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Visionary Art Gallery Exhibition and Auction

Sunday, December 10, 6p.m – 9p.m. Dulcenea - 1431 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago The world's largest traveling visionary art exhibition featuring work by Robert Venosa, Martina Hoffmann, Oliver Vernon, J Garcia, Kris Davidson, Roman Villagrana, Mark Hensen and many others.

Film Screening -- American Drug War: The Last White Hope

The War on Drugs has become the longest and most costly war in American history, the question has become, how much more can the country endure? Inspired by the death of four family members from "legal drugs" Texas filmmaker Kevin Booth sets out to discover why the Drug War has become such a big failure. Three and a half years in the making the film follows gang members, former DEA agents, CIA officers, narcotics officers, judges, politicians, prisoners and celebrities. Most notably the film befriends Freeway Ricky Ross; the man many accuse for starting the Crack epidemic, who after being arrested realized his cocaine source was working for the CIA. AMERICAN DRUG WAR "the last white hope" shows how money, power and greed have corrupted not just dope fiends but an entire government. More importantly, it shows what can be done about it. This is not some 'pro-drug' stoner film, but a collection of expert testimonials from the ground troops on the front lines of the drug war, the ones who are fighting it and the ones who are living it.

Nimbins 15th Mardigrass

The village of Nimbin is beginning to get ready for its fifteenth annual MardiGrass, the cannabis law reform rally and gathering which swallows the village every first weekend in May. “Until we are no longer criminals”, says Michael Balderstone, spokesperson for the MOB (MardiGrass Organising Body!) ”That’s the promise we made to ourselves and it looks like we might be doing it for a few years yet, though if Rudd replaces Howard at least the Federal reefer madness campaign might diminish.”