[Imc-newsroom] Fwd: CHICAGO EVENTS CALENDAR SEPT 19 - OCT 7

Thu Sep 19 10:07:43 CDT 2002

>To: NWRC2600 at juno.com
>Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 21:29:33 -0500
>Subject: CHICAGO EVENTS CALENDAR SEPT 19 - OCT 7
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>CHICAGO AREA EVENTS CALENDAR
>Sept 19 – Oct 7
>
>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 for 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 19, Thu, 4:30 pm, UIC, Agape House
>CAMPUS-WIDE MEETING TO BUILD AN ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT
>Info: jthomu1 at uic.edu
>
>--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 pm, Heartland Café, 7000 N Glenwood
>SURREALISM HERE & NOW!
>Rants & poetry
>Info: 773-465-8005
>
>--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, Fri, 7 pm, DePaul University, SAC Rm 254, 2320 N Kenmore
>EYEWITNESS REPORT FROM PALESTINE
>Hear Marty Goodman of NY City Labor Against War &
>Hakim Husien of Palestinian Aid Society
>Sponsors: Socialist Action, Students for Justice in Palestine (DePaul)
>Info: chicagosocact at yahoo.com
>
>--Sept 20, Fri, 7 pm, Revolution Books, 1103 N Ashland
>SOON TO BE BANNED BOOK CLUB
>Info: 773-489-0930
>
>--Sept 20, Fri, 7 pm, 2707 W Haddon
>BENEFIT FOR THE BALTIMORE 28!
>Help anti-racists arrested for opposing neo-nazi National Alliance
>Info: 312-409-1432 or www.antiracist28.org/
>
>--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, Saturday
>30TH ANNIVERSARY OF DECLARATION OF MARTIAL LAW BY
>US-SPONSORED MARCOS DICTATORSHIP IN PHILIPPINES
>Info:
>
>--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, 6 pm, Ryan NE Cook County HQ, 9001 Milwaukee, Niles
>JIM RYAN PROTEST & DEMONSTRATION
>Guv candidate Ryan won’t support a minimum wage increase
>Info: www.Rod4Us.com
>
>--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 21-29, 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 22, Sun, noon, Starbucks, 1588 N Milwaukee
>STARBUCKS LEAFLETING & PROTEST
>Against GMO food, improve conditions for coffee plantation workers
>Info: www.organicconsumers.org/Starbucks/
>
>--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 pm, DePaul University, SAC Rm 154, 2320 N Kenmore
>COLOMBIA MOBILIZATION
>Hear Sanho Tree, director of Drug Policy Project at Institute for Policy
>Studies
>Sponsors: Illinois School of the Americas Watch, Chicago Religious
>Leadership Network, Colombia Support Network, Eighth Day Center, DePaul
>University
>Amnesty International, Loyola University Chicago Campus Ministry
>Info: 773-293-2964
>
>--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 pm, News & Letters, 36 S Wabash, Rm 1440
>ENEMY OF NATURE OR END OF THE WORLD
>Book discussion. Sponsors: Open University of the Left,
>Democratic Socialists of America, New & Letters, Chicago Greens
>Info: 312-236-0799.
>
>--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, 9 am, DePaul University, SAC Rm 154-161, 2320 N Kenmore
>EARTH CHARTER COMMUNITY SUMMITS
>Sponsors: ECO of DePaul, Earth Charter CS - Chicago
>Info: 773-907-1465 or www.bookbeast.com/EC_Chicago/index.html
>
>--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, 4008  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
>Hear Emile Schepers, Caise Diab, Everett Atkinson, Harold Taggart
>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
>
>--Oct 2, Wed, 7:30 pm, Women & Children First, 5233 N Clark
>THE WORLD TURNED: ESSAYS ON GAY HISTORY, POLITICS & CULTURE
>Hear author & historian John D’Emilio
>Info: 773-769-9299
>
>--Oct 3, Thu, 7 pm, Lincoln Park Library, 1150 W Fullerton
>LEMING LITERARY SERIES: W. H. AUDEN
>Discussion with author Warren Leming
>Info: 773-244-1480 or 773-235-1522
>
>--Oct 3-17
>CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
>Info: www.chicagofilmfestival.com
>
>--Oct 4, Fri, 7:30 pm, New World Resource Center, 2600 W Fullerton
>REVOLUTION IN THE AIR
>Hear author Max Elbaum on the history of the 1960s left
>Info: www.ChicagoSocialistParty.com/events/
>
>--Oct 4-11
>KEEP SPACE FOR PEACE WEEK
>Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space
>Info: 352-337-9274 or www.space4peace.org or globalnet at mindspring.com
>
>--Oct 5, Sat, 1 pm, Winnetka Presbyterian Church, 1255 Willow
>AMERICA'S PENDING WAR AGAINST IRAQ
>Hear author Doug Cassel
>Info: 847-475-3692
>
>--Oct 5, Sat, 2 pm, Lincoln Park Library, 1150 W Fullerton
>APPEAL TO REASON: 25 YEARS OF IN THESE TIMES
>Paula Kamen, David Moberg, Joel Bleifuss read from the new book,
>Sponsors: Democratic Socialists of America & Open University of the Left
>Info: 773-772-0100 or itt at inthesetimes.com
>
>--Oct 5, Sat, 7 pm, Unitarian Church of Evanston, 1330 Ridge
>CRIS WILLIAMSON & HOLLY NEAR
>Benefit for Housing for Women.
>Info: www.ucevanston.org
>
>--Oct 5, Sat, 8 pm, corner Halsted & Roscoe
>4TH ANNUAL MARCH AGAINST ANTI-GAY HATE
>Info: www.cabn.org
>
>--Oct 5 - Nov 3, Siskel Film Center, 164 N State
>FESTIVAL OF FILMS FROM IRAN
>Info: 312-573-8081 or www.siskelfilmcenter.org
>
>--Oct 6, Sun, 1 pm, Tribune Towers
>FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF US BOMBING OF AFGHANISTAN
>Sponsored by Not In Our Name
>Info: 773-250-3196
>
>--Oct 6, Sunday
>15TH ANNUAL PEDAL FOR PEACE BIKE-A-THON
>Benefits peace projects in Guatemala & El Salvador
>Info: cmsa at chicagosanctuary.org
>
>--Oct 7, Mon, 5 pm, Federal Building
>ACT NOW: NO WAR ON IRAQ MARCH & RALLY
>Info: 733-278-6706
>
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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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