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The Austin Parks Foundation needs 50 volunteers for switch grass planting at Guerrero Colorado River Park on Saturday, 8:45am-noon. For info: 477-1566 or gsanders@austinparks.org. The APF also needs volunteers to help produce Austin ParksFest, which will be at Auditorium Shores on Earth Day weekend, April 26-27. For that, e-mail tedsiff@austinparks.org.

A demonstration titled "The State of the Union: We Don't Want This War" will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 4:30pm, at the Congress Avenue bridge, in anticipation of President Bush's State of the Union address, which will air that night at 8pm. For more info, go to www.austinagainstwar.org.

The final lineup has been announced for the "Get Up, Stand Up, Rally for Our Rights" event Sunday, Feb. 2, 2-5pm at the Toney Burger Center. Speakers will include state Sen. Gonzalo Barrientos, Liz Carpenter, Molly Ivins, Austin Mayor Gus Garcia and his predecessor Kirk Watson, local NAACP head Nelson Linder, Rev. Joseph Parker, Rev. Rosie L. Johnson, Ahmad Zamer, Angela Valenzuela, Akwasi Evans, Will Harrell, UT professors Ray Marshall and Robert Jensen, and Doris "Granny D" Haddock. Activist photographer Alan Pogue (whose photos of life in Iraq were recently featured in the Chronicle) will present a photo exhibit. Music will be provided by Patrice Pike, Ruthie Foster, Los Lonely Boys, Albert & Gage, the South Austin Jug Band, and Guy Forsyth. Tickets are $10 in advance, $15 at the door; students and seniors are $8, and kids under 10 get in free. Tickets are available at Wheatsville Food Co-op, Eco-Wise, Cheapo Discs & DVDs, Waterloo Records, Curra's Grill, and Planet K. For more info, call 454-3109 or go to www.n2action.org. The event benefits the Gray Panthers of Austin and Hands On Housing and is sponsored by The Austin Chronicle, New Texas Magazine, and KGSR 107.1.