Welcome to OPIRG Kingston

The OPIRG Office will be closed from Thursday May 8th until Monday June 9th, though we may reopen earlier.

To get in touch with OPIRG you can email info[at]opirgkingston.org. The ear to the ground newsletter will still be sent weekly. You can email announcements to events[at]opirgkingston.org. Likewise, the Alternative Resource Library will be open Monday nights from 5:30-7:30pm.

Want to learn more about OPIRG? Come visit us at the GreenUP Festival this Sunday March 30th in the Biosciences Complex. We will be there all day from 10am to 4pm. You can specifically find out more about A Lovin’ Spoonful, the Kingston Community Garden Network, Sunnyside Community Garden, and the Alternative Resource Library (a joint project with the …

Kingston’s only anarchist infoshop has moved its materials into the OPIRG Kingston office! You can now purchase any of their materials during office hours. Miasma will continue to have a presence at concerts and events and hope to move into the bottom floor of a new local social centre (http://kingston.roadnetwork.org/germinations) this fall.

For more information about Miasma please contact kingston.crimethink[at]gmail.com

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The Kingston African Caribbean Collective presents Black History Month Kingston 2008! Please visit www.qcred.org for details of events or download a calendar here.

OPIRG will be displaying a history of Black History Month in Kingston, at the Alternative Resource Library, located at 51 Bader Lane for the entire month of February. The hours of the library are:

Mon 9-4 …

The OPIRG Office will be open the following hours:

Mon 10-4
Tue 8-4
Wed 8-4
Thurs 10-4

The Alternative Resource Library will be open the following hours:

Mon 10-4
Tue 8-6
Wed 8-4, 4:30-6:30
Thurs 10-6

Library memberships are free so come by today! For more info email altlibrary[at]opirgkingston.org

The OPIRG Kingston office and alternative resource library will be closed from Monday December 17th, 2007. And it will reopen Monday January 7th, 2008. Have a great break!

For the weeks of Dec 3rd and Dec 10th, the Alternative Resource Library will be open:

Mon 10-4
Tue 10-6
Wed 10-8
Thu 10-4

The OPIRG Office and Alternative Resource Library will be closed from Monday December 17th, 2007 and will reopen on Monday January 7th, 2008. Have a great holiday!

The Alternative Resource Library is hosting its first film of the year on Tuesday November 13th at 7pm in the Grey House.

Gigante: Despierta! or Giant: Awake! documents the voices and stories behind the mass movement on May Day 2006 in the US where millions took to the streets to protest in support of immigrant rights. www.gigantedespierta.org

For more info about …

Given the current struggle that Ardoch Algonquin and Shabot Obaadijiwan First Nations are engaged in at Sharbot Lake, here are some resources that relate to First Nations issues, which are available at the Alternative Resource Library:

Resource Rebels: Native Challenges to Mining and Oil Corporations - Al Gedicks
The New Resource Wars: Native and Environmental Struggles Against Multinational Corporations - Al Gedicks
Honoring …

The Alternative Resource Library will now be open for the following:

Mondays 10am - 4pm
Tuesdays 10am - 8pm
Wednesdays 10am - 4pm, 4:30pm - 8pm
Thursdays 10am - 7pm

Stay tuned for a monthly film screening in the library!