CHICAGO AREA EVENTS CALENDAR: FEB 26 – MARCH 16

Sponsored by: New World Resource Center
A Non-Profit Community-Owned Bookstore & Meeting Center
1300 N Western, Chicago IL USA 60622-2923
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Tues-Fri, 3-9 pm; Sat-Sun 12-7 pm

FINAL THREE DAYS OF HUGE 10%-OFF-EVERY-DARN-BOOK
BOOK SALE THRU FEB 29 at your very favorite progressive
book store (excludes periodicals) so get yer butt in gear!!
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Calendar listings begin Thursday for following 2.5 weeks,
includes submissions received by 5 pm Tuesday. 1,000+ recipients
SUBMIT EVENTS & SUBSCRIBE at NWRC2600 (at) juno.com
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--Feb 26 & ongoing, Congress Hotel, 520 S Michigan
24-7 UNION PICKET: SUPPORT CONGRESS HOTEL STRIKERS
Sponsor: HERE Local 1
Info: www.congresshotelstrike.info

--Feb 26, Thu, 6 pm, Siskel Film Center, 164 N State
FILM: OCTOBER
Sergei Eisenstein’s legendary 1927 recreation
of the Russian Revolution of 1917, repeats 2/26 6 pm
Info: 312-846-2600

--Feb 26, Thu, Nookies Tree Restaurant, 3334 N Halsted
EQUAL MARRIAGE RIGHTS IN CHICAGO MEETING
Info: www.CABN.org

--Feb 26 - April 3, Stage Left Theatre, 3408 North Sheffield
BURYING THE BONES
Stage Left Theatre’s production of Margaret Lewis’s drama of
a woman seeking the truth about her disappeared husband
from South Africa’s Truth & Reconciliation Commission
Info: 773-883-8830

--Feb 27, Fri, early am, location tba
ROAD TRIP TO LOUISVILLE TO PROTEST TACO BELL
Sponsor: Chicago Student Labor Action Project
Info: 312-342-7564 or slap_Chicago (at) yahoo.com

--Feb 27, Fri, 10-4 pm, Metropolitan Family Services, 3848 W 63rd St
UNDERSTANDING ARAB-AMERICANS &
ARAB IMMIGRANTS LIVING IN THE UNITED STATES
Training workshop for social service providers
Info: 773-476-3534 x 63

--Feb 27, Fri, 5:30 pm, Daley Plaza
CRITICAL MASS BIKE RIDE
Info: www.ChicagoCriticalMass.org

--Feb 27-29, Springfield IL
ILLINOIS GREEN PARTY NOMINATING CONVENTION
Info: www.ilgreenparty.org/

--Feb 27-March 4, Fri-Thu, Facets Cinémathèque, 1517 W Fullerton
FILM: VALLEY OF TEARS
Hart Perry’s 2003 documentary on a 1979 farm workers strike in Texas
Info: 773-281-4114

--Feb 28, Sat
FIRST MIDWEST REGIONAL RACIAL JUSTICE 911 MEETING
Developing a regional network of racial justice organizations
Info: 773-476-3534 x 34

--Feb 28, Sat, 9 am, WNUR 89.3 fm radio
ANDREW FANDINO
Hear the Colombian activist from Peace Brigades International
This Is Hell radio program
Info: www.thisishell.net

--Feb 28, Sat, 9:15 - 5 pm, UIC Rafael Cintron-Ortiz Cultural Center
803 S Morgan, Lecture Center B2
VOICES OF THE DISAPPEARED:
CHICAGOANS FOR A PEACEFUL COLOMBIA
THIRD ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON COLOMBIA
Panels, workshops, more
Info: 773-454-0820 or colombia (at) chicagoans.net
or www.chicagoans.net

