Archive for June, 2024
We’re Doing Our Best
from the series Peace House Community Journal By MARTI MALTBY It was about forty yards to the gallows. I watched the bare brown back of the prisoner marching in front of me. He walked clumsily with his bound arms, but quite steadily, with that bobbing gait of the Indian who never straightens his knees. At each step his muscles slid neatly into place, the lock of hair on his scalp danced up and down, his feet printed themselves on the wet gravel. And once, in spite of the men who gripped him by each shoulder, he stepped slightly aside to avoid a puddle on the path.-George Orwell, 'a hanging' Marti Maltby One of Orwell’s gifts as a writer, in my opinion, was his ability to see the humanity of others, even those who were supposed to be his enemies. In his 20s, Orwell served in the British Imperial Police in Burma, which meant he was part of the oppressive system that generated Britain’s wealth and maintained her empire. He hated it. Where his countrymen saw a dirty and [...]
June ’24 Events
Puppet Story TimeSaturday June 110:30 AM - 12:30 PMThe Avalon Theater1500 E Lake StreetFreeKids and families, join In The Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre (HOBT) the first Saturday of every month for puppetry fun and storytelling! This month puppet librarian Chelly will be joined by folk trio The Well Tree. See you at “The Avalon!” Indigenous Food Lab MarketOne Year AnniversarySaturday June 111 AM - 1 PMMidtown Global Market920 E. Lake StreetFreeJune 1st marks one year since the Indigenous Food Lab Market officially opened! We will mark the occasion with music, dancing, small bites, and gathering with friends and partners. For more information go to natifs.org/event/indigenous-food-lab-market-1-year-anniversary Bach Tage at Mt Olive Music and Fine ArtsJune 1 & 24 PMMount Olive Lutheran Church3045 Chicago AvenueFreeMount Olive Music and Fine Arts presents two special events in association with its Seventeenth Annual “Bach Tage,” or “Bach day.” On [...]
