[Imc-newsroom] Fwd: CHICAGO EVENTS CALENDAR FEB 28 - MARCH 17

Thu Feb 28 08:23:11 CST 2002

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>Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 22:38:41 -0600
>Subject: CHICAGO EVENTS CALENDAR FEB 28 - MARCH 17
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>CHICAGO AREA EVENTS CALENDAR
>February 28 – March 17
>
>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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>
>--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, 5 pm, UIC Illinois Room
>750 S. Halsted
>KATHLEEN CLEAVER: MEMORIES OF LOVE AND WAR
>Major voice in Black liberation movements
>of ‘60s-‘70s discusses her book
>Sponsor: UIC's Women's History Month
>Info: 312-413-1025
>
>--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 1, Fri, 5 pm, corner First & Lincoln, DeKalb
>DEKALB AREA PEACE GATHERING
>Rally against war, every Friday.
>Info: garthliebhaber at hotmail.com
>
>--March 1, Fri, 6 pm, Women & Children First
>5233 North Clark Street
>KATHLEEN CLEAVER - LIBERATION, IMAGINATION &
>THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY: A NEW LOOK AT THE
>BLACK PANTHERS & THEIR LEGACY
>Author and historian discusses her book
>Info: 773.769.9299
>
>--March 2, Sat, 1 pm, Hyde Park, London, UK
>STOP THE WAR COALITION
>NATIONAL DEMONSTRATION
>No to Bush & Blair’s war, stop US torture of prisoners,
>hands off Somalia and Iraq, stop the bombing now
>Info: www.stopwar.org.uk
>
>--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, 6525 W. Irving Park
>HOW TO GET A BETTER CONTRACT
>Teamsters for a Democratic Union seminar
>Info: richberg at igc.org
>
>--March 2, Sat, 4 pm, 2649 N Francisco
>WORKERS CENTER GRAND OPENING
>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, 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/
>
>-- March 3, Sun, 1 pm, Our Lady of Mercy
>4432 N Troy
>TACO BELL TRUTH TOUR
>Rally & welcome Taco Bell workers caravan.
>Also Taco Bell Boycott Festival with music, etc,
>at A-zone, 7;30 pm, 2129 N Milwaukee
>Info: 773-583-7728 or zapatasgunz at hotmail.com
>
>-- March 3, Sun, 1 pm, corner Fullerton & Lincoln
>FOOD NOT BOMBS: MEALS FOR THE HUNGRY
>Help prepare & serve. Every Sunday.
>
>--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 PERFORMANCE
>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 7, Thurs, 7 pm, Doc Films
>Ida Noyes Hall, 1212 E 59th
>FILM: OUR MAN IN HAVANA
>Graham Greene’s cold war send-up
>Info: 773-702-8575
>
>--March 8-10, Fri-Sun, New World Resource Center
>2600W. Fullerton
>INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAYS BOOK SALE!!!
>10% off new books, 25% off all sale & used books.
>Info: 773-227-4011 or nwrc_2600 at yahoo.com
>
>--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, 2:30 pm, UIC Chicago Circle Center
>Room 605, 750 S Halsted
>THE BEST OF INTENTIONS: THE POLITICS OF
>FOREIGN AID FOR AFGHAN WOMEN REFUGEES
>Hear Ingrid Mattson, Professor of Islamic Studies &
>Vice President of the Islamic Society of North America
>Info/RSVP: 312-413-1025
>
>--March 8, Fri, 3 pm, A. Montgomery Ward Gallery
>UIC Chicago Circle Center, 750 S Halsted
>EXHIBIT RECEPTION: BRINGING ART TO LIFE
>WOMEN AND THE ARTS AT HULL-HOUSE
>Through April 5
>Info: 312-413-1025
>
>--March 8, Fri, 6 pm, Taller Mestizarte
>1440 W. 18th St
>UNLEASH THE FURY OF WOMEN
>AS A MIGHTY FORCE FOR REVOLUTION
>Food, music, poetry, speeches. Sponsor: Revolution Books,
>Committee to Celebrate International Women's Day
>Info: revbookschi at yahoo.com
>
>--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, A-Zone, 2129 N. Milwaukee
>FIGHTING MCDONALDS & GLOBALIZATION
>Hear Dave Morris, one of the McLibel 2
>Info: www.mcspotlight.org or 312-682-2821
>
>--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, Sat, 9:30 a.m., Roosevelt University,
>400 S Michigan, Rm 320
>WOMEN CONFRONTING FUNDAMENTALISM &
>THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT AT HOME & ABROAD
>Panel of 5 scholars and activists, also
>performance of ‘Living in the Hyphen-Nation’
>Info: 773-262-5864 or j-boudart at northwestern.edu.
