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Posted by Stella from a-temp-vlan-700.netequip.depaul.edu (140.192.201.100) on Thursday, January 30, 2003 at 5:31PM :

CHICAGO AREA EVENTS CALENDAR: JAN 30 – FEB 17

Sponsored by: New World Resource Center
A Non-Profit Bookstore & Meeting Center
2600 West Fullerton, Chicago IL USA 60647
(773) 227 4011; (773) 489-5942 fax
www.NewWorldResourceCenter.com
Open Tues-Fri, 3-9 pm; Sat-Sun 12-7 pm
WATCH FOR NWRC NEW LOCATION &
GRAND RE-OPENING PARTY COMING IN MARCH
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Calendar listings begin Thursday for following 2.5 weeks,
includes submissions received by 5 pm Tuesday. 1,000+ recipients.
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--Jan 30, Thu, 6 pm, Mexican Fine Arts Center, 1852 W 18th St
AZTECA FOODS STRIKERS DEMONSTRATION
Info: www.ranknfile-ue.org/1159azteca_home.html

--Jan 30, Thu, 8 pm, Studio Theatre, Chicago Cultural Center, 77 E
Randolph
PRECIOUS STONES
Silk Road Theater Project’s production of Jamil Khoury’s
play on the Palestine/Israel conflict, thru 3/2
Info: 312-236-6881.

--Jan 31, Fri, 4:30 pm, Lakeveiw neighborhood
STROLLING WEDDING PARTY:
SUPPORT FREEDOM TO MARRY
Also 2/1, Michigan Ave; 2/9, Andersonville
Info: www.cabn.org/

--Jan 31, Fri, 7 pm, Mosque Foundation, 7360 W 93rd St\
WHERE DO I FIT IN: INFORMATIONAL WORKSHOP
FOR IMMIGRANTS ABOUT HOMELAND SECURITY
With Yaser Tabara of Midwest Immigrant & Human Rights Center,
Ruth Edwards of DePaul Legal Clinic,
Jim Fennerty of National Lawyers Guild
Info: 773-476-3534 x 61 or 773-784-2900 x 132

--Jan 31, Fri, 7 pm, United Church of Hyde Park, 1448 E 53rd
NO TURNING BACK: TIME TO ABOLISH THE DEATH PENALTY
Rev. Jesse Jackson, exonerated death row prisoners, others
Info: 312-849-2279

--Jan 31, Fri, 7 pm, Revolution Books, 1103 N Ashland
VIDEOS: WAR AGAINST THE PEOPLE &
EX-WARRIORS / ANTI-WARRIORS
Info: 773-489-0930

--Jan 31-Feb 2, Fri-Mon, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
UNITED STUDENTS AGAINST SWEATSHOPS CONFERENCE
Info: 202-667-9328 or http://usasnet.org/conference/

--Feb 1, Sat, 1 pm, University of Illinois-Chicago, Chicago Circle
Center
STUDENT ANTI-WAR TEACH IN
Info: csawn@hotmail.com or 773-227-7873

--Feb 1, Sat, 5 pm, Women & Children First, 5322 N Clark
NIKKI GIOVANNI
Poet & civil rights activist reads new poems
Info: 773-769-9299

--Feb 1, Sat, 6 pm, Chase Café, 7301 N Sheridan
KICK OFF FOR PEOPLE'S REFERENDUM IN 49TH WARD
Supports Feb 25th Peoples Referendum on Iraq

--Feb 1, Sat, 8 pm, No Exit Cafe, 6970 N Glenwood
FUNDRAISER FOR IRAQ PEACE PLEDGE
Info: www.iraqpeacepledge-chicago.org/ or 773-278-6706

--Feb 1, Sat, 10 pm Old Town School of Folk Music, 4544 N Lincoln
RIBBON OF HIGHWAY, ENDLESS SKYWAY:
A TRIBUTE TO WOODY GUTHRIE
Info: 773-728-6000

--Feb 2, Sun, 10 am, Third Unitarian Church, 301 N Mayfield, Oak Park
CATHERINE CAPORUSSO
Hear the Chicago National Organization for Women president
Info: 773-626-9385.

