Feminist Science Fiction Book Club at the PO Box Collective is back! Our book this month is N.K. Jemisin’s The Fifth Season, the Hugo-winning first installment of her Broken Earth series: This is the way the world ends. Again. Three terrible things happen in a single day. Essun, a woman living an ordinary life in […]
Born in Flames is a 1983 documentary-style feminist fiction film by Lizzie Borden that explores racism, classism, sexism, and heterosexism in an alternative United States socialist democracy. The title comes from the song "Born in Flames" written by a member of Art & Language, Mayo Thompson of the band Red Krayola. See Richard Brody's informative […]
Lucy Parsons Labs gets together twice monthly in the PO Box space to work on various projects, including researching policing and surveillance issues, filing FOIA requests, and developing OpenOversight. Open to anyone interested in working on any of these issues or projects with us!
Since June, PO Box Collective members, friends and neighbors have been gathering beach litter for a sculptural installation in the PO Box space. On Saturday July 13th, 10am-1pm, we will be joining forces with Rogers Park Clean Up at Pratt Pier.
We will continue reading How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny Odell, Chapters 1 & 2, the case for doing nothing and some examples of dropping out. Hopefully, we will also start talking about making art that constellates these ideas. Artist and scholar Jenny Odell makes the case for reclaiming time and […]
"Haskell Wexler's Medium Cool (1969) is remembered as one of the great political films of its era—who could forget its climactic melding of fact and fiction, shot in the streets of Chicago during the 1968 Democratic convention, in which Robert Forster's TV news cameraman is swept into the real-life chaos of police and protesters? Medium […]
Part I -- 1-3 p.m. Learn how to FOIA local governmental agencies to increase transparency, track wasteful spending, understand surveillance in your community, etc. We will be breaking up into small work groups to help each other file specific requests. 4-5p.m. -- break and food Part II -- 4-6 p.m. Have digital security questions? Come […]
The show for Our Bodies, Our Battles will be having a closing rent party from noon-4. There will be food supplied by Food Not Bombs, music, maybe a panel, and the completion of the silent auction.
PO Box Collective has been gathering trash from Rogers Park beaches with artist David Gista to create a sculptural installation, Plastic River, in our space at 6900 N Glenwood. Building starts this evening! The community is invited to help!!
Lucy Parsons Labs gets together twice monthly in the PO Box space to work on various projects, including researching policing and surveillance issues, filing FOIA requests, and developing OpenOversight. Open to anyone interested in working on any of these issues or projects with us!
PO Box Collective has been gathering trash from Rogers Park beaches with artist David Gista and neighbors to create a sculptural installation, Plastic River, in our space at 6900 N Glenwood. Opens on Sunday, July 28th!! Come enjoy art, music, food, beverages, and community! https://www.facebook.com/events/452027712023110/
Great Science Fiction helps us imagine new worlds and to reimagine what our world can look like! Feminist Science Fiction Book Club has been so full of exciting discussions that we just can’t contain ourselves to once a month! Book Club has been devouring The Broken Earth Trilogy and will continue to discuss it the […]
This 2016 film about the lives of recycling plant workers in China documents a facility in a small town dedicated to the business of processing plastic waste. PLASTIC CHINA examines global consumption and culture through the eyes and hands of those who handle its refuse. Popcorn, refreshments and conversation! All free!
Learn how to do DIY screen-printing in your apartment with cheap and recycled materials. WORKSHOP 2: Designing Screens --Stencils $10 to cover materials, but FREE to Rogers Park residents between 14-18 years old.