Friday 3/17 – Thursday 3/23
The World Health Organization says that facial palsy in its early stages is among the 30-plus disorders that are particularly receptive to treatment by the manipulation of needles to regulate the flow of ch’i. Acupuncturist Alex Tiberi of the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine touts needlework in a free lecture titled Chinese Medicine in America 2000, after which he’ll entertain questions about the college’s master’s degree program. It’s at 7 tonight in the Malcolm X College cultural center, 1900 W. Van Buren. Call the college at 800-729-0941 for more.
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20 MONDAY While the Chicago Bar Association’s first Interfaith Luncheon seems innocuous enough, touching on topics like income tax and liability issues, CBA president Kerry R. Peck ominously adds that it’s just “the first step toward bringing the organized bar in Chicago and the religious community together.” Hopefully keynote speakers Francis Cardinal George and the Reverend Jesse Jackson can explain what this could possibly mean. It all starts at 12:15 today at the Palmer House Hilton grand ballroom, 17 E. Monroe. Tickets are $45. Call 312-554-2000 for details.
23 THURSDAY In 1974 the U.S. army made up the word “funistrada” and GIs voted the nonexistent foodstuff more delicious than lima beans, proving that sometimes the way you sell an invention is more important than the thing itself. Marketing consultant Shirlee Hoffman will teach inventors how to effectively sell their miracle thingamajigs in today’s edition of the Chicago Public Library’s free Inventors Workshop. It starts at 4:30 in the Harold Washington Library Center’s fourth-floor meeting room, 400 S. State. Call 312-747-4400.
