[Imc-newsroom] Fwd: CHICAGO EVENTS CALENDAR APRIL 18 - MAY 5

Thu Apr 18 00:02:06 CDT 2002

>To: NWRC2600 at juno.com
>Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 23:06:10 -0500
>Subject: CHICAGO EVENTS CALENDAR APRIL 18 - MAY 5
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>CHICAGO AREA EVENTS CALENDAR
>April 18 – May 5
>
>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 18, Thursday
>SECURITY STATE SPRING POEM by Warren Leming
>Oh spring
so fair and green
>We salute you from our war machine
>Oh spring you subversive tool
>Of the terrorist network called Winter so cruel
>And if we lack the poetic knack
>Do not stab us in the back
>
>--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, 4:30 pm, Tribune Towers
>DEMONSTRATION FOR PALESTINIAN RIGHTS
>Busses depart 3 pm from Mosque Foundation 7360 W. 92nd,
>SANAD Organization 3302 W. 63rd St,
>Chicago Islamic Center 3357 W. 63rd St
>Sponsor: Coalition for Justice in Palestine
>Info: 708-774-9959, 773-436-7989, or 773-619-6885
>
>--April 19, Fri, 5 pm, Grant Park
>APRIL 20th BUS DEPARTS FOR DC
>Info: 312-641-5151 or 312-566-9780.
>
>--April 19, Fri, 5 pm, corner First & Lincoln, DeKalb
>DEKALB AREA PEACE GATHERING
>Rally against war, every Friday
>Info: garthliebhaber at hotmail.com
>
>--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, Fri, 9 pm, HotHouse, 31 E Balbo
>TRIBUTE TO GIL SCOTT HERON
>With Marvin Tate's D-Settlement, Family Tree,
>& poets Tera Betts, Ronnie Reese, & Mario
>Info: www.hothouse.net
>
>--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 20-21, 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
>
>--April 21, 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 21, Sun, 1 pm, corner Fullerton & Lincoln
>FOOD NOT BOMBS: MEALS FOR THE HUNGRY
>Help prepare & serve. Every Sunday.
>
>--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 22, Mon, 4 pm, various Chicago locactions
>PASS THE COAL TO CITY HALL!
>Human chain to stop coal-burning power plants
>Sponsor: Connecting Communities for a Cleaner Chicago
>Info: www.connect-chicago.org/
>
>--April 22, Mon, 7pm, Transitions Bookplace
>1000 W North
>THE CULTURE OF MAKE BELIEVE
>Hear author Derrick Jensen
>Info: 312.951-7323
>
>--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, 3 pm, Loyola El Station
>FOOD NOT BOMBS: MEALS FOR THE HUNGRY
>Help prepare & serve, every Wednesday
>
>--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 24, Wed, 8:30 pm, Loyola University
>Centennial Forum Chamber Room, 6525 N Sheridan
>FATAL HARVEST:
>THE TRAGEDY OF INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE
>Hear Christie Phillips of Organic Consumers Association
>on impact of global industrial farming system
>Info: ehf at bookbeast.com
>
>--April 25, Thurs, 5 pm, Smart Museum of Art
>5550 S. Greenwood
>OPENING RECEPTION: CRITICAL MASS
>Project explores connections between art & activism
>Info: 773-702-0200 or www.smartmuseum.uchicago.edu
>
>--April 25, Thurs, 7:30 pm, DePaul University, room tba
>YALI AMIT
>Hear the former Israeli refuser on the history of the refusers
>movement, the IDF, consequences of refusal, etc
>Info: steven at stevenfeuerstein.com
>
>--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 27, Sat, 11 am, UNITE Hall, 333 S Ashland
>WORKSHOP: BUSH'S FEDERAL BUDGET
>& THE FIGHT FOR NEW PRIORITIES
>Sponsor:  Action for New Priorities, AFSC
>Info/RSVP: 312-738-6209
>
>--April 28, Sun, 10 am, Third Unitarian Church
>301 N. Mayfield
>LOCAL STRATEGIES AGAINST ECONOMIC GLOBALIZATION.
>Hear Mike Prokosh of United for a Fair Economy.
>Info: 773-626-9385
>
>--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, Unity Temple
>875 Lake Street, Oak Park.
>LEILA SHAHID & SHULAMIT ALONI: WOMEN IN DIALOGUE -
>POSSIBILITIES FOR ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN PEACE
>Hear Palestinian spokesperson Shahid &
>Israeli parliamentarian Aloni.
