Friday 1/19 – Thursday 1/25
Recently children from three city elementary school classes were asked to make two quilt squares–one based on the worst name they’ve ever been called, and another detailing their reaction to the affront. One fifth-grader, whose tiny N-word is upstaged by colorful buttons, wrote, “I feel mad when someone calls me a nigger because I know they’re not joking….I’d like to hit the person but I just walk away instead so I don’t get into trouble.” The students’ quilts are part of Woman Made Gallery’s new prejudice exhibition, a juried show that includes entries from 30 artists (including men, “because how could we be prejudiced against men?” asks executive director Beate Minkovski). The free opening reception takes place tonight from 6 to 9 and the exhibit runs through February 22 at the gallery at 1900 S. Prairie. Call 312-328-0038 for more.
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23 TUESDAY Now that it’s clear that Nader supporters may have spoiled the presidential election for Al Gore, many leftists are scratching their heads and wondering, “How will left activists, environmentalists, community/labor organizers, and others working for a more just and equitable world be able to come together to defeat right wing initiatives and build more effective campaigns?” (Here’s an idea–support the same presidential candidate.) Local Green Party members will be joined by folks from the Puerto Rican Cultural Center, the Open University of the Left, the Democratic Socialists of America, the Socialist Party of Chicago, Solidarity, and other groups at a free forum called A Postelection Postmortem: Where Does the Left Go From Here? It’s tonight at 7 at HotHouse, 31 E. Balbo (773-486-1823).
