[Peace] John Sinclair at Unit One/Allen Hall 10/5-10/7

[Haber, Laura]

John Sinclair
Unit One/Allen Hall Guest-in-Residence 10/5-10/7
Poet, performer, music journalist, award-winning radio programmer, record
producer, Professor of Blues History, ex-Chairman of the White Panther
Party, ex-manager of the MC-5, ex-political prisoner, John Sinclair will be
a Guest-in-Residence at Unit One/Allen Hall 10/5-10/7. He will have events
each night of his residency including speaking, performing, and screening a
film about his life. See below for his complete schedule and more
information about him. All programs are free and open to the public and take
place in the Main Lounge of Allen Hall, 1005 W. Gregory, Urbana. Call
333-8351 for more information or check our website:
www.housing.uiuc.edu/living/unit1
Sunday, October 5
		8:00pm - Opening Program: "Living the Blues" - Sinclair will
discuss his life experience as a blues scholar, poet, performer, music
journalist, magazine and small press editor, educator, radio broadcaster and
broadcast producer, artists' manager, concert presenter, record producer,
community arts organizer, marijuana law reformer, radical activist, and
political prisoner

Monday, October 6
		7:00pm - "Twenty To Life: The Life and Times of John
Sinclair" screening and discussion of the film by Steve Gebhardt
		9:00pm - "Marijuana Legalization and the Drug Wars" -
discussion 

Tuesday, October 7
		7:00pm - "The Poetry of the Blues" -
performance/presentation
		9:00pm - "20th Century Movements for Social Change and the
Present Political Situation" - discussion

About John Sinclair:
John Sinclair guided the music group MC-5 to early fame. In subsequent years
Sinclair forged a new legend as a New Orleans-based preacher of the power of
blues and jazz, his love and knowledge of which form the basis of his
spoken-word performances. His poetry and essays have been widely
anthologized, and he has recorded several well-received CDs. As a music
journalist, Sinclair is widely recognized as one of America's leading
authorities on blues and modern jazz. He designed and taught courses in
Blues History and History of Rock & Roll and presently conducts courses in
Poetry of the Blues. Sinclair has continued his struggle (begun in 1964)
against the nation's drug laws by means of his poetry, public performances,
lectures, and writings for High Times and other publications. Sinclair's
visit is in conjunction with appearances at the Krannert Art Museum.