 Holiday Inn & Conference Center
850 S Bluff St, St. George UT Michael Greger, author of Bird Flu and Carbophobia, will talk on the subject of nutrition. Sunday, October 3 San Francisco County Fair Building, 9th Ave. at Lincoln, inside Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA 94122 Michael Greger, author of Bird Flu and Carbophobia, will talk on the subject of nutrition. Saturday, October 2, 7:30pm - 9:30pm Joyce Beers Community Center
1220 Cleveland Avenue
San Diego 92103 (Hillcrest)
Contact Joy at 760-943-7428 Michael Greger, author of Bird Flu and Carbophobia, will talk on the subject of nutrition. Friday, October 1, 7:00pm - Sunday, October 3, 4:00pm Foxhollow Biodynamic Farm
8909 Highway 329
Crestwood, KY
502.243.4800 Ellen Tadd will lead The Wisdom of the Chakras weekend workshop at Foxhollow Farm in Crestwood, Kentucky. Thursday, September 30, 8:00pm - 9:30pm Princeton University
Whig Hall Senate Chamber Bruce Friedrich, author of The Animal Activist's Handbook and Vice President of PETA, will debate the ethics of meat eating at Princeton University. Thursday, September 30, 6:30pm - 9:00pm Jivamukti Yoga
841 Broadway, 2nd Floor
(at 13th St.)
New York, NY 10003
212.353.0214 Jivamukti Yoga School in NYC will host a reading and book release party for Ruth Lauer-Manenti's second book of dharma talks, Sweeping the Dust. Saturday, September 25 Ben Lomond Quaker Center
1000 Hubbard Gulch Road
Ben Lomond, CA 95005 Hector Aristizábal will offer the perspective of a torture survivor and discuss his book, The Blessing Next to the Wound, at the 4th annual QUIT (Quaker Initiative to End Torture) Conference at the Quaker Center in Ben Lomond, California. Wednesday, September 22, 8:00pm - 10:00pm Luna Playhouse
3706 San Fernando Rd.
Glendale, CA 91204
818.500.7200 In The Blessing Next to the Wound, Hector Aristizábal and Diane Lefer write about using theatre to promote social justice. Now, Diane's one-act play, "No More Romance"—about immigrants, unions, and jail—will open Sept. 22nd and play for three more evenings (9/27, 9/29, 9/30) at the Luna Playhouse in Glendale, CA. Tuesday, September 21 - Thursday, September 23 TBA Michael Greger, author of Bird Flu and Carbophobia, will talk on the subject of nutrition. Saturday, September 18 Oregon Convention Center, Exhibit Hall A, 777 NE MLK, Jr. Blvd Michael Greger, author of Bird Flu and Carbophobia, will talk on the subject of nutrition. Thursday, September 16 MooShoes
78 Orchard St.
New York, NY
212.254.6512 Wednesday, September 15, 7:00pm - 8:30pm 172 Allen
(between Stanton and Rivington)
New York, NY
212-777-6028 Diane Lefer will be reading from and discussing her book The Blessing Next to the Wound, written about and with Hector Aristizábal, at Bluestockings Bookstore in NYC. Sunday, September 12, 6:00pm - 9:00pm 100 W University Pkwy
Baltimore, MD 21210
410-235-5777 Bruce Friedrich will be discussing The Animal Activist's Handbook at B.A.R.N. Sunday, September 12, 10:00am - 6:00pm BROOKLYN BOROUGH HALL
209 JORALEMON STREET
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK 11201 Visit the Lantern table (in our own 'hood!) at the Brooklyn Book Festival, and confirm our suspicion that Brooklynites love non-fiction every bit as much as fiction. Friday, September 10 - Saturday, September 11 TBA Michael Greger, author of Bird Flu and Carbophobia, will talk on the subject of nutrition. Saturday, August 28, 6:00pm - 9:00pm DIRECTIONS From Beltway 695: take exit 19 onto I-795 (Northwest Expressway). Get off at Exit 4 (Owings Mills Blvd). Bear right when exit splits. Take right at first traffic light (South Dolfield Road). Travel approximately l/2 mile. Flying Avocado Café and "Your Prescription for Health" pharmacy is on the right after Gold’s Gym (which is on left). The Learning Center/Yoga Studio entrance is at the opposite end of the building.
DIRECTIONS From Reisterstown Road: Travel West on Painters Mill Road. Turn right at 2nd traffic light onto S. Dolfield Road. Go left at the second driveway into the parking lot of Your Prescription for Health. If you have ever felt stumped about what to say in a conversation about vegetarianism, or you wonder what to do about a friend or family member who doesn’t take your vegetarianism seriously, or simply want to become a more effective conversationalist and vegetarian or animal advocate, you will want to see this event! Tuesday, August 17, 9:00am - Sunday, August 22, 5:00pm The Mendocino Woodlands Camp is nestled within a beautiful, rare redwood forest. It is approximately four hours north of the Bay Area. After registering, you will receive a confirmation letter including directions and other pertinent information. Hector Aristizábal, author of The Blessing Next to the Wound, and other faculty invite you to be part of a unique retreat about self-discovery. Monday, August 9, 7:00pm - 10:00pm V-Spot
156 5th Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11217 Come to V-Spot in Brooklyn to support Sea Shepherd's rescue of animals in the Gulf, and walk away the winner of a stack of gorgeous and controversial Lantern books! Sunday, August 1, 10:30am Unity in the Gold Country Church, 180 Cambridge Court, Grass Valley, CA Will Tuttle, author of The World Peace Diet, will be leading a discussion followed by a piano concert. Saturday, July 31, 6:00pm - 9:00pm Learning Center of Your Prescription for Health, 10210 S. Dolfield Road, Owings Mills, MD 21117. Michael Greger, author of Bird Flu and Carbophobia will talk on the subject of nutrition. Friday, July 23, 2:00pm - 5:00pm Regency Health Spa
2000 S. Ocean Drive
Hallandale Beach, FL 33009 Come learn about nutrition with Michael Greger, M.D. and enjoy some delicious free samples! Thursday, July 22, 7:00pm - 10:00pm Tamarac Community Center Ballroom
8601 W. Commercial Blvd.
Tamarac, FL 33351 Come learn about nutrition with Michael Greger, M.D. and enjoy some delicious free samples! Thursday, July 22, 8:00am - Sunday, July 25, 5:00pm French Meadows Campground, Tahoe National Forest. Wednesday, July 7, 10:00am - Sunday, July 11, 3:00pm Conference Center at Pitt-Johnstown, on the picturesque campus of the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, PA. For information on getting there, click here. The following Lantern authors will be speaking at this year's Vegetarian Summerfest: Carol J. Adams, Patti Breitman, Michael Greger, Melanie Joy, and Victoria Moran. Monday, July 5 - Tuesday, July 6 Centre for Criminology
University of Glamorgan
Pontypridd
Mid Glamorgan
Cardiff City, Wales Clif Flynn, editor of Social Creatures, will be presenting on the connections between animal abuse and human violence in Wales. Friday, July 2 TBA Michael Greger, author of Bird Flu and Carbophobia, will talk on the subject of nutrition. Wednesday, June 30, 6:00pm - 8:30pm Cousins IV
3038 West Irving Park
Chicago, IL Discuss the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act with lawyer Dara Lovitz over cocktails and raw hors d'oeuvres. If your points are well argued, she's likely to sign a copy of Muzzling a Movement for you. Tuesday, June 29 - Thursday, July 1 Clark University
Worcester, Massachusetts An an-depth look at Human–Animal Studies by the greatest minds in the field. Includes Margo DeMello, editor of Teaching the Animal. Saturday, June 26, 9:00am - Monday, June 28, 6:00pm For all information regarding directions and location, click here. Carol Adams, author of Living Among Meat-Eaters, will speak on "Ethics and Activism: Living With and For Animals" and ""The Sexual Politics of Meat and Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory." Tuesday, June 22, 7:00pm - 9:00pm 704 South Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147 Come to Wooden Shoe Books and have copies of Muzzling a Movement signed by author Dara Lovitz! Sunday, June 20, 5:30pm Community Learning Center, 1914 Alhambra Boulevard, Sacramento Come to the monthly vegetarian potluck, where Will Tuttle will be discussing his book The World Peace Diet. Sunday, June 20, 2:00pm Unitarian Universalist Community of the Mountains, 246 South Church Street, 95945 Come listen to Will Tuttle discuss hislbook, The World Peace Diet. Saturday, June 19, 1:00pm - 4:00pm San Ramon Library, 100 Montgomery Street, 94583 Come for a vegetarian potluck and presentation by Will Tuttle, author of The World Peace Diet. Thursday, June 17, 12:00pm Marin Vegetarian Education Group Come listen to Will Tuttle discuss The World Peace Diet. Wednesday, June 16, 7:00pm - 9:00pm Eso Won Bookstore
4331 Degnan Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90008
(323) 290-1048
jmfugate@msn.com Hector Aristizábal and Diane Lefer, authors of The Blessing Next to the Wound, will be reading from the book at Eso Won Bookstore in L.A. Monday, June 14 - Friday, July 9 Online via Yahoogroups A four week online course with the author of The Lifelong Activist. Saturday, June 12, 11:00am - 3:30pm Ben Franklin Room at UPenn (Perelman quadrangle; Houston Hall, 3417 Spruce St.) Increase your productivity and help benefit the Humane League of Philadelphia! Saturday, June 12, 10:00am - 3:00pm Stone Ridge Library
3700 Main Street
Stone Ridge, NY 12484 Myriam Miedzian, author of He Walked Through Walls, will be one of the local authors featured in this Hudson Valley event. Friday, June 11 - Sunday, June 13 Hubert H. Humphrey Conference Center in Minneapolis, MN Friday, June 11 - Saturday, June 12 AFSC
Los Angeles, CA Hector Aristizábal, co-author of The Blessing Next to the Wound, will be running an experiential workshop for anyone seeking personal or social change. Thursday, June 10, 1:30pm - 5:30pm The 2010 Pennsylvania Spring Arts Conference will be held at the Historic Majestic Theater and the Gettysburg Hotel in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Time management for managers of arts and performance venues in Pennsylvania. Sunday, June 6, 3:00pm Join Will Tuttle, author of The World Peace Diet as he signs books and speaks about his work. Piano reception to follow. Sunday, May 30, 1:00pm - 3:00pm Glebe Community Centre
175 Third Street
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Michael Greger, author of Bird Flu and Carbophobia, will be speaking on the "Latest in Nutrition." Saturday, May 29, 2:00pm - 4:00pm HEC Montreal, amphitheatre IBM
3000, chemin de la Cote-Ste-Catherine
Montreal (Quebec) Canada Michael Greger, author of Bird Flu and Carbophobia, will be speaking on the "Latest in Nutrition." Saturday, May 29 - Sunday, May 30 Simmons College
300 Fenway
Boston, MA Learn how to manage your time well and overcome procrastination (among other skills!) with the author of The Lifelong Activist. Wednesday, May 26, 9:00am - Thursday, May 27, 5:00pm Booth #3851
Javits Center
New York, NY Lantern will be talking up our books and giving away book samplers at BEA in NYC. Visit us at Booth #3851. Tuesday, May 25, 8:00pm Will Tuttle conducts a complimentary class about the interconnected secrets of authentic health: physical, social, ecological, psychological, and spiritual. Saturday, May 22, 11:15am - 2:00pm John E. Toolan Kiddie Keep Well Camp
Roosevelt Park
35 Roosevelt Drive
Edison, NJ 08837 Michael Greger, author of Bird Flu and Carbophobia, will be speaking on the "Latest in Nutrition." Thursday, May 20, 7:30pm - 8:30pm Pegasus Books
