Winona Arts Center Event December 7, 8, 9th

Experiment in gift economics underway at Winona Arts Center.

Free food! Movies and Talk! Gifts for Everyone! Sounds like Christmas doesn't it? Nope. Better—and two weeks earlier. Long Weekend:
Neighborly Discussion for a Free Winona, a festival planned for the
Winona Arts Center (228 E 5th St.) on December 7th, 8th, and 9th, is
determined to embolden mutual aid enthusiasts and uncover new economic
techniques for immediate practice and celebration.
Read more... In this spirit, the
first two days will be completely free of charge, and the third day
with a suggested donation of $5-15: no one will be turned away for
lack of funds.

Come to the Arts Center and bring a dish at 6pm on Friday for a
potluck dinner and schedule orientation. Afterwards, stay for a
discussion about consumerism, giving, and materialism with a movie
hosted by !Ki.

Our Saturday will begin at noon with a round table discussion about
the successes and failures that followed Winona's Food Not Bombs
experiment. Stick around for panelists from the Down N' Dirty Bike
Club of Winona for a chance to pry about the tall bikes phenomenon or
the free bicycle program and their outreach efforts. We'll be
projecting some short films from 3 to 6 in the afternoon; films from
CrimethInc., Bill Brown, Rooftop Films, and more. A free formal dinner
will be served during local project announcements. Pickaxe, a
documentary film about community resistance to deforestation, will be
followed by a discussion at 7pm.

Sunday's events begin with improvisational theatre at noon. Folk
historians from the Twin Cities will present a radical history of
Minnesota which will be followed by a presentation from organizers of
the Iowa Counter Caucus planned in January. Each of these lectures
will run two hours, the first beginning at 2pm with time available for
questions and discussions. Come see the exciting debut of Growing
Awareness, an independent documentary about Community Supported
Agriculture (CSA) and its role in organic farming. One last dinner
will wrap up the weekend as we talk about what is to come next: the
future of Winona and projects on the horizon.

For more information, visit www.keoxa.com, or send an email to events@keoxa.com.