[Imc-newsroom] Fwd: CHICAGO EVENTS CALENDAR FEB 21 - MARCH 11

Thu Feb 21 14:20:17 CST 2002

>To: NWRC2600 at juno.com
>Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 23:57:34 -0600
>Subject: CHICAGO EVENTS CALENDAR FEB 21 - MARCH 11
>X-Mailer: Juno 4.0.11
>From: nwrc2600 at juno.com
>
>CHICAGO AREA EVENTS CALENDAR
>February 21 – March 11
>
>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
>email: nwrc_2600 at yahoo.com
>Open Tues-Fri, 3-9 pm; Sat-Sun 12-7 pm
>-------------------------------------------------------
>[Calendar starts Thursday through following 2.5 weeks;
>includes submissions received by 5 pm Tuesday.
>To list events send info to nwrc2600 at juno.com]
>
>--Feb 21, Thurs, Block Museum of Art,
>Northwestern University, 1967 S Campus Dr
>JACOB LAWRENCE: PRINTS FROM THE SERIES
>‘THE LIFE OF TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE’
>
>--Feb 21, Thurs, 4 pm, UIC School of Public Health
>1603 W Taylor
>GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE FORUM
>ON HEALTH CARE
>Info: www.cbhonline.org
>
>--Feb 21, Thurs, 4 pm, South Loop Apartments
>1521 S. Wabash
>THE PEOPLE'S STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS
>Info: 312-663-0960 or interns at jcua.org
>
>--Feb 21, Thurs, 7 pm, A-Zone, 2129 N. Milwaukee
>TRIBUTE TO MALCOLM X AND BLACK HISTORY MONTH
>Info: 773-460-0237 or www.azone.org
>
>--Feb 21, Thurs, 7 pm, Ramallah Club of Chicago
>2700 N. Central
>STRANGERS IN THE HOUSE: RELATIONS OF
>HUMAN RIGHTS & POLITICS IN PALESTINE & ISRAEL
>with Raja Shehadeh
>Also 2/22, 12 pm, UC International House, 1414 E. 59th
>Info: 630-325-5870 or achase at uchicago.edu
>
>--Feb 21, Thurs, 7 pm, 57th Street Books
>1301 E 57th Street
>SHATTERED BONDS: THE COLOR OF CHILD WELFARE
>Northwestern Prof. Dorothy Roberts discusses her book
>Info: 773-684-1300
>
>--Feb 21, Thurs, 8 pm, Chopin Theater
>1543 W. Division
>TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
>Guild Complex sponsors this adaptation of Harper Lee's
>story of a black man accused of rape in 1930s South.
>Info: 312-278-2210
>
>--Feb 21, Thurs, 10 pm, WTTW Channel 11
>JUSTICE AND THE GENERALS
>Documentary explores human rights violations
>in El Salvador’s 1980s civil war
>
>--Feb 22, Fri, 12 pm, Immigration & Naturalization Service
>10 W. Jackson Blvd
>WOMEN IN BLACK PROTEST:
>NAME THE NAMES –
>NO MORE DISSAPEARED IN THE U.S.
>Info: chicagoWIB at aol.com
>
>--Feb 22, Fri, 5 pm, corner First & Lincoln, DeKalb
>DEKALB AREA PEACE GATHERING
>Rally against war, every Friday.
>Info: garthliebhaber at hotmail.com
>
>--Feb 22, Fri, 5:30pm, Daley Plaza
>CHICAGO CRITICAL MASS MONTHLY BIKE RIDE
>Info: http://www.chicagocriticalmass.org
>
>--Feb 22, Fri, 8 pm, A-Zone, 2129 N. Milwaukee
>RADICAL VIDEO SCREENING
>Documentaries on 9-11, IMF/World Bank
>protests in Prague, more
>Info: 773-460-0237 or www.azone.org
>
>--Feb 22, Fri, 9:30 pm, Heartland Café
>7000 N Glenwood
>CULTURAL SOLIDARITY NIGHT!
>Benefit for 2002 Conference on Justice &
>Global Solidarity. Music, spoken word, more
>Info: 312-427-2533 or dmaguigad at afsc.org
>
>--Feb 22-24, Fri-Sun, St. Scholastica High School
>7416 N. Ridge
>2002 CONFERENCE ON JUSTICE & GLOBAL SECURITY.
