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6 SATURDAY Until recently no other newspaper got more mileage out of covering itself than StreetWise. But an editorial overhaul by Brendan Shiller has since turned a good idea, poorly executed, into an actual newspaper. But if you’re still partial to those fascinating vendor profiles, filmmaker Bill Glader’s video documentary Inside StreetWise features four inspiring stories from people who have used the paper to turn their lives around–a man working his way through paramedic school, a woman supporting her young daughter, a former CPA with a brain tumor, and a former addict turned reporter. It’s being shown on video tonight at 7 at Casa de Arte y Cultura Calles y Sue–os, 1900 S. Carpenter. Glader and coproducer Magdalena Rodriguez will attend. Suggested donation is $5; call 312-243-4243.
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10 WEDNESDAY It’s something of an ironic tribute that an institution whose very existence relies upon the destruction of lots of trees would honor them with an exhibit. Today the Newberry Library teams up with Morton Arboretum to present From Forest to Park: America’s Heritage of Trees, a collection of 150 rare books, botanical prints, travel narratives, photographs, magazines, poetry, and technical and park manuals covering 400 years of the tree’s relationship to the “American identity.” It opens this morning at 8:15 and runs through March 14 at the library, 60 W. Walton. It’s free; call 312-255-3700.
