People's Books Cooperative Birthday Party--Thursday, 6/21 @ 5 p.m.

Message from the People's Books Cooperative:


"Help us celebrate our move to Riverwest and our fifth birthday! Thursday, June 21st, 5pm, Riverwest Public House (please share)

Please join us at a very important event, as we celebrate five years existing as a cooperative! We are also celebrating our move to the
Riverwest neighborhood, opening at our new location at 804 E. Center St in July! Help make this event a success, and ensure that we continue to thrive for many years to come. This event is free and open to the public (although donations are welcome).

The festivities will begin at 5pm on Thursday, June 21st, at the Riverwest Public House (815 E. Locust Street, Milwaukee), a community-owned and democratically-run cooperative bar.

We will kick off the evening with musical entertainment by acclaimed instrumentalist, composer, and instructor, Michael Bootzin, who will play classical acoustic guitar as we arrive and mingle. Michael's performances are quite enjoyable and not to be missed.

After Michael's performance we are honored to be joined by a very special guest, Christine Neumann-Ortiz, who is the Executive Director of Voces de la Frontera. Christine will speak about the challenges facing Wisconsin working class communities in the wake of the recalls, and the work that Voces is engaged in to help build a grassroots movement for change. Christine, along with countless members of Voces de la Frontera (and their political wing Voces de la Frontera Action), has been involved in nearly
every aspect of the Wisconsin uprising over the last year, from marching and civil disobedience to filing lawsuits and collecting recall signatures. Most recently, Voces de la Frontera has played a central role in the unfolding strike at the Palermo's Pizza factory in Milwaukee's Menominee river valley.

After Christine's program the fun will continue with the eclectic gypsy-blues/folk/bluegrass band River Water Tribe. People's members and volunteers may remember vocalist/guitarist Jacob Green from his time as a People's volunteer and regular contributor at our monthly open mics.

Throughout the evening guests will enjoy complimentary food catered by the Riverwest Co-op Cafe, vegan birthday cake by Compassionate Cakes, books & posters for sale, as well as a raffle and a silent-auction on artwork by People's volunteers and community members.

Special thanks to all of the local businesses who have offered up items for our raffle, including Riverwest Co-Op Grocery & Cafe, Fischberger's Variety, Truly Spoken Cycles, Fuel Cafe, Sparrow Collective, UWM Planetarium, Roast Coffee Company and Riverwest Yogashala, and the Tool Shed. I hope I didn't leave anybody out. Of course we will have some unique items provided by our
own cooperative members and volunteers.

Finally, very, very, extra special thanks to all of the sponsors of this event! Without you all this could not be possible.

Sponsors:
Janine Arseneau
Adam Breihan
Joanne Chang
Karin Borgh & Bill Christofferson
Jean & Dennis Casper
Jim Draeger
Dawn Erb
Ron Fintack
Mary Guentner
Brian Hayes
Nancy & Carl Hedman
Mike & Maggie Herbst-Synowicz
Tom Hibbard
Kurt Holzhauer
Virgine Lawinger
Dan Lotesto
Mary-Alice Martines
Hannah Medrow
Karen Moore
Brenna Nelson
Tom Nelson
Suzy Orth
Jennifer Picard
John Pompe
Joe Riggenbach
Leah & Seth Schuster
A.J. Segneri
Margaret Thielke.

Riverwest Public House
Fuel Cafe
Truly Spoken Cycles
Riverwest Co-op Cafe
Fischberger's Variety
The Tool Shed
Sparrow Collective
UWM Planetarium
Riverwest Yogashala
Roast Coffee Company

Thanks so much. You make this celebration possible, and your support helps
ensure we will thrive at our new location!"