>Panelists: Medea Benjamin, Salim Muwakkil,
>Ali Abunimah, Soren Ambrose, Alex Cockburn, more
>Info: 312-427-2533 or www.grassrootsvoices.org
>
>--Feb 22-24, Fri-Sun, Columbia University, New York
>NATIONAL STUDENT ANTIWAR CONFERENCE
>Sponsor: People for Peace, Columbia Coalition
>Against War & Racism
>Info: www.antiwarconference.org
>
>--Feb 23, Sat, 10 am, Cullerton & Loomis
>northwest corner, behind the building
>GIANT BENEFIT BIKE SALE
>Bikes $20 to $50, to benefit humanitarian
>projects in Central America or the Caribbean
>Sponsor: Working Bikes
>Info: 708-466-6054 or workingbikes at yahoo.com
>
>--Feb 23, Sat, 1 pm, 1926 Exhibition Studies Space
>1926 N. Halsted
>PROJECT ENDURING LOOK:
>SAFE HOUSE/OPEN HOUSE
>Agit-prop installation with Global/Local 'Chews,'
>interactive Resource Room &web kiosk, Wall of
>Ephemera, cumulative community bulletin board, more.
>Info: Info: 773.665-4802
>
>--Feb 23, Sat, 2 pm, Rizal Center, Luzviminda Lounge
>1332 W. Irving Pk Rd
>SALU-SALO NG BAYAN PARA SA MGA BETERANO:
>RECEPTION HONORING FILIPINO WWII VETERANS
>Demand benefits for Filipino Veterans promised by
>US government 60 years ago. Sponsors: FACC, FilCRA,
>Chicago Network for Filipino Veterans’ Equity
>Info: 847-568-9338
>
>--Feb 23, Sat, 3 pm, Harold Washington Library
>400 S. State, Chicago Authors Room
>THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD IN ILLINOIS
>Author Glennette Tilley Turner discusses her new book
>Info: 312-747-4050
>
>--Feb 23, Sat, 3 pm, Siskel Theatre
>164 N State
>FILM: TIME OUT
>Laurent Cantet's gripping drama depicts the
>desperation of white-collar workers
>Info: 312-846-2600
>
>--Feb 23, Sat, 5 pm, 1926 Exhibition Studies Space
>1926 N. Halsted
>PROJECT ENDURING LOOK: VIDEO SCREENINGS
>Videos: Kabul, Kabul; 11th de Septiembre, 1973;
>A House in Jerusalem; Lockdowns up; many others.
>Info: 773.665-4802
>
>--Feb 23, Sat, 7 pm, Autonomous Zone
>2129 N. Milwaukee
>GRAND OPENING GALA: AUTONOMOUS ZONE
>Bands, etc. Tix $7-15
>Info: whatsgoingon at azone.org
>
>--Feb 23, Sat, 8 pm, Gable home
>905 Forest Drive, Evanston
>MEDEA BENJAMIN
>Tix $25 minimum, to benefit Campus Greens
>RSVP: 773-394-9720
>
>--Feb 24, 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/
>
>--Feb 24, Sun, 1 pm, corner Fullerton & Lincoln
>FOOD NOT BOMBS: MEALS FOR THE HUNGRY
>Help prepare & serve. Every Sunday.
>
>--Feb 24, Sun, 6 pm, Siskel Theatre
>164 N State
>VIDEO: JAZZMAN FROM THE GULAG
>Documentary chronicles jazz trumpeter
>Eddie Rosner’s persecution under Stalinism
>Info: 312-846-2600
>
>--Feb 24, Sun, 7pm, St. Francis Catholic Worker
>4652 N. Kenmore
>ROUND TABLE: LIBERATION ISSUES IN THE PHILIPPINES
>Info: 773-561-5073
>
>--Feb 25, Monday, 6-9 pm
>MONTHLY CALENDAR MAILING AT
>NEW WORLD RESOURCE CENTER
>Free monthly event calendar,
>2,500 subscribers. Details below.
>(Next mailing March 25)
>
>--Feb 26, Tues, 7 pm, University Church
>57th Street & University
>BUSH'S WAR AT HOME
>Panelists: John Donahue, Director of Chicago
>Coalition for Homeless; Audra Wilson, National
>Center of Poverty Law; Keeanga Taylor,
>International Socialist Organization; others.
