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Comment by Joe Balkis on March 18, 2012 at 4:20

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Comment by Joe Balkis on March 18, 2012 at 4:20

On Tuesday, we launched our campaign calling on state Attorneys General from around the country to stand up for common sense campaign finance laws and to continue our fight against Citizens United.

We've seen what the Citizens United ruling has done to federal politics -- attack ads flooded the airwaves in 2010 and are dominating the Republican presidential primaries right now. We can't allow that same sort of unlimited corporate spending to infiltrate state and local races.

This is simple: It's Common Sense v. Citizens United. Sign on to get your Attorney General involved today.

Across the country, we are winning in the court of public opinion -- 80% of the general public opposes the Citizens United ruling. But now, we are winning in the appellate courts as well. Attorney General Steve Bullock has fought back against allowing Citizens United to take root in his state of Montana. He championed keeping common sense election laws on the books all the way to the Montana Supreme Court -- and he won. It's time that other state Attorneys General do the same.

Over 50,000 DFA members have already signed on -- Help get us to 100,000 signatures!

Two years ago, the Supreme Court decided that big corporations and the super rich have a "right" to spend unlimited amounts of money in our elections. Today, and every day until this ridiculous law is overturned, we will fight back.

Together we can defeat Citizens United.

-Jay

Jay Henderson, Political Campaign Manager
Democracy for America



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What do President Obama, Rupert Murdoch and Rush Limbaugh have in common?
They're all ignoring a massive public outcry against media consolidation as Obama's FCC favors new rules that would allow conglomerates to gobble up more local media across America.

Don't Be Ignored. Stop Media Consolidation Now.

By signing this letter to the Federal Communications Commission, you're joining thousands of people who have already told the agency to stop this latest attack on independent media. And the public response has been overwhelming: So far more than nine out of every 10 comments to the FCC opposes letting broadcasters snatch up even more media outlets.
Unfortunately, Washington is not listening to us ... yet.
President Obama was once an outspoken opponent of media consolidation. In 2007, he said that protecting local, independent and diverse media was "critical to the public interest."
But times have changed. The president has failed to speak up as his FCC has sided with Murdoch and big-media lobbyists in a push for unchecked consolidation.
Last year, Obama also stood on the sidelines while his FCC approved the Comcast-NBC Universal merger — one of the largest and potentially most disastrous media mergers in history. Now Obama's FCC is on the verge of weakening the rule that prevents one company from owning both broadcast stations and newspapers in the same market.
Murdoch has long lobbied Washington for this change, which would allow News Corp. to buy up even more local television stations and newspapers in markets from New York City to San Diego. And it would give Clear Channel, Earth's largest radio conglomerate — and the company that syndicates Rush Limbaugh's program to more than 600 stations — the power to dominate the dial even more.
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Comment by Joe Balkis on March 14, 2012 at 16:32

End the War in Afghanistan NOW! Emergency Demonstration Wednesday, March 14 at 5pm Federal Plaza in Chicago (Corner of Adams & Dearborn) We encourage all of our members, supporters and friends to join us for this important emergency rally on Wednesday, March 14 at 5pm at Federal Plaza in Chicago to call for an immediate end to the Afghanistan war. For more info call 773-463-03111 ANSWER Coalition Press Release: The March 11 cold-blooded murder of at least 16 Afghan civilians by a U.S. Army soldier is the latest in a decade-long history of atrocities carried out by the NATO occupiers. It will be remembered as the tipping point in a criminal war that grows more criminal with each passing month. The “apologies” by President Obama and U.S. commanding General John Allen are nothing by brazen hypocrisy and will ring hollow in the ears of the Afghan people. Occupying armies, unable to distinguish insurgent fighters from the population as a whole, inevitably propagate a racist ideology among their troops. This officially promoted racism and contempt toward the occupied people is what produces atrocity after atrocity, and insult after insult. The only way these horrors will end is by ending the war. We join with the people of Afghanistan and the anti-war movement around the world in demanding the immediate withdrawal of all U.S. and NATO occupying forces. The ANSWER Coalition organized protests on the first day of the U.S. war on Afghanistan in 2001 and has been working to end the war for the past decade. ANSWER Chicago 773-463-0311 http://www.answerchicago.org       ==========================================================