>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
>LEILA SHAHID & SHULAMIT ALONI discuss
>‘Negotiating a Just Peace In Israel & Palestine’
>Tix $10, seating limited
>Info: 773-244-5786
>
>--April 30, Tues, 6 pm, 8th Day Center for Justice
>205 W. Monroe, 2nd floor
>ARMED FORCES DAY DEMO PLANNING MEETING
>For Saturday, May 18th
>Info: 312-641-5151
>
>--April 30, Tues, 7 pm, Azone, 2129 N. Milwaukee
>VIDEO: THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE
>Documentary on the 1999 Seattle protests against the WTO
>Part of May Day/Another World Is Possible activities
>Info: www.chicagosocialistparty.com/mayday/
>
>--April 30, Tues, 7 pm, 57th St. Books
>JANE ADDAMS & THE DREAM OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY
>Hear author Jean Bethke Elshtain
>Info: 773-684-1300
>
>--May 1, Wednesday, Washington DC
>MAYDAY MOBILIZATION FOR LABOR RIGHTS &
>IMMIGRANT WORKER JUSTICE
>Sponsor: Farm Labor Organizing Committee
>Info: www.floc.com/mayday.htm
>
>--May 1, Wednesday, 6 am – 7 pm
>LOCAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COUNCIL ELECTIONS
>All eligible to vote with proof of residence
>
>--May 1, Wed, 7 pm, New World Resource Center
>2600 W Fullerton
>VIDEO: THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE
>Documentary on the 1999 Seattle protests against the WTO
>Part of May Day/Another World Is Possible activities
>Info: www.chicagosocialistparty.com/mayday/
>
>--May 1, Wed, 7 pm, HotHouse, 31 E Balbo
>MAY DAY EXTRAVAGANZA
>Forum on big business & government 1886/2002;
>Robert Hopper & others perform topical songs & poetry;
>performance of Cold Chicago, one-act Haymarket play
>Part of May Day/Another World Is Possible activities
>Info: www.chicagosocialistparty.com/mayday/
>
>--May 2, Thursday, 6 am – 7 pm
>LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL COUNCIL ELECTIONS
>All eligible to vote with proof of residence
>
>--May 2, Thurs, 7 pm, New World Resource Center
>2600 W Fullerton
>MAY DAY: WINDOW INTO SOUL OF AMERICA
>Discussion & presentation
>Part of May Day/Another World Is Possible activities
>Info: www.chicagosocialistparty.com/mayday/
>
>--May 3, Fri, 7 pm, New World Resource Center
>2600 W Fullerton
>MAY DAY: INTERNATIONAL WORKERS OF THE WORLD
>Video, music, discussion with the IWW
>Part of May Day/Another World Is Possible activities
>Info: www.chicagosocialistparty.com/mayday/
>
>--May 3-5, Fri-Sun
>COLD CHICAGO: A HAYMARKET FABLE IN CABARET FORM
>May 3, No Exit Café, 6730 N Glenwood
>May 4, Heartland Café, 7000 North Glenwood
>May 5, Quenchers Saloon, 2400 N Western
>
>--May 4, Sat, 1 pm, Teamsters Local 706 Hall
>300 S Ashland
>GLOBALIZATION FORUM GAME
>Sponsor: Jobs With Justice
>Info: www.jobswithjustice.org/
>
>--May 5, Sun, 2 pm, DePaul University, room tba
>HAGGAI MATAR
>Hear the leader of the 62 high school seniors who told
>Sharon they would not serve in the Occupied Territories
>& would refuse to serve in the military.
>Benefit for Yesh Gvul and New Profile
>Info: steven at stevenfeuerstein.com
>
>--May 5, Sun, 3 pm, Quenchers Saloon, 2400 N Western
>COLD CHICAGO
>Haymarket play by Warren Leming, benefit for
>New World Resource Center
>Info: www.chicagosocialistparty.com/mayday/
>
>--May 5, Sun, 4 pm, Hot House, 31 E Balbo
>PRISON ACTION COMMITTEE BENEFIT
>With novelist Sam Greenlee, poets Jamila-ra,
>Jeanne Towns, also music, theater, more. Tix $15
>Info: 773-874-7390
>
>--E-MAIL CALENDAR INFO: 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
>
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