>Sponsor: Hyde Park Committee Against War & Racism.
>Info: 773-377-5002 x5676
>
>--Feb 26, Tues, 7 pm, UC Social Sciences Building
>Room 122,  1126 E 59th St
>VIDEO: THE ACCUSED
>BBC documentary details Ariel Sharon’s role in the 1982
>Sabra & Shatila massacres. Sponsors: UC Students for
>Peaceful Justice, UC Arab Union, American Arab
>Anti-Discrimination Committee
>
>--Feb 26, Tues, 7 pm, Doc Films
>Ida Noyes Hall, 1212 East 59th St
>FILM: SHOAH
>Harrowing documentary on the Holocaust
>Info: 773-702-8575
>
>--Feb 27, Wed, 7 pm, Doc Films
>Ida Noyes Hall, 1212 East 59th St
>FILM: FULL METAL JACKET
>Stanley Kubrick’s Vietnam War drama
>Info: 773-702-8575
>
>--Feb 28, Thurs, Washington DC
>STEEL WORKERS RALLY
>Busses leave from District 7 on 2/27 evening
>Sponsor: United Steelworkers
>Info: wcarey at uswa.org
>
>--Feb 28, Thurs, 7 pm, UNITE HAll, 333 S. Ashland
>REPORT BACK: WORLD SOCIAL FORUM/BRAZIL
>& WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM/NEW YORK
>With members of New Priorities & Jobs with Justice
>
>--Feb 28, Thurs, 8 pm, Beat Kitchen, 2100 W. Belmont
>THE VELORUTION WILL BE WINTERIZED!
>Benefit for Chicago Bike Winter with Mr. Rudy Day,
>John Greenfield, & Warren Lemming
>Info: www.BikeWinter.org.
>
>--March 1, Friday
>INTERNATIONAL DEATH PENALTY ABOLITION DAY
>Anniversary of the date in1847 when the State of Michigan
>became the first English-speaking territory in the world
>to abolish capital punishment
>Info: www.cuadp.org/
>
>--March 2, Sat, 2 PM: Centuries & Sleuths Bookstore
>7419 Madison, Forest Park
>YOU CAN'T NOT DO IT: THE JOURNAL OF AN OLDER ACTIVIST
>Author Ruth Stamm reads from her new book
>Info: 708-386-6947
>
>--March 2, Sat, 4 pm, 2649 N Francisco
>WORKERS CENTER GRAND OEPNING
>Sponsor: Chicago Interfaith Committee on Worker Issues
>Info: 773-728-8400 or www.nicjw.org
>
>--March 2, Sat, 7 pm, Reza's Restaurant, 432 W. Ontario
>BENEFIT DINNER: NOT IN MY NAME
>Tix $30-$50
>Info: www.nimn.org or 312-409-4845
>
>--March 3, Sun, 1 pm, DePaul University
>SAC Rm 154, 2320 N. Kenmore
>WOMEN, GENDER & US MILITARISM:
>WHY ARE WOMEN'S VOICES BEING SQUELCHED?
>International Women's Day panel with speakers from
>Korea, Philippines, Palestine, Puerto Rico, U.S.
