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CHICAGO AREA EVENTS CALENDAR, MAY 16 - JUNE 2 |
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by mw
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15 May 2002
Modified: 25 May 2002 |
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 |
CHICAGO AREA EVENTS CALENDAR
May 16 – June 2
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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[Listings begin Thursday thru following 2.5 weeks, includes
submissions received by 5 pm Tuesday. 600 subscribers.
To list events or subscribe: NWRC2600 (at) juno.com]
--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, UNITE Hall, 333 S Ashland
PLANNING MEETING - CHICAGO JUNE 15
ROLLING THUNDER DOWN-HOME DEMOCRACY FESTIVAL
Info: 312-738-6123 or darci (at) rollingthundertour.org
--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
--May 16, Thurs, 7 pm, New World Resource Center
1600 W Fullerton
REVIEW & EVALUATE MAY DAY 2002 - STRATEGIZE FOR 2003
Info: htaggart (at) mc.net
--May 16-31, 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 16, 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
--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, Sat, 6 pm, Ramallah Community Club, 2700 N Central
PALESTINE AID SOCIETY FUNDRAISER & DINNER
for West Bank Union of Health Care Committees, tix $50/$25
Info: jbing-canar (at) afsc.org
--May 18, Sat, 7:30 pm, Chicago Filmakers, 5243 N. Clark
PERIPHERAL VISION:
TRANS/GENDERQUEER MULTIMEDIA FROM CHICAGO
Benefit for Queer to the Left, Reeling 2002. Videos, poetry,
photographs, music, spoken word, many performers
Info: 773-293-1447 or t_bots (at) hotmail.com
--May 18 & 19, Sat-Sun, 3 & 7 pm, 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, 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 19, Sun, 1 pm, corner Fullerton & Lincoln
FOOD NOT BOMBS: MEALS FOR THE HUNGRY
Help prepare & serve. Every Sunday
--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, 3 pm, Loyola El Station
FOOD NOT BOMBS: MEALS FOR THE HUNGRY
Help prepare & serve, every Wednesday
--May 22, Wed, 4 pm, Federal Plaza, 230 S Dearborn
RALLY AGAINST AID TO COLUMBIAN MILITARY
Many sponsors
Info: jjspeer (at) flash.ne
--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 22, Wed, 7:30 pm, Women & Children First, 5233 N Clark
SOUL SURVIVORS: STORIES OF WOMEN & CHILDREN IN CAMBODIA
Slide show & reading with author Carol Wagner
Info: 773-769-9299
--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 23, Thurs, 7:30 pm, K.A.M. Isaiah Israel Congregation
1100 E Hyde Park Blvd
DISSENTING VOICES FROM ISRAEL: REFUSING TO SERVE
Hear Ram Rahat, spokesperson for Yesh Gvul, &
Ishai Sagi, Israeli Lieutenant jailed for refusing to serve
Sponsor: KAM Social Action Committee
Info: 773 924 -1234
--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 24, Fri, 7 pm, Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, 1852 W 19th
CARLOS CORTÉZ KOYOKUITAL: SOAPBOX ARTIST & POET
Party for release of catalog of the radical artist's work.
Info: 312-738-1503 or www.mfacmchicago.org
--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
--May 27, Monday, 6 pm
MONTHLY CALENDAR MAILING AT
NEW WORLD RESOURCE CENTER
Free monthly event calendar
2,500 subscribers, details below
Next mailing June 24 - No Monthly Calendar in July!