--Feb 2, Sun, 6 pm, Luna Mexicana Restaurant, 3565 W Fullerton
NOT IN OUR NAME FUNDRAISER
Info: 773-252-8162

--Feb 2, Sun, 7:30 pm, Catholic Worker House, 4652 N Kenmore
VIDEO: RAHUL MAHAJAN ON BUSH'S TERROR WAR
Info: 773-865-6042

--Feb 2, Sun, 9 pm, Book-TV, C-SPAN2
LERONE BENNETT, JR.
Historian & author gives keynote address for
Gwendolyn Brooks Writers’ Conference

--Feb 3, Mon, time tba, Chicago Temple, 77 W Washington
AZTECA FOODS STRIKERS PRESS CONFERENCE
WITH REP. LUIS GUITERREZ
Info: www.ranknfile-ue.org/1159azteca_home.html

--Feb 3, Mon, 5 pm, DePaul University, Student Center St 105
PLANNING MEETING FOR DEPAUL ANTI-WAR PROTEST
Info: Depaulagainstwar@yahoo.com or 773-317-5327

--Feb 3, Mon, 6 pm, West Town Community Law Office, 2502 W Division
IRAQ PEACE PLEDGE PLANNING MEETING
Info: www.iraqpeacepledge-chicago.org/ or 773-278-6706

--Feb 4, Tuesday, national
DAY OF ACTION AGAINST WAR PROFITEERING
Protest for peace at your local gas station
Info: www.targetoil.com/

--Feb 4, Tue, 8 pm, Shubert Theatre, 22 W. Monroe
PLAY: THE EXONERATED
Drama about death row from prisoner interviews & court transcripts,
with Brian Dennehy & Marlo Thomas, repeats 2/16
Info: 312-902-1400

--Feb 5, Wed, 9:30 am, City Hall
RALLY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING
Sponsor: Bickerdike's Affordable Housing Committee
Info: 773-278-5669

--Feb 5-7, Wed-Fri, Harold Washington Library, 400 S State
FACING HISTORY WORKSHOP
Info: www.facinghistory.org

--Feb 6, Thu, 7 pm, McHenry County College, Crystal Lake
IRAQ PANEL DISCUSSION
Hear Prof. Salim Yaqub, Jeff Guntzel, Barry Romo,
Rock Valley Times publisher Frank Schier
Info: 815-477-8100

--Feb 6, Thu, 7 pm, Stone Soup Co-op, 4637 N Ashland
VIDEO: HIDDEN WARS OF DESERT STORM
Info: www.edgeupgreens.org or 773-878-1979

--Feb 6, Thu, 7:30 pm, First Unitarian Church, 57th & Woodlawn
COMMUNITY FORUM: RESPONSE TO CITY RESOLUTION
OPPOSING IRAQ ATTACK
Hear Prof. Robert Pape, Jim Black. Sponsors: Hyde Parkers Against
the War on Iraq, First Unitarian Church Social Justice Council,
Social Justice Council of KAM, UC Students Against the War on Iraq

--Feb 7, Fri, Music Box Theatre, 3733 N Southport
FILM: POWER & TERROR - NOAM CHOMSKY IN OUR TIMES
Includes interviews & public talks from Spring 2002. Thru 2/13
Info: 773-871-6604

--Feb 7, Fri, Facets Cinémathèque, 1517 W Fullerton
FILM: MUHAMMAD ALI THE GREATEST
William Klein's documentary on Ali as a revolutionary figure
773-281-4114

--Feb 8, Sat, 1 PM, Winnetka Presbyterian Church, 1255 Winnetka Ave
WHAT COULD GO WRONG?
Forum on Iraq & North Korea with Trib columnist Steve Chapman
Sponsor: North Suburban Peace Initiative
Info: 847-475-3692 or www.nspeace.org

--Feb 8, Sat, 3 pm, Afriware, 848 Lake St, Oak Park
RAMONA AFRICA
Info: organizers@chicagofreemumia.org

--Feb 8, Sat, 6 :30, 9, 11 pm, Doc Films, 1212 E 59th Street
FILM: BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE
Michael Moore’s comedy on the sociology of guns
Repeats 2/9, 2 pm
Info: 773-702-8574

