Celtic Crossroads. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) University Park, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Just when you think that you have seen the best that Irish music has to offer, a fresh new show from Ireland is taking the art form to a spectacular level of innovation and virtuosity. “Celtic Crossroads,” coming to Governors State University Center[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2013. Paul Ryan’s Latest Budget: Not New and Not Improved! House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) unveiled a Republican budget on Tuesday that once again proposes privatizing Medicare and turning it into a voucher system, while lowering tax rates on corporations and the wealthy.  The vouchers[Read More…]

New York-(ENEWSPF)- The Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network (GLSEN) and the GLSEN-led National Safe Schools Partnership today lauded the reintroduction of the Safe Schools Improvement Act. Rep. Linda Sanchez introduced a House bill with bipartisan support that addresses bullying and harassment for all students, including the categories of actual[Read More…]

Aesop’s Dinosaur Puppets – The Grasshopper and the Ant. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) University Park, IL–(ENEWSPF)- RGiant puppet actors, joined by timeless storytelling, produce an unforgettable theatre experience for children and their parents when “Aesop’s Dinosaur Puppets – The Grasshopper and the Ant,” comes to Governors State University Center for Performing Arts[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 11, 2013. Ten years after the latest U.S. assault on Iraq began with a campaign of “Shock and Awe,” we stop to consider where we’ve been and where we should be heading.  Join: Leah Bolger, Board Member and Past President of Veterans For Peace. Andy Shallal, artist, peace and[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 8, 2013. Alliance, AFGE, Acting SSA Commissioner Detail Sequester Effect on Social Security Alliance President Barbara J. Easterling co-authored an op-ed in Huffington Post last week with Witold Skwierczynski, President of the American Federation of Government Employees National Council of Social Security Administration (SSA) Field Operations Locals, on[Read More…]

Chef Kate Bradley (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Limited Seating — Tickets Now on Sale Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—UPDATE March 8, 2013 (Editor’s Note: the location of this event has been changed to the Wetlands Discovery Center, 30 N. Orchard, Park Forest) Based on numerous requests from members of the community, the Park Forest[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- More than 300 leading American companies and employers have joined “friend of the court” briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court in either one or both landmark marriage equality cases. One brief—to be filed in the challenge to California’s Proposition 8, Hollingsworth v. Perry—is signed by companies including Apple, Facebook,[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- As the New York Times reported February 25, a number of prominent Republicans have signed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in Hollingsworth v. Perry supporting the freedom for gay and lesbian couples to marry. The following is a statement by Chad Griffin, president of the Human Rights[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 1, 2013. Sequester Cuts Will Be Harmful to Seniors On Thursday, the U.S. Senate blocked a plan to avert the sequester without harming Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid. As a result, the cuts imposed by sequestration will be in place as of today and will be gradually implemented.[Read More…]