>Sponsor: Chicago Coalition Against U.S. Militarism
>Info: 773-278-6706
>
>--March 3, Sun, 3 pm, DePaul University
>SAC Rm 154, 2320 N. Kenmore
>CATHOLIC PEACEMAKING IN THE 21ST CENTURY:
>CHALLENGES & POSSIBILITIES
>Hear Dave Robinson, Coordinator of Pax Christi USA
>Info: 773-752-0672 or tpwebb at earthlink.net
>
>--March 4, Mon, 7 pm, McHenry College
>8900 Route 14, Crystal Lake
>PEACE & NON-VIOLENCE:
>ANOTHER WAY TO CONFRONT TERRORISM
>Hear Bishop Thomas Gumbleton
>Info: 815-455-3683
>
>--March 5-10, Chicago Theater
>BOYCOTT NON-UNION PRODUCTION
>OF ‘MUSIC MAN’
>Sponsors: AFTRA/SAG, Actors Equity,
>Chicago Federation of Musicians
>
>--March 6, Weds, 7:30 pm, Women & Children First
>5233 N. Clark
>YOU CAN'T NOT DO IT: THE JOURNAL OF AN OLDER ACTIVIST
>Author Ruth Stamm fdiscuuses her new book
>Info: 773-769-9299
>
>--March 7, Thurs, 6 pm, Center For Inner City Studies
>700 Oakwood Blvd
>VIDEO BENEFIT for TEAR DOWN THE WALLS
>‘Eyes of the Rainbow’ on Assata Shakur, also
>‘Police State’ on racial profiling
>Info: 773-794-5158
>
>--March 8, Fri, 12 pm, Daley Center
>INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY MARCH
>Theme: Women, Gender & Militarism
>Sponsor: Chicago Coalition Against US Militarism
>Info: 773-278-6706
>
>--March 8, Fri, 7 pm, DePaul University
>Schmitt Academic Center, 2320 N. Kenmore, Rm 254
>FILM: HEARTS & MINDS
>The definitive documentary on the Vietnam War
>Sponsor: Chicago Coalition Against U.S. Militarism,
>DePaul Student Activist Union
>Info: 773-278-6706
>
>--March 8, Fri, 8 pm, Heartland Cafe
>7000 N. Glenwood
>CARAVAN SEND-OFF:
>PASTORS FOR PEACE HUMANITARAN AID
>to Chiapas, Honduras, and Nicaragua
>Music by Colectiva Musical, others.
>
>--March 8-9, Fri-Sat, St. Paul, Minnesota
>Weyerhaueser Chapel, Macalester College
>1600 Grand Ave
>LABOR EDUCATION COMMITTEE
>TENTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
>Speaker: David Montgomery, others
>Info: 651-696-6371
>
>--March 9-10,Sat-Sun, DePaul University
>SAC, 2320 N. Kenmore Ave
>DEATH SENTENCE 2002:
>INTERFAITH FORUM FOR HUMANITY
>Speaker: Sister Helen Prejean, others
>Info: http://deathsentence2002.home.att.net/
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>
>NEW BOOKS AT NWRC:
>
>--NEW PAMPHLETS $1 EACH: Rosa Luxemburg, MLK,
>Barbara Deming, A. J. Muste, Emma Goldman, Paul Goodman,
>Sid Lens, Jeannette Rankin, David McReynolds, more
>--The New Intifada: Resisting Israel's Apartheid, intro by Chomsky, $20
>--The Swiss, the Gold, and the Dead: How Swiss Bankers
>Helped Finance the Nazi War Machine, $13.95
>--The Culture of Terrorism, Chomsky, $16
>--Sweatshop Warriors: Immigrant Women Workers
>Take on the Global Factory, $18
>--The Catholic Church & 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
>--Global Village or Global Pillage, 2nd edition, $16
>--Profit Over People: Neoliberalism and Global Order,
>Chomsky, $15.95
>--Autobiography of a People: Three Centuries
>of African American History Told By Those Who Lived It, $15
>--Workers and Peasants in the Modern Middle East, $19.95
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>
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>located storefront that’s hosted hundreds of public meetings.
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>stop, #74 Fullerton bus); street-side parking available;
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>Phone (773) 227 4011 or nwrc_2600 at yahoo.com.
>
>MONTHLY CALENDAR MAILING: NWRC produces a monthly postal
>mailing (2,500 subscribers) containing a calendar of events around
>the region. Groups, organizers and activists use this as an effective
>& affordable outreach tool & essential complement to internet media.
>
>--TO SUBSCRIBE: calendar mailing subscriptions are free, so
>send your postal address. TO LIST YOUR EVENT OR INCLUDE
>A FLYER IN THE MAILING, call 773-227-4011. The cost for listing
>an event in the calendar is $25/quarter page, $50/half page,
>$100 full page. To include a flyer, bring two people, 2,500 leaflets
>and $50 on the last Monday of every month (except July & December)
>to the bookstore at 6 pm sharp and be prepared to stay & help until 9 pm.
>
>
>WHO WE ARE: The New World Resource Center is Chicago’s oldest
>independent left-wing & labor bookstore and meeting center, providing
>books, periodicals, t-shirts, etc. to progressives and activists. Founded
>
>in 1971, NWRC is owned and operated by a not-for-profit collective.
>Volunteers always welcome; phone (773) 227-4011 for info.
>
>THANKS to everyone for your support.
>
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