PL Sa Feb. 8, 1997 5p - The Weston-Halberstadt Family 2100 St. James Rd., RAL 27607 781-2132 From route 40 take exit for Lake Boone Trail, L, through Ridge Rd. light and Dixie Trail light, next L is Buckingham, R Runnymede, L St. James - right at corner; from NC State or Wade Ave., take Brooks Ave. north to end, R and immed L onto Runnymede, 1st R is St. James - on corner

M-Su Feb. 10-16 Random Acts of Kindness Week

PL Sa February 22 7p - Joint potluck with Triangle Friends of the United Farm Workers. Joan (pronounced Jo-Ann) Preiss of the T.F.U.F.W. will be talking on "Farm Worker Conditions and Strategies for Change". It is important for us to understand not just farm animal and environmental implications of our diet, but also to realize how the humans are treated who harvest what we eat. If you want more information, please contact Joan at 489-2659. $1 donation toward hall rental will be requested. Durham Friends Meeting Hall, 408 Alexander Avenue (near Duke University), Durham. From Chapel Hill, take 15/501 past South Square Mall; go past two bridges and at Hardee's L onto Nation Street; 1st L Vineyard to T and turn R onto Chapel Hill Rd.; L at 1st light onto Anderson; R onto Campus Drive; L Alexander; hall is almost immediately on L (park on street). Coming from Raleigh, take route 40 to 751 North toward Durham. Stay on 751 when it zigs onto University and then zags straight for Duke. R onto Campus Drive, L Alexander, hall on L. The hall has a phone - 286-4958.

PL Sa March 8, 1997 7:30p - Joint potluck with Kadampa Tibetan Buddhist Center at the home of Dr. Robbie Watkins, Center Director, at 103 Rosewall Lane in Cary 319-1637 (73571.701@compuserve.com). Robbie and Don Brown, Spiritual Director, will lead an interactive session about the relationship of Buddhism with compassionate living, non-violence, and vegetarianism. From route 40 in Raleigh, follow signs to highways 1 and 64 toward Sanford and Apex. Get off 1/64 on Cary Parkway and turn R onto Cary Parkway. Take the first L (Coorsdale), go about 1/3 mile; right after tennis courts on L, take the next L onto Rosewall. Robbie is in the second townhouse on the L. Parking is in the lot behind the townhouse.

Th March 20 - Great American Meatout.

Su April 20 - Earth Day

PL Sa April 26 6p - Dave, Renee, and Patrick Connelly 3 Bland Spring Place, Durham 27713 544-6372 Take route 40 to exit 274 for route 751 and go south toward Jordan Lake. Take the first left (Massey Chapel Road); take the first right into Stage Stop development; theirs is the first house on the left (red door)

Tu April 29 7p - Restaurant review, Zest Cafe. 8831 Six Forks Road, Six Forks Station, Raleigh 848-4792. Call April Smith, Restaurant Review Group coordinator, at (500)443-3580 for more information or to be put on the phone tree for the monthly reviews.

PL Sa May 3, 6p - CoHousing Potluck Members of Eno Commons, Arcadia, and possibly Blue Heron will present information about community living. For more information, contact Bill Davis or Jessie Handforth Kome of Eno Commons at (919)542-5190 or wjdiii@aol.com. (See our two cover stories on CoHousing and Intentional Communities.) $1 donation toward hall rental will be requested. Durham Friends Meeting Hall (directions above).

PL Sa May 17 6p - Audrey, Tony, and Johanna Nickel 489-2154 4133 Trotter Ridge Rd, DUR 27707 From 40 take exit for 751 (Jordan Lake) and turn toward Durham. Go about 1/2 mile to the second light and turn left onto Garrett Road. Pass Jordan High School; turn L into 2nd subdivision at Trotter Ridge Rd.; 1/2 mile on L (coming from Chapel Hill, you can also take 15/501 to Garrett Rd; Trotter Ridge will be about 2 miles on R) They were scheduled for a Sept. 7 potluck this past fall, but that was just after Hurricane Fran, so obviously it didn't take place!

