There are tons of great events coming up this month. After nearly a year of commemorating 1968 and examining its legacy, AREA is about to release a new issue of our magazine on that theme. We hope you join us on Dec 6th to celebrate with the Jane Addams Hull House Museum (our organizational partner on this project) and pick up AREA Chicago #7 hot from the presses. We are also planning to have our annual auction that evening - if you have a venue that could host 60-80 people on the night of 12/6 to raise funds for AREA's 2009 issues - please email areachicago@gmail.com. The only other event we are involved in this month is on the 22nd, the Annual Teachers for Social justice Curriculum Fair. So please come visit our booth at that event.
We are saddened this month by the passing of Ben Schaafsma, one of our office mates from the InCUBATE organization and past author for AREA. For more info on Ben see this link.
Summary
01) Get Involved with the Most Exciting Campaign of 2008: Tamms Year 10 - All Month Long
02) 10.30 Thu - Community Justice For Youth Fundraiser/Dinner/Party
03) 10.30 Thu - Looking for Democracy Short Film Fest
04) 10.31 Fri - Capitalism Gives Me The Creeps March @ Wicker Park
05) 11.01 Sat - Borderlands of Race and Empire Seminar @ Newberry
06) 11.01 Sat - The Power of Protest with Craig Harshaw
07) 11.01 Sat - Environmentalism Post Election Strategy Workshop
08) 11.02 Sun - Forage the NW Side with Nance Klehm
09) 11.05 Wed - Anarchist Film Fest @ Hull House Museum
10) 11.05-07 - Tour for New Book on Oaxaca rebellion for educators - various locations
11) 11.06 Thu - Supper Club @ Backstory Cafe (New!)
12) 11.06 Thu - What Happens After Elections? (Panel)
13) 11.06 Thu - Lecture on Casualization of Labor @ Lincoln Park Library
14) 11.09 Sun - SPECIAL SUNDAY SOUP @ InCUBATE
15) 11.09 Sun - Teaching for Fundamental Change lecture @ Mess Hall
16) 11.09 Sun - Naomi Klein Lecture @ Northwestern
17) 11.10 Mon - Creating Street Peace (Panel) @ Hull House
18) 11.11 Tue - IWW Fundraiser and Dinner @ UE Hall
19) 11.12 Wed - Learn To Make Raw Milk Feta Cheese with Nance Klehm
20) 11.15 Sat - I.O.U.S.A Film about Debt @ Cultural Center
21) 11.19 Wed - Learn to make wild-yeast Bread and Crackers w/ Nance Klehm
22) 11.19 Wed - Chicagoan - History of a 1930s Magazine @ CHM
23) 11.20 Thu - Tariq Ali Lecture on Pakistan @ U of C
24) 11.22 Sat - Teachers for Social Justice Annual Curriculum Fair
25) 12.06 Sat - AREA Release Party for Issue #7: 1968/2008 @ Hull House
Details Below or at this Link http://areachicago.org/b/another-chicago/28-november-2008-events/
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UPCOMING TAMMS YEAR TEN EVENTS
THE TAMMS YEAR TEN CAMPAIGN
In 1998, the first prisoners were transferred from prisons across the state to Tamms CMAX, in Southern Illinois. This new “supermax” prison, designed to keep men in constant solitary confinement, was intended for short-term incarceration. The IDOC called it a one-year “shock treatment.” Now, ten years later, over one-third of the original prisoners have been there for a decade. They have lived in isolation 24/7—no human contact, no phone calls, no communal activity.
Year Ten is a coalition of prisoners, ex-prisoners, families, artists and other concerned citizens who have come together to protest the misguided and inhumane policies at Tamms C-MAX, and to call for an end to psychological torture. We have initiated a program of cultural, educational and political events to publicize Tamms after ten years of operation.
Get Involved!!!
Oct 27-31: Meet with Senators and Representatives to win support for HB6651 (call 773-241-4155 for more information)
Nov 1: Volunteer for Eddie Washington (call 773-241-4155 for more information)
Nov 3-7: Meet with Senators and Representatives to win support for HB6651 (call 773-241-4155 for more information)
Nov 13, 10am: Tamms Year Ten Rally (check www.yearten.org for location and updates)
Nov 13, 11am: Roundtable with legislators and IDOC organized by Rep. Julie Hamos (check www.yearten.org for location and updates)
Nov 15, 10am-1pm: Send holiday cards to Tamms Supermax Prisoners at 56 E 48th St, Chicago , The People's Church/Progressive Community Center
Nov 18: Lobby Day in Springfield (call 773-241-4155 to get involved)
Nov 18-19-20: Veto Session in Springfield
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Community Justice for Youth Institute Fundraiser
Divine food? Of course. Dynamic, joyous, committed people? Without a doubt. That sweet sweet Reggae music? You better believe it.
