Grassroots Leadership and Texans United for Families will be leading a second vigil and protest outside of the IAH Polk Secure Adult Detention Center calling for its immediate closure. The Polk County center is one of the worst immigrant prisons in the U.S., with acute and chronic human rights violations. This event is part of [...]

Botticelli’s Restaurant is offering a great dinner and a chance to help the 5604 Manor Capital Campaign. A portion of the $35 charge for a three-course meal will go to the Campaign, which is raising money to continue renovation and pay the debt on the progressive community center. In addition to the great food, there [...]

This annual event benefits the Under the Hood Cafe & Outreach Center. Music will be provided by Possum Posse, Amy Zamarripa, Zoumountchi, and Huerta Culture. Staff from Under the Hood and members of Iraq Veterans Against the War  will be on hand to talk about their work. The suggested donation at the door is $15. [...]

“The Grace Lee Project” follows one woman’s quest to find other women with the name Grace Lee. When award-winning Korean-American filmmaker Grace Lee was growing up in Missouri, she was the only Grace Lee she knew. As an adult, however, she moved to New York and then California, where everyone she met seemed to know [...]

MonkeyWrench Books provides not only a great selection of books, magazines, and zines, but is a space for progressive and radical thought. Support their great programming by being a regular customer. Location: MonkeyWrench Books, 110 E. North Loop, Austin, 78751

Texas Observer editor Dave Mann will moderate a discussion of the changing demographics of Texas politics with James Aldrete of Message, Audience and Presentation; Juan Hernandez and George Antuna of Hispanic Republicans of Texas; Jenn Brown of Battleground Texas (invited); and Harvey Kronberg of the Quorum Report. More information online.  RSVP to walthall@texasobserver.org. Location: Scholz [...]

The 5604 Manor Community Garden group is sponsoring its first free “Dinner and a Movie Night.” “The Garden” follows the struggle of farmers against politicians and developers. Started as a form of healing after the 1992 Los Angeles riots, the South Central farmers grew their own food and created a community. When the space was [...]

Excalibur is a class at McCallum High school that publishes a magazine at the end of the year, composed entirely of student poetry, short stories, art, and music. The MonkeyWrench Books release party for the magazine is also an open mic for any students. Location: MonkeyWrench Books, 110 E. North Loop, Austin, 78751

Members of the 4th Tap Brewing Co-op will celebrate their completion of Cooperation Texas‘ Cooperative Business Institute (CBI). 4th Tap is poised to become Texas’ first worker-owned cooperative brewery. The CBI is a comprehensive training program focusing on the skills and resources needed to start and strengthen worker-owned businesses in Texas. The ceremony will feature [...]

“El Albergue” is a documentary about Hermanos en el Camino, a shelter for migrants in Oaxaca, Mexico, run by Father Alejandro Solalinde, the winner of Mexico’s 2012 National Human Rights Award. Solalinde is leading an “Interfaith Caravan of Hope for Immigration Reform Beyond Borders” to address the violence and injustices that migrants face on their [...]