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Culture Project brings crucial and timely concerns to the fore once again with a new, unique series that gathers some of the most brilliant and visionary minds of our time to explore and debate the case for the impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Cheney.

The full Impeachment schedule:

Monday, November 26
7:00 p.m. Article II: Torture and Extraordinary Rendition. Participants include Michael Ratner and Vincent Warren of the Center of Constitutional Rights, Jonathan Hafetz, journalist Tara McKelvey, Carol Gilligan, and Bruce Fein. Performers include Eisa Davis, Gerry Bamman, Grace Zandarski, Jack Moran, Nana Mensah, and Chris McKinney.

Sunday, December 2
12:00 p.m. A screening of special cuts of New Home Movies from the Lower 9th Ward, Oscar-winner Jonathan Demme‘s new documentary drawn from the stories of residents of New Orleans’ Lower 9th Ward after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

Monday, December 3
7:00 p.m. Article III: Criminal Negligence and Hurricane Katrina. Participants include author and AirAmerica host Laura Flanders, Bruce Fein, New Orleans public housing organizer Sam Jackson, Judith Browne-Dianis, from the Advancement Project, and Tiffany Gardner from the National Economic and Social Rights Initiative. Performers include Denis O’Hare, Jodie Markell, Bradley White, Gerry Bamman, Nana Mensah, Chris McKinney, and Grace Zandarski.

Sunday, December 9
7:30 p.m. Vanessa, Lynn, and Corin Redgrave make a very special appearance to read Poems from Guantanamo: The Detainees Speak, a collection of poems written by detainees held in the US detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Marc Falkoff, attorney and editor of Poems from Guantanamo, will also be with us.

Monday, December 10
7:00 p.m. Article IV: Warrantless Surveillance. Participants include former Congresswoman Elizabeth Holtzman,attorney Joshua Dratel, attorney Shayana Kadidal of the Center for Constitutional Rights, Aziz Huq, Martin Garbus, and journalist Richard Valeriani. Performers include Michael Mastro, Nana Mensah, Gerry Bamman, Chris McKinney, and Sarah-Doe Osborne.

Sunday, December 16
CLOSING DAY
2:00 p.m. Article V: Expansion of Executive Power. Participants include Harper’s contributor and human rights attorney Scott Horton, author David Lindorff, and attorneys Marjorie Cohnand John Bonifaz. Performers include Ned Eisenberg, Grace Zandarski, and Tom Bower.

7:30 p.m. Closing celebration includes performance and commentary from John Nichols, author of The Genius of Impeachment, Jackson Browne, Sam Shepard, Naomi Wolf, Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater, Rinde Eckert, Peter Matthiessen, Kathleen Chalfant, Annabella Sciorra, and others.

Past Programs:
Sunday, November 18
OPENING DAY
12:00 p.m. Film screening of No End in Sight, Charles Ferguson’s celebrated documentary chronicling the reasons behind Iraq’s descent into guerilla war, warlord rule, and anarchy, featuring former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, Ambassador Barbara Bodine, Lawrence Wilkerson, and General Jay Garner, as well as Iraqi civilians, American soldiers, and prominent analysts. A talkback with the director follows the film.

5:00 p.m. Howard Zinn’s play Rebel Voices, featuring Allison Moorer, Staceyann Chin, with special guest Howard Zinn.

8:00 p.m. A Question of Impeachment Opening Celebration includes performance and commentary from Phoebe Snow, Lewis Lapham, Annabella Sciorra, Angela McCluskey, Staceyann Chin, Jorie Graham, Julie Goldman, Laura Flanders, Rinde Eckert, Mary Lee Kortes, Alix Olson, Willie Garson, and others.

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Monday, November 19
7:00 p.m. Article I: Initiation and Continuation of Illegal War. Participants include Colonel (Ret.) Ann Wright, Elizabeth de la Vega, Hendrik Hertzberg, Ray McGovern, Larry Everest, and David Swanson. Performers include Kristen Johnston, Willie Garson, Nana Mensah, Chris McKinney, Courtney Esser, and Scott Cohen.

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