We look forward to seeing you out and about...
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October 2009 Summary
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01) Tue 9/29 - "Unnatural Causes" Films on health and inequality
02) Thu 10/01 - Heartland Exhibition Opening @ Smart Museum
03) Thu 10/01 - Arts and Activism in St. Louis, Detroit, and Chicago
04) Thu 10/01 - Make Magazine "This Everyday" Release Party
05) Sat 10/03 - Thai artist Pisithpong Siraphisut on artist in residency program
06) Sat 10/03 - "Arts in New Orleans and Chicago" Panel Discussion
07) Sun 10/04 - Secret History of University of Chicago Walking Tour
08) Mon 10/05 - Release Party for the Journal of Ordinary Thought
09) Mon 10/05 and 10/08 - Rogers Park Family Eviction Defense (downtown)
10) Tue 10/06 - "Unnatural Causes" Films on health and inequality
11) Wed 10/07 - Anti-war protest at Watertower
12) Wed 10/07 - Social Justice Fashion @ Greenheart
13) Wed 10/07 - Teaching Artists Career Day
14) Fri 10/09 - Garage Art Gallery Turned Pawn Shop - Opening Party
15) Sat 10/10 - Talk on "Hubert Harrison: The Voice of Harlem Radicalism"
16) Sun 10/11 - Secret History of University of Chicago Walking Tour
17) Sun 10/11 - Urban Foraging in Jackson Park
18) Sun 10/11 - Panel: music, film and activism in New Orleans and Chicago
19) Mon 10/12 - October Peace Party benefits Beyond Media @ Dannys
20) Tue 10/13 - "Unnatural Causes" Films on health and inequality
21) Sat 10/17 - Heartland-AREA Southside Study Day - Bus Tour!
22) Tue 10/20 - Art vs. Craft: Pumpkin Carving!
23) Thu 10/22 - A workshop around the Status of Girls in Illinois report
24) Sat 10/24 - Herbal Soap Workshop
25) Sun 10/25 - Seedarchive swap n’ store and Harvest Potluck
26) Tue 10/27 - Republic Windows And What is Says About the Economic Crisis
27) Sunday Nov 1st - AREA Chicago #9: Peripheral Vision - Release Party!
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October 2009 Details:
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Event: Unnatural Causes Part 2
Date: Tuesday September, 29th
Location: Chicago Freedom School, 719 S State St, Suite 3N
A 4-part film and discussion series examining socio-economic and racial inequities in
health.
6:00-6:30 "When the Bough Breaks" - Can racism become embedded in the body and affect
birth outcomes?
6:30-7:00 "Becoming American" -Latino immigrants arrive healthy, so why don?t they stay
that way?
7:00-8:00 Intergenerational Discussion- Led by the Illinois Maternal Health Coalition and
Dr. Linda Rae Murray.
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
RSVP: rsvp@chicagofreedomschool.org | 312.435.1201
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Date: Thursday, October 1, 2009 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Event title: Opening of the Smart Museum's special exhibition Heartland
Location: Smart Museum, 5550 South Greenwood Avenue, Chicago
Description; Join co-curator Charles Esche and exhibiting artists for a debate about the benefits and limitations of thinking about contemporary art in relation to geographic regions. The evening also features an in-gallery performance by exhibiting artist Jeremiah Day and a special appearance by members of Whoop Dee Doo. Panel discussion begins at 5:30 PM and takes place across the courtyard from the Smart Museum in the Cochrane-Woods Art Center, room 157. Jeremiah Day performs in the Smart Museum's galleries at 7 pm and Whoop Dee Doo at 7:30 PM. For other weekend events see the Smart Museum's website: http://smartmuseum.uchicago.edu/heartland/
Co-sponsored by the Smart Museum of Art and the Open Practice Committee, University of Chicago. For more info: 773-702-0200
The Smart Museum’s Heartland exhibition is a co-sponsor of AREA #9, Peripheral Vision.
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"Arts and Activism in St. Louis, Detroit, and Chicago"
Date: Thursday, October 1 (7-9 p.m.)
Event title/host: Fourth Annual Chicago Calling Arts Festival
Location: Little Black Pearl Art & Design Center
1060 E. 47th St.
Chicago, IL 60653-3600
773.285.1633
http://www.blackpearl.org
Details/Contact: You are invited to attend this "Arts and Activism in St.
