[Imc-newsroom] Fwd: CHICAGO EVENTS CALENDAR MARCH 14 - 30

Thu Mar 14 10:00:03 CST 2002

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>Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 22:17:52 -0600
>Subject: CHICAGO EVENTS CALENDAR MARCH 14 - 30
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>CHICAGO AREA EVENTS CALENDAR
>March 14 – March 30
>
>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
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>
>--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 14, Thurs, 7:30 pm, Women & Children First
>5233 North Clark
>ANDREA DWORKIN reads from her book,
>Heartbreak: The Political Memoir of a Feminist Militant
>Info: 773-769-9299
>
>--March 15, Fri, 5 pm, corner First & Lincoln, DeKalb
>DEKALB AREA PEACE GATHERING
>Rally against war, every Friday.
>Info: garthliebhaber at hotmail.com
>
>--March 15, Fri, 6 pm, Marquette School
>6550 S. Richmond
>ARAB AMERICAN ACTION NETWORK:
>CELEBRATION OF INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY
>Hear Dr. Ghada Talhami & testimonials from immigrant
>women & women of color. Many co-sponsors
>Info: 773 884 2246
>
>--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/festival/navfestival.html
>
>--March 16, Saturday
>BUSH IN CHICAGO
>Unknown schedule; check in at
>Chicago Indymedia for updates
>Info: http://chicago.indymedia.org/
>
>--March 16, Sat, 2 pm, Harold Washington Library
>400 S State
>JANE ADDAMS, THE CRITIQUE OF MILITARIZED
>SOCIETY & THE THEORY OF POSITIVE PEACE
>Purdue University Prof. Berenice A. Carroll leads discussion
>Info: 312-413-1025
>
>--March 16, Sat, 3 pm, New World Resource Center
>2600 W. Fullerton
>COLD CHICAGO: A HAYMARKET FABLE
>Author Warren Lemming reads from his new book,
>illustrated and accompanied by Carlos Cortez.
>Sponsor: Chicago Socialist Party
>Info: www.coldchicagocompany.org
>
>--March 17, 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 17, Sun, 12:30 pm, WIDC Theater
>941 W Lawrence, 5th Floor
>FILM: THE MAGIC OF RADIO
>Considers the airwaves, their ownership & possibilities,
>followed by panel discussion
>Info: 773-907-0610 or www.widc.org/festival/navfestival.html
>
>-- March 17, Sun, 1 pm, corner Fullerton & Lincoln
>FOOD NOT BOMBS: MEALS FOR THE HUNGRY
>Help prepare & serve. Every Sunday.
>
>--March 17, Sun, 2 pm, North Park Village Nature Center,
>5801 N. Pulaski
>PEACE THROUGH PERMACULTURE
>Discussion with Chicago Permaculture Group
>Info: 773-988-4294 or permigirl at yahoo.com
>
>--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
>
>--March 18, Mon, 6:30 pm, News & Letters
>36 S. Wabash, Room 1440
>INTERNATIONAL FEMINISM:
>FROM CHICAGO TO AFGHANISTAN
>Reports from Chicago International Women's Day
>Committee forum & INCITE!'s Color of Violence II
>2002 Conference
>Info: 312 236 0799 or nandl at igc.org
>
>--March 18, Mon, 7 pm, DePaul University
>Student Center, Rm 314B
>IL SOA WATCH MEETING
>April 20 mobilization
>Info: jjspeer at flash.net
>
>--March 19, Tues, 10 am, North Austin Branch Library
>5724 W. North Ave.
>LIFE OF IDA B. WELLS-BARNETT
>Sharon Jaddua plays scenes from the life of the Chicago
>African American journalist who launched the first
>anti-lynching crusade in the US
>Info: 773-746-4233
>
>--March 19, Tues, 7 pm, Roosevelt University
>430 S. Michigan
>CONNECTING THE DOTS: THE INDEPENDENT
>PRESS & THE ENRON SCANDAL
>Panelists: Alysia Tate, Joel Geier, David Moberg, Doug Henwood
>Sponsor: Independent Press Association Forum
>Info: 773-772-0100 x.229 or kreilly at inthesetimes.com
>
>-- March 20, Wed, 3 pm, Loyola El Station
>FOOD NOT BOMBS: MEALS FOR THE HUNGRY
>Help prepare & serve. Every Wednesday.
>
>--March 21, Thursday
>NO E-MAIL CALENDAR THIS WEEK
>Return 3/28
>
>--March 21, Thurs, 7 pm, 57th Street Books
>1301 E. 57th
>MEDIA UNLIMITED
>Todd Gitlin discusses his new book
>Info: (773) 684-1300
>
>--March 22, Fri, 6 pm, UIC Chicago Illini Union
>828 S. Wolcot, 2nd floor
>TEACHING CLASS TO ADULTS
>Canadian popular educator D’Arcy Martin on
>how to teach concepts of social class
>Sponsor: Chicago Center for Working-Class Studies
>Info: 312-996-2491
>
>--March 22, Fri, 8 pm, Al-Aqsa School
>7361 W. 92nd. St, Bridgeview
>DEFEND OUR RIGHTS - FREE RABIH HADDAD!
