Chicago Progressive & Radical Action Calendar
January 1997
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January 1 - Wednesday
- Venceramos Brigade Is
Accepting Applications for the 1997 Trip to Cuba
- Training begins end of March for the Youth Congress in July.
$1200 gets you to Cuba and keeps you there for two weeks. 773.235.2334.
- Exhibit: The Children of
Chernobyl: 1986-1996
- Ongoing: December 11 - January 31 (normal hours 11am-7pm)
Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Design and Architecture, 6 N. Michigan. Many
of the younger victims of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear explosion have used
art therapy to deal with their illnesses. This exhibit includes some of
their work. Admission is $3, $2 for students and seniors. Call
312.251.0175 or check out
http://www.chi-athenaeum.org/
January 2 - Thursday
- Exhibit: The Children of Chernobyl: 1986-1996
- Ongoing: December 11 - January 31, Chicago Athenaeum Museum
of Design and Architecture, 6 N. Michigan. Admission is $3, $2 for
students and seniors. Call 312.251.0175.
January 3 - Friday
- Festival of Life
Rally
-
- Exhibit: The Children of Chernobyl: 1986-1996
- Ongoing: December 11 - January 31, Chicago Athenaeum Museum
of Design and Architecture, 6 N. Michigan. Admission is $3, $2 for
students and seniors. Call 312.251.0175.
January 4 - Saturday
- Food Not Bombs
- Ongoing: Every Saturday, 9am-12noon. Every Saturday FNB cooks
and serves free food. Call 847.446.3852 for more info.
- Health Care Reform: Myth or
Reality
- 8:00pm, Lincoln Restaurant, 4008 N. Lincoln. William
McNary of Citizen Action. $3 fee + $5 minimum food purchase. College of
Complexes. Call 549.0246
- Exhibit: The Children of Chernobyl: 1986-1996
- Ongoing: December 11 - January 31, Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Design
and Architecture, 6 N. Michigan. Admission is $3, $2 for students and
seniors. Call 312.251.0175.
January 5 - Sunday
- Exhibit: The Children of Chernobyl: 1986-1996
- Ongoing: December 11 - January 31, Chicago Athenaeum Museum
of Design and Architecture, 6 N. Michigan. Admission is $3, $2 for
students and seniors. Call 312.251.0175.
- Songs of Freedom &
Struggle
- 3-6pm. Agape House, 1046 W Polk. 3pm sing-along, 5pm potluck.
First Sunday of each month. People's Music Network. 431.5513.
January 6 - Monday
- Exhibit: The Children of Chernobyl: 1986-1996
- Ongoing: December 11 - January 31, Chicago Athenaeum Museum
of Design and Architecture, 6 N. Michigan. Admission is $3, $2 for
students and seniors. Call 312.251.0175.
January 7 - Tuesday
- Exhibit: The Children of Chernobyl: 1986-1996
- Ongoing: December 11 - January 31, Chicago Athenaeum Museum
of Design and Architecture, 6 N. Michigan. Admission is $3, $2 for
students and seniors. Call 312.251.0175.
January 8 - Wednesday
- Exhibit: The Children of Chernobyl: 1986-1996
- Ongoing: December 11 - January 31, Chicago Athenaeum Museum
of Design and Architecture, 6 N. Michigan. Admission is $3, $2 for
students and seniors. Call 312.251.0175.
January 9 - Thursday
- Exhibit: The Children of Chernobyl: 1986-1996
- Ongoing: December 11 - January 31, Chicago Athenaeum Museum
of Design and Architecture, 6 N. Michigan. Admission is $3, $2 for
students and seniors. Call 312.251.0175.
January 10 - Friday
- Exhibit: The Children of Chernobyl: 1986-1996
- Ongoing: December 11 - January 31, Chicago Athenaeum Museum
of Design and Architecture, 6 N. Michigan. Admission is $3, $2 for
students and seniors. Call 312.251.0175.
