Author Archive
Peace House Community: What Price?
Marti Maltby By MARTI MALTBY I just came from a meeting of the Native American Unsheltered/Opioid Crisis Response group. We discussed the need for more messages encouraging people not to use drugs, rather than focusing on using drugs safely. The harm reduction approach (helping people use drugs safely to reduce the negative consequences of drug use – like death – until a drug user is ready to quit drugs altogether) has its place, but by itself it limits the opportunities someone has to free themselves from addiction. When someone decides they want to stop using drugs entirely, they need a pathway towards that goal. As with any other vice, from overeating to losing one’s temper in uncontrollable rages, reducing the problem is good, but overcoming it is better. At the same meeting, someone mentioned the test strips that allow a drug user to check the drugs they are going to use to see if they contain fentanyl. Fentanyl is 100 times more potent than morphine and has caused [...]
February ’23 Events
Thursday Evenings at ASI Thursdays 3 - 8 PM American Swedish Institute 2600 Park Avenue Free Explore the ASI with free museum admission from 3-8pm. There will be live music on select Thursdays. https://asimn.org Heart of the Beast Shaping Change Workshops February 5, 19 and 26 Online or at The Avalon Theater 1500 E. Lake St Free Heart of the Beast’s Art Shaping Change puppetry workshops explore social justice themes through art. This year’s focus is on climate justice. Workshops are taught by local artists Ifrah Mansour and Graci Horne (virtual workshops), and Sofía Padilla and Davey Steinman of Paradox Teatro (in-person workshops). Participation of all ages and experience levels are welcome. Kids will need an adult with them to assist for both virtual and in-person workshops. Workshops are free, but registration is required. To see a schedule and to register, go to hobt.org, or email questions to info@hobt.org. Phillips Street Safety [...]
Movie Corner’s Top Ten of 2022 (And More)
Howard McQuitter II By HOWARD MCQUITTER II #1 Everything Everywhere All at Once. Fantasy/Comedy/Action/Science Fiction/Thriller. Directors: Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert. #2 Till. African American/Biographical/Drama/History/Civil Rights. Director: Chinonye Chukwu. #3 The Banshees of Inisherin. Drama/Period Piece. Director: Martin McDonagh. #4 The Whale. Drama. Director: Darren Aronofsky. #5 Elvis. Biography/Music/Drama. Director: Baz Luhrmann. #6 Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio. Animation/Claymation/Drama/Family/Thriller. Director: Guillermo Del Toro. #7 The Fabelmans. Semibiographical/Family/Drama/Period Piece. Director: Steven Spielberg. #8 Nope. Science Fiction/Science Fantasy/Thriller/Drama. Director: Jordan Peele. #9 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Science Fantasy/Action/African American. Director: Ryan Coogler. #10 The Gravedigger's Wife. Drama/Romance/Road. Director: Khadar Ayderus [...]