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Hope in America? Making Our Own Media
With Gordon Quinn, Anton Seals and short film contest winners
Tuesday, October 28, 6:30 - 8:30pm
Columbia College, Ferguson Theater
600 S. Michigan Ave.
See the winning short films from the Looking for Democracy short film contest and join us for a conversation about the value of making our own media.
Sponsored by The Public Square
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Oct 31, Fri, 5 pm, Wicker Park
CAPITALISM GIVES ME THE CREEPS
Halloween march, dress as your least favorite capitalist monstrosity
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Nov 1, Sat, 10-3 pm, Newberry Library, 60 W Walton
BORDERLANDS OF RACE & EMPIRE
Numerous panelists, part of Borderlands & Latino Studies program
Info: www.newberry.org/scholl/borderlands08-09.html
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The Power of Protest Today with Craig Harshaw
Saturday, November 1, 1:00pm – 2:00pm
Free Street Theatre
1419 West Blackhawk, Chicago
Free and open to the public. For more information place call 773.772.7248.
The Public Square and Free Street Theatre present The Power of Protest Today with Craig Harshaw, a founding member of The Youth Justice Funding Collaborative.
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"The Sierra Club, Izaak Walton League, and National Audubon Society are sponsoring a Population and Environment Training Workshop on Sat, Nov. 1 from 10AM-2PM at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum. The aim of the workshop is to discuss ways to address environmental sustainability and its intersections with population and access to health care and education. Touching on both local and global perspectives will be experts on global population, health, and environment issues. There will also be discussion of take-action options following the upcoming election. The workshop is free and lunch will be provided. Interested parties can RSVP or find more info by contacting Tara Scibelli at 301.548.0150 x255 or tscibelli@iwla.org."
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02nd NOV, sunday 2-4pm URBANFORAGE - by donation
it's the last public forage walk of the season!
gomper's park - meet at pulaski and foster
-price includes all materials, tastings, light meal and take homes-
all classes are for 6-10 participants, and are held at 2446 south sawyer, chicago. 60623 (If more than 10 register, we will move to another location.) more info: nettlesting@yahoo.com 773.762.0277
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The Guy Fawkes Answer to the Election: The Chicago Anarchist Film Festival Presents our
FREE FILM NIGHT!
The 5th of November from 4:30pm to 9pm at the Jane Addams Hull House Museum Annex
The Chicago Anarchist Film Festival hosts a Free Film Night on Wednesday the 5th of November (Guy Fawkes Day) at the Jane Addams Hull House Museum Annex. The Free Film Night, running films from 4:30pm to 9pm, features some of the best shorts films of the festival since its inception.
Also as part of the Free Film Night is the Book Drop for Midwest Books to Prisoners: organizers ask people to bring books to donate to the film night!
See below for film line-up and descriptions. Please note: schedule subject to change. For more information email caff@riseup.net or visit
(the website will be updated regularly with the latest schedule information).
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Nov 5/6/7,
TEACHING REBELLION SPEAKING TOUR in Chicago
Hear Gustavo Vilchis, a participant in the Oaxaca rebellion
11/5 6 pm Northwestern University Kresge 2-359
11/6 7 pm Decima Musa Restaurant 1901 S Loomis
11/7 7:30 pm Maya Essence Fair Trade Store 4357 N Lincoln
Info: www.teachingrebellion.wordpress.com
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Thursday, November 6th
7pm
Backstory Cafe at the Experimental Station
6100 S. Blackstone Avenue
Supper Club
with guest chefs Lisa Junkin, Tara Lane and Lisa Lee of the Hull House Museum
Seating is limited! RSVP and reserve your space today:
773.324.9987
info@backstorycafe.com
or stop by the cafe and tell us to sign ya up!
Supper includes a delectable, seasonal menu of soup, salad, entree, tea or coffee and dessert: all for $15 per person.
Our guest chefs for the evening will be Lisa Junkin, Tara Lane and Lisa Lee of the Jane Addams Hull House Museum. The Hull House Kitchen has initiated many important food justice programs, including Rethinking Soup and the new Center for Urban Agriculture at the UIC.
The mission of the Hull-House Urban Agricultural Center is to create and sustain an organic garden that emphasizes the importance of community, sustainability, diversity, and beauty. Drawing on the legacy of the Hull-House Settlement, the garden will support collective efforts of people to sustain ourselves and one another, while addressing and educating about the food and land issues of our day.
Backstory excited to welcome the Hull House staff into our kitchen. Please join us for an evening of intelligent food and delicious conversation.
