WHAT’S ON

Chicago
Jan. 11, Sun., 2 p.m. dinner & program
Cash bar and silent auction 1 p.m.
People’s Weekly World/Nuestro Mundo 21st Annual Banquet: The Dawn of a New Era. Keynote speaker: James Thindwa, executive director Chicago Jobs with Justice. Honoring 2008 grassroots election activists. Cultural performances. At Parthenon Restaurant, 314 S. Halsted St. Tickets $40 in advance, $50 at the door. Info, tickets & program book greetings: 773-446-9932 or email jbachtell@rednet.org.


Dearborn MI
through – July 5, 2009
A Yemeni Community: Photographs from the 1970s by Milton Rogovin. At the Arab American National Museum.
When social documentary photographer Milton Rogovin visited Lackawanna, New York in 1977, it was a bustling steel town with a small but unique community of immigrants from the Arab nation of Yemen. Devastating plant closings were a few years away, and daily life for Lackawanna’s Yemenis was a combination of old-world traditions and contemporary American experiences.
The exhibition A Yemeni Community: Photographs from the 1970s by Milton Rogovin resurrects that community and era with 30 photographs – never before exhibited together – that serve as a meditation on immigration history, cultural identity and the ways people adapt to a constantly changing world.
Arab American National Museum, 13624 Michigan Avenue, Dearborn, MI 48126 - Phone (313) 582-2266
www.arabamericanmuseum.org
www.miltonrogovin.com


Oakland CA
Jan. 3, Sat., 10 a.m.
Is This The Final Crisis of Capitalism? Communist Party USA (Oakland/Berkeley) Political Affairs readers group discussion. At Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library for Social Research,
 6501 Telegraph Ave. (bet. Alcatraz & 66th). Wheelchair accessible & free. Info: (510) 595-7417, www.marxistlibr.org.


New York City
Jan. 31, Sat., 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Special camp fair: Parents & caregivers of children & teens with disabilities can plan ahead for summer with the wealth of information offered at the 24th annual free Special Camp Fair. At the Church of St. Paul the Apostle, (Entrance to Fair on Columbus Ave. near W. 60th St.). The Fair is presented by Resources for Children with Special Needs, Inc.
Representatives from 70 New York City day camps & sleepaway camps in the northeast will be on hand to help parents & professionals plan productive summer experiences for children with disabilities. The Fair will also feature information on travel programs, remedial education programs, volunteer & job opportunities & early childhood programs. Spanish & sign language interpreters will be available.
Visitors to the Fair will receive a free copy of the Camps 2009 Directory.
Info: 212-677-4650, www.resourcesnyc.org,

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