[Imc-newsroom] Fwd: CHICAGO EVENTS CALENDAR SEPT 12 - 30

Wed Sep 11 22:57:13 CDT 2002

>To: NWRC2600 at juno.com
>Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 22:24:51 -0500
>Subject: CHICAGO EVENTS CALENDAR SEPT 12 - 30
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>From: nwrc2600 at juno.com
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>CHICAGO AREA EVENTS CALENDAR
>Sept 12 – Sept 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
>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]
>
>--Sept 12, Thu, 7 pm, Palatine Public Library, 700 N North Court,
>Palatine
>NORTHWEST SUBURBAN SUSTAIN MEETING
>Stop U.S. Tax-Funded Aid To Israel Now!
>Info: 847-359-7267 or SUSTAINnwburbs at aol.com
>
>--Sept 12 - Nov 14, begins Ground Zero, New York
>CARAVAN TO RAISE AWARENESS OF
>WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION IN THE U.S.
>Arrange a speaker in your area
>Sponsor: Voices in the Wilderness
>Info: 773-784-8065 or www.vitw.org
>
>--Sept 13, Fri, 4-6 pm, Davis Street El Station, Evanston
>VIGIL & LEAFLETTING FOR 9/11 MEMORIAL
>Sponsor: Neighbors for Peace
>Info: 847-733-7141
>
>--Sept 13, Fri, 7 pm, Roosevelt University, 430 S Michigan, 2nd floor
>COUNTDOWN TO WAR IN IRAQ: WHY WE MUST STOP IT
>Panelists: Dr. Jose Lopez, Emma Lozano, Lionel Baptist,
>Rev. Dan Dale, Mahmud Ahmed
>Sponsor: Chicago Coalition Against War & Racism
>Info: 312-458-9559
>
>--Sept 13, Fri, 7:30 pm: York Center Church of Brethren
>1S 071 Luther Avenue, Lombard
>NO MORE VICTIMS NATIONAL SPEAKING TOUR
>Victims from Afghanistan, Iraq, Israel, Palestine, Philippines,
>Japan join family members of 9/11 victims
>Info: 312-427-2533
>
>--Sept 14, Sat, 10-11:30 am, Home Depot, 1232 W North Ave
>RALLY AGAINST PROPOSED HOME DEPOT AT ADDISON & KIMBALL
>Sponsor: Irving Park Neighbors Association
>Info: 312-458-9058
>
>--Sept 14, Sat, 6 pm, Autonomous Zone, 2129 N Milwaukee
>VIDEO: WHAT IS A TERRORIST? also IN WHOSE INTEREST?
>Video documentaries. Sponsor: Illinois Peace Action
>Info: www.azone.org
>
>--Sept 14 -29, Saturdays & Sundays, Facets Cinémathèque
>1517 W Fullerton
>TAKING NO PRISONERS: THE FILMS OF SERGIO BIANCHI
>Films by the radical Brazilian director
>Info: 773-281-4114 or www.facets.org
>
>--Sept 15, Sun, 9 am, Monroe Harbor
>CHICAGO COALITION AGAINST SEXUAL ASSAULT
>WALK AGAINST RAPE
>Info: 312-663-6303 or www.rapevictimadvocates.org
>
>--Sept 15, Sun, 9:30 am, Third Unitarian Church, 301 North Mayfield
>FILM: THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS
>Documentary on Saul Alinsky & grassroots politics
>Info: 773-626-9385.