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A Post-Election Roundtable: What Happens After the Vote?
with Jeremy Scahill, Dedrick Muhammad, Tracy Van Slyke and James Thindwa (moderator)
Thursday, November 6
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Roosevelt University, Congress Lounge
430 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago
Free and open to the public. Reservations are required and can be made onlinee, by email at events@prairie.org, or by calling 312.422.5580.
The question of who will be the next president is about to be settled. Join us for this post-election roundtable discussion to grapple with the urgent question of what the new administration will mean for America and the world. With a depression underway, two wars raging, unresolved racial conflict, and more, what role will the media and public mobilization and participation play in shaping a new agenda?
Jeremy Scahill, author of the award winning book, Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army; Dedrick Muhammad, Senior Organizer and Research Associate for the Institute for Policy Studies; Tracy Van Slyke, Program Director of The Media Consortium; and James Thindwa, Executive Director of Chicago Jobs with Justice, will offer their thoughts on the aftermath of this historic race for the White House.This program is co-sponsored by The Public Square, In These Times, The Mansfield Institute for Social Justice and Transformation, and Roosevelt University's Department of Political Science.
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Nov 6, Thu, 6:45 pm, Lincoln Park Library, 1150 W Fullerton
THE CASUALIZATION OF LABOR
Monthly Review author Joe Berry discusses the downgrading of jobs to part-time & contract status
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Sunday Soup @ 2129 N Rockwell 12pm http://www.incubate-chicago.org/sundaysoup
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TEACHING FOR FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE, Brunchluck/discussion Jackson Potter (Chicago Social Justice Schools Network) @ Mess Hall
Teaching for Fundamental Change is a discussion series for educators with the goal of understanding the crisis facing education and the movement that is developing nationally to respond to it. We are also discussing strategy about what kind of education and educational movement is necessary at this time.
This month we have invited Jackson Potter, Chicago Social Justice Schools Network Coordinator, to join us to consider the role of the Caucus of Rank & File Educators (CORE) and CORE's view of the relation of the union movement to education. The issue of privatization and charter schools has also been an important issue for this group and will continue in this discussion as well.
This program fits within the Mess Hall's tradition of "brunchlucks" - we ask all who come to bring a food item to share.
Teaching for Fundamental Change
featuring Jackson Potter,
teacher in the Little Village Lawndale School of Social justice and
past Chicago Social Justice Schools Network Coordinator
Friday November 9 @ Mess Hall - 6932 North Glenwood Avenue
Brunchluck at 11 am
Discussion starts 11:30 am
This series is hosted by the Chicago Education Committee of the League of Revolutionaries for a New America (LRNA.). You can find out more about the LRNA at http://lrna.org/index.html.
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Nov 9, Sun, 5:30 pm, Northwestern University Law School
Thorne Auditorium, 375 E Chicago, NAOMI KLEIN, Part of Chicago Humanities Festival
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Creating Street Peace with Barbara Becnel
Monday, November 10, 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Jane Addams Hull House Museum
800 S. Halsted St.
Chicago
Free. Reservations required. E-mail events@prairie.org or call 312.422.5580.
This program is centered on the republication of Stanley Tookie Williams’ children’s books for street peace. Join Barbara Becnel, editor of these books and co-producer of the film Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story, in a conversation about the value of Stan’s legacy for street peace and ending gang violence. Hilda Franco of Chicago Freedom School and Jackson Potter of Little Village Lawndale School of Social Justice will be on hand as respondents.
Co-sponsored by The Public Square, Jane Addams Hull House Museum and Chicago Freedom School.
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The Chicago IWW is having a benefit Nov.11 to remember the sacrifices of fellow workers and organizers such as the Haymarket martyrs, Joe Hill, Bloody Sunday and others who have been killed in the class struggle. Not only are we taking time to honor their committment, but to our own as well. We all take time away from family, bills, work, and friends with a dream of a better world, and our sacrifices should be noted as well.
Date: Nov 11th
Location: UE Hall (chicago iww is finally in a union hall) - 37 s ashland, chicago, il
Time: 6:00
There will be a wide variety of food including vegan/vegetarian dishes.
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12th NOV, wednesday 6-10pm - $100 ($40 mailed deposit due nov 8th)
RAW MILK CHEESE 2: mozzarella & feta
renneted cheeses are a whole different ball of milk! we are using local raw milk and to be sure, you will be taking home some of both cheeses.
-price includes all materials, tastings, light meal and take homes-
all classes are for 6-10 participants, and are held at 2446 south sawyer, chicago. 60623 (If more than 10 register, we will move to another location.) more info: nettlesting@yahoo.com 773.762.0277
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Chicago Community Cinema:
I.O.U.S.A.
