[Imc-newsroom] Fwd: CHICAGO EVENTS CALENDAR APRIL 4 - APRIL 21

[Peter Miller]

>To: NWRC2600 at juno.com
>Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 23:43:47 -0600
>Subject: CHICAGO EVENTS CALENDAR APRIL 4 - APRIL 21
>X-Mailer: Juno 4.0.11
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>CHICAGO AREA EVENTS CALENDAR
>April 4 – April 21
>
>Sponsored by: New World Resource Center
>A Non-Profit Bookstore and Meeting Center
>2600 West Fullerton, Chicago IL USA 60647
>(773) 227 4011; (773) 489-5942 fax
>Open Tues-Fri, 3-9 pm; Sat-Sun 12-7 pm
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>[Listings begin Thursday through following 2.5 weeks,
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>
>--April 4, Thursday
>NATIONAL STUDENT LABOR DAY OF ACTION
>34th anniversary of assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.,
>murdered while supporting striking sanitation workers
>Sponsor: Jobs With Justice
>Info: www.jwj.org
>
>--April 4, Thurs, 3:30 pm, City Hall, Randolph & Clark
>RALLY: SAVE CITY COLLEGE STUDENT COUNSELORS
>Info: bnichols at uchicago.edu or ella at uchicago.edu
>
>--April 4, Thurs, 6:30 pm, DePaul University,
>2320 N. Kenmore, SAC 161
>VIDEO: DARK CIRCLE
>Previously censored footage of post-holocaust Hiroshima
>Part of 13 Reasons to Protest in DC program
>Info: www.geocities.com/reasonstoprotest/
>
>--April 4, Thurs, 7 pm, New World Resource Center
>2600 W. Fullerton
>VIDEO: MAY DAY VS LABOR DAY
>Chicago-produced doc examines impressions of the holidays
>Sponsor: Chicago May Day Coalition
>Info: htaggert at mc.net
>
>--April 4, Thurs, 7:30 pm, Women & Children First
>5233 N Clark
>MEREDITH TAX
>Author, historian, activist
>Info: 773-769-9299
>
>--April 4-12, Reynold's Club Marketplace
>UC Mandel Hall, 5706 S University
>THE CLOTHESLINE PROJECT
>Exhibit of shirts designed by women survivors of violence
>Sponsors: Feminist Majority, Resources for Sexual Violence Prevention
>
>--April 5, Friday
>18TH ANNUAL LATINO FILM FESTIVAL
>Through 4/17
>Info: www.latinoculturalcenter.org
>
>--April 5, Fri, 5 pm, corner First & Lincoln, DeKalb
>DEKALB AREA PEACE GATHERING
>Rally against war, every Friday
>Info: garthliebhaber at hotmail.com
>
>--April 5, Fri, 7 pm, Agape House, 1046 W Polk
>UIC GRADUATE EMPLOYEES ORGANIZATION
>BENEFIT CONCERT with Charlie King, Karen Brandow,
>Allen Schwartz, GEO Speedwagon
>Info: 312-666-2676
>
>--April 5, Fri, 6:30 pm, DePaul University,
>2320 N. Kenmore, SAC 161
>DR. MICHAEL MCINTYRE discusses war in Afghanistan
>Part of 13 Reasons to Protest in DC program
>Info: www.geocities.com/reasonstoprotest/
>
>--April 5, Fri, 7 pm, CG Jung Institute
>1567 Maple, Evanston
>GREG PALAST: THE BEST DEMOCRACY MONEY CAN BUY
>Author discusses his new book. 3 pm book-signing at Healing
>Earth Resources, 3111 N Ashland. Tix benefit Buy Back Our
>Government. Sponsor: This Is Hell radio, others
>Info: www.makethemaccountable.com/palast
>
>--April 5-6, Fri-Sat, Columbia University, New York
>HISTORY OF ACTIVISM CONFERENCE
>Info:  www.columbia.edu/cu/history/htm/h_dept_announce_5.htm
>
>--April 5-7, Fri-Sun, DePaul University
>SAC Room 154, 2320 N Kenmore
>COLOMBIA: RESISTANCE FROM THE BOTTOM UP
>Conference, workshops, etc
>Sponsor: Chicago Chapter, Columbia Support Network
>Info: 773-434-5748 or www.accion.net/csnchicago/
>
>--April 6, Sat, 9 am, UIC
>2002 MIDWEST REGIONAL SOCIALIST CONFERENCE
>Panelists: Gregory Palast, Amber Amundson,
>Rev. Graylan Hagler, Sharon Smith
>Sponsor: International Socialist Organization
>Info: 312-458-9920 or
>chicagosocialistconference2002 at hotmail.com
>
>--April 6, Sat, 1 pm, IBEW Hall, 600 W. Washington
>WORKERS' RIGHTS BOARD HEARING ON ECONOMIC CRISIS:
>SPEAKOUT FOR ECONOMIC FAIRNESS & JUSTICE
>Hear Barbara Ehrenreich plus testimony from Chicago