This Friday, March 16, I'll be giving a keynote address at the Public Interest Law Symposium at Loyola University School of Law. I hope you'll be able to join me there. The symposium, titled "Forcing the Agenda: Provoking Policy Reform through Legal Action and Community Collaboration," will be held at the Philip H. Corboy Law Center at 25 East Pearson Street in Chicago. In my remarks, I will discuss the indefinite detention provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act and opportunities to take action at the local level. You can find out more about the event, including registration information and a full schedule of speakers, at the Public Interest Law Symposium website. I look forward to the event and to seeing you there! Shahid Buttar Executive Director Bill of Rights Defense Committee 8 Bridge Street, Suite A, Northampton, MA 01060 www.bordc.org info@bordc.org Telephone: 413-582-0110 Fax: 413-582-0116

Comment by Joe Balkis on March 14, 2012 at 5:42

Pink slipped for peeing. It sounds like a ridiculous possibility, but for this mother of three, it is a harsh reality. On Friday, Australia’s Toll Group fired Xiomara Perez as part of this $8.8 billion global transportation giant’s campaign aimed at scaring its American workers into ending their current fight to form a union. The respected workplace leader was retaliated against for her support of unionization and literally cited and then fired for making an emergency pit stop at a McDonalds. Tell Toll Group managers to reinstate Xiomara Perez now! Toll Group has waged an anti-worker agenda on their Los Angeles based port truck drivers ever since these hard-working men and women took a stand against their deplorable third-world like working conditions. Xiomara was among the first to speak out against the company’s filthy outhouses that lacked running water, and when she needed to find a public restroom to relieve herself to continue her workday, Ralph Lauren and Guess Jeans’ trucking carrier cut her loose! According to Toll, once on the road drivers are not allowed to make a pit stop – no matter how many hours drivers are sitting in traffic. But as a professional driver, Xiomara adhered to U.S. Department of Transportation regulations that require any hauler to pull over if they feel faint, fatigued, or are experiencing any other physical ailment that may keep them from safely operating the truck.  So why does this mega corporation finds this quick stop unacceptable? Xiomara happens to be one of the most vocal supporters of the union, according to her co-workers who believe this outrageous firing was a message to all workers that they will be punished if they want their collective bargaining rights.  Tell Toll Group’s top executives to stop the absurd attacks on Amer... Yesterday, a committee of Xiomara’s male co-workers delivered a letter with a demand to Toll Group managers to immediately reinstate the truck driver of seven years. Help advance justice by adding your voice to their call for their sister, co-worker and fri...   Let Toll management know that we don’t tolerate discrimination against women and American workers are not disposable. Help Xiomara, and her co-workers do their jobs in peace, and win the union they well deserve.

IUF Uniting food, farm and hotel workers world-wide Talley’s/AFFCO has locked out 1,000 meat workers in an attempt to force them and their union, the New Zealand Meat Workers’ Union, to accept changes to their collective agreement  - changes which will make it easy for the company to impose individual contracts on workers and thereby to set wages unilaterally. Changes which will eventually destroy the Core Collective Agreement now applicable to AFFCO’s 8 plants in New Zealand’s Northern Island. More... Click here to tell AFFCO and its parent company Talley’s to lift the lockout and return to the negotiating table!   Ron Oswald General Secretary, IUF International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations (IUF) 8, rampe du Pont-Rouge 1213 Petit Lancy, Switzerland Tel: +41 22 793 22 33 Fax: +41 22 793 22 38 web-site: www.iuf.org

Comment by Joe Balkis on March 13, 2012 at 5:08

Campaigns are spreading across the country to challenge the indefinite military detention provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Seven resolutions have already passed and over a dozen more are well on their way. Your town could be next. Check out our campaign map to see if a cam... Here at the Bill of Rights Defense Committee, we're keeping track of efforts across the country to restore due process rights violated by the NDAA's indefinite detention powers. We're connecting local activists to each other, showing the media how broad and diverse this movement has already become, and providing support to everyone working on the ground. Our campaign map shows where campaigns are already happening, but we know it is not complete. Put your city on the map! If you're interested in getting involved in a campaign, but are not sure how to start, contact us. We're actively looking for you and eager to help. Soon, our campaign map will show how concerned Americans—like you—are organizing throughout the entire United States to stop domestic military detention. But only you can help us get there. Thanks for all you do to keep the Constitution strong. Emma Roderick Grassroots Campaign Coordinator Bill of Rights Defense Committee 8 Bridge Street, Suite A, Northampton, MA 01060 www.bordc.org info@bordc.org Telephone: 413-582-0110 Fax: 413-582-0116

