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New ACLU of WI website

Chippewa Valley events

Milwaukee events

Behind the Scenes at Skylight Music Theatre and Avenue Q
In case you missed it, we posted some photos from a behind-the-scenes workshop with the Avenue Q puppets and the staff at Skylight Music Theatre. Get a sneak peek at mockups of the set! Like our Facebook page today to see photos from all of our recent events.

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News for Sept. 17, 2012

New ACLU of Wisconsin Website: Celebrating Constitution Day with a new local hub for civil liberties!

It's the anniversary of the adoption of the U.S. Constitution, and what better way to recognize the on-going work to protect our democracy than with a brand new portal for news and activism for civil liberties in Wisconsin!

Please visit www.aclu-wi.org to see the new site. Returning visitors may have to refresh their browser window.

The site is the culmination of months of work, lots of ideas from members and our statewide board and the excellent design work from Keystone Click in Milwaukee.

Help us test our on-line donation system - visit the Support Us link to make a tax-deductible gift in honor of Constitution Day and our new site.

Chippewa Valley: Annual chapter meeting with technology and privacy rights speaker

Join the Chippewa Valley ACLU Chapter at their annual meeting and dinner to welcome new members and greet long-time supporters.

Thursday, September 20
415 S. Barstow St., Eau Claire

5:00 p.m. - meet and greet at Houligan's

6:00 p.m. - dinner

7:30 p.m. - speaker

"Can You Hear Me Now? Law Enforcement Surveillance of the Internet and Mobile Communications"

Phillips Recital Hall, Haas Fine Arts
University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire

Speaker:
Privacy researcher and activist Christopher Soghoian was recently profiled in The Economist magazine for his work on exposing the flaws in federal surveillance technology and how everyday people are affected. See Dr. Soghoian's website at www.dubfire.net

Milwaukee: September 20 special preview of Avenue Q and October 4 Reading of Banned Books

Join us for a special preview performance of Skylight Music Theatre's Avenue Q, winner of the 2004 Tony Award "Triple Crown" - Best Musical, Best Score and Best Book.

Buy tickets online today or call (414) 272-4032 ext. 218 for more information.

Thursday, September 20

6:00 p.m. - cocktails and ample hors d'oeuvres

7:30 p.m. - Avenue Q at the Cabot Theatre

$75 per person

Presented with Skylight Music Theatre

Broadway Theater Center, 158 N. Broadway, Milwaukee

Event sponsors include the Birch Lodge Fund of the Cream City Foundation, Pam Kriger, Johnson & Pabst LGBT Humanity Fund of the Greater Milwaukee Foundation, PrideFest Milwaukee and media sponsor Wisconsin Gazette.

Host committee members include Ross Draegert and Robert Starshak, Paul Fairchild, Pam Kriger, Jennifer Morales, Joseph Pabst, Louis Weisberg, and Paul Williams. Thanks to these volunteers who are steering this fun event.

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Join the ACLU of Wisconsin Foundation to recognize Banned Books Week. We will be highlighting the careers of Maurice Sendak, author of Where the Wild Things Are, as well as Ray Bradbury who passed away this year. We will also highlight the continued suppression of ethnic and women's studies books in Tucson, Arizona schools. More details are on our website.

Friday, October 4

6:00 p.m. - reading at Woodland Pattern Book Center

720 East Locust St., Milwaukee

Event is free

Thanks to event sponsors: Woodland Pattern Book Center, Wisconsin Center for the Book, and Lost World of Wonders, Milwaukee's largest comic book store. Thanks to the official Banned Books event afterparty location, Riverwest Public House Cooperative. Join us at the Riverwest Public House to find out what the censorship-themed drink special will be on the menu. If you would like to be a sponsor of this event, contact us at liberty@aclu-wi.org.

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The ACLU of Wisconsin is pleased to be a sponsor of the Milwaukee Film Festival's screenings of Love Free or Die, a film highlighting the controversy of the ordination of openly gay Bishops in the Episcopal Church. The film profiles Bishop Gene Robinson and his quest to balance the freedom of religion and the freedom to love.

Tuesday, October 2

Noon - Oriental Theatre

Monday, October 8

4:30 p.m. - Oriental Theatre

Thursday, October 11

7:15 p.m. - Fox Bay Cinema

Learn more about the film on the Milwaukee Film Festival website.

Sincerely,

Chris Ahmuty
Executive Director
American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin