February 26, 2011 – 9:53 am
Date: Monday, April 11, 2011
Time: Reception, 11:00 am; Lunch and program, 12:00 pm; Book purchase and signing, 2:00 pm
Location: Hilton Chicago, 720 Michigan Ave., Chicago
Contact: Sit at the Tenth Dems Tables! To RSVP, send an email or call Nancie Blatt at 847-433-8155 after 10:00 am. Tickets are $150 per person.
Join the Tenth Dems table for Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky’s 10th Annual Women’s Power Lunch. Eve Ensler, author of The Vagina Momologues, was the featured speaker at Jan’s first Power Lunch. She is returning this year to mark the date and talk about her new book, I Am an Emotional Creature: The Secret Life of Girls Around the World.
February 26, 2011 – 9:32 am
Date: Monday, February 28, 2011
Time: 6:30 pm
Location: Elk Grove Village Hall, 901 Wellington Ave., Elk Grove Village
State Representative Michelle Mussman will hold a town hall meeting. Mussman wishes to meet regularly with residents to know the diverse needs to the 56th Rep District.
February 26, 2011 – 8:33 am
Date: Sunday, April 3, 2011
Time: 1:00 – 4:00 pm
Location: Brunswick Zone, 21080 N. Rand Rd., Deer Park
Contact: Please call 847-550-8631 or go to the EDDI website. Cost for bowlers is $25; for guests, $10; for lane sponsorship, $250. Put your business name in Cosmic Lights!
Eighth District Democrats & Independents present Cosmic Bowling with pizza, pop, and cupcakes. Join one of our teams for form your own and join the fun.
February 25, 2011 – 12:18 pm
Date: Saturday, March 5, 2001
Time: 9:00 – 10:30 am
Location: Highland Park Library Lobby, 494 Laurel Ave., Highland Park
Contact: For more information, contact State Rep. Karen May at 847-433-9100
This is the first of a series of “Cuts and Coffee” listening sessions in the district. Rep. May will ask for the input of local residents, providing worksheets from the State Government Suggestion Award Board to describe their proposals for cuts to spending. The Award Board will evaluate the suggestions, and new, legal ways that result in savings will result in a monetary award to the individual who proposes the cut.
February 25, 2011 – 8:22 am
Date: Friday, March 25, 2011
Contact: Martin M. Schwartz, Executive Director, Jewish Labor Committee, 25 East 21st St., New York, NY 10010 or by email.
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City on March 25, 1911, congregations across the country will dedicate the Mourners Kadish during the Shabbat of March 25-26 to the memory of those who perished in the fire. Please write or send an email to obtain more information on the fire, the victims, and a reply form indicating intention to participate.
Click here for a short article on the Centennial and brief details on the conditions that led to the deaths of 146 garment workers who were mostly Jewish and Italian women.
