[Imc-newsroom] Fwd: CHICAGO EVENTS CALENDAR APRIL 11 - APRIL 29

[Peter Miller]

>To: NWRC2600 at juno.com
>Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 23:09:47 -0500
>Subject: CHICAGO EVENTS CALENDAR APRIL 11 - APRIL 29
>X-Mailer: Juno 4.0.11
>From: nwrc2600 at juno.com
>
>CHICAGO AREA EVENTS CALENDAR
>April 11 – April 29
>
>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
>-------------------------------------------------------
>Listings begin Thursday through following 2.5 weeks,
>includes submissions received by 5 pm Tuesday.
>To list events or subscribe: NWRC2600 at juno.com
>
>--April 11, Thursday
>18TH ANNUAL LATINO FILM FESTIVAL
>Continues through 4/17
>Info: www.latinoculturalcenter.org
>
>--April 11, Thurs, 3 pm, Loyola University
>Skyscraper Bldg Tea Room, 6363 N Sheridan
>WHY CAN'T WE ALL GET ALONG? THE CHALLENGE
>OF COMBATING INTERLOCKING OPPRESSIONS
>Panelists: Michael Eric Dyson, Martin F. Manalansan IV,
>Zine Magubane, & Glen Mimura
>Info: 773-508-3085
>
>--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 11, Thursday, 7 pm
>STOP ISRAELI TERROR:
>JUSTICE FOR PALESTINIANS
>Hyde Park: Unitarian Church, 5650 S Woodlawn
>Rogers Park: Loyola Park Fieldhouse, Greenleaf & Sheridan
>Wicker Park: Wicker Park Fieldhouse, 1425 N Damen
>Sponsor: International Socialist Organization
>Info: 312-458-9920
>
>--April 11, Thurs, 7:30 pm, Loyola University,
>Galvin Auditorium, Sullivan Center, 6339 N Sheridan
>GUSTAVO GUTIERREZ: VOICE OF THE POOR IN
>CONTEMPORARY THEOLOGICAL REFLECTION
>Liberation theology author discusses globalization
>Info: jjspeer at flash.net
>
>--April 11-12, Thurs-Fri, Blue Line UIC station
>RALLY: SUPPORT UIC'S GRADUATE STUDENTS
>4/11, 3 pm; 4/12, 1:30 pm
>Sponsor: UIC Graduate Employees Organization
>Info: lmpallad at uchicago.edu
>
>--April 12, Friday, 4:30 pm, Tribune Towers
>MARCH FOR PALESTINIAN RIGHTS
>Rally & march to Israeli consulate. Busses leave 3:30 pm
>from Mosque Foundation 92nd & Harlem; Chicago Islamic
>Center 3357 W 63rd; also 6000 W 79th
>Info: 708-774-9959, 773-619-6885,
>708-430-9731, 773-865-2849.
>
>--April 12, Fri, 5 pm, corner First & Lincoln, DeKalb
>DEKALB AREA PEACE GATHERING
>Rally against war, every Friday
>Info: garthliebhaber at hotmail.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 12-14, Fri-Sun, New York City
>Cooper Union, 51 Astor Place
>SOCIALIST SCHOLARS CONFERENCE 2002
>After 9/11: New Politics for Social Movements & the Left
>Info: www.socialistscholar.org/
>
>--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, 4 pm, Restaurant Decima Musa
>1901 S. Loomis
>HEALTH CARE FOR ALL!
>Hear Dr. Quentin Young, Andrea Plaut, Nate Holdren, &
>Carmen Velasquez speak in favor of the
>Bernadin Amendment to the IL State constitution
>Info: 312-850-4060
>
>--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 14, 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 14, Sun, 1 pm, corner Fullerton & Lincoln
>FOOD NOT BOMBS: MEALS FOR THE HUNGRY
>Help prepare & serve. Every Sunday.
