[Imc-newsroom] Fwd: CHICAGO EVENTS CALENDAR AUG 8 - AUG 26

Thu Aug 8 08:44:42 CDT 2002

>To: NWRC2600 at juno.com
>Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2002 23:40:36 -0500
>Subject: CHICAGO EVENTS CALENDAR AUG 8 - AUG 26
>X-Mailer: Juno 4.0.11
>From: nwrc2600 at juno.com
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>CHICAGO AREA EVENTS CALENDAR
>Aug 8 – August 26
>
>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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>Really new books below!
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>[Calendar listings begin Thursday thru following 2.5 weeks,
>includes submissions received by 5 pm Tuesday. 600 subscribers.
>To submit events or subscribe: NWRC2600 at juno.com]
>
>--Aug 8, Thurs, 11:30 am, 1737 W Polk
>SEIU LOCAL 73 RALLY AGAINST JOB CUTS AT UIC
>Info: haywood at igc.org or 312-787-5868
>
>--Aug 8, Thurs, 5 pm, Blues Heaven Foundation, 2120 S Michigan
>JIMMIE LEE ROBINSON MEMORIAL BLUES SHOW
>Tribute to the great Maxwell Street artist.
>Live band with Honey Boy Edwards
>Info: 847-298-1246
>
>--Aug 8, Thurs, 6:30 pm, Stone Soup Cooperative, 4637 N Ashland
>TAKING LEAD TO ELECT NEW CHICAGO MAYOR FEB 2003
>Open meeting. Sponsor: Accountability Committee
>Info: 773-252-7653 or newmayor2003 at juno.com
>
>--Aug 8-10, 8 pm, American Theatre Company, 1909 W Byron
>DOPE
>Defiant Theatre’s comedy on the drug wars, thru 8/10
>Info: 312-409-0585
>
>--Aug 8-15, Siskel Film Center, 164 N State
>BLACK HARVEST INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF FILM & VIDEO
>Info: www.artic.edu/webspaces/siskelfilmcenter/black.html#race
>
>--Aug 8-11, Thurs-Sun, Boston MA
>5TH ANNUAL UNITED STUDENTS
>AGAINST SWEATSHOPS MINI-CONFERENCE
>Workshops, organizing, etc
>Info: 616-873-1000 or talkalot83 at hotmail.com
>
>--Aug 9, Friday
>NAGASAKI DAY
>Info: www.nuclearfiles.org/docs/bombing-hiroshima.html
>
>--Aug 9-12, Fri-Sun, Middle Tennessee State University
>STUDENTS TRANSFORMING AND RESISTING
>CORPORATIONS (STARC) CONFERENCE
>Hear Suzanne Pharr from Highlander Center, more
>Info: lauraclose at yahoo.com or www.starcalliance.org
>
>--Aug 9-15, Fri-Thurs, Facets Cinémathèque, 1517 W Fullerton
>FILM: YELLOW ASPHALT
>Drama depicts Israeli & Bedouin neighbors
>Info: 773-281-4114
>
>--Aug 10, Sat, 11 am, Bethlehem
>JOINT PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI DEMONSTRATION
>Freedom for both peoples, security for both peoples,
>peace between two peoples.
