NEW WORLD RESOURCE CENTER’S
CHICAGO AREA EVENTS CALENDAR: FEB 24 – MAR 13

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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Calendar listings begin Thursday for following 2.5 weeks,
includes submissions received by 5 pm Tuesday. 1,300+ recipients
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--Feb 24, 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

--Feb 24, Thu & ongoing, Landmark Century Cinema, Clark & Diversey
FILM: BORN INTO BROTHELS
Zana Briski & Ross Kauffman’s documentary
on the children of Calcutta prostitutes

--Feb 24, Thu, 2 pm, Harold Washington College, Rm 320, 30 E Lake
MILITARY FAMILIES AND VETERANS SPEAK OUT:
BRING THE TROOPS HOME NOW
Hear Connie Cominsky of Military Families Speak Out
Sponsor: International Socialist Organization
Info: 312-458-9380 or loop_chicago (at) yahoo.com

--Feb 24, Thu, 5-7 pm, DePaul University Art Museum, 2350 N Kenmore
ART EXHIBIT: THE SUBJECT OF PALESTINE
Works from Palestinian artists, thru May 14

--Feb 24, Thu, 5:30 pm Loyola University, Bremner Lounge
RACHEL LYONS: RACE TO EXECUTION
Filmmaker discusses and shows clips from her recent
documentary on capital punishment in Alabama
Info: www.luc.edu/theatre/dmw/calendar.shtml

--Feb 24, Thu, 5 pm, University of Chicago, Social Sciences Rm 122, 1126 E 59th
PEACE, PROPAGANDA & THE PROMISED LAND:
US MEDIA AND THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT
Film/discussion program. Sponsors: Not In My Name,
Students for Justice in Palestine at University of Chicago
Info: sjpuc-announce (at) listhost.uchicago.edu

--Feb 24, Thu, 7 pm, Acme Art Works, 1741 N Western
DECONSTRUCTING DYLAN: READING BOB DYLAN'S CHRONICLES
Writer-critic Warren Leming takes on the Dylan art & rock machine
Sponsor: Open University of the Left
Info: 773-384-5797

--Feb 24-27, Thu-Sun, Loyola Theatre, 1125 W Loyola
PLAY: DEAD MAN WALKING
Loyola University Theater’s production of Tim Robbins' play
Info: www.luc.edu/theatre/dmw/

--Feb 24, 26, 27, Music Box Theatre, 3733 N. Southport
FILM: THE TAKE
Avi Lewis & Naomi Klein’s extraordinary documentary of a
factory takeover & workers’ occupation in Buenos Aires
during Argentina’s 2001 economic collapse
2/26-27, 11:30 am
Info: www.nfb.ca/thetake/ & www.onf.ca/thetake/flash/viewPress.php

--Feb 25-Mar 3, Fri-Thu, Music Box Theatre, 3733 N. Southport
FILM: PATHS OF GLORY
Stanley Kubrick’s anti-war WWI drama

--Feb 25, Fri, 5:30 pm, Daley Plaza
CRITICAL MASS BIKE RIDE
Info: www.critical-mass.org

--Feb 25, Fri, 6-9 pm, Chicago Labor Education Program Office,
Suite 110, 815 W Van Buren
SINGING IN THE DARK DAYS
Hear singer Kristin Lems, also reading of
Clifford Odets’ Waiting for Lefty
Info: 312-996-2623

--Feb 25, Fri, 6-9 pm, Agape House, 1046 W. Polk
GRASSROOTS ADVOCACY ON CUBA AND VENEZUELA
Hear Mavis Anderson, senior associate for Cuba & Venezuela,
Latin American Working Group
Sponsor Chicago Religious Leadership Network on Latin America,
Chicago Cuba Coalition, others
Info: www.lawg.org

--Feb 25, Fri, 7 pm, Loyola University Damen Hall
10th floor Hussey Lounge, 6525 N Sheridan
NOEL IGNATIEV: THE INVENTION OF RACE:
PALESTINE A CONTEMPORARY EXAMPLE
Hear the historian & author of How the Irish Became White
Sponsor: Loyola Campus Greens
Info: tsmith6 (at) luc.edu or www.racetraitor.org

--Feb 25, Fri, 7 pm, First Presbyterian Church, 6400 S Kimbark
RACISM & THE WAR
Hear Larry Holmes
Info: www.chicagoantiwar4mwm.org/022505leaf.pdf

