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CHICAGO EVENTS CALENDAR SEP 15 – OCT 2 |
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by New World Resource Center
Email: NWRC2600 (nospam) juno.com (verified)
Phone: (773) 227 4011
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14 Sep 2005
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NEW WORLD RESOURCE CENTER’S
CHICAGO AREA EVENTS CALENDAR: SEP 15 – OCT 2
New World Resource Center
A Non-Profit Community-Owned Bookstore & Meeting Center
1300 N Western, Chicago IL USA 60622-2923
(773) 227 4011 Tues-Fri, 3-9 pm; Sat-Sun 12-7 pm
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 - 500+ recipients
SUBMIT EVENTS & SUBSCRIBE at NWRC2600 (at) juno.com
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--Sep 15, 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
--Sep 15, Thu & ongoing
SUPPORT STRIKING NORTHWEST AIRLINE MECHANICS
Boycott Northwest Arilines
Sponsor: Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Organization Local 4
Info: 630-567-2052, president (at) amfa4.org, or
www.amfanatl.org/Pages/15_Strike_Info/Support_Strikers_3.html
--Sep 15, Thu, 5-6:30 pm, Congress Hotel, 520 S Michigan
PICKET LINE AT CONGRESS HOTEL
The Historical Black Press Foundation refuses to relocate its event
away from the Congress; support the Congress Hotel Strikers
during the foundation’s V.I.P. ceremony
Info: www.chicagodsa.org/congressflyer.pdf
--Sep 15, Thu, 6:15 & 8:15 pm, Siskel Film Center, 164 N State
FILM: WALL
Simone Bitton’s documentary on the wall built by Israel
to exclude Palestinians
Info: 312-846-2073
--Sep 15, Thu, 7 pm, Acme ArtWorks, 1741 N. Western
FILM: THE POWER OF NIGHTMARES
Adam Curtis’ BBC documentary on the so-called War on Terrorism
Sponsor: Open University of the Left
Info: 773-384-5797
--Sep 15, Thu, 7:30 pm, Left of Center Books, 1043 W Granville
MOURNING & MODERNITY: ESSAYS IN THE
PSYCHOANALYSIS OF CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY
Author Isaac Balbus discusses his new book
Info: 773-338-1513
--Sep 15-18, Washington DC
DC LABOR FILM FEST
Info: www.djdinstitute.org
--Sep 15-25, various locations
PROTEST KELLY MILLER CIRCUS ANIMAL MISTREATMENT
Info: http://chicago.indymedia.org/newswire/display/62604/index.php
--Sep 16, Fri, 1 pm, Columbia College library
624 S Michigan, 3rd Floor
CENSORSHIP & THE CAMPUS PRESS:
A PANEL ON HOSTY V. CARTER
Hear the plaintiffs in the censorship case at Governors State University
Sponsor: Campus Journalism Project
Info: cjp (at) indypress.org, www.indypress.org/cjp
--Sep 16-18, Fri-Sun, American Indian Center, 1630 W Wilson
T-SHIRT ART HARVEST FEST &
CARLOS CORTEZ MEMORIAL OFRENDA
Theme of exhibit: Don’t Mourn-Organize
Info: www.art-teez.org
--Sep 16-22, Fri-Thu, Siskel Film Center, 164 N State
FILM: WINTER SOLDIER
Must-see 1971 documentary on Vietnam War crimes inquiry
held by anti-war veterans groups
9/16-17, 8 pm, audience discussion with Vietnam veteran
& Winter Solider participant Barry Romo, also historian Richard Stacewicz,
author of Winter Soldiers: An Oral History of the Vietnam
Info: www.wintersoldierfilm.com/
--Sep 17, Sat
HARVEY WASSERMAN: ELECTIONS IN CRISIS –
WHO'S CHEATING & WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT
Hear the author & activist; fundraiser for US Count Votes