>Sponsor: Ta'ayush - Arab Jewish Partnership
>Info: http://taayush.tripod.com
>
>--Aug 10, Sat, 1 pm, Burnham Skate Park, 34th St & Lake Shore Drive
>VEGAN OUTREACH
>Great sandwiches & outreach
>Info: ADLChicago at yahoo.com or www.animaldefenseleague.com
>
>--Aug 10, Sat, 6 pm, 6210 N. Rockwell
>FOUNDATION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN GUATEMALA FUNDRAISER
>Screening of Digging for the Truth video, food, etc
>Info: (773) 250-3407 or www.fhrg.org
>
>--Aug 10, Sat, 7 pm, U.E. Hall, 36 S Ashland
>PEOPLE'S STRIKE AGAINST WORLD BANK/IMF
>Organizing for September rallies in Washington DC
>Sponsor: Chicago Direct Action Network
>Info: 773-250-3185 or ChicagoDAN at ziplip.com
>
>--Aug 10-11, Sat-Sun, 9 am, Oregon IL
>Ogle County Fairgrounds, 1440 Limekiln Rd
>ILLINOIS RENWABLE ENERGY FAIR
>careful, ComEd’s a co-sponsor
>Info: 618 893 1717 or sonia at essex1.com
>
>--Aug 12-16, Mon-Fri, York University, Toronto
>9TH INTERNATIONAL WOMEN & HEALTH MEETING
>Info: www.iwhm-rifs.org/
>
>-Aug 13, Tues, 7 pm, Palatine Public Library, 700 N North Court
>NW SUBURBAN CHAPTER OF SUSTAIN:
>STOP US TAX-FUNDED AID TO ISRAEL NOW
>Hear Mahmud Ahmad of Free Palestine Alliance
>Info: 847-359-7267or www.SUSTAINCAMPAIGN.org
>
>--Aug 14, Wed, 7 pm, Autonomous Zone, 2129 N. Milwaukee,
>FILMS: TONGUES UNTIED, also BLACK IS, BLACK AIN'T
>Info: www.azone.org
>
>--Aug 15, Thursday
>MONTHLY DIRECT MAIL CALENDAR DEADLINE
>New World Resource Center Monthly Calendar
>Info below or nwrc_2600 at yahoo.com
>
>--Aug 15, Thurs, 9 am, International Conference Center
>4750 N Sheridan
>ISLAM & LABOR CONFERENCE
>Info: 773-728-8400 ext 24
>
>--Aug 15, Thurs, 5 pm, Harold Washington Library, 400 S. State
>FILM: BEFORE NIGHT FALLS
>Life of gay Cuban poet Reinaldo Arenas
>Info: 312-747-4054
>
>--Aug 15, Thurs, 7 pm, Modern Bookstore, 3118 S Halsted
>OPEN MIC
>Sponsor: Young Communist League
>Info: 773) 209-6861 or Commiebear at yahoo.com
>
>--Aug 15-18, Thurs-Sun, University of Illinois at Chicago
>LEFT IN A STRANGE WORLD
>Young Democratic Socialists Summer Institute & National Convention
>Info: www.ydsusa.org/conference.html or 212-727-8610
>
>--Aug 16, Fri, Music Box, 3733 N Southport
>FILM: METROPOLIS
>Fritz Lang’s 1926 drama of worker revolts in year 2026. Thru 8/23
>Info: 773-871-6604
>
>--Aug 16, Fri, 7 pm, Agape House, 1046 W Polk
>WAR ON TERRORISM
>Panelists: Svend Robinson, New Democratic Party MP Canada;
>Hany Khalil, War Times Organizing Committee
>Sponsor: Young Democratic Socialists
>Info: www.chicagodsa.org.
>
>--Aug 17, Sat, Washington DC
>RALLY: MILLIONS FOR REPARATIONS
>Info: www.millionsforreparations.com
>
>--Aug 17, Sat, 2 pm, Shelter C, Old School Forest Preserve,
>St. Mary's Road, near Libvertyville
>LAKE COUNTY GREEN PARTY CONCERT
>
>--Aug 17, Sat, 5 pm, Hot House, 31 E Balbo
>CHICAGO COALITION AGAINST U.S. MILITARISM &
>PALESTINE AID SOCIETY FUNDRAISER
>Paintings, photos; performers include Carlos Cortez,
>Lani Montreal Pintig, Nikki Patin, more
>Info: 773-278-6706
>
>--Aug 17, Sat, Fireside Bowl, 2646 W Fullerton
>NEW WORLD RESOURCE CENTER BENEFIT
>Live bands, book sale
>Info: 773-227-4011 or nwrc_2600 at yanoo.com
>
>--Aug 17-18, Sat-Sun, 10 am, North Avenue Beach footbridge
>CHICAGO AIR & WATER SHOW: INFORMATIONAL PICKET
>Fund human needs, no to military spending
>Info: 773-275-9516 or www.8thdaycenter.org
>
>--Aug 17-20, Sat-Tues, Camp Chinqueka, Bantam, CT
>URPE 2002 SUMMER WORKSHOP / RETREAT:
>THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF WAR & GLOBAL RECESSION
>Hear Mimi Abramovitz, Bill Tabb, Wadi'h Halibi, more