PL Sa May 31 5-7p - Newlon Family 5807 Brisbane Dr., CH 27514 967-1652 Route 40 to exit 266 (route 86, Airport Rd); go N for about 1 mi; R Mt. Sinai Rd.; go .7 mi and L on Brisbane; 4th house on L (brick contemporary)

PL Su June 8 5:30p Vickie Martin, Dick Evans, and Emily, 1345 Brooks Ave., Raleigh 27607 787-7337 kids welcome from Chapel Hill and Durham, take 40E to Wade Avenue; at the first light (by Wellspring), turn L (Ridge Rd); shortly past Wellspring R onto Churchill; go several blocks to Brooks Ave. - they are at the inside of that intersection From downtown Raleigh, take Wade Avenue West to Brooks and turn R; they are several blocks on L just before Churchill

PL Sa June 28 6p - Preeti and Kamlesh Shah 412 Holly Berry Lane, Holly Springs, NC 27540 557-4421 (Priti and Kamlesh request RSVPs so they can plan accordingly). From Chapel Hill, Durham, or Cary, take route 55 South (you can pick up 55 right off of route 40 just west of RTP) toward and past Cary. Exactly 20 miles from the intersection of routes 54 and 55, enter Holly Springs and take a R onto Elm Street to enter Avent Acres subdivision. Go about a quarter mile and take a L onto Holly Berry Lane, a cul-de-sac. #412 is the 4th house on the R. From Raleigh, take 440 (Beltline) to US 1 North; from 1, take exit for 55 N (sign says Holly Springs) and L onto 55 N, then continue as above (you are about 5 miles from town).

Th June 26 - M June 30 - Animal Rights '97 National Convention. Sponsored by Farm Animals Reform Movement and featuring Tom Regan, Howard Lyman, and Michael Klaper. Registration $100 before May 27 ($125 after); contact FARM, P.O. Box 30654, Bethesda, MD 20824, (888)FARM-USA, farmusa@erols.com.

W July 2 - Su July 6 - 37^th Annual Convention of the American Vegan Society Olympia, Washington. For more information, call H.Jay Dinshah (AVS President) at (609)694-2887.

Th July 4 - Annual picnic at Dietrich & Eva von Haugwitz's Details and map TBA

W July 9 - Su July 13 Vegetarian Summerfest University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown (it seems to be about an 8-hour drive from the Triangle). North American Vegetarian Society, (518)568-7970, navs@telenet.net.

PL Sa July 19 6p - Heidi Zehnal and Mike Schiller Chapel Hill
Contact Dilip for details.

PL Sa July 26 7p Tracey Neilson, 308 N. East St. RAL 27601 833-5826 Wade Ave.; R exit to Capitol Blvd. exit (see sign "To Hwy 70/50"); within 1/2 mi take exit on R to Peace St. and turn left at exit bottom onto Peace; L onto Person for 1/2 block; R onto Boundary; 2 blocks R East St.; 2 blocks on L (park on street)

PL Sa August 9 7p - Joint potluck with Ethical Culture Society Durham Friends Meeting Hall (see directions above). We will either have a talk or, more likely, a panel discussion on some topic of interest to both groups. If you have any ideas and/or want to serve on a panel, please contact Dilip.

PL Sa August 23 7p - Tom and Nancy Regan 3509 Eden Croft Drive, RAL 27612 782-0006 near Crabtree; from CH/DUR, 40 E to Wade Ave. to Blue Ridge Rd. - L at light(actually Duraleigh); pass prison, art museum; R onto Blue Ridge; 1st light - R onto Glen Eden; 1 block L 3rd house on L - grey

PL M September 1 4-8p - Anna Cassilly and Terry Otto 933-6353 311 Boothe Hill Rd., Chapel Hill 27514 15/501 S from Chapel Hill about 6 mi to Lystra Rd (about a mile past light at Cole Park Plaza) - L; 1.8 mi R onto Boothe Hill; .3 mi to L fork; 1st driveway on L Labor Day party; if you have outdoor play equipment or a grill, call Terry or Anna if you can bring it. Come relax, take a hike in the woods, and play on Labor Day. We'll probably start eating around 6.

PL Sa September 6 5p Joy Anandi 15 Copper Hill Court, Durham 489-3340 Join Joy on her birthday weekend, enjoy her new deck, and celebrate the solstice! Vegan food only, please. Copper Hill is almost exactly a mile down Woodcroft Parkway from route 751 (from route 40 take 751 North, cross route 54, and turn right at the 2nd light just past Woodcroft Shopping Center).

F-Su September 26-28 - Culture and Animals Foundation's annual Compassionate Living Festival, Raleigh Holiday Inn 782-3739 Please note the 1997 date is slightly earlier than in past years.