1855 Solano Ave.
Berkeley, CA Breeze Harper will be reading from Sistah Vegan in Berkeley. Sunday, May 16, 11:00am New York City
West Village, where Little West 12th St., Gansevoort St., Greenwich St. and 9th Avenue converge. Let your veg pride hang out at the annual Veggie Pride Parade. Don't forget to stop by the Lantern and say "hello!" Sunday, May 16, 10:30am - 7:00pm Compassionate Living Festival, Music Festival, Woodley Park, 6350 Woodley Avenue, Lake Balboa, California. Will Tuttle will be speaking on The World Peace Diet at both the Health Hut and the Eco Hut. Friday, May 14, 8:00pm Littlefield
622 Degraw St.
Park Slope
Brooklyn, NY Get out your wrinkled dresses and bow ties and shake your booty at the Veggie Prom in Brooklyn. Participate in the raffle to win a stack of Lantern books! Saturday, May 1, 5:30pm - 9:00pm Women's Club of Catonsville
10 St. Timothy's Lane
Catonsville, MD Earthsave Baltimore's fifth annual Earth Friendly Food Choices event will feature the talk "Veganism: The Only Diet for a Small Planet", by Bruce Friedrich, co-author of The Animal Activist's Handbook. Thursday, April 29, 12:00pm Wednesday, April 28, 10:30pm KTOX 1340 AM, a href="http://www.bounceradio.net/">bounceradio.net Author of TheWorld Peace Diet, Will Tuttle, will be interviewed by Don Walker. Tune in to KTOX 1340 AM, Arizona or to bounceradio.net at 10:30 p.m PST to listen. Wednesday, April 28, 6:30pm - 9:00pm Seeker's Church
276 Carroll Street, NW
Washington, DC 20012 Michael Greger, author of Bird Flu and Carbophobia, will be speaking on the "Latest in Nutrition." Tuesday, April 20, 5:30pm - 8:00pm Earth House
237 North East Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202 Michael Greger, author of Bird Flu and Carbophobia, will be speaking on the "Latest in Nutrition." Sunday, April 18, 11:00am - 2:00pm Needham Martial Arts Center
1028 Great Plain Avenue
Needham, MA 02492 Michael Greger, author of Bird Flu and Carbophobia, will be speaking on the "Latest in Nutrition." Saturday, April 17, 2:15pm - 3:15pm Student Center at Worcester State College
486 Chandler Street, Worcester, MA Michael Greger, author of Bird Flu and Carbophobia, will be speaking on the "Latest in Nutrition." Saturday, April 17, 9:00am - 4:30pm Jack Adams Hall
Cesar Chavez Student Center
San Francisco State University Breeze Harper of Sistah Vegan and Will Tuttle, author of The World Peace Diet, will be speaking on panels regarding healthy eating. Friday, April 16, 7:00pm - 9:00pm University of Texas, Austin
Communications Building (CMA A2.320) Bruce Friedrich, co-author of The Animal Activist's Handbook, will debate against the University of Texas, Austin's debating team, on the topic: "Is Meat Eating Ethical?" Friday, April 16, 9:30am - 8:00pm Wallace All Faiths Chapel at the Fish Interfaith Center
Chapman University, Orange, California Lantern will be exhibiting our books at the Interreligious Voices for Animal Compassion Conference. Be sure to stop by our table and pick up a catalogue. Saturday, April 10, 5:30pm 2714 Georgia Ave. NW
Washington DC 20001
202-234-4755 Hear D.C. contributors read from and discuss the Sistah Vegan anthology. Saturday, April 10, 5:00pm - 6:00pm San Francisco Concourse Exhibition Center
635 8th St (at Brannan St)
San Francisco, CA 94103 Breeze Harper, author of Sistah Vegan, talks food Justice at the San Francisco Green Festival. Saturday, April 10, 9:00am - 7:00pm Moffett Center
SUNY Cortland
Cortland, NY Dara Lovitz, author of Muzzling a Movement, and Norm Phelps, author of The Longest Struggle (and other books), will be participating in this conference about abolition, liberation, and the intersections of social justice. Make sure to stop by the Lantern table! Thursday, April 8, 7:00pm - 9:00pm Guerilla Cafe
1620 Shattuck Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94709-1612
(510) 845-2233 Come and celebrate the launch of Sistah Vegan with the editor, A. Breeze Harper, and writers. Wednesday, April 7, 8:00pm - 9:30pm Georgetown University
White Gravenor Hall, Room 206. Author of Nature Ethics and co-founder of Feminists for Animal Rights, Marti Kheel is offering this free lecture. Wednesday, April 7, 6:00pm - 9:00pm The Yabba Pot
2431 St. Paul Street
Baltimore Contributors Ajowa Nzinga Ifateyo, Ma'at Sincere Earth, and Angelique Surya Shofar will be reading from Sistah Vegan. Yabba Pot will provide space for discussion and good food. Friday, April 2, 2:00pm - 3:30pm Utah Valley Animal Ethics Conference.
Utah Valley University is located in Orem, Utah just off the I-15 University Parkway exit (#269) at 800 West University Parkway Orem, Utah 84058.
Events are held in UVU Library Auditorium LI 120 unless otherwise noted. Bruce Friedrich, co-author of The Animal Activist's Handbook, will debate against Brigham Young University's debating team, on the topic: "Should Mormons Be Vegetarians?" Friday, April 2, 10:00am - 10:50am Utah Valley University
800 West University Parkway
Orem, UT 84058
(801) 863-INFO (4636)
Library Auditorium, LI 120 Bruce Friedrich, co-author of The Animal Activist's Handbook, will talk about effective advocacy and sign his book. Thursday, April 1, 4:30pm - 6:00pm Cervantes and Velasquez Conference Room
Corner of Steinhart & Hagar
Above Bay Tree Bookstore
Santa Cruz, CA 95064 Bruce Friedrich, co-author of The Animal Activist's Handbook will debate the subject, "Is Eating Meat Ethical?" against the University of California, Santa Cruz's debate team. Wednesday, March 31, 7:00pm Linsly Chittenden Hall, Room 102
Yale University
New Haven, CT Bruce Friedrich, co-author of The Animal Activist's Handbook, will be participating with the Yale Debate Association about whether meat eating is ethical. Wednesday, March 31, 5:30pm - 6:30pm Location: Tivoli 320B
Directions to Auraria Campus: http://www.mapquest.com/maps?address=900%2BAuraria%2BParkway&city=Denver&state=CO&country=US Carol Adams, author of Living Among Meat-Eaters, will speak at the Environmental Ethics Summit on The Sexual Politics of Meat. Saturday, March 27, 5:00pm Raw Star Cafe
687 Washington Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
(between St. Marks & Prospect) Book reading, discussion, & signing, with Angelique Shofar and others, from the Sistah Vegan anthology. Angelique will read from "The Food and Sex Link." Spread the word!Wednesday, March 24, 6:00pm - 7:30pm San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA Breeze Harper will be discussing Sistah Vegan at the San Francisco State University Women's Career Center. Tuesday, March 23, 6:45pm - 9:00pm NYU
Vanderbilt Hall Rm 220
214 Sullivan St.
New York, NY Andy Stepanian, former SHAC 7 prisoner, and Dara Lovitz, lawyer and author of Muzzling a Movement, describe the money, power, and politics behind animal enterprise terrorism laws. Saturday, March 20, 6:00pm Oakland PETA Office
528 Grand Ave
Oakland, CA The PETA Oakland office opens to public with wine & food on offer. Come ask Bruce Friedrich, co-author of The Animal Activist's Handbook, all the questions you've been holding. Tuesday, March 16, 7:00pm WHUR Radio
96.3 The editor of the Sistah Vegan anthology will be interviewed tonight on Howard University Radio. Listen live!Saturday, March 13, 5:00pm - 7:00pm Sisterspace and Books
