AREA Chicago ART RESEARCH EDUCATION ACTIVISM

10.23 Thu - Intergenerational Dialog on Black Arts Movement with Bob and Margo Crawford (AREA Event)
Thursday, October 23, 7:00pm
at the South Side Community Art Center
3831 S. Michigan Ave.

The Black Arts Movement of the late 1960s: An Intergenerational Interview
with
Bob Crawford, photographer
and
Margo Crawford, Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts

An intergenerational dialogue between Bob Crawford, a photojournalist who documented many scenes of the Black Arts Movement in Chicago (including the Wall of Respect), and his daughter Margo Crawford, a professor of African-American Studies at the University of Massachusetts and co-editor of New Thoughts on the Black Arts Movement (2006). The discussion will address Black Arts photography, the significance of the Wall of Respect, and current Black Arts scholarship.

Co-sponsored by AREA Chicago and the "Looks Like Freedom" exhibition, DOVA Temporary Gallery (www.looks-like-freedom.com)

10.24 Fri - AREA/Chicago Underground Library Welcome Reception for APC magazine archive
Friday, October 24th 2008 7-9pm
AREA and the Chicago Underground Library Welcome.....
The Alternative Press Center to Chicago!

It is a rare occasion in which two young organizations get to throw a coming out party for a 40 year old organization. But this coming October 24th, that occasion will arrive on the northwest side of Chicago. AREA and CUL are pleased to invite you to a welcome party for the Alternative Press Center, who recently relocated their impressive archive of independent media to Chicago after several decades in Baltimore. We hope that the progressive and radical librarians, academics, students, researchers, and concerned citizens of Chicago will come out for a night of complimentary drinks and snacks to say hello and welcome to APC staff and check out this new amazing local resource.

About APC
The Alternative Press Center (APC) is a non-profit collective dedicated to providing access to and increasing public awareness of the alternative press. Founded in 1969, it remains one of the oldest self-sustaining alternative media institutions in the United States. For more than a quarter of a century, the Alternative Press Index has been recognized as a leading guide to the alternative press in the United States and around the world. http://www.altpress.org/

Event Details
Friday, October 24th 2008 7-9pm
2040 N. Milwaukee Ave. on the 2nd floor (Location is not handicap accessible)

Come and drink from 7-8pm and stay for a short talk on the history of the APC and contribute ideas for the new era of their organization after relocating to Chicago.

Further Info:
This event is part of AREA's Infrastructure series about cultural and political resources, networks and institutions. It also coincides with AREA's upcoming issue on the legacy of 1968 due out Dec 6th at the Jane Addams Hull House Museum. areachicago.org

The Chicago Underground Library is at underground-library.org