11:30 pm, 205 S Humphrey, Oak Park
2 pm, Healing Earth Resources, 3111 N Ashland
7:30 pm, IBEW Hall, 28600 Bella Vista Pkwy, Warrenville
Sponsor: Illinois Ballot Integrity Project, US Count Votes
Info: 630-460-0857 or 708-445-9052
--Sep 17, Sat, 2 pm, Oak Park Public Library, 834 Lake St
TAAYUSH: BUILDING AN ARAB-JEWISH PARTNERSHIP FOR PEACE
Hear professor and Israeli conscientious objector Yigal Bronner
Sponsor: Committee for a Just Peace in Israel & Palestine
Info: www.cjpip.org, 312-427-2533 x18
--Sep 17, Sat, 5:30-9 pm, 9250 S Harlem
CAFE INTIFADA
Hip hop, poetry, music, more
Sponsor: Ya-Jama’a
Info: 773-436-6060 x 104
--Sep 17, Sat, 8 pm, Book-TV, C-SPAN2 Cable TV
IRAQ WAR DEBATE: GEORGE GALLOWAY & CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS
Repeats 9/18 11 am, 9/19 4:30 am
--Sep 18, Sun, Philadelphia
PHILLY BEYOND OIL TEACH-IN & CONFERENCE
Hear Ken Wiwa, Jan Lundberg, others
Info: www.phillybeyondoil.org/
--Sep 18, Sun, 9-5 pm, 618 S Michigan
NISHMA: A DAY OF LEARNING ON JUDAISM & SOCIAL JUSTICE
Info: www.jcua.org/content/page.php?cat_id=3&content_id=61
--Sep 18, Sun, 10 am, Third Unitarian Church, 301 N Mayfield
SIMA QURAISHI
Hear the Executive Director of Muslim Women's Resource Center in Chicago
Info: http://thirdunitarianchurch.org/
--Sep 18, Sun, 11:30 am, St. Chrysostom's Church, 1424 N Dearborn
CELEBRATE GAY PRIDE
Sponsor: Gay & Lesibian Episcopalian Enthusiasts of Chicago
--Sep 18, Sun, 2 pm, Book-TV, C-SPAN2 Cable TV
BARBARA EHRENREICH: BAIT AND SWITCH:
THE (FUTILE) PURSUIT OF THE AMERICAN DREAM
Author & activist discusses her new book
--Sep 18, Sun, 2-5 pm, Teamster’s Auditorium, 1645 W Jackson
8TH DAY CENTER FOR JUSTICE 30TH ANNIVERSARY
Hear Cheri Honkala of Kensington Welfare Rights Union
Info: www.8thdaycenter.org
--Sep 18, Sun, 2-65 pm, Gorton Community Center, 400 E Illinois Rd, Lake Forest
WHEELCHAIRS FOR IRAQ
Art exhibit, auction, food, music, more
Sponsors: Iraqi-American Association of Illinois, Wheelchair Foundation
Info: nasrenm (at) aol.com
--Sep 18, Sun, 4 pm, Gerber-Hart Library, 1127 Granville
50TH ANNIVERSARY OF FOUNDING OF DAUGHTERS OF BILITIS
Historian Marcia Gallo on the first US lesbian organization
Info: 773-381-8030
--Sep 18, Sun, 5 pm
ISM POTLUCK DINNER
Sponsor: International Solidarity Movement
Info: ISMinChicago (at) aol.com or 773-489-3505
--Sep 18, Sun, Tweeter Center
FARM AID 20TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT
--Sep 19, Mon, 6:30 pm, News & Letters, 36 S Wabash, Rm 1440
NEWS & LETTERS DISCUSSION
Info: 312-236-0799, www.newsandletters.org
--Sep 19, Mon, 7 pm, Northwestern University Law School
MP GEORGE GALLOWAY IN CHICAGO
Info: www.mrgallowaygoestowashington.com
--Sep 20, Tue, 5:30 pm, DePaul University College of Law
Rare Book Room, 25 E Jackson
COURTROOM 302: A YEAR BEHIND THE SCENES
Hear journalist Steve Bogira discuss his
new book on the Cook County Circuit Court
Sponsor: National Lawyers Guild Chicago
Info: 312-913-0039 or nlgchicago.org
--Sep 20, Tue, 7 pm, Palos Hills Library, 8611 W 103rd St
HISTORY OF ARAB IMMIGRATION TO CHICAGO
Author Ray Hanania discusses his new book, Arabs of Chicagoland
--Sep 20, Tue, 7 pm, Acme Art Works, 1741 N Western
FILM: RACHEL: AN AMERICAN CONSCIENCE
Sponsor: International Solidarity Movement
--Sep 21, Wed, 6-8 pm, Roosevelt University Sullivan Room, 430 S Michigan