--May 28, Tues, 12 pm, University of Illinois, School of Public Health
1603 W Taylor, Activity Room
RAM RAHAT
Hear the spokesperson for Yesh Gvul
Info: rrubin (at) uic.edu
--May 28, Tues, 1:30 pm, DePaul University, Lincoln Park
Student Academic Center Rm 154
ISHAI SAGI
Hear the Israeli Lieutenant jailed for refusing to serve
Sponsor: Amnesty International, Activist Student Union, others
Info: sgelsomi (at) depaul.edu
--May 29-30, Wednesday-Thursday
DISSENTING VOICES FROM ISRAEL: REFUSING TO SERVE
Hear Ram Rahat, spokesperson for Yesh Gvul, &
Ishai Sagi, Israeli Lieutenant jailed for refusing to serve
-5/29, North Park University, Anderson Chapel, 3225 W. Foster
-5/30, Oak Park River Forest High School, 201 Scoville, Oak Park
Sponsor: Courage to Refuse
Info 312-409-4845 or info (at) couragetorefuse.org
--May 30, Thurs, 5:30 pm, Roosevelt University
430 S Michigan, Congress Lounge
ENRON TOWN HALL MEETING
Hear John Sweeney, unemployed Enron workers, others
Sponsors: Chicago Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO
Info: www.cflonline.org
--May 31, Fri., 5:30 pm, Daley Plaza
CHICAGO CRITICAL MASS MONTHLY BIKE RIDE
Info: http://www.chicagocriticalmass.org
--May 31, Fri., 6:30 pm, Facet’s Cinémathèque,
1517 W Fullerton
FILM: CAPTAIN PANTOJA AND THE SPECIAL SERVICES
Peruvian director Francesco Lombardi’s satire on all things military
Through 6/6
Info: 773-773-281-4114
--May 31 - June 2, Fri-Sun, North Park University, 3225 W Foster
ORGANIZING CONFERENCE:
US CAMPAIGN TO END ISRAELI OCCUPATION
Info: endoccupation (at) yahoo.com
--May 31 - June 2, Fri-Sun, Kent State University, OH
MOVEMENT-BUILDING CONFERENCE:
CREATING AN AGENDA FROM BELOW
Panelists: Tony Budak, Dominic Caruso, Alan Haber,
Staughton & Alice Lynd, Mike Stout, others
Info: http://porthurontokentstate.tripod.com
--May 31 - June 2, Fri-Sun, Havens Center, Williams Bay, WI
RADFEST 2002: ACTIVISTS & ACADEMICS
WORKING FOR PROGRESSIVE CHANGE
Panelists: Medea Benjamin, Jennifer Lowenstein,
John Nichols, Cynthia McKinney, others
Info: www.ssc.wisc.edu/havenscenter/radfst02.htm
--June 1, Sat, 3 pm, Printers Row Bookfair Poetry Tent
Dearborn between Congress & Polk
JAYNE CORTEZ
Sponsor: Guild Complex
Info: www.guildcomplex.com
--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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TO HOLD YOUR EVENT AT NWRC: Phone (773) 227 4011
or nwrc_2600 (at) yahoo.com. New World is a centrally located
storefront accessible by public transportation (California Blue Line
train stop, #74 Fullerton bus); street-side parking available;
wheelchairs welcome. Small donation requested.
MONTHLY CALENDAR MAILING: NWRC produces a monthly postal
mailing (2,500 subscribers) containing a calendar of events around
the region. Groups, organizers and activists use this as an effective
& affordable outreach tool & essential complement to internet media.
TO SUBSCRIBE: calendar mailing subscriptions are free, so send
your postal address. TO LIST YOUR EVENT OR INCLUDE A FLYER
IN THE MAILING, call 773-227-4011. The cost for listing an event in
the calendar is $25/quarter page, $50/half page, $100 full page. To
include a flyer, bring two people, 2,500 leaflets and $50 on the last
Monday of every month (except July & December) to the bookstore
at 6 pm sharp and be prepared to stay & help until 9 pm.
WHO WE ARE: The New World Resource Center is Chicago’s oldest
independent left-wing & labor bookstore and meeting center. Founded
in 1971, NWRC is owned and operated by an all-volunteer, not-for-profit
collective. Volunteers always welcome; phone (773) 227-4011 for info.
THANKS to everyone for your support.
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