--Feb 28, Sat, 9:30-6:30pm, Ida Noyes Hall, Max Palevsky Theater
1212 E 59th St
BACK TO THE FUTURE:
GENERATIONS OF FEMINISM CONFERENCE
Hear Dorothy Allison, Sabrina Craig, Judith Halberstam,
Kate Millet, Aihwa Ong, Gayatri Spivak, Michelle Wallace, others
Info: humanities.uchicago.edu/orgs/cgs/GFConference.htm

--Feb 28, Sat, 10-4 pm, Roosevelt University, 430 S Michigan
YOUR VOTE, YOUR FUTURE.
A FESTIVAL OF MUSIC, IDEAS, EMPOWERMENT
Hear Kathy Kelly of Voices in the Wilderness,
Progressive Magazine editor Matt Rothschild, panels & workshops
Sponsor: Chicago Rolling Thunder
Info: 773-235-4488

--Feb 28, Sat, noon, Access Living, 614 W Roosevelt
MARCH 20 RALLY GENERAL PLANNING MEETING
www.accessliving.org/

--Feb 28, Sat, 2 pm, North Park Village Center, 5801 N Pulaski
VIDEO: VISIONS OF UTOPIA
Geophy Kozeny’s 2003 doc on alternative communities in the US
Info: 773-907-1465 or www.sustainCUP.blogspot.com

--Feb 28, Sat, 9 pm, Heartland Café, 7000 N Glenwood
ROCK-N-ROLL BELLY DANCING FOR PEACE & JUSTICE
Benefit for Rogers Park Community Action Network

--Feb 28-29, Sat-Sun, New World Resource Center, 1300 N Western
GIGANTIC BOOK SALE
Last two days of 10%-off-every-book sale! Labor, politics, history,
theory, feminism, socialism, green, anarchism, tons more!!
Info: 773-227-4011

--Feb 29, Sun, time tba, Hyatt Regency
AIPAC EVENT
Say hello to supporters of the American Israel Public
Affairs Committee, the right-wing pro-Israel lobby group

--Feb 29, Sun, 3 am, Book-TV, C-SPAN2, cable TV
NOAM CHOMSKY: HEGEMONY OR SURVIVAL:
AMERICA'S QUEST FOR GLOBAL DOMINANCE

--Feb 29, Sun, 10 am, Third Unitarian Church Forum, 301 N Mayfield
REPARATIONS FOR SLAVERY DISCUSSION
Hear Dr. Conrad Worrill of National Black United Front
Info: 773-626-9385

--Feb 29, Sun, 2 pm, Revolution Books, 1103 N Ashland
OIL, POWER AND EMPIRE:
IRAQ & THE US GLOBAL AGENDA
Book discussion
Info: 773-489-0930

--Feb 29, Sun, 5 pm, Beverly Unitarian Church 1909 W 103rd Str
IS THE WORLD SAFER WITHOUT SADDAM?
Hear Prof McGuire Gibson
Sponsor: South Siders for Peace
Info: 773-239-1439 or SouthSidersforPeace (at) yahoogroups.com

--Feb 29, Sun, 7 pm, First United Methodist Church, 1032 Maple, Downers Grove
US PROPOSAL FOR FTAA
Sponsor: DuPage Peace Through Justice Coalition
Info: 630-852-9741 or lsmpax (at) 3arts.us

--March 2, Tue, 6:30 pm, Chicago Temple, 77 W Washington
CHICAGO COALITION AGAINST WAR & RACISM GENERAL MEETING
Info: 888-471-0874 or CCAWR (at) aol.com

--March 3, Wed, 5:30 pm, Harold Washington Library
400 S State, 9th Floor South Hall
AMY GOODMAN
Hear the Democracy Now host
Part of Speak Out! Women & the Media
Sponsors: Chicago Public Library, UIC
Info: www.chipublib.org

--March 3, Wed, 6:30 pm, American Friends Service Committee, 637 S. Dearborn
NEXT CHICAGO SOCIAL FORUM MEETING
Coalition to Protect Public Housing looks at using
United Nations to vindicate right to housing
Info: 312-427-2533.