January 11 - Saturday
- Food Not Bombs
- Ongoing: Every Saturday, 9am-12noon. Every Saturday FNB cooks
and serves free food. Call 847.446.3852 for more info.
- Exhibit: The Children of Chernobyl: 1986-1996
- Ongoing: December 11 - January 31, Chicago Athenaeum Museum
of Design and Architecture, 6 N. Michigan. Admission is $3, $2 for
students and seniors. Call 312.251.0175.
January 12 - Sunday
- Screening: "Land and Freedom"
- 3pm, Pathfinder Bookstore, 1223 N. Milwaukee Avenue. (Corner
Ashland & Division; Division stop on the blue line). Screening will be
followed by discussion. Translation to Spanish will be available. Part
of the Militant Labor Forum - a weekly free-speech discussion series,
usually held Fridays at 7:30 pm, at the above address. Requested
donation: $4, $1 unemployed, students.
- Exhibit: The Children of Chernobyl: 1986-1996
- Ongoing: December 11 - January 31, Chicago Athenaeum Museum
of Design and Architecture, 6 N. Michigan. Admission is $3, $2 for
students and seniors. Call 312.251.0175.
January 13 - Monday
- Exhibit: The Children of Chernobyl: 1986-1996
- Ongoing: December 11 - January 31, Chicago Athenaeum Museum
of Design and Architecture, 6 N. Michigan. Admission is $3, $2 for
students and seniors. Call 312.251.0175.
January 14 - Tuesday
- Exhibit: The Children of Chernobyl: 1986-1996
- Ongoing: December 11 - January 31, Chicago Athenaeum Museum
of Design and Architecture, 6 N. Michigan. Admission is $3, $2 for
students and seniors. Call 312.251.0175.
January 15 - Wednesday
- Martin Luther King's Birthday
- Immigration Forum
- 7:00pm, Unite, 333 S. Ashland. Committee for New Priorities
of Jobs with Justice. Susan Gzesh and Alderman Ricardo Munoz. Contact
312.666.3037.
- Exhibit: The Children of Chernobyl: 1986-1996
- Ongoing: December 11 - January 31, Chicago Athenaeum Museum
of Design and Architecture, 6 N. Michigan. Admission is $3, $2 for
students and seniors. Call 312.251.0175.
January 16 - Thursday
- Chicago Media Watch General
Membership Meeting
- 7:30 pm, Conscious Choice building, 920 N. Franklin. General
Membership Meeting for the Chicago Media Watch. Membership applications
are available at the door.
- Exhibit: The Children of Chernobyl: 1986-1996
- Ongoing: December 11 - January 31, Chicago Athenaeum Museum
of Design and Architecture, 6 N. Michigan. Admission is $3, $2 for
students and seniors. Call 312.251.0175.
January 17 - Friday
- Bernice Johnson Reagan of Sweet
Honey in the Rock
- 7:30 pm, Northwestern. Bernice Johnson Reagan of the
socially- and politically-conscious African-descended Women's group, Sweet
Honey in the Rock, will speak. Contact 847.491.3266.
- Neighborhood Technology Access Council
(NTAC) Meeting
- 6-8pm, Chicago Urban League, 4510 South Michigan Avenue. This
is the first meeting of the Chicago-based coalition of community-based
organizations interested in community technology issues. The coalition's
initial membership consists of 20 Chicago CBO's who support universal
technology access, increased proliferation and use of technology tools
(hardware and software) and bridging the "digital divide" between
low-income communities in Chicago and other cities and other communities
in society. The NTAC's efforts will focus on five areas:
- development of CBO's as community computing / technology centers
- linking CBO's to Internet resources at low-cost
- public policy
related to universal technology access in low-income areas
- strategies
for acquisition of technology tools by residents and CBOs
- creation of
a CBO-based public access network
Meetings will be held the third Friday of each month at locations
within Chicago community areas. Refreshments will be served, and all
interested community-based organizations, residents and CBO
representatives are invited to attend. Contact 312.714.5542 or
http://www.iit.edu/~nnet/ or nnet@charlie.acc.itt.edu.
