CHICAGO AREA EVENTS CALENDAR: MARCH 11 - 29

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--March 11 & ongoing, Congress Hotel, 520 S Michigan
24-7 UNION PICKET: SUPPORT CONGRESS HOTEL STRIKERS
Sponsor: HERE Local 1
Info: www.congresshotelstrike.info

--March 11, Thu, noon, County Clerk office, 69 W Washington
RALLY FOR EQUAL MARRIAGE RIGHTS
Info: www.CABN.org

--March 11, Thu, 7 pm, Christian Hope Church, 8849 S Greenwood
WALKING WHILE BLACK
Forum against police violence
Sponsor: Enough is Enough!
Info: 773-643-4078

--March 11, 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

--March 11, Thu, 7 pm, Loyola University Lake Shore Campus
Finnegan Auditorium, Damen Hall
FILM: THE PANAMA DECEPTION
Must see documentary of the 1993 US invasion of Panama
Part of Loyola Women for Peace’ US Foreign Policy:
Truth, War & Consequences Film Series

--March 11, 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

--March 11, 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 11-14, Thu-Sun
LARRY EVEREST: OIL, POWER AND EMPIRE:
IRAQ & THE US GLOBAL AGENDA
Hear the author & analyst
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

--March 11 - 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

--March 12, Fri, 6:15 pm, Siskel Film Center, 164 N State
FILM: UPSWING (NOUSUKAUSI)
Johanna Vuoksenmaa’s satire of yuppies
forced to live in a Helsinki housing project
Repeats 3/15, 6:15 pm

--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, 2 pm, Woodson Library, 9525 S Halsted
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION: HISTORICAL
PERSPECTIVES & CONTEMPORARY ISSUES
Hear Judge Ann Claire Williams, Shanta Driver of Coalition to
Defend Affirmative Action & Integration, author Prof Cedric Herring,
Sharon Jones of Black Women Lawyers of Chicago,
author Prof Nancy MacLean
Info: 312/745-2080

--March 13, Sat, 2 pm, Odeum Expo Center, 1033 N Villa Ave, Villa Park
PROTEST THE MEDINAH SHRINE CIRCUS
Info: www.Circuses.com

--March 13, Sat, 2 pm, Chicago Historical Society, 1600 N Clark
FILM: THE WEATHER UNDERGROUND
2004 Oscar nominated documentary
Sponsor: In These Times
Info: 773-772-0100 ext. 243 or tracy (at) inthesetimes.com

--March 13, Sat, 3:15 pm, Siskel Film Center, 164 N State
FILM: THE SUIT (EL TRAJE)
Alberto Rodríguez’ satire of an illegal African immigrant in
Seville & European images of Africans
Repeats 3/15, 6 pm

--March 13, Sat, 7 pm, Chicago Filmmakers,5243 N. Clark St., 2nd Floor
FILM: THIRD PARTY: POLITICAL ALTERNATIVES
IN THE AGE OF DUOPOLY
Michael Burns 2003 documentary includes interviews with
Francis Fox Piven, Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, more
Info: 773-293-1447

--March 13, Sat, 7 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, Sat, 7:30 pm, Atelier Gallery, 5400 N Clark
CELEBRATE THE ISRAELI REFUSER MOVEMENT
Meet Israeli Refusers, benefit tix $20/$30
Info: RSVP 773-426-9093 or info (at) refusersolidarity.net

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

--March 14, Sun, 10 am, UIC, 750 S Halsted. 7th floor
WHAT'S AT STAKE IN THE MARRIAGE DEBATE
Andy Thayer speaks to the Secular Humanist Society

--March 14, Sun, noon, Water Tower, 830 N. Michigan
RACHEL CORRIE MEMORIAL VIGIL
Sponsor: Mot In My Name
Info: www.nimn.org/

--March 14, Sun, 2 pm, Thousand Waves Center, 1220 W Belmont
LOOKING AT LYNCHING
Artists Ann Tyler & Connie White present an evolving body of work
Part of Meditations on Violence speakers series
Info: (773) 472-7663 or info (at) thousandwaves.org

--March 14, Sun, 2 pm, New World Resource Center, 1300 N Western
ANIMAL DEFENSE LEAGUE MEETING
Info: ADLchicago (at) yahoo.com

--March 15, Mon, 6:30 pm, Loyola University, 6525 N Sheridan, room tbd
AMIRI BARAKA
Hear the radical poet & civil rights leader

--March 15, Mon, 6:30 pm, News & Letters, 36 S. Wabash, Rm 1440
WOMEN'S WORLDWIDE STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM
Hear Women Worldwide News & Letters columnist Mary Jo Grey
Info: nandl (at) igc.org

