Wal-Mart: the High Cost of Low Prices Dear friends, The exciting poetry of peace and a viewing of Robert Greenwald's new film,"Wal-Mart: the High Cost of Low Prices" at 7 pm Admission is free. Donations are welcome. Open Eye Cafe. Carrboro, NC In conjunction with an open discussion including an introduction to the new anthology for July 4, "Independence Day for Independent Bookstores 2006" to be published before the summer and edited by Paul Aaron. We will have a lot of people coming so please register at http://action.bravenewfilms.org/profile/events.jsp?event_KEY=10289. If that URL address does not work when you click on it, please copy it and paste it into your address bar. If you are confused by this just contact me at paul at paulaaron.com. We would love to have you, but if you find the registration full, then we have run out of space. We will run the film another time. Watch here for a new schedule or go to www.walmartwatch.com > HIGHER EXPECTATIONS WEEK and enter your zip code to find another showing near you. Love to you all, Paul Independence Day for Independent Bookstores 2006: Supporting Your Neighborhood Business Pays Back is the tentative title of an anthology I am putting together. I invite you to participate: Submit a story (2000 words max), a poem, an essay or a 10 minute play on topics such as: 1) my favorite independent store; 2) how I support the local economy; or 3) I watched my favorite local store close. Please submit early but must be postmarked by January 30 to Paul Aaron, PO Box 9251, Chapel Hill, NC 27515-9251 or e-mailed to paul at paulaaron.com. The idea began in Chapel Hill when we held an “Independence Day for Independent Bookstores” celebration on the July 4, 2005 weekend. My goal in creating this event was to bring more consumers to independent, locally owned bookstores and, in particular, to benefit Branch’s Chapel Hill Bookshop, which was in trouble. “Independence Day” had some success. However, the endangered independent bookstore is closing all over the country. My hope is to hold “Independence Day for Independent Bookstores” events in local communities nationally, using the book to stimulate interest. Thank you for your help in this exciting endeavor. I would appreciate any guidance you might be able to give, as well as any recommendations of other authors to contribute to the anthology. Thank you again. Sincerely yours, Paul Aaron

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