BULLETIN Walter H. Dyett High School for the Arts’ Open House Walter H. Dyett High School for the Arts, 555 E. 51st St. Wednesday, November 16, 6pm–7:30pm. Free. Students, families, and community members welcome. (773) 535-1825. newdyett.org Dyett High School went from the brink of closure, through a hunger strike, to an open-enrollment school in […]
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BULLETIN Sustainable Alternatives on Chicago’s Southeast Side Auditorium Building, Roosevelt University, 430 S. Michigan Ave., Sullivan Room. Wednesday, November 2, 4pm–5:30pm. Light refreshments. Register online. (312) 341-3500. roosevelt.edu/centers Adding insult to injury, the factories that closed on the Southeast Side of Chicago not only took jobs with them but also left heavy-duty environmental contamination behind. Hear […]
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BULLETIN Pumpkin Carving with MAKE! Chicago MAKE! Chicago, 1048 W. 37th St. Friday, October 28, 6pm–9pm; Saturday, October 29, 11am–2pm and 2pm–5pm. $25 for one adult and child. Register online before October 27. (312) 925-2627. make-chicago.com Jack up your jack-o-lantern skills with a pumpkin carving class at MAKE! Chicago. The Bridgeport woodworking shop transforms into […]
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BULLETIN Affordable Housing Opportunity Richard J. Daley Library, 3400 S. Halsted St. Thursday, October 20, 2:30pm–4:30pm. Call to register. (312) 666-3430. eriehouse.org This Thursday, Erie Neighborhood House, a nonprofit aimed at helping Chicago’s Latino community, will be hosting an affordable housing information session in Bridgeport. If added enticement is needed, there will be a free […]
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BULLETIN The Racial Gap in Maternal Morbidity/Mortality: Why Reproductive Justice Matters Billings Hospital, 860 E. 59th St, room P-117. Wednesday, October 5, noon–1:30pm. Free. (773) 702-1453. macleanethics.uchicago.edu In a 2015 article for Dissent magazine, Dorothy Roberts contended that “true reproductive freedom requires a living wage, universal health care, and the abolition of prisons.” Now, the […]
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Calendar 9/21/16
BULLETIN Willie Velásquez: Your Vote is Your Voice La Casa Resource Center, 1815 S. Paulina St. Thursday, September 22, 6pm–8pm. Free. RSVP at bit.ly/2cAgMWV. (312) 666-1323. resurrectionproject.org Willie Velásquez pushed for Latino political participation in the sixties, seventies, and eighties, and organized alongside Cesar Chavez; the current political climate makes the rollout of a documentary […]
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• Best Last One Standing • Best Respite From the Corporate World • Best Recipe For Love • Best Punkin’ Donuts • Best Heart y name is Tom Gaulke. I’m the pastor at First Lutheran Church of the Trinity in Bridgeport and a co-founder of Bridgeport Alliance. I accepted a call as a pastor to this community in April […]
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BULLETIN Creative Schools Fund Information Session Gwendolyn Brooks College Preparatory Academy, 250 E. 111th St. Thursday, September 8, 5pm–7pm. Free. RSVP at bit.ly/2cn1RKB. (312) 583-7459. ingenuity-inc.org Ingenuity, an arts advocacy organization, welcomes artists, educators, and art partners to an information session on their Creative Schools Fund. Learn about how to apply for a grant to […]
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Calendar 8/3/16
BULLETIN Sound of the Black Metropolis Stony Island Arts Bank, 6760 S. Stony Island Ave. Thursday, August 4, 4pm–6pm. Free; registration required. Includes reception with food and drink. Register online at bit.ly/2aqaFB5. (773) 702-2388. bmrc.lib.uchicago.edu Two fellows of the Black Metropolis Research Consortium present their work: Ayinde Jean-Baptiste’s audio documentary explores how Haiti and black […]
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Bulletin LGBTQ+ Justice in Faith-Based Communities Grace Episcopal Church, 637 S. Dearborn St. Friday, July 8, 8:30am–noon. $20 suggested donation. Email maryellen@8thdaycenter.org to register. (312) 641-5151. 8thdaycenter.org How can individual Catholic congregations produce an inclusive environment for queer people despite the church’s conservative and sometimes hostile hierarchy? Eighth Day Center, a Catholic group oriented towards […]