Friday 17
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If you’ve ever wondered just how much fun the life-style of your typical rock critic really is, tonight you can bid for a night out on the town with Dave Hoekstra, the Sun-Times pop critic, and help out Guild Books in the process. The bookstore–the north side’s leading purveyor of good writing and good politics–says it needs 50 grand by the end of January to stay open, and funds from tonight’s auction at the World Tattoo Gallery, 1255 S. Wabash, will go to the cause. Besides Hoekstra’s company, there’ll be props and Nicole Hollander’s original storyboard from Sylvia’s Real Good Advice, the manuscript copy of Paul Hoover’s first novel, and other valuables from the likes of Heather McAdams, Marc Smith, and Studs Terkel. It starts at 8. Admission is $5; call 278-2210 for details.
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Why Make Books? is tonight’s other panel discussion, this one on artist-made books. It’s happening in conjunction with the Sazama Gallery’s Book as Container exhibit and features Sally Alatalo, curator of the artists’ book collection at the School of the Art Institute; James Hugunin, a book artist and SAIC art history prof; New Art Examiner contributing editor Claire Wolf Krantz; and Artists’ Book Works prez Barbara Lazarus Metz. Things get under way at 7 at the gallery, 300 W. Superior. It’s free, but you have to RSVP at 951-0004.
Sexual harassment isn’t just an issue for mainstream companies: nonprofits have to worry about the same issues and are frequently even less equipped to deal with the problem. The Illinois Association of Nonprofit Organizations is sponsoring a three-hour workshop on sexual harassment and “survival techniques in the workplace” this morning at the Congress Hotel, 520 S. Michigan, starting at 8:30. A phalanx of attorneys from the Saint Charles firm Wessels & Pautsch will be on hand to explain everything from discrimination laws to drug and alcohol testing. It’s $35, $25 for association members. Call 708-386-9385 for info.