>union & community members. Sponsor: Chicago Workers
>Rights' Board & Action for NewPriorities, many others
>Info: 312-738-6209
>
>--April 6, Sat, 7 pm, UIC
>ANOTHER WORLD IS POSSIBLE
>Panel with Sept.11 family member Kelly Campbell, journalist
>Greg Palast, Rev. Graylan Hagler of Black Voices for Peace,
>Sharon Smith of International Socialist Review
>Info: www.isreview.org
>
>--April 6, Sat, 8 pm, Chicago Filmmakers
>5243 N Clark St, 2nd Floor
>FILM: POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENTS 2000
>Antonio Muntadas & Marshall Reese’s documentary
>of candidate TV ads from the 1950s to 2000
>Info: www.chicagofilmmakers.org
>
>--April 6, Sat, 8 pm, Martyrs’, 3855 N Lincoln
>BENEFIT CONCERT FOR CROSSROADS FUND &
>NUCLEAR ENERGY INFORMATION SERVICE
>Featuring Jeff Tweedy, many others
>Info: www.crossroadsfund.org/
>
>--April 7, Sun, 9:30 am, AZONE, 2129 N. Milwaukee
>CHI DAN DIRECT ACTION SKILL SHARE
>Workshops
>Info: 773-368 7933
>
>--April 7, Sun, 12 pm, Water Tower
>END ISRAEL'S OCCUPATION OF
>WEST BANK, GAZA & EAST JERUSALEM
>Every Sunday. Sponsor: Not In My Name
>Info: www.nimn.org/
>
>--April 7, Sun, 1 pm, corner Fullerton & Lincoln
>FOOD NOT BOMBS: MEALS FOR THE HUNGRY
>Help prepare & serve. Every Sunday.
>
>--April 7, Sun, 2 pm, Evanston Public Library
>1703 Orrington Ave, Evanston
>FILM: QUIET RAGE-THE STANFORD PRISON EXPERIMENT
>Documents study of effects of incarceration
>Discussion led by author Sara Paretsky
>Sponsor: Amnesty International Local Group 50
>Info: 773-338-6020
>
>--April 7, Sun, 7:30 pm, North Park University
>Viking Hall, corner Foster & Kedzie
>ROBERT FISK: 9/11 - ASK WHO DID IT, BUT
>FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE DON'T ASK WHY
>Hear the prize-winning journalist for the London Independent
>Info: 773-244-5786
>
>--April 8, Mon, 6:30 pm, DePaul University,
>2320 N. Kenmore, SAC 161
>VOICES IN THE WILDERNESS presentation on Iraq
>Part of 13 Reasons to Protest in DC program
>Info: www.geocities.com/reasonstoprotest/
>
>--April 8, Mon, 7 pm, University Of Chicago, Harper 130
>FILM: STILL KILLING US SOFTLY
>Followed by discussion of media's portrayal of women &
>gender stereotypes, facilitated by activist Janine Stone
>
>--April 9, Tues, 3 pm, DePaul University
>Richardson Library Rm 300, 2350 N. Kenmore
>ANTHONY MARX
>Historian & author discusses his work on race & nation building
>Info: 773-325-7510
>
>--April 9, Tues, 5 pm, Harold Washington Library, 400 S State
>NORMAN FINKELSTEIN
>Author of The Holocaust Industry discusses contemporary treatments
>of the Holocaust, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, & related
>Info: 312-747-4600
>
>--April 9, Tues, 6:30 pm, DePaul University,
>Cortelyou Commons ballroom, 2320 N. Kenmore
>DR. STEPHEN SCHWARTZ, editor of the Bulletin of
>Atomic Scientists, discusses US nuclear policy
>Part of 13 Reasons to Protest in DC program
>Info: www.geocities.com/reasonstoprotest/
>
>--April 10, Wednesday, Springfield, IL
>TOO FLAWED TO FIX LOBBY DAY: A DAY OF ACTION
>& ADVOCACY AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY
>Sponsor: Amnesty International Midwest
>Info: rschultz at aiusa.org or 1-866-A-REGION
>
>--April 10, Wed, 3 pm, Loyola El Station
>FOOD NOT BOMBS: MEALS FOR THE HUNGRY
>Help prepare & serve, every Wednesday
>
>--April 10, Wed, 6:30 pm, DePaul University,
>Cortelyou Commons ballroom, 2320 N. Kenmore
>LOCAL ACTIVISTS SPEAK OUT on the whys of April 20
>Part of 13 Reasons to Protest in DC program
>Info: www.geocities.com/reasonstoprotest/
>
>--April 10, Wed, 7:30 pm, New World Resource Center
>2600 W. Fullerton
>GILBERT ACHCAR:  BLOOD, OIL & BARBARISM –
>MIDDLE EAST & THE MAKING OF THE NEW WORLD DISORDER
>Hear the author & LeMonde Diplomatique journalist.