--March 16, Tue, 4 pm, Patten Industries, 635 W Lake, Elmhurst
RALLY AT CATERPILLAR DEALERSHIP IN ELMHURST
Anniversary of death of Rachel Corrie, killed by driver of a
Caterpillar bulldozer that was destroying a Palestinian home in Rafah
Info: www.stopcat.org

--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

--March 16, Tue, 7 pm, St. Martin's Church, 5710 W Midway
RICARDO ESQUIVIA: AN AFRO-COLOMBIAN'S STRUGGLE
FOR PEACE & HUMAN RIGHTS IN COLOMBIA
Hear the director of Justapaz Christian Center for Justice, Peace &
Non-Violent Action of the Mennonite Church of Colombia
Info: 773-378-8111

--March 17, Wed, 8 pm, No Exit Café, 6970 N Glenwood
SANDINO VIVE VIDEO THEATER
Screenings: footage from Radio Populares, Nicaragua;
Killer Zone Gaza from Palestine; Miami Protests; more
Info: 773 973 6529 or nsccicago (at) igc.org

--March 18, Thu, 7 pm, Loyola University Lake Shore Campus
Finnegan Auditorium, Damen Hall
FILM: HIDDEN WARS OF DESERT STORM
Documentary of the 1991 US invasion of Iraq
Part of Loyola Women for Peace’ US Foreign Policy:
Truth, War & Consequences Film Series

--March 18, Thu, 7 pm, Gateway Bar & Grill, 7545 N Clark
CHICAGO AREA GREENS MEETING
Info: obeynow20001 (at) yahoo.com

--March 18-22, Thu-Mon, Loyola University, 820 N. Michigan
EYES WIDE OPEN: BEYOND FEAR - TOWARDS HOPE
AN EXHIBITION OF THE IRAQ WAR
Multimedia journey of words, images, sounds of Iraq war.
Info: eyes.peacechicago.org

--March 19, Fri, 6 pm, Siskel Film Center, 164 N State
FILM: GOOD MORNING, NIGHT
Marco Bellochio’s brilliant drama of the Italian Red Brigade’s
kidnapping of Prime Minister Aldo Moro
Repeats 3/12, 3 pm

--March 19, Fri, 7 pm, Las Manos Gallery, 5220 N Clark
FORMS OF RESISTANCE TO THE PRISON INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
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 19, Fri, 9 pm, Stone Soup Co-Op, 4637 N Ashland
SPRING SOLSTICE BENEFIT PARTY FEATURING LOS COJOLITES
Bands, DJs, more, benefits Teatro Trono & Stone Soup Cooperative
Info: 773-506-2465

--March 20, Sat, 10 am, Unitarian Church, 4848 Turner St, Rockford
RALLY & MARCH FOR PEACE
Sponsor: Rockford Peace & Justice Action Committee
Info: peaceman50 (at) aol.com or 815-964-7111

--March 20, Sat, 11 am, Hay St Amtrak Station, Fayetteville NC
FT BRAGG ANTI-WAR MARCH & RALLY
Largest planned demo since Vietnam era
at largest military base in US
Info: www.ncpeacehub.org

--March 20, Sat, 11 am, Wilmette Metra Station, Green Bay & Lake Wilmette
GREEN BAY ROADSTERS FOR PEACE
Info: hallk (at) newtrier.k12.il.us or 847 256-8599

--March 20, Sat, noon, Pearson & Michigan, also Federal Plaza
MARCH & RALLY:
Day of protests against US occupation of Iraq
1:30 pm rally, Federal Plaza, Dearborn & Adams
Info: CCAWR (at) aol.com or 888-471-0874

--March 20, Sat, noon, 1035 N Western
INAUGURAL PEDESTRIAN CRITICAL MASS
For pedestrian safety, in honor of pedestrian casualties

--March 20, Sat, 3:30 pm, Siskel Film Center, 164 N State
FILM: THE GALÍNDEZ FILE
Gerardo Herrero’s drama of Basque nationalist
& antifascist Jesus de Galíndez

--Marc 21, Sun, 9-6 pm, Loyola School of Law
Rubloff Auditorium, 25 E Pearson St
HEALING ISRAEL-PALESTINE:
BUILDING A LOCAL PEACE COMMUNITY
Panelists include Rabbi Michael Lerner, Marilyn Katz, Ray Hanania
Info: 312-988-5520 or www.tikkun.org

--Marc 21, Sun, 11 am, New World Resource Center, 1300 N Western
VOLUNTEERS MEETING: NEW WORLD RESOURCE CENTER
Say hi to your friendly neighborhood radical bookstore staff
Info: 773-227-4011