CROSS-CLASS ALLIANCE BUILDING
Author Betsy Leondar-Wright discusses her book
Sponsors: Chicago Center for Working-Class Studies,
Roosevelt University’s Mansfield Institute for Social Justice,
Class Action, United for a Fair Economy
Info: jmetzgar (at) roosevelt.edu
--Sep 21, Wed, 7 pm, Countryside Unitarian Church, 125 Smith Rd, Palatine
NORTHEWST NOW METING
Info: www.nwsubnow.org/
--Sep 21-24, Wed-Sat, various locations
ESTROJAM MUSIC & CULTURE FESTIVAL
Benefits Aung San Suu Kyi, also Chicago Abused Women Coalition
Info: www.estrojam.org/2005/about.html
--Sep 22, Thu, 12-1:30 pm, Marshal Fields State St
ANTI J-LO FUR PROTEST
--Sep 22, Thu, 6:30 pm, Grace Place, 637 S Dearborn
STONEWALLED: POLICE ABUSE & MISCONDUCT AGAINST
LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL & TRANSGENDER PEOPLE IN THE US
Amnesty International town hall meeting
Info: 312-435-6396 or rschultz (at) aiusa.org
--Sep 23-30, Fri-Fri
BANNED BOOK WEEK
Info: www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/bannedbooksweek.htm
--Sep 22-25, Sat-Tue, St Louis
JOBS WITH JUSTICE ANNUAL MEETING
Info: www.jwj.org/AnnMtg/AnnMtg.htm
--Sep 24, Sat, Washington DC
NATIONAL ANTI-WAR MOBILIZATIONS
Bus tix: 773 920-7545, answerchicago (at) gmail.com
Info: http://internationalanswer.org/ & www.ufpj.org
--Sep 24, Sat, 8:30-3 pm, Prairie State College, Chicago Heights
ILLINOIS NOW STATE CONFERENCE
Info: www.illinoisnow.org/
--Sep 24, Sat, noon, Monument Circle, Indianapolis IN
INDIANA PEACE RALLY
Sponsors: Progressive Indiana Inc, Indianapolis Peace & Justice Coalition
Info: www.progressiveindiana.org
--Sep 24, Sat, 2 pm, Sam Johnson Parkway at Main St, Racine WI
PEACE NOW FEST
Bands, speakers, more
Sponsor: Racine Coalition for Peace & Justice, others
Info: 262-634-2095
--Sep 24-25, Sat-Sun. 6:30 & 9 pm, Chicago Filmmakers, 5243 N Clark
FILM: THIS DIVIDED STATE
Steven Greenstreet documents Michael Moore's
visit to Utah Valley State College
--Sep 25, Sun, 1-4 pm, Woodstock town square, Illinois
DIVERSITY DAY 2005: EQUALITY ON THE SQUARE
Tenth annual celebration of cultural, racial, religious, ethnic, linguistic,
gender diversity, with music, speakers, info tables, food, more
Sponsor: Congregational Unitarian Church, McHenry County Peace Group,
Latino Coalition, McHenry County Progressive Voters,
McHenry County Citizens for Choice, McHenry County PRIDE,
McHenry County College, others
Info: 815 814-5645 or pmurfin (at) sbcglobal.net
--Sep 29, Thu, 7 pm, Acme ArtWorks, 1741 N. Western
FIRE IN THE LAKE: THE VIETNAMESE & THE AMERICANS IN VIETNAM
Author Hugh Iglarsh discusses the Frances Fitzgerald book
Info: 773-384-5797
--Sep 30, Fri, 5:30 pm, Daley Plaza
CRITICAL MASS BIKE RIDE
Info: www.chicagocriticalmass.org/
--Sep 30, Fri, 7:30 pm, Swedish Museum, 5211 N. Clark
BARBARA EHRENREICH: BAIT AND SWITCH:
THE (FUTILE) PURSUIT OF THE AMERICAN DREAM
Author & activist discusses her new book
Sponsor: Women & Children First
Info: 773.769.9299
--Oct 1, Sat, 5 pm, University of Chicago Law School
1111 East 60th Street, Rm 2
FIGHT GOVERNMENT REPRESSION:
IN DEFENSE OF JAMAL, SHAKUR & STEWART
Sponsor: Partisan Defense Committee
Info: www.icl-fi.org
--Oct 1, Sat, 7 pm, Swedish Museum, 5211 N. Clark
GERBER/HART LIBRARY ANNUAL BENEFIT
Hear Del Martin & Phyllis Lyon, founders of Daughters of Bilitis
