Albuquerque, NM

Windows and Mirrors Opening Reception

Date: Saturday, March 31, 2012

Time: 5:00-7:00

Program: Pat McCabe, Dine writer, artist and activist for Right Relations, Working Classroom featuring 2D, 3D and performance art by local high school students, Q & A with Eisha Mason, Interim Regional Director, American Friends Service Committee, Pacific Southwest Region

Refreshments served

Kandhar

Tuesday, April 10: 7 pm

Kandahar  is a 2001 Iranian film directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf, set in  Afghanistan during the rule of the Taliban. The film is based on a  partly true, partly fictionalized story of a successful  Afghan-Canadian who returns to Afghanistan after receiving a letter  from her sister, who was left behind when the family escaped.   Kandahar was filmed mostly in Iran, including at the Niatak refugee  camp, but also secretly in Afghanistan itself. Film presenter:  Teresa Cutler-Broyles is a PhD Candidate in American  Studies (at UNM) with an emphasis on American Orientalism and Film  Studies, and she teaches film for the Cinematic Arts and American  Studies departments. Topics include Middle Eastern film,  representations of the Middle East in American film, and Cult film.

Play Reading 

April 12, 2012

Time: 7:00 pm The Program: The Sand Storm  by Sean HuzeBased on playwright Sean Huze’s experiences as part of 2nd light  Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, USMC during the invasion and initial  occupation of Iraq in 2003.  “this Decalogue of monologues has  shocking force and awesome honesty… candid, uncensored, and  blistering…heart-clutching, eye-witness mosaic. “ Los Angeles TimesAdult content.  Not recommended for children.

New Mexico Regional Meeting

April 13, 2012

Time: 6:00-7:30 viewing and conversation with Ruth Flower (Friends Committee on National Legislation)

Program: Worship Sharing in the manner of Friends; all are welcome

War is Not the Answer

April 14, 2012

Time: 2-4:00pm Program: Fishbowl featuring Ruth Flower (Friends Committee on Legislation), Desi Brown (UNM Peace Studies Dept), Seamus O’Sullivan (Teacher, Journalist with work experience in Kabul)

The Beauty Academy of Kabul

Tuesday, April 17: 7 pm

 A documentary following American women (some of whom emigrated from  Afghanistan in the early 1980s) who return to the capital city of  Kabul to open an American-style school for beauticians. Some of their  students are women who maintained "underground" beauty salons while  the city was under strict Taliban control. Film presenter:  Teresa Cutler-Broyles is a PhD Candidate in American  Studies (at UNM) with an emphasis on American Orientalism and Film  Studies, and she teaches film for the Cinematic Arts and American  Studies departments. Topics include Middle Eastern film,  representations of the Middle East in American film, and Cult film.

Artists and Poets Against The War

April 20, 2012

Time: 7:00-8:30

Program: Featuring poets Merimee Moffitt and Richard Vargas, followed by open mike with Zachary Kluckman as MC.  Working Classroom performance art by local high school students

Peace Vigil

April 21, 2012

Time: 2:00-4:00 pm

St Michael and All the Angels

Docents and Volunteers are welcome.  Orientation and training:  Saturday, March 24 from 10-11:30 am at Albuquerque Monthly Meeting  House (1600 5th St NW), and Monday, March 26 from 7-8:30 pm the First Congregational Church—UCC (2801 Lomas Blvd. NE).  Please feel free to  just come.