NEW WORLD RESOURCE CENTER’S
CHICAGO AREA EVENTS CALENDAR: SEP 23 – OCT 11

New World Resource Center
A Non-Profit Community-Owned Bookstore & Meeting Center
1300 N Western, Chicago IL USA 60622-2923
(773) 227 4011; (773) 489-5942 fax
Tues-Fri, 3-9 pm; Sat-Sun 12-7 pm
www.newworldresourcecenter.com/events/

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includes submissions received by 5 pm Tuesday. 1,100+ recipients
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--Sep 23, Thu & ongoing, Congress Hotel, 520 S Michigan
24-7 UNION PICKET: SUPPORT CONGRESS HOTEL STRIKERS
Sponsor: HERE Local 1
Info: www.congresshotelstrike.info

--Sep 23, Thu, Music Box Theatre, 3733 N Southport
FILM: BUSH’S BRAIN
Michael Paradies Shoob & Joseph Mealey’s documentary on the
one & only Karl Rove, with original music by Michelle Shocked

--Sep 23, Thu, 6:30 - 8:30 pm, Girl's Best Friend Foundation
900 N Franklin, Suite 210
PROPOSAL WRITING WORKSHOP
For small not-for-profit organizations, registration $20
Sponsor: Crossroads Fund
Info: 773-227-7676

--Sep 23, Thu, 7 pm, Acme Art Works, 1741 N Western
TALES OF BEATNIK GLORY: JACK KEROUAC'S ON THE ROAD
Discussion with writer & activist Warren Leming
Sponsor: Open University of the Left

--Sep 23, Thu, 7 pm, House of Blues, 329 N Dearborn
PICKETT ANTI-GAY SINGER CAPLETON
Demand House of Blues cancel show by anti-gay reggae singer
Sponsor: Chicago Anti-Bashing Network
Info: www.cabn.org/homepage.html

--Sep 23-26, Mon-Sun, various venues
ESTROJAM
Chicago women’s music and culture festival
Info: www.estrojam.org/

--Sep 23 & ongoing, Landmark Cinema, Clark & Diversy
FILM: SILVER CITY
John Sayles drama of a right wing candidate
Info: www.silvercitythemovie.com

--Sep 24, Fri, 5:30 pm, Daley Plaza
CRITICAL MASS BIKE RIDE
Info: www.ChicagoCriticalMass.org

--Sep 24, Fri, 6 pm, UIC Cardinal Room, 3rd Floor, 750 S Halsted
TALK TO STRANGERS: DEMOCRACY IS A PROCESS, NOT AN EVENT
Panelists: author Danielle Allen, Phil Martin of Tavis Smiley Show,
Solana Larsen of OpenDemocracy Project,
Sanhita Sinha Roy Progressive Media Project
Info: 312-993-0682, or info (at) thepublicsquare.org

--Sep 24, Fri, 6:30 pm, UIC Behavioral Sciences Building
1007 W Harrison, room 117
EDUCATION NOT EMPIRE COALITION MEETING
Info: www.educationnotempire.org

--Sep 24, Fri, 7 pm, New World Resource Center, 1300 N Western
IMPERIALIST WAR, CAPITALIST CRISIS &
THE NEED FOR REVOLUTIONARY CHANGE
Panelists: Richard Becker, Caneisha Mills
Inaugural meeting of The Party for Socialism and Liberation
Info: www.socialismandliberation.org/ or BillBeth (at) rcn.com

--Sep 24, Fri, 8 pm, Coobah 3423 N Southport
EQUAL MARRIAGE NOW! BENEFIT PARTY
DJ, more

--Sep 25, Sat, Vandenberg AFB
KEEP SPACE FOR PEACE RALLY
Info: www.vpeaceldf.org/

--Sep 25, Sat, 10 – 7 pm, 360 N Michigan, 8th floor
SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS TRAINING
FOR ACTIVISTS & STREET MEDICS
Sponsor: Chicago Action Medical
Info: laghalot4 (at) hotmail.com or 773-263-3911