--Feb 25, Fri, 8 pm, Next Theatre, 927 Noyes, Evanston
NORTH SUBURBAN PEACE INITIATIVE BENEFIT:
THE LOVE SONG OF J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER
Next Theatre Company’s production of the Carson Kreitzer play
Info: www.nspipeace.org

--Feb 25-27, Fri-Sun, DePaul University
COLOMBIA ACTION NETWORK CONFERENCE
Info: www.colombiaactionnetwork.org/main.html

--Feb 26, Sat, 6 pm, Johnsonese Gallery, 867 W Buckingham
EQUAL MARRIAGE RIGHTS
Hear State Rep Sara Feigenholtz, reps from ACLU, others
Info: 773-525-5877

--Feb 26, Sat, 7 pm, New World Resource Center, 1300 N Western
VIDEO: HEALTHCARE INJUSTICE: CONFRONTING
CORPORATIZATION AT RESURRECTION HOSPITALS
AFSCME Council 31 video, followed by discussion with
St. Elizabeth Hospital Coalition activists
Sponsor: New World Resource Center
Info: nwrc_2600 (at) yahoo.com

--Feb 26, Sat, 7 pm, Truckers Union Hall, Ashland & Marshfield
FILM: THE 4TH WORLD WAR
Youth Struggling for Survival movie night

--Feb 26-27, Sat-Sun, Auditorium Theater
ANI DIFRANCO

--Feb 27, Sun, 10 am, Third Unitarian Church, 301 N Mayfield
HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN DARFUR SUDAN
Hear Michaela Purdue of Amnesty International

--Feb 27, Sun, 2 pm, St. Gertrude’s, 1401 W. Granville
RALLY TO CLOSE THE SCHOOL OF THE AMERICAS
Music by Voices Vicios de Papá, Mariachis Amables
Speakers: Colombian journalist Hector Sepulveda, others
Info: 312-641-5151

--Feb 27, Sun, 4 pm, World Folk Music Co, 1808 W 103rd St
FILM: PEACE, PROPAGANDA, & THE PROMISED LAND:
US MEDIA & THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT
Sponsors: Not In My Name, South Siders for Peace
Info: 773-239-1439.

--Feb 27, Sun, 7 pm, First United Methodist Church, 1032 Maple, Downers Grove
DUPAGE PEACE THROUGH JUSTICE COALITION
DISCUSSION GROUP: VENEZUELA
Info: 630-852-9741 or lsmpax (at) 3arts.us

--Mar 1, Tue, 4:30 p.m, UIC Illinois Room, 750 S. Halsted
WINONA LADUKE: MOTHERHOOD, POLITICS, & THE ENVIRONMENT
Hear the Native American activist & environmentalist
Part of UIC Women’s History Month 2005 events
Info: www.uic.edu/depts/owa

--Mar 2, Wed, 3 pm, Northwestern University School of Law
375 E Chicago, Thorne Auditorium
FILM: COUNTDOWN TO AN EXECUTION
Premier of A&E documentary on Indiana
capital case of Darnell Williams
Info: 312-503-3604

--Mar 3, Thu, 7 pm, Harold Washington College, Rm 320, 30 E Lake
BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY: THE POLITICS OF MALCOLM X
Hear International Socialist Review editor Ahmed Shawki
Sponsor: International Socialist Organization
Info: 312-458-9380 or loop_chicago (at) yahoo.com

--Mar 3, Thu, 7 pm, Acme Arts, 1741 NWestern
FILM: WANGARI MAATHI: QUIET REVOLUTION
Sponsor: Open University of the Left
Info: OULChicago (at) yahoo.com or call 773-384-5797.

--Mar 4, Fri, noon, DePaul University Student Center Rm120
2250 N. Sheffield
MAKING FACE, ROMPIENDO BARRERAS:
THE ACTIVIST LEGACY OF GLORIA E. ANZALDÚA
Lecture by Aida Hurtado of UCLA
Info: 773) 325-7559 or esaeta (at) depaul.edu

--Mar 4, Fri, 8-12 am, Pilsen location tba
SUPPORT IMMOKALEE WORKERS
Struggle against sweatshop conditions supplying
Taco Bell, Long John Silver, other restaurants
Info: eballeine (at) nfwm.org

--Mar 4-5, Fri-Sat, Portage Park Center for the Arts, 3914 N Menard
DRAFT COUNSELING WORKSHOP
Info: 847-791-4791 or 773-383-8609 or draftcounseling (at) yahoo.com

