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1/10/05

DAVID REES TO GIVE READING AT SLU; WORK ON EXHIBIT IN GALLERY

CANTON – Artist David Rees, author of the Internet and Rolling Stone 
comic strip "Get Your War On," will give a reading at St. Lawrence 
University in February. Seven prints from "Get Your War On" will be 
presented in the Richard F. Brush Art Gallery at the University from 
January 17 through February 19, in conjunction with the exhibition 
"Histories Are Mirrors: The Path of Conflict through Afghanistan and 
Iraq" by photojournalist Tyler Hicks.
	Rees' reading will be Wednesday, February 16, at 7 p.m. in 
Room 123 of the Griffiths Arts Center; it is open to the public, free 
of charge.
	All of the royalties from Rees' book compilations Get Your War 
On (Soft Skull Press, 2002) and Get Your War On II (Riverhead Books, 
2004) help support the Mine Detection & Dog Center Team #5 as they 
continue to work on clearance projects in western Afghanistan in the 
first and vital steps toward reconstruction.
	It is estimated that up to 300 people are injured or killed by 
landmines in Afghanistan every month – the highest rate in the world. 
More than 800 square kilometers of residential area, commercial land, roads, 
irrigation systems and primary production land are littered with mines 
and unexploded ordnance. See Rees' Web site, www.mnftiu.cc, for more 
information.
	Rees is also the author of My New Fighting Technique Is 
Unstoppable (Riverhead Books, 2003) and My New Filing Technique Is 
Unstoppable (Riverhead Books, 2004).
	This event is presented through the Carlyle and Betty Barnes 
Endowment Fund.
	For more information or to arrange individual or group tours, 
contact the gallery at 315-229-5174.


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