Friday 19
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Hey, kids! It’s National UFO Information Week! Operation Right to Know and the Mutual UFO Network, organizations dedicated to taking such things seriously, have a pair of lectures planned for this evening. UFO researcher Robert Dean will give a talk called The Greatest Story Never Told, based, so the organizations say, on “cosmic top secret information” gleaned by Dean in his years at NATO. Also on tap: nuclear physicist Stanton Friedman, giving his talk, Flying Saucers Are Real! The program begins at 7 in the Simpson Theater of the Field Museum, Roosevelt and Lake Shore Drive. It’s $10. Call 493-7151 for details.
Saturday 20
Silis Muhammad is CEO of the Lost Found Nation of Islam–a Black Muslim organization similar to Louis Farrakhan’s outfit. Muhammad says he’s the leader of the black reparations movement, which is seeking compensation from the U.S. government for the injustices blacks have endured over the past few centuries. He’s speaking today at the Ramada Inn, 4900 S. Lake Shore Drive, at 2 PM in the Hyde Park room. Admission is free, and doors open at 1. The hotel can be reached at 288-5800.
The Nuclear Energy Information Service, a group opposed to Com Ed’s persistence in throwing money at nuclear power, says the company has spent $14 billion on reactors and needs to spend billions more to keep them safe. Tonight NEIS holds a forum on this subject, “Radioactive Decay: Deterioration of Commonwealth Edison’s Nuclear Power Plants,” featuring the service’s director, David Kraft. This first in an NEIS series of free monthly talks will be held at the Unitarian Church of Evanston, 1330 Ridge in Evanston, from 7 to 9. Call 708-869-7650.
“Are you tired of landlords taking too long before repairs are made?” ask the folks at Westside Business Improvement Association. “Do you know that you can make minor repairs and deduct them from your rent? Do you know that you are protected from retaliation and discrimination if you exercise these rights? If you answer yes or no to any of these questions you should attend this seminar! Julia Good of the Metropolitan Tenant Association will talk about tenants’ rights from 6:30 to 8:30 tonight at the WBIA headquarters at 5425 W. Madison. It’s free. Call Paula Boyd at 921-0166 to reserve a seat.