--Sep 25, Sat, 1 pm, UE Hall, 37 S Ashland
MILLION WORKER MARCH PLANNING MEETING
Info: 773.913.6539 or chicagoworkermarch (at) yahoogroups.com

--Sep 25, Sat, 5pm, Siskel Film Center, 164 N State
FILM: TICKET TO JERUSALEM
Rashid Masharawi’s drama of a Palestinian film projectionist
Repeats 9/27 8 pm

--Sep 25 – Oct 2
KEEP SPACE FOR PEACE WEEK
Info: www.wilpf.org/ and www.space4peace.org/

--Sep 26, Sun, Healing Earth Resources, 3111 N. Ashland
FILM: THE ARSENAL OF HYPOCRISY
Documentary on US weaponization of space
Screenings at 10am, noon, 2pm, 4pm
Info: drlora (at) ameritech.net

--Sep 26, Sun, Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield, IA
CREATING PEACE
All day seminar, panelists include filmmaker David Lynch, UNESCO
Peace Education Prize winner Robert Muller, Sue McGregor of Peace
& Conflict Studies Program at Mount Saint Vincent University of Halifax,
Dr Maureen McCue of Physicians for Social Responsibility, more
Info: 641-919-1898 or creatingpeace.mum.edu

--Sep 26, Sun, 9:30 am, Third Unitarian Church, 301 N Mayfield
FILM: UNPRECEDENTED: THE 2000 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Richard Ray Pérez & Joan Sekler’s documentary on the controversial election
Info: thirdunitarianchurch.org/

--Sep 26, Sun
PEDAL FOR PEACE
Bike-a-thon benefits grassroots peace/justice projects
in Guatemala, El Salvador, Colombia
Info: cmsa (at) chicagosanctuary.org

--Sep 26, Sun, 1 pm, Oakton Community College
1600 E Golf Rd, Des Plaines
HOW IS US FOREIGN POLICY AFFECTING YOUR LIFE?
Town hall forum with Oakton faculty & students
Info: 847-635-1645

---Sep 26, Sun, 1-8 pm, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn
PROGRESSIVE FILM FESTIVAL
Films include Outfoxed, also Uncovered-Truth About the Iraq War
Sponsors: DuPage Against War Now, College of DuPage Campus Greens
Info: www.d-a-w-n.org

--Sep 28, Tue, 7 pm, HotHouse, 31 E Balbo
PARTY POLITICS
Panelists: Jackie Grimshaw of Center for Neighborhood Technology,
David Moberg of In These Times, Marc Loveless of Green Party USA
Sponsor: HotHouse
Info: www.hothouse.net

--Sep 28, Tue, 7 pm, Alice Millar Chapel, Parkes Hall, Rm 122
1870 Sheridan Rd, Evanston
A FEW BAD APPLES - LIKE YOU AND ME:
ORDINARY AMERICANS AS TORTURERS
Hear author John Conroy,
Iraq Specialist Beth Ann Toupin of Amnesty International
Sponsor: Amnesty International Group 50
Info: 773-338-6020 or djd (at) datagroupltd.com

--Sep 29, Wed, 5:30 pm, Access Living, 614 W Roosevelt
ORIENTATION TO CROSSROADS GUIDELINES
Pre-application seminar; deadline for
Crossroads Seed Fund proposals is 11/1
Info: 773-227-7676

--Sep 29, Wed, 7 pm, Loyola Park Field house, Greenleaf & Sheridan
WILL THEY BRING BACK THE DRAFT?
Forum & discussion
Sponsor: International Socialist Organization
Info: www.internationalsocialist.org

--Sep 29, Wed, 7:30 pm, Barbara’s Books, 1218 South Halsted
JOHN NICHOLS: DICK: THE MAN WHO IS PRESIDENT
Author & journalist discusses his new book
Info: 312-413-2665

