UPDATE!! Today is the second and last day of the Alphabet City Symposium series. Yesterday's panels were exceptional and today's promise to be just as good. Attend if you can.

Today's schedule is:

12:00 noon – 2:00 pm
Panel no. 3
Suspect Nations, the United Nations, and the Duty to Protect
George Bragues, Karen Connelly, Charles Foran, Paul Kingston, Rita Leistner, Vinita Srivastava (chair)

2:00 – 4:00 pm
Panel no. 4
Future Suspects
Marc Böhlen, Daniel Borins, Heather Cameron, Naomi Klein, Nandita Sharma (chair)

End of Update!!!


Editor John Knechtel launches volume 10 of his ongoing series "Alphabet City" this Friday night at the Drake and Gladstone Hotels on Queen Street West. The book launch and festival opening begins at 6:00 at the Gladstone moving to the Drake at 8:00 for a keynote address by Mark Kingwell.

What promises to be a great opening party with DJ Chris Alexander starts at 9:00 at the Drake. Admission is free.

An exhibition associated with the launch will open Friday at the Gladstone Hotel, second floor and run until Sunday.

The Alphabet City Festival continues until Sunday's closing party at the Drake. For more information go to the Alphabet City web site.