[Imc-newsroom] Fwd: CHICAGO EVENTS CALENDAR MAY 9 -MAY 26

Thu May 9 14:44:46 CDT 2002

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>Subject: CHICAGO EVENTS CALENDAR MAY 9 -MAY 26
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>CHICAGO AREA EVENTS CALENDAR
>May 9  May 26
>
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>--May 9, Thurs, 11 am, Capitol Bldg, Springfield
>WORKING PEOPLE'S MARCH & RALLY:
>REBUILD ILLINOIS CAMPAIGN
>Support immigrant rights, affordable housing,
>better schools, right to unionize
>Info: 312-427-2533 x20 or www.grassrootsvoices.org
>
>--May 9, Thurs, HotHouse, 31 E Balbo
>IN THESE TIMES 25TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY
>Hear Bob McChesney, Studs Terkel, Salim Muwakkil
>Laura Washington David Moberg, Joel Bleifuss,
>Susan J. Douglas, others. Book release party for
>Appeal to Reason: 25 Years In These Times.
>6:30 pm reception tix $100; 8:30 party tix $10
>Info: www.inthesetimes.com/25/party
>
>--May 9, Thurs, 8 pm, Stage Left Theatre
>3408 N. Sheffield
>THE GOOD WOMAN OF SETZUAN
>Brecht’s play about poverty & goodness
>Through 5/25
>Info: 773-883-8830
>
>--May 9-11, Thurs-Sat, Luck, WI & Clam Lake, WI
>ANTI-TRIDENT & ELF GATHERING AT
>THE NAVY'S SUBMARINE WARFARE TRIGGER
>Workshops, speakers, actions
>Info: anathoth at lakeland.ws or nukewatch at lakeland.ws
>
>--May 9-12, Thurs-Sun, UIC campus
>RADICAL WOMEN OF COLOR ORGANIZING CONFERENCE
>Info: www.nwaforchange.org/
>
>--May 10, Fri, 12 pm, Boeing Headquarters
>100 N Riverside, between Randolph & Washington
>PROTEST & VIGIL AT BOEING HEADQUARTER:
>NO TO MORE WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
>Sponsor: Voices in the Wilderness
>Info: 773-784-8065 or info at vitw.org
>
>--May 10, Fri, 12 pm, Thompson Center, Clark & Randolph
>RALLY: MOTHERS IN PRISON, CHILDREN IN CRISIS
>Sponsor: Chicago Legal Advocacy for Incarcerated Mothers, others
>Info: 312-332-5537
>
>--May 10, Fri, Holiday Inn Mart Plaza, 350 N. Orleans
>44th DEBS-THOMAS-HARRINGTON DINNER: DEFENDING
>LABOR RIGHTS, HUMAN RIGHTS & CIVIL LIBERTIES
>Thomas Balanoff, President SEIU Local 1; labor attorney
>Barbara Hillman; Douglas Cassel, Center for International Human Rights
>Cocktails 6 pm, dinner 7:30 pm, tix $45
>Info: 773-384-0327 or chiildsa at chicagodsa.org
>
>--May 10, Fri, 6:30 pm, Insight Arts,
>United Church of Rogers Park, 1545 W Morse
>AN EVENING WITH SURVIVORS OF BHOPAL
>Dow Chemical, new owner of Union Carbide,
>refuses to assume liabilities
>Info: 773-973-1521 or ahalyas at hotmail.com
>
>--May 10-12, Fri-Sun, Loyola University
>Rubloff Auditorium, Water Tower, 25 E Pearson
>GLOBALIZATION & SOCIAL JUSTICE CONFERENCE
>Sponsors: Loyola Dept of Sociology, Roosevelt U Economics Dept,
>Global Studies Association UK, Networking for Democracy
>Info: www.net4dem.org/mayglobal
>
>--May 10-12, Friday-Sunday
>MATCHES & MAYHEM
>Annual celebration of anarchist culture & struggle
>with book fair, film fest, debates, soccer, more.
