The Wingnut is using a blogspot website to host our  calendar of events – you can find a comprehensive calendar of all Wingnut events at http://wingnutcalendar.blogspot.com/

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shadowoflucasville

Shadow of Lucasville-
The film is 60 minutes long, and is followed by call-in / Q&A with one of the prisoners who was involved in the uprising.

Organizations involved in prison issues and prisoner suport are highly encouraged to come table and share info!!!

Friday August 9th at 7pm

2005 Barton Ave

sober, all ages, by donation

consent policy, directions/bus routes, allergies/accessibility online

https://www.facebook.com/events/170132149823363/

Wednesday June 19th from 5-6pm

Southwest corner of 17th (Oliver Hill Way) and East Broad streets, Richmond, Virginia.

The 40 people who attended the June 15 Community Meeting to oppose building a baseball stadium in historic Shockoe Bottom agreed to call for a Vigil to take place from 5-6 pm on Wednesday, June 19 – Juneteenth – at the southwest corner of 17th and East Broad streets in downtown Richmond. This is next to the Exxon gas station, which sits on the site of the 19th century “slave” jail owned by Silas Omohundro. If the developers and the mayor get their way, this site will be further buried under the stadium’s right field. This whole area once held the second-largest slave-trading market in all of North America. Why can’t it be developed as a living, outdoor museum, with walking paths, meditative parks, interactive exhibits, an information center, bookstore and more. Not desecrated by a ballpark that no one wants. Let’s tell Mayor Jones and members of Richmond City Council: Keep baseball on the Boulevard and develop Shockoe Bottom as a memorial to all those who suffered there. Don’t be part of the “Stadium that Racism Built!”

SO MANY events at the Wingnut/in RVA
Shows- June 14th Canadol and Captain Captain
June 23rd – Ramshackle Glory, Ramshackle Glory, the Devil’s Coachwhip, Queer Rocket, and Mess’ Sideshow at the Wingnut
June 30th Food Not Bombs Cookout at 2pm in Monroe Park for a world independent of war
July 3rd JKB3 punk/ukelele night
July 13th What Cheer? Brigade 19 piece brass band
July 14th – UBS: Hands Off Appalachia Teach in
July 16th- LoveHoldLetGo – folk punk from canada and shadow puppet theater- local acts/open/shared mic
August 9th- Dinosawh, Queer Rocket
August 10th- ACAB a play by Insurgent THeater

what are we forgetting besides regularly scheduled Food Not Bombs, Mobile Food Pantry, Really Really Free Market, Critical Mass?

anyone have the time/energy to help us get paper fliers out for these events?

get in touch!!! more details for all events available in posts on this website, or email for more info!!!

Insurgent Theatre’s newest play, ACAB is about a cop struggling with the possibility that he’s a bastard.

 

Written by Ben Turk.
Directed by Kate Pleuss.
Performed by Ben Turk.
Booking first tour now!

Ben will be travelling with ACAB and a documentary / workshop about the Lucasville Uprising by his friend D Jones called The Shadow of Lucasville. If you’d like to host these projects in your town, PLEASE contact Ben at insurgent.ben@gmail.com. The first tour is going out east for Gabfestry, and then to Denver for the North American Anarchist Black Cross Conference, but we hope to bring both the film and the play to as many places as possible in the future.

August 10th at the Wingnut Anarchist Collective at 7pm

sober, all ages

donations will be collected for the touring theater company

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Rag & Bones Bicycle Cooperative seeks female mechanics, or women who wish to become mechanics.

A message from the Rag & Bones Bike Co-op:

“Wishing we had another day of open hours? We are actively seeking female mechanics (trained or willing to learn) to help run a ladies’/queer night on Sundays or Thursdays. If interested please come by the shop during our regular hours, or call or message us!”

You an find Rag n Bones on Facebook here:

https://www.facebook.com/RagBonesBicycleCoOp/info

or during current Open Hours Tuesdays 5-9 and Saturdays 1-5 at 3110 West Leigh Street.

