Pencil This In

By Amy Mikel in Arts & Entertainment on Nov 10, 2008 6:56PM

Panels and Discussions
Stanley Tookie Williams, co-founder of the Los Angeles Crips gang in 1971, eventually became an anti-gang activist while on death row at San Quentin State Prison, writing nine critically acclaimed children’s books about street peace and receiving a 2001 Nobel Peace Prize nomination for his work to end gang violence. In celebration of the republication of Tookie’s children’s books, his editor and advocate Barbara Becnel is hosting a conversation about his legacy and the importance of creating street peace.
800 South Halsted St., Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, 11/10, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m., Free, Reservations recommended by calling 312.422.5580 or at events@prairie.org

Exhibitions
Tomorrow is Veteran’s Day and the opening of The Winds and Words of War: World War I Posters and Prints exhibition at Harold Washington Library. The display, 40 framed posters created in the early 20th century, will open at 11 a.m. tomorrow, a commemoration of the signing of the armistice and the symbolic end of World War I.
400 S State St., Harold Washington Library Center, ninth floor, 11/11 @ 11 a.m., through 1/11/09, Free

Miscellaneous
The annual Chrysanthemum Flower Show at the Lincoln Park Conservatory is now in full swing, showcasing an “autumn floral display” of thousands of flowers – all varieties of the Chrysanthemum family – including Spider, Quill, Daisy, Brush, Anemone, Button and Daisy mums. The flower show has been an annual Conservatory tradition since the 1920’s.
2391 N. Stockton Dr., Lincoln Park Conservatory, every day from 9:00 a.m. – 5 p.m., through 11/30, Free