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CHICAGO EVENTS CALENDAR JUNE 16 – JULY 5 |
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by New World Resource Center
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Phone: (773) 227 4011
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15 Jun 2005
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NEW WORLD RESOURCE CENTER’S
CHICAGO AREA EVENTS CALENDAR: JUNE 16 – JULY 5
New World Resource Center
A Non-Profit Community-Owned Bookstore & Meeting Center
1300 N Western, Chicago IL USA 60622-2923
(773) 227 4011; (773) 489-5942 fax
Tues-Fri, 3-9 pm; Sat-Sun 12-7 pm
http://www.newworldresourcecenter.com/events/
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Calendar listings begin Thursday for following 2.5 weeks,
includes submissions received by deadline 5 pm Tuesday
SUBMIT EVENTS & SUBSCRIBE at NWRC2600 (at) juno.com
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--Jun 16, Thu & ongoing, Congress Hotel, 520 S Michigan
24-7 UNION PICKET: SUPPORT CONGRESS HOTEL STRIKERS
Boycott Chicago Intercontinental & Four Seasons Hotels
Sponsor: Unite HERE Local 1
Info: www.congresshotelstrike.info
-- Jun 16, Thu & ongoing, Landmark Cinema, Clark & Diversey
FILM: ENRON: THE SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOM
--Jun 16, Thu, 8-9 am, Fairmont Hotel, 200 N. Columbus
PROTEST NATIONAL CATHOLIC BISHOPS CONFERENCE
Support equal rights, against anti-gay bigotry
Info: www.GayLiberation.org or
--Jun 16, Thu, 2:30 pm, WZRD 88.3 FM radio
REP JAN SCHAKOWSKY
Topics include UAL Pension Fund, Social Security, more
--Jun 16, Thu, 7 pm, NEIS, 845 Chicago, Evanston
WATCHDOGS WITHOUT TEETH,
REGULATORS WHO WON’T REGULATE
Hear Dave Kraft of Nuclear Energy Information Service
Part of Know Nukes Series
Info: http://www.neis.org
--Jun 16, Thu, 7:30 pm, Women & Children First, 5233 N Clark
SECRET SERVICE: UNTOLD STORIES OF
LESBIANS IN THE MILITARY
Hear journalist Zsa Zsa Gershick
Info: 773.769.9299
--Jun 16, Thu, 7 pm, 57th Street Books, 1301 E. 57th
DAVID ROEDIGER: WORKING TOWARD WHITENESS
Historian discusses his new book on how
American ethnic groups became white
--Jun 16-19, Thu-Sun, Chicago Filmmakers, 5243 N Clark
also Siskel Film Center, 164 N State
ONION CITY EXPERIMENTAL FILM & VIDEO FESTIVAL
Info: www.chicagofilmmakers.org/
--Jun 16-24, CAN TV, cable Channel 19 in Chicago
VIDEO: THE AFL-CIO: THE WORKERS MUST FIX IT!
Rank-and-file perspective on the debate over leadership
& strategy within the AFL-CIO
6/16, 9:30 pm
6/17, 4:30 pm
6/23, 9:30 pm
6/24, 4:30 pm
--Jun 17, Fri, 6-7:30 pm, Unite Here Hall, 333 S Ashland
IRAQ LABOR TOUR IN CHICAGO
Hear representatives of Federation of Workers Councils & Unions of Iraq
including Falah Awan & Amjad Ali Aljawhry
Sponsors: U.S. Labor Against the War, Chicago Labor for Peace, Prosperity
and Justice, Chicago Labor Against the War, others
lduncan (at) igc.org
--Jun 17, Fri, 7 pm, Kitty Moon 6237 N Clark
WAR ON DRUGS-WAR ON TERROR
DIRTY WORD OPEN MIKE
Screening of video Plan Colombia
Info: j-pendergast (at) northwestern.edu
--Jun 17-18, Fri-Sat, Hull House Arts Center, 1136 W Wilson
AFGHAN ART & FILM FESTIVAL
Exhibits, films, more
Info: 312-206-7289 or http://aff.afghancommunicator.com/home.html
--Jun 17-23, Fri-Thu,
AFRICAN DIASPORA FILM FESTIVAL
www.Facets.org
--Jun 18, Sat, location tba
ILLINOIS HEALTH CARE REFERNDUM 2006 LEADERSHIP TRAINING
Help place a referendum on the 2006 state-wide ballot
calling for universal healthcare
Info: michelle (at) taufmanngroup.com or 773-489-6645
--Jun 18, Sat, 9-6 pm, Humboldt Park, corner California & Division
EYES WIDE OPEN
Exhibit memorial to the fallen in Iraq with 450 empty combat boots
representing minority soldiers killed & 3,000 poppies for
wounded minority soldiers
Sponsor: AFSC
Info: 312-427-2533 or mchapman (at) afsc.org