Screening and discussion
Saturday, November 15th at 2PM
Chicago Cultural Center
Claudia Cassidy Theatre, 2nd Floor
Presented by: The Woodstock Institute, The Department of Cultural Affairs and ITVS
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19th NOV, wednesday 6-9pm - $60 ($20 mailed deposit due by nov 15th)
WILD SOURDOUGH & CRACKERS
wild starters, bread and cracker making basics
learn different methods of attracting wild yeast and walk home with a loaf of bread and a bag of crackers.
-price includes all materials, tastings, light meal and take homes-
all classes are for 6-10 participants, and are held at 2446 south sawyer, chicago. 60623 (If more than 10 register, we will move to another location.) more info: nettlesting@yahoo.com 773.762.0277
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Wednesday, November 19, 6:00–7:00 p.m. @ Chicago History Museum 1601 N. Clark St.
This special lecture will feature University of Chicago professor Neil Harris, author of The Chicagoan. The 1930s will come to life when Harris delves into the historic past of the Chicagoan, a magazine considered comparable to the New Yorker in its time.
Free. No reservations required.
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11/20 at 6pm Tariq Ali, International House 1414 E 59th St
The Duel: Pakistan on the Flight Path of American Power
Writer, film-maker, and leading figure of the international left Tariq Ali speaks about Pakistan, Afghanistan and the future of U.S. involvement in the region. Ali's new book, The Duel: Pakistan on the Flight Path of American Power, weighs the prospects of those contending for power in the aftermath of Benazir Bhutto's assassination, and demonstrates Pakistan's unique influence on the emergence of a secure world or global conflagration.
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Teachers for Social Justice Curriculum Fair
Saturday, November 22, 2008
11AM- 5PM
Orozco School
1940 W. 18th St. (Corner of Damen)
Chicago (Pilsen)
Doors open at 10:30 AM. Fair starts PROMPTLY at 11:00 w/ Kevin Coval (spoken word artist).
This is a full-day event, with workshops, speakers, "interest groups," and lots of teachers sharing curriculum/ideas (and food!).
http://www.teachersforjustice.org/ for more info and fliers
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AREA Chicago #7 Magazine Release Event: The Inheritance of Politics and The Politics of Inheritance
December 6th, 2008 1-5pm
at Jane Addams Hull House Museum, 800 S. Halsted Chicago IL
1pm-2pm Public release of new issue of AREA on the theme of the legacy of 1968 in Chicago,
2pm-4pm Performances and Speaking by:
Nicole Garneau, Lucky Pierre, James Tracy, and more
Featuring articles by/about:
The Chicago Seed, Steve Macek, Alyssa Vincent, Bernie Faber, Abe Peck, Chicago Journalism Review, Cosmic Frog, Free Schools, Ashley Weger, Blackstone Rangers, Julie Glasier, Rising Up Angry, Euan Hague, Chicago Surrealist Group, Joey Pizzolato, The Woodlawn Organization, Carrie Breitbach, Kartemquin Films, Darcy Lydum, Chicago Area Draft Resisters, A.L. Gray, Amy Martin, Negro Digest, Black World, Chris Brancaccio, Harper Court, Andrea Baer, Vice Lords, Chicago Artist Boycott, Barbara Jones-Hogu, Maggie Taft, AACM, Chloe Ottenhoff, JOIN Community Union, Young Patriots, James Tracy, Amy Sonnie, Africobra and black Arts Movement, Edna Togba, UIC SDS, Earl Silbar, Sylvia Fischer, Charles Nissim-Sabat, Marilyn Nissim-Sabat, Barbara Jones-Hogu, Nelson Peery, Hymie Rochman, Franklin Rosemont, Dr. Quentin Young, Aaron Sarver, Rainbow Coalition, Mike James, PLP, April 68 Oral History, Sam Barnett, Monica Barra, Rebecca Zorach, White Privilage Concept: Mike Staudenmeir, Daniel Tucker, Non Profit Industrial Complex, Eric Tang, Eve Ewing, 68 in 08 Elections, Jerome Grand, Rick Perlstien, Daley, Kelly Burdick, Vietnam, Iraq, Lucky Pierre, Ben Shepard, BLW, Re-enact '68, Bert Stabler, AJ Kane, Mark Tribe, Winter Soldier, Paige Sarlin, Laura Gluckman, Nicole Garneau Young Lords, 40 Frank Edwards, Sam Greelee, Judy Hoffman, Tracye Matthews, Kevin Gosztola, Amanda and Susan Klonsky, Old Left, Eric Triantafillou, Generation X, Dan S. Wang, Theaster Gates, Bob and Margo Crawford, Lincoln Park, Pete Zelchenko, Mark Shipley, Michael Thompson, Cathleen Schandelmeier, Louise Lincoln, Lumpen, and more.
This event is the culmination of a six month long "Project in Residence" at the Jane Addams Hull House Museum organized by AREA Chicago