--Marc 21, Sun, 2-4 pm, Logan Square, Milwaukee & Kedzie Aves
NORTHSIDE PEACE GATHERING
Mini-demo against war & empire

--March 21, Sun, 8 pm, Beat Kitchen, 2100 W Belmont
INDY TV & KOREAN DRUMS
Screening of Episode 2 of Chicago Indy TV CAN-TV
Also live performance by Korean percussion group ARIRAME
Info: mle_17 (at) lycos.com

--March 24, Wed, 5 pm
STUDS TERKEL AWARDS
Info: cmw (at) newstips.org

--March 24, Wed, 7 pm, ACME Artworks, 1741 N. Western
RISE & DECLINE OF THE SOCIALIST PARTY
IN US IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Hear historian & author Bill Pelz
Part of Open University of the Left’s Third Parties series

--March 25, Thu, 7 pm, Las Manos Gallery, 5220 N Clark
INCARCERATED WOMEN & GIRLS:
REENTRY: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
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 25, Thu, 7 pm, Loyola University Lake Shore Campus
Finnegan Auditorium, Damen Hall
FILM: UNCOVERED: THE SELLING OF THE IRAQ INVASION
Documentary on the 2003 US invasion of Iraq
Part of Loyola Women for Peace’ US Foreign Policy:
Truth, War & Consequences Film Series

--March 26, Fri, 9-2 pm, Metropolitan Family Services, 3843 W 63rd St
EMPOWERING LOW-WAGE WORKERS
Immigrant rights training for community advocates &
service providers on workplace rights
Info: 773-476-3534 x 63 or suzanneadely (at) msn.com

--March 26-April 1, Fri-Thu, Facets Cinémathèque, 1517 W Fullerton
FILM: FORGET BAGHDAD
Documentary on Iraq’s multicultural past & the Arab-Israeli conflict
Info: 773-281-4114

--March 27, Sat, 9:30 am, First United Methodist Church of Normal
211 N School St, Normal IL
CENTRAL ILLINOIS FAITH COMMUNITY TRAINING
ON ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY
www.normalfumc.org.

--March 27, Sat, 8:15 pm, Siskel Film Center, 164 N State
FILM: PATRIOT ACTS
World premiere documentary explores human cost of post-9/11
immigration policy on Chicago's Pakistani residents
Info: 312-575-8000 or www.siskelfilmcenter.org

--March 27, Sat, 8 pm, Acme Artworks, 1741 N Western
NELSON ALGREN BIRTHDAY PARTY
Music, spoken word, refreshments
Info: www.nelsonalgren.org

--March 27, Sat, Blackies, 755 S Clark
METROPOLITAN TENANTS ORGANIZATION
UNIVERSAL DANCE PARTY FUNDRAISER
Tix $15/20
Info: 773-292-4980 x 222

--March 27-30, Sat-Tue
SOA WATCH SPRING MOBILIZATION & LOBBY DAY
trainings, skill-shares, street theatre, social & educational events
Info: www.soaw.org

--March 29-31, Mon-Wed, WTTW channel 11 TV
THE NEW AMERICANS
Kartemquin Films’ new series on contemporary US immigrants
Info: www.itvs.org/outreach/newamericans.

FORTHCOMING:
-4/1-11 Chicago International Documentary Festival, www.chicagodocfestival.org/
-4/2-4 Lake Shore Arabic & Farsi Film Festival, 773-508-3727
-4/2-4 Farm Animal Sanctuary Conference,
www.farmsanctuary.org/farmanimalforum/
-4/3 Midwest Socialist Conference, midwestsocialists (at) yahoo.com
-4/9 Annual Good Friday Walk for Justice, 312-641-5151
-4/9-10 Student Peace Action Network's Summit, www.studentpeaceaction.org
-4/12 former Ugandan child soldier Akallo Grace Grall, www.indiastudies.org
-4/13 Robert McChesney, www.chicagomediaaction.org/
-4/16-28 Chicago Latino Film Festival, www.latinoculturalcenter.org/filmfest/
-4/17-18 Mother Earth & Mother Jones labor & enviro conference, admin (at) asje.org
-4/21 Norman Finkelstein - Images of Palestine, JustPeace1 (at) aol.com
-4/23 International Day of Action Against Caterpillar, ISMinChicago (at) aol.com
-4/23-24 Chicago Labor & Arts Festival
-4/25 All Out!! March for Women's Lives, Washington DC, 312-578-9351
-4/29-5/2 The New Latin American Left,
www.havenscenter.org/latinamericanleft.htm
-4/30 Crossroads Fund 2004 Annual Benefit, 773-227-7676
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NEW BOOKS & ETC AT NWRC:

-CHE SOCCER JERSEYS, $16
-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
-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
-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
-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
-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 Mondays of month
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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