>-Pulaski Park Field House, 1419 W Blackhawk
>-Autonomous Zone, 2129 N Milwaukee
>-Burr School, corner Ashland & Wabansia
>-Wicker Park, 1452 N Damen
>Info: 312-494-3455 or www.matchesandmayhem.org
>
>--May 10-12, Fri-Sun, HotHouse, 31 E Balbo
>HOTHOUSE 15th ANNIVERSARY WEEKEND
>5/10 David Young, 8 Bold Souls; 5/11 Ricardo Lemvo,
>Makina Loca; 5/12 Bill Frisell’s Intercontinental Quartet
>Info: www.hothouse.net
>
>--May 10-12, Fri-Sun, Berkeley, CA
>NO STAR WARS: INTERNATIONAL
>SPACE ORGANIZING CONFERENCE & PROTEST
>Panels, workshops, protests
>Info: www.space4peace.org
>
>--May 10-31, Siskel Film Center, 164 N State
>FILMS OF JORIS IVENS
>Retrospective of the pioneering radical filmmaker includes
>The Spanish Earth, classic doc of the Spanish Civil War
>Info: 312.846-2600 or www.artic.edu/webspaces/siskelfilmcenter/
>
>--May 11, Sat, 12 pm, Goldblatt's Building
>corner Leland & Broadway
>PEOPLE'S MARCH FOR THE WILSON YARD
>Help demand low-cost housing
>Sponsor: Community Of Uptown Residents
>For Affordability And Justice
>Info: www.edgeupgreens.org
>
>--May 11, Sat, 2 pm, Harold Washington Library
>400 S. State
>FILM: PUNITIVE DAMAGE
>Documentary on the struggles in East Timor,
>with discussion presented by East Timor Action Network
>Info: (312) 747-4050
>
>--May 11, Sat, 8 pm, Chicago Filmmakers, 5343 N Clark
>FILM: 900 WOMEN
>Documentary on female inmates at Louisiana Correctional Institute.
>Introduced by Joanne Archibald. Co-sponsor:
>Chicago Legal Aid for Incarcerated Mothers
>Info: 773-293-1447
>
>--May 12, 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/
>
>--May 12, Sun, 1 pm, corner Fullerton & Lincoln
>FOOD NOT BOMBS: MEALS FOR THE HUNGRY
>Help prepare & serve. Every Sunday
>
>--May 12, Sun, 7:30 pm, St. Francis Catholic Worker
>4652 N Kenmore
>POSSIBILITIES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN CHICAGO
>Hear Grant Newberger, Coalition for Public Housing
>Info: 773-561-5073
>
>--May 13, Mon, 11 am, Sheraton Hotel
>301 E. North Water, Columbus Drive & Chicago River
>PROTEST BUSH IN CHICAGO
>Free Palestine / No US Invasion of Iraq / US Out of Vieques
>& Colombia / Amnesty for Immigrants / Stop Racial Profiling
>Info: CABNstopthehate at aol.com or 312-738-6209
>
>--May 13, Mon, 7 pm, University of Chicago
>924 East 57th St, BSLC 115
>SIGNIFICANCE OF THE NAKBA & IMPLICATIONS
>FOR PEACE & RECONCILIATION
>Hear Ali Abunimah, Arab American Action Network
>Part of UC Students for Palestine/Nakba Week
>Info: yajoudeh at uchicago.edu
>
>--May 14, Tues, 4:30 pm, Thompson Center, Clark & Randolph
>MARCH FOR ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY
>Info: 773-955-4841
>
>--May 14, Tues, 7 pm, University of Chicago
>924 East 57th St, BSLC 115
>MY EXPERIENCE IN JENIN & RAMALLAH
>Hear peace activist Kathy Kelly
>Part of UC Students for Palestine/Nakba Week
>Info: yajoudeh at uchicago.edu
>
>--May 14, Tues, 7:30 pm, New World Resource Center
>2600 W Fullerton
>TRADING WILDERNESS:
>GLOBALIZATION’S ASSAULT ON THE WORLD’S FORESTS
>Hear Jason Tockman of American Lands Alliance.