>
>--April 14, Sun, 7:30 pm, St. Francis Catholic Worker
>4652 N Kenmore
>GUATEMALA & GLOBALIZATION
>Discussion with Beth Poteet, Chicago Religious Leadership
>Network on Central America & Chicago Sanctuary Alliance
>Info: 773-462-5073
>
>--April 15, Monday
>HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAYOR HAROLD WASHINGTON
>
>--April 15, Mon, 2 pm, UIC Addams Hall
>African-American Cultural Center, 2nd Floor
>UNDERSTANDING & EXPLAINING
>THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT
>Hear Dr Seif Da'na, Prof of Sociology,
>University of Wisconsin-Parkside
>Sponsor: Palestine Solidarity Group
>
>--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, 6:30 pm, New & Letters
>36 S. Wabash, Room 1440
>ISRAEL-PALESTINE CRISIS AT A BOILING POINT
>Presentation & discussion
>Info: 312-236-0799 or www.newsandletters.org
>
>--April 15, Mon, 7 pm, Loyola University
>Galvin Auditorium, Sullivan Library, 6525 N. Sheridan
>THE SOA & PLAN COLOMBIA
>Hear Fr. Roy Bourgeois & SOAW 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 16, Tues, 7 pm, Harold Washington College
>Room 806
>STOP ISRAELI TERROR:
>JUSTICE FOR PALESTINIANS
>Sponsor: International Socialist Organization
>Info: 312-458-9920
>
>--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, 3 pm, Loyola El Station
>FOOD NOT BOMBS: MEALS FOR THE HUNGRY
>Help prepare & serve, every Wednesday
>
>--April 17, Wed, 6:30 pm, DePaul University
>2320 N. Kenmore, SAC 161
>VIDEO: WORLD SOCIAL FORUM-PORTO ALEGRE 2002
>Part of 13 Reasons to Protest in DC program
>Info: www.geocities.com/reasonstoprotest/
>
>--April 18, Thurs, 1:30 pm, Loyola University
>Bremner Lounge, Centennial Forum, 6525 N Sheridan
>PERSPECTIVES OF THE MIDDLE EAST
>Sherry Wolf speaks on Israeli aggression
>Sponsor: Middle Eastern Student Association
>Info: anthony at starfone.com
>
>--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, Thurs, 5:30 pm, Loyola University
>Finnegan Auditorium, Damen Hall,6525 N Sheridan
>VIDEO: TRAGEDY IN THE HOLY LAND-THE SECOND UPRISING
>Documentary on origins of Israel and Palestinian oppression
>Sponsor: Middle Eastern Student Association
>Info: anthony at starfone.com
>
>--April 18, Thurs, 8 pm, Star Gaze, 5419 N Clark
>CHICAGO ANTI-BASHING NETWORK BENEFIT
>Info: CABNstopthehate at aol.com
>
>--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
>4/26: Chicago Cultural Center - Claudia Cassidy Theatre
>Info: www.palestinefilmfest.org
>
>--April 19, Fri, 3:30 pm, UIC Chicago Illini Union
>828 S. Wolcott
>WHY DO IDEAS MATTER
>Panelists: Timuel Black, Lonnie Bunch, Bernardine Dohrn,
>Gerald Graff, Richard Rorty. Part of
>Intellectuals-Who Needs Them conference
>Sponsor: Center for Public Intellectuals, UIC LA&S
>Info: www.uic.edu/las/las400/conference.htm
>
>--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
>Hear the Columbia University law professor & author
>Part of Intellectuals-Who Needs Them conference
>Sponsor: Center for Public Intellectuals, UIC LA&S
>Info: www.uic.edu/las/las400/conference.htm
>
>--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 Wal-Mart, march to Kirtland AFB for rally & speakers
>Sponsor: New Mexico Solidarity Coalition
>Info: 505-268-9557 or seallen4 at hotmail.com
>
>--April 20, Sat, 2:15 pm, UIC Chicago Illini Union
>828 S. Wolcott
>INTELLECTUALS IN TIMES OF CRISIS.
>Panelists: William Ayers, Douglass Cassel, Cathy Cohen,
>Salim Muwakkil, Barack Obama, Barbara Ransby.