Don’t forget about Critical Mass Bike Rides on the Last Saturday of every month meeting at 5pm in Monroe Park and leaving at 6 for a group ride!

Acoustic Ramshackle Glory (guitar accordion and trumpet) and Devil’s Coachwhip

on Sunday June 23rd after Food Not Bombs at the Wingnut Anarchist Collective

Punk Rock with all the wrong instruments from Tuscon, AZ

Opening will be Mess’ Sideshow, where Mess performs astounding and disgusting tricks for your amusement, pleasure, and disgust!

Sober, All Ages Show at 2005 Barton Avenue

Bring money to donate to the travelling bands.

Consent policy available on this website, as well as directions.
Facebook event here:

https://www.facebook.com/events/644873418862536/

Russian influenced Folk Punk Band Canadol from Canada is coming to Richmond!!!

Local band Captain Captain! and touring Canadol!

all ages, sober show
by donation
consent policy
www.wingnutrva.org for more details

Facebook event here:

https://www.facebook.com/events/644873418862536/

2005 Barton Avenue Richmond, VA 23222

the flier from Critical Mass in May 2013

the flier from Critical Mass in May 2013

 

Critical mass is critically awesome. Cars take up all the roads most of the time. Roads take up way too much of the earth. Bike parades are the best because friends and exercise and sunshine and creating a presence to disrupt the everyday fossil fuel drudgery. March Against Monsanto was also disruptive. You are damn right. If you don’t think that this world needs to be disrupted A LOT then you might need to open your eyes, check your privilege, and reflect on things. Disrupt things. Cause disturbances. The status quo is almost entirely fucked up. So if you think critical mass is disruptive, and marches are disruptive – then let us tell you 2 things- this shit is better than sitting around watching TV, and you are DAMN RIGHT ITS DISRUPTIVE. We hope more and more people step up and step out and start making disruptive actions to break up this capitalist/racist/patriarchical/whitesupremacist/classist/homophobic/speciesist/environment destroying hot mess yall call civilization.

Some local media coverage:

http://www.styleweekly.com/TheReportersNotebook/archives/2013/05/31/crunch

http://wtvr.com/2013/06/01/holmberg-critical-mass-bike-ride-slows-the-flow-down-to-easy-biking-speed/

Hope to see you out on June 28th at 5pm in Monroe Park!

Food Not Bombs is holding a community cookout at Monroe Park, as an alternative to traditional Independence Day celebrations. Today, we will celebrate the possibility of a world independent of war and militarism. You, and your organization, are invited! This will be an all-ages celebration, and as always, absolutely free.
Sunday June 30th starting at 2pm (gotta get those grills going) and definitely eating by 4p, packing up around 5 or maybe later.
At the corner of Main and Belvidere in Monroe Park
Facebook event here: https://www.facebook.com/events/174333149400150/?fref=ts

In addition to much of the usual meal materials, Food Not Bombs will be providing vegan items to grill, non-alcoholic beverages, water bowls for pups, and some games and activities for kids.

What you can bring:
- Yourself!
- Non-alcoholic beverages
- A cooler of treats to share
- Food to grill
- Your own grill
- Charcoal
- Lawn chairs
- A table with literature for your community or political organization
- Enthusiasm for learning more about local community and political organizations
- Banners
- Fun stuff, like sidewalk chalk, frisbees, hula hoops, face paint, or bean bag games.

Pets welcome! This is an all-ages, sober event. No fireworks will be set off; please don’t bring fireworks.

“The What Cheer? Brigade is a 19-piece brass band from Providence, RI, USA. Our sound is an aggressive mix of Bollywood, The Balkans, New Orleans, Samba and Hip-Hop, played with the intensity of metal. Requiring no amplification, we prove that great parties need no electricity. Our live shows defy boundaries, appealing equally to punks and farmers, old and young.”

and they will be playing the Wingnut Anarchist Collective during a potluck cookout on Saturday July 13th at 6pm!!!

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Sober, all ages, bring a dish to share- vegan preferred (label for allergies if you can)

2005 Barton Avenue

please bring money to donate to the travelling band if you can!!!