>Also live music, discussion
>Info: 740-594-5441 or 773-227-4011
>
>--May 14, Tues, 4:30 pm, Thompson Center, Randolph & Clark
>MARCH AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY
>Sponsor: National Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression,
>Campaign Against the Death Penalty, Committee to Free
>Mumia Abu Jamal, others.
>Info: 312-849-2279 or http://naarpr.org/
>
>--May 15, Wednesday
>INTERNATIONAL CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS' DAY
>War Resisters' International Conscientious Objection
>& Conscription Documentation Centre
>Info: http://wri-irg.org
>
>--May 15, Wed, 10 am, Embassy Suites, Rosemont
>STOP POLLUTING PREGNANCIES
>FOR A TOXIC-FREE FUTURE
>Protest shareholders meeting of Stericycle Corp., largest
>US hospital waste hauler & incinerator operator
>Sponsor: Health Care Without Harm project
>Info: 312-738-6203
>
>--May 15, Wed, 3 pm, Loyola El Station
>FOOD NOT BOMBS: MEALS FOR THE HUNGRY
>Help prepare & serve, every Wednesday
>
>--May 15, Wed, 5 pm, Harold Washington Library
>400 S. State
>FILM: PALESTINE - A HOLOCAUST WAITING TO HAPPEN
>New documentary by Dennis Mueller
>Info: (312) 747-4050
>
>--May 15, Wed, 7 pm, University of Chicago
>924 East 57th St, BSLC 115
>FILM: JERUSALEM’S HIGH COST OF LIVING
>Hazim Bittar’s 2001 film of the Current Al-Aqsa Intifada
>Part of UC Students for Palestine/Nakba Week
>Info: yajoudeh at uchicago.edu
>
>--May 15, Wed, 7:30 pm, Women & Children First
>5233 N Clark
>THAT TAKES OVARIES! BOLD FEMALES & THEIR BRAZEN ACTS
>Authors read stories of courage
>Info: 773-769-9299
>
>--May 16, Thurs, 11 am, Chicago Historical Society
>1600 N Clark
>TRIBUTE TO STUDS TERKEL
>Studs turns 90. With Garrison Keeler, Gary Wills,
>Lonnie Bunch & David Schwimmer
>Info: (312) 642-4600
>
>--May 16, Thurs, 7 pm, University of Chicago
>924 East 57th St, BSLC 115
>THE RACE QUESTION & THE PALESTINIAN/ISREALI
>CONFLICT: TOWARDS A RESOLUTION
>Hear Columbia University Prof. Joseph Massad
>Part of UC Students for Palestine/Nakba Week
>Info: yajoudeh at uchicago.edu
>
>--May 16, Thurs, 7 pm, University of Chicago
>International House, 1414 E 59th St
>UNIVERSAL HUMAN RIGHTS & THE ISLAMIC MIDDLE EAST:
>CULTURE OR CULTURAL RELATIVISM?
>Hear Pace University Prof. Reza Afshari, author of
>Human Rights in Iran-The Abuse of Cultural Relativism.
