Read the book, then watch the adapted film, sponsored by the Brookline Library and Brookline Access TV. “Howl’s Moving Castle,” based on Diana Wynn Jones’ book, will be screened at BATV on Feb. 15, and will be discussed at the Main Library on Feb. 22, at 7 p.m. Bibliophiles should be 18 or over. Books will be available at the Main Library one month before the screening. Films will be shown at the BATV Theater every third Thursday and both the book and the film will be discussed the following week, every fourth Thursday, at the Main Library conference room.
With a talk show aimed at making social change, and plans to air short films “on everyday action that people can take to challenge the 1 percent,” Occupy Boston members are taking to the airwaves We want people to see what we are doing and become inspired,” said Occupy Boston TV member Bill Lewis at Brookline Access Television’s headquarters, where the group produces Occupy Boston Live.
Decked out in snorkels, fins, and scuba gear, more than 150 activists took to the streets of Boston’s financial district on Monday to call attention to “underwater” mortgages which they say are the root cause of the nation’s ongoing foreclosure crisis.
The demonstration – a joint effort made by members of City Life/Vida Urbana, MassUniting, and elements of the Occupy Boston and Wall Street movements – was met with curious looks from bank employees standing in the lobbies of Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase, and Fannie Mae. But organizers did catch the ear of City Councillor-At-Large Felix Arroyo, who last week announced a proposed ordinance that would require the city only conduct business with banks working to reinvest in Boston.
Filed last Wednesday, the Invest in Boston ordinance would ask city financial officers to review the banks in which the city stores its revenue – accounts that together total more than $1 billion. Arroyo says that the city should only do business with banks that are financially responsible at the local level