Your marijuana rights:

Two marijuana reform groups' local chapters will sponsor a workshop Wednesday on marijuana rights, as well as a forum on Thursday evening.

The University chapters of National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws and Students for Sensible Drug Policy will host the "Know Your Rights" workshop from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at 311 Gregory Hall. Americans for Safe Access will direct the workshop, which is aimed at "educating communities across the nation about their rights and how to successfully interact with law enforcement," according to a Nov. 18 press release.

The Thursday forum will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Illini Union Ballroom, and will feature marijuana expert Ed Rosenthal, former medical marijuana user Brenda Kratovil, marijuana reform activist Caren Thomas, and Illinois NORML director Bryan Brickner.

Both Kratovil and Rosenthal have been arrested for growing marijuana for medical purposes, according to the press release. The panel will discuss their efforts to change state law to allow marijuana usage for medical purposes.

— Tiffany Witte

• Holiday events:

The 82 Vietnam War soldiers from Illinois still listed as POWs or MIA will be remembered with an annual ceremony Dec. 13 at the Illinois Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Springfield's Oak Ridge Cemetery.

Family and friends of the missing soldiers will hang red and white heart-shaped ornaments on the tree planted near the memorial beginning at 1 p.m. Each ornament contains the name of a missing soldier, but the general public can also bring weatherproof ornaments to hang on the tree.

For more information, contact the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency at 782-2717.

The Lincoln Log Cabin Historic Site will sponsor a "Christmas on the Prairie" in Lerna, Ill., on Dec. 13 and 14 from 1 to 4 p.m.

The site will provide reenactments of Christmas traditions from the 1800s at the Moore Home, Sargent Farm and Lincoln Farm.

Lincoln Farm will host a display of hog butchering, winter hunting trips and spinning and knitting. The reenactment will conclude with the men holding a shooting match to win a prize ham.

Members of the Sargent family will re-create traditional Christmas meals and simple decorations while they read from the Bible. The Sacred Harp Shape Note Singers will also perform at the Sargent home and in the visitors' center.

Visitors to the Moore Home will see a sassafras tree, which was commonly used in the 19th century as a holiday decoration.

— Tiffany Witte