3717 Georgia Avenue N.W.
Washington, DC 20010
(Georgia Avenue Petworth Metro)
202-829-0306 Contributors Ajowa Nzinga Ifateyo, Ma'at Sincere Earth, and Angelique Surya Shofar will be reading from Sistah Vegan. Sisterspace will provide space for discussion and good food. Sunday, February 28 Blue Sky Yoga
Studio West, upstairs in The Arts Factory
107 E. Charleston
Las Vegas, NV
592-1396 If in Las Vegas, go to Blue Sky for An Offering of Leaves. Friday, February 26, 11:00am The Hall of the States
444 N. Capitol St. NW
Washington, D.C. 20001 Dr. Michael Greger, author of Bird Flu, discusses how we can avoid H1N1 and other pandemic disease. Thursday, February 18, 3:00pm - Friday, February 19, 11:00am Southwestern University
McCombs Center Ballrooms
1001 E. University Avenue
Georgetown, TX 78626 Carol J. Adams will be be participating (with Marc Bekoff and Paul Waldau) in the Fleming Lectures in Religion at Southwestern University. Tuesday, February 16, 7:00pm - 9:00pm Jivamukti Cafe and Jivamukti Yoga
841 Broadway
2nd Floor
New York, NY Pain Jean Rhode and photographer Bob Esposito are donating 100% of sales of their new work to Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary. The show opens at Jivamukti Cafe. Wednesday, February 10, 3:00pm - 4:00pm EarthSave Radio. Amie Breeze Harper, editor of Sistah Vegan, will talk about her book with Caryn Hartglass on EarthSave Radio. For more information, visit here. Tuesday, February 9, 7:00pm Mercury Cafe
2155 California Street
Denver, CO Kate Lawrence, author of The Practical Peacemaker, and Keith Akers, author of The Lost Religion of Jesus, will be panelists in a discussion about how food choices affect the natural world. Saturday, February 6, 1:00pm Open Center
22 East 30th St.
New York, NY
FREE Zoe Weil, author of Claude and Medea, will be speaking and signing books at the Open Center. Thursday, February 4, 9:00am WCBS-TV (in NY) Ruth Westheimer, author of numerous sex books as well as studies of the Druze, The Olive and the Tree, and Bedouin women, Shifting Sands, will be on the television program The DrsSaturday, January 30, 1:00pm Cocoa Beach Library
550 N. Brevard Ave.
Cocoa Beach, FL 32931 Michael Greger, M.D., author of Bird Flu and Carbophobia! shares the findings of all the latest nutritional research, sponsored by Healthy Planet of Brevard. Wednesday, January 27, 11:00am Contact Talk Radio
Online: www.contacttalkradio.com/hosts/melissawest.html Melissa West will be interviewing Yoga of Heart's Mark Whitwell on Contact Talk Radio. Friday, January 22, 7:30pm - 9:00pm Sponsored by the CG Jung Society
of the Triangle Area of NC
Binkley Baptist Church
1712 Willow Dr 15/501
next to University Mall in Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Contact Terry Yusehok 919-403-8227 Bud Harris, author of The Fire and the Rose, shares a Jungian guide for renewing the mystic vision. Thursday, December 3, 2:00pm - 3:00pm WBAI, 99.5 FM
New York City
http://www.wbai.org/ Charles Patterson, author of Eternal Treblinka, will be interviewed by Louis Reyes Rivera on Perspective on WBAI. Sunday, November 22, 8:00pm Busboys and Poets
4251 South Campbell Avenue
Arlington, VA 22206
202-540-2180 Sunday, November 22, 5:00pm - 7:00pm Flow Yoga Center
1450 P Street NW
(between 14th and 15th Streets)
Washington D.C.
202-462-FLOW Reading from An Offering of Leaves and master class with Jivamukti yoga teacher Ruth Lauer-Manenti at Flow Yoga in D.C. Saturday, November 21, 10:00am - 1:00pm Marina Shore Shoppes
2861 Lynnhaven Drive Suite #108
Virginia Beach, VA 23451 Ruth Lauer-Manenti will be at the Virginia Institute of Yoga for a class, reading, and book signing. $45 fee includes a copy of An Offering of Leaves. Tuesday, November 10, 7:00pm Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center
Humanities Room 250 on the University of Colorado campus, Mackey Drive & Pleasant St., Boulder. Close-in parking lot is $3.00, or park on University Avenue for free and walk two blocks. For more information: 303-444-6981. Sunday, November 8, 2:00pm Grand Hyatt Washington
1000 H Street
Washington, DC 20001 Dr. Michael Greger, author of Bird Flu, will be discussing pandemic prevention at this free D.C. climate change conference. Saturday, November 7, 5:00pm firedoglake.com/booksalon Hillary Rettig and her book, The Lifelong Activist, will be the focus of the next Firedoglake Book Salon. Saturday, November 7 - Monday, November 16 Castlewood Branch
Arapahoe Country Public Library
6739 S. Uinta St
Centennial, CO
Smoky Hill Branch
Arapahoe Country Public Library
5430 S. Biscay Circle
Centennial, CO
For more information on either event or directions, call 303-LIBRARY. Kate Lawrence, author of The Practical Peacemaker, will be leading conversations at two libraries: Castlewood Branch of the Arapahoe County Library at 3 pm on the 7th, and Smoky Hill Branch at 7 pm on the 16th. Wednesday, November 4, 6:30pm Schlessman Family Branch, Denver Public Library
100 Poplar St.
Denver, Colorado
720-865-0000 Kate Lawrence presents on becoming a Practical Peacemaker during the Colorado Author Series, at the Denver Public Library. Saturday, October 31 - Sunday, November 1 Jivamukti Yoga Centre London
300 Kensal Road
W10 5BE Monday, October 26, 11:30am WEGP-AM, 1390 AM
Northern Maine and Western New Brunswick Tune into to WEGP-AM, 1390 AM (Northern Maine and Western New Brunswick, or online) for an interview with Victoria Moran, discussing The Love-Powered Diet. Sunday, October 18, 3:00pm Jewish Congregation of New Paltz
30 Chestnut Street
New Paltz, New York Saturday, October 17, 1:00pm - 5:30pm Poughkeepsie Barnes & Noble
2518 South Road
(Route 9, across the street from IBM)
Poughkeepsie, New York Myriam Miedzian, author of He Walked Through Walls and Boys Will Be Boys, will participate in this Hudson Valley author event, then read from He Walked at 4:30. Friday, October 16, 7:30pm Jivamukti Yoga Charleston
320 W. Coleman Blvd.
Suite N
Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
843-817-3899 Ruth Lauer-Manenti will be discussing An Offering of Leaves at Jivamukti Charleston, and will teach a yoga class immediately following. (There is a fee for the class.) Friday, October 16 - Saturday, October 17 Portland, Maine A satellite conference of Bioneers called "Kindle" will include many inspiring speakers, including Zoe Weil, author of Claude and Medea. Tuesday, October 13, 7:00pm University of Maryland
Armory, Room 0131
College Park, MD PETA2 and University of Maryland student animal rights group are trying to get McD's booted from campus. Bruce Friedrich, author of The Animal Activist's Handbook, is facilitating a discussion. Thursday, October 8, 6:30pm - 9:00pm Jivamukti Yoga
841 Broadway, 2nd Floor
(just below 14th St.)
New York
212-353-0214 Come and toast Lantern's ten years in publishing! We're having our anniversary party at Jivamukti Yoga, and also celebrating the release of An Offering of Leaves. Be there, near Union Square! Sunday, September 20, 4:00pm St. Mark's in the Bowery
Parish Hall
131 E. 10th St.
New York, NY 10003 Dr. Michael Greger, author of Bird Flu and Carbophobia!, shares recent research and information about eating and our health. Sunday, September 20, 12:00pm Bowling Green Park
NYC Zoe Weil, author of Claude and Medea, honors the International Day of Peace with Jane Goodall. Saturday, September 19, 10:00am - 8:00pm Oregon Convention Center
777 NE MLK, Jr. Blvd.
Portland, OR 97232
10am - 8pm $5 Admission Come and visit the Lantern table and chat up vegan chef and father-of-vegan-children Brian McCarthy at this tasty Portland event. Saturday, September 12, 3:00pm Harvard Speech and Parliamentary Debate Society
Harvard Science Lecture Hall D The debate at Harvard University goes on! Bruce Friedrich, author of The Animal Activist's Handbook, will participate. Friday, September 11 - Saturday, September 12 Unitarian Universalist Church of Asheville
Corner of Charlotte Street and Edwin Place
Asheville, North Carolina Bud Harris, author of The Fire and the Rose, will be giving an evening lecture, then a seminar and workshop on "The Father Quest." Friday, September 11, 7:00pm Kaunoa Senior Center
401 Alakapa Place
Paia, Maui, HI Will Tuttle wows the Kaunoa Senior Center with The World Peace Diet. Tuesday, September 8, 7:00pm Ala Wai Golf Course Clubhouse
404 Kapahulu Ave.
Honolulu, Oahu, HI Will Tuttle, author of The World Peace Diet, gives a talk. Wednesday, September 2, 10:30am Albuquerque Public Library
Cherry Hills Branch
6901 Barstow NE
Albuquerque, NM
505-768-5115 Make peace every day by changing your lifestyle. A talk by Kate Lawrence, author of The Practical Peacemaker, in Albuquerque. Tuesday, September 1, 7:00pm Santa Fe Public Library
145 Washington Ave.
Santa Fe, NM
505-955-6791 Catch up with the author of The Practical Peacemaker in Santa Fe: Kate Lawrence explains how lifestyle changes are practicing peace. Saturday, August 29, 6:00pm Our Prescription for Health
10210 S. Dolfield Rd
Owings Mills, MD, 21117 Dr. Michael Greger, author of Bird Flu, shares up-to-the-minute findings in nutrition research at this Baltimore potluck. Wednesday, August 26, 6:30pm New York Public Library
Mulberry Street Branch
10 Jersey Street
(one block south of Houston between Mulberry & Lafayette Sts.)
