Day: February 27, 2011

Ray Devine

In and Around Park Forest Week of February 28, 2011

Ray Devine (right) was in charge of hanging the artwork for Half the Sky, now at Tall Grass Arts Association through May 8. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—February 28, 2011. The Sierra Club, Respiratory Health Association of Metropolitan Chicago, the Southeast Environmental Task Force and Little Village Environmental Justice[Read More…]

Motown to Yo’ Town, Freedom Hall, Park Forest (Video)

Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Black History Month Celebration at Freedom Hall, DownTown Park Forest, playing to a full, standing-room-only house, on Saturday, Feb. 26, 2011 CREDITS Welcome/Introduction of Mayor: Chair Alfreda Keller Mayor John Ostenburg 60’s Historical Facts: Alfreda Keller/Comedian Jay Deep 60’s Act I: Aretha Franklin Latasha Southall 60’s Act[Read More…]

USW Officers, Locked Out Members Among 100K Protesting in Wisconsin

Pittsburgh, PA–(ENEWSPF)–February 27, 2011.  United Steelworkers (USW) International officers Stan Johnson and Fred Redmond on Saturday joined District 2 Director Michael Bolton, a young USW leader and hip-hop artist from Canada and a vans full of Steelworkers members locked out by Honeywell in Metropolis, Ill., at the ongoing massive protests[Read More…]

Secretary Clinton to Travel to Geneva Today

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 27, 2011.   Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton travels to Geneva, Switzerland on February 27 to 28. While in Geneva, she will hold consultations with her counterparts on the situation in Libya, and events and trends in the broader Middle East. She will also address the high-level[Read More…]

‘Gasland’ to be Screened at the Unitarian Universalist Community Church

Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–February 27, 2011.  The environmental movie ‘Gasland’ will be shown on Saturday, March 26 at 7 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Community Church, 70 Sycamore Drive, Park Forest. This documentary journeys across American to examine the negative impacts of ‘fracking’ (drilling for natural gas), from poisoned water sources,[Read More…]

UN Security Council Imposes Sanctions on Libyan Authorities in a Bid to Stem Violent Repression

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–26 February 2011 – The Security Council today voted unanimously to impose sanctions against the Libyan authorities, slapping the country with an arms embargo and freezing the assets of its leaders, while referring the ongoing violent repression of civilian demonstrators to the International Criminal Court (ICC). In its Resolution[Read More…]

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