our m i s s i on Thread is just a tool. It’s nothing special, and it can’t do much on its own. But oh boy what it can accomplish when paired up with the right material and a little creativity. This little project is a humble attempt to explore our city and its peoples. Finding those interesting materials that make up our communities, that creativity which provokes, instigates, and inspires. We want to tie it all together and see what happens. We want to ask around and see what’s up. If something is happening that people should know about, we want to make sure they do If something isn’t happening that should be, we want to help make it happen We want most of all to hear from you! What are you up to? What are you seeing? What are you doing? What are you thinking? What is life like out there, and how can we all share in it? Help give us a chance to tie it all
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c on c er t s d e c E 1 2/1 Time and a Word: Mureithi, Painter, Thomas 6:30pm @ Outland Bar 1 2/1 Rockin’ 4 Red: World AIDS Day 7pm @ Gillioz Theater 1 2/2 Dylan Earl & the Reasons Why/Willi Carlisle/Casual Cal 9:30pm @ Wizard Cave 1 2/2 Festivus for the Rest of Us w/ Jessamyn Orchard, Tavish Lawson, & Paul Spencer Nix 8pm @ Harvest House Creation Space 1 2/3 A Light in the World (choral concert) 2pm @ Springfield Art MuseumK$1 0 1 2/7 The Punknecks 9:30pm @ Lindberg’sK$5 1 2/8 Space Dingus/Strangefellas 7” Release 9pm @ The Flea 1 2/8 Jin J X 6pm @ Barley, Wheat & Rye 1 2/9 Layton Hallow Gals 7:1 5pm @ Creekside PubK$5 1 2/1 0 Kelly Hunt House Concert 5pm @ Shoe Tree Listening RoomK$1 0 1 2/1 0 A Brassy, Classy Christmas (choral concert) 2pm @ Springfield Art Museum 1 2/1 2 Mattford/Pono AM/Cole Ray 9:30pm @ OutlandK$5 1 2/1 3 Springfield Symphony Brass Quartet 1 2:1 5pm @ Midtown Library 1 2/1 6 Molly Healey CD Release w/ Shaun Munday 8pm @ The FairbanksK$1 0 1 2/22 Imagine 201 7: A Tribute to the Beatles 7pm @ Gillioz TheaterK$1 4 adv ($1 7 dos) 1 2/26 Bill Haymes House Concert 6pm @ Shoe Tree Listening RoomK$1 0 1 2/29 Rock’n’Roll Dance Party w/ The Dark Alleys & DJ Lovesick Nick 9pm @ Lindberg’sK$5 G am es , Food , M ovem en t , & M i s c el l an y 1 2/1 Board Games: Serving at the City, County & State Level 11 :30am @ The eFactory 1 2/1 Yoga + Wine 5:30pm @ Springfield Arts Bed & BreakfastK$1 5 1 2/1 -2 Annual Midtown Victorian Homes Tour Fri 5-9pm & Sat 1 2-5pmK$1 0 adv ($1 2 dos) 1 2/2 Holiday Underwater Open House 2pm @ DiVentures 1 2/2 End of Prohibition Party 9pm @ Lindberg’sK$1 0 1 2/2 Christmas at the Farmstead 1 pm @ Gray Campbell Farmstead 1 2/3 Circus Jam Open Gym 5pm @ Dance MissionK$5 1 2/4 Meatless Monday Vegan Buffet @ Cafe CuscoK$1 0 1 2/5 Tolkein Trivia 6:30 PM @ 41 7 Taphouse 1 2/6 Health Summit: How Cuts to EPA Budget Impacts MO Families 5:30pm @ Library Station 1 2/7 Lunch, Learn, Launch: Starting a Business in 201 8 1 2pm @ The eFactory...register 1 2/7 Newbie Night: Cash N’ Guns 6pm @ Meta-Games Unlimited 1 2/7 Holiday Book Swap 7:30pm @ Brentwood Library...bring a book 1 2/8 Christmas Movie Trivia Fundraiser for AMPG 7pm @ Gailey’sK$8 1 2/9 Equal Rights Act Winter Wishes Celebration 1 :30pm @ MSU Park Central Office Building 1 2/9 Murder Mystery Dinner w/ Kinky Cabaret 7:30pm @ Patton AlleyK$1 0 1 2/1 0 Annual Ugly Sweater Party & Contest 7pm @ 41 7 Taphouse 1 2/1 0 Jingle the Blues Away (Blues Society of the Ozarks) 6pm @ American Legion Post 639 1 2/11 First Aid for Activism 6pm @ Brentwood Library 1 2/11 Big Money Skee Ball Tournament 7pm @ 41 7 TaphouseK$1 0 entry fee 1 2/11 Elle’s Cookie Exchange 6pm @ Harem & Company...2 dozen cookies 1 2/1 3 Citizen