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Nonfiction Read Aloud Book Group
Nonfiction Read Aloud Book Group
The Nonfiction Read Aloud Book Group meets twice monthly, on the 2nd and 4th Mondays of the month. We are reading HOW TO BE AN ANTIRACIST by Ibram X. Kendi. We use a combination of reading at home (optional) and reading aloud to each other. You are not required to read aloud to participate in […]
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Lucy Parsons Labs working group
Lucy Parsons Labs working group
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!
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Rogers Park Solidarity Network (RPSN)
Rogers Park Solidarity Network (RPSN)
RPSN meets every Wednesday 6:30-8:30 at the PO Box. RPSN emerged from an action held in Rogers Park that was organized by the Little Village Solidarity Network / Red de Solidaridad de La Villita and other groups. That action was part of a larger campaign against Heartland Alliance’s child detention centers across the Chicagoland area. […]
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RADICAL Print Shop Project @ the PO Box with William Estrada
RADICAL Print Shop Project @ the PO Box with William Estrada
RADICAL Print Shop Project @ the PO Box with William Estrada Respond to Injustice Amplify Our Voices Distribute to the People Imagine future possibles Create with the Community Artists and radicals together Learn from each other PO Box Collective and artist-in-residence William Estrada will be running the RADICAL Print Shop for the months of December and […]
Tortas y Talento
Tortas y Talento
Tortas y Talento is an open mic space curated by Laura Aranda and Fabrizzio Subia. Dedicated to centering the arts and talents of people of color, Tortas y Talento runs on a monthly basis. Each month we feature a visual artist to vend at the event. We showcase various kinds of performances including poetry, music, […]
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Family Photo Portraits + Thank You Rogers Park Screen Printing Celebration
Family Photo Portraits + Thank You Rogers Park Screen Printing Celebration
12-3pm: Family Photo Portraits ~ Join artist William Estrada and the celebrated Chicago Neighborhood Family Portrait Project in the ongoing discussion of who represents our neighborhoods. Receive a free physical photograph of your family and honor your story. 3-5pm: Thank You Rogers Park Screen Printing Celebration ~ The PO Box Collective is celebrating 1 year […]
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RP Food Not Bombs Free Food Distribution
RP Food Not Bombs Free Food Distribution
Food Not Bombs distributes free food every Sunday at 2pm at the PO Box. Food distribution is made possible through the work of volunteers who pick up unsold food at Whole Foods on a regular basis. If you want to volunteer, here's how you can help: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PJ5YF9CpPcW-NmR0ySTp4Qalu4gJPjvA7swdHNqNNYM/edit?fbclid=IwAR2FdXZtW9-4NytikrFpE-0OH8sEiGsf7p7GPCSOLz_Az_KTq67uTS2m85w
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Fiber Arts Circle
Fiber Arts Circle
Co-crafting, deconstructing, conspiring and more happens at the PO Box on Monday evenings from 6-8 pm. Please bring something you are working on or thinking about. We skill share or at least give good support. Snacks + groceries provided by Food Not Bombs. Bring take-home containers + bags!
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1 event,
Rogers Park Solidarity Network (RSPN)
Rogers Park Solidarity Network (RSPN)
Rogers Park Solidarity Network (RSPN) meets every Wednesday 6:30-8:30 at the PO Box. RPSN emerged from an action held in Rogers Park that was organized by the Little Village Solidarity Network / Red de Solidaridad de La Villita and other groups. That action was part of a larger campaign against Heartland Alliance’s child detention centers […]
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1 event,
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1 event,
RP Food Not Bombs Free Food Distribution
RP Food Not Bombs Free Food Distribution
Food Not Bombs distributes free food every Sunday at 2pm at the PO Box. Food distribution is made possible through the work of volunteers who pick up unsold food at Whole Foods on a regular basis. If you want to volunteer, here's how you can help: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PJ5YF9CpPcW-NmR0ySTp4Qalu4gJPjvA7swdHNqNNYM/edit?fbclid=IwAR2FdXZtW9-4NytikrFpE-0OH8sEiGsf7p7GPCSOLz_Az_KTq67uTS2m85w
1 event,
Nonfiction Read Aloud Book Group
Nonfiction Read Aloud Book Group
The Nonfiction Read Aloud Book Group meets twice monthly, on the 2nd and 4th Mondays of the month. We are reading HOW TO BE AN ANTIRACIST by Ibram X. Kendi. We use a combination of reading at home (optional) and reading aloud to each other. You are not required to read aloud to participate in […]
0 events,
1 event,
Rogers Park Solidarity Network (RSPN)
Rogers Park Solidarity Network (RSPN)
Rogers Park Solidarity Network (RSPN) meets every Wednesday 6:30-8:30 at the PO Box. RPSN emerged from an action held in Rogers Park that was organized by the Little Village Solidarity Network / Red de Solidaridad de La Villita and other groups. That action was part of a larger campaign against Heartland Alliance’s child detention centers […]
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Permaculture
Permaculture
Permaculture (Permanent+culture) is a design practice that looks to nature for function and pattern information. Focusing on three core ethics, Earth care, People care and Future care permaculture provides an ethical lense for designing sustainable human systems. People all over the world are practicing permaculture from small farms to suburban homes to urban gardens. on […]
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Friday Casual Co-Working
Friday Casual Co-Working
Bring a book or laptop. Free wifi! Coffee + tea + loads of delicious free snacks from Food Not Bombs.. Friday Casual Co-Working is every week when there isn't a competing event.
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Roger Park Seed Library
Roger Park Seed Library
RP Seed Library seeks to cultivate a resource for free seeds and education. At this meeting, people will plan events this year and to sort seeds.
