[Imc-newsroom] Fwd: CHICAGO EVENTS CALENDAR JULY 25 - AUG 11

Thu Jul 25 10:55:11 CDT 2002

>To: NWRC2600 at juno.com
>Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 22:55:34 -0500
>Subject: CHICAGO EVENTS CALENDAR JULY 25 - AUG 11
>X-Mailer: Juno 4.0.11
>From: nwrc2600 at juno.com
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>CHICAGO AREA EVENTS CALENDAR
>July 25 – August 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
>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]
>
>--July 25, Thursday
>CHICAGO HOTEL WORKERS
>CANNED FOOD DRIVE TO FILL STRIKE KITCHEN
>Chicago hotel workers HERE Local 1 contract expires 8/31
>Info: 312-663-4373
>
>--July 25, Thurs, Women & Children First, 5233 N Clark,
>ANNUAL BOOK SALE thru 7/28
>Info: 773-769-9299
>
>--July 25, Thurs, 7:30 am, Geneva Train station
>3rd St & South St, Geneva IL
>FOX VALLEY PLEDGE OF RESISTANCE PEACE VIGIL
>Info: 847-742-6602 or marysedrop at aol.com
>
>--July 25, Thurs, various times/locations, Chicago City Colleges
>STUDENTS & TEACHERS PICKET & RALLY AT CITY COLLEGES
>Decent pay & benefits for all teachers & coordinators
>-South Chicago Learning Center, 3055 E 92nd St
>-Olive-Harvey College, 10001 S Woodlawn
>-Daley College, 7500 S Pulaski
>-Lakeview Learning Center, 3300 N Clark,
>-Truman College, 1145 W Wilson
>Sponsor: AFSCME 3506.  Info: 773-935-5255
>
>--July 25, Thurs, 6:30 pm, New World Resource Center
>2600 W Fullerton
>TAKING LEAD TO ELECT NEW CHICAGO MAYOR FEB 2003
>Open meeting. Sponsor: Accountability Committee
>Info: 773-252-7653 or newmayor2003 at juno.com
>
>--July 25, Thurs, 7 pm, Quimby's Bookstore, 1854 W North
>RAHUL MAHAJAN: THE NEW CRUSADE -
>AMERICA’S WAR ON TERRORISM
>Hear the author & Texas Green candidate for governor
>Info: www.rahulmahajan.com/speaking.htm
>
>--July 25, Thurs, 8 pm, American Theatre Company, 1909 W Byron
>DOPE
>Defiant Theatre’s comedy on the drug wars, thru 8/10
>Info: 312-409-0585
>
>--July 25-28, Thurs-Sun, Newberry Library, 60 W. Walton
>NEWBERRY LIBRARY ANNUAL BOOK FAIR &
>BUGHOUSE SQUARE DEBATES
>Debates: 6 pm 5/26, 1 pm 5/27
>Info: 312-255-3510 or www.newberry.org
>
>--July 25-29, Thurs-Mon, San Francisco State University
>STRATEGIES FOR PEACE, EQUALITY & JUSTICE
>IN AGE OF GLOBALIZATION
>Tenth Anniversary Convention-Conference of
>Committees of Correspondence for Democracy & Socialism
>Info: www.cofc.org
>
>--July 25-Aug 4, Chicago Filmmakers, various locations
>CHICAGO LESBIAN & GAY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
>Info: www.chicagofilmmakers.org/reeling/
>
>--July 26, Fri, 8 am - 5 pm, Israeli Consulate, 111 E Wacker
>ALL DAY VIGIL: END US MILITARY AID
>FOR ISRAEL’S OCCUPATION
>Sponsor: Not In My Name
>Info: http://www.nimn.org/
>
>--July 26, Fri, 5 pm, Boeing, 100 N Riverside
>ANTI-BOEING DEMONSTRATION
>Protest the builder of the nuclear Star Wars system
>Info: 312-566-9780 or ilpeace at igc.org
>
>--July 26, Fri, 5:30 pm, Daley Plaza
>CHICAGO CRITICAL MASS MONTHLY BIKE RIDE
>Info: http://www.chicagocriticalmass.org
>
>--July 26, Fri, 6 pm, Taco Bell, Clark & Addison
