NYC MEETUP(s) You won't want to miss

June is going to be a busy month for NYC Kossacks and our Living Liberally friends.

There are three exciting events being held at The Tank in lower  Manhattan.

DATES

Sunday, June 8
Netroots Nation (low-dollar) fundraiser and film screening

Wednesday, June 11
Reading Liberally features our own Jeffrey Feldman

Wednesday, June 18
Good old-fashioned meetup and potluck with Eating Liberally WITH SPECIAL GUEST !

See details on these events below the fold...

I'm sure you'll have as much trouble as I am deciding which of these events to attend and will decide, as I have, to go to ALL of them :)

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EVENT 1

Sunday, June 8
Netroots Nation (low-dollar) fundraiser and film screening

Join Netroots Nation in NYC on 6/8/08 for a reception and film screening

Come to a Reception and Screening to Benefit Netroots Nation!
Sponsored by Living Liberally

Join activists, organizers and on-lookers, as we drink, laugh and carouse to celebrate the blogging community and prepare for Netroots Nation in Austin this July!

Free food, cheap drinks, lively conversation, fantastic film screening and progressive camaraderie!

   RSVP TODAY

   Sunday, June 8th
   5:30 Pre-Movie Reception
   7:00 Blue State screening
   9:00 Conversation with Blue State Director Marshall Lewy

The Tank
279 Church Street, New York City

Producer - $100
Director - $35
Fan - $10 (if you’re attending the screening only)

EVENT #2
Wednesday, June 11

Jeffrey Feldman, Eric Boehlert, and Rachel Sklar
Language, Violence and the 2008 Election (panel discussion)

Wed, June 11, 2008
7:30pm - 10:00pm
The Tank
279 Church St
New York, NY

Description:
As America heads into the final phase of the 2008 presidential election, how will the words, practice, and personalities in the media shape our national debate? What trends should we look for? What pitfalls lay ahead on the right and the left? How will this election impact the course of American political media for the next 4 years?

Join three nationally-recognized experts at the forefront of the hotly-contested debate on media and politics for a riveting roundtable discussion.

As a journalist, blogger for Media Matters and critically acclaimed author of LAPDOGS: How The Press Rolled Over for Bush, Eric Boehlert is a leading observer of the complex and troubling relationship between media and government.

Media Editor of The Huffington Post and contributor to The New York Times and The Village Voice, Rachel Sklar engages daily with question of ethical standards in an age of broadcast politics.

An expert on language and communication, Jeffrey Feldman's new book OUTRIGHT BARBAROUS: How the Violent Language of the Right Poisons American Democracy examines how the violent rhetoric of the conservative punditry undermines American deliberative democracy.

With the political season heating up, you cannot afford to miss this timely event!

Contact Info:
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And last BUT NOT LEAST...

EVENT #3

Wednesday, June 18
Good old-fashioned meetup and potluck with Eating Liberally

This one's long overdue, a NYC Kossack-Eating Liberally meetup -- post-primary and pre-Netroots Nation.

Eating Liberally will be providing tasty treats, and we're inviting Kossacks to bring dishes if they wish to. If you are brining something, please coordinate with Kerry and Matt at Eating Liberally (email Kerry: kerry at urbaneden dot net).

And we will have a special guest!! Miss Laura will be in town and wants to see everyone!