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You're Invited to a Clean Air Cities Conference Call on March 22. Dear Joe, Thanks to our volunteer Clean Air Advocates, in just a few short months more than a dozen cities have gone on record asking the Obama government to use the Clean Air Act to reduce carbon emissions and other pollutants driving climate change. In the name of clean air and public health, we want to work with you to continue this winning streak and make your city the next Clean Air City. That's why we've organized a conference call. I'm Rose Braz, the Center's climate campaign director, and I'll be on the line along with two of our stalwart Clean Air Advocates who successfully got their cities -- Minneapolis and Oxnard -- to pass resolutions urging President Obama and the EPA to rapidly, ambitiously apply the Clean Air Act to cut carbon pollution. We'll update you on the campaign, discuss what's worked and what hasn't, hear what you need and answer your questions. Your efforts are becoming increasingly important as the Clean Air Act, our best hope for slowing climate change in the United States, comes under intense assault in Congress. Big Oil wants to stop game-changing efforts, just begun, that could make real progress in the urgent struggle to curb climate change. Together our cities can send a strong message to Washington that we want breathable air and a livable climate.   RSVP for this conference call to discuss how our collective momentum will drive Clean Air Cities resolutions to pass in all 50 states. RSVP here to join the Clean Air Cities Conference Call. If you have trouble following the link, go to: http://action.biologicaldiversity.org/p/salsa/web/common/public/signup?signup_page_KEY=6587 When: Thursday, March 22 at 10 a.m. (PDT), 11 a.m. (MDT), noon (CDT) and 1 p.m. (EDT) Rose Braz, Climate Campaign Director rbraz@biologicaldiversity.org (415) 436-9682 x 319 P.S. If you can't make it this time, but are interested in joining a future call, please let me know. We'll do our best to schedule another soon. Donate now to support our work. Photo of Minneapolis courtesy of Flickr Commons/Irish Fireside. The Center for Biological Diversity sends newsletters and action alerts through DemocracyinAction.org. Center for Biological Diversity P.O. Box 710 Tucson, AZ 85702 1-866-357-3349

Comment by Joe Balkis on March 13, 2012 at 5:07

THE COST OF EMPIRE.docx

Hello Southsiders and friends: I have attached a file of our flier on the forum "The Cost of Empire."  Please feel free to copy and distribute the flier. Hope to see you there and please, if you are planning to come,  RSVP to the "anyvite" that you should have  received.  Our friends from the Beverly Unitarian church are presenting forums on important social issues...this should be an inspiration and challenge to us SSFP'ers who are especially concerned with the issues of peace and justice.   If you have any problems accessing the flier file please call me.  Mike Wolf  773.239.1439     ================================================================         Save Our Homes Rally:  Thursday in Hazel Crest  Host: Esther A., MoveOn member Where: OFA 183rd & Kedzie (in Hazel Crest) When: Thursday, Mar. 15, at 4:00 PM Can you come? Click below for more details and to RSVP: I can come. Sorry, I can't make it this time, but keep me updated on the campaign. What: This Thursday, Mar. 15, 2012, at 4:00 PM, join us in calling on President Obama to stand with the 99% and take on the housing crisis. President Obama has the opportunity to be a homeowner hero—by pushing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to reduce mortgages to their fair market value. This will help millions of underwater homeowners and help get our economy back on track. We're rallying at Obama for America campaign headquarters, Wall Street bank branches, and homes threatened by foreclosure. We'll deliver petitions to the president and show the media and our communities that the 99% is fighting together to save our homes.    MoveOn is committed to nonviolence in the long tradition of protest movements throughout our history that have brought America closer to our founding dream—liberty and justice for all. As progressives, we respect all people and do not support or endorse any violence or property destruction. And don't worry, this email was sent through the MoveOn system, so your personal contact info is kept private. Want to support our work? We're entirely funded by our 5 million members—no corporate contributions, no big checks from CEOs. And our tiny staff ensures that small contributions go a long way. Chip in here. PAID FOR BY MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION, http://pol.moveon.org/. Not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee

Comment by Joe Balkis on March 13, 2012 at 5:06

V.5 Library Leaflet 3.7.12.doc

• Leaflet 3-9-12 Spanish.doc

: Dear Brothers & Sisters, Attached are the English & Spanish leaflets for the March 22nd Library read/speak out event on the 5th floor of city hall in front of the Mayor's office on Thursday, March 22nd We are asking that your organization, union, religious institution consider formally endorsing this event and the People's Library Campaign If so, please email me the name of your group and/or any questions you have. My cell phone is 312-835-3742 In Solidarity, Howard Ehrman, MD, MPH Assistant Professor University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) College of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine School of Public Health, Division of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Today's Topic Summary