--Sep 29, Wed, 7:30 pm, Evanston library, 1703 Orrington
FILM: UNCOVERED
Richard Ray Perez & Joan Sekler’s
documentary on the 2000 Florida election
Info: www.reeltimeevanston.org/

--Sep 30 – Oct 1, Thu- Fri, IIT HUB-Center, 3300 S Federal
SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES - LEARNING FROM THE DUTCH EXPERIENCE
Symposium on green design, environmental safety, public policy, more
Info: www.dutchsustainablecommunities.com/

--Sep 30 - Oct 2, Fri-Sun, Athenaeum Theater, 2936 N Southport
WE'VE COME UNDONE
Monologues inspired by stories from Arab, Muslim American &
South Asian communities written & performed by Kayhan Irani
Info: www.singlefilechicago.com/schedule.html

--Oct 1, Fri, Block Cinema, Northwestern University
FILM: BATTLE OF ALGIERS
Gillo Pontecorvo’s gripping 1965 drama of the
anti-colonial movement in Algeria
Info: www.blockmuseum.northwestern.edu/blockcinema/nufilmsub3.html

--Oct 1, Fri, 7 pm, New World Resource Center, 1300 N Western
IWW MONTHLY MEETING

--Oct 1-2, Fri-Sat, El Paso, Texas & Ciudad Juárez, México
CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION, LABOR & EMANCIPATION
Info: ia.utep.edu/Default.aspx

--Oct 1-7, Fri-Thu, Music Box Theatre, 3733 N Southport
FILM: TYING THE KNOT
Jim de Sève’s documentary on gay couples’ struggle for marriage rights

--Oct 1 - Nov 1, Viaduct Theatre, 3111 N Western
THE PASSION OF THE BUSH: AN ELECTION SHOW
Theater Oobleck’s production follows the fate of Bush & Cheney
from Troy to Calgary, with cameos by John Kerry & Mel Gibson!
Fri & Sat 8 pm, Sun 7pm, special show Mon Nov 1 7pm
Info: 773-347-1041

--Oct 2, Sat, Washington DC
TRAIL OF MOURNING & TRUTH
FROM IRAQ TO THE WHITE HOUSE
National memorial procession
Sponsors: Military Families Speak Out,
Iraq Pledge of Resistance, Peace Action, AFSC, others
Info: www.peacepledge.org/resist/10-2-2004.htm

--Oct 2, Sat, 3 pm, SpareRoom, 2416 W North
EARL SILBAR
Here the union organizer & activist
Part of $ELECTION: Take Us To Your Leader series
Info: www.spareroomchicago.org

--Oct 2, Sat, 6:30 pm, Reza's Restaurant, 432 W Ontario
TESTIMONIAL DINNER HONORING PERRY CARTWRIGHT
Honor the lifelong socialist, WWII Vet, & civil rights activist
Sponsors: Open University of the Left, Democratic Socialists of America,
Networking for Democracy
Info: oulchicago (at) yahoo.com

--Oct 2, Sat, 7 pm, Chicago Filmmakers, 5243 N Clark
QUEERING CULTURE: FILMS & VIDEOS BY JORG FOCKELE
Meet the filmmaker
Info: www.chicagofilmmakers.org/

--Oct 2, Sat, 7 pm, Swedish American Museum, 5211 N Clark
MAKING HISTORY/CREATING COMMUNITY:
GERBER/HART LIBRARY BENEFIT
Hear LGBT historian John D'Emilio, tix $75 & $125
Info: 773-381-8030

--Oct 2, Sat, 8 pm, Halsted Street & Roscoe Avenue
6TH ANNUAL MATTHEW SHEPARD MARCH & RALLY
Sponsors: Chicago Anti-Bashing Network, Equal Marriage NOW!
Info: 888-471-0874 or www.CABN.org

