Events

« Week of February 7, 2010 »
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7	8	9 Jon Turk and The Raven's Gift Start: 12:00 pm Jon Turk, whose life is a tapestry of writing, public speaking, expeditions, and living, presents The Raven's Gift: A Scientist, A Shaman, and Their Remarkable Journey Through the Siberian Wilderness, which will be released by St Martin's Press on January 19, 2010. Presentation will be at the Gore Auditorium on the Westminster College campus. For more information, visit Jon Turk's website. Steve Early and Embedded with Organized Labor Start: 7:00 pm n/a	10	11 Poets Jessica Garratt and Peter Gizzi Start: 7:00 pm The Guest Writers Series, sponsored by the Salt Lake City Arts Council and the University of Utah English Department / Creative Writing Program, resumes on Thursday, February 11, 2010 with poet Jessica Garratt and poet Peter Gizzi (rescheduled from October 29) at the Finch Lane Gallery /Art Barn (1340 East 100 South in Reservoir Park). The reading begins at 7:00 p.m., and is free and open to the public. A reception will follow to meet the writers. Tyler Volk and CO2 Rising Start: 7:00 pm n/a	12 Friday Fun for Kids at the King's! Start: 4:00 pm n/a A Climate of Change: Working for Peace, Environment and Social Justice Start: 5:30 pm Two-day conference with speaking guests, readings and signings at Orson Spencer Hall and the adjacent University Union Building at the University of Utah Campus. Conference speakers include: Scientist and philosopher, keynote speaker Tyler Volk; labor activist, union organizer, attorney and journalist Steve Early; speaker and freelance journalist, Alison Weir; Rand Wilson, a labor movement luminary; and SLC author Barbara Richardson who will conduct a book reading and signing about the novel *Guest House*. The Healthy Planet Mobilization Committee initiated this conference in cooperation with the Campus Committee for Peace and Justice at the Univ. of Utah and with the support of Utah Jobs with Justice and the Wasatch Coalition for Peace and Justice. Other campus sponsors include the Univ. of Utah’s Office of Sustainability, the Peace and Conflict Resolution Program and the Economics Department. The conference is free and open to the public. Please visit this website for the complete conference schedule and maps to the event Robert Birkby and Mountain Madness: Scott Fischer, Mount Everest & a Life Lived on High Start: 7:00 pm n/a	13 A Climate of Change: Working for Peace, Environment and Social Justice Start: 5:30 pm End: 9:00 pm Two-day conference with speaking guests, readings and signings at Orson Spencer Hall and the adjacent University Union Building at the University of Utah Campus. Conference speakers include: Scientist and philosopher, keynote speaker Tyler Volk; labor activist, union organizer, attorney and journalist Steve Early; speaker and freelance journalist, Alison Weir; Rand Wilson, a labor movement luminary; and SLC author Barbara Richardson who will conduct a book reading and signing about the novel *Guest House*. The Healthy Planet Mobilization Committee initiated this conference in cooperation with the Campus Committee for Peace and Justice at the Univ. of Utah and with the support of Utah Jobs with Justice and the Wasatch Coalition for Peace and Justice. Other campus sponsors include the Univ. of Utah’s Office of Sustainability, the Peace and Conflict Resolution Program and the Economics Department. The conference is free and open to the public. Please visit this website for the complete conference schedule and maps to the event

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