Louis, Detroit, and Chicago" panel discussion, which is part of the "Arts
and Activism in the Midwest" Series. This panel discussion focuses on the
arts scenes in these three Midwestern cities, and it is also part of the
Fourth Annual Chicago Calling Arts Festival. The panelists include James
McAnally, Amanda Mueller, Andrew James, and Tony Renner in St. Louis;
Rebecca Mazzei, Emily Linn, Jenenne Whitfield, and Joel Peterson in Detroit;
and Lindsay Obermeyer, Carol Ng-He, Theaster Gates, Jennifer Karmin, and Dan
Godston in Chicago. The panelists will be connected over the internet, via
skype, so the panelists and other participants will be able to see and hear
each other.
free and open to the public
312.543.7027, info@chicagocalling.org
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MAKE: A Chicago Literary Magazine Issue 8 “This Everyday” Release Party A celebration of the normal, an exaltation of the banal
Thursday, October 1, 7-10pm
Roots & Culture Gallery, 1034 N. Milwaukee, Chicago
Issue 8 This Everyday Release Party
sponsored by Metropolis Coffee, Tullamore Dew Whiskey, and Carolan's Irish Cream
$10 suggested donation gets ya...
Copy of the newly re-designed MAKE
• Brief readings from contributors including poems from Rob Schlegel, fiction from Robert Duffer, and nonfiction from Brian Anderson and Emil Ferris
• Complimentary Irish coffee drinks from Metropolis Coffee, Carolan’s and Tullamore Dew (beer and non-alcoholic refreshments and snacks on hand too)
• Music from LeRoy Bach and friends including the Marvin Tate, Nat Ward, and Katie Weigman • Giveaways while they last, including CDs featuring Marvin Tate and poet Marvin Bell’s poem and song collaboration, Metropolis Coffee products, Bloodshot Records ephemera, and more
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saturday, october 3rd, 2pm
talk by thai artist Pisithpong Siraphisut (Ong) on building an alternative artist residency program in northern thailand—from the ground up
backstory café, at the experimental station
6100 s. blackstone ave.
www.backstorycafe.com
Tel:773.324.9987
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"Arts in New Orleans and Chicago" Panel Discussion
Date: Saturday, October 3 (1:00-2:30 p.m.)
Event title/host: Fourth Annual Chicago Calling Arts Festival
Location: Claudia Cassidy Theater
Chicago Cultural Center, 2nd floor
78 E. Washington St.
Chicago, IL 60605
Details/Contact: This "Arts in New Orleans and Chicago" Panel Discussion
involves people in New Orleans and Chicago discussing the arts, curation,
and the roles of the arts in society. The panelists in New Orleans include
Diane Grams, Elizabeth Underwood, Chris Rose, Natalie Sciortino-Rinehart,
and Keith Calhoun. The panelists in Chicago include Barbara Koenen, Alpha
Bruton, and Annie Heckman, with Dan Godston moderating. The panelists in
both cities will be connected over the internet, using Skype.
312.543.7027, info@chicagocalling.org
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Date: Sunday, October 4th
Event title/host: Paul Durica, Pocket Guide to Hell Tours, presents THE
HIDDEN HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Location: starts at the Reynolds Club (E 57th and S University), at 2:00
(tour lasts about two hours)
Details/Contact: This free walking tour, led by Paul Durica as Thorstein
Veblen, will focus on the school's early history, with nods to true crime,
social justice, and labor history. Lighthearted, critical, and - with luck -
featuring live music. Plus! Gargoyles, frogs in the bathtub, and Buttons the
Elevator Operator - for details, email Paul at pgdurica@hotmail.com.
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Date: Monday, October 5th
Event title/host: Release Party for the Journal of Ordinary Thought
Location: Hall Branch Library (4801 S Michigan)
Details/Contact: Come celebrate the new Journal of Ordinary Thought, themed
"Making Our Own Choices." It features an introduction by Alice Kim, photos
by David Marques, and first-person narratives from Neighborhood Writing
Alliance workshops in over 12 Chicago neighborhoods. Our largest (and
brightest orange) issue yet! The event is free and will include sweets,
fruit, and journals. For info about the party or NWA in general, email
Mairead at mcase@jot.org. (www.jot.org)
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Monday 10/5 - 12PM - Federal Plaza (Jackson and Dearborn)
Press conference and delivery of petitions to HUD officials demanding they stop the eviction of the Bledsoe family
Thursday 10/8 - 10AM - Daley Center (Washington and Dearborn)
Bledsoe family Eviction hearing, picket and pack the courtroom!
Northpoint management is attempting to unjustly evict Erica Bledsoe and her 3 nieces and nephews from their apartment at 7721 N Paulina in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago. This apartment is the children’s home, and after the tragic loss of their grandmother who lived in the apartment and cared for them, Northpoint is adding insult to injury by seeking to evict the family.