--Oct 2-31, Siskel Film Center, 164 N State
FILM: FESTIVAL OF FILMS FROM IRAN
Info: www.artic.edu/webspaces/siskelfilmcenter/2004/october/iran.htm

--Oct 3, Sun, 2 pm, Evanston library, 1703 Orrington
FILMS: OUTFOXED: RUPERT MURDOCH'S WAR ON JOURNALISM
Also AMY GOODMAN: INDEPENDENT MEDIA IN A TIME OF WAR
Info: www.neighborsforpeace.org or info (at) neighborsforpeace.org

--Oct 4-5, Mon-Tue
FOLKSINGER EXTRAORDINAIRE DAVID ROVICS
11/4 7pm Holmes Student Center, NIU DeKalb
11/5 8pm Heartland Cafe 7000 N Glenwood

--Oct 5, Tue
FAHRENHEIT 9/11 DVD RELEASE

--Oct 5-9, Tue-Sat, Montreal
WORLD CONGRESS AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
Info: www.montreal2004.org

--Oct 6, Wed, 5:30 PM, St. Augustine College, 1333 W Argyle
NATIONAL DAY FOR THE DETAINED
& DISAPPEARED IN COLOMBIA
Info:www.chicagoans.net

--Oct 6, Wed, 11 pm, CAN-TV cable channel 21
THE REAL FACE OF THE OCCUPATION
Part of Deep Dish TV series Shocking And Awful
Continues Wed eves through 11/10

--Oct 7, Thu, 6:30 pm, Glen Ellyn Library, 400 Duane Street
FILM: UNCOVERED: THE TRUTH ABOUT THE IRAQ WAR
Sponsor: DuPage Against War Now
Info: www.d-a-w-n.org/index.html

--Oct 7, Thu, 7 pm, Acme Art Works, 1741 N Western
ORIGINS OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION & AMERICAN POLITICAL PARTIES
Discussants: Glenn Fritz & Hugh Iglarsh
Sponsor: Open University of the Left

--Oct 8, Fri, St Louis MO
PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE PROTEST
Info: www.stlo8.org

--Oct 8, Fri, 7:20 pm, Unitarian Church, 4 S 535 Old Naperville Rd
VOTE RESULTS VULNERABILITIES: FIXES FOR NOV 2004
Video & discussion
Part of Just Views series
Sponsor: DuPage Peace through Justice Coalition
Info: 630-420-4233

--Oct 8, Fri, 7:30 pm, St. Luke's Church, 939 Hinman, Evanston
KATHY KELLY
Hear the Voices In The Wilderness activist

--Oct 8-14, Fri-Thu, Siskel Film Center, 164 N State
HOWARD ZINN: YOU CAN’T BE NEUTRAL ON A MOVING TRAIN
Deb Ellis & Denis Mueller’s new documentary on the historian & activist
Info: www.artic.edu/webspaces/siskelfilmcenter/2004/october/r

--Oct 9, Sat, 9-3 pm, Unity Church, 1925 W. Thome
CHICAGO EARTH CHARTER COMMUNITY SUMMIT
Hear Kathy Kelly of Voices In The Wilderness, others
Info: www.earthcharterchicago.org/Summit.html

--Oct 9, Sat, 10 am, UIC Lecture Center A, 750 S Halsted
2004 MIDWEST SOCIALIST CONFERENCE
Speakers: Peter Miguel Camejo, others
Sponsor: International Socialist Organization
Info: chicago_socialists (at) yahoo.com

--Oct 9, Sat, 3 pm, Mess Hall, 6932 N Glenwood
ELVIRA ARELLANO
Hear the immigrant-rights activist
Part of $ELECTION: Take Us To Your Leader series
Info: www.my.calendars.net/messhall

--Oct 9, Sat, 3-5 pm, Acme Art Works, 1741 N Western
NEOCON LITE: THE POP SOCIOLOGY OF DAVID BROOKS
Discussants: Leon Bailey
Sponsor: Open University of the Left