--March 3, Wed, 6:30 pm, Wicker Park Field House, 1425 N Damen
NOT IN OUR NAME PROJECT MEETING
Info: chicago (at) notinourname.net or www.notinourname.net

--March 4, Thu
NATIONWIDE HEALTH CARE ACTION DAY
Info: www.jwj.org/community/healthcare/HCAD/calltoaction.htm

--March 4, Thu, 4 pm, 4:30 pm, Federal Plaza, Adams & Dearborn
EDUCATION NOT EMPIRE
Protest the increasing militarization of schools
Info: 773-505-2579 or dwlb (at) uchicago.edu

--March 4, Thu, 7:30pm, UC International House, 1414 E 59th St
COMEDY FOR PEACE: RAY HANANIA & AARON FREEMAN
Sponsors: Middle East Studies Student Association
at University of Chicago, Global Voices
Info: aziza (at) uchicago.edu

--March 5, Fri, 12:30 pm, South Parlor of Cortelyou Commons, 2324 N Fremont
YOUNG WOMEN SPEAK OUT ON SEXUALITY & IDENTITY.
Hear Prof Aida Hurtado of UC Santa Cruz
Sponsors: Latin American & Latino Studies, Center for
Latino Research, Modern Languages, Women's Center,
Celebración de Nuestra América
Info: 773-325-4818

--March 5, Fri, 7 pm, Las Manos Gallery, 5220 N Clark
RACE & GENDER IN THE PRISON SYSTEM
Panel discussion, part of Voices in Time: Lives in Limbo
series on incarcerated women & girls
Sponsors: Beyondmedia Education &
Chicago Legal Advocacy for Incarcerated Mothers
Info: (773) 973-2280

--March 5-7, Fri-Sun, DePaul College of Law,
NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD MIDWEST REGIONAL CONFERENCE
Info: 312-362-6841 or lcavise (at) depaul.edu

--March 6, Sat, 9-5 pm, Lake Forest Friends Meeting House, Lake Forest, IL.
GI RIGHTS HOTLINE TRAINING
Info: peaceresources (at) ilym.org

--March 6, Sat, 9:30-4 pm, location tba
CELEBRATE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
Conference theme: Women’s Realities, Women’s Choices
Sponsor: International Women’s Day Coalition
Info: 773-2778-6706

--March 6, Sat, 3 pm, Oak Park Public Library, 834 Lake St
FROM OSLO TO THE ROAD MAP:
EXPLAINING THE FAILURE OF PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Hear Sara Roy of Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard
Sponsor: DuPage Peace Through Justice Coalition

--March 6, Sat, 7 pm, News & Letters, 36 S Wabash, Rm 1440
FILM: ROSA LUXEMBURG
Margarethe Von Trotta's must-see biopic of the German socialist
Info: (312) 236-0799

--March 7, Sun, 8:30-5 pm UIC, School of Public Health, 1603 W Taylor
CONFERENCE: HEALTH CONSEQUENCES OF
MILITARY OCCUPATION & ITS IMPACT ON
PALESTINIAN & ISRAELI POPULATIONS
Info: health.peacechicago.org or 312-427-2533 x18

--March 7, Sun, 10 am Third Unitarian Church, 301 N Mayfield
GRACE PALEY’S ESSAYS ABOUT THE FIRST US-IRAQ WAR
Ruth Dear facilitates an a female panel discussion
Info: 773-626-9385

--March 7, Sun, Chicago Historical Society, 1600 N Clark
OUT OF CHS: EXPLORING THE LGBT PAST
First of a three part lecture series
Info: 312-642-4600.

