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AREA Chicago setting up the release party of issue 9 on Sunday 1st Nov
And a lonesome hotdog stall that always seems to be open, and has customers?! weird. Love it!
Events throughout the CHI that I compiled - for you!
There are many, many great events happening this holiday month starting with the exciting RELEASE PARTY for AREA issue 9: Peripheral Vision at the South Side Community Arts Center and then ending with AREA Chicago’s 3rd Annual Wants & Needs Auction!
We look forward to see you checking these out!
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November 2009 Summary
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01) Fri 10/30 - Sun 11/01 - ” Love Does Not Hurt ” @ Links Hall
02) Sun 11/01 - AREA issue 9: Peripheral Vision RELEASE PARTY @ South Side Community Arts Center
03) Sun 11/01 - “Envisioning One’s Living Conditions” @ Three-Walls
04) Wed 11/04 - 15th Anniversary of Hoop Dreams @ Gene Siskel Film Center
05) Wed 11/04 - “Don’t accept the country cuts!” @ Damen + Ogden
06) Wed 11/04 - Artisan Feature - World Finds @ Greenheart Shop
07) Thurs 11/05 - “Optimism and Everyday Life” @ Three-Wall
08) Fri 11/06 - Diversity in Higher Education @ University of Illinois at Chicago
09) Sat 11/07 - “Beyond the Rhetoric” @ La Decima Musaa
10) Sat 11/07 - “The Power of the People” @ University of Chicago
11) Sat 11/07 - 2009 Media Democracy Day @ Grace Place
12) Sun 11/08 - the Neighborhood Writing Alliance @ First United Church
13) Sun 11/08 - “Wine and Time” @ Three-Wall
14) Sun 11/08 - “Crystal-clear voice” @ First Unitarian Church
15) Mon 11/09 - “Collision Theory” @ Links Hall
16) Tues 11/10 - Volunteer Orientation @ CFS
17) Wed 11/11 - ”Concern America Trunk” Show @ Greenheart Shop
18) Thurs 11/12 - ‘War and Peace’ Exhibit @ 1530 N. PAULINA
19) Fri 11/13 - Moments of Justice @ Catalyst Ranch
20) Fri 11/13 - Day Laborer Art Exhibition @ Albany Park Workers’ Center
21) Fri 11/13 - Our Own Devices @ Links Hall
22) Sun 11/15 - Females Unite for Action @ Dyett High School
23) Mon 11/16 - On Moving Politics @ University of Chicago
24) Wed 11/18 - Senteamental Moods Tea Tasting @ Greenheart Shop
25) Wed 11/18 - Gentrification & Displacement workshop @ 11 E Adams
26) Thurs 11/19 - “1 2 3 4 5” @ Links Hall
27) Thurs 11/19 - “A Culture of Fear?” @ Community Room
28) Sat 11/21 - Teaching for Social Justice Curriculum Fair @ Orozco School
29) Sat 11/21 - “The Green Ring Circus” @ Chicago Center for Glass Arts
30) Sun 11/22 - “Precious Cargo” @ Mess Hall
31) Tue 11/24 - Faith-Labor-Action Breakfast @ Operating Engineers Local 399
32) Wed 12/02 - “World Shoppe Launch Party!” @ Greenheart Shop
33) Thur 12/03 - 9th Annual Anniversary Celebration @ National Museum of Mexican Art
34) Fri 12/11 - AREA Chicago 3rd Annual Wants & Needs Auction @ UE Hall
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AREA CHICAGO ISSUE 9 RELEASE PARTY
TOMORROW (1ST NOV) 2PM- 5PM
South Side Community Arts Center, because we’re all about the Periphery! Word?
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Revolt On Goose Island - Panel Discussion
Date: Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Time: 6:30pm - 9:00pm
Location: The Chicago Cultural Center, The Claudia Cassidy Theater
It has been one of the most closely watched U.S. labor struggles in recent memory: Ten months ago, 200 workers at Chicago’s Republic Windows and Doors occupied their factory for nine days after owners gave workers just three days’ notice of the plant’s closure. The plant closed after Bank of America cut off the company’s line of credit. The protest, organized by the United Electrical Workers union, was one of the first U.S. factory sit-ins since the 1930s. In the months since the occupation, there have been some surprising turns: the factory was bought, and some of the workers involved in the takeover have returned to their jobs. And just a month ago Richard Gillman, the former chief executive of the company, went to jail. He is accused of conspiring to launder funds from the factory and secretly remove its equipment to a new operation in Iowa.
But will more come of the story? Will the tactics used at Republic be used again?
Washington Post reporter Kari Lydersen, former Chicago Tribune Labor reporter Stephen Franklin, and lawyer, author, and former Democratic congressional candidate Tom Geoghegan will discuss the historic takeover of Chicago’s Republic Windows & Doors factory—and its implications for the future of organized labor. Lydersen is the author of a non-fiction account of the takeover, Revolt on Goose Island, which NewCity called a “clear and emotionally compelling account.” The evening’s discussion will also consider other actions that were inspired by Republic, and ongoing efforts to re-open the factory.
Co-sponsored by Melville House Publishing, The Public Square, the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, and AREA Chicago
More on the book here: http://www.mhpbooks.com/book.php?id=186
More on AREA Chicago #8, featuring an excerpt of the book here:
http://areachicago.org/p/issues/8/
More on the Public Sq here: http://www.prairie.org/programs/public-square
More on UE at Republic:
http://www.ueunion.org/ue_republic.html
RSVP here http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/event.php?eid=168714374536&ref=ts
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South Side Community Arts Centre Events
Actions: What You Can Do With the City
http://cca-actions.org/about
www.grahamfoundation.org
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Private Walk-Through with Mirko Zardini
5:30pm
Opening Reception
6pm – 8pm
Graham Foundation
Madlener House
4 West Burton Place
Chicago, Illinois
Please RSVP to rsvp@grahamfoundation.org or 312-787-4071.
Actions: What You Can Do With the City presents 99 actions that instigate positive change in contemporary cities around the world. Seemingly common activities such as walking, playing, recycling, and gardening are pushed beyond their usual definition by the international architects, artists, and collectives featured in the exhibition. Their experimental interactions with the urban environment show the potential influence personal involvement can have in shaping the city, and challenge fellow residents to participate.
On view at the Graham Foundation Madlener House from October 16, 2009 through March 13, 2010, Actions: What You Can Do With the City is organized by the Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montreal and is curated by CCA Director and Chief Curator Mirko Zardini and CCA Curator for Contemporary Architecture Giovanna Borasi.
Football Field 1. Maider López. Sharjah Art Museum, Arab Emirates, 2007. © Maider López.
Action: Paint Grows Soccer Field
Actors: Maider Lopez; soccer enthusiasts
Tools: Two goals, paintbrush, paint
Site: Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2007
bad photo, gone really good!
This is the journey I do at least once a week, really early. SOUTH SIDE. WORD?
2 years ago
Smizz’s AREA Chicago’s distribution on the North East side of Chicago 2mozzle, and obvs the Loop. Then Tuesday/wednesday Southside. And Bam! Distribution finished.
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