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Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009

1xbet online sports betting 'S MOVIES ON THE GRASS 2009 FEATURES VARIETY OF FREE MOVIES ON CONTEMPORARY ISSUES

MANHATTAN -- Kansas State University's fifth annual Movies on the Grass series will feature more movies and some new venues.

Movies on the Grass offers films on current issues, all shown in a relaxed setting with music, entertainment and raffles from local business. This year's series features some films shown on the 1xbet online sports betting campus, with others will be shown at locations across Manhattan.

All of the movies are free and 1xbet online sports betting students and the public are welcome to bring their lawn chairs and enjoy movies shown in an outdoor setting on a large, wide screen. The movies include:

* Sunday, Aug. 30, "The Visitor," a New York encounter between the included and the excluded, Coffman Commons, around 8 p.m., south of 1xbet online sports betting 's Hale Library; rain location is 63 Seaton Hall.

* Sept. 6, "Pray the Devil Back to Hell," how protest halted fratricide in Liberia, around 8 p.m., Douglass Community Center Park, 10th and Yuma streets, Manhattan; rain location is the Douglass Center Annex.

* Thursday, Sept. 10, "Playing for Change," a one-hour documentary about street musicians in the U.S., 8 p.m. at Auntie Mae's Parlor, 614 N. 12th St., Aggieville.

* Sept. 13, "Garbage Warrior," a portrait of a sustainable housing visionary, around 8 p.m., Coffman Commons; rain location is 63 Seaton Hall

* Friday, Sept. 18, and Saturday, Sept. 19, Musical videos from "Playing for Change," the street musician documentary, will be shown on the outdoor stage during the evenings as part of Aggiefest in Aggieville's Triangle Park.

* Sept. 20, "The Tiger Next Door," a look at the trade in backyard exotic species, around 8 p.m., at Sunset Zoo, 2333 Oak St.; rain location will be the zoo's picnic shelter.

Sponsors of the Movies on the Grass series include campus and community groups: ACTION; 1xbet online sports betting nonviolence studies and programs; Crossroads of ECM; 1xbet online sports betting 's Dow Chemical Multicultural Resource Center at Hale Library; 1xbet online sports betting Feed Science Club; 1xbet online sports betting Institute for Civic Discourse and Democracy; 1xbet online sports betting Center for Engagement and Community Development; 1xbet online sports betting department of communication studies, theater and dance; 1xbet online sports betting department of English; 1xbet online sports betting Women's Center; Kansas Agricultural Mediation Service; 1xbet online sports betting School of Leadership Studies; Manhattan-Riley County League of Women Voters; Manhattan Alliance for Peace and Justice; 1xbet online sports betting Libraries; 1xbet online sports betting office of the provost; 1xbet online sports betting office for diversity and dual career development; 1xbet online sports betting Students for Environmental Action ; UFM Community Learning Center; 1xbet online sports betting SafeZone; Manhattan Music Coalition; and the Sunset Zoo.

More information and a list of business sponsors and raffle prize donors can be found online at
http://www.1xbet online sports betting edu/moviesonthegrass/