--Jun 18, Sat, noon, New World Resource Center, 1300 N Western
FREE PALESTINE GUERILLA THEATER PLANNING MEETING
Sponsor: International Solidarity Movement
Info: ISMinChicago (at) aol.com or 773-489-3505
--Jun 18-19, Sat-Sun, 1 pm, Facets Cinémathèque, 1517 W Fullerton
FILM: BEYOND THE SEA (MAS ALLA DEL MAR)
Lisandro Pérez-Rey’s documentary on the 1980 Mariel Boatlift from Cuba
--Jun 19, Sun, 10 am, Third Unitarian Church, 301 N. Mayfield
THE MOVEMENT TO STOP THE MERCHANTS OF DEATH
Hear War Resister’s League activists Eric Stoner
--Jun 19, Sun, 9 pm, Book-TV, C-SPAN2 cable TV
BAGHDAD BULLETIN: DISPATCHES ON
THE AMERICAN OCCUPATION
Hear journalist David Enders
--Jun 19-21, Sun-Tue, National Labor College, Silver Spring MD
GREAT LABOR ARTS EXCHANGE
Info: www.laborheritage.org/glae04p1.html
--Jun 20, Mon, 7 pm, 57th Street Books, 1301 E 57th
THE PEOPLE'S BUSINESS:
CONTROLLING CORPORATIONS & RESTORING DEMOCRACY
Hear author Charlie Cray of Center for Corporate Policy
--Jun 21, Tue, 4 pm, Shiel Catholic Center, 2110 Sheridan Rd, Evanston
WANGARI MAATHAII
Hear the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize recipient &
founder of the Green Belt Movement
Info: www.wangari-maathai.org
--Jun 22, 6-8 pm, Chicago Historical Society, corner Clark & North
TROUBLE IN MIND: LYNCHING IN THE AGE OF JIM CROW
Hear historians Leon Litwack and Lerone Bennett
Info: www.chicagohistory.org
--Jun 23, Thu, 6:30 pm, Loews Piper's Alley Theater, 1608 N Wells
THE CELLULOID CLOSET: LGBT IN FILM
Hear Boys Don’t Cry writer/director Kimberly Peirce
Part of Out at CHS series
Info: Info: www.chicagohistory.org
--Jun 23, Thu, 7 pm, Park Forest Library, 400 Lakewood Blvd
FILM: ARLINGTON WEST
Peter Dudar & Sally Marr’s documentary interviews
64 Iraq war soldiers & families
Also hear Paul Vogel of Military Families Speak Out
Sponsor: South Suburban Citizens’ Initiative
Info: 708-957-1768 or honoria77 (at) hotmail.com
--Jun 23, Thu, 7 pm, ACME Artworks 1741 N. Western Avenue
GLOBALIZATION, THEOCRACY & THE NEW FASCISM
Carl Davidson of Networking for Democracy gives a visual presentation
of the far right's rise to power over the last four decades
Sponsor: Open University of the Left
Info 773-384-5797
--Jun 23, Thu, 8 pm, HotHouse, 31 E. Balbo
UTAH PHILLIPS
Also John McCutcheon
Part of IWWW centennial activities
Info: 312-362-9707 or www.hothouse.net
--Jun 23-25, Thu-Sat, University of Chicago
SOULS' FIRE: CONFERENCE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN ROUNDTABLE
OF CENTER FOR LESBIAN & GAY STUDIES IN RELIGION & MINISTRY
Info: www.clgs.org or 800-999-0528
--Jun 24, Fri, 5:30 pm, Daley Plaza
CRITICAL MASS BIKE RIDE
Info: www.critical-mass.org
--Jun 24-25, Fri-Sat
HARSH MANDAR: RIGHTS OF THE MUSLIMS IN INDIA
Hear the activist & author from the Center for Equity Studies, India
6/24 6 pm, Lincolnwood Community Center, 6900 Lincoln
6/25 7 pm, Islamic Foundation School, 300 W Highridge, Villa Park
--Jun 24-26, Fri-Sun, Madison WI
US CAMPAIGN TO END THE ISRAELI OCCUPATION
MIDWEST ORGANIZER CONFERENCE
Info: www.endtheoccupation.org/article.php?id=1100
--Jun 24-26, Mount Olive, Illinois
MOTHER JONES FESTIVAL
Info: www.macoupinil.com/motherjonesfestival/index2.php
--Jun 25, Sat, 11:30 am, Clarendon Park, Clarendon & Wilson
QUEER & TRANS ANARCHIST FEEDER TO DYKE MARCH 2005
--Jun 25, Sat, noon, Red Lobster, 600 N Dearborn
CANADIAN SEAL HUNT PROTEST
Info: 773-680-2895 or jkijek (at) orbitz.com
--Jun 25, Sat, 4 pm, Quimby’s Books. 1854 W North
WOMEN & SOCIALISM:
ESSAYS ON WOMEN'S LIBERATION
Hear author Sharon Smith
Info: www.haymarketbooks.org
--Jun 25, Sat, 8 pm, People's Church, 941 W Lawrence
IWW CENTENARY CONCERT
Hear Mark Ross, Charlie King, Len Wallace, Anne Feeny, more
Info: www.iww.org/chicago/centenary.htm
--Jun 25-26, Sat-Sun, UIC Behavioral Sciences Bldg, 1007 W Harrison
CONFERENCE ON IWW CENTENARY
Hear historian Staughton Lynd, others.