Lobbyist Training: Influencing Elected Officials 6pm @ Library Center 1 2/1 6 Be an Elf (charity event) 7am @ Ozark Empire Fairgrounds 1 2/1 6 Traditional Dance & Music Society of the Ozarks Xmas Potluck/Contra Dance 6pm @ Northview CenterK$7 1 2/1 6 Tuba Christmas 201 7 1 2:30pm @ Fox Theater History Museum 1 2/1 7 Springfield Brew Co 20th Birthday Bash 3pm @ Springfield Brew Co 1 2/1 7 An Evening of Meditation & Pink Floyd 6pm @ Springfield Arts Bed & BreakfastK$7 1 2/1 7 Annual Springfield Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day 6pm @ The Gathering Tree
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Ar t , T al ks , C l as s es , & G ar d en i n g 1 2/1 Eggs and Bread: Zine Release 6pm @ Bookmarx 1 2/1 Senior BFA Exhibitions 6pm @ Brick City Gallery 1 2/1 Create Clay Christmas Trees 4pm @ Art ZoneK$5 1 2/1 -2 Stone Effects Holiday Studio Show Fri 6-9pm & Sat 11 am-2pm @ Stone Effects 1 2/1 -2 Drury Art & Craft Sale Fri 5-8pm Sat 1 0am-2pm @ Drury on C-Street 1 2/2 Fix-It Faire 9am @ Midtown Library 1 2/2 Lecture & Meditation with Ravi Singh 6pm @ Circle on the SquareK$1 5 1 2/3 Carbon Trace Productions: Video Shorts 7pm @ Moxie Cinema 1 2/4 Pajama Party Open Mic 6pm @ Big Momma’s 1 2/7 I Just Need Some Space: Feminism 1 01 6:30pm @ Library Center 1 2/6 Cartoon Creature Illustrations with Sauerworks 7pm @ Library Center 1 2/8 EU Films Showcase 6pm & 8pm @ EU Films 1 2/9 Richard Tuttle: Lines & Edges all day @ Springfield Art Museum 1 2/9 Grant Wood: Lithographs all day @ Springfield Art Museum 1 2/9 Make & Take: Clay Diffuser Pendants 1 0:30am @ Park Central Library 1 2/1 3 Graphic Narrative: Storytelling Thru Sequential Art 7pm @ Library Center 1 2/1 4 Book Signing: “Meaningful Work” by Shawn Askinosie 7pm @ Barnes & Noble 1 2/1 6 Screening of “Newtown” Documentary 1 pm @ Moxie CinemaK$5 1 2/1 6 A Very Merry Family Christmas Variety Show 7pm @ Springfield Improv...donation 1 2/1 6 Red Youth Presents “Thomas Sankara: The Upright Man” 6pm @ Library Center 1 2/1 7 “It’s a Wonderful Life” 3pm @ Gillioz Theater
r epeat ab l e Mondays: Open Mic, 7pm @ The Flea; Open Mic, 7pm @ Big Momma's Tuesdays: 41 7 Gamers meet-up, 6pm @ Meta Games; Open Mic, 9pm @ Jalen's; Geeks Who Drink Pub Quiz, 7pm @ Lost Signal Wednesdays: Springfield Life Drawing, 6:30pm @ 401 W WalnutK$7; Spirit Rising Yoga, 6pm @ Circle on the SquareK$1 0; Open Mic @ the Outland Adult Coloring Circle, 5pm @ Park Central Library Thursdays: 41 7 Gamers meet-up, 6pm @ Meta-Games; Ballroom dancing, 8:30pm @ Savoy BallroomK$5; Moon City Open Mic, 7:30pm @ Moon City Pub; Blue Room Comedy Open Mic (sign up online); Pop Culture Trivia, 7:30pm @ Patton Alley Saturdays: Ozarks Dharma Meditation, 9am @ Dinh Quang Buddhist Temple Sundays: Trivia Binge, 7:30pm @ Patton Alley, Solidarity with STL Protest @ Battlefield & Glenstone Every 1 st Wednesday: Pagan Group, 7pm @ First Unitarian Universalist Every 2nd Wednesday: Humanist Group, 7pm @ First Unitarian Universalist Every 1 st Thursday: Poetry Writing Workshop, 7pm @ The Creamery Every 2nd Thursday: Sun & Tree Open Mic for all ages, 7pm @ Springfield Improv Every 3rd Thursday: Poetry Slam, 7pm @ Springfield Little Theater; Yoga for Health, 6:30pm @ Library Station Every 1 st & 3rd Tuesday: Queen City Ukulele Club, 6pm @ Springfield Music Every 1 st Saturday: Crafty DIY, 3pm @ Library Station Every last Saturday: Get Dusted Drag Show, 9pm @ Outland BallroomK$1 0
