Pre-Mayday Party: Live Music Performance

April 30th, 7 pm with music from:

* Bad Heart Bull *
…Chicago CuntryFolk (Clitorectomy and the Mutilators coverband)

* Jenny Jenkins *
…from Olympia Wa., (myspace.com/jennyjenkinsrockstar)

* Sewing Machines *
…Chicago Psychedelamericanapop
(http://futurefolkrecords.com/Artists_SewingMachines.htm)

This is a FREE, ALL AGES, SOBER/DRUG FREE event.

Lichen’s Radical Folk Fundraiser

6 pm at the Lichen Lending Library (1921 S. Blue Island)

I Ching Quartet (soulfoul acoustic folk)

Yasna Voda (Balkan inspired folk)

Lyle Werner (Hammond country folk)

Bad Heart Bull (clitorectomy and the mutilators cover band)

The Lichen Lending Library (infoshop, community center, zine distro) has been around for more than five months now. We are throwing what is probably our first ever space-specific benefit (as in the money goes to maintenance of the collective and not to another associated cause). We have a lot of rad projects slated for the near future and need your help. Also radical/anarchist/ak press books will be available for purchase at a discount. Oh and there will probably be food too…

$3 – 5 donation (no one turned away for lack of funds).

Books Now Available!!!

In addition to our lending collection and the Midwest Books to Prisoners lit table, Lichen now has paper souvenirs (books) available by donation. A selection of 52 radical titles on topics such as latin american revolts, guerilla gardening, animal liberation and anarchist theory, written by the likes of judith butler, noam chomsky, alexander berkman, and derrick jensen, are currently shelved and ready for CONSUMPTION (eeew) at significant discounts…

p.s.  a list of these titles will be posted for your internet browsing convenience.

An adventure in sound and movement #2

This Sunday, February 15th, 2009:

Featuring

… . Le pont Exclarrogatif
… . Plenum
… . Just Jose Luna
… . Tom Orange
… . “While we were dancing”

“a literary based event [featuring]… a friend from cleveland who
runs a small press called the language foundry… another poet
who goes by tom orange as well as an improv musician from
buffalo, ny.”

8 PM at The Lichen Lending Library
1921 S. Blue Island

Vokü

What’s Vokü?

Started in German anarchist communities, Vokü is a weekly gathering of different people. It’s a great opportunity to meet new people and have great conversations.

Every Monday 7 – 9 pm.

occasionally accompanied by movies, puppet shows, poetry readings etc.

Video Chamba Noches de Cine:

Radio/Video Chamba es un grupo local con enfoce en los medios de comunicacion. Este grupo esta compuesto de voluntarios del Worker Center y otros activistas y artistas que trabajan en nuestras comunidades para crear programas independientes de video y radio. El proyecto es un esfuerzo colaborativo tratando temas que son excluidos de los grandes medios, con enfoce especial en asuntos de los derechos de trabajadores e inmigrantes.

Iniciando el Viernes 20 de Febrero, Video Chamba exhibira peliculas cortas desde las 6 asta las 10 de la noche cada viernes alterno en la Lichen Lending Library. 6 de Marzo, 20 de Marzo, 3 de Abril, etc. 6 pm. 1921 S. Blue Island, Chicago Il.

Video Chamba Film Nights:

Radio/Video Chamba is a grassroots media group made up of Worker Center volunteers and other activists and artists that work within our
communities to create independent radio and video broadcasts. It is a
collaborative effort to cover the topics that are omitted by the
mainstream media, focusing on worker and immigrant rights issues.

Starting on Friday February 20th, Video Chamba will show short films at
the Lichen Lending Library from 6-10 pm every other Friday. March 6, March
20, April 3, and so on. 6 pm. 1921 south Blue Island, Chicago, IL.