[Imc-newsroom] Fwd: CHICAGO EVENTS CALENDAR AUG 15 - SEPT 1

Thu Aug 15 08:30:21 CDT 2002

>To: NWRC2600 at juno.com
>Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 22:03:03 -0500
>Subject: CHICAGO EVENTS CALENDAR AUG 15 - SEPT 1
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>From: nwrc2600 at juno.com
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>CHICAGO AREA EVENTS CALENDAR
>Aug 15 – Sept 1
>
>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 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 16, Fri, Printer's Row Hyatt, 500 S Dearborn
>DR. TAYE WOLDE-SEMAYAT
>Hear the released prisoner of conscience &
>Former president of the Ethiopian Teacher Association
>Sponsor: Amnesty International Midwest
>Info: 312-427-2060 or aiusamw at aiusa.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, 4 pm - 8 pm, Fireside Bowl, 2646 W Fullerton
>NEW WORLD RESOURCE CENTER BENEFIT CONCERT
>Help support the best non-profit bookstore and meeting center ever.
>All ages, $5 cover, everyone welcome. Bands: Empyrean,
>Ejercito Sin Son, Ildescript, Head of Femur,
>Dead Hounds (formerly Johnny Underdog)
>Info: 773-227-4011 or nwrc_2600 at yanoo.com
>
>--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 17-18, 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 18, Sun, 2 pm, Warner Park, 1440 W Warner
>RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES
>Chicago Greens meeting & forum
>Info: 312-243-5619 or wesgreen at ripco.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 pm, Cafe Luna 1910 W 99th
>SOUTH METRO GREENS MEETING
>Info: 708-218-8434 or lionel at greens.org
>
>--Aug 21, Wed, 7:30 pm, Women & Children First, 5233 N Clark
>PASSED ON: AFRICAN AMERICAN MOURNING STORIES
>Author & Duke Prof Karla F.C. Holloway discusses book on
>how African Americans experience death & dying
>Info: 773-769-9299
>
>--Aug 22-28, Landmark Cinema, 2828 N Clark
>CHICAGO UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL
>Info: www.cuff.org
>
>--Aug 22, Thurs, 6 pm, 2502 W Division
>OPPOSE US WAR AGAINST IRAQ PLANNING MEETING
>Info: 773-278-6706
>
>--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 23, Fri, 6 pm, Heaven Gallery, 1550 N Milwaukee
>CAMPAIGN TO END THE DEATH PENALTY FILM FESTIVAL
>Screenings: End of the Nightstick, also 12 Minutes
>Party follows. Sponsor: Campaign to End the Death Penalty
>Info: PMill at prodigy.net
>
>--Aug 23, Fri, 7 pm, Facets Cinémathèque, 1517 W Fullerton
>FILM: EISENSTEIN
>Renny Bartlett’s drama of the radical filmmaker, thru 8/29
>Info: 773-281-4114
>
>--Aug 23, Fri, 7 pm, 7 pm, Autonomous Zone, 2129 N. Milwaukee,
>FILM: SACCO & VANZETTI
>Giuliano Montaldo's drama depicts the fate of the two radicals.
>Screening marks 75th anniversary of their execution
>Info: www.azone.org
>
>--Aug 24-25, Sat-Sun, 11:30 am, Music Box Theatre, 3733 N Southport
>FILM: FAHRENHEIT 451
>Francois Truffaut's version of the Ray Bradbury classic
>Info:  773-871-6604
>
>--Aug 25, Sun, 3 pm, St. Gertrude's, 1420 W Granville
>IL SCHOOL OF AMERICAS WATCH
>Info: 312-641-5151 or 8thday at claret.org
>
>--Aug 26, Monday, 4 pm
>AFFORDABLE HOUSING MARCH & TENT CITY
>for rent stabilization, set-aside programs, public housing
>March begins Roosevelt Hotel (corner Wabash & Roosevelt),
>ends at Millennium Park with overnight tent city
>Sponsor: Coalition for Fair Community Development
>Info: 773-292-4980 x 224 or fairdevelopment at hotmail.com
>
>--Sat, Aug 31, 6 pm, La Casita de Don Pedro, 2625 W. Division
>UNA VELADA POETICA
>Features Carlos Quiles, Eugenio Maldonado, Ariel Cuevas
>Info: info at boricuanacional.org or 773-342-8023
>
>--Sept 1, Sun, 3 pm, Grant Park
>THOUSAND MOTHERS PEACE GATHERING
>Info: 219-922-4804 or thisourworld at aol.com
>
>---September 11 Peace Events Calendar---
>Info: www.unitedforpeace.org/
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>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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>
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