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09 / 27
Start: 12:00
End: 14:00

Baim promotes Out and Proud in Chicago: An Overview of the City's Gay Community.

Center on Halsted

  • Wrigleyville
    3656 N. Halsted
  • 773-472-6469
09 / 28
09 / 29
Start: 18:00
End: 19:59

Talk by Pascal Bader, an instructor at the ministry of environment in Baden-Württemberg.

http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/chi/en3537598v.htm

Goethe-Institut Chicago
150 N. Michigan #200
312-263-0472

 

09 / 30
Start: 12:30
End: 13:00

CBS News anchor Bob Schieffer plugs his new book, Bob Schieffer's America.

Borders
150 N. State St.
Chicago, IL
312-606-0750

Start: 20:00
End: 21:00

Talk by retired ambassador David N. Greenlee.

Elmhurst College Frick Center Founders Lounge
150 College Hill
Elmhurst, IL
630-617-3033

10 / 1
Start: 18:15
End: 19:15

Scholar Robert Sprott lectures for the Newberry's Wednesday Club program. Reception at 5:30.
$9

Newberry Library
60 W. Walton
Chicago, IL
312-255-3700

Start: 19:00
End: 20:19

Join
us for this moderated discussion. It's open to all at no cost. Advance
registration is not required, but it does help us to know how many to
plan for.

Panera Bread
5 W Rand Road
Arlington Heights, IL

RSVP: tdu.tenthdems.org

More Info: www.tenthdems.org

Start: 20:30
End: 21:30

Rick Perlstein discusses Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America. A benefit for Literacy Works.
$10 suggested donation.

57th St. Books
1301 E. 57th St.
Chicago, IL
773-334-8255

10 / 2
Start: 18:00
End: 22:00

Northside Democracy For America's October meeting will be a combination meeting and
Biden/Palin debate watching party, and we will be at a NEW LOCATION --
"The Spot" at 4437 N. Broadway.

If you were at our convention watching party then you already are
familiar with "The Spot" and know it is the perfect place to watch the
VP candidates duke it out -- and yes, we will be having special theme
drinks for the evening. We will see a return of the "Bidin My Time"
cocktail and a special new surprise drink.

This will also be the LAST MEETING before the election, and we will
be going over our election day and election week battle plans and
signing people up to help put our candidates over the top on election
day. So we need you there!

Northside DFA October Meeting/Debate Watching Party
- Thursday, October 2
- 6:00 dinner (order what you want and pay for what you order)
- 7:00 meeting and campaign updates
- 8:00 debate begins!
- at The Spot, 4437 N. Broadway, Chicago (under 21 not admited)
- RSVP now at:
http://democracyforamerica.com/events/30192-ndfa-october-meeting

10 / 3
10 / 4
Start: 00:00
End: 23:59

If you're shocked, you think it is time to act, and you want to help put a stop to home foreclosures now, join us at the Downstate Predatory Lending Summit on October 4th in Springfield!

Special guests who will be attending/participating in this event include:

Brenda Grauer, Assistant Attorney General
Lynda DeLaforgue, Monsignor Egan Campaign Against Payday Lending and Citizen Action Illinois
State Senator David Koehler

Start: 10:00
End: 14:00

Anthony Perl, co-author of "Transport Revolutions, Moving People and Freight Without Oil" will be our featured speaker. 

Chaddick Institute - DePaul University
243 S. Wabash Ave., 9th Floor, Chicago, IL

The cost is $40.00 a person, which includes a boxed lunch.
Click here to register. 

Start: 20:00

Neal Besnikoff and Jorge Mujica hold forth on "Stop the U.S. Takeover
of Mexico and Canada: Stop the Security and Prosperity Partnership
(SPP)." $3 plus a $5 food/drink purchase.

http://www.collegeofcomplexes.org/

Lincoln Restaurant
4008 N. Lincoln
Chicago, IL
773-251-1539

10 / 5
Start: 13:00
End: 15:00

Amanda Howland, 51st State Representative candidate and Bill Gentes,
26th State Senate candidates will meet their opponents at this open
forum.

Ela Area Public Library
275 Mohawk Trail
Lake Zurich, IL

10 / 6
Start: 11:30
End: 13:00

The City Club of Chicago welcomes James L. Merriner, author of "The Man
Who Emptied Death Row: Governor George Ryan & the Politics of
Crime", on Monday, October 6, 2008 for a Public Policy Luncheon.

$35 - Member; $45 - Non-Member

Maggiano's Banquets
111 W. Grand Ave.
Chicago, IL

10 / 7
Start: 09:00
End: 16:30

On October 7th, the University of Illinois’ Institute of Government and Public Affairs (IGPA) and Jane Addams Hull House Association are acknowledging the 40th anniversary of the passage of the Fair Housing Act of l968 by co-sponsoring a conference, “The Next Forty Years of Fair Housing: Developing an Agenda for Integration for the 2lst Century”.

This event is free of charge and is open to all interested individuals and agencies. Pre-registration is required by e-mail at igpa@uillinois.edu, or by phone at 866-794-3340 or 217-333-3340.

Illinois Rooms, Student Center East
750 S. Halsted, Chicago
University of Illinois at Chicago

10 / 8
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10 / 11
10 / 12
Start: 15:30
End: 17:00

More than 1000 Illinoisans,
including religious leaders, academics, community activists, concerned
citizens and reform-minded elected officials will gather for an outdoor
rally to call for a YES vote on Illinois’ referendum for a new state
Constitutional Convention. This is the first and largest rally in support
of a constitutional convention in more than 40 years.

The rally also launches
a three-week grassroots door-to-door canvassing plan across Cook County
that will last culminate with a statewide election-day effort. 
Dozens of organizations with hundreds of volunteers plan to actively
canvass for a YES vote.

Rice Park—across Roosevelt Rd. from St. Ignatius College Prep
1051 W. Roosevelt Rd.
– between Morgan & Blue Island

10 / 13
10 / 14
Start: 17:30
End: 19:00

A discussion between Newton Minow, senior counsel at Sidley and Austin
LLP, and Craig LaMay, Medill associate professor. A Chicago Council on
Global Affairs program. Registration requested. $30

312-944-4100

Intercontinental Hotel
505 N. Michigan Ave.
Chicago, IL

10 / 15
Start: 17:30
End: 19:30

New York Times correspondent Dexter Filkins interviews Anwar ul-Haq Ahady, Afghanistan's minister of finance. A Chicago Council on Global Affairs program. Registration requested. $30

Chicago Club
81 E. Van Buren
Chicago, IL
312-726-3860

Start: 18:00
End: 19:30

Columbia College professor Zack Furness, author of the forthcoming book One Less Car: Bike Culture and the Politics of Cycling, discusses the trend toward sustainable transportation and the historical connection of bikes to political issues.

Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Washington
Chicago, IL

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10 / 23
Start: 11:30
End: 13:00

The Northcenter Chamber of Commerce will be hosting a debate on the constitutional convention between proponent Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn and opponent Jeff Mays, president of the Illinois Business Roundtable.  The debate will be moderated by Capitol Fax's Rich Miller.

Thursday, October 23, 2008
Paddy O’Splaines
2434 W Montrose Avenue
Chicago, IL 
60618

Registration begins 11:30 p.m.
Program begins 12:00 p.m.