>Sponsors: Chicago Socialist Party, Chicago Solidarity,
>International Socialist Organization
>Info: www.chicagosocialistparty.com/achar
>
>--April 11, Thurs, 6:30 pm, DePaul University,
>2320 N. Kenmore, SAC 254
>MEXICO SOLIDARITY NETWORK discusses globalization
>Part of 13 Reasons to Protest in DC program
>Info: www.geocities.com/reasonstoprotest/
>
>--April 11, Thurs, 7pm, Hispanic Housing
>1402 N. Kedzie
>AFRICAN INFLUENCE IN PUERTO RICO & MEXICO
>Hear Prof. Alvaro Ochoa, Colegio de Michoacan, Mexico,
>& UIUC Prof. Arlene Torres. Sponsor: UIC Latino/Latin American
>Studies Community Series, Puerto Rican Cultural Center
>Info: alm1998 at mindspring.com
>
>--April 12, Fri, 6:30 pm, DePaul University
>Levan Rm 306, 2320 N Kenmore
>SOLIDARITY WITH THE FILIPINO PEOPLE:
>OPPOSING US MILITARY INTERVENTION
>Discussion & slide show
>Info: 773-988-2252 or jhtulloch at hotmail.com
>
>--April 12, Fri, 6:30 pm, DePaul University,
>2320 N. Kenmore, SAC 161
>CORPORATE MEDIA DEPROGRAMMING NIGHT
>Local media activists present videos on creative resistance
>Part of 13 Reasons to Protest in DC program
>Info: www.geocities.com/reasonstoprotest/
>
>--April 12-13, Fri-Sat, UIC Chicago Circle Center
>Room 605, 750 South Halsted
>THIRD ANNUAL HULL-HOUSE CONFERENCE
>Hull-House Magazine & the Chicago Cultural
>Front, 1930-1945. Many panelists & sponsors
>Info: jchall at uic.edu
>
>--April 12-13, Fri-Sat, New York City
>VIEQUES SUMMIT
>Info: 773-342-8023
>
>--April 13, Sat, 1 pm, Goshen College, IN
>1700 S. Main St., Goshen
>SOA PANEL DISCUSSION
>SOAW founder Father Roy Bourgeois & activist Linda Panetta
>debate representatives from the US Army
>Info: 219-535-7049 josiahgroff at yahoo.com
>
>--April 13, Sat, 6:30 pm, New World Resource Center
>2600 W. Fullerton
>STEVE YOUNG: MAXIMIZNG HARM
>Author discusses his book on failure of US anti-drug policies
>Info: 773-227-4011
>
>--April 13-14, Sat-Sun, 11:30 am, Music Box theatre
>3733 N Southport
>FILM: DR. STRANGELOVE
>Stanley Kubrick’s satire on cold-war militarism
>& nuclear insanity, sadly still relevant. Repeats 4/20-21
>
>--April 13-14, Sat-Sun, Loyola University
>SENSIBLE DRUG POLICY MIDWEST CONFERENCE
>Panels, workshops, etc. Sponsor: Students for a
>Sensible Drug Policy, National Lawyer's Guild
>Info: matwood at orion.it.luc.edu
>
>--April 15, Monday
>HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAYOR HAROLD WASHINGTON
>
>--April 15, Mon, 6:30 pm, DePaul University,
>2320 N. Kenmore, SAC 161
>PALESTINIAN SOLIDARITY GROUP
>Presentation with Dr. Seif Da'na
>Part of 13 Reasons to Protest in DC program
>Info: www.geocities.com/reasonstoprotest/
>
>--April 15, Mon, 7 pm, Loyola University
>Galvin Auditorium, Sullivan Library, 6525 N. Sheridan
>THE SOA & PLAN COLOMBIA
>Hear Fr. Roy Bourgeois & SOA director Linda Panetta
>Info: 773-973-9004 or peace at jesuits.net
>
>--April 16, Tues, 6:30 pm, DePaul University
>SAC Rm 154, 2320 N. Kenmore
>MICHAEL W. APPLE:
>MARKETS, STANDARDS, & INEQUALITY IN EDUCATION
>Professor & author discusses his book
>Info: (773) 325-4352
>
>--April 17, Wed, 12:30 pm, Harold Washington Library
>400 S State
>CHICAGO TENANTS RIGHTS