& the first legally married same-sex couple in the US
Info: www.gerberhart.org/
--Oct 2, Sun, 4 pm, St Paul's United Church, 2335 N Orchard
HUMAN DIGNITY UNDER ASSAULT:
THE USE OF TORTURE IN THE WAR ON TERROR
Panelists; Joseph Margulies of MacArthur Justice Center,
Maria LaHood of Center for Constitutional Rights
Sponsors: Amnesty International, Protestants for the Common Good,
Justice Coalition of Greater Chicago, Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice
Info: 312-427-2060, aiusamw (at) aiusa.org
FORTHCOMING:
-10/8 Matthew Shepard March for LGBT Rights, www.GayLiberation.org
-10/14-15 Human Rights Teaching Conference, http://humanrights.uchicago.edu/teachconf/index.html
-10/15 Know Your Rights Activist Teach-In, wwwnlgchicago.org
-10/18 20th Annual Mother Jones Dinner, Springfield, 217-652-0481
-10/20-22 North American Labor History Conference,
Wayne State University, ao1605 (at) wayne.edu
-10/22-23 National Student Counter-Recruitment Conference, UC Berkeley,
www.campusantiwar.net
-10/26 Afro-Colombian leader Zulia Mena in Chicago, gcozette (at) crln.org
-11/10 Chicago Homeless Vets Standdown, auspex (at) earthlink.com
-11/10 Campaign For Better Health Care annual meeting, 312-913-9449
-11/12-13 Campaign to End the Death Penalty Convention,
www.nodeathpenalty.org/convention05.htm
-11/18-21 School of the Americas Protest, Ft Benning GA
-3/24/06, Crossroads Fund Annual Benefit, www.crossroadsfund.org
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NEW STUFF AT NWRC:
-A Liberal in City Government, by Frank P. Zeidler, $19.95
-Used book donations appreciated! Non-fiction, politics, history, etc
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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
CALENDAR INTERNET:
www.NewWorldResourceCenter.com/events
http://chicago.indymedia.org/
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WEEKLY & BIWEEKLY EVENTS
Thu, 10 am, wluw 88.7 fm
ALTERNATIVE RADIO
Thu, 7 pm, 3334-61/2 W Lawrence, Rm 202
A.N.S.W.E.R. COALITION MEETING
Info: 773-920-7545, answerchicago (at) gmail.com
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
Fri, 6-8pm, Association House, 1116 N Kedzie
POMEGRANATE RADICAL HEALTH COLLECTIVE
Second Friday of the month
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, 1:30 – 3:30 pm, Art Institute of Chicago front steps
PEACE VIGIL
Sponsor: Code Pink. Info: codepinkchicago (at) yahoo.com.
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, location tba
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
Mon-Fri
FREE SPEECH RADIO NEWS
4-4:30 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
Wed, 6:30 pm, 1325 S Wasbash, Suite 105
CHICAGOLAND COALITION FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES & RIGHTS
1st & 3rd Wed
Info: www.ccclr.org/
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TO HOLD YOUR EVENT AT NWRC: Phone (773) 227 4011or
nwrc_2600 (at) yahoo.com. New World is a centrally located non-
smoking storefront accessible by public transportation, street parking
available, wheelchairs/bikes welcome. Small donation requested.
WHO WE ARE: The New World Resource Center is Chicago’s oldest
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
THANKS to everyone for your support
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