New York, New York 10012-3332
RSVP by phone: 212-966-3424
or email: mulberry_branch@nypl.org Pamela Rice, author of 101 Reason's Why I'm a Vegetarian, is answering your questions about food contamination, phytochemicals, and more, at the Mulberry Street Branch of the New York Public Library. Monday, August 24 - Thursday, August 27 Living Light Culinary Arts Institute
301-B North Main Street
Fort Bragg, CA 95437
800.816.2319
707.964.2420
info@rawfoodchef.com Will Tuttle, author of The World Peace Diet, will be participating in the Vibrant Living Raw Food Expo. Sunday, August 23 - Tuesday, August 25 Stanford Inn By the Sea Resort
Mendocino, CA Learn to be a World Peace Diet facilitator in beautiful Mendocino, CA. Wednesday, August 19, 3:00pm - 4:00pm online at the Progressive Radio Network
http://www.earthsave.org/radio.html Victoria Moran, author of The Love-Powered Diet, is taking your calls on live radio! This is EST—west coasters call at noon. Monday, August 10, 7:00pm Lone Tree Gold Club & Hotel
9808 Sunningdale Blvd.
Lone Tree, CO. Kate Lawrence, author of The Practical Peacemaker, leads a conversation about how to simplify your life. Saturday, August 8, 8:45am Renaissance Charlotte Suites Hotel
2800 Coliseum Centre Drive
Charlotte, North Carolina Michael Greger will be discussing swine flu, Bird Flu, and other emerging infectious disease from a perspective of pandemic prevention. Sunday, July 19, 5:00pm - 7:30pm Eastside at the Trinity United Methodist Church
3915 SE Steele
Portland, OR 97202 Friday, July 17, 6:00pm - Sunday, July 19, 1:30pm Graymoor Retreat Houses
Garrison, NY
Contact Fr. Bob Langone, 845-424-3671 x 3506 Tom S., Fr. Thomas Keating's interviewer in Divine Therapy & Addiction, will be speaking about deepening the 11th Step experience for Twelve Step members. Sunday, July 12 - Sunday, July 19 The University of Newcastle,
Australia Friday, July 10 - Saturday, July 11 Unitarian Universalist Church
Corner of Charlotte Street and Edwin Place
Asheville, North Carolina Bud Harris, author of The Fire and the Rose will be leading workshops on cultivating love, authenticity, and substance. Wednesday, July 8 - Sunday, July 12 University of Pittsburg
Johnstown, PA Friday, June 26 - Sunday, June 28 Smith Memorial Building
Portland State University
Portland, OR Portland's conference and activism series will feature Melanie Joy, author of Strategic Action for Animals. Thursday, June 18, 7:00pm On your telephone!
Dial-in Number: 1-605-475-6333
Participant Access Code: 623895 The Best Friends Network is offering a teleconference about religion and animals, and is focusing on The World Peace Diet. Saturday, June 13, 1:00pm PBS, Channel 13
New York The documentary film companion to Dr. Ruth Westheimer's Shifting Sands will be airing on PBS as a part of "Muslim Voices Week." Friday, June 12 - Sunday, June 14 Hubert H. Humphrey Conference Center
University of Minnesota
301 19th Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55455 The second annual Midwest Animal Advocacy Conference is happening in Minneapolis, and features Lantern authors pattrice jones, Victoria Moran, Norm Phelps, and Hillary Rettig. Monday, June 8, 6:00pm Mt. Pleasant Neighborhood Library
Large Meeting Room
3160 16th St., NW
Washington, D.C. 20010
3 blocks from Columbia Heights metro This fabulous D.C. organization is hosting Bruce Friedrich, co-author of The Animal Activist's Handbook, for conversations about effective animal rights advocacy. Sunday, June 7, 1:00pm Whole Foods Market (Lakeview)
3300 N. Ashland Ave.
Community Classroom, M Level
Chicago, IL 60657 Matt Ball, co-author of The Animal Activist's Handbook, is addressing Chicago's Animal Rights Meetup Group to discuss what one person can do to help billions of suffering animals. Sunday, May 31, 1:00pm Cafe Allegro's Alley Upstairs
(see cafeallegromusic.com for directions)
Seattle, WA The Northwest Animal Rights Network is hosting Bruce Friedrich, co-author of The Animal Activist's Handbook, for a discussion on effective animal advocacy. Friday, May 29 - Sunday, May 31 Javits Convention Center
New York, NY Come visit us at BEA (in NY this year). We're at booth #2530 with SteinerBooks. Thursday, May 28, 10:15am - 1:30pm Pennsylvania Spring Arts Festival, Renaissance Hotel, 107 6th St., Pittsburgh, PA Learn how to manage your time and overcome procrastination with Hillary Rettig, author of The Lifelong Activist. Wednesday, May 27, 7:00pm - 9:00pm Pittsburgh, PA. More details, see URL. A combined introduction to mission, time and anti-procrastination work, aimed at vegans, with Hillary Rettig, author of The Lifelong Activist. Wednesday, May 27, 6:00pm Nepal Cuisine
4720 Table Mesa Dr.
Boulder, CO Rocky Mountain Animal Defense & The Vegetarian Society of Colorado are hosting Bruce Friedrich, co-author of The Animal Activist's Handbook, for dinner and discussion. Wednesday, May 27, 12:00pm http://healthylife.net Kate Lawrence, author of The Practical Peacemaker, will be a guest on Victoria Moran's live internet radio show, "A Charmed Life." Tune in to Creative Health and Spirit Radio at healthylife.net, or catch the show later in the program archives.
*Note, this is E.S.T. Sunday, May 24, 10:30am Buddhist Christian InterSpiritual Community
St. Paul's United Methodist Church
1615 Ogden
Denver, CO
303-300-2368 The Practical Peacemaker shows you how you can create peace. Sunday, May 17, 11:00am West Village, NYC
Where Little West 12th, Gansevoort St, Greenwich St., and 9th Ave. converge. Join a crowd of proud vegetarians, some in costume, while we march from the meat-packing district to Union Square, where there will be a festival with music, speakers, and exhibitors. Bring a sign and tell 'em why you're veg! Thursday, April 30, 7:00pm - Thursday, June 4, 10:00pm 160 Boylston Street, Boston, MA. Deal with procrastination and learn productivity with Hillary Rettig, author of The Lifelong Activist. Thursday, April 30, 5:30pm - 7:00pm Chadbourne Residential College
420 N. Park Street
Madison, WI The author of The Animal Activist's Handbook is the newest in the What Matters to Me and Why series, which has included Dan Savage, Howard Zinn, Jonathan Safran Foer, Richard Dawkins, Gideon Yago, and Laurie David.
Madison, WI Tuesday, April 28, 10:00am - 11:00am http://www.onpointradio.org
or on WNYC in New York Michael Greger, author of Bird Flu, is on NPR's On Point Radio this morning discussing swine flu, the H1N1 virus, and it's spread through factory farms. Friday, April 24 - Sunday, April 26 Friday at Charter Oak Cultural Center, 21 Charter Oak Ave. Hartford, CT 06106.
Saturday at 230 Prospect, Seminar Room, Yale University, New Haven, CT.
Sunday: Nonviolence workshop will be held near Yale University in New Haven. Details TBA. The seventh annual conference for Critical Animal Studies includes conversation with activists and authors Karen Davis, Lisa Kemmerer, and Anthony Nocella, and opens with the release of Sugati's She is a River. Wednesday, April 22, 6:45pm - 10:00pm Kimmel Center, 10th Floor Rosenthal Pavilion
New York University
60 Washington Square West
New York, NY New York University is hosting an Earth Day sustainable dinner and discussion, with Bruce Friedrich (co-author of The Animal Activist's Handbook) as keynote speaker. Tuesday, April 21 Women's Studies class is from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Dwinelle, Room 182
UC Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
Environmental Justice, Sustainability, and Your Food
5 - 7 p.m.
Evans, Room 10
UC Berkeley
Berkeley, CA The co-author of The Animal Activist's Handbook will first be discussing animal oppression and other social justice movements for Berkeley's Women's Studies classes, then joining an Earth Day panel to discuss sustainable food. Sunday, April 19, 1:00pm - 3:00pm Englewood Public Library
1000 Englewood Pkwy
Englewood, CO Meet the author of The Practical Peacemaker (and 59 other Colorado authors) at this 10th annual open house. Saturday, April 18 - Sunday, May 3 Columbus, OH
Honolulu, HI
Maui, HI
Decatur, IL
Springfield, IL Dr. Greger's Nutrition Quiz Show has dates all over the country. Check the full schedule here. Saturday, April 18, 2:00pm Royal Horticultural Halls
Lawrence Hall Conference Center
Greycourt St., Room 33
London, UK Saturday, April 18, 1:00pm Denver Public Library
Bear Valley Branch
5171 W. Dartmouth Ave.
Denver, CO
303-300-2368 Join the author of The Practical Peacemaker for a discussion at the Bear Valley Branch of the Denver Library. Saturday, April 18 - Sunday, April 19 MIT Stata Center
32 Vassar St.
Cambridge, MA Hillary Rettig, author of The Lifelong Activist, joins in this years' Boston Skillshare at MIT, to help you with time management and procrastination. Suggested donation of $3-10 for a whole weekend of learning! Thursday, April 16 Bio 130 class is 10:30 to 11 a.m.
Building 410, Classroom 41
Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA
Meat's Not Green will be from 7-9 p.m.