>
>--Sept 15, Sun, noon, Roosevelt University, 430 S Michigan, 2nd floor
>ORGANIZING MEETING AGAINST ANOTHER WAR ON IRAQ
>Sponsor: Chicago Coalition Against War & Racism
>Info: 312-458-9559 or CABNstopthehate at aol.com
>
>--Sept 15, Sun, noon, Stone Soup Hoyne, 3549 S Hoyne
>BENEFIT FOR CHICAGO ANARCHIST DEFENSE FUND
>Info: 773-837-9620 or springtime at chicagomail.com
>
>--Sept 17, Tue, 5 pm, Metropolitan Correctional Center, 71 W Van Buren
>VIGIL IN SUPPORT OF ENAAM ARNAOUT
>Sponsors: Committee to Defend Muslim Charities, Blue Triangle Network,
>Granada Muslims & Jews for Human Rights, Muslim Voters of America
>Info: 708-785-7738
>
>--Sept 17, Tue, 7pm, Hothouse, 31 E Balbo
>AMPLIFYING WOMEN'S VOICES:
>PERSPECTIVES IN THE PALESTINIAN/ISRAELI CONFLICT
>Speakers: Aliza Becker, national coordinator Jewish Alliance for Peace
>& Justice; Nadia Hijab, activist & former editor Middle East Magazine;
>Marda Dunsky, assistant professor Medill School of Journalism
>Sponsor: The Public Square/Center for Public Intellectuals
>Info: 312-993-0682 or info at publicintellectuals.org
>
>--Sept 18, Wed, 6 pm, Italian Community Center
>631 E Chicago, Milwaukee
>CELEBRATION IN HONOR OF FRANK ZEIDLER'S 90TH BIRTHDAY
>Reception and dinner honors former socialist mayor of Milwaukee
>Info: 414- 276-9050
>
>--Sept 18, Wed, 6:30 pm, Lincoln Park Library, 1150 W Fullerton
>FILM: TRAGEDY IN THE HOLY LAND: THE SECOND UPRISING
>Dennis Mueller’s documentary on the roots of the Palestinian struggle
>Sponsors: Open University of the Left, Democratic Socialists of America
>Info: 773-244-1480
>
>--Sept 18, Wed, 7:30 pm, Chopin Theatre, 1543 W Division
>CHICAGO LABOR AND ARTS FESTIVAL:
>IS THERE A WORKING CLASS MUSIC?
>Music & discussion with Craig Werner, Danny Alexander,
>Bucky Halker & Sterling Plumpp
>Sponsor: Guild Complex
>Info: 773-227-6117
>
>--Sept 19, Thu, 6:30 pm, Logan Square Auditorium, 2539 N Kedzie
>SILENT AUCTION & ART EXHIBIT
>Benefits Logan Square’s Unity Park, tix $25
>Info: 773/235-8418
>
>--Sept 19, Thu, 7 pm, Loyola University, 6535 N Sheridan, 10th floor
>COLD CHICAGO: A HAYMARKET FABLE
>Warren Leming's play based on the Haymarket uprising
>Part of Chicago Labor & Arts Festival. Sponsors: Loyola Students
>Against Sweatshops, Loyola Campus Greens
>Info: www.coldchicagocompany.org/.
>
>--Sept 19, Thu, 7 pm, Modern Bookstore, 3118 S Halsted
>YOUNG COMMUNIST LEAGUE PRESENTS OPEN MIC
>Info: 773-209-6861 or Commiebear at yahoo.com
>
>--Sept 19, Thu, 7:30 pm, Women & Children First, 5233 N Clark
>RIGHT-WING WOMEN: FROM CONSERVATIVES
>TO EXTREMISTS AROUND THE WORLD
>Hear author & historian Margaret Power:
>Info: 773-769-9299
>
>--Sept 19-22, Thu-Sun, UIC Circle Center, 750 S Halsted
>FIRE & INK: WRITER'S FESTIVAL FOR
>GLBT PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCEN
>Info: 202-452-7440, fireandink at aol.com
>
>--Sept 20-22, First Congregational Church, 10th & G Sts NW, Washington DC
>
>CONFRONTING AMERICA'S LOW-WAGE ECONOMY
>Conference sponsor: Democratic Socialists of America
>Info: www.dsausa.org/lowwage
>
>--Sept 21, Sat, 3 pm, Unite Hall, 333 N Ashland
>MUSIC & POETRY MARATHON
>With: Carlos Cortez, Kent Foreman, Brenda Cardenas,
>Kevin Coval, Ellen Rosner, the Amoreys, more
>Bucky Halker, more
>
>--Sept 21, Sat, 7 pm, New World Resource Center 2600 W Fullerton
>U.S. ECONOMY HIJACKED!