>Part of Intellectuals-Who Needs Them conference
>Sponsor: Center for Public Intellectuals, UIC LA&S
>Info: www.uic.edu/las/las400/conference.htm
>
>--April 21, Sun, 1pm, No Exit Café, 6970 N Glenwood
>A PEOPLE’S EARTHDAY CELEBRATION
>Panels, speakers, etc
>Part of May Day/Another World Is Possible activities
>Info: 312-939-2359 or info at chicagogreens.org
>
>--April 21, Sun, 5 pm, Women & Children First
>5233 N Clark
>REBECCA CAMPBELL: EMOTIONALLY INVOLVED
>Author discusses book on impact of researching rape
>Info: 773.769.9299
>
>--April 22, Mon, 12 pm, UIC Chicago Room C
>SANDRA STEINGRABER:
>THE ECOLOGY OF PREGNANCY & BREAST MILK
>Author, ecologist, & activist discusses her book
>Sponsor: UIC Earth Month, UIC Women’s History Month
>
>--April 23, Tues, 11 am, Grace Place, 637 S Dearborn
>COALITION TO PROTECT PUBLIC HOUSING:
>3RD ANNUAL APRIL BRIEFING
>Invited guests: Alex Kotlowitz, Sudhir Venkatesh
>Info: 312-663-0960 or stacey at jcua.org
>
>--April 23, Tues, 6:30 pm, Agape House, 1046 W Polk
>ROGUES, REBELS & RUBBER STAMPS
>UIC Prof. Dick Simpson discusses his book
>Event benefits Agape House
>Info: 312-666-2676
>
>--April 24, Wednesday
>HAPPY BIRTHDAY MUMIA ABU-JAMAL
>Info: organizers at chicagofreemumia.org
>
>--April 24, Wed, 7 pm, Evanston Public Library
>1703 Orrington, Evanston
>FILM: AND AFTER THE TORTURE
>Documents consequences of repression in Chile
>Discussion led by torture survivor Mario Venegas
>Sponsor: Amnesty International Local Group 50
>Info: 773-338-6020
>
>--April 24, Wed, 7:30 pm, Women & Children First
>5233 N Clark
>NORA OKJA KELLER: FOX GIRL
>Author discusses novel on Korean children abandoned
>by departing American troops after the Korean War
>Info: 773.769.9299
>
>--April 26, Fri., 5:30pm, Daley Plaza
>CHICAGO CRITICAL MASS MONTHLY BIKE RIDE
>Part of May Day/Another World Is Possible activities
>Info: http://www.chicagocriticalmass.org
>
>--April 26-27, Fri-Sat, Clemente High School
>1147 N Western
>FAITH COMMUNITIES WORKING WITH
>LATINOS IN HIV PREVENTION
>Conference. Sponsor: Midwest Hispanic Health Coalition
>Info: MHHCfdiaz at yahoo.com
>
>--April 26-29, Fri-Mon, Washington DC
>AMERICAN JEWS FOR A JUST PEACE:
>RE-CLAIMING OUR COMMUNITY'S PRINCIPLES
>Conference to catalyze Jewish peace activists working for
>a just peace in Israel and Palestine
>Sponsor: Jews for Peace in Palestine in Israel
>Info: www.jppi.org
>
>--April 27, Sat, 9 am, Northwestern Medical School,
>Prince Faculty Commons, 16th floor, Tarry Building
>PHYSICIANS FOR A NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAM ANNUAL MEETING
>Info: www.pnhp.org, pnhp at aol.com, 312-782-6006
>
>--April 28, Sun, 10 am, Douglas Park
>corner Sacramento & Roosevelt Rd
>MARCH AGAINST WAR & FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE
>Part of May Day/Another World Is Possible activities
>Info: www.chicagosocialistparty.com/mayday/
>
>--April 28, Sun, 2:30pm, Northwestern University
>Pick-Staiger Hall, 1977 S Campus, Evanston
>HANAN ASHRAWI & SHULAMIT ALONI: WOMEN IN DIALOGUE -
>POSSIBILITIES FOR ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN PEACE
>Hear Palestinian spokesperson Ashrawi &
>Israeli parliamentarian Aloni. Tix $25
>Sponsor: Common Ground, AFSC.
>Info: 847-940-7870 or 312-427-2533 x18
>
>--April 29, Monday, 6 pm
>MONTHLY CALENDAR MAILING AT
>NEW WORLD RESOURCE CENTER
>Free monthly event calendar,
>2,500 subscribers. Details below.
>(Next mailing May 27)
>
>--April 29, Mon, 6:30 pm, New & Letters
>36 S. Wabash, Room 1440
>CELEBRATE MAY DAY 2002
>Discussion of 8-hour workday struggle & American roots of Marxism
>Part of May Day/Another World Is Possible activities
>Info: 312-236-0799 or www.newsandletters.org
>
>--April 29, Mon, 7:30 pm, North Park University
>Anderson Chapel, 3225 W Foster
>HANAN ASHRAWI & SHULAMIT ALONI discuss
>‘Negotiating a Just Peace In Israel & Palestine’
>Tix $10, seating limited
>Info: 773-244-5786
>
>--E-MAIL CALENDAR: To list events send title, date,
>time, location, phone & sponsor to NWRC2600 at juno.com
>by 5 pm Tuesday for events beginning Thursday
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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! No Monsanto, May Day, Haymarket, Che, more
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>
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