Friday 10
Oops! In 1971, Dhoruba Bin Wahad (ne Richard Moore), a Black Panther, was convicted of the attempted murder of a cop. Just last year he was let go–turned out he was framed by the FBI. Framing the Panthers in Black and White, a 30-minute video documentary by Annie Goldson and Chris Bratton, tells Moore’s story. It plays tonight on a bill with the 50-minute American (In)justice, by Deb Ellis and Denis Mueller, a look at COINTELPRO, the FBI’s KGB-like search-and-destroy program that caught people like Wahad in its web. The program starts at 8 at Chicago Filmmakers, 1229 W. Belmont. It’s $4. Call 281-8788 for more information.
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Swiss artist Miriam Cahn draws with her eyes closed, “letting her internal, mental pictures of nuclear and chemical holocaust be communicated to the drawings through her hands.” Hmmm. Cahn’s charcoal drawings and the work of about a dozen other artists make up A Swiss Dialectic, five simultaneous exhibits of contemporary Swiss art organized by the Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago. Tonight’s free opening reception goes from 5 to 7 at the society, 5811 S. Ellis. The shows run through June 23 at the Renaissance Society; the Museum of Contemporary Art, 237 E. Ontario; the 333 West Wacker Drive Gallery (where Cahn’s drawings are); the Hyde Park Art Center, 1701 E. 53rd St.; and the Frank Lloyd Wright Robie House, 5757 S. Woodlawn. Call 702-8670 for details.
The Society of Midland Authors is holding its annual awards dinner tonight. Honorees include Scott Turow’s Burden of Proof in the category of adult fiction (an award apparently given on the basis of sales) and Under God, an analysis of the underappreciated effect of religious beliefs on American politics by Garry Wills, noted political writer and prof at Northwestern, for nonfiction. Whodunit writer Sara Paretsky speaks on “Fear and the First Amendment.” It all gets under way with a reception at 6 and dinner at 7 at the Drake, 140 E. Walton. Tickets are $35; call 708-383-7568 for more information.
