Mid January Events at Sedition

Hey all,

We hope those of you who made it out to the Magpie Killjoy enjoyed the presentation. I know I did. This coming week we have a few events that we hope you will brave the cold for. Speaking of cold, if any of you fine friends of Seditious Activity have a spare space heater, we would love to borrow or steal it from you. Please drop us a line or better yet, just bring it by the infoshop!

Next Tuesday we are screening Corazon del Tiempo a new film shot entirely in a Zapatista community in Chiapas, Mexico. Then on Wednesday, our friends from Insurgent Theater are back in Houston for one night only! This year's touring show is Ulysses' Crewmen and Houston's own, Deconstruction Crew will be setting the stage for an evening of challenging theater.

We still have a few of the 2010 Slingshot Organizers so please come down and relieve us of them. And if you are interested in volunteering or joining the Sedition Collective, don't be shy. Come out to one of our collective meetings any Monday at 8pm.

Sedition Books is still located at 901 Richmond Avenue (That's one block East of Montrose) and you can call or check out our website for more info: 713.523.0807 or www.seditionbooks.org

As always. All events are free but we can always use your donations for the infoshop and the touring bands and speakers.

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Tuesday, January 19th
8:00 PM

Spanish Language Film Series
Corazon del Tiempo (Spanish w/ English Subtitles, 90 min, 2009)

In the mountains of Southeastern mexico, in a Zapatista village, Sonia, is coming of age. She is betrothed in the traditional manner to Miguel, a valuable young community leader she has known since childhood. Her future seems set until one day, as she meanders along a jungle path, she finds herself staring into the eyes of a handsome rebel fighter, Lieutenant Julio, and falls deeply in love. Sonia’s revolution of the heart threatens the wills and convictions of everyone around her and puts the security of her community, and the entire insurgent army, in danger.
Corazon del Tiempo is more than a romance set in Zapatista territory. It is the first feature length film filmed with all Zapatista supporters as actors and in a EZLN community. Corazon del Tiempo is a rare and intimate look into the heart of the Zapatista revolution in Chiapas, Mexico.

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Wednesday, January 20, 2010
6:30pm

Insurgent Theatre presents: "Ulysses' Crewmen"
Show starts at 6:30 with music from Torry Mercer and the Deconstruction Crew

A chair. A gun. A radio. Two actors. 60 minutes.
We join the struggle against imperial political economies arranged by bureaucratic trade regimes that make us all complicit in the exploitation and destruction of others. We use Homer's Odyssey as a framework to stage these struggles as a single claustrophobic scene between two people, one of whom is bound and gagged. Ulysses' Crewmen have mutinied. The captain has been captured and the moral of Homer's tale has been reversed. All the mutineers perished but one, who is now left alone with the hero of all western civilization struggling against obsolete morality and the impossibility of ethical action.

The show is intense, high energy, and contains strong language.

Show starts at 6:30 with music from Torry Mercer and the Deconstruction Crew

Donations welcome.

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Friday, January 22nd
8:00 pm

Acoustic Show: Ruminations on Music, Bicycles, and Gardening with Malcolm Rollick

Sedition is excited to host Malcolm Rollick on her latest tour through Texas.

Just back from a coast to coast Bike Tour, she will regale us with tales of bicycling through the heartland and songs.

"On her records, there are guitars and keys and violin, among other ethereal sounds. But the thing that will really get you is her descriptive writing and a voice that comes from some place where tumbleweeds zigzag across a dirt road, graveyards are sunny and angels like to tread." Maine Music

Check her out here:
http://www.myspace.com/malcolmrollick

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Sunday, January 24th
2:00 PM

Houston Anarchist Black Cross presents: Pamphlets to Prisoners

Help us fulfill literature requests and respond to mail from prisoners in the Southern U.S.

There will be vegan baked goods for sale to defray the costs of sending packages to prisoners. There will also be plenty of envelopes to be stuffed!

http://www.myspace.com/houstonabc

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Wednesday, January 27th
7pm for Dinner
8pm for the Movie

Dinner and a Movie: The Agronomist

Join us Wednesday,January 27th for The Agronomist (2003, 90 min, in French with English subtitles)--a profile of Haitian radio journalist and human rights activist, Jean Dominique. It includes: historical footage of Haiti's vivid and tumultuous past; interviews with Dominique and with Michele Montas, his heroic wife, life-long love, and extraordinary partner.

The title refers to Dominique’s original vocation helping farmers in the rural communities of Haiti. He came from the upper classes, but continued his battles in representing his country’s poor and dispossessed even as his career path changed to professional broadcaster. As operator of the independent Radio Haiti Inter from 1960 until his death, Dominique became a hero to the masses and a frequent enemy of the government. The documentary incorporates historic footage shot before Dominique's assassination on April 3, 2000.

7pm Dinner: Delicious vegan meal
8pm Movie: The Agronomist