>Part of Human Rights Alternatives in The Muslim World series
>Info: 773-702-9455 or sgzesh at uchicago.edu
>
>--May 16, Thurs, 7 pm, DePaul University
>2320 N. Kenmore, SAC Rm 154
>LIKE A MOTH TO THE FLAME:
>FRANTZ FANON'S ANTICOLONIALISM TODAY
>Hear Prof. Richard Delgado, University of Colorado School of Law
>Info: (773) 325-4352
>
>--May17, Fri, 12 pm, University of Chicago
>International House, 1414 E 59th St
>PHOTO EXHIBIT: THE ISRAELI
>REOCCUPATION OF PALELESTINE
>Part of UC Students for Palestine/Nakba Week
>Info: yajoudeh at uchicago.edu
>
>--May 17, Fri, 6 pm, Northeastern Illinois University
>Center for Inner City Studies, 700 E Oakwood Blvd
>MALCOLM X BIRTHDAY COMMEMORATION &
>AFRICAN LIBERATION DAY CELEBRATION
>Info: 708-389-9929
>
>--May 17, Fri, 6 pm, A-Zone, 2129 N. Milwaukee
>CHICAGO WOMEN'S HEALTH CENTER BENEFIT
>Bands, food
>
>--May 17, Fri, HotHouse, 31 E Balbo
>20TH ANNIVERSARY BENEFIT FOR CROSSROADS FUND
>Private reception 5:30 pm, general reception 6:30 pm
>Auction, music, etc. Tix $20 - $150
>Info: 773-227-7676 or www.crossroadsfund.org
>
>--May 17, Fri, 7 pm, Facet’s Cinémathèque,
>1517 W Fullerton
>FILM: MADE IN JAPAN
>Director Yojiro Takita’s satire dissects
>Japanese corporate culture. Through 5/23
>Info: 773-773-281-4114
>
>--May 17, Fri, 7:30 pm, Radisson Hotel
>4500 W Touhy, Superior Hall
>COMMEMORATION OF 2ND ANNIVERSARY OF
>KWANGJU PEOPLE’S UPRSING
>Forum with Bruce Cumings
>Sponsor: Young Koreans United
>Info: 773-506-9299
>
>--May 17, Fri, 8:00 pm, Chicago Filmmakers
>Columbia College, 600 S. Michigan
>FILM: THE AMERICAN EGYPT
>Jesse Lerner’s documentary/essay on the short life of
>the first socialist government of the Americas, the
>Revolution on Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, 1915-1924
>Info: www.chicagofilmmakers.org or 773.293.1447
>
>--May 18, 9 am, University of Chicago
>Judd Hall, Rm 126, 5835 S Kimbark
>BLACK GLBT POLITICS IN CHICAGO & NATIONALLY
>Symposium on history & future of Black GLBT organizing
>Info: 773-834-4509
>
>--May 18, Sat, 1 pm, Harold Washington Library
>400 S. State
>FILM: REBELS WITH A CAUSE
>Helen Garvey's documentary on Students for a Democratic Society
>Info: (312) 747-4050
>
>--May 18, Sat, 1 pm, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn
>Instructional Classroom Building, Room 3125
>AMERICA, JUSTICE & GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP:
>HOW TO PREVENT WAR & TERRORISM
>Hear Professor Douglass Cassel, Northwestern University
>Sponsor: DuPage Peace Through Justice Coalition
>Info: DuPagePeace at att.net or http://dupagepeace.home.att.net/
>
>--May 18 & 19, Sat-Sun, Siskel Film Center, 164 N State
>FILM: LA COMMUNE (PARIS, 1871)
>Peter Watkins’ historical epic in two parts, repeats 5/21-22
>Info: 312.846-2600 or www.artic.edu/webspaces/siskelfilmcenter/
>
>--May 18 & 19, Sat-Sun, 8 am, Loyola Lakeside campus,
>Simpson Center, Sheridan at Winthrop
>CONFERNECE: GUNS GLOBALIZATION GREED
>Midwest Regional Conference, Nicaragua Network.
>Panels, workshops, etc
>Info: 773-973-6529 or nscchicago at igc.org
>
>--May 19, Sun, 2 pm, Forest Home Cemetery
>863 S DesPlaines, Forest Park
>VIVA ED BALCHOWSKY
>Unveiling of memorial for the artist and Lincoln Brigade vet
>Info: 847-864-9468 or jbalch at ripco.com
>
>--May 21, Tues, 6:30 pm, McCormick Tribune YMCA
>1834 N Lawndale
>LOGAN SQUARE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION
>40TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION & NEIGHBORHOOD CONGRESS
>Info: ssouchet at earthlink.net
>
>--May 22, Wed, 7 pm, University of Chicago
>International House, 1414 E 59th St
>FEMINIST POLITICS IN THE MUSLIM WORLD:
>CHALLENGING THE STATUS QUO?