>Socialist Party USA forum & discussion
>Info: www.chicagosocialistparty.com/events/
>
>--Sept 24, Tue, 7 pm, Decatur Public Library, 130 N Franklin, Decatur
>CAPITAL PUNISHMENT: A CAPITAL OFFENSE
>Hear Rev. Jim Montgomery, First Presbyterian Church of Decatur
>Sponsor: Macon County Citizens Opposing Capital Punishment
>Info: RSchultz at aiusa.org
>
>--Sept 25, Wed, 7:30 pm, Chopin Theater, 1543 W Division
>WOMEN OF HEART & STEEL
>Original multimedia performance about 3 labor union women:
>Sylvia Woods (UAW), Florence Criley (UEW), Alice Peurala (USW)
>Sponsor: Working Women's History Project
>Info: 773-278-2210 or workingwomen.homestead.com
>
>--Sept 25, Wed, 10 pm, No Exit Café, 6970 N Glenwood
>ILSOAW BENEFIT
>Hear Pat Humphries & Sandy Opatow
>Info: chrisandcraig at illinoisalumni.org or 773-271-8566
>
>--Sept 25-29, Wed-Sun, Washington DC
>IMF/WORLD BANK MEETINGS – Rallies, Marches, Teach-Ins
>www.abolishthebank.org or www.globalizethis.org or www.50years.org
>
>--Sept 26, Thu, 7 pm, DePaul University
>2320 N Kenmore, Student Center Rm 120B
>SAY NO TO WAR AGAINST IRAQ
>Hear Kathy Kelly & Jeff Guntzel, Voices in the Wilderness
>Sponsors: DePaul Activist Student Union, Fellowship of Reconciliation,
>Pax Christi Illinois, 8th Day Center for Justice, DuPage Peace through
>Justice Coalition, Illinois School of the Americas Watch
>Info: 847-256-0456 or emm at voyager.net
>
>--Sept 26, Thu, 7:30 pm, 1421 W Ardmore
>ILSOAW BENEFIT
>Hear Pat Humphries & Sandy Opatow
>Info: chrisandcraig at illinoisalumni.org or 773-271-8566
>
>--Sept 26-28, Thu-Sat, Los Angeles
>BREAKING THE CHAINS:
>PEOPLE OF COLOR & THE WAR ON DRUGS
>Conference sponsor: Drug Policy Alliance
>Info: www.breakingthechains.info/
>
>--Sept 26-28, Thu-Sat, City University of New York, Graduate Center
>DEMOCRATIC MEDIA & ORGANIZING IN UNCERTAIN TIMES
>Workshops, music, exhibits, screenings, more
>Info: 212-566-1930 or www.laborsvoiceslabortech.org
>
>--September 27, Friday
>NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION ON COLOMBIA
>Info: www.ColombiaMobilization.org/
>
>--Sept 27, Fri, 8 am, Teamster City Auditorium, 1634 W Van Buren
>LABOR AND IMMIGRANTS RIGHTS WORKSHOP
>Sponsors: Chicago Federation of Labor, IL AFL-CIO, Jobs with Justice,
>Center for Urban Economic Development, Illinois Coalition for Immigrant
>& Refugee Rights, Chicago Interfaith Committee for Worker Issues
>Info: 312-251-1414
>
>--Sept 27, Fri, 5:30 pm, Daley Plaza
>CHICAGO CRITICAL MASS MONTHLY BIKE RIDE
>Info: www.ChicagoCriticalMass.org
>
>--Sept 27, Fri, 7 pm, New World Resource Center, 2600 W Fullerton
>PRISONER OF CONSCIENCE: A MEMOIR
>Peace activist & author Kenneth Kennon discusses his book
>Info: 773-227-4011 or NWRC_2600 at Yahoo.com
>
>--Sept 28, Sat, 12 pm, Lake Shore Drive & Addison St
>FARM SANCTUARY'S 2002 CHICAGO WALK FOR FARM ANIMALS
>(rlang at rcnchicago.com or www.farmsanctuary.org)
>
>--Sept 28, Sat, 7 pm, Autonomous Zone, 2129 N. Milwaukee
>ANTI-WAR PROM
>Sponsor: Chicago Radical Anarchist Youth Organizing Network
>Info: http://crayon.does.it/
>
>--Sept 28, Sat, 8 pm, Lincoln Restaurant, 48  N Lincoln
>THE COLLAPSE OF CIVIC, SOCIAL, &
>POLITICAL PARTICIPATION IN AMERICA
>Hear Bob Matter. Sponsor: College of Complexes
>Info: http://collegeofcomplexes.homestead.com/Main.html
>
>--Sept 28, Sat, 8:30 am, Highland Ave Church of Brethren
>783 W Highland Ave, Elgin IL
>REGIONAL PEACE RETREAT: WHAT CAN THE PEACE COMMUNITY DO?
