Diverse mix of people honor 'Mess Hall' cultural center  Flashes
of light exploded as Mess Hall Space attendees took turns
standing in photo booth and posing with a gigantic blowup Santa
in camouflage and a cardboard cut out of Dick Cheney.  At the
table in the center of the Mess Hall, another group sat and
chatted jovially, making Valentine's Day cards from newspaper
clippings.  They also cut out words from the articles related to
capitalism - the holiday was created to move cards, flowers and
candy after all — and used them for the cards.   The events are
quintessential Mess Hall, the supporters say. It is typical that
the folks gathered at 6932 Glennwood Ave., entertain, entrall
and make each other think.  At Mess Hall, the members of which
celebrated its fifth anniversary Valentine’s Day weekend,
anything goes.  Specifically, anything that falls into the realm
of culture including poetry workshops, visual art exhibitions
and political activist meetings, can be hosted at Mess Hall, as
long as it doesn't in