This weekend Sumac is hosting the Radical Routes Gathering, the network of co-operative groups, including the Sumac Centre promoting alternative ways of working & living. Some 100 participants are expected from perhaps 30-40
established and emerging housing co-ops, workers co-ops and social centres. The usual Sumac events continue, to which everyone is welcome, including Saturday's People's Kitchen Meal and Sunday's Brunch, but help is also welcomed with the task of hosting the gathering, and making our guests welcome.

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Ready Steady Skip premier - this Friday at Sumac

- the game show where needlessly wasted food is recovered from the bin and turned into delicious dishes before your very eyes!

Quite a few people have seen the rough cut that was shown at Climate Camp, and possibly even newer cuts than that... but the final version has been a long time in the making, and we hope will prove to be well worth the wait!
It's still very much fun and utterly hilarious viewing. Not forgetting that it's making some serious points about food waste too. Everybody has done an awesome job, covering a serious environmental and humanitarian problem in an accessible, informative and entertaining way. GO US!!! So
come on down and watch it on Friday - probably about 9pm. The premier promises to be a real treat - nothing like watching a homebrew film with friends - so don't miss it!!!

More info:  http://www.readysteadyskip.org.uk/
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2008/06/400063.html

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Palestine Film Night - Wednesday 12th November 2008

The next Small World Cinema at the Sumac Centre is on the 12th November 7pm.

This month the films are from Palestine / Lebanon, including films from A-Films, an autonomous anarchist film collective who do video workshops in Palestine and Lebanon and produce short films. (See  http://a-films.blogspot.com) and Drying up Palestine, a documentary film by Rima Essa and Peter Snowdon( http://www.dryinguppalestine.org/)

We also have (for a donation) Midddle Eastern Vegan food cooked by Asylum Seekers from Nottingham Refugee Forum.

Details from  http://www.veggies.org.uk/event.php?ref=1396

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Friday 14th - No Master's Voice / Shared Needle - Open Decks Night. bring your tunes and be the dj! - doors 7.30pm

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Saturday 15th - Futureproof
Notts premier dub step and electronic music night starts HERE! Doors 8pm

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Sumac Skillshare : Food preservation
Sunday 16th November 2008
14:00 to 17:00

Food preservation: Want to know what to do with gluts of fruit and veg?
Jams, pickles and chutneys are delicious ways to make food last. This workshop looks at the theory of food preservation and includes practicals of some of the stages.

Limited numbers – please book.
Details from  http://www.veggies.org.uk/event.php?ref=1427

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Following last Saturday's Sumac Skillshare on 'How to make a radio show', the November Riseup Radio show is now available at  http://riseupradio.wordpress.com/

The recorded highlights of the 2nd of three 'Sumac Debates' will follow soon and the final debate "Building Alternatives - Green, sustainable towns; land based living; food production and consumption", will be held at Sumac on Tuesday 18th November.

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Whilst you are visiting check out some new publications on the book stall:

Animal Free Shopper:
Latest edition of this comprehensive and essential guide which promotes a cruelty-free lifestyle and makes shopping for vegan products easy and stress-free.

Animals Diary 2009:
An essential tool packed with information on crucial campaigns and useful addresses.

Off The Hoof:
New Vegan Magazine targets 30 million ‘Nearly Vegetarians' with an irreverent, idiosyncratic style - a cross between The Big Issue, Private Eye and Nuts or Loaded magazine - launched on World Vegan Day on 1st November, and already available at Sumac.

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Veggies marked World Vegan Day on Nov'1st at the West Midlands Vegan Festival, where we picked up the 'Best Vegan Caterer' award, for the third successive year!

Appropriately we are catering for the Vegan Society AGM (York Nov 22nd), Lincoln Free Food Fair (Nov 29th) and Animal Aid's Christmas Without Cruelty Fair (Kensington Nov 30th), followed by our own East Midlands Vegan Festival (EMVF) on Saturday 13th December at the Council House on the Old Market Square. Then out Summer Tour finally ends!

We've just received 3000 fliers for the EMVF - if you can distribute a small bundle, please let us know.

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The SUMAC is a members club, but its easy to become a member!
Guests are more than welcome.

If you want to put on a night or help out with any of the events please contact the sumac entertainments collective at:  entertainmentscollective-request@lists.riseup.net

More gigs and stuff are on the poster at
 http://www.veggies.org.uk/sumac/images/Sumac0811.htm in addition to the regular diary at  http://www.veggies.org.uk/diary.htm (where you can subscribe to the mailing list for future announcements).