- Exhibit: The Children of Chernobyl: 1986-1996
- Ongoing: December 11 - January 31, Chicago Athenaeum Museum
of Design and Architecture, 6 N. Michigan. Admission is $3, $2 for
students and seniors. Call 312.251.0175.
January 18 - Saturday
- Food Not Bombs
- Ongoing: Every Saturday, 9am-12noon. Every Saturday FNB cooks
and serves free food. Call 847.446.3852 for more info.
- Live Art Auction: Benefit for
Diana Solis
- 6pm- Midnight, Mexican Fine Arts Center & Museum, 1852 W 19th
Street. The benefit is for Diana Solis' breast cancer-related health
costs. $10-$30. Contact 773.235.2334.
- Exhibit: The Children of Chernobyl: 1986-1996
- Ongoing: December 11 - January 31, Chicago Athenaeum Museum
of Design and Architecture, 6 N. Michigan. Admission is $3, $2 for
students and seniors. Call 312.251.0175.
January 19 - Sunday
- May Day '97 Planning Meeting
- 3:30pm-5:00pm, Wishbone Restaurant, Morgan at W. Washington
(a few blocks west of Halsted). Sponsored by ChiRevNet. Our May Day 1996
Video Party was a huge success, with over 30 revolutionary-minded working
people particpating. We hope to make May Day 1997 [5/1] even bigger and
better! To this end, we invite interested, revolutionary-minded working
people and representatives of groups to attend this IMPORTANT PLANNING
MEETING. Together, we can achieve great success! Contact: CHIcago
REVolutionary NETwork, publisher of REV NEWS, c/o, Boxholder, P.O.Box
578042, Chicago, IL 60657-8042; 773.878.6569; diannas@msn.com
- Exhibit: The Children of Chernobyl: 1986-1996
- Ongoing: December 11 - January 31, Chicago Athenaeum Museum
of Design and Architecture, 6 N. Michigan. Admission is $3, $2 for
students and seniors. Call 312.251.0175.
January 20 - Monday
- Martin Luther King Day
- King Commemoration at Chicago
Historical Society
- 1:00 pm, Chicago Historical Society, Clark & North. Readings
sponsored by Guild Complex and Chicago Children's Choir.
- Television: Alternative News
Service
- 7:00 pm, Cable Access Channel 21. Alternative News Service is
being developed by Jeremy Spencer and a number of other media activists to
provide an alternative to the dominant corporate media. The half-hour
news program will air Monday, January 20th at 7 pm and again Friday,
January 31st at 8 pm. If you're interested in getting involved with the
ANS group, contact Jeremy at jspencer@ils.nwu.edu.
- Exhibit: The Children of Chernobyl: 1986-1996
- Ongoing: December 11 - January 31, Chicago Athenaeum Museum
of Design and Architecture, 6 N. Michigan. Admission is $3, $2 for
students and seniors. Call 312.251.0175.
January 21 - Tuesday
- Exhibit: The Children of Chernobyl: 1986-1996
- Ongoing: December 11 - January 31, Chicago Athenaeum Museum
of Design and Architecture, 6 N. Michigan. Admission is $3, $2 for
students and seniors. Call 312.251.0175.
January 22 - Wednesday
- Chicago Coalition for
Information Access - Steering Committee Meeting
- 6:30pm, Chicago Reader Office, 11 East Illinois St, 5th floor.
Take the elevator toward the rear of the building, get off the elevator on
5th floor walk toward the front of the building to the Conference room.
Meeting will be mapping out CCIA's work for 1997.
- Exhibit: The Children of Chernobyl: 1986-1996
- Ongoing: December 11 - January 31, Chicago Athenaeum Museum
of Design and Architecture, 6 N. Michigan. Admission is $3, $2 for
students and seniors. Call 312.251.0175.
