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Monday March 20, 2006
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Grimm's Grimmest: The Darker Side of Traditional Fairy Tales
Start: 2:00 pm
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Illinois Women and the Winning of Women's Suffrage
Start: 4:00 pm
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City-Wide Cafe Society: The Art of Dissent Presents Guantanamo: Honor Bound to Defend Freedom
Start: 6:45 pm
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Voices: A Collection of Illinois Stories: The Banjo
Start: 6:50 pm
Tuesday March 21, 2006
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Eight Ways to Look at an Elderquest - Session 1
Start: 1:00 pm
End: 4:00 pm

Join us for this course of elder heroes as they—men and women, American and international —show us what the new old age is really about.

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What's the Deal with the Veil? Women in the Islamic World
Start: 2:00 pm
A Road Scholar program by Farhat Haq

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Abraham Lincoln in Song
Start: 7:00 pm
Wednesday March 22, 2006
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James Jones: The Evolution of a Soldier and Writer
Start: 7:00 pm
Thursday March 23, 2006
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Health and Literature
Start: 5:00 pm
End: 7:00 pm
Through literature and storytelling participants can learn about and understand the lived experiences of people from varied cultural, religious, and socio-economic backgrounds as well as touch on some realizations about themselves and their health practices.
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Maher and the Chicago Architectural Club
Start: 5:00 pm
End: 7:00 pm
Architect and author Wilbert R. Hasbrouck, FAIA will explore the work and relationships of the many architects working in Chicago in the 19th Century, including George Maher.
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An Introduction to Irish Music
Start: 7:00 pm
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Café Society: When is Torture Permissible?
Start: 7:30 pm
End: 8:30 pm
Friday March 24, 2006
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Luncheon Discussion with a Member of an Iraqi Women's Delegation: Dr. Rashad Zidan
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:15 pm
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Just What is American Food? Cookbooks and American Cultural Identity
Start: 1:00 pm
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Islam in Southeast Asia: Opening Reception
Start: 4:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm
Islam in Southeast Asia: Common Themes, Diverse Expressionsö will open Monday, March 20, and run through the summer at the Anthropology Museum, located in the Stevens Building on campus. The museum is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays or by appointment.
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Oral History of the Civil Rights Struggles in Mexican Pilsen
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm

Jesus Garcfa of the Little Village Community Development Corporation and Guillermo Gomez of the Pilsen Alliance will present in this ongoing oral history series at Casa Aztlan.

Presentations will be in spanish; translations are available upon request.

Saturday March 25, 2006
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Voices: A Collection of Illinois Stories: The Banjo
Start: 6:00 am
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The Art and Life of Frida Kahlo
Start: 10:00 am
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Architectual Salvage as in Integral Part of Historic Preservation
Start: 7:30 pm
Sunday March 26, 2006
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Islam and Islamic Resurgence in Post-Soviet Russia: From the Northern Caucacus to Tatarstan in Russi
Start: 1:00 pm
End: 3:00 pm

After a brief excursus into the history of Islam in the Russian/Soviet Empire Professor Elexander Knysh, Professor of Islamic Studies at the University of Michigan, will address the revival of religious sentiment among the Tatars of theVolga region and the Muslim populations of the Northern Caucasus. Prof.

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Illinois Southern Shore Lecture
Start: 2:00 pm
End: 4:00 pm
Dr. Jane Adams will provide an analysis of the lives of Southern Illinois people living along the Ohio River.
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Chicago Amplified: Illinois Women and the Winning of Women's Suffrage
Start: 8:00 pm
Monday March 27, 2006
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Sisters of the Road Travel Writing by Women Throughout History
Start: 1:00 pm
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Voices: A Collection of Illinois Stories: Literature & Medicine
Start: 6:50 pm
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