--Mar 4-5, Fri-Sat, 7-9 pm, UIC Illinois Room, 750 S. Halsted
VAGINA MONOLOGUES
Performances part of worldwide movement to eradicate violence against women
Part of UIC Women’s History Month 2005 events
Info: www.uic.edu/depts/owa

--Mar 5, Sat, 9:30-1 pm, UNITE Hall, 333 S Ashland
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY CONFERENCE:
CONFRONTING THE BUSH/US GOVERNMENT BACKLASH ON WOMEN
Sponsor: International Women's Day Committee 2005
Info: 773-278-6706

--Mar 5, Sat, 12:30pm, Madison WI
AMY GOODMAN
Keynote speech at Strategies for Social & Legal Change,
National Lawyers Guild midwest regional conference
Info: www.nlg.org/chapters/mwconference.htm

--Mar 5, Sat, 1 pm, Lake Street Church, 607 Lake, Evanston
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY FORUM & RALLY
STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN WORLDWIDE
Speakers: Caroline Skolnik on Rwandan Women and HIV/AIDS;
Ana Maria Murillo on Human Rights Issues of Indigenous Women;
Dr. Mary Fabri on Gender Issues in the Treatment of Torture Survivors
Rally 3:30 pm Fountain Square, Evanston
Sponsors: Amnesty International Evanston/Rogers Park,
Evanston Township & New Trier High Schools
Info: 847-328-4010 or 847-869-2152

--Mar 5, Sat, 2 pm, Palmer Park, 2157 Humboldt Park
SUPPORT IMMOKALEE WORKERS March & Rally
Marching to Taco Bell, 3143 Milwaukee
5 pm dinner, San Lucas Church, 2914 W North
Info: eballeine (at) nfwm.org

--Mar 5, Sat, 7 pm, HotHouse, 31 E Balbo
SING/SHOUT/SHIMMY/DANCE!
CELEBRATION OF INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY
Girlie-Q Variety Show, Kelly Hogan & Nora O’Connor,
Luna Blues Machine, Linda Smith, My Damn Butterfly,
Almost Rosario, Kelli Hicks, the Honeybees, also DJs, info tables, more
Info: www.emilylonigro.com/shimmy.html

--Mar 5, Sat, 7 pm, Barrymore Theater, 2090 Atwood, Madison WI
AMY GOODMAN
Info: members.freespeech.org/cable/

--Mar 5, Sat, 7 pm, Chicago Filmmakers, 5243 N Clark
FILM: DAILY BAGHDAD
Romain Goupil’s documentary of residents of
Baghdad a year after the beginning of the war

--Mar 6, Sun, 5 pm, location tba
MONTHLY POTLUCK DINNER MEETING FOR
CHICAGO THE INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT
Info: 773-489-3505 or ISMinChicago (at) aol.com

--Mar 7, Mon, 3-7 pm, UIC Ward Gallery, 750 S. Halsted
EXHIBIT: WOMEN’S LIBERATION POSTERS OF THE 1970’S
Assembled by the Chicago Women’s Liberation Union
Herstory Project, through 4/8
Part of UIC Women’s History Month 2005 events
Info: www.uic.edu/depts/owa

--Mar 7, Mon, 6:30 pm, New & Letters, 36 S. Wabash, Rm 1440
DIRECTLY AND INDIRECTLY SOCIAL LABOR: WHAT KIND
OF HUMAN RELATIONS CAN TRANSCEND CAPITALISM?
Discussion with author Peter Hudis
Part of Beyond Capitalism series
Info: 312-236-0799 or arise (at) newsandletters.org

--Mar 8, Tue, noon, Daley Center
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY RALLY MARCH
Sponsor: International Women's Day Committee 2005
Info: 773-278-6706

--Mar 8, Tue, 3 pm, Cardinal Room, 750 S. Halsted
TEHRAN, MARCH 8, 1979: WHAT IRANIAN WOMEN
LEARNED FROM THE REVOLUTION
Hear Roya Hakakian, author of Journey from the Land of No
Part of UIC Women’s History Month 2005 events
Info: www.uic.edu/depts/owa

--Mar 8, Tue, 8 pm, Decima Musa, 1901 S Loomis
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY:
MUJERES VALIENTES / BRAVE WOMEN
Lin Boyle sings primarily Spanish-language songs
Info: LinBoylesing (at) aol.com

--Mar 8, Tue, Senn High School, 5900 N Glenwood
SAVE SENN COMMUNITY FORUM
Speakers oppose the military takeover of public schools
Info: www.savesenn.org