Erica Bledsoe has stepped up to take care of her nieces and nephews and is trying to preserve the children’s home and keep them in the community that they grew up in. She deserves the support of the community and the management company during this trying time. Northpoint, a company that receives substantial taxpayer money, is showing complete disregard for the well being of tenants and families in this building.
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Event: Unnatural Causes Part 3 Date: Tuesday October 6th
Location: Chicago Freedom School, 719 S State St, Suite 3N
A 4-part film and discussion series examining socio-economic and racial inequities in
health.
6:00-6:30 "Bad Sugar" -What are the connections between diabetes, oppression, and
empowerment in two Native American communities?
6:30-7:00 "Place Matters" -Why is your street address such a strong predictor of your
health?
7:00-8:00 Intergenerational Discussion- Led by a facilitator working in the field of
health care
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
RSVP: rsvp@chicagofreedomschool.org | 312.435.1201
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GET BACK INTO THE STREETS!
U.S./NATO Out! Bring the Troops Home Now!
End Colonial Occupation in Afghanistan, Iraq, Palestine, Haiti . . .
Money for Healthcare, Jobs, Housing, Education, Not for War!
Wed., Oct. 7, 5 pm
Chicago Water Tower
Michigan Ave. at Pearson St.
(One block North of Chicago Ave.)
For directions click here http://www.chicagoanswer.net/
Call 773-463-0311 for more info, to volunteer or to endorse.
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Artisan Feature Evening – Malia Designs
When: Wednesday, October 7th; 4-7pm
Where: Greenheart Shop; 1911 W. Division
Local Chicago business, Malia Designs will be at the Greenheart Shop Wednesday evening Oct. 7th from 4-7pm as part of the Greenheart Shop’s new Artisan Feature series. Malia Designs, started by a former Peace Corps volunteer, sells recycled rice bags and silk purses made by non-profit organizations that employ disadvantaged people in developing countries as well as small family producers. Malia also aims to help victims of human trafficking by donating a portion of profits to local and international non-profit organizations working in this arena. Come and learn more about the incredible people behind these bags.
For more info, contact info@greenheartshop.org
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Teaching Artists Career Day
October 7th 10:30 – 6pm
Columbia College Chicago
Conaway Center, 1104 South Wabash, Ground Floor
“A teaching artist (artist educator) is a practicing professional artist with the complementary skills and sensibilities of an educator, who engages people in learning experiences in, through, and about the arts.” -- Eric Booth source: http://www.teachingartists.com/whatisaTA.htm
Highlights include:
10:30am Keynote: Eric Booth, nationally renowned teaching artist, founder of the Teaching Artist Journal, and author of the recently published The Music Teaching Artist’s Bible: Becoming a Virtuoso Educator.
12pm Intro Panel: What is a Teaching Artist? How do they work in schools and other community settings
2pm “Voices from the field – Artists and Youth”:
4pm “Balancing a Teaching Artist Career and Your Art Making Practice”:
Ongoing:
12:00 noon to 6PM: Teaching Artists Community and College Resource Fair: Throughout the day, representatives from Columbia College’s Office of Academic Research, Teaching Artists Journal, the Center for Community Arts Partnerships, the Museum of Contemporary Photography, the College Portfolio Center, ShopColumbia, the Office of Alumni Relations, and several Chicago based Community Organizations will be available to discuss what they do and share their experiences of being and working with teaching artists.
Students can learn about the resources that are available for them, begin to network for possible job options and connect to student organizations that support their interests.
Community Organizations that employ teaching artists are welcome to send their teaching artists to attend the full day or part of their day.
Any community organizations that would like to host a table should contact Joanne Vena directly at 312/369-8854 or jvena@colum.edu.
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"Stolen" is part pawn shop/part human-scale curio cabinet with a secret within. The converted 2 car "Garage" space will open it's doors this October and for the christening will be stocked with works and documentation of ideas appropriated or borrowed indefinitely curated by Mike Bancroft. The collection of prosecutable works will be provided by artists: Bridget Bancroft, Gabrielle Carasquillo, Pearl Dick, Alex Inglizian, Jasemine Kronbeck, Patrick McCarthy, Maria Perkovic, Evan Plummer, Luis Sanchez Ramirez, Bert Stabler, Jeremy Scidmore, Tommy Stephenson, and many more unwilling to jeopardize their anonymity.