>RALLY: BOYCOTT TACO BELL
>Support Florida tomato pickers
>Sponsor: Chicago Taco Bell Boycott Committee
>Info: 773 583 7728 or boycottthebell at yahoogroups.com
>
>--July 26, Fri, 8 pm, 3030, 3030 W Cortland
>LYRICS ON LOCKDOWN TOUR:
>SLAMMING THE PRISON INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
>With Eklypz, East Coast based Blackout Arts Collective
>Sponsor: Guild Complex
>Info: www.guildcomplex.com/
>
>--July 26-27, Fri-Sat, 6 am, Armory, North & Kedzie
>HOMELESS VETERANS STANDOWN
>Help prepare & serve food, & care for homeless Vets
>Sponsor: Vietnam Veterans Against War
>Info: vvaw at prairienet.org
>
>--July 26-28, Fri-Sun
>CUBA LABOR CONFERENCE
>Sponsor: US/Cuba Labor Exchange
>Info: 313-561 8330 or laborexchange at aol.com
>
>--July 26-28, Fri-Sun, John Marshall Law School, 315 S Plymouth
>PEACE ACTION NATIONAL CONGRESS
>With Dennis Kucinich, Rania Masri, Rahul Mahajan, more.
>Workshops, actions, etc
>Info: www.peace-action.org/home/
>
>--July 27, Sat, 4 pm, corner Blue Island & 18th St
>RALLY: SUPPORT AZTECA FOODS WORKERS'
>STRUGGLE FOR JUSTICE
>Sponsor: UE local 1159
>Info: (312) 829-8300
>
>--July 27-28, Sat-Sun, 1 pm, Facets Cinémathèque, 1517 W Fullerton
>FILM: GAZA STRIP
>Documentary focuses on ordinary Palestinians
>Info: 773-281-4114
>
>--July 28, Sun, 1 pm, Garfield Park Field House, 100 N Central Park
>WHO'S WATCHING WHAT YOU READ?
>Hear Judith Krug, Intellectual Freedom Director of
>American Library Association, also Cliff Kelly
>$25/$10 tix benefit Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights
>Info: 312-939-0675 or CCDBR at pobox.com
>
>--July 28, Sun, 3 pm, Bremen Café, 901 E Clarke St, Milwaukee
>PROGRESSIVE MEDIA WORKSHOP
>Sponsor: Independent Media Center-Milwaukee
>Info: 414-372-5273 or http://milwaukee.indymedia.org
>
>--July 28, Sun, 3 pm, Oak Park First United Methodist Church
>324 N Oak Park Ave
>CHURCH EDUCATION SUMMIT ON PALESTINE
>Help develop resources, strategies and action networks
>Info: 773-379-9328 or scottaaseng at hotmail.com
>
>--July 28, Sun, 7 pm, Wellington United Church, 615 W Wellington
>A CALL TO END SANCTIONS ON IRAQ
>Hear Hans von Sponeck & Kathy Kelly,
>Sponsor: Voices in the Wilderness
>Info: 773-784-8065
>
>--July 29, Mon, 7 pm, DePaul University, 2320 N Kenmore
>Schmitt Academic Center, Rm 161
>BUSH'S TERROR WAR: WHY IT'S WRONG, HOW TO STOP IT
>Hear Rahul Mahajan, Texas Green candidate for governor &
>author of The New Crusade: America’s War on Terrorism
>Info: www.rahulmahajan.com/speaking.htm
>
>--July 29, Mon, 7:30 pm, Fitzgerald’s, 6615 Roosevelt Rd, Berwyn
>GLOBAL CAMPAIGN TO REBUILD PALESTINIAN HOMES BENEFIT
>Live music, etc to aid Israeli Committee Against Home Demolitions
>& Jerusalem Center for Social and Economic Rights
>Info: amagoc at hotmail.com
>
>--July 30, Tues, 10 am, Dept of Housing, 318 S Michigan
>RALLY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING
>March to City Hall, 11:30 am rally at Thompson Center
>Info: 773-769-3232 or www.onechicago.org
>
>--July 30, Tues, 7 pm, Geneva Public Library
