Chicago

Hey everyone,

The Accountants of Homeland Security, Chicago's Laughing Liberally Local 312, will be performing this Thursday, April 2nd at the Quennect 4 Gallery, 2716 W North Ave, 9pm, $5.

Also, just a reminder, Drinking Liberally meets on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays, so our next meeting won't be until Tuesday, April 14th. So, what better way to get your liberal fix, then checking out Chicago's Laughing Liberally?

Hope to see you there!
Matt

Hey everyone,

You actually have two Drinking Liberally options this Tuesday. Our friend, "Nixonland" author Rick Perlstein asked us to let you know about this event.

An Evening with Rick Perlstein and the Campaign for America’s Future
Tuesday, March 24th, 6:00-8:00 PM
Monique Meloche Gallery
118 N. Peoria
Chicago, IL 60607

With guests:
Joel Bleifuss, Tom Geoghegan, Reverend Jesse Jackson, David Moberg, Don Rose, The Honorable Jan Schakowsky, Dr. Quentin Young

You can RSVP for the event here
http://ga3.org/caf/events/chicago/details.tcl

Since this event is kind of early and out of the way, Steve will be manning our normal DL in the back room at Sheffield's, 3258 N Sheffield Ave, 7pm.

So you have two cool liberal options on how to spend your Tuesday night. Hope to see you at one of them!

Matt

Hey everyone,

We have some cool news. Matt Reichel, who is the Green Party candidate for the 5th Congressional District seat, will be attending this Tuesday's Drinking Liberally.

You can find out more about Matt at his website, http://www.mattreichel.us/

So come on out, meet, and have a drink with the Green Party candidate!

Tuesday, March 10th
The back room of Sheffield's
3258 N Sheffield Ave, 7pm

See you Tuesday!
-Matt

Hey everyone,
Just wanted to thank all of you who came out to "The Nation Guide To Living Liberally". The place was packed and everyone had a great time.

You can check out a report that I wrote on the evening on the Nation's website, with great pics from DLer Steve Stearns.

Also, this Thursday, March 5th, there is another Laughing Liberally Local 312 event at the Quennect 4 Gallery,2716 W North Ave. 9pm, $5.

And don't forget the next Drinking Liberally is this Tuesday, March 10th, at Sheffield's, 3258 N Sheffield Ave, 7pm.

Hope to see you at one or both!
-Matt

On a bitter cold February night, close to 100 Chicago area liberals braved the weather to attend “The Nation Guide To Living Liberally”, a night of comedy, music, and guest speakers celebrating liberalism in Chicago and the release of “The Nation’s Guide To The Nation”.

The event, hosted by Chicago’s Drinking Liberally and Laughing Liberally Local 312 took place at the fabulous No Exit Café in Roger’s Park, which is featured in the Nation Guide along with it’s sister establishment, the Heartland Café. Another business featured in the Nation Guide, local book store Quimby's, was on hand to sell copies of the book.

The night featured stand-up comedy from the hysterical James Fritz and Carrie Callahan. The Accountants of Homeland Security, Chicago's Laughing Liberally Local 312, performed sketches including one envisioning a paranoid George W. Bush, six months from today, having completely fallen off the wagon and fearing prosecution for his war crimes.

"Nixonland" author and historian Rick Perlstein gave a talk on Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood worthy of any stand-up comedian. Tracy Van Slyke of the Media Consortium gave an fascinating speech on the new progressive media landscape.

Songwriter Lauren Maul serenaded the crowd with hysterical songs about the Wall Street bailout and shopping at Wal-mart.

And finally, yours truly, Matthew Filipowicz, had the honor of performing and screening some of my Headzup political cartoons.

After the show, as the audience and performers drank, mingled and talked politics, author, labor lawyer and IL-5th Congressional Candidate Tom Geoghegan stopped by to chat with all of us.

All in all, the night completely accomplished what Living Liberally and "The Nation Guide To The Nation" set out to do. It provided an opportunity for liberals from different backgrounds to connect with each other. To bring politics into their everyday lives. And to have a great time while they do it. Don't believe me? Take a look at the pictures and tell me that doesn't look like fun.