Building 410, Classroom 41
Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA The co-author of The Animal Activist's Handbook will be speaking to the Biology 130 class on human nutrition, then at a "Meat's Not Green" presentation. Wednesday, April 15, 12:15pm University of Maryland
School of Medicine
685 W. Baltimore St.
Baltimore, MD 21201 Michael Greger, author of Bird Flu and Carbophobia!, tests our nutrition knowledge and fills us in on cutting edge research on how we should feed ourselves to prevent and treat chronic disease. Monday, April 13, 3:00pm - 5:00pm Ronald Reagan Building, Atrium Hall, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.,
Media planning to attend the event should contact escp@wilsoncenter.org or (202) 691-4164. More information is available at 202-691-4016. Wangari Maathai will be talking about her new book The Challenge for Africa in Washington, D.C. Friday, April 10, 7:30pm - 10:00pm Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild's Kleinert/James Arts Center, 34 Tinker St., Woodstock, NY 12498. Jeffrey Masson will be speaking about the emotional lives of animals at Woodstock, NY. Thursday, April 9, 7:00pm Michigan State University Campus
B102 Wells Hall
East Lansing, MI Bruce Friedrich, co-author of The Animal Activist's Handbook, challenges MSU's College of Agriculture. Tonight, Michigan State University. Thursday, April 9, 6:30pm - 9:00pm The Great Hall at Cooper Union,
7 East 7th Street at Third Avenue
, New York, NY. Free and open to the general public. Author, activist and Nobel Prize laureate Wangari Maathai discusses the challenge for Africa with Leonard Lopate, WNYC's acclaimed radio host. This even is free. Thursday, April 2, 5:30pm Vassar College
The Villard Room, Main Building
Poughkeepsie, NY Friday, March 27 - Sunday, March 29 MIT's Stata Center
Cambridge, MA Hillary Rettig, author of The Lifelong Activist, will be participating in WAM!, where women's words matter. Monday, March 23 - Tuesday, March 24 Sedona and Phoenix so far. Be sure to check the full schedule! Dr. Greger's Nutrition Quiz Show hits several cities in Arizona. Check his complete speaking schedule for details. Sunday, March 22, 1:00pm Green Melody Chinese Vegetarian Restaurant
519 N. Broadway (next to Whole Foods)
Jericho, NY 11753 While you eat, Michael Greger, author of Bird Flu and Carbophobia! will fill you in on cutting-edge nutrition research, quiz show style. Saturday, March 21, 7:00pm University of Southern Maine
Talbot Lecture Hall/Luther Bonney Hall
Bedford Street
Portland, Maine 04101
(207) 773-2215 Michael Greger, author of Bird Flu and Carbophobia!, tests our nutrition knowledge and fills us in on cutting edge research on how we should feed ourselves to prevent and treat chronic disease. Wednesday, March 18, 5:30pm - 7:00pm Science, Industry, and Business Library
188 Madison Ave, btwn 34th & 35th streets
NY, NY 10016 Hear Michael Greger, author of Bird Flu, talk about pandemic prevention at the Science, Industry, and Business Library. Wednesday, March 11, 6:30pm Mid-Manhattan Library
The New York Public Library
40th Street and 5th Avenue, 6th floor
(elevators access the 6th floor after 6 p.m.)
New York, NY 10016
212-340-0837 Charles Patterson, author of Eternal Treblinka, and Richard Schwartz, author of Judaism and Vegetarianism discuss why vegetarianism is important to many Jews. Saturday, March 7, 10:00am Denver Public Library
Ross-University Hills Branch
4310 E. Amherst Ave.
Denver, CO
303-300-2368 Kate Lawrence, author of The Practical Peacemaker, will be discussing how to make peace personal at the Denver Public Library. Wednesday, March 4, 4:00pm University of Georgia
Miller Learning Center
Room 102
Athens, Georgia Saturday, February 28, 9:00am - 3:00pm Sisters of Loretto at St. Mary’s Academy High School
4545 S. University Blvd.
Englewood, CO
303-783-0450 Keith Akers, author of The Lost Religion of Jesus, is presenting at a workshop of "Eco-Theology, Simple Living, and the World Financial Crisis." Wednesday, February 18, 7:30pm - 9:30pm Harvard Book Store, Lower Level
Used Books Dept.
1256 Mass. Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-661-1515 Harvard Book Store's Philosophy Café will be moderated by Hillary Rettig, author of The Lifelong Activist. This month's topic is "Why Do You Give What You Give—and Should You Be Giving More?" Sunday, February 1 - Friday, February 6 Esalen Institute
Big Sur, California Join the author of Five Spirits for "a week of miracles" at the Esalen Institute. Sunday, January 25, 1:00pm - 3:30pm Unity of the Keys
909 Flagler Avenue
Key West, Florida 33040
305-296-5888 Will Tuttle, author of The World Peace Diet, is leading this view-changing workshop in Key West. For more of Will's tour dates, click here. Saturday, January 24, 2:00pm Wake Up America
on Global Talk Radio (online) Tuesday, January 20, 9:00am - 12:00pm Center for Nonprofit Management, Stonehill College, Brocktonian Room, 16 Belmont Street, Brockton, MA. 608-565-1856. Hillary Rettig, author of The Lifelong Activist, will speak on time management. Saturday, January 10, 9:00am - 4:00pm 160 Boylston Street, Boston (Boylston T Stop). All-day, double workshop on effective time management and fulfilling your artistic destiny. Includes lunch break, with Hillary Rettig, author of The Lifelong Activist. Saturday, January 3, 1:00pm - 3:00pm Cornerstone Books, 45 Lafayette Street, Salem, MA, 978-744-1831. Hillary Rettig, author of The Lifelong Activist will give a speech on how to manage your time and overcome procrastination, perfectionism, and blocks to success. Saturday, December 6, 5:00pm Hare Krishna Cultural Center
1320 W 34th St.
Houston, TX 77018 Celebrate your vegan holidays at the Hare Krishna Cultural Center in Houston with music by Will Tuttle. Saturday, November 29, 2:00pm - 5:00pm United Poultry Concerns
12325 Seaside Road
Machipongo, VA 23405 Meet rescued chickens, turkeys, ducks, a peacock, and author Karen Davis at the United Poultry Concerns open house on Virginia's Eastern Shore. Friday, November 28, 3:00pm www.animalvoices.org, or Coop Radio 102.7 fm in Vancouver Sunday, November 23, 1:00pm Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary
35 Van Wagner Rd.
Willow, NY 12498 Save a turkey's life and celebrate Thanks Living at Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary. Saturday, November 15, 8:00pm - 12:00pm Jivamukti Yoga School, 841 Broadway, 2nd Floor, (Between 13th and 14th Sts), New York, NY. NYC League of Humane Voters celebrates seven years of mobilizing public concern for animals through the democratic political process. Sunday, November 9, 3:00pm - 4:00pm Washington D.C. Convention Center
801 Mount Vernon Place, NW
Washington, DC 20001 Author Karen Davis will speak on the common ground between environmental ethics and animal advocacy at the Washington D.C. Green Festival. (Be sure to visit the United Poultry Concerns booth, where you can purchase Karen's books!) Saturday, November 1, 10:00am - 6:00pm Reggie Lewis Athletic Center
1350 Tremont Street
Boston In between tastings, catch up with Lantern authors Melanie Joy ( Strategic Action for Animals) and Michael Greger ( Bird Flu). Monday, October 27, 11:40pm Online at http://www.veganworldradio.com/
If in Houston, TX, tune in to 90.1 FM, KPFT at 10:40 a.m. Saturday, October 4 - Sunday, October 5 Golden Gate Park
San Francisco County Fair Building
9th Avenue & Lincoln,
San Francisco, CA Friday, October 3 - Sunday, October 5 Raleigh/Durham, North Carolina Thursday, October 2, 2:00pm - 3:00pm KALW Radio
San Francisco, CA Melanie Joy, author of Strategic Action for Animals, will appear on Your Call Radio (KALW), discussing why vegetarianism is often left out of climate change conversations.(This is EST. In San Francisco, where the show is based, tune in at 11 am.) Friday, September 26 Unitarian Church
One Edwin Place
Asheville, NC Join Chiron author Bud Harris ( The Fire and the Rose) for a workshop on Discovering the Transformative Power in Complexes: A Jungian Guide. Monday, September 22, 7:00pm - 10:00pm Arlington Center for the Arts
41 Foster Street
Arlington, MA Hillary Rettig illustrates how to be a Lifelong Activist in this Grub Street program. (Arlington, MA) Thursday, September 18, 6:00pm - 9:30pm All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church
1157 Lexington Avenue (at 80th Street)
New York, NY Hillary Rettig, a.k.a. The Lifelong Activist, is giving two workshops for New Yorkers. Tuesday, September 9, 7:00pm - 8:00pm Richardson Public Library
900 Civic Center Dr.
Richardson, TX 75080
972-744-4350 Wednesday, August 27 - Friday, August 29 Holiday Inn, Brighton-Seafront
Kings Road
Brighton, East Sussex BN1 2JF
UK
44 (0) 1273 828250 Michael Greger will be warning the English about agribusiness practices and Bird Flu at a Sustainable Development conference. Thursday, August 14 - Monday, August 18 Hilton Mark Center
5000 Seminary Road
Alexandria, VA 22311
703-845-1010 Lantern authors galore will be involved in AR 2008, and we'll be selling books for your purchasing pleasure. Tuesday, August 12 - Wednesday, August 13 University of Toronto
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
252 Bloor St. W
Toronto, Canada Author Karen Davis weighs in at this conference about human conceptions of animals from science and popular culture. Thursday, July 24, 7:00pm Arise! Bookstore
2441 Lyndale Avenue
Minneapolis, MN
612-871-7110 pattrice jones will be reading from Aftershock at Arise! Bookstore, and discussing how activists and organizations can prepare for potentially traumatizing events. Saturday, July 19 - Monday, July 21 Hyatt Regency Crystal City
2799 Jefferson Davis Highway
Arlington, Virginia 22202
USA
703-418-1234 Thursday, July 17, 11:00am Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN pattrice jones will be talking about Aftershock on KFAI Radio. Minneapolis locals tune in at 90.3, or listen online. Wednesday, June 18 - Sunday, June 22 Pitt-Johnstown Conference Center
University of Pittsburgh campus
Johnstown, Pennsylvania Tuesday, June 10, 7:00pm - 8:30pm 4th Unitarian Universalist Church on the Upper West Side. 160 Central Park West @ W. 76th St. Will Tuttle, author of The World Peace Diet will be talking at the 4th Unitarian Universalist Church on the Upper West Side. Friday, June 6, 7:00pm 2615 East Franklin Ave.
