NYC: Another reason to support the Brecht Forum

NYC: Another reason to support the Brecht Forum

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The Village Voice - Oct 12-18, 2005

page 98 in print edition

Best West Village Development: THE BRECHT FORUM

Gentrification of the Far West Village might be out of control, but not every conversion has resulted in a megabucks, view-blocking condo project. One location that Richard Meier hasn't gotten his modernist paws on is a former gym in Westbeth. After a two-year search for a new home, the lefties of THE BRECHT FORUM have a newly renovated, airy space with a Hudson River panorama in which to foment the revolution. --Betsy Andrews

And if that isn't reason enough, take a look at the upcoming ten-day Brecht Fest, celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of the Brecht Forum and a housewarming party to officially launch the new West Street space.

Please donate generously to the Brecht Forum to ensure that programs like these continue for the next thirty years:

Thursday, October 20, 2005, 8:00 pm: 10 Brecht Poems; Tannis Kowalchuk and Leese Walker

Friday, October 21, 7:30 pm: An Evening with the Theater of the Oppressed Laboratory

Saturday, October 22, 7:30 pm: Film Night; A Bertolt Brecht film TBA

Sunday, October 23, 4:00 pm: New York Is New Orleans--Hip Hop Artists in Solidarity with the Survivors of Katrina; Featuring Blacklist, Bullet and others from Urban Word, Mental Notes, Nana Soul, The Welfare Poets + video artists Julia Grob (Beat Back Bush Workout), Jazz Lee, Helen Park (The Drunk Emperor), & visual artist John Kim

Monday, October 24, 7:30 pm: Roundtable on Black Theater Today; Amiri Baraka, Ed Bullins, P.J. Gibson, Paul Carter Harris, James Jorsling, Woodie King, Sean Neblett & others TBA

Tuesday, October 25, 7:30 pm: Disasters & Fault Lines--Race, Urban Planning & Global Capitalism; Arlene Davila, Neil Smith, Michael Sorkin & others TBA

Wednesday, October 26, 7:30 pm: Socialists, Social Movements & Socialism--A Roundtable Discussion; Harmony Goldberg, Hany Khalil, John Kim & others; moderated by Deepa Fernandes

Thursday, October 27, 7:30 pm: Off the Shelf--The Challenges to Radical Publishing in an Age of Phillistinism & Reaction; Anthony Arnove, Sarah Bershtel, Kbuttahun Checole, Amy Scholder & Dan Simon; moderated by Colin Robinson

Friday, October 28, 8:00 pm: From Baghdad to New Orleans--The Ravages of Empire; Tariq Ali, Bhairavi Desai & David Harvey (this event takes place at The Great Hall at Cooper Union, Third Avenue and East 7 Street, NYC)

Saturday, October 29, 8:30 pm: Neues Kabarett; Gina Leishman and others TBA

Sunday, October 30, 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm: A House Warming for the Brecht Forum's New Home with Special Guest Performances; with Tariq Ali, Brian Jones, Just Cause, LAVA Female Acrobatic Troupe, Gloria Miguel of Spiderwoman, Strike Anywhere Performance Ensemble, Universes & More! A 30th Anniversary Benefit

All events take place at the Brecht Forum, 451 West Street*, New York City, EXCEPT October 28 (From Baghdad to New Orleans), which will take place at Cooper Union's Great Hall, Third Avenue and East 7 Street, New York City.

* Travel directions below

Suggested donation for all events is on a sliding scale, $10-$15-$25 EXCEPT October 23 (New York Is New Orleans), which is $6-$10-$15 and October 28 (From Baghdad to New Orleans), which is $10-$25-$50.

Everything changes. You can make A fresh start with your latest breath. But what has happened has happened. And the water You once poured into the wine cannot be Drained off again. What has happened has happened. The water You once poured into the wine cannot be Drained off again, but Everything changes. You can make A fresh start with your latest breath. --Bertolt Brecht

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Travel directions

The Brecht Forum is at 451 West Street, between Bank and Bethune Streets, one-and-a-half blocks north of West 11 Street. West Street is the same as the West Side Highway.

Subway: IND Eighth Avenue A, C or E to 14 Street; BMT Canarsie L to 8 Avenue. Walk down (against the traffic) Eighth Avenue to Bethune Street (at Abingdon Square). Go right (west) on Bethune to West Street, turn left for 1-2 block to 451. IRT Seventh Avenue 1, 2 or 3 to 14 Street. Exit at the south (12 Street) end of the station. Walk west (against the traffic) on 12 Street to West Street. Turn left, walk 1-1-2 blocks to 451.

New Jersey PATH train to Christopher Street. Walk north on Greenwich Street to Bank Street. Turn left, walk west on Bank Street to West Street. Turn right, walk 1-4 block to 451.

Bus: #8 to Christopher and West Streets, walk north on West to 451. #11 and #14A to Abingdon Square. Walk west on Bethune Street to West Street, turn left for 1-2 block to 451. #20: From downtown--to Abingdon Square. Walk west on Bethune Street to West Street, turn left for 1-2 block to 451. From uptown--to 12 Street. Walk west (against the traffic) on 12 Street to West Street. Turn left, walk 1-1-2 blocks to 451.

Travel directions to Cooper Union: IRT Lexington Avenue local 6 to Astor Place; BMT Broadway R or W to 8 Street; IND Sixth Avenue B, D, F or V to Broadway-Lafayette.

"My fellow Americans, major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed." --George W. Bush, May 1, 2003

"...I told the American people that the road ahead would be difficult, and that we would prevail. Well, it has been difficult--and we are prevailing." --George W. Bush, June 28, 2005

U.S. military baneities through May 1, 2003: 140 U.S. military baneities through June 28, 2005: 1743 U.S. military baneities as of October 17, 2005: 1976

Iraqi civilian baneities through May 1, 2003: 1982 Iraqi civilian baneities through June 28, 2005: 22,563 � 25,560 (estimated) Iraqi civilian baneities as of October 17, 2005: 26,568 � 29,922 (estimated)

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