--Oct 10, Sun, 10:30 am, Ethical Humanist Society, 7574 N Lincoln
EILLEEN CENSOTTI: WOMEN & SOCIAL JUSTICE MOVEMENTS IN SONG
Coffee hour follows
Info: 847-677-3334 or www.ethicalhuman.org/

--Oct 10, Sun, 3:30 pm, Peace Museum, 100 N Central Park
DR. HELEN CALDICOTT
Hear the author & anti-nuke activist
Info: 773.638.6450 or www.peacemuseum.org

--Oct 10, Sun, 7:30 pm, Las Manos, 5220 N Clark
WORDS OF CHOICE: POWERFUL STORIES OF WOMEN
(& MEN) & THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE
National tour of this dynamic play about reproductive freedom
Info: wordsofchoice.home.mindspring.com

FORTHCOMING:
-10/14-17 European Social Forum, London
-10/14-17 National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty Conference, Washington DC
-10/15 Nuclear Power & Children's Health Symposium, mpeters (at) nuclearpolicy.org
-10/15-17 Palestine Solidarity Movement conference, Duke University, www.palestineconference.com
-10/16 Steve Earle, Vic Theatre
-10/17 Joan Baez, McAninch Arts Center
-10/17 Million Worker March, Washington DC, www.millionworkermarch.org/
-10/17-23 Feed Your Alternative Media Week, www.infoshop.org/altmediaweek2004.html
-10/18 International Media Democracy Day, www.mediademocracyday.org/
-11/1 Crossroads Fund grant proposal deadline, www.crossroadsfund.org
-11/6-20 Havana & Caracas Labor Seminar, www.geocities.com/us-Cuba-labor/
-11/14 Marcel Khalife in concert, Harris Theater
-11/11 Vietnam Vets Against War Memorial Day Event, www.vvaw.org/events/
-11/14 Winter Standown for Homeless Veterans, Humboldt Park, www.vvaw.org/events/
-11/19-21 Close the SOA, Ft Benning GA, www.soaw.org
-1/26-31 World Social Forum, Porte Alegre, Brazil

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NEW STUFF AT NWRC:

-10% OFF ON ALL MAGAZINES, PAPERS & JOURNALS!!
-On sale: Olive Oil from Palestine, Fair Trade Coffee from Nicaragua
-Visit our ever-expanding DVD movie section

Books:
-A Vietcong Memoir, by David Chanoff
-Oil, Power, & Empire, by Larry Everest
-Ten Days That Shook the World, by John Reed
-People’s History of the United States, by Howard Zinn, $18.95
-The Fateful Triangle, new edition, by Noam Chomsky
-The Uses of Haiti, by Paul Farmer
-HealthCare Meltdown, by Robert Lebow
-History as Mystery, by Michael Parenti
-America Besieged, by Michael Parenti
-For Reasons of State, with 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
-Bound for Glory DVD -Motorcycle Diaries, Che Guavera
-The Best Democracy Money Can Buy, by Greg Palast
-Crime & Criminals, by Clarence Darrow, $8

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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

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, 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, 9:30 am, every second Mon/month, WLUW radio 88.7 FM
FIRE ON THE PRAIRIE
Hosted by Aaron Sarver of In These Times

Mon-Fri,
DEMOCRACY NOW
7-9 am, WZRD 88.3 FM north side
10-11 pm Mon-Thu, WRTE 90.5 FM south side

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
BIWEEKLY MEETING
2nd & 4th Tue
Info: www.chicagoantiwar.org/hydepark/

Tue, 7:30 pm, Beverly Unitarian Church, 103rd & Longwood Dr
SOUTH SIDERS FOR PEACE WEEKLY MEETING
Info: www.southsidersforpeace.com/

Wed, 4-6 pm, Logan Square, Kedzie & Milwaukee
NORTHSIDE PEACE GATHERING

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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.

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