-Mar 11, Fri, 5 pm, Peace Museum
PHOTO EXHIBIT: WOUNDED IN AMERICA
photographer Robert Drea’s images of gun violence
Sponsor: Chicago Chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility
Info: 708-420-4374 or peacemuseum (at) usa.com

--Mar 11-13, New York City
WHEN BUSH COMES TO SHOVE: YOUTH
ORGANIZING AGAINST RIGHT-WING & CORPORATE POWER
Sponsor: Young Democratic Socialists
Info: www.ydsusa.org/confs/nyc_0305.html

--Mar 12, Sat, London
NEWS FOR SALE: INFORMATION IN THE AGE
OF MARKET-DRIVEN JOURNALISM
International conference on commercialization of the media
Info: monde-diplo-friends.org.uk/pages/Page%20Conference.htm

--Mar 12, Sat, 2 pm, New World Resource Center, 1300 N Wester
STOP CAT COALITION MEETING
Pan for International Day of Action Against Catrerpillar April 13
Info: info (at) stopcat.org or www.catdestroyshomes.org

--Mar 12, Sat, 7 pm, UIC Illinois Room, 750 S. Halsted
FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED
SUICIDE WHEN THE RAINBOW IS E’NUF
Performance of Ntozake Shange’s highly acclaimed play
Part of UIC Women’s History Month 2005 events
Info: www.uic.edu/depts/owa

--Mar 13, Sun, 2 pm, DePaul University, 2320 N Kenmore, Rm 254
FILM: UP TO A CERTAIN POINT
Tomas Gutierrez Alea’s film questions the hypocrisy of men
& self-proclaimed intellectuals
Part of Cuba Film Series
Sponsor: Chicago Committee to Free the Cuban 5
Info: 773-376-7521or uscubachi (at) hotmail.com

FORTHCOMING:

-3/17-21 Women in the Director's Chair International Film & Video Festival, www.widc.org/festival/calendar.html
-3/19 Global Day of Protest/Two-Year Anniversary of Iraq War www.unitedforpeace.org/events
-3/19 Northern Illinois Peace Conference & Demonstration, Rockford, 815-964-7111
-3/25 Good Friday Walk For Justice, 312-641-5151
-3/25-28 Third Asia-Pacific Solidarity Conference, apisc2005 (at) greenleft.org.au
-3/26 Activist Kay Meyers 90th Birthday Celebration, College of Complexes
-3/28-4/5 Delegation to El Salvador commemorates 25th Anniversary of
Archbishop Romero, mkennedy (at) crln.org
-4/1 Jon Stewart, Rosemont Theatre
-4/13 International Day of Action Against Caterpillar
-4/15-16 Global Left Forum, NYC, www.2005leftforum.org/
-4/15-17 Palestine Right to Return Conference UCLA, al-awda.org
-4/16 Mobilization Against IMF, Washington DC, www.globalizethis.org
-4/30-5/1 Chicago Social Forum, 312-427-2533
-5/6 Debs-Thomas-Harrington Dinner, Holiday Inn Mart Plaza
-5/6-7 IWW & a Century of Radical Labor Activism 1905-2005, NJ, jgugliel (at) email.smith.edu
-5/11-12 Gang Of Four, Cabaret Metro
-5/12-15 Global Studies Association Conference, Knoxville TN, www.net4dem.org/mayglobal
-5/13-15 National Conference for Media Reform, St Louis MO, www.freepress.net/conference/
-5/14 Polk Women's Labor Leadership Conference, St Charles
-6/3-5 Radfest/Midwest Social Forum, Madison WI, info (at) havenscenter.org
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WEEKLY & BIWEEKLY EVENTS

Thu, 10 am, wluw 88.7 fm
ALTERNATIVE RADIO

Thu, 1:30 pm, whpk 88.5 fm radio
THE MINISTRY OF TRUTH
Info: msszczep (at) midway.uchicago.edu or
whpk.uchicago.edu

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

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, 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: 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, 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
10-11 pm Mon-Thu, WRTE 90.5 FM
9-10 am Mon-Wed-Fri, WLUW 88.7 FM

Mon-Fri
FREE SPEECH RADIO NEWS
3:45-4:15 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, 7:30 pm, Beverly Unitarian Church, 103rd & Longwood Dr
SOUTH SIDERS FOR PEACE WEEKLY MEETING
Info: www.southsidersforpeace.com/

Wed, 10 am, wluw 88.7 FM
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in 1972, NWRC is a not-for-profit owned and operated by an all-volunteer
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