Michigan Peaceworks Event On Sunday

Juan Cole 06/22/2006

Michigan Peaceworks event on Sunday

The internet isn’t very good for narrow-casting, but for my Michigan readers let me draw attention to the following important event. And for everybody, send money to Peaceworks!

“BREWING PEACE”: A dinner and silent auction to benefit Michigan Peaceworks

Sunday June 25, 5 to 8 pm
Arbor Brewing Company, 116 E. Washington, Ann Arbor.

Host and emcee: Mayor John Hieftje

– Talk by Renee Heberle (Assoc. Professor of Political Science at University of Toledo) on The Politics of Violence: Guantanamo & Beyond.
– “Iran’s People, Culture & 2,500-year History”: A slide show by Hosain Mosavat.
– Music by Jesse Sinatra
– Special encore performance of “Bush’s Impeachment Blues” by Phillis & the Left Sidemen

$40 Adults/$15 children under 18. Reservations required, 734-761-5922.

About the Author

Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment. He is Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Follow him on Twitter at @jricole or the Informed Comment Facebook Page