Where: Garage - 1337 N Maplewood Ave. (Back Yard/alley)
When:
Friday, October 9, 2009 5:00pm - 10:00pm Opening
Saturday, October 10, 2009 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Saturday, October 17, 2009 12:00pm - 5:00pm
There will also be a dinner performance and private viewing on the 18th of October with limited seating to raise funds for the opening of this new venue seats are limited so RSVP asap to the link above or to manilikecheese@gmail.com.
Friday, October 30, 2009 5:00pm - 10:00pm Closing
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Slide Presentation/Book Talk on "Hubert Harrison: The Voice of Harlem Radicalism, 1883-1918"
Saturday, October 10, 2009, 1:30 - 4:30 PM,
at the Vivian G. Harsch Research Collection of Afro-American History & Literature, Carter G. Woodson Regional Library, Chicago Public Library, 9525 S. Halstead St., Chicago, IL, 60628. See http://www.chipublib.org/events/details/id/29637/
Harrison was a trade unionist (Postal Clerks), union organizer (Pullman Porters and Hotel Workers), and a featured staff lecturer of the New York City Board of Education's "Trends of the Times" and "Literary Lights of Yesterday and Today" series in the 1920s. He is increasingly being recognized as one of the outstanding Black intellectual/activists of the early twentieth century.
The slide presentation/talk is based on the recent Columbia University Press biography http://www.cup.columbia.edu/book/978-0-231-13910-6/hubert-harrison .
More at http://www.jeffreybperry.net
Date: Sunday, October 11th
Event title/host: Paul Durica, Pocket Guide to Hell Tours, presents THE
HIDDEN HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Location: starts at the Reynolds Club (E 57th and S University), at 2:00
(tour lasts about two hours)
Details/Contact: This free walking tour, led by Paul Durica as Thorstein
Veblen, will focus on the school's early history, with nods to true crime,
social justice, and labor history. Lighthearted, critical, and - with luck -
featuring live music. Plus! Gargoyles, frogs in the bathtub, and Buttons the
Elevator Operator - for details, email Paul at pgdurica@hotmail.com.
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public urban forage
october 11, 3-5pm
jackson park
Public URBANFORAGE walks
Sundays 3-5pm (rain or shine!)
$10-$20 donation/person (young kids are free!)
Oct 11 - meet at osaka garden tea house in Jackson Park
(this is a potluck – please bring something simple and wild to share)
more info: nettlesting@yahoo.com
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Panel: music, film and activism in New Orleans and Chicago
Date: Sunday, October 11 (3 p.m.)
Event title/host: Fourth Annual Chicago Calling Arts Festival
Location:
Details/Contact: Columbia College Concert Hall
1014 S. Michigan Ave.
Chicago, IL 60605
312.369.6245
EVENT: You are invited to attend this Fourth Annual Chicago Calling Arts
Festival event, which features a panel discussion about music, film, and activism in
Chicago and New Orleans. It has been more than over four years since
Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast region. Many amazing things have
happened in New Orleans and elsewhere in the Gulf Coast region since then,
but challenges still face us in terms of rebuilding. This panel discussion
will involve people in two locations discussing music, film and activism in
New Orleans and Chicago. The panelists in New Orleans will include Rene
Broussard, Luther Gray, Chris Rose, Jonathan Freilich, and Jordan Flaherty.
The panelists in Chicago will include Stan West, Robin Whatley, George
Bailey, Arvis Averett, and Ted Hardin. Panelists in New Orleans and Chicago
will be connected over the internet, using Skype.
312.543.7027, info@chicagocalling.org
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October peace party benefits Beyond Media.
DJs Jocelyn Brown, Naomi Walker, Jeff Parker and Josh Abrams.
October 12th 10pm-2.
@ Dannys Tavern 1951 W Dickens Ave Chicago, IL 60614-3934 - (773) 489-6457
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Event: Unnatural Causes Part 4
Date: Tuesday October 13th
Location: Chicago Freedom School, 719 S State St, Suite 3N
A 4-part film and discussion series examining socio-economic and racial inequities in
health.
6:00-6:30 "Collateral Damage" - How do Marshall Islanders pay for globalization and U.S.
military policy with their health?
6:30-7:00 "Not Just a Paycheck" - Why do layoffs take such a huge toll in Michigan but
cause hardly a ripple in Sweden?
7:00-8:00 Intergenerational Discussion- Led by Jennifer Tani, Community Relations
Coordinator, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
RSVP: rsvp@chicagofreedomschool.org | 312.435.1201
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Date: Saturday, October 17, 2009 12-6 pm
Event title: Heartland-AREA Southside Study Day
Location: Bus leaves from the Smart Museum, 5550 South Greenwood Avenue at noon.