--March 7, Sun, 8 pm, Heartland Cafe, 7000 N Glenwood
DAVE ROVIKS & ATTILA THE STOCKBROKER
Anti-war & protest songs & poems
Sponsor: Chicago Media Action

--March 8, Mon, 8:40 am, York High School, 355 W St Charles Rd, Elmhurst
DAVE ROVIKS & ATTILA THE STOCKBROKER
Anti-war & protest songs & poems

--March 8, Mon, noon, Daley Center
MARCH & RALLY FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
Info: International Women’s Day Coalition
Info: 773-278-6706

--March 8, Mon, 7 pm, Oak Park Library, 834 Lake St
FILM: UNCOVERED: THE WHOLE TRUTH ABOUT THE IRAQ WAR
Info: 708-386-4330

--March 9, Tue, 7 pm, Rubloff Auditorium, Art Institute or Chicago
WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT: MODELS FOR ADVOCACY
Hear Veronica Arreola of NOW, Prof Martha Biondi of
Northwestern University, Prof Maria De Los Angeles Torres
of DePaul University, others

--March 9, Tue, 7 pm, Palatine Public Library, 700 N North Court
VIDEO: PALESTINE IS STILL THE ISSUE
Journalist John Pilger’s documentary
Info: www.nwsustain.org

--March 10, Wed, 7 pm, Healing Earth Resources, 3111 N Ashland,
MONTHLY MEETING TO EXPLORE SOLUTIONS
TO PROBLEMS OF DIGITAL VOTING MACHINES
Sponsor: Ballot Integrity Project
Info: 773-262-5927

--March 10, Wed, 7 pm, ACME Artworks, 1741 N. Western
FIRST ATTEMPTS TO FORM A LABOR PARTY
Examination of first attempts after Civil War to form a labor party in US
Part of Open University of the Left’s Third Parties series

--March 10-14, Wed-Sun
LARRY EVEREST: OIL, POWER AND EMPIRE:
IRAQ & THE US GLOBAL AGENDA
Hear the author & analyst
3/10 11 am, Columbia College Conway Center, 1104 S Wabash
3/10 7:30 pm, Barbara's Bookstore, 1350 N Wells
3/11 1 pm, WBEZ 91.5 fm radio
3/11 6:30 pm, Wicker Park Fieldhouse, 1425 N Damen
3/12 7 pm, Friends of Evanston Meeting House, 1010 W Greenleaf
3/13 9 am, WLUW 88.3 fm radio
3/13 2 pm, Luther Memorial Church, 2501 W Wilson
3/14 1:30 pm, Oak Park Public Library, 834 Lake St

--March11, Thu, 7 pm, Las Manos Gallery, 5220 N Clark
CHILDREN & PARENTS IN PRISON
Panel discussion, part of Voices in Time: Lives in Limbo
series on incarcerated women & girls
Sponsors: Beyondmedia Education &
Chicago Legal Advocacy for Incarcerated Mothers
Info: (773) 973-2280

--March11, Thu, 7:30 pm, Women & Children First, 5233 N Clark
SUSAN DOUGLAS: THE MOMMY MYTH: THE IDEALIZATION
OF MOTHERHOOD & HOW IT HAS UNDERMINED WOMEN
Hear the author & historian
Info: 773.769.9299

--March11, Thu, 8 pm, Block Cinema, Northwestern University
FILM: SALT OF THE EARTH
Herb Biberman’s 1954 must-see drama of the
1954 New Mexico miners’ strike
Info: 847-491-2448 or blockcinema (at) northwestern.edu

--March 12, Fri, 7 pm, Northwestern University, Thorne Auditorium, 375 E Chicago
FILM: WHERE WE STOOD
Premier of documentary about Chicago's
20 March 2003 protests of war on Iraq
Benefit for Peace Pledge Chicago
Info: 312-494-5840

--March 13, Sat, noon, Columbus Drive & Balbo
FATHER BILL HOGAN BRIGADE:
ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARADE
In honor of Father Bill Hogan,
lifetime commitment to peace & justice

--March 13, Sat, 7-12 pm, United Church of Roger's Park, 1545 W Morse
WEARING BUTTONS IS NOT ENOUGH
Benefit for Rebel Grrrl & Unbound Books Distro, live bands
Info: Info (at) RebelGrrrl.org or Unbound (at) UnboundBooks.org

