Friday 10/25 – Thursday 10/31
“Pullman and Haymarket have become pop-culture labor icons, but they’re just the tip of the iceberg,” says Bob Bruno, cochair of the Chicago Center for Working Class Studies. “This is still a town whose working class experiences a great deal of economic and political abuse and struggle.” He cites recent labor disputes at downtown hotels, V&V Supremo Foods, and Azteca Foods, where workers are still on strike, as examples. The center will kick off its newest project–the creation of a large illustrated map of sites important to local labor history–with tonight’s free panel discussion, Beyond Haymarket and Pullman: Mapping Chicago’s Working Class Struggles. Speakers include representatives from the steel and garment industries as well as attorney, former steelworker, and former City Council member Leon Despres, United Steel Workers of America reformer Ed Sadlowski, and Chicago Tribune correspondent Stephen Franklin. Music will be provided by Bucky Halker and Allan Schwartz. It’s from 7 to 9 at UNITE Union Hall, 333 S. Ashland. For more call 312-996-2491.
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29 TUESDAY John Barrymore eschewed heavy makeup to play both title roles in John S. Robertson’s 1921 silent thriller Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, effecting the good doctor’s transformation into his evil alter ego by using the muscles in his face. The Silent Film Society of Chicago sponsors tonight’s pre-Halloween screening, which will be accompanied by organist Dennis Scott, playing the score he wrote for the film. It’s at 7:45 at the Biograph Theatre, 2433 N. Lincoln. Tickets are $9 in advance ($8 for students and seniors) or $11 for all at the door. Call 773-777-9438 or see www.silentfilmchicago.com.
