Civil rights activist Megan Cornish discusses her new book, Viva la Raza: A History of Chicano Identity and Resistance, which describes monumental labor battles, and focuses unique attention on women and Latina/o lesbians and gays. The volume is co-authored with Yolanda Alaniz and has a foreword by esteemed Chicana/o Studies Professor Rodolfo Acuña. Freedom Hall, 113 West 128 Street, Harlem. Southwest Supper, 6:30pm, $9 donation. Hosted by the Freedom Socialist Party and the National Comrades of Color Caucus. Everyone is welcome. For information or childcare: 212-222-0633, fsp@nyct.net, www.socialism.com.

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New York State citizens will march each day in support of soldiers and Iraq Veterans Against the War. Final march on May 17 will be followed by the Fort Drum Spring Festival. Free admission. Join us for any or all segments of the marches. Can't walk with us but want to support us? Checks can be made out to "Citizen Soldier" (write "Nation/May March" in memo), 267 Fifth Avenue, No. 901, New York, NY 10016. For routes and more information, see www.nysmarchesforpeace.org.

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"An Alternative Literary Festival," with a full weekend of events. Saints & Sinners was designed as an innovative way to reach the community with information about HIV/AIDS, particularly disseminating prevention messages via the writers, thinkers and spokespeople of the GLBT community, and to bring the GLBT literary community together to celebrate the literary arts. Tickets range from $15 to $100 for a weekend pass. One-day passes are available onsite and (until May 5) online. 504-581-1144

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Organist Jerry Nagano will play the keyboards of the Wonder Morton theatre pipe organ--all the bells and whistles--live! Jerry has been the organist at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium and the famed Ye Olde Pizza Joynt in the Bay Area, home of the "Wurlitzer in a Pizza Parlor" concept. In addition to a busy musical life, during the day Jerry is a Computer Systems Engineer for Stanford University. At the Arlington Theatre, 1317 State Street. Adult ticket price is $11, children and students free! The Santa Barbara Theatre Organ Society, 805-692-0939

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The second annual Houston Palestine Film Festival brings an honest and independent view of Palestine and its diaspora’s society, culture and political travails through the art of film. This group of groundbreaking cinematic texts rise above the degrading stereotypes or reductively politicized depictions of Palestinians. A major goal of the Festival is to directly expose our local community to the perspective of artists as a first step toward circumventing the many government and media filters that pollute our understanding of Palestine and the wider region. Visit www.hpff.org for more information.

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