Minneapolis, MN 55406
612-822-6161 Friday, June 6 - Sunday, June 8 Hubert H. Humphrey Conference Center on the University of Minnesota campus
301 19th Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55455 Wednesday, June 4, 6:15pm - 9:15pm Wednesday, June 4, 6:15 P.M. - 9:15 P.M.
Brehon Pub
731 North Wells St.
Chicago, IL 60601
(312) 642-1071
Fee: $10 (cash or check made out to Hillary Rettig) plus $10 food/drink order Missed The Lifelong Activist in Evanston? Learn time management skills and how to overcome procrastination now. Tuesday, June 3, 6:30pm - 9:30pm Ethical Planet
1110 W. Davis St.
Evanston, IL 60201
(847) 866-2088 Learn how to overcome procrastination and manage your time with The Lifelong Activist. (Evanston, IL) Friday, May 30, 8:30am - 10:00am Jivamukti Yoga School, downtown location
841 Broadway, 2nd Floor
New York City
212-353-0214 Workshop on The World Peace Diet. Click here for Will's appearances all along the Eastern Seaboard. Thursday, May 29 - Sunday, June 1 Los Angeles Convention Center Bibliophiles, come see us in L.A. at booth #2162. Wednesday, May 21, 5:30pm May 20-22, 2008
Pittsburgh, PA, Hilton Pittsburgh Dr. Greger will be signing his book, Bird Flu, after participating in the CleanMed conference in Pittsburgh (the environmentally sustainable health care conference). Sunday, May 18, 12:00pm - 5:00pm Greenwich Village, New York City. Rally: Washington Square Park. Join the First Veggie Pride Parade. Thursday, May 15, 7:00pm - 8:30pm Unitarian Church of All Souls
1157 Lexington Ave. (at 80th St.)
New York, NY
$10 suggested donation The Lifelong Activist leads a workshop on how to overcome procrastination in your job search. (NYC) Saturday, May 10, 1:00pm - 3:00pm West End Branch Public Library
Boston, MA
(between Charles/MGH and Govt. Center T stops) The Lifelong Activist tells Bostonites how. Wednesday, May 7, 7:30pm George Washington University
Washington, D.C.
Jack Morton Auditorium
Foggy Bottom-GWU metro stop Join Bird Flu author Dr. Michael Greger while he talks about another inconvenient truth, with an informative, terrifying, and funny talk about the role factory farming is playing in the emergence of human infectious disease. Monday, April 21, 6:00pm - 8:00pm ABC Home
Broadway at 20th Street
New York City
212-473-3000 Wangari Maathai, Nobel Laureate and author of The Green Belt Movement, will be speaking about her work. Friday, April 11 - Sunday, April 13 Garrison Institute
14 Mary's Way, Route 9D
Garrison, New York 10524
(845) 424-4800 John Francis, author of Planetwalker, will be participating in the "Power of Truth" retreat on Gandhi and the environment. Tuesday, March 4, 6:00pm - 8:30pm New York Chapter (National Writers Union)
113 University Place (corner E. 13th St.), Manhattan Eternal Treblinka author Charles Patterson will discuss how to have a successful writing career outside of traditional publishing. Wednesday, February 20, 7:00pm - 8:30pm 4th Unitarian Universalist Society
160 Central Park West
New York
212-595-1658 If you missed Hillary Rettig's first presentation on avoiding activist burnout, you have a second chance. Tuesday, February 19, 6:30pm - 8:00pm NYU
60 Washington Square South
Room 405 Hillary Rettig, author of The Lifelong Activist, presents a free seminar on avoiding activist burnout. Sponsored by Farm Sanctuary and NYU's animal rights group, SEAL. Saturday, February 2 Grub Street
160 Boylston St.
Boston, MA
617.695.0075 Hillary Rettig, author of The Lifelong Activist, gives an all-day workshop about time management and getting past procrastination, fears and blocks. Sunday, January 20, 2:00pm The Red Victorian B & B
1665 Haight Street at Cole
San Francisco
415-431-4322 Original piano accompanies a presentation of the concepts in The World Peace Diet. Saturday, December 1 - Monday, December 3 Gainesville, Florida The author of The World Peace Diet is making several stops in Gainesville to discuss transforming ourselves and our world. Saturday, November 17, 1:00pm - 4:00pm Candle 79
154 E. 79th Street, between 3rd and Lexington
New York City Saturday, November 10, 8:00pm The League of Humane Voters celebrates its sixth anniversary with a star-studded gala and award ceremony. Lantern will be there. Saturday, November 10, 1:00pm - 2:00pm "Smash the State, Crush the Cage" Conference
November 9-11, 2007
Hampshire College
Amherst, MA Aftershock's pattrice jones is speaking at the Smash the State, Crush the Cage conference in Amherst. Sunday, November 4, 10:10am You can cheer on Martin and Albie from any of the five boroughs. Check the NYC Marathon site for course details and times. Thursday, November 1, 8:30pm New York University, Kimmel Center
60 Washington Square South, Room 406
New York City The author of Aftershock discusses how two forms of oppression are related. Monday, October 22, 12:00pm Online, at globaltalkradio.com Saturday, October 20, 10:00am - 6:00pm Reggie Lewis Athletic Center
1350 Tremont Street, Boston
Free parking • Subway stop across the street The authors of Bird Flu and The Lifelong Activist will be signing books in Beantown, and Michael Greger will be explaining (yet another reason) why you ought to go vegetarian. Sunday, October 14, 10:00am Columbus Circle, at the Merchant's Gates, on 59th Street and Central Park West. New York City. jones, author of Aftershock, is speaking at Farm Sanctuary's annual Walk for Farm Animals, reminding us why fighting for farmed animals is so important. Thursday, October 11, 6:00pm - 8:00pm Bob's "Technicolor" Red Mill
5000 SE International Way
Milwaukie, OR 97222
503-654-3215 x 208
Class fee: $40.00 You haven't cooked until you've "bean" to a cooking class with Chef McCarthy ( Lantern Vegan Family Cookbook)! Hummus, milk, pudding, soup, and salad....all made from beans. Friday, October 5 - Sunday, October 7 Sheraton Imperial Hotel and Convention Center
4700 Emperor Blvd.
Durham, North Carolina 27703
919-941-5050 Join Lantern at the Animals & Society 2007 Compassionate Living Festival. Tuesday, September 25, 7:00pm American Museum of Natural History
Kaufman Theatre, 1st Floor
Central Park West at 79th Street
New York, NY 10024-5192 Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Laureate and author of The Green Belt Movement will be speaking in NYC. Saturday, September 15, 10:00am - 6:00pm Saratoga Springs City Center
522 Broadway
Saratoga Springs, NY Bird Flu author Dr. Greger joins other inspiring speakers at the 1st Veg Expo held in this region. Saturday, August 25, 7:30am On the radio or online: 90.7 FM Sunday, August 5 - Saturday, August 11 Babson College
Wellesley, MA
outside Boston Saturday, July 28 - Monday, July 30 Ronald Reagan/ITC Building 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20004 Visit Lantern at the Humane Society's Annual Conference. Friday, July 27 - Sunday, July 29 University of Pittsburgh campus
Johnstown, Pennsylvania The author of 101 Reasons I'm a Vegetarian speaks on the environmental impact of fishing and meat eating, and subsidies to the meat industry at NAVS Summerfest. Thursday, July 19 - Monday, July 23 Westin LAX Hotel
5400 West Century Blvd.
(just west of I-495)
Los Angeles, California 90045
Phone 310-216-5858 Lantern hits the West coast (LA, to be exact) for the 2007 Farm Animal Reform Movement conference. Come by our table and say hello! Sunday, July 15, 1:00pm The Peace Abbey
2 North Main Street
Sherborn, MA 01770
508-650-3659 Saturday, June 30, 10:00am The Royal Horticultural Halls
Lawrence Hall & Conference Centre
Greycoat Street, London SW1P 2QD Enjoy the best of veg London while learning how to stay healthy from Bird Flu's Dr. Greger. Saturday, June 23 UMass Lowell Campus
Lowell, MA Sunday, April 15, 3:00pm Judson Memorial Church
55 Washington Square South
Manhattan pattrice jones, author of Aftershock, will be part of a panel called "Anarchist Visions for the 21st Century" at NYC's Anarchist Book Fair. Saturday, March 24 - Sunday, March 25 Vanderbilt Hall, 40 Washington Square South, between MacDougal & Sullivan Streets, Room 210, New York, NY 10012.
Vanderbilt Hall is one block east of the West Fourth Street subway station. Lantern Books is cosponsoring a conference with United Poultry Concerns on whether the Holocaust can be compared with African American slavery or the Native American genocide, and any of them with the experiences of animals on today’s factory farms. Friday, March 23, 7:00pm Bluestockings Bookstore
172 Allen Street between Stanton and Rivington, NYC
212.777.6028 Be ready for lively discussion at pattrice jones' reading from Aftershock. Thursday, March 15, 6:00pm - 8:00pm Bob's Red Mill Natural Mills
Milwaukie, OR
To reserve your seat contact:
Bob's Red Mill at 971.206.1254 ext.254
For Media Information please contact:
Lori Sobelson (Program Director) lori@bobsredmill.com or Brian P. McCarthy thevegancook@gmail.comThe author of the Lantern Vegan Family Cookbook is giving a cooking class at Bob's Red Mill: Seitan Patrick's Day! Sunday, March 11, 11:10am - 12:40pm Washington, D.C. pattrice jones, author of Aftershock, will be presenting at the Animal Liberation 2007 workshop at NCOR. Tuesday, March 6, 9:30pm Fine Living Television Network
Windshield America
Episode FLWSA-107L If you've got cable, meet Planetwalker John Francis at 9:30 p.m. EST. If you miss it, the program is on again 3 hours later. Sunday, February 25, 4:00pm 800 St. Paul St.
