“99 Silver Bells”: An Occupy Christmas Carol performed by OccupyThe Hamptons

Suffolk Theater opens in Riverhead: Ribbon Cutting photos

Posted on March 1, 2013 by kwilder

The Riverhead community celebrated the re-opening of the Suffolk Theater on Main Street. The building is from the 1930′s, and the celebration included a historical tip of the hat. There were folks young and old, politicians, a beauty queen with tiara and sash, live music (including a tuba), and lots of fun. Ian and I [...]

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Peace networking on Long Island: Fri March 1, 2013

Posted on February 26, 2013 by kwilder

PeaceSmiths Coffeehouse: Long Island, New York Friday, March 1, 2013 8pm to 11pm music with George Mann and Becca Hasselbrook and Open Mic: Maybe You! A great place for meeting up with peace activists, occupiers, environmentalists, and other friends(old and new)! A literature table is available for your fliers, poems, or manifestos. (Ian and I [...]

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Black Friday: Buy Nothing! Demand Peace! Support striking Wal-Mart workers!

Posted on November 17, 2012 by kwilder

See box below for “Occupy Walmart/Occupy Black Friday” on Long Island Great Live Streaming of a Walmart event in Maryland: here. Black Friday for some people means lining up for bargains at the doors of big corporations. Though, people who want our country to be more sustainable, and less dependent on war money, have often [...]

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Pre-election socializing on Long Island: PeaceSmiths Coffeehouse on Fri. Nov 2nd

Posted on October 27, 2012 by kwilder

PeaceSmiths November 2012 Coffeehouse will feature: Musician: George Mann Singer/Songwriter: Rorie Kelly A tribute to Miriam Goodman and… Your favorite campaign lit and discussion PeaceSmiths Coffeehouse Friday, November 2, 2012 8pm-11pm

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Poetry Has Come to Teddy Reoosevelt’s Sagamore Hill

Posted on July 28, 2012 by kwilder

Our good friend and Poet Laureate, Max Wheat, sent this over… Saturday, July 28, 2012 at 2pm (Rain or Shine) Sagamore Hill National Historic Site 12 Sagamore Hill Road, Oyster Bay, NY 11771 Poetry Has Come to TR’s Sagamore Hill Poetry is included in the Saturday, July 28th celebration of President Theodore Roosevelt’s Sagamore Hill [...]

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Memorial Day Weekend: Think PEACE events on Long Island

Posted on May 26, 2012 by kwilder

Memorial Day weekend offers many chances for people who cherish peace to reach out to their neighbors, and discuss the importance of ending war. This morning, Long Island activists demonstrated for peace at an annual air show, which glorifies military might. That story below. Afterwards, two Long Island peace events you can still attend this [...]

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May 5th: Artist Reception for Gary Ivan at “ripe art gallery”

Posted on May 2, 2012 by kwilder

Long Island artist Gary Ivan will have a showing of his paintings at ripe art gallery from May 5th to May 31st. Opening Reception of the show, “New Work” by Gary Ivan is Saturday, May 5, 2012 from 6pm to 9pm. A note about Gary Ivan’s art: While, overall, he is considered an Expressionist*, Gary [...]

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May Day: March for Immigrant Rights in Hempstead, LI, NY

Posted on April 30, 2012 by kwilder

KW writes: If you cannot get to the city for one of Occupy May Day events on Tuesday, May 1st, this march may be a good place to go to be among like minds. I, personally, disagree with some of the specific bills and proposals that some folks have listed as part of the message. [...]

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Need a way to protest taxes on Tax Day?: Long Island demo 4/17/2012

Posted on April 16, 2012 by kwilder

Update: I went by the protest at lunchtime, and things were going well. Several protesters — some old hat, and some newbies. Passers by were interested and took fliers. Some passing cars honked in support. A press person from a local paper was there. Photos at our Flickr: here. Also, see one photo below… __________________ [...]

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Sat March 24th: Long Island peace, justice, occupy event

Posted on March 13, 2012 by kwilder

Update: The event was a success. Photos from the rally afterwards are at Flickr:here. _____________________________ A March and Vigil for Peace and Economic Justice On this 9th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, we mourn and resist the ravages of war. We stand in solidarity with the Occupy Movement as we call for an end [...]

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Wed. Feb 29th Occupy actions: 70 Cities Nationwide Stand up to Corporate Greed and ALEC (plus Long Island area events)

Posted on February 28, 2012 by kwilder

Listing for Occupy Long Island events in Shirley and Huntington on Friday afternoon are posted: here and below. Informative (and amusing) update about NYPD preparations for the occupy event in NYC today (Feb 29): here. LiveStream of events in Spain: here (Please watch if you can, action all over Spain. And, at Wed 10am EST, [...]

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Politics, Poetry, Music: Events this week to heal the world, invigorate the soul, and/or challenge power

Posted on February 1, 2012 by kwilder

There’s so much to do in the world, I can hardly keep up with sharing the news… So, here are some (somewhat vague) mentions of things happening in the LI/NYC area over the next week that might heal the world and shift the Ch’i:

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Long Island: Super Bowl poetry event on Sunday, Feb 5th

Posted on January 22, 2012 by kwilder

Come to The Walt Whitman Birthplace where Long Island Poetry Collective will host… Super Poem Sunday IV Sunday, February 5th, 2012! 1pm to 5pm Photos from last year’s event at our onthewilderside Flickr: here. In honor of both Super events, you can find a collection of Sports Poetry books here. Link to a collection of [...]

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