-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Writing in Cuba, Writing from Cuba 12-20 - NYC Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit The Brecht Forum 451 West Street * (between Bank and Bethune Streets in the far West Village, 1-1-2 blocks north of West 11 Street) New York, New York 10014 (212) 242-4201 * travel directions below Tuesday, December 20, 2005 at 7:30 pm Writing in Cuba, Writing from Cuba a talk by Mike Fuller Mike Fuller is a United States citizen who visited Cuba on a solidarity trip at the height of the Special Period and wound up staying on in that country. Now in his second decade of residency in Havana, Fuller is working as a contributing editor and writer at Prensa Latina, the Cuban some of his recent Prensa Latina stories, and discuss various aspects of the current social scene in Havana. A slide show will also be presented. Fuller has been a regular speaker at the Brecht Forum for the last several years. He lives in Havana with his Cuban wife, Adriana, and their son, Malcolm. Suggested contribution--sliding scale: $6, $8, $10 ***** Travel directions The Brecht Forum is in Manhattan 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. Car: Within Manhattan--drive west on 11 Street all the way to West Street (West Side Highway). Turn right for one block, to 451, between Bank and Bethune Streets. Along the West Side Highway--from downtown, stay to the right and follow the Highway to 451, between Bank and Bethune Streets. From uptown, take the Highway to Clarkson Street (exit left), make a U-turn at Clarkson and proceed back up the Highway to 451, between Bank and Bethune Streets. - -- "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 December 14, 2005: 2150 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 December 14, 2005: 27,383 � 30,892 (estimated) * ================================================================ NY Transfer News Collective * A Service of Blythe Systems Since 1985 - Information for the Rest of Us ================================================================ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU-Linux) iD8DBQFDoVIhgVqEKMbi+yQRAjogAJ43TprKtWbL5nzqAvtqckwPqbCs0QCfbTaS 1MzKRqcyk2aYAaWL8Zyf0eI= =3FRm -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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