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• No Dancing around Apartheid! Protest "Brand Israel" Batsheva Dance Company [1 Update]

 No Dancing around Apartheid! Protest "Brand Israel" Batsheva Dance Company

Bill - Chicago span id="yiv241975106lw_1331466715_2" class="yiv241975106yshortcuts">chgofenian@gmail.com>

Mar 03 06:40PM -0800  

No dancing around apartheid! Protest "Brand Israel" Batsheva Dance

Company

 

Saturday, March 17 – 6:30PM – 7:30PM

Auditorium Theater,

50 E. Congress, Chicago

 

The Palestine Solidarity Group – Chicago and the Chicago Movement for

Palestinian Rights have joined more than twenty social justice groups

around the United States and Canada to call on the Batsheva Dance

Company to cut all ties to the Brand Israel campaign and take a stand

against the Israeli government's violations of Palestinian rights.

 

While Israeli artists and performers are free to tour the world,

Israel denies Palestinian artists their basic freedoms and

systematically attacks Palestinian culture.

 

We will be protesting Batsheva’s performance at Roosevelt University's

Auditorium Theater. Chicago is part of their five-week North American

tour with performances in San Francisco, Quebec City, Montréal, New

York, Tulsa, Austin and Scottsdale.

 

The boycott of Batsheva is a response to the Palestinian civil society

call for the academic and cultural boycott of Israel, which is part of

the growing movement for boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) on

apartheid Israel.

 

As the open letter to Batsheva Dance Company signed on by the

Palestine Solidarity Group-Chicago and the Chicago Movement for

Palestinian Rights states (

http://adalahny.org/document/790/open

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letter-north-american-organizations-batsheva-take-strong-unequivocal-

stance-agains):

 

"You may claim that art and politics can be separated, but the Israeli

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) knows this is not the case when it

refers to Batsheva as 'the best known global ambassador of Israeli

culture.' Indeed, Batsheva receives funding from the MFA – which

cynically uses the arts as a way to distract attention from Israel's

oppression of Palestinians. In 2009, Arye Mekel of Israel’s MFA told a

reporter, 'We will send well-known novelists and writers overseas,

theater companies, exhibits ... This way you show Israel’s prettier

face, so we are not thought of purely in the context of war.' Your

upcoming tour in particular is prominently advertised on the cultural

calendar of the Israeli consulate in New York City, and your host in

New York, the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), aptly notes that

Batsheva is 'Israel’s leading cultural ambassador.'

 

..

 

We hope Batsheva, like a growing number of Israelis, will take a

strong, unequivocal stance against Israel’s treatment of Palestinians

and support justice and equality for all. Until then, we will continue

to urge a popular boycott of, and protests against, your performances

throughout North America."

 

Sponsored by:

Palestine Solidarity Group – Chicago

www.psgchicago.org

 

Contact Information:

email:

hehrman@uic.edu

Comment by Joe Balkis on March 10, 2012 at 15:04

Take a minute to help save the life of an Iranian trade unionist facing the death penalty. Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Many people have reported problems with the link in this mailing - please try again - we've now made a small correction.  If you did successfully send off your message already, ignore this email. Every campaign we run on LabourStart is important.  But sometimes, these are literally matters of life and death. A few years ago, we were asked to run an online campaign in support of a jailed Iranian teacher named Farzad Kamangar.  Thousands of you sent off protest messages to Iran, but it was not enough.  On 9 May 2010, Kamangar was executed.  He was 32 years old. Today we are once again being asked to mobilize tens of thousands of trade unionists around the world in defense of an Iranian teacher who has been sentenced to death.  His name is Abdolreza Ghanbari and the crime he is accused of is "enmity towards God".  The Education International, which represents teachers' trade unions around the world, is demanding his release. It will take you only a minute to send off your message of protest - please click here to do so. Please spread the word in your union.  Maybe this time, if we can send enough messages, our voices will be heard. And to see what recent LabourStart campaigns you may have missed, click here. Meanwhile, in Turkey, we're being asked by Amnesty International to help support their campaign to grant Turkish workers their fundamental labour rights.  Please take a moment to sign their online petition, here. And at the same time, Turkish trade union members are staging a sit-in today at the ILO's Turkey office in a bid to force their government to comply with ILO core labour standards and to enact new labour laws that respect workers' rights.  You can follow their sit in -- which they're calling "Occupy ILO" on their blog and on Twitter using the #OccupyILO hashtag.  They're asking all supporters of workers' rights in Turkey to tweet using the #OccupyILO hashtag to show their solidarity with those doing the sit-in.   Thanks very much!   Eric Lee Copyright © 2012 LabourStart, All rights reserved. . Our mailing address is: LabourStart 4 Alexandra Park Road London, England N10 2AA             ========================================       Click here Having trouble viewing this email? 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Comment by Joe Balkis on March 10, 2012 at 15:01

