December 5

Tuesday WORT hosts December’s First Tuesday’s Reggae” benefit. It is at the Cardinal Bar and Dancehall and features Supa Ranks and His Rock-Stone High-Power; Tropical Riddims Sound System. It will also be a celebration of WORT’s thirty first birthday. This is in 418 East Wilson Street at 8:00. Call 256-2001 for details.

Wednesday at noon the African Studies Sandwich Seminar presents PhD candidate of the Department of African Studies and Literature, Reem M. Hilal speaking on “Tracing Identity in Muslim slave writings in America”. This is in room 206 of Ingraham Hall. Call 262-2389 for details.

Wednesday at noon on WORT’s A Public Affair host Esty Dinur speaks with Debra Sweet, national director of “The World Can’t Wait, Drive Out the Bush Regieme”. Call 256-2001 for details.

There isa free computer lab in the Catholic Multicultural Center. It is available weekdays from 9:00-5:30 at 1862 Beld Street. Lab Users must always show a photo ID and take an orientation the first time. Call 255-1287 for details.

There is a traveling art instillation entitled, “Light Mediation”. It is a by artists such as Barb Kirby and Debra Wheeler. It can be seen in the Rennebohm (read: Renn-e’-Bowm) Library at Edgewood College. Call 663-2263 for details.

The Women and Infant Children (WIC) Nutrition program offers a wide variety of services, food and nutrition information to help keep pregnant and breastfeeding women, infants and children under five years of age healthy and strong. For details call 267-1111.