"A beautiful documentary, taking you back to into time to see a wondrous place and understand the gifts it gave. Great music and great photography, and lessons for our descendents." - Professor Steve Balkin

The legendary Maxwell Street Market in Chicago is mostly gone. In MAXWELL STREET: A living Memory, the children and grandchildren of the Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe, who created Maxwell Street, vividly remember their experiences of the market. Their memories, complemented by rare archival footage and still images, bring the market to life again.

Attend the premier on Sunday, January 27, 2002 2:30-5:00 PM at the Chicago Historical Society 1601 North Clark, Chicago. Live music will be provided by the Maxwell Street Klezmer Band. After the screening of the video, there will be a question and answer period with director Shuli Eshel and executive producer Elliot Zashin (former Director of the UIC Levine Hillel Center and currently Treasurer of the Maxwell Street Historic Preservation Coalition). A reception afterwards will at the Big Shoulders Cafe in the Chicago Historical Society. Admission for the entire event is $10.

For advance reservation, please make check payable to: The Maxwell Street Historic Preservation Coalition (MSHPCoalition). Please note on check the number of tickets desired.

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Proceeds will go to Maxwell Street Historic Preservation Coalition, an Illinois non-profit organization.

For more information call 312-808-1564.

Copies of the video are on sale for $29.95 by contacting Cavalcade Communications Group, 312-808-1564, Email: cavalgroup@aol.com

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