January 23 - Thursday
- Exhibit: The Children of Chernobyl: 1986-1996
- Ongoing: December 11 - January 31, Chicago Athenaeum Museum
of Design and Architecture, 6 N. Michigan. Admission is $3, $2 for
students and seniors. Call 312.251.0175.
January 24 - Friday
- Exhibit: The Children of Chernobyl: 1986-1996
- Ongoing: December 11 - January 31, Chicago Athenaeum Museum
of Design and Architecture, 6 N. Michigan. Admission is $3, $2 for
students and seniors. Call 312.251.0175.
January 25 - Saturday
- Food Not Bombs
- Ongoing: Every Saturday, 9am-12noon. Every Saturday FNB cooks
and serves free food. Call 847.446.3852 for more info.
- Exhibit: The Children of Chernobyl: 1986-1996
- Ongoing: December 11 - January 31, Chicago Athenaeum Museum
of Design and Architecture, 6 N. Michigan. Admission is $3, $2 for
students and seniors. Call 312.251.0175.
January 26 - Sunday
- Exhibit: The Children of Chernobyl: 1986-1996
- Ongoing: December 11 - January 31, Chicago Athenaeum Museum
of Design and Architecture, 6 N. Michigan. Admission is $3, $2 for
students and seniors. Call 312.251.0175.
January 27 - Monday
- Exhibit: The Children of Chernobyl: 1986-1996
- Ongoing: December 11 - January 31, Chicago Athenaeum Museum
of Design and Architecture, 6 N. Michigan. Admission is $3, $2 for
students and seniors. Call 312.251.0175.
January 28 - Tuesday
- Exhibit: The Children of Chernobyl: 1986-1996
- Ongoing: December 11 - January 31, Chicago Athenaeum Museum
of Design and Architecture, 6 N. Michigan. Admission is $3, $2 for
students and seniors. Call 312.251.0175.
January 29 - Wednesday
- Exhibit: The Children of Chernobyl: 1986-1996
- Ongoing: December 11 - January 31, Chicago Athenaeum Museum
of Design and Architecture, 6 N. Michigan. Admission is $3, $2 for
students and seniors. Call 312.251.0175.
January 30 - Thursday
- Exhibit: The Children of Chernobyl: 1986-1996
- Ongoing: December 11 - January 31, Chicago Athenaeum Museum
of Design and Architecture, 6 N. Michigan. Admission is $3, $2 for
students and seniors. Call 312.251.0175.
- Defending Our Right to a
Livelihood
- 5:00 pm, Room 219 Student Residence Hall, 828 S. Wolcott,
Chicago Illini Union, UIC. The January 30th Forum will provide an
opportunity for workers to discuss the issues around mass-layoffs,
"restructuring," "downsizing," in Chicago and throughout the nation. We
will look into both the immediate conditions facing workers at the UIC
Medical Center and other area hospitals, as well as the direction our
country's economy is going. The Forum will zero in on how to develop an
all-sided struggle to win our right to a secure livelihood.
Organized by the Hospital and Health Care Workers Forum. Detailed flyer available at
http://www.cpsr.cs.uchicago.edu/
countermedia/pressrel/970130.livelihood.html
For more info write to P.O. Box 257574, Chicago, IL 60625; 773.767.8984.
January 31 - Friday
- Television: Alternative News Service
- 8:00 pm, Cable Access Channel 21. Alternative News Service is
being developed by Jeremy Spencer and a number of other media activists to
provide an alternative to the dominant corporate media. The half-hour
news program will air Monday, January 20th at 7 pm and again Friday,
January 31st at 8 pm. If you're interested in getting involved with the
ANS group, contact Jeremy at jspencer@ils.nwu.edu.
- Exhibit: The Children of Chernobyl: 1986-1996
- Ongoing: December 11 - January 31, Chicago Athenaeum Museum
of Design and Architecture, 6 N. Michigan. Admission is $3, $2 for
students and seniors. Call 312.251.0175.
last updated 1/31/97