>127 James St, Geneva, IL
>FILM: TRAGEDY IN THE HOLY LAND, THE SECOND UPRISING
>New documneatary on issues of Palestinian land & identity
>Info: 630-232-0780 ext 251
>
>--July 31, Wed, 7 pm, Ravenswood United Church of Christ, 2050 W
>Pensacola
>FILM: HIDDEN WARS OF DESERT STORM
>Doc on Iraq and Gulf War 11 years after
>Info: ravenswood4peace at yahoo.com
>
>--July 31-Aug 4, Wed-Mon, Knoxville, TN
>STUDENT ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION COALITION
>SUMMER TRAINING INSTITUTE
>Info: 215-222-4711
>
>--Aug 1, Thurs, 7:30 am, Geneva Train station
>3rd St & South St, Geneva IL
>FOX VALLEY PLEDGE OF RESISTANCE PEACE VIGIL
>Info: 847-742-6602 or marysedrop at aol.com
>
>--Aug 1, Thurs, 6:30 pm, 5th City, 3350 W Jackson
>TAKING LEAD TO ELECT NEW CHICAGO MAYOR FEB 2003
>Open meeting. Sponsor: Accountability Committee
>Info: 773-252-7653 or newmayor2003 at juno.com
>
>--Aug 1-4, Thus-Sun, Kansas University, Lawrence, KS
>180/MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRACY AND EDUCATION'S
>3RD CAMPUS DEMOCRACY CONVENTION
>Info: www.corporations.org/180mde
>
>--Aug 2, Fri, 6 pm, 1180 N. Milwaukee
>VIDEO MACHETE: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND INTERNATIONAL DEBT
>Video programs
>Info: 773-546-1272 of www.videomachete.org
>
>--Aug 2-11, Siskel Film Center, 164 N State
>BLACK HARVEST INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF FILM & VIDEO
>Info: www.siskelfilmcenter.org
>
>--Aug 3-10, Dublin City University, Ireland
>WAR RESISTERS' INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
>Info: triennial2002 at wri-irg.org or http://www.wri-irg.org
>
>--Aug 5-19, Peaton Wood, Coulport, UK
>ANNUAL TRIDENT PLOUGHSHARES
>INTERNATIONAL DISARMAMENT CAMP
>Includes Hiroshima day blockade of
>Royal Navy’s Trident nukes at Falsane
>Info: 0845 458 2564 or www.viwuk.freeserve.co.uk
>
>--Aug 7, Wed, 8 pm, Annex 3, 3160 N Clark
>CHICAGO ANTI-BASHING NETWORK BENEFIT
>Music by Scott Free
>Info: 888.471.0874 or CABNstopthehate at aol.com
>
>--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 8-11, Thurs-Sun, Tufts University, Boston
>5TH ANNUAL UNITED STUDENTS
>AGAINST SWEATSHOPS CONFERENCE
>Workshops, organizing, etc
>Info: 202-no-sweat or www.InItTogether.org
>
>--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, 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 10-11, 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
>
>--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, 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, 7 pm, University Church, 5655 S University Ave
>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:
>--Disposable Children; America's Child Welfare System, $15
>--Can We Put An End To Sweatshops? $12
>--Facilitator's Guide to Participatory Decision-Making, 24.95
>--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
>--Be the Difference: A Beginner's Guide To Changing the World
>--Ecological Democracy, $16
>--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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