Support our Local School Councils in their lawsuit against the CPS,

Posted by: "Lora Chamberlain" drlora2@yahoo.com   drlora2

Fri Mar 9, 2012 2:25 pm (PST)

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 RALLY IN SUPPORT OF LSC PARENT LEADER PLAINTIFFS in Lawsuit

Monday March 12th
4:00 PM
Starting at 125 S. Clark and marching to the Daley Center    Dear Supporters of a community-led School Improvement process: The lawsuit filed by LSC members at many of the closed and turned around schools, will be heard next Monday, March 12 at 2 pm.This
lawsuit argues that, under the Illinois School Code, CPS may not take
such actions until  they have complied with Section 34-8.3(c) and put in
place school improvement plans� that include specific steps� that the
LSCs must take to correct identified deficiencies.� Join
parents, community members, and teachers, at a march and rally during
the lawsuit hearing on Monday, March 12.  We will meet at CPS at 4 pm,
then march to the Daley Center.  Our theme is CPS Actions are the
Status Quo!� We will gather Monday 3/12 at 4 pm at CPS, 125 South Clark, then march to the Daley Center.   Please join us!  With any questions, call or Email: Jitu Brown, KOCO, 773-548-7500, or jitubrown@yahoo. com  Please spread the word.        Norine GutekanstChicago Teachers UnionOrganizing Department Coordinator( 312)329-6226norinegutek anst@ctulocal1. com