>Hear Valentine Moghadam, Director of the Women's Studies,
>Illinois State University. Part of Human Rights Alternatives
>In The Muslim World series
>Info: 773-702-9455 or sgzesh at uchicago.edu
>
>--May 23, Thurs, 6:30 pm, Maternity BVM Church
>3647 W North Ave
>PUBLIC HEARING ON WORKERS' RIGHTS & JOB TRAINING
>Sponsor: Day Labor Organizing Project, others
>Info: 312-738-6161
>
>--May 23, Thurs, 7 pm, University of Chicago,
>Cobb Hall 107, 5811 S Ellis
>THE CRISIS IN STEEL
>Forum with Tom Conway, US Steel Conference;
>Jim Robinson, New Director USWA Dist. 7; Renaye Manley,
>Calumet Project & Midwest Region, AFL-CIO.
>Sponosr: Committee for New Priorities
>Info: 312-666-3037 or  JWJCNP at igc.org
>
>--May 23, Thurs, 7 pm, University of Chicago
>International House, 1414 E 59th St
>TRANSNATIONAL ACTIVISM:
>ADVANCING HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE MUSLIM WORLD?
>Panelists: Hanny Megally, Amal Basha, Camille Odeh,
>Saba Mahmood. Part of Human Rights Alternatives
>In The Muslim World series
>Info: 773-702-9455 or sgzesh at uchicago.edu
>
>--May 23, Thurs, 7:30 pm, New World Resource Center
>2600 W Fullerton
>AFTER SEPT 11: WHICH WAY FOR THE LEFT?
>Hear Mario Kessler of Germany’s Party of Democratic
>Socialism (PDS). Sponsors: Chicago Socialist Party,
>Chicago Solidarity, Chicago Democratic Socialists of America
>Info: Chgosp at juno.com or 773-227-4011
>
>--May 24, Fri, 7/9/11 pm, Doc Films, 1212 E 59th St
>FILM: KANDAHAR
>Mohsen Makhmalbaf’s drama on the Afghan civil war
>Info: 773-702-8575
>
>--May 25, Saturday
>INTERNATIONAL ANIMAL RIGHTS ACTION DAY &
>SIXTH GLOBAL BOYCOTT PROCTER & GAMBLE DAY
>Info:http://www.uncaged.co.uk/pg.htm
>
>--May 25-26, Sat-Sun, Stanford University, Palo Alto CA
>3RD NATIONAL ORGANIZING CONFERENCE ON IRAQ:
>FORGING NATIONAL STRATEGIES
>Info: www.endthewar.org/conference.htm
>
>--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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>
>NEW BOOKS AT NWRC:
>--Three Strikes: Miners, Musicians, Salesgirls, & the Fighting Spirit
>of Labor's Last Century, by Howard Zinn, Dana Frank, Robin D.G. Kelly,
>$23
>--Workers and Peasants in the Modern Middle East, $19.95
>--The Catholic Church and 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
>--The Question of Palestine, by Edward W. Said, $14.95
>--Voices From A "Promised Land": Palestinian & Israeli Peace Activists
>Speak Their Hearts, $12.95
>--Can We Put An End To Sweatshops? $12
>--Whose Vote Counts? $12
>--The Other American: The Life of Michael Harrington, $14
>--Peace and Its Discontents, by Edward W. Said $12
>--War Against the Panthers: A Study of Repression,
>by Huey P. Newton $14
>--Terror In the Mind of God: The Global Rise of Religious Violence 16.95
>--Autobiography of a People: Three Centuries
>of African American History Told By Those Who Lived It, $15
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