Baltimore, MD 21202
(410) 230-0450 pattrice jones reads from Aftershock at the Baltimore collective bookstore and coffee house. Saturday, February 10, 5:00pm Native Foods Restaurant
2937 Bristol Street (The Camp Shopping area)
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
714-751-2151 The author of The World Peace Diet will give a lecture and show the documentary Sustainable Table, with food by Chef Tanya. Thursday, February 1, 5:30pm - 8:00pm 45 Union Street, down the block from Faneuil Hall and across the street from City Hall Plaza, Boston, Mass. Hillary Rettig will be reading from her book, The Lifelong Activist, at the February meeting of Drinking Liberally. Monday, January 1, 9:00am - Friday, January 5, 5:00pm Kripalu Yoga Center, Lenox, Massachusetts. Join weightloss guru Norris Chumley at the very beginning of the year to make 2007 the year you lose weight...permanently. Click here for more details. Friday, December 8, 9:00am - Friday, December 15, 5:00pm Esalen Institute, 55000 Highway 1, Big Sur, CA 93920-9616 Mark Whitwell, author of Yoga of Heart will conduct a weekend workshop and then weeklong yoga retreat in Big Sur, California. Monday, December 4, 12:00pm - Thursday, December 7, 5:00pm Studio at 3131 North Cherry Ave. Tucson, Arizona. Mark Whitwell, author of Yoga of Heart will conduct an intensive yoga retreat in Tucson, Arizona. Friday, December 1, 11:00am - 12:00pm WBAI 99.5 FM. Charles Patterson will be interviewd WBAI 99.5 FM (Pacifica Radio in NYC) about his book Eternal Treblinka. Wednesday, November 22, 6:00am - 9:00am 99.5 FM radio in New York City. Wakeup Call's Deepa Fernandes will be conducting a live interview with Dr. Greger about Bird Flu. Sunday, November 19, 1:00pm Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary
(in a heated tent in the pasture!)
Catskill Mountains, Woodstock, NY Our own Martin Rowe will be speaking at this animal-honoring feast. Saturday, November 18 - Sunday, November 19 Learn exciting new ways to communicate about human rights, environmental preservation, animal protection, media and culture. Friday, November 10 - Sunday, November 12 San Francisco Concourse Exhibition Center
635 8th St. (at Brannan St.)
San Francisco, CA Our conference and festival mania continues... Saturday, October 21, 10:00am - 6:00pm 1350 Tremont Street, Boston Authors Hillary Rettig and Michael Greger will be attending the Boston Vegetarian Food Festival and signing copies of their new books. Saturday, October 21, 9:00am - 6:00pm Spirituality Center, 1545 Monaghan Road, P.O. Box 566, Peterborough, ON K9J 6Z6 The author of The Green Bible will give a day-long workshop at the Spirituality Centre in Peterborough, Ontario. Monday, October 16, 7:00pm - Monday, October 23, 9:00pm Lantern Books, 1 Union Square West, Suite 201, New York. T: 212-414-2275. Lantern author and communications expert Josephine Bellaccomo offers winning tactics to design and deliver a compelling message. Thursday, October 5, 4:00pm - Saturday, October 8, 12:00pm Renaissance Montura Hotel near Los Angeles airport. Lantern will be selling books as a sponsor at this annual conference, this year located in Los Angeles. Speakers include: Kim Stallwood. Thursday, September 21, 6:00pm - 8:00pm Bob's Red Mill Cooking School in Milwaukie, Oregon. Chef Brian McCarthy teaches you how to whip up a delicious vegetarian breakfast. Friday, September 15 - Sunday, September 17 Sophia Center, 3500 Mountain Boulevard, Holy Names University, Oakland, California 94619. The author of The Green Bible will give a weekend workshop at the Sophia Center in Oakland, California. Thursday, September 14, 7:30pm AMC Lowes Village 7 Theater
66 Third Avenue, New York New film shows the faces of animal liberators. Saturday, September 2 - Tuesday, September 5 Renaissance Washington, DC Hotel, 999 Ninth Street NW, Washington, DC 20001 Taking Action for Animals 2006 is a leading event for the animal protection movement designed to motivate, skill and inspire activists nationwide. Speakers include: Josephine Bellaccomo, Michael Greger, Martin Rowe, Kim Stallwood, and Zoe Weil. Thursday, August 10, 3:00pm - Monday, August 14, 1:00pm Hilton Alexandria Mark Center, 5000 Seminary Road, Alexandria, VA 22311. Farm's AR2006 Conference will feature Lantern's Charles Patterson, Karen Davis, Hillary Rettig, Richard Schwartz, and future authors Pattrice Jones and Melanie Joy. Saturday, July 22, 6:30pm - 9:00pm Agra Tandoor, on Route 9, two and one-half miles south of the intersection of 9 and 308 in Rhinebeck (the one and only village traffic light). Pamela Rice, author of 101 Reasons Why I'm a Vegetarian, will speak on being an activist. Sunday, July 9, 9:00am - 5:30pm SLC Conference Center, 352 Seventh Ave., 16th Floor (at W. 30th St.), New York, NY. Josephine Bellaccomo will be speaking at In Defense of Animal's Humane Leadership Academy in New York City. Wednesday, July 5, 10:00am - Sunday, July 9, 5:00pm Conference Center at Pitt-Johnstown, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, PA. Lantern authors Carol Adams, Karen Davis, Michael Greger, and Will Tuttle will be speaking at the NAVS Summerfest. Saturday, June 3, 9:00am - 5:00pm Caldwell College, 9 Ryerson Avenue, Caldwell, New Jersey. Steven Kaufman and J.R. Hyland will be speaking at the Christian Concern for All God's Creatures Conference in Caldwell, New Jersey. Lantern will sell their books. Tuesday, May 23, 6:30pm - 8:30pm Whirlwind Creative Gallery
330 W 38th Street
Between 8th and 9th Ave.
Suite 511
New York, NY Sunday, May 21, 2:00pm - 4:00pm St. Bartholomew’s Church, 109 East 50th Street, New York City. St. Bartholomew’s Church in New York City and Contemplative Outreach of NY present “An Afternoon with Fr. Thomas Keating.” Sunday, May 21 - Friday, May 26 Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health Lenox, Mass. Back by popular demand, Norris Chumley's 5-day intensive weight-loss retreat at Kripalu Yoga Center. Friday, April 28, 2:00pm - 4:00pm Roosevelt University, 430 S. Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605. Tel.: 312-341-3500. Pamela Rice will be attending an authors forum at her alma mater, Roosevelt University in Chicago. Wednesday, April 19, 9:00am - 5:30pm Cultural Center, Hofstra University, 200 Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY 11549-2000. The author of Move the Message will host an all-day workshop entitled "Animal Rights and Wrongs" at the Cultural Theater Center. Tuesday, April 18, 6:30pm - 8:30pm New Lantern Events Location:
Whirlwind Creative Gallery
330 W 38th Street
Between 8th and 9th Ave.
Suite 511
New York, NY Tuesday, March 21, 6:30pm - 9:00pm New Lantern Events Location:
Whirlwind Creative Gallery
330 W 38th Street
Between 8th and 9th Ave.
Suite 511
New York, NY Lantern teams up with Whirlwind Creative to bring you a free screening and discussion of The Future of Food, a shocking documentary on how genetically engineered foods are slipping into our supply. Sunday, March 5, 3:00pm - Monday, March 6, 4:15pm Diesel Bookstore, in the smaller, original Malibu shopping complex where Malibu’s only movie theater is also located. Coming from south, this is just past the Malibu pier and across the bridge. Andrew Beath, author of Consciousness in Action, will be reading from his book at Diesel’s Bookstore in Malibu. This is a free event. Friday, March 3, 9:00am - Sunday, March 5, 6:00pm For directions to and information about Esalen, click here. Mark Whitwell, author of Yoga of Heart, will be conducting a weekend workshop at the Esalen Institute in California. Monday, January 30, 6:30pm - 8:00pm 1 Union Square West
(Building entrance is between Diesel and Staples)
Suite 201
New York City Sunday, January 29, 9:00am - Friday, February 3, 5:00pm Kripalu Yoga Center, PO Box 793, Lenox, MA 01240-0793. Tel.: 800-741-7353. Join Mark Whitwell for a five-day yoga intensive at the world-renowned Kripalu Yoga Center. Sunday, January 29, 9:00am - Friday, February 3, 6:00pm Esalen Institute, Big Sur, CA. Lorie Eve Dechar will conduct a workshop on Taoist acupuncture at the Esalen Institute. Friday, January 27, 9:00am - Friday, January 28, 5:00pm Kripalu Yoga Center, PO Box 793, Lenox, MA 01240-0793. Tel.: 800-741-7353. Explore the inner dimensions of yoga and Yoga of Heart with renowned yoga teacher Mark Whitwell. Sunday, January 8, 9:00am - Friday, January 13, 5:00pm Kripalu Yoga Center, PO Box 793, Lenox, MA 01240-0793. Tel.: 800-741-7353. Discover how losing weight, getting healthy, and creating basic fitness for a lifetime can actually be enjoyable, with Norris Chumley. Thursday, December 8, 7:00pm - 10:00pm RSVP at event@smallplanetfund.org (you’ll get exact location and other details). Space is limited. RSVP soon! Join Lantern Books, the Small Planet Institute, and many others to raise funds for environmental projects in the developing world. Sunday, November 27, 9:00am - Friday, December 2, 5:00pm Kripalu Yoga Center, PO Box 793, Lenox, MA 01240-0793. Tel.: 800-741-7353. Discover how losing weight, getting healthy, and creating basic fitness for a lifetime can actually be enjoyable, with Norris Chumley. Sunday, November 20, 11:00am - 3:00pm Astanga Yoga Centers of San Diego, 3555 Rosecrans Street, Midway Drive, San Diego, CA 92110. Tel.: 619-294-7792. Join Mark Whitwell in a one-day workshop for all interested students of yoga. Saturday, November 19, 1:00pm - 5:00pm Astanga Yoga Centers of San Diego, 3555 Rosecrans Street, Midway Drive, San Diego, CA 92110. Tel.: 619-294-7792. Join Mark Whitwell in a one-day workshop for Vinyasa Yoga practitioners. Saturday, November 19, 9:00am - 6:00pm Orland, CA. For directions to the site, click here. Join feminist vegetarian Carol Adams at Farm Sanctuary West's Compassionate Thanksgiving festival. Tuesday, November 15, 6:30pm - 8:30pm New Lantern Events Location:
Whirlwind Creative Gallery
330 W 38th Street
Between 8th and 9th Ave.