>
>--March 9, Sat, 12 pm, Rock-n-Roll McDonald’s
>Clark & Ontario
>McPROTEST
>Car pool to McD’s HQ leaves 1 pm
>Info: www.mcspotlight.org or 312-682-2821
>
>--March 9, Sat, 1 pm, The Abbey Pub
>3420 W. Grace
>VIDEO: FRONTIERS OF DREAMS AND FEARS
>Mai Masri’s drama about two Palestinian women
>Sponsor: Fight Back Newspaper
>Info: 773-583-2749
>
>--March 9, Sat, 2 pm, Third Unitarian Church
>301 N Mayfield
>FILM: KEVIN'S ROOM
>Gay & bisexual African-American men, the impact
>of HIV/AIDS, sexuality, the church, & family
>Sponsor: Advisory Council on Gay & Lesbian Issues, others
>Info: 773-533-5755
>
>--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/
>
>--March 12, Tues, 2 pm, UIC Chicago Circle Center
>Room 605, 750 S Halsted
>HEATHER’S MOMMY SPEAKS OUT
>Author Leslea Newman on the continuing controversies
>surrounding the 1990 book, Heather Has Two Mommies
>Info: 312-413-1025
>
>--March 13, Wed, 4:30 pm, A. Montgomery Ward Gallery
>UIC Chicago Circle Center, 750 S Halsted
>FILM: SALT OF THE EARTH
>Classic drama of striking Mexican American
>miners in New Mexico. Also screens 3/14 at
>Student Services Building, 1200 W. Harrison
>Info: 312-413-1025
>
>--March 13, Wed, 7:30 pm, Chopin Theatre
>1543 W. Division
>WOMEN”S SINGER-SONGWRITER SUMMIT
>Amina Norman Hawkins, Jacqueline Wilson,
>Ellen Rosner, Nikki Mitchell & Maggie Brown
>Info: 312-278-2210
>
>--March 14, Thurs, 7pm, Walter Payton College Prep
>1034 N Wells
>MICHAEL MOORE:
>STUPID WHITE MEN TOUR ACROSS AMERICA
>Info: www.michaelmoore.com/2002_0205.html
>
>--March 14, Thurs, 7 pm, Roosevelt University
>430 S Michigan
>WORKING WOMEN'S HISTORY PROJECT GALA
>Mother Jones Awardee: Yolanda Bobby Hall
>Tix $25-30
>Info: 773-472-2585.
>
>--March 15, Fri, 7 pm, DePaul University
>Student Union, Sheffield & Belden
>FREE THE 5 CUBAN ANTI-TERRORISTS
>Sentenced to solitary confinement by US courts
>Panelists: Gloria La Riva, Fenando Garcia, Jose Lopez,
>Stan Willis, Hakim Husien
>Sponsor: International Action Center
>Info: 773-465-0177
>
>--March 15-16, Governors State University
>lL Rt. 50 (Cicero Ave) & Governors Highway, Matteson
>THE GATHERING: MEETING FOR UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
>HISTORICAL ACTIVITIES IN ILLINOIS
>Info: www.ugrr-iura.org
>
>--March 15-17, UIC Chicago Circle Center
>750 S Halsted
>COLOR OF VIOLENCE II 2002:
>BUILDING A MOVEMENT
>Conference, panelists include Angela Davis,
>Cherie Moraga, others. Sponsor:
>Incite! Women of Color Against Violence
>Info: www.incite-national.org/
>
>--March 15-24
>WOMEN IN THE DIRECTOR'S CHAIR 21ST ANNUAL
>INTERNATIONAL FILM & VIDEO FESTIVAL
>Info: 773-907-0610 or www.widc.org
>
>--March 16, Sat, 3 pm, New World Resource Center
>2600 W. Fullerton
>COLD CHICAGO: A HAYMARKET FABLE
>Author Warren Leming reads from his new book,
>illustrated and accompanied by Carlos Cortez.
>Sponsor: Chicago Socialist Party
>Info: www.coldchicagocompany.org
>
>--March 17, Sun, 3 pm, No Exit Cafe
>6970 N Glenwood
>CHICAGO GREENS EARTHDAY PROTEST
>& CELEBRATION PLANNING MEETING
>Info: 312-939-2539 or brudner at arcologize.org
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>
>NEW BOOKS AT NWRC:
>
>--MARCH 8-10 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY BOOK SALE
>10% to 25% off new & used books
>
>--The Hidden War: A Russian Journalist's Account of
>The Soviet War in Afghanistan $14
>--Peace and Its Discontents, by Edward W. Said $12
>--War Against the Panthers: A Study of Repression,
>by Huey P. Newton $14
>--Shattering the Myth: Islam Beyond Violence 16.95
>--A Muslim Primer 14.95
>--Terror In the Mind of God: The Global Rise of Religious Violence 16.95
>--Puerto Rico: The Trials of the Worlds Oldest Colony 17.95
>--Autobiography of a People: Three Centuries
>of African American History Told By Those Who Lived It, $15
>--Claiming Earth: Blacks Seeking A Culture of
>Enlightened Empowerment 14.95
>--Three Strikes: Miners, Musicians, Salesgirls, & the Fighting Spirit
>of Labor's Last Century, by Zinn, Dana Frank, Robin D.G. Kelly, $23
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