RP Food Not Bombs Free Food Distribution
RP Food Not Bombs Free Food Distribution
Food Not Bombs distributes free food every Sunday at 2pm at the PO Box. Food distribution is made possible through the work of volunteers who pick up unsold food at Whole Foods on a regular basis. If you want to volunteer, here's how you can help: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PJ5YF9CpPcW-NmR0ySTp4Qalu4gJPjvA7swdHNqNNYM/edit?fbclid=IwAR2FdXZtW9-4NytikrFpE-0OH8sEiGsf7p7GPCSOLz_Az_KTq67uTS2m85w
1 event,
Fiber Arts Circle
Fiber Arts Circle
Co-crafting, deconstructing, conspiring and more happens at the PO Box on Monday evenings from 6-8 pm. Please bring something you are working on or thinking about. We skill share or at least give good support. Snacks + groceries provided by Food Not Bombs. Bring take-home containers + bags!
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Suppertime Writing Workshop
Suppertime Writing Workshop
For this month's Suppertime Writing Workshop, we'll be exploring the links between writing and drawing. We'll look at the poetry and visual art of Renee Gladman and find new ways to combine image and text. All experience levels are welcome! Food, including vegan options, will be provided, though extra snacks and side dishes are always […]
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Rogers Park Solidarity Network (RSPN)
Rogers Park Solidarity Network (RSPN)
Rogers Park Solidarity Network (RSPN) meets every Wednesday 6:30-8:30 at the PO Box. RPSN emerged from an action held in Rogers Park that was organized by the Little Village Solidarity Network / Red de Solidaridad de La Villita and other groups. That action was part of a larger campaign against Heartland Alliance’s child detention centers […]
1 event,
2 events,
Friday Casual Co-Working
Friday Casual Co-Working
Bring a book or laptop. Free wifi! Coffee + tea + loads of delicious free snacks from Food Not Bombs.. Friday Casual Co-Working is every week when there isn't a competing event.
Movie Night! ~ Burnt Oranges with director Silvia Malagrino
Movie Night! ~ Burnt Oranges with director Silvia Malagrino
PO Box Collective hosts filmmaker SILVIA MALAGRINO presenting her award-winning film, BURNT ORANGES. From 1976 to 1983 Argentina underwent the most brutal dictatorship of the country's history. To this day Argentineans are confronting the legacies of the state terrorism of the '70s. Director Silvia Malagrino, in a joint effort with journalist/writer Monica Flores Correa, returns […]
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2 events,
RP Food Not Bombs Free Food Distribution
RP Food Not Bombs Free Food Distribution
Food Not Bombs distributes free food every Sunday at 2pm at the PO Box. Food distribution is made possible through the work of volunteers who pick up unsold food at Whole Foods on a regular basis. If you want to volunteer, here's how you can help: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PJ5YF9CpPcW-NmR0ySTp4Qalu4gJPjvA7swdHNqNNYM/edit?fbclid=IwAR2FdXZtW9-4NytikrFpE-0OH8sEiGsf7p7GPCSOLz_Az_KTq67uTS2m85w
1 event,
Nonfiction Read Aloud Book Group
Nonfiction Read Aloud Book Group
The Nonfiction Read Aloud Book Group meets twice monthly, on the 2nd and 4th Mondays of the month. We are reading HOW TO BE AN ANTIRACIST by Ibram X. Kendi. We use a combination of reading at home (optional) and reading aloud to each other. You are not required to read aloud to participate in […]
2 events,
Rogers Park Prisoner Letter Writing Coalition
Rogers Park Prisoner Letter Writing Coalition
RP-PLWC is a bi-monthly volunteer meetup that convenes at the PO Box twice monthly for prisoner solidarity letter writing, as well as packaging and mailing to abolitionist study groups supported by True Leap and other local organizations.
CANCELED: Lucy Parsons Labs working group
CANCELED: Lucy Parsons Labs working group
Lucy Parsons Labs meets 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!
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Balut Artist Salon Featuring Jose Luis Benavidez + JeeYeun Lee
Balut Artist Salon Featuring Jose Luis Benavidez + JeeYeun Lee
Jose Luis Benavides will share his current research into Aztalan State Park in southeastern Wisconsin. Queering geopolitical landscapes in dialogue with archeologists and the poet Alurista, his investigation into ancient Mexica codexes converges with contemporary Chicano political identity around the origins of the Aztecs from their mythical homelands of Aztlán. JeeYeun Lee will discuss work […]
Love Leaps Borders: A concert benefit for Jose
Love Leaps Borders: A concert benefit for Jose
Hosted by Rogers Park Solidarity Network Join us for a concert! All proceeds will be directed to José, a young man who was incarcerated in migrant child detention facilities in Chicago. José has been working with community groups to organize and give testimony about this system of detention. He is now facing deportation and solidarity […]
2 events,
RP Food Not Bombs Free Food Distribution
RP Food Not Bombs Free Food Distribution
Food Not Bombs distributes free food every Sunday at 2pm at the PO Box. Food distribution is made possible through the work of volunteers who pick up unsold food at Whole Foods on a regular basis. If you want to volunteer, here's how you can help: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PJ5YF9CpPcW-NmR0ySTp4Qalu4gJPjvA7swdHNqNNYM/edit?fbclid=IwAR2FdXZtW9-4NytikrFpE-0OH8sEiGsf7p7GPCSOLz_Az_KTq67uTS2m85w
Playing in the Dark: Selected Work by Bill Talsma (1971-2019) Opening
Playing in the Dark: Selected Work by Bill Talsma (1971-2019) Opening
Throughout the month of March we will be displaying the work of Rogers Park artist Bill Talsma. Bill's work found beauty in the mundane aspects of life and humor in the banal. Bill died one year ago and his collaborators are staging several events to honor his memory and work and spark public conversation about mental health. […]