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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’
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 backwards people, he saw individuals who lived and breathed and struggled with the same problems he did. He recognized that a man who was going to die in a few minutes didn’t want to spend those minutes walking around with cold, wet feet any more than Orwell did.… Read the rest “We’re Doing Our Best”
June ’24 Events
Puppet Story Time
Saturday June 1
10:30 AM – 12:30 PM
The Avalon Theater
1500 E Lake Street
Free
Kids 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 Market
One Year Anniversary
Saturday June 1
11 AM – 1 PM
Midtown Global Market
920 E. Lake Street
Free
June 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 Arts
June 1 & 2
4 PM
Mount Olive Lutheran Church
3045 Chicago Avenue
Free
Mount Olive Music and Fine Arts presents two special events in association with its Seventeenth Annual “Bach Tage,” or “Bach day.” On Saturday June 1, a recital by cantor and organist David Cherwien will explore various settings of the VATER UNSER (Our Father) melody, Martin Luther’s paraphrase of the Lord’s Prayer. The following evening, Bach’s Cantata BWV 101, which was built on the VATER UNSER hymn melody, will be performed as part of the service of Evening Prayer, along with a setting of the Lord’s Prayer by Heinrich Schütz.… Read the rest “June ’24 Events”