>Hear Ed Sacks, author of The Chicago's Tenant's Handbook
>Info: www.chipublib.org
>
>--April 17, Wed, 6:30 pm, DePaul University
>2320 N. Kenmore, SAC 161
>VIDEO: WORLD SOCIAL FORUM-PUERTO ALLEGRE 2002
>Part of 13 Reasons to Protest in DC program
>Info: www.geocities.com/reasonstoprotest/
>
>--April 18, Thurs, 5 pm, Harold Washington Library
>400 S State
>RICHARD WRIGHT: THE LIFE AND TIMES
>Hear author Hazel Rowley
>Info: www.chipublib.org
>
>--April 18-26
>CHICAGO PALESTINE FILM FESTIVAL 2002
>Documentaries, shorts, features
>4/18-21: Women In the Director's Chair
>4/22-25: University of Chicago-BSLC  l
>4/26: Chicago Cultural Center - Claudia Cassidy Theatre
>Info: www.palestinefilmfest.org
>
>--April 19, Fri, 5 pm, Grant Park
>APRIL 20th BUS DEPARTS FOR DC
>Info: 312-641-5151 or 312-566-9780.
>
>--April 19, Fri, 6 pm, Harold Washington Library
>400 S State
>PATRICIA WILLIAMS: INTELLECTUALS-WHO NEEDS THEM
>Hear the Columbia University law professor & author
>Info: (847) 242-9279.
>
>--April 19-21, Friday-Sunday
>JOEL KOVEL: THE ENEMY OF NATURE -
>THE END OF CAPITALISM OR THE END OF THE WORLD?
>Author discusses his new book
>4/19, 4 pm, Forum School for Creative Studies, 11024 S Bell
>4/19, 8 pm, FutureWorld Café, 1744 E 55th
>4/20, 1 pm, Harold Washington Library
>4/20, Lincoln Restaurant, 4008 N Lincoln
>4/21, 1 pm, No Exit Café, 6970 N Glenwood
>Info: www.chicagogreens.org
>
>--April 20, Sat, Nature Center
>Fullerton & Cannon Drive
>PROTEST CORPORATE GREEN-WASH
>Info: www.chicagogreens.org
>
>--April 20, Sat, 2 pm, Albuquerque, NM
>STOP THE WAR MARCH & RALLY
>Meet at Walmart, march to Kirtland AFB for rally & speakers
>Sponsor: New Mexico Solidarity Coalition
>Info: 505-268-9557 or seallen4 at hotmail.com
>
>--April 21, Sun, 1pm, No Exit Café, 6970 N Glenwood
>A PEOPLE’S EARTHDAY CELEBRATION
>Panels, speakers, etc
>Info: 312-939-2359 or info at chicagogreens.org
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>
>NEW BOOKS AT NWRC:
>--Can We Put An End To Sweatshops? $12
>--Whose Vote Counts? $12
>--The Other American: The Life of Michael Harrington, $14
>--Peace and Its Discontents, by Edward W. Said $12
>--War Against the Panthers: A Study of Repression,
>by Huey P. Newton $14
>--Terror In the Mind of God: The Global Rise of Religious Violence 16.95
>--Autobiography of a People: Three Centuries
>of African American History Told By Those Who Lived It, $15
>--Three Strikes: Miners, Musicians, Salesgirls, & the Fighting Spirit
>of Labor's Last Century, by Howard Zinn, Dana Frank, Robin D.G. Kelly,
>$23
>--Workers and Peasants in the Modern Middle East, $19.95
>--The Catholic Church and the Holocaust, 1930-1965, $14.95
>--You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History
>of Our Times, by Howard Zinn, $14
>--The Question of Palestine, by Edward W. Said, $14.95
>--Voices From A "Promised Land": Palestinian & Israeli Peace Activists
>Speak Their Hearts, $12.95
>
>T-SHIRTS ARE BACK! May Day, Haymarket, Che, tons more
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Peter D. Miller, Ph.D., Organizer
Illinois Education Association/NEA
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