There is a new location for our August 28 “Rent Event” – Cafe Corazon, 1306 N. Wishon north of Olive.   Here are the details again:

Sunday, August 28, 2 to 4 p.m. “RENT EVENT”, Cafe Corazon, 1306 N. Wishon, north of Olive.    Richard Stone is hosting a monthly event to help meet the increased expenses of the Fresno Center for Nonviolence featuring readings from his 30-plus years of writing.  Richard’s guest this month will be his partner, Avigdar Adams, who has recovered from the illness that side-lined him in June.. Avigdar is known in Rogue Festival circles for his singing of old-time coffee house folk music in the tradition of Burl Ives and Joan Baez. No admission is charged, but donations will be solicited to benefit the Center.  For information call: 559-237-3223 or 559-266-2559.

Wednesday, August 3 at 6:00 p.m. FCNV Board meeting at 1584 N. Van Ness (SE corner McKinley and Van Ness) Call 237-3223 11-3 Mon-Fri for details..

Wednesday, August 10 at 3-3:30 p.m. on  KFCF 88.1 On the Center’s “Stir it Up” monthly radio show your host, Richard Gomez, will have as his guests the returning Fresno Caravanistas, Professor Gerry Bill and Dr. Leni Reeves, and discuss the current state of the Cuban Revolution.  This show will be pre-recorded earlier to be heard at this time.  For information call (559)237-3223.

Wednesday, August 10 at 12 noon and 7 p.m. (potluck at 6:30 p.m.), FCNV, 1584 N. Van Ness (SE Corner McKinley and Van Ness). The 2^nd Wednesday film will be “The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill”. In San Francisco, there are at least two flocks of largely wild parrots who flock around the city. This film focuses on the flock of cherry-headed conures (and a lonely blue-headed one named Connor) who flock around the Telegraph Hill region of the city and their closest human companion, Mark Bittner . Through his own words, we learn of his life as a frustrated, homeless musician and how he came to live in the area where he decided to explore the nature around him. This leads him to discover the parrot flock and the individual personalities of it. In a cinematic portrait, we are introduced to his colorful companions and the relationship they share as well as the realities of urban wild life that would change Bittner’s life forever. Musical score was created by Chris Michie, a Bay area musician, formerly the guitarist for Van Morrison and is dedicated to his memory. 2005.  83 minutes. Free to the public and wheelchair accessible.

Sunday, August 28, 2 to 4 p.m. “RENT EVENT”, Iron Bird Café, 1915 Fulton St. (just south of Divisadero),   Richard Stone is hosting a monthly event to help meet the increased expenses of the Fresno Center for Nonviolence featuring readings from his 30-plus years of writing.  Richard’s guest this month will be his partner, Avigdar Adams, who has recovered from the illness that side-lined him in June.. Avigdar is known in Rogue Festival circles for his singing of old-time coffee house folk music in the tradition of Burl Ives and Joan Baez. No admission is charged, but donations will be solicited to benefit the Center.  For information call: 559-237-3223 or 559-266-2559.

Tuesday, July 12, at 7:30pm
Peace Fresno will host a discussion regarding the economics of war and its consequences with the traveling team of high school and college age students from the Martin Luther King Jr Freedom Center.  This will be held at the Fresno Center for Nonviolence, 1584 N. Van Ness, Fresno (SE corner Van Ness and McKinley).  All are invited and it is wheelchair accessible.  The students are coming as part of a summer program that teaches youth about the economic and education crisis that harms our world today.  The program sponsor is Karen Bohlke of the Institute for Community Leadership.  For more information go to: www.peacefresno.org and www.centerfornonviolence.org

Below is our calendar for July.   I’m also reminding you about June’s Rent Event which will be this coming Sunday, June 26 2-4 p.m. at the Iron Bird Café.  Please come if you can.  Not only will you be helping the Center with your donations but will find that it is a relaxing way to spend a Sunday afternoon meeting new and old friends and enjoying the coffee and food at the Iron Bird Café.  It is not necessary to buy anything at the Iron Bird Café though it would be nice to do so.  They have donated the space to us without charge.

Richard Stone is a talented writer and his readings remarkable to listen to;   his  gifted guests in the past three months have been a poet, a writer and a singer.  Avigdar Adams, Richard’s partner, is this month’s guest and many of you know what a wonderful voice he has!

Sunday, June 26, 2 to 4 p.m. “RENT EVENT”, Iron Bird Café, 1915 Fulton St. (just south of Divisadero),   Richard Stone is hosting a monthly event to help meet the increased expenses of the Fresno Center for Nonviolence.  This month Richard will be joined by his partner, Avigdar Adams,  known in Rogue Festival circles for his singing of old ballads and folk songs in the tradition of Burl Ives and the early Joan Baez. We will also be raffling off one of Avigdar’s inimitable photographs.  No admission is charged, but donations will be solicited to benefit the Center.  For information call: 559-237-3223 or 559-266-2559.

Wednesday, July 6 at 6:00 p.m. FCNV Board meeting at 1584 N. Van Ness (SE corner McKinley and Van Ness) Call 237-3223 11-3 Mon-Fri for details..

Thursday, July 7  6-9 p.m. Cuba Caravan”. (potluck) The 22nd Pastors for Peace Caravan to Cuba will be at Margaret Hudson’s Barn and Garden, 4247 N. Thorne Ave. in Fresno for a free public presentation about the current situation in Cuba and the purpose behind the caravan.  Merlinda Espinoza will be musical guest.  For more information call the Center at 559-237-3223 Mon-Fri 11-3, or Leni Reeves at 559-855-4511, especially if you have items to donate to Cuba i.e. medical  equipment, especially wheelchairs, medical instruments etc. (call soon as space needs to be reserved)

Wednesday, July 13 at 3-3:30 p.m. on  KFCF 88.1 On our “Stir it Up” monthly radio show Angela Price will be talking with her guest, Dr.Pakisa K.Tshimika, about recent news in the Democratic Republic of Congo.   Dr. Tshimika is doctor of public health currently working as an associate executive for Mennonite World Conference.  He is the executive director and founder of Mama Makeka House of Hope, a ministry to the DRC., a registered charitable organization founded in memory of his mother, to establish endowment funds for specific projects like hospitals and schools.  Calls are welcome at 559-266-8888.

Wednesday, July at 12 noon and 7 p.m. (potluck at 6:30 p.m.) The 2^nd Wednesday film will be Captain Abu Raed. Jordanian director/screenwriter Amin Matalqa tells this tale of an elderly airline janitor mistaken for a pilot by the children of his neighborhood who does his best to inject a little imagination into their bleak reality. Abu Raed always wanted to see the world, yet the closest he ever got was talking to travelers as they walked through the airport and reading books about faraway places. The discarded captain’s hat he sports gives the local kids the impression that Abu was once a pilot, and seeing the grim realities that surround them all inspires him to play to their assumptions and try to make a difference in their lives. The first-ever independent film to come out of Jordan, Captain Abu Raed earned a much-coveted spot in the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi   Call 559-237-3223 11-3 Mon-Fri for information.  The film is free to the public and wheelchair accessible.

Sunday, July 24, 2 to 4 p.m. “RENT EVENT”, Iron Bird Café, 1915 Fulton St. (just south of Divisadero),   Richard Stone is hosting a monthly event to help meet the increased expenses of the Fresno Center for Nonviolence.  Richard’s guest this month will be Patricia Wells and Friends. No admission is charged, but donations will be solicited to benefit the Center.  For information call: 559-237-3223 or 559-266-2559.