--Feb 8, Sat, 7 pm, Book-TV, C-SPAN2
THE EDUCATION OF LIEUTENANT KERREY
Hear author Gregory Vistica. Repeats 2/9 10 pm

--Feb 9, Sun, 2 pm, Harris YMCA, 6200 S Drexel
RAMONA AFRICA
Info: organizers@chicagofreemumia.org

--Feb 10, Mon, 6 pm, Harold Washington Library, 400 S State
JIHAD: THE RISE OF MILITANT ISLAM IN CENTRAL ASIA
Hear journalist Ahmed Rashid

--Feb 11, Tue, 6:30 pm, Sokka Ghaka International, 1455 S Wabash
CHICAGO COALITION AGAINST WAR & RACISM GENERAL MEETING
Info: 888-471-0874 or CCAWR@aol.com

--Feb 11, Tue, 7 pm, Harold Washington Library, 400 S State
A PROBLEM FROM HELL:
AMERICA AND THE AGE OF GENOCIDE
Hear author Samantha Power

--Feb 12, Wed, 7 pm, Autonomous Zone, 2129 N Milwaukee
ANIMAL LIBERATION ACTIVIST ROBIN WEBB
Info: 847-297-3596 or ADLChicago@yahoo.com

--Feb 12, Wed, 7 pm, High Risk Gallery, 1113 W. Belmont
FREEDOM TO MARRY RECEPTION
Hear NJ same-sex marriage plaintiffs Saundra Heath & Alicia Toby
Sponsors: CABN, Lambada Legal, High Risk Gallery, others
Info: www.cabn.org/

--Feb 13, Thursday
NO E-MAIL CALENDAR THIS WEEK
Return Feb 20

--Feb 13, Thu, 6 pm, Lakeshore Academy, 640 W Irving Park, 3rd floor
SAVAGE WARS OF PEACE: SMALL WARS &
THE RISE OF AMERICAN POWER
Discussant: Barry Romo, Vietnam Veterans Against the War
Part of American Empire series
Sponsor: Open University of the Left
Info: 773-244-1480 or anitanfd@aol.com

--Feb 13, Thu, 7 pm, DePaul University, Schmitt Academic Center
Rm 154, 2320 N Kenmore
WOMEN WAGING PEACE IN PALESTINE & ISRAEL
Hear Penny Rosenwasser, Middle East Children[s Alliance
Info: 312-409-4845 or 773-325-1774

--Feb 14, Fri, Facets Cinémathèque, 1517 W Fullerton
FILM: DAUGHTER FROM DANANG
Vietnamese American woman’s struggle
to reunite with her mother. Through 2/20
Info: 773-281-4114

--Feb 15, Sat, noon, 2200 W Devon
MARCH & RALLY – ALL OUT!!
STOP ATTACKING IMMIGRANTS / ANTI-WAR MOBILIZATION
International day of protest
Info: 888-471-0874 or ccawr@aol.com

--Feb 15, Sat, 9 pm, Heartland Café, 7000 N Glenwood
ORQUESTA NABORI: VALENTINE'S DAY SALSA DANCE
Benefit for Nicaragua Solidarity Committee
Info: 773-276-5626.

--Feb 16, Sun, 2 pm, New World Resource Center, 2600 W Fullerton
CHICAGO GREENS MEETING AND FORUM
Info: 312-593-0996 or lionel@greens.org

--Feb 16, Sun, 7 pm, Chicago Filmmakers, 5243 N. Clark
FILM: A CHILD'S CENTURY OF WAR
Shelley Saywell’s devastating history of the bloody
20th century & its impact on kids
Info: www.chicagofilmmakers.org

--Feb 16, Sun, 7 pm, Doc Films, 1212 E 59th Street
FILM: NOTHING BUT A MAN
Michael Roemer’s classic 1964 drama about working-class
African Americans confronting Jim Crow
Info: 773-702-8574

--Feb 17, Mon, 6:30pm, 656 W Barry
NO BLOOD FOR OIL
Monday night anarchy talk & discussion
Sponsor: Some Chicago Anarchists
Info: 773-725-4568



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