Info: www.iww.org/chicago/centenary.htm
--Jun 26, Sun, 11:30 am, corner Halsted & Diversey
GAY PRIDE PARADE:
JOIN THE GAY LIBERATION NETWORK CONTINGENT
Money for Health Care, Not for Warfare
Info: LGBTliberation (at) aol.com or 773-209-1187
--Jun 27, Mon, 6:30 pm, News & Letters, 36 S Wabash, Rm 1440
KAREN KUBBY: OUR CHOICES OUR LIVES:
THREATS TO REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS
Hear the director of Iowa City’s
Emma Goldman reproductive health clinic
Info: 312-236-1799
--Jun 28, Tue, 7:30pm, Healing Earth Resources, 3111 N Ashland
CODE PINK MEETING
Info: codepinkchicago (at) yahoo.com
--Jun 30, Thu, 7 pm, No Exit Café, 6970 N Glenwood
GENTRIFICATION AS A DIRTY WORD
Activist Kellie Germond discusses the Roger Park
Community Action RPCAN Housing Analysis
Info: j-pendergast (at) northwestern.edu
--Jul 1, Fri, 7 pm, St Pius Church, 1919 S Ashland
IRAQ CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR CAMILO MEJIA
Info: 312-226-6161
--Jul 1-4, Fri-Mon
SOCIALISM 2005: BUILD THE LEFT ALTERNATIVE
Info: www.socialismconference.org
--Jul 2, Sat, Edinburgh UK
G8 PROTEST-MAKE POVERTY HISTORY
Info: www.makepovertyhistory.org/
--Jul 2-8, Sat-Fri
PATRIOT ACT DAYS OF ACTION
Info: www.bordc.org/involved/weekofaction.php &
www.ccclr.org/2005PatriotDaysOfAction.html
--Jul 4, Mon, Evanston parade
JOIN THE PEACE TRAIN IN THE
EVANSTON FOURTH OF JULY PARADE
Info: sugrcreek (at) aol.com
--Jul 5, Tue, 7:30 pm, New World Resource Center, 1300 N Western
BARRY SHEPPARD: A SOCIALIST MEMOIR FROM THE 1960s:
THE SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY IN AMERICA 1960-1968
Activist discusses his new book, The Party: A Political Memoir
Sponsors: Solidarity-Chicago Chapter, Chicago Socialist Party
Open University of the Left
Info: 773-227-4011
--Jul 5-31, San Francisco CA
LABORFEST 2005
Labor, cultural, film arts festival celebrating
1934 San Francisco General Strike
Info: www.laborfest.net
FORTHCOMING:
-7/23 Conference: Palestine, Labor & the AFL-CIO, www.al-awdany.org/lfp/
-7/23 Amy Goodman in Chicago
-7/28-31 Midwest School for Women Workers, University of Michigan
-8/6 60th Anniversary of Hiroshima/Nagasaki
-8/7-15 World Festival of Youth & Students, Caracas, http://usnpc.net/apply.html
-9/10 Oak Park Peace Fair
-9/17 8th Day Center for Justice 30th Anniversary, www.8thdaycenter.org
-9/24 National Anti-War Mobilization, Washington DC, www.ufpj.org
-9/22-25 Jobs With Justice Annual Meeting, St Louis
-10/20-22 North American Labor History Conference,
Wayne State University, ao1605 (at) wayne.edu
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NEW STUFF AT NWRC:
-10% Off on All Magazines, Papers & Journals!
