AUGUST
The Guatemalan military isn’t all that different from its counterpart in El Salvador really, save that it gets a little less U.S. aid and is perhaps a bit more bloodthirsty as a consequence. The Guatemalan Information Center/Casa Guatemala’s annual March for the Massacred commemorates what the groups say are the hundreds of villages and untold thousands of people eliminated in the course of the military’s countryside eradication policies. The march starts at the totem pole in Lincoln Park, just south of Irving Park Road, at 11 AM today, then wanders down the lake to the Hamilton Monument just south of Diversey. It’s free to participate or watch. Call 561-0842 for details.
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Today is the kickoff to Free Week at the Terra Museum of American Art, 664 N. Michigan. The current exhibition consists of works from the museum’s permanent collection–paintings from Whistler, Mary Cassatt, Maurice Prendergast, and John Singer Sargent among them. Hours are Tuesday noon to 8; Wednesday through Saturday 10 to 5. The free week goes through Saturday; after that admission is $4, $2.50 for seniors, and $1 for students. Call 664-3939 for more information.
Chicago’s disparate transit centers don’t seem adequate for its sprawling downtown–it’s neither easy nor quick to get from, say, Union Station to South Michigan Avenue, or from the Sears Tower to the Hancock Center. One proposed solution is a downtown light-rail system that would crisscross the Loop and connect it to North Michigan. The plan is the subject of a Friends of Downtown brown-bag luncheon today at noon in the fourth floor meeting room of the Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington. It lasts an hour–you can bring your lunch–and it’s free. Call 977-0098.