Suite 511
New York, NY Tuesday, November 8, 9:00am - Thursday, November 10, 6:00pm National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, 1776 D Street, NW, Washington, DC 20006-5303. Tel.: 202-628-4780. Thomas Keating will be join the Dalai Lama and others to discuss the science and clinical application of meditation. Saturday, November 5, 10:00am - Sunday, November 6, 7:00pm San Francisco Concourse, 8th & Brannan St,
San Francisco, CA 94123. Pick up a Lantern Books catalogue at the San Francisco Green Festival. Friday, October 28, 9:00am - Sunday, October 30, 5:00pm 1455 St-Mathieu,Montreal, Quebec, H3H 3M4. 514-937-3077. Mark Whitwell will be teaching a weekend intensive at the Sattva Yoga Shala in Montreal, Canada. Tuesday, October 25, 6:00pm - 8:00pm Galerie St. Etienne, 24 W. 57th Street, New York, NY 10019 (212-245-6734). Join Kim Stallwood and artist Sue Coe for a discussion on Sue's latest work, Sheep of Fools. Friday, October 21, 7:30pm - 9:00pm Be Yoga Studio-Downtown
138 Fifth Ave, 4th floor
at 19th Street
free
(212) 647-9642 Join Andrew Beath in this free event to discuss becoming an activist for change. Thursday, October 20, 7:30pm - 9:00pm Be Yoga Studio-Uptown
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(212)769-9642 Join Andrew Beath in this free event to discuss becoming an activist for change. Friday, October 14, 9:00am - Sunday, October 16, 6:00pm University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth campus, Dartmouth, MA. Our catalogues and Wangari Maathai's The Green Belt Movement will be at this environmental conference. Click here for more details. Friday, October 7, 5:00pm - Sunday, October 9, 12:30pm Sheraton Imperial Hotel and Convention Center, Raleigh/Durham, North Carolina. Join Lantern Books, Tom Regan, Tony Banks, and CEO of Whole Foods, John Mackey, at The Power of One Conference in Raleigh, North Carolina. Friday, September 30, 4:00pm 79 John F. Kennedy Street (Harvard Square)
Cambridge, MA 02138
Telephone: (617) 495-1100
For directions to KSG, click here. Wangari Maathai will address students, faculty, and guests at the Kennedy School of Government. Thursday, September 29, 7:00pm Rollins Chapel, Dartmouth College, Dartmouth, New Hampshire. Wangari Maathai will talk about her work to protect the environment, enhance women's rights and bring peace to her native Kenya and throughout Africa and the world. Monday, September 26, 6:30pm - 8:00pm Lantern Books, One Union Square West, Suite 201, New York City (14th St. & University Place, 2nd floor, over Diesel Clothing) Saturday, September 24, 10:00am - Sunday, September 25, 7:00pm Washington D.C. Convention Center, 801 Mount Vernon Place, NW, Washington, DC 20001 Come and visit the Lantern booth at the annual Washington, DC, Green Festival. Saturday, September 24, 9:00am - 4:30pm 610 Mason St., San Francisco, CA Lean and Green! Learn how athletes like senior Olympian Ruth Heidrich, surfer Katie Coryell and bodybuilder Kenneth Williams, maximize their health and performance on a plant-based diet. Thursday, September 22, 7:30pm Barnes & Noble, 267 7th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11215 Monica Sweeney, MD, author of Condom Sense and member of the President’s Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS, will be speaking and signing books in Brooklyn. Wednesday, September 14, 8:00pm - 10:00pm Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street, New York, NY. Wangari Maathai will be interviewed by National Geographic editor in chief, Chris Johns. Wednesday, September 14, 2:30pm - 5:30pm Institute of International Education, 809 First Avenue, (between 45th and 46th Street), New York City. Wangari Maathai will join Mary Robinson, Jeffrey Sachs, and others to discuss investing in the environment to fight poverty. Friday, September 9, 9:00am - Sunday, September 11, 6:00pm Omega Institute, 150 Lake Drive, Rhinebeck, NY 12572. Registration 800-944-1001 or 845-266-4444. Wangari Maathai will headline this sold-out event at Omega Institute. Saturday, July 16, 12:00pm Renaissance Washington, DC Hotel, 999 Ninth Street NW, Washington, District Of Columbia 20001 USA. Reservations: 202-898-9000 or 800-468-3571. Authors Karen Davis, Ingrid Newkirk, and Kim Stallwood are speaking at the HSUS-sponsored Taking Action for Animals Conference in Washington, DC. Monday, July 11, 9:20am WHHO-1320 AM. Broadcast from South Hornell, NY. Michael Greger, MD, author of Carbophobia will be interviewed on WHHO-AM's The Morning Show. Sunday, June 26, 11:00am Lincoln Center, the North Plaza, West 65nd Street & Columbus Ave Join EarthSave NYC, PETA, and others for a day of vegan food, friends and activism. Thursday, June 9, 7:00pm Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. Lantern Books is proud to co-sponsor Resurgence Magazine's "Earth & Religion Conference," June 9 -12, 2005, at Bard College in upstate New York. Speakers include: Andrew Harvey, Satish Kumar, Chief Oren Lyons, Raine Eisler and Robert Thurman. Friday, June 3, 11:00am Jacob Javits Center in New York City. Room 1E17 Can Environmental Leadership Boost Publisher Marketing Efforts?: Martin Rowe and others will explore the opportunities for publishers to distinguish themselves though their environmental responsibility, starting with their paper choices. Tuesday, May 24, 6:30pm Lantern Books, One Union Square West, Suite 201, New York City (southwest corner of 14th St. & University Place, 2nd floor) MOVED FROM MAY 18: Join Daniel Salau from SIMOO (Simba Maasai Outreach Organization) based in Ngong, Kenya. SIMOO works on issues of rights, environment, land, culture and gender in partnership with Maasai communities in and around the Ngong Hills area of Kenya. Saturday, May 7, 9:00am Fourth Universalist Society, 160 Central Park West, at West 76th Street Lantern Books publisher Martin Rowe will be participating in an interfaith conference on progressive values called: "Reclaiming Our Voices: Progressive Religious Values." Sunday, April 24, 11:00am C-SPAN Cable TV Program, Book-TV On March 8th, Wangari Maathai and Kerry Kennedy spoke at the historic Cooper Union in New York City. This event will air this weekend on C-SPAN's program Book-TV on Sunday, April 24th at 11am and 3pm. Check your local cable listings for more information. Friday, April 8, 10:00am United Nations, Trusteeship Council Chamber Featuring Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate; Steven Rockefeller, Chair, Earth Charter Drafting Committee; Adnan Amin; Brian Swimme; Mary Evelyn Tucker
To Register: 212 817-8215 Tuesday, March 8, 7:15pm The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, 7 East 7th Street at Cooper Square and Third Avenue, New York City. The Cooper Union and Lantern Books are pleased to present free of charge Prof. Wangari Maathai, 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Deputy Minister for the Environment in Kenya's government, Environmentalist and Peace Activist and founder of the Green Belt Movement in her first and only public event in New York City since winning the prize.
Prof. Maathai will lecture on “The Future of the Planet is in Your Hands” and sign books in the Historic Grand Hall. No RSVP necessary. Please come early, since limited capacity. Capacity laws will be strictly enforced. Be seated by 7 pm.
Donations to the Green Belt Movement welcome at the door. Two-thirds of book sales go to the Green Belt Movement.
Directions: 6 train to Astor Place or R or W trains to West 8th Street. For further directions: click here. Sunday, March 6, 10:00am - Tuesday, November 30, 12:00am White Plains Presbyterian Church, 39 N. Broadway, White Plains, New York. Wangari Maathai will visit the White Plains Presbyterian Church and preach the sermon. Following the service, the church will hold a tree-planting ceremony on the grounds then proceed to coffee hour. As always, we welcome visitors and encourage everyone to come and hear this inspired woman share her powerful and timely message. Tuesday, March 1, 11:15am Fairmont Hotel, The Gold Room, 950 Mason Street, San Francisco, California. Honored for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace, the Kenyan environmentalist will make a rare public appearance in the Bay Area.
The Council celebrates Wangari Maathai, Kenyan environmentalist and 2004 Nobel Laureate. She is a voice for sustainable development, environmental protection, democracy and peace. As founder of the Green Belt Movement, she has challenged conventional wisdom and opened new avenues for citizen action. She is emblematic of the kind of leader who is changing our world. While global stewardship is a collective enterprise, Wangari Maathai reminds us of the power of one brave individual.
Dr. Maathai will be introduced by Bay Area philanthropic leader and Council Vice Chairman Richard Goldman, who first awarded Dr. Maathai a Goldman Environmental Prize a decade ago. |
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