The Meaning of Patriotism:
A Benefit for Kids' Beat & Listen With Your Eyes

Featuring Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now!

Friday, July 1, 2005, 7 pm
Rosendale Theatre, Main St.,
Rosendale, NY
$15 advance; $20 at the door

Including screening of Born on the Fourth of July, book signing, live music, and refreshments


Featuring

• a panel moderated by Larry Beinhart with veterans of the Vietnam & Iraq wars: Anita Cole, Jim Murphy, and Herbert Reed
• screening of the Academy Award-winning Born on the Fourth of July(1989)
• book signing
• tasty snacks
• live music

Following the reception the classic film Born on the Fourth of July (1989) screens. Starring Tom Cruise and directed by Oliver Stone, the movie is based on the true story of Ron Kovic's experience in Vietnam and its aftermath. A rare opportunity to see this stunning, nuanced film on the big screen.

About Amy Goodman and Democracy Now!
Award-winning journalist Amy Goodman is host of Democracy Now!. She is co-author of the national best-seller The Exception to the Rulers, written with her brother David Goodman. The book was chosen by independent bookstores as the #1 political title of the 2004 election season. The book was also chosen as one of the top 50 nonfiction books of 2004 by the editors of Publishers Weekly. Democracy Now! is a national, daily, independent, award-winning news program airing on over 300 radio and TV stations in North America.

About Larry Beinhart
Larry Beinhart is the author of novels and screenplays. He's also the co-host and one of the creators of In Your Face, a twice-monthly political talk, music and comedy show shot in Woodstock and distributed over the Dish Satellite Network by Free Speech TV.