Voting?!? "Elections Belong to the People" 14.19 percent of the voters in Greene came out to vote in the last election. 14.19 percent of registered voters represents just over 8.5 percent of the entire population of Greene County. There was only one item up for a vote by all of Greene County. A new sales tax. About 59 percent of those voting voted to approve the sales tax, that is barely 5 percent of the entire population of Greene County that approved a sales tax that affects everyone.
Up for a vote in 2018 (mostly in Nov. but some in April and Aug. elections) All of our State House seats are up for election, as well as our State Senate seat. Our Federal House Representative is up for election, as is one of our Federal Senators. Ballot initiatives A vote statewide to overturn RightToWork (in November) A Springfield vote to overturn the City Council’s PitBull ban (probably in August) Check your registration and learn more at sos.mo.gov/elections (don’t wait until the last minute, do it now if you’re gonna do it). You can get registered or ask questions at a Library or the County Clerk’s office. Important Dates
Election dates: 4/3, 8/7, 11/6 Last dates to register: 3/7, 7/11, 10/10 Information about Registering and Voting
When registering in person, applicants are required to present a form of personal identification. Missouri's new voting laws also require a form of identification besides a voter ID card be shown to vote. Here are their rules Option 1: Provide a Missouri issued Driver or NonDriver license, U.S. Passport, or Military ID Option 2: Provide a secondary form of identification, such as a paycheck or bank statement and sign a statement confirming their identity Option 3: If the voter has no form of identification, but is a registered voter, they may cast a provisional ballot Missouri’s photo voter ID law also requires the state of Missouri to assist voters who might not have a photo ID with the process of obtaining a free Missouri nondriver license for the purpose of voting.
g? n i h t e m o S o D Wanna The last year has seen a growth in local progressive organizing. Here is a spotlight on just a few organizations.
DSA of the Ozarks bers of the national Democratic An organizing chapter for local mem . ently organizing with monthly meetings Socialists of America organization. Curr sands thou of tens by n grow has DSA the y, A political organization but not a part direct action and electoral victories. in the last year, and played parts in facebook.com/pg/SpringfieldDSA
Greater Springfield Green Party weekly medicare rally A local chapter of the Green Party. They hold monthly meetings and regular programs. They demonstrate for Medicare For All every friday from 4 to 5, downtown outside Claire McCaskill’s Office. Region ally, 2018 Green Party candidates have been announced for MO State Rep. of the 32nd District, and Carterville City Council. missourigreenparty.org/greaterspringfieldmogreenpartyc hapter/
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SWMO Now SWMO NOW is off to a great start. They hold monthly meetings and programs. Check their facebook or google them to see what’s up. NOW (National Organization of Women) was founded in 1966. It is a “grassroots arm of the women’s movement” dedicated to “multiissue and multistrategy approach to women’s rights”. It is a nonpartisan organizatio n. facebook.com/SWMONOW/ that began Springfield Indivisible national Indivisible movement This is a local group of the grassroots sive gres pro is committed to fuelling “a last December. Indivisible .” nda st the Trump Age network of local groups to resi p guide put together d out of a howtoresistTrum wne spa fit pro non l The nationa staffers. by two former Congressional 799077775/ facebook.com/groups/180680
Other Highlights Redneck Revolt, Red Youth Southwest Missouri, Real Love = Real Change