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IN THIS ISSUE We are open during construction! FREE PARKING Mary Wozniak photojournalism exhibit The Light in the Piazza opens this weekend at No Exit Cafe Pork Chop special is back! We now have organic pork bacon! MENU SPECIALS APPLE AND GOAT CHEESE STUFFED LOIN CHOPS Certified humane and organic fed bone-in pork loin stuffed with apple, nitrate free bacon, chèvre and herbs served with sweet potato mash, mixed greens and an organic apple cider gastrique STUFFED RUBY RED TROUT filled with artichoke hearts, garlic, herbs and slivered almonds over sauteed kale & spinach drizzled with Greek yogurt dressing BLACKENED TOFU WEDGES over Spanish rice and beans with a tomatillo - avocado - green chili sauce HEARTLAND DAILY DRINK SPECIALS Monday $4 Fat Tire, $7 Martinis Tuesday $3 Honkers & 312 Urban Wheat Wednesday $4 Harp and 1/2 price Absinthe Thursday $4 Lagunitas IPA drafts, $7 Margaritas Friday $4 Finch's Cut Throat Pale Ale $4 Lagunitas IPA Saturday $4 Honkers & 312 Urban Wheat $7 Death's Door Bloody Marys & Mimosas Sunday $4 Harpoon IPA $7 Death's Door Bloody Marys & Mimosas   FINDING YOUR WAY TO GLENWOOD & LUNT IN THE HEART OF ROGERS PARK HEARTLAND CAFE 7000 N Glenwood Ave Chicago, IL 60626 (773) 465-8005 www.hearatlandcafe.com Winter hours Mon-Thurs 8am - 2pm & 5pm - 10pm Fri & Sat 8am - 11pm Sun 8am-10pm By foot, bike or wheel NW corner Lunt & Glenwood 1 block west of Sheridan road at the el 7000 N • 1400 W mapquest By bus #22 Clark (24 hrs), #147 Outer Drive Express, #155 Devon, #96 Lunt cta trip planner By el Red Line Morse / Lunt stop • Exit at north end • We're on the NW corner cta trip planner By metra Exit Rogers Park stop • walk east to Lunt Ave 3 1/2 blocks to Glenwood Ave Metra Union Pacific / North Line Free Parking The Christian Mission Elim Parking Lot 1615 W Morse (NW corner of Ashland and Morse) MON-THURS & SAT 8am-3am FRI 8am-5pm; 9pm-3am SUN 5pm-3am Cars will be towed at owner's expense during non-permitted hours. NO OVERNIGHT PARKING (click here for flyer) ENJOY FREE WI-FI AT HEARTLAND CAFE, RED LINE TAP AND NO EXIT CAFE Delivery Items You can get all the goodies from the Heartland Cafe menu (except alcoholic beverages) delivered right to your front door. Delivery Area Lakefront to California South to Peterson / Hollywood and North to Howard Delivery Hours 7 days a week Monday - Friday 5pm - 10pm Saturday & Sunday 10pm - 11pm ENTERTAINMENT   Cantique @ Heartland- Fri 3/9, 9pm HEARTLAND CAFE 7000 N Glenwood FRI, MAR 9 @ 9pm Cantique Celtic/Folk SUN, MAR 11 @ 7pm The Eddie Stevens Three Jazz EVERY WED @ 9:30pm In One Ear open mic for poetry, music and more hosted by Pete Wolf (sign up at 9pm) THURS, MAR 15 @ 8pm Craig Champlin Folk   Railway Records Presents: Midwestern Lull, Rigor Vitae, Revials of the Peacemaker, The Great Divide @ Red Line- Fri 3/9, 8pm RED LINE TAP 7006 N Glenwood FRI, MAR 9 @ 8pm RAILWAY RECORDS PRESENTS: Midwestern Lull / Rigor Vitae / Rivals of The Peacemaker / The Great Divide Roots/Americana SAT, MAR 10 @ 8pm Parallel Fuzz / The Gecko Club / Half Light Music / Cock Douglas Alt Rock SUN, MAR 11 @ 9pm Indolent / Barajas / The Burn Rock/Metal TUE, MAR 13 @ 9pm The Mudflapps Bluegrass/Americana (NO COVER) WED, MAR 14 @ 9pm Wasted Wednesdays presented by Miller High Life. This week's featured artists: Nick Coury / Level Ground / L-Win Jam/Funk/Hip Hop (NO COVER) EVERY THUR @ 8pm The Red Line Tap Open Mic hosted by Micki Croisant; sign up at 8/begins at 9 (NO COVER) RED LINE TAP DRINK SPECIALS Moon and Poon Mondays $3 Harpoon IPA, $5 Cat Daddy Moonshine Tuesday $2 Cans of Hamms, $5 Fighting Cock Bourbon Wasted Wednesdays $1 Miller High Life, $3 Well drinks, $1 Pucker shots Thursday $3 Goose Island 312 drafts Friday $3 Dos Equis tall boys Saturday $3 Goose Island 312 drafts Shitfaced Sundays $1 Miller High Life, $3 Well drinks, $1 Pucker shots NO EXIT CAFE THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA March 11 – April 29, Thurs at 7:30pm, Fri & Sat at 8pm and Sun at 7pm at the No Exit Cafe, 6970 N. Glenwood. www.theo-u.org Set in Florence and Rome in 1953, a young American tourist traveling with her mother meets and falls for a young Italian.  The mother opposes the affair for reasons that only gradually become apparent as the musical unfolds. NEW ART ON THE WALLS The World Was Watching Wisconsin Photojournalism Exhibit by Mary M. Wozniak Heartland Cafe, March 10 - April 10   LIVE FROM HEARTLAND Join Michael James and Katy Hogan For the Live From The Heartland Show Saturday Morning, March 10, 2012, 9-10am This Week's Guests: We welcome Euan Hague, Associate Professor and Chairman of the Department of Geography at DePaul University, who will join us to talk about Independence for Scotland, and give us an update on the neo confederates and the Republican Party. We will also be joined by Stand Up! Chicago's Policy Analyst Elizabeth Parisian on the air to talk about the Chicago G8/NATO Community Fund that several community, labor and faith groups proposed in a letter to Mayor Emanuel last week. The organizations called for all spending related to hosting the G8 and NATO summits to be matched dollar for dollar by investment in Chicago's communities. And our friend and neighbor Thom Clark of the Community Media Workshop will join us to talk about recent news, both local and global. Listen On Air & Online wluw 88.7 fm • wluw.org View Archives youtube.com/heartlandmedia Join Us Live The stage at the Heartland Cafe 7000 N Glenwood, Chicago, IL 60626 (773) 465-8005 michael@heartlandcafe.com katy@heartlandcafe.com Our mailing address is: Heartland Cafe 7000 N Glenwood Avenue Chicago, IL 60626 Copyright (C) 2009 Heartland Cafe All rights reserved.

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