>Sponsors: DeKalb Interfaith Network, Fox Valley Pledge of Resistance,
>DuPage Peace Through Justice Coalition, Rockford Urban Ministries,
>Northern Coalition for Peace & Justice, McHenry County Peace Group
>Info: 847-742-6602
>
>--Sept 29, Sunday, Federal Plaza, Chicago
>COMMEMORATE 2ND ANNIVERSARY OF THE INTAFADA &
>REMEMBRANCE OF 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF SABRA & SHATILLA
>Sponsor: Palestine Right to Return Coalition
>Info: http://chicago.al-awda.info/ or info at chicago.al-awda.info
>
>--Sept 29, Sun, 4 pm, New World Resource Center, 2600 W Fullerton
>HOMELAND SECURITY & MILITARIZATION OF THE US
>Sponsor: Democratic Socialists of America
>Info: 312-553-3856
>
>--Sept 30, Mon, 7 pm, Loyola University, Galvin Auditorium
>Sullivan Library, 6339 N Sheridan
>SR. HELEN PREJEAN
>Sponsor: Amnesty International
>Info: Mrosen3 at luc.edu
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>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
>
>Thu (Sept), 6:30-7:30 am, Geneva Metra station, Third St & South St
>PEACE VIGIL
>Sponsor: Fox Valley Pledge of Resistance
>Info: 847-742-6602.
>
>Thu, 7:30 pm, 2204 Green Bay Road, Evanston
>NEIGHBORS FOR PEACE WEEKLY MEETING
>Info: www.neighborsforpeace.org/
>
>Fri, 12 pm, 100 N Riverside
>ANTI-BOEING VIGIL
>Sponsors: Voices in the Wilderness, Illinois Peace Action, others
>Info: 312-566-9780
>
>Fri, 5 pm, First & Lincoln, City Clock Park, DeKalb IL
>DEKALB AREA PEACE GATHERING
>Info: garthliebhaber at hotmail.com
>
>Sat, 9 am, wnur 89.3 FM radio
>THIS IS HELL
>Info: www.thisishell.net
>
>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
>
>Tue, 6:30 pm, Ravenswood United Church, 2050 W Pensacola
>RAVENSWOOD FOR PEACE MEETINGS
>Info: ravenswood4peace at yahoo.com
>
>2nd & 4th Tuesdays, 7 pm, University Church, 5655 S University
>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
>
>Wed, 7 pm, Autonomous Zone, 2129 N. Milwaukee
>QUEER ZONE
>Info: www.azone.org
>
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>
>NEW BOOKS AT NWRC:
>--Revolution in the Air: Sixties Radicals Turn to Lenin, Mao and Che, $30
>--Race Riot; Chicago in the Red Summer of 1919, $19.95
>--Behind the Poison Cloud; Union Carbide’s Bhopal Massacre, 8.95
>--Lost Ground; welfare, reform, poverty and beyond, $18
>--Detroit: I Do Mind Dying,$18
>--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
>--Paper Stones: A History of Electoral Socialism, 24.95
>--Made in Indonesia; Indonesian workers since Suharto, $18
>--Can We Put An End To Sweatshops? $12
>--The Two Revolutions: Gramsci and the Dilemmas of Western Marxism. $9.50
>--Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial Justice, 17.95
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>
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