[ThirdCoast] - “A Story of Mythological Proportion”

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Tuesday, November 12, 3:30-5 pm
David Wallace-Wells on “A Story of Mythological Proportion”
David Wallace-Wells will speak on the climate crises, our best hopes for dealing with it, and what he means by calling it “a story of mythological proportion.”
Wallace-Wells is the author of the best-selling book The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming<https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/586541/the-uninhabitable-earth-by-david-wallace-wells/>, which has been described as “an epoch-defining book” and “this generation’s Silent Spring.” The book is both a travelogue of the near future and a meditation on how that future will look to those living through it—the ways that warming promises to transform global politics, the meaning of technology and nature in the modern world, the sustainability of capitalism, and the trajectory of human progress.
Wallace-Wells is a national fellow at the New America Foundation, and a columnist and deputy editor at New York Magazine. He was previously the deputy editor of The Paris Review.
The program is sponsored by the Senior Fellows Honors Program<https://moody.utexas.edu/senior-fellows> of the Moody College of Communication<https://moody.utexas.edu/>. More information online<https://moody.utexas.edu/academics/moody-honors/keynotedww>.
Location: University of Texas, Belo Center for New Media<http://facilitiesservices.utexas.edu/buildings/UTM/0185> (BMC 2.106), 300 W. Dean Keeton, Austin

Tuesday, November 12, 6-8 pm
A Conversation about American Roots Music with Martha Redbone
Martha Redbone is an award-winning musician, storyteller, and activist celebrated for her roots music embodying the folk, indigenous, and mountain blues sounds of her childhood in the Appalachian hills of Kentucky.
More information online<https://texasperformingarts.org/event/conversation-american-root-music-martha-redbone>. The event is free but space is limited. Call 512-471-6376 for reservations.
Location: University of Texas Briscoe Center for American History, Sid Richardson Hall, Unit 2, 2300 Red River St., Austin 78712

Wednesday, November 13, 7-9 pm
Screening and Discussion of “Fix It: Healthcare at the Tipping Point”
            Our Revolution - Travis County<https://www.facebook.com/OurRevolutionTravisCounty/> is hosting a screening of “Fix It: Healthcare at the Tipping Point.”<https://fixithealthcare.com/> The documentary looks at how our dysfunctional health care system damages the economy, suffocates businesses, discourages physicians, and negatively impacts the nation's health, while remaining unaffordable for a third of our citizens.
            More information on the Facebook event page<https://www.facebook.com/events/2456098624444248/>.
Location: Texas AFL-CIO Becky Moeller Auditorium, 1106 Lavaca St., Austin 78701

Wednesday, November 13, 7-9 pm
Panel on “Indigeneity, the Land, and Artistic Expression”
Musician and storyteller Martha Redbone<https://www.martharedbone.com/>, documentary filmmaker and scholar Angelo Baca<https://www.mountainfilm.org/festival/personalities/angelo-baca>, and documentary filmmaker and professor Anne Lewis<https://annelewis.org/> will discuss “Indigeneity, the Land, and Artistic Expression.”
The event is sponsored by University of Texas Humanities Institute.<https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/humanitiesinstitute/index.php>
More information<https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/humanitiesinstitute/events/indigeneity-the-land-and-artistic-expression-a-difficult-dialogues-public-forum-with-martha-redbone-angelo-baca-and-anne-lewis> online. RSVPs<https://utexas.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1AqpflBYd02TCrb> are appreciated but not required.
Location: Texas Union<https://universityunions.utexas.edu/texas-union> Building, Santa Rita Suite (UNB 3.502), University of Texas

Saturday and Sunday, November 23-24, 10 am-6 pm
16th Annual Women & Fair Trade Festival
The Women & Fair Trade Festival<https://womenandfairtrade.wixsite.com/website> is an annual Austin marketplace, now in its 16th year, invites women’s cooperatives to come from all over the world to tell their stories about globalization and to sell their handmade items.
The event is sponsored by Austin Tan Cerca de la Frontera<http://www.atcf.org/>. More information on the Facebook event page<https://www.facebook.com/events/1101942066677877/>.
Location: First Unitarian Universalist Church, 4700 Grover Ave., Austin 78756

Thursday, December 5, 6:30 pm
“The Bleeding Edge” Documentary Screening
“The Bleeding Edge” examines the $400 billion medical device industry, focusing on lax regulations, corporate cover-ups, and profit-driven incentives that put patients at risk daily.
The screening, which begins at 6:30 pm and will be followed by a discussion, is part of the “Controversy & Conversation<https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/humanitiesinstitute/co-sponsored-community-programs/controversy-and-conversation.php>” series, a collaboration between the Austin Public Library and the Humanities Institute’s Difficult Dialogues Program at the University of Texas. More information online<https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/humanitiesinstitute/events/event.php?id=40544>.
Location: Austin Public Library, Terrazas Branch, 1105 East Cesar Chavez St., Austin, 78702
Unless otherwise noted, events are free and open to the public. Please forward where appropriate.

In Solidarity,
Third Coast Activist Resource Center

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