-On sale: Olive Oil from Palestine, Fair Trade Coffee, lots more
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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
ONLINE CALENDAR LINKS:
http://chicago.indymedia.org/
http://servercc.oakton.edu/~pboisver/OESR/ChicEventsCal.html
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WEEKLY & BIWEEKLY EVENTS
Thu, 10 am, wluw 88.7 fm
ALTERNATIVE RADIO
Thu, 1:30 pm, whpk 88.5 fm radio
THE MINISTRY OF TRUTH
Info: msszczep (at) midway.uchicago.edu or
http://whpk.uchicago.edu
Thu, 7:30 pm, 806 Ridge Avenue, Evanston
NEIGHBORS FOR PEACE WEEKLY MEETING
Info: www.neighborsforpeace.org/
Thu, 9:30 pm, CAN-TV cable channel 19
LABOR BEAT: CLASS STRUGGLE TV
Repeats Friday 4:30 pm
Info: 312-226-3330 or www.laborbeat.org
Fri, 4:30 pm, Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, 820 S Damen
VIGIL FOR PEACE & WITNESS AGAINST WAR
Info: www.vitw.org
Sat, 9 am, wnur 89.3 fm radio
THIS IS HELL
Info: www.thisishell.net
Sat, 9 am, wluw 88.7 fm radio
LIVE FROM THE HEARTLAND
Info: www.heartlandcafe.com
Sat, 2-4 pm, Logan Square, Kedzie & Milwakee Aves
NORTHSIDE PEACE GATHERING
Also Wednesdays 4-6 pm
Sun, noon, Water Tower Park, 830 N Michigan
END ISRAELI OCCUPATION OF PALESTINE VIGIL
Sponsor: Not In My Name. Info: www.nimn.org/
Sun, 1 pm, WILL radio 580 AM
Media Matters with Bob McChesney
Info: www.will.uiuc.edu/am/mediamatters/default.htm
Sun, 7 pm, wluw radio, 88.7 FM
LABOR EXPRESS RADIO
Info: redjerry2 (at) yahoo.com
Mon, 6 pm, 2502 W Division
IRAQ PEACE PLEDGE
Info: http://peacepledgechicago.org/
Mon, 6:30 pm, No Exit Café, 6970 N Glenwood
A.N.S.W.E.R. COALITION MEETING
Info: 773-878-0166
Mon, 7 pm, North Shore Church, 5242 N Lakewood, Rm 131
ANDERSONVILLE NEIGHBORS FOR PEACE
First Mondays of month
Info: AndersonvillePeace (at) yahoogroups.com
Mon, wluw radio 88.7 FM
10 am, FIRE ON THE PRAIRIE, 2nd Mon/month
10 am THE EIGHTH DAY, 1st & 3rd Mon/month
10 am FROM THE TRENCHES, 4th Mon/month
Mon-Fri,
DEMOCRACY NOW
7-9 am, WZRD 88.3 FM
9-10 am, WLUW 88.7 FM
10-11 pm Mon-Thu, WRTE 90.5 FM
Mon-Fri
FREE SPEECH RADIO NEWS
3:45-4:15 pm, WZRD 88.3 FM
6 pm, wluw 88.7 FM radio
Tue, 6-7:15 am, comer Sheridan & Hollywood
ANTI-WAR VIGIL
Sponsor: Voices In The Wilderness
Info: www.vitw.org
Tue, 8-9 am, Chicago Federal Building, Jackson & Dearborn
SILENT VIGIL AGAINST WAR & RACISM
Sponsor: 8th Day Center for Justice
Info: 312-641-5151
Tue, 7 pm, Grace Church, 3325 W Wrightwood
LOGAN SQUARE NEIGHBORS FOR JUSTICE & PEACE
Info: 773-252-9956 or g.henninger (at) comcast.net
Tue, 7 pm, University Church, 5655 S University
HYDE PARK COMMITTEE AGAINST WAR & RACISM
BIWEEKLY MEETING
2nd & 4th Tue
Info: www.chicagoantiwar.org/hydepark/
Tue, 7 pm, Cafe Mestizo, 2123 S Ashland
CAFE SOCIETY
Sponsor: The Public Square, Illinois Humanities Council
Info: www.thepublicsquare.org/cafe
Tue, 7:30 pm, Beverly Unitarian Church, 103rd & Longwood Dr
SOUTH SIDERS FOR PEACE WEEKLY MEETING
Info: www.southsidersforpeace.com/
Wed, 10 am, wluw 88.7 FM
COUNTERSPIN
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independent left & labor bookstore and meeting center. Founded
in 1972, NWRC is a not-for-profit owned and operated by an all-volunteer
collective. Volunteers always welcome; phone 773-227-4011 for info.
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