Community Resource Directory
Agenda Publications P. O. Box 3624 Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (313)996-8018
Purpose
Agenda is a monthly newspaper that focuses on the concerns and activities of grassroots organizations n the Ann ArborYpsilanti area. The largest section of the paper, the "Community Resource Directory" (CRD), provides local community action organizations the opportunity to give basic information on their background and current work. The "Calendar" emphasizes meetings and community events and the "Readers Write" section is a forum in which individuals or groups can write in-depth about a concern or topic. Agenda's news and feature articles provide coverage of events that do not find their way into the local media on a regular basis.
We welcome students, activists and community residents to help us with this enormous effort and are especially in need of: advertising representatives (commission paid), typists, distributors to take half-hour to one hour routes every month, writers, proofreaders, photographers, business experts, and fundraisers. If you are a student, you can receive credit through an independent study or a field work assignment. Volunteers do not have to come to Agenda skilled. They just need to come with a desire to learn and we will train.
Current News
In September we sent out a letter to CRD contacts which should be shared with respective organizations as soon as possible. The mailing includes our new CRD guidelines, a proposal for suggested monthly donations, and general information on Agenda. All organizations should review this material in-depth and put our proposal for a monthly donation to a general vote. One thing that we want to make very clear is that paying for a listing in the CRD is NOT mandatory. Some organizations simply do not have money. Agenda is well on its way to becoming a financially healthy publication through increased advertising revenues so we expect the need for these donations to decrease in the near future. Until then, we hope that organizations can see that Agenda is worthy of their investment.
However, we also want to stress the importance of another kind of investment in Agenda - an investment of time and resources from your organization to make your allotted space in the paper something that will truly be informative to the community. For the Directory to be a viable and contemporary source of information about your organization, one that readers will want to check out every month, the material must be as fresh as possible. Please make sure that enough time and resources are committed to this task. If you need suggestions on how to do this, we would be happy to help. Just call 996-8018 and ask for Laurie or Ted.
November Issue Deadlines
Oct. 13: Deadline for FeatureNews drafts.
Oct. 15: Deadline for ad space reservations.
Oct. 19: Deadline for CRD for November issue. If hand delivered, please call 996-8018 for our new address. Deadline for photos and graphics. Deadline for Calendar listings.
Oct. 21: Camera-ready ads due. (3028)
Performance Network 408 W. Washington Ann Arbor, MI 48103 313663-0681
Purpose The Performance Network of Ann Arbor s a collectively run, intimate theater including additional shop, storage, and workshop space. It is designed to promote the development, production, and presentation of politically committed experiments and original work in all the performance arts. The Performance Network is available to other arts organizations or individuals for rent at a nominal fee as a performance space, shop, or work-shop. We provide resources to the community in the form of space and equipment, outreach and educational programs, and creativity in the various media.
We exist to provide an arena for artists to do the work they love and to share their vision with the public. Ultimately, we hope - as our name implies - to function as a liason for artists, political organizations, and the community.
Current Activities
Several community arts groups will use the Performance Network facility to present a wide range of theater and dance events including September Dances in Exile (Oct. 3 to 5) featuring several well known local dancers and choreographers; the musical play Worksong (Oct. 10 to 12 and 17 to 19) produced by Common Ground Theater Ensemble; the light opera Chapter and Worse, produced by Comic Opera Guild; and Ann Arbor Dance Works' multi-media dance production of Night Turns (Oct 30 to 31 and Nov. 1 to 2)
October Special Event
The Performance Network of Ann Arbor, in collaboration with the Brecht Company and U-M Residential College, is proud to sponsor the return of the nationally known San Francisco Mime Troupe to Ann Arbor. Two years after their successful production of Steeltown, the Mime Troup will present their newest play, The Mozamgola Caper, a farce-cum-musical, comedy-cum-spy/thriller which examines the United States' role in Africa. Produced by the Performance Network, and performed by the San Francisco Mime Troupe - this nation's best known ensemble of political satirists- The Mozamgola Caper will be at Lydia Mendelssohn Theater on Saturday, October 18 at 8:00 pm. See you there! (2114)
Pinkertons Street Theater Troupe P. O. Box 7682 Ann Arbor, Ml 48107 764-0175
Purpose The Pinkertons are a group of individuals from the University and Ann Arbor community. We use the medium of theater as a means of exploring social and political issues which affect people both at home and abroad. We use the street as our stage so that we may confront people in their daily routines and effectively interact with them. It is our hope that through a combination of entertainment and shocking drama, we can bring people to think about pressing issues and come to view them in a new light.