Week of Aug. 10, 2015
First Hillside Village Market set for Saturday
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The veggies never looked better at the Hillside Community Center garden thanks to volunteers with the J&P’s Sunrise Garden Project @Hillside. Now you can support the effort by buying fresh produce!
Come visit the first-ever Hillside Village Market, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday (Aug. 15) at the Hillside Community Center, 925 S. Institute St. It’s part of a huge Community Day celebration chocked full of free family-friendly activities.
To help with the organizing and outreach effort, join the team planning meeting at 2 p.m. Thursday (Aug. 13) at the Center. To sell your produce (no vendor fee) or get more information, email Steve.
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CALENDAR
Justice and Peace Hour on KCMJ
Tuesday, Aug. 11
KCMJ Radio, 12–1 pm
streaming online
PPJPC Executive Director Scott Olson will discuss peacemaking and social justice in Colorado Springs. This week, U.S. Air Force Academy professor Doug McKenchnie will discuss the Supreme Court decision on same-sex marriage and LBGtQ+ rights. The program streams live (and archived show on demand) at the KCMJ website. For more information, email Scott.
Film: “Message From Hiroshima”
Tuesday, Aug. 11
Penrose Library Carnegie Room, 6:30–8:30 pm
20 N. Cascade Ave.
Narrated by George Takei, “Message From Hiroshima” provides an inside look at life and culture in the city before the first atomic bomb was deployed. Director Masaaki Tanabe makes it his mission to revive the memory of what once was by interviewing hibakusha(survivors) and former residents. To RSVP or get more information, email Bob Kinsey.
People’s Access to Homes
Thursday, Aug. 13
The Independence Center, 3–4:30 pm
729 S. Tejon St.
People’s Access to Homes (PATH) meets every week to advance the cause of housing for all. For more information, email Carrie Baatz.
For more news and upcoming events, visit our website.
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