--March 13-14, Sat-Sun, DePaul University
BREAK THROUGH 2004: CARRYING
REFUSER MESSAGE INTO THE MAINSTREAM
Conference for anti-occupation organizers
Sponsor: Refuser Solidarity Network
Info: www.refusersolidarity.net

--March 16, Tue, 6:30 pm, Chicago Temple, 77 W Washington
CHICAGO COALITION AGAINST WAR & RACISM GENERAL MEETING
Info: 888-471-0874 or CCAWR (at) aol.com

--March 16, Tue, 7 pm, DePaul University Student Center
Rm 120, 2250 N. Sheffield
REMEMBER RACHEL CORRIE
Video screening of The Killing Zone, more
Sponsor: International Solidarity Movement,
DePaul Students for Justice in Palestine
Info: 312-491-1789
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WEEKLY EVENTS BELOW
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NEW BOOKS & ETC AT NWRC:

-CHE SOCCER JERSEYS, $16
-Deaming War: Blood for Oil & the Cheney-Bush Junta,
by Gore Vidal, $11.95
-Fast Food Nation, $13.95
-Hope Dies Last, by Studs Terkel, $25.95
-School of Assassins: Guns, Greed & Globalization, $15
-Bolsheviks and the Chinese Revolution 1919-1927, $15.95
-War in Colombia: Made in the USA
-The New War on Terrorism, by Noam Chomsky, $14.98
-The Politics of Individualism, $24.98
-Artists in Times of War and Other Essays, Howard Zinn - $9.95
-Bushwhacked: LIfe in George W. Bush's America, Molly Ivins - $24.95
-Dude, Where's My Country, Michael Moore - $24.95
-The Best Democracy Money Can Buy, Greg Palast - $14
-For Reasons of State, with new forward by Arundhati Roy, Noam Chomsky - $19.95
-Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Domination, Noam Chomsky - $22
-Jungle: The Uncensored Original Edition, Upton Sinclair - $12
-Lies My Teacher Told Me, James W. Loewen - $15
-Manufacturing Consent, Herman & Chomsky - $18.95
-Silencing Political Dissent, Nancy Chang - $9.95
-Terrorism Trap: September 11 and Beyond, Michael Parenti - $8.95
-War is a Force That Gives Us Meaning, Chris Hedges - $12.95
-10% OFF EVERY BOOK SALE DURING FEBRUARY!!

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WEEKLY & BIWEEKLY EVENTS

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, 5 pm, First & Lincoln, City Clock Park, DeKalb IL
DEKALB AREA PEACE GATHERING
Info: ameyer (at) niu.edu

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, 10-5pm, 927 S Western
GIANT HUMANITARIAN BIKE SALE
Repeats Sun 12-4pm, Wed 12-5pm
Info: www.workingbikes.org

Sun, noon, Water Tower Park, 830 N Michigan
END ISRAELI OCCUPATION OF PALESTINE VIGIL
Sponsor: Not In My Name. Info: www.nimn.org/

Sun, 7 pm, WLUW radio, 88.7 FM
LABOR EXPRESS RADIO
Info: wheimbach.igc.org

Mon, 6 pm, 2502 W Division
IRAQ PEACE PLEDGE
Info: peacepledgechicago.org/

Mon, 7 pm, North Shore Church, 5242 N Lakewood, Rm 131
ANDERSONVILLE NEIGHBORS FOR PEACE
First & third Mondays
Info: AndersonvillePeace (at) yahoogroups.com

Mon-Fri, 7-9 am, WZRD 88.3 FM radio
DEMOCRACY NOW

Mon-Fri
FREE SPEECH RADIO NEWS
--3:45 pm, WZRD 88.3 FM radio
--6 pm, WLUW 88.7 FM radio

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
WEEKLY MEETING
Info: www.chicagoantiwar.org/hydepark/
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