Advance ticket sales call Alan Hopefl @ 314.966.2962
$20 Advance Tickets, $25 at the door
KIM MASSIE Band at 8:00 p.m.
Silent Auction, wine tasting, doors open at 6:30 p.m.

The Holden Public Policy Forum at Webster University will host former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, with a 7:15 lecture at the Winifred Moore Auditorium, 470 East Lockwood, Webster Groves, MO, 63118. The vent takes place on Thursday, September 18. For those unable to attend, but interested in the content, a webcast will go live at 7:45.

For more information on both the live event and the webcast, check the HPPF website.

We’re on the cusp of something huge: electing a president who can help bring about the change we’ve all been dreaming of for the last eight years.

But if we let John McCain and Sarah Palin‘s lies go unchallenged, this election could slip through our fingers. That’s why we we’re launching an urgent effort to join with the Obama campaign and talk to millions of voters about Barack’s message of hope and change.

MoveOn members are meeting up tomorrow at the Obama office in St. Louis to talk to our neighbors about voting for Barack Obama. Will you come?

What: Talk to voters about Obama
Where: 625 N Euclid Ave, Suite 400 (in St. Louis)
When: Saturday, September 13, 2008 1:00 PM

RSVP to let the campaign know you’re coming:

http://pol.moveon.org/obama/teams/training.html?office_id=11784&id=13813-10151460-.1FO2nx&t=4

Watching the talking heads on TV endlessly repeating false charges about lipstick and patriotism, it’s easy to feel powerless about the election. But the race is still close, and there are over 3.5 million MoveOn members. If each one of us talks to ten or twenty voters, that could make all the difference.

That’s why we’ve launched MoveOn for Obama, our big plan to boost Obama’s grassroots campaign with thousands of new volunteers.

Don’t worry if you’ve never volunteered for a campaign before. It’s easy to do, and there’ll be staff and volunteer leaders there to walk you through everything you need to know and answer any questions you might have.

You might be knocking on doors, making phone calls, or registering new voters. So wear comfortable shoes and plan to dedicate a few hours to making a big difference.

Even with the polls so close, I have every confidence we can win—but only if each of us stands up to do our part. Click here to RSVP:

http://pol.moveon.org/obama/teams/training.html?office_id=11784&id=13813-10151460-.1FO2nx&t=5

Thanks for all you do.

–Adam, Lenore, Justin, Tanya and the rest of the team

The St. Louis Actors’ Studio, with its venue in the lovely Gaslight Theater in the City’s CWE, is set to embark on its second season of work, with “Power and Politics” as the guiding theme to all eight shows. Full details on the season can be found at: www.stlas.org. But, here, we’ll include the introductory notes to the season, one that would probably be of some interest to local politicos and the civically-inclined.

“St. Louis Actors’ Studio is proud to announce our second season, Power and Politics. The decision to choose this theme was clear, as 2008 finds our country in the midst of a heated race to the White House, not only causing bipartisan tension, but also strains within political parties—all vying for the position of power, as our country lunges into the future. No matter who is elected in November, 2009 will bring about new leadership, new philosophies and possibly new strategies of influence on the world stage—a world that is also perpetually engaged in the contest of power.

“Our new season will illuminate these struggles, these triumphs and disappointments, these power plays and the politics behind them— illustrating how we’re all human, trying to make sense of these daunting, tenuous times. Please join us in our engagement of these themes—for we are all in this together.”