>Sponsor: Union of Radical Political Economists
>Info: www.urpe.org
>
>--Aug 19, Mon, 9 am, Teamster City, 300 S Ashland
>SOCIAL SECURITY NO MATCH LETTER WORKSHOP
>How to protect union members. Sponsor: Chicago Federation
>of Labor, IL AFL-CIO, Jobs With Justice
>Info: 312-222-1000 or 312-241-1414
>
>--Aug 21, Wed, 7 pm, Sulzer Library, 4500 N Lincoln
>FILM: GAZA STRIP
>Documentary of Palestine under siege
>Sponsor: Ravenswood for Peace
>Info: ravenswood4peace at yahoo.com
>
>--Aug 21, Wed, 7:30 pm, Women & Children First, 5233 N Clark
>PASSED ON: AFRICAN AMERICAN MOURNING STORIES
>Duke prof. Karla F.C. Holloway discusses book on how
>African Americans experience death & dying
>Info: 773-769-9299
>
>--Aug 22, Thurs, 7:30 pm, Women & Children First, 5233 N Clark
>STEPHANIE MILLS: EPICUREAN SIMPLICITY
>Author discusses new book on life, ecology, & consumer culture
>Info: 773-769-9299
>
>--Aug 26, Monday, 4 pm
>AFFORDABLE HOUSING MARCH & TENT CITY
>for rent stabilization, mandatory set-aside program,
>increased support for public housing
>March begins Roosevelt Hotel (corner Wabash & Roosevelt),
>ends at Millennium Park with an overnight tent city
>Sponsor: Coalition for Fair Community Development
>Info: 773-292-4980 x 224 or fairdevelopment at hotmail.com
>
>---September 11 Peace Events Calendar---
>Sponsor: United for Peace, www.unitedforpeace.org/
>
>--CALENDAR INFO: Send event title, date, time, location,
>phone & sponsor to NWRC2600 at juno.com
>by 5 pm Tuesday for events beginning Thursday
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>
>WEEKLY EVENTS
>
>Thurs (August), 6:30 am, National St Metra Train Station, Elgin
>FOX VALLEY PEACE VIGIL
>Info: 847-742-6602
>
>Thurs, 7:30 pm, 2204 Green Bay Road, Evanston
>NEIGHBORS FOR PEACE WEEKLY MEETING
>Info: www.neighborsforpeace.org/
>
>Fri, 5 pm, First & Lincoln, City Clock Park, DeKalb IL
>DEKALB AREA PEACE GATHERING
>Info: garthliebhaber at hotmail.com
>
>Sat, 10 am – 3 pm, 1406 W Cullerton
>GIANT HUMANITARIAN BIKE SALE
>Info:708-466-6054 or www.geocities.com/workingbikes
>
>Sun, 12 pm, Water Tower
>END ISRAELI OCCUPATION OF PALESTINE
>Sponsor: Not In My Name. Info: www.nimn.org/
>
>Sun, 1 pm, corner Fullerton & Lincoln
>FOOD NOT BOMBS: MEALS FOR THE HUNGRY
>
>Tues, 6:30 pm, Ravenswood United Church, 2050 W Pensacola
>RAVENSWOOD FOR PEACE MEETINGS
>Info: ravenswood4peace at yahoo.com
>
>Tues, 7 pm, University Church, 5655 S University
>HYDE PARK COMMITTEE AGAINST WAR & RACISM
>WEEKLY MEETING
>Info: 773-377-5002 ext 5676 or hpstopwar at onebox.com
>
>Wed, 3 pm, Loyola El Station
>FOOD NOT BOMBS: MEALS FOR THE HUNGRY
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>
>NEW BOOKS AT NWRC:
>--Paper Stones: A History of Electoral Socialism, 24.95
>--Made in Indonesia; Indonesian workers since Suharto, $18
>--Can We Put An End To Sweatshops? $12
>--The Two Revolutions: Gramsci and the Dilemmas of Western Marxism. $9.50
>--Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial Justice, 17.95
>--Race Riot; Chicago in the Red Summer of 1919, $19.95
>--Behind the Poison Cloud; Union Carbide’s Bhopal Massacre, 8.95
>--Lost Ground; welfare, reform, poverty and beyond, $18
>--Detroit: I Do Mind Dying,$18
>--Resource Rebels: Native Challenges to Mining & Oil Corporations, $18
>--Water Wars: Privatization, Pollution & Profit, $14
>--The Imagination of the New Left: A Global Analysis of 1968, $20
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>
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>
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