>Protest & rally. Sponsor:
>Chicago Coalition Against War & Racism
>Info: 888-471-0874 or nowarnoracism at hotmail.com
>
>--March 23, Sat, 1 pm, Roosevelt University
>400 S Michigan
>TALES FROM THE HOOD
>Performance, video & speakers examining Chicago's housing
>crisis, with En Mi Barrio (Video Machete), Teatro Callejero,
>Sisi Donald Mosby, House of Daniel Choir, Jose Lopez, more
>Info: 773-292-4980 x 224 or johnb at tenants-rights.org
>
>--March 23, Sat, 3 pm, Portage-Cragin Branch Library
>5108 W Belmont
>PROTEST WHITE SUPREMACIST MATT HALE &
>WORLD CHURCH OF THE CREATOR
>Sponsor: Anti-Racist Action Chicago
>Info: ara_chicago at ziplip.com
>
>--March 23, Sat, 7 pm, United Church of Roger's Park
>1545 W. Morse
>DEFEND OUR RIGHTS - FREE RABIH HADDAD!
>Protest & rally. Sponsor:
>Chicago Coalition Against War & Racism
>Info: 888-471-0874 or nowarnoracism at hotmail.com
>
>--March 23, Sat, 9 pm, Heartland Café
>7000 N Glenwood
>NELSON ALGREN BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
>With Bill Savage, Warren Lemming, Art Shay,
>Michael James, more. Music, poetry, oratory, etc
>Info: 773-465-8005
>
>--March 23-24, Sat-Sun, 9am, ICA, 4750 N. Sheridan
>ILLINOIS GREEN PARTY CONVENTION
>Info: www.chicagogreens.org
>
>--March 24, Sun, 1pm, Preston Bradley Center
>941 W Lawrence
>FILM: FRONTIERS OF DREAMS & FEARS
>Director Mai Masri will discuss her film about
>Palestinian refugees in Lebanon
>Info: 773-907-0610 or www.widc.org/festival/navfestival.html
>
>--March 24, Sun, 3:30 pm, Preston Bradley Center
>941 W Lawrence
>FILM: KABUL KABUL
>Director Sedika Mojadidi discusses her film about
>the civil war in Afghanistan
>Info: 773-907-0610 or www.widc.org/festival/navfestival.html
>
>--March 24, Sun, 5 pm, Women & Children First
>5233 North Clark
>WORKING WITHOUT UNIFORMS:
>SCHOOL NURSING IN CHICAGO, 1951-2001
>Helen Ramirez-Odell discusses her book
>Info: 773-769-9299
>
>--March 25, Monday, 6-9 pm
>MONTHLY CALENDAR MAILING AT
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>
>--March 27-29, Wed-Fri, Havana, Cuba
>TEAR DOWN THE WALLS: HUMAN RIGHTS CONFERENCE
>ON WINNING AMNESTY FOR U.S. POLITICAL PRISONERS & POWS
>Info: www.thejerichomovement.com/teardownthewalls/index.html
>
>--March 29, Fri, 12 pm, corner Michigan & Congress
>WALK FOR JUSTICE
>Info: 312-641-5151
>
>--March 29, Fri, 3 pm, Volunteer Plaza, Palatine
>Northwest Highway (Rt. 14) & Hicks Road
>NORTHWEST SUBURBAN INTERFAITH VIGIL
>TO ABOLISH THE DEATH PENALTY
>Sponsor: Amnesty International Group 259, others
>Info: 847-359-7267 or amnesty259 at yahoo.com
>
>--March 29, Fri, 5:30pm, Daley Plaza
>CHICAGO CRITICAL MASS MONTHLY BIKE RIDE
>Info: http://www.chicagocriticalmass.org
>
>--March 29, Fri, 8 pm College of Complexes
>FutureWorld Café, 1744 E. 55th St.
>LANCE SELFA of the International Socialist
>Organization discusses the war on terrorism
>
>--March 29, Fri, 9 pm, Phyllis' Musical Inn, 1800 W Division
>BAD DOG PRINT COLLECTIVE BENEFIT PARTY
>Music, food, etc
>Info: 312-829-9182 or baddogprintshop at aol.com
>
>--March 29 - April 1, Sydney, Australia
>GLOBAL REVOLT-GLOBAL LINKS: 2ND ASIA-PACIFIC
>INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY CONFERENCE
>Panelists: Dita Sari, Farooq Tariq, Sonny Melencio,
>Wilson Fortaleza, Powes Parkop, Maung Maung Than,
>Dr Nasir Hashim, Satya Sivaraman, Boris Kagarlitsky, others
>Info: www.global-revolt.org
>
>--March 30, Sat, 12 pm, Hyde Park, London
>CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISAMRMAMENT
>CND MARCH & RALLY against Star Wars program,
>nuclear weapons, US/UK foreign policy,
>ongoing bombing of Afghanistan
>Info: www.cnduk.org/campains/30march.htm
>
>--March 30, Sat, 2 pm, Harold Washington Library
>400 S State
>ISLAMIST WOMEN LEADERS OF IRAN:
>ESCAPE FROM FREEDOM OR FROM TRADITION
>Hear Janet Afary, Purdue University Professor of History &
>Women's Studies & author of The Iranian Constitutional Revolution
>Info: (312) 747-4050
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>
>NEW BOOKS AT NWRC:
>--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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