FEBRUARY
15 SATURDAY
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Over 80 local organizations, ranging from the American Friends Service Committee to Weekly News Pakistan, are sponsoring today’s antiwar march–Chicago’s contribution to the international day of protest against war on Iraq. In addition to mobilizing opposition to the war, the event’s designed to protest and publicize the February 21 deadline imposed by the INS for the registration and fingerprinting of males over 16 from Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. (December registrations of visiting nationals of several other Arab countries led to the detention of hundreds of men and boys in Los Angeles, spawning huge protests and a subsequent class action lawsuit.) The Chicago march starts at noon at Devon and Leavitt and will head west through the heart of the Pakistani community to Washtenaw. For more information call 888-471-0874 or 312-641-5151.
17 MONDAY
Tonight at 7, Facets will screen Chicago filmmaker David C. Thomas’s 2002 film MC5: A True Testimonial. The exhaustive documentary on the rise and fall of the legendary Detroit rockers premiered last August at the Chicago Underground Film Festival but still doesn’t have a distributor. Tickets are $5 and go on sale a half hour before the show at 1517 W. Fullerton in Chicago (773-281-4114).