Description: Co-organized by AREA Chicago and the Smart Museum of Art’s Heartland exhibition. Visit far South Side neighborhoods and learn about local industrial history, material culture, and politics. Events include tours, informal presentation and discussion, and a meal. A bus leaves from in front of the Smart Museum on Greenwood at 12pm sharp. Space is limited; reserve your spot by emailing areaeditors@gmail.com. Please use the subject line “Heartland-AREA Southside Study Day.”
SPACE IS LIMITED AND RESERVATION IS REQUIRED: for reservation or information contact areaeditors@gmail.com or Rebecca Zorach at 312-259-4393
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Art vs. Craft: Pumpkin Carving!
The Orientation Center's monthly arts/crafts evening! Each month features an hour-long hands-on introduction to an art or craft skill, as well as open time to hang out and work on your own projects. Workshop materials as well as supplies for the free-craft time will be provided. There is a $8-$12 sliding scale donation for the workshop materials, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds. Future workshops will include book making, knitting, and block printing.
Tuesday October 20th
@ 2129 N Rockwell (Just north of Milwaukee Ave)
7-9pm Pumpkin Carving: Learn to make awesome stencils and carve the pumpkin of your dreams. Pumpkins and delicious mulled beverages will be provided
9-10pm Open arts/crafts time. Bring your own projects and materials or get inspired by what's available.
Email Rachel.a.wallis@gmail.com if you're planning on coming, so we have enough supplies.
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DATE: October 22, 2009
TIME: 2 pm - 4:30 pm
LOCATION: Chicago Freedom School, 719 S. State Street #3N
The Truth About Violence Against Girls:
A workshop around the Status of Girls in Illinois report
In honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, we invite you to join us to learn more about how girls are experiencing violence in Chicago and Illinois, find out how girls are taking action to end violence, and plan ways that we can work together to reverse these trends.
RSVP REQUIRED!
Please note that space is extremely limited. To RSVP, please email womenandgirlscan@gmail.com.
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Saturday, Oct 24 - herbal soap making
learn the ins and outs of making homemade soaps with plants form your
garden as well as simple kitchen ingredients. Go home with soap and a
lotion
10am – 1pm $60 (pre-registration $25 to paypal, deadline OCT 23– location TBA to registrants)
instructor: Katie Murphy
Katie combines almost 30 years of kitchen wizardry with her garden
witchery with great exhuberance. Learn from someone who raises monarch
caterpillars and bikes Chicago winters!
more info: nettlesting@yahoo.com
www.spontaneousvegetation.net
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seedarchive swap n’ store and harvest potluck
sunday, october 25, 3pm – 8pm
2446 south sawyer avenue
do not come empty handed!
Bring well-labeled, viable seeds
and an edible item to share with others!
time and location to follow!
more info: nettlesting@yahoo.com
the seed archive is apublic archive of healthy seeds collected from many places and people
seeds are alive.
seeds need to be carefully stored in order to remain healthy and
assure their germination. the seed archive is particularly interested
in seed that is for food or medicinals, habitat creating as well as
soil building. the archive only accepts, stores and loans viable,
well-identified seeds.
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Revolt on Goose Island
The Chicago Factory Takeover—And What is Says About the Economic Crisis
Tuesday, October 27
The Chicago Cultural Center
The Claudia Cassidy Theater
630 pm
Washington Post reporter Kari Lydersen 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: The Chicago Factory Takeover, and What it Says About the Economic Crisis, which NewCity called a “clear and emotionally compelling account.” The evening’s discussion will also consider other actions that were inspired by the Republic action, and ongoing plans to re-open the factory.
Kari Lydersen is a staff writer at the Washington Post. She is the author of Out of the Sea and Into the Fire: Latin American-US Immigration in the Global Age and co-author, with Wafaa Bilal, of Shoot an Iraqi: Art, Life and Resistance Under the Gun, which was recently named a “Best Book of 2008” by Booklist. For more, click here.
Thomas Geoghegan is a practicing attorney and the author of several books, including See You in Court: How the Right Made America a Lawsuit Nation and Which Side Are You On?, which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and received a special citation from the PEN/Martha Albrand Award judges. Geoghegan contributes regularly to the American Prospect and lives in Chicago.
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Date: Sunday, November 1, 2009 2-5 pm
Event title: Peripheral Vision Release Party!
Location: South Side Community Art Center, 3831 S. Michigan Ave. 773-373-1026
Description: Release party for AREA #9, Peripheral Vision and closing party for the SSCAC’s Demise of the South Side Community Art Center.
Performance by Sebastien Alvarez at 4pm.
For more info: areaeditors@gmail.com
