POETRY EVENTS - CHICAGO

Featured Event

POETRY FOUNDATION  Children's Poetry Day:A Poetry Menagerie Saturday, April 18, 10:00 AM Poetry Foundation 61 West Superior Street Free admission

CHICAGO SLAM WORKS

The LitMash featuring Britteney Black Rose Kapri, Angela Oliver, Charlie Newman & more

Monday, April 6, 7:30 PM
Haymarket Pub & Brewery
737 West Randolph Street
$8 Admission 

POETERY FOUNATION

Poetry off the Shelf: Third Man Books

Tuesday, April 7, 7:00PM
Poetry Foundation
61 West Superior Street
Free admission

POETRY FOUNDATION

Wednesday Poemtime

Wednesday, April 8, 10:00 AM
Poetry Foundation
61 West Superior Street
Free admission

CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY

Journal of Ordinary Thought Weekly Writing Group

Wednesday, April 8, 6:00 PM
Bezazian Branch
1226 West Ainslie Street
Free admission

CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY

Illinois Poetry with Martha Vertreace-Doody

Wednesday, April 8, 6:30 PM
Blackstone Branch
4904 South Lake Park Avenue
Free admission

ELIZABETH'S CRAZY LITTLE THING

Featuring Charles Cicirella

Wednesday, April 8, 9:00 PM
Phyllis' Musical Inn
1800 West Division Street
Free admission

POETRY FOUNDATION & THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO & THE CONSULATE GENERAL OF IRELAND

Meet Mr. Yeats

Thursday, April 9, 6:30PM
Fullerton Hall
Art Institute of Chicago
111 South Michigan Avenue
Free admission

ILLINOIS STATE POETRY SOCIETY

Central Chapter

Saturday, April 11, 1:00 PM
Pontiac Public Library
211 East Madison Street
Pontiac, IL
Free admission 

DEERFIELD PUBLIC LIBRARY

Discover The Fun Art of Haiku and Senryu

Saturday, April 11, 1:30 PM
Deerfield Public Library
920 Waukegan Road
Deerfield, IL
Free admission 

WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST

Sappho's Salon Re-launch Party featuring Niki Gee

Saturday, April 11, 7:00 PM
Women and Children's First
5233 North Clark Street
$7–$10 admission 

ILLINOIS STATE POETRY SOCIETY

Southwest Suburban Chapter

Sunday, April 12, 1:00 PM
Lisle Public Library
777 Front Street
Lisle, IL
Free admission 

WOMAN MADE GALLERY

18th Annual Invitational featuring Hannah Gamble, Angela Jackson, Tara Betts & more

Sunday, April 12, 1:30 PM
Woman Made Gallery
685 North Milwaukee Avenue
Free admission

GREEN MILL JAZZ CLUB

Uptown Poetry Slam

Sunday, April 12, 7:00 PM
Green Mill Jazz Club
4802 North Broadway Avenue
$7 admission 

POETRY FOUNDATION

Teach Burge: Poets Respond to Police Torture

Monday, April 13, 4:00 PM
Poetry Foundation
61 West Superior Street
Free admission
RSVP to rsvp@poetryfoundation.org

SEMINARY CO-OP BOOKSTORE

A MONTH OF MUSES 1: Poetry Reading by Anthony Opal + Simone Muench

Monday, April 13, 6:00 PM
Seminary Co-op Bookstore
5751 South Woodlawn Avenue
Free admission

POETRY FOUNDATION

Wednesday Poemtime

Wednesday, April 15, 10:00 AM
Poetry Foundation
61 West Superior Street
Free admission

CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY

Journal of Ordinary Thought Weekly Writing Group

Wednesday, April 15, 6:00 PM
Bezazian Branch
1226 West Ainslie Street
Free admission 

THE BOOK CELLAR

Local Author Night: Poetry Edition featuring Richard Fox, Robert McDonald, Danielle Susi & more

Wednesday, April 15, 7:00 PM
The Book Cellar
4736-38 North Lincoln Avenue
Free admission 

POETRY FOUNDATION

Anthem for Doomed Youth

Wednesday, April 15, 7:00 PM
Poetry Foundation
61 West Superior Street
Free admission

CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY

Teen Lit Day: Poetry Chains

Thursday, April 16, 3:00 PM
Kelly Branch
6151 South Normal Boulevard
Free admission

CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY

Pocket Poem Writing

Thursday, April 16, 4:00 PM
North Austin Branch
5724 West North Avenue
Free admission

UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO POETICS

Poetry Reading featuring Daniel Tiffany

Thursday, April 16, 6:00 PM
Logan Center
915 East 60th Street
Free admission

CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY

Poetry Writing Workshop with Tom Roby & Jenene Ravesloot

Thursday, April 16, 6:30 PM
Lincoln Belmont Branch
1659 West Melrose Street
Free admission 

POETRY FOUNDATION

The Breakbeat Poets

Thursday, April 16, 7:00 PM
Poetry Foundation
61 West Superior Street
Free admission

GUILD LITERARY COMPLEX

Palabra Pura: Borderless Bodies featuring Daniel E. Harris & Rodrigo Toscano

Wednesday, April 15, 7:30 PM
La Bruquena Restaurant
2726 W. Division Avenue
$5 suggested donation

UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO POETICS

"Cheap Signaling: Class Conflict and Poetic Diction" History and Forms of Lyric Lecture Featuring Daniel Tiffany

Friday, April 17, 1:00 PM
Rosenwald Hall
1101 East 58th Street
Free admission 

CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY

Teen Poet Tree

Friday, April 17, 3:00 PM
Richard M. Daley West Humboldt Branch
733 North Kedzie Avenue
Free admisssion

GUILD LITERARY COMPLEX

The Wall of Respect and People’s Art since 1967 Symposium Opening featuring Haki Madhubuti, Siddha Weber & Sheral Rimpsey

Friday, April 17, 5:45 PM
Art Institute of Chicago
111 South Michigan Avenue
Free admission 

ILLINOIS HUMANITIES COUNCIL

A Conversation With Katha Pollitt: The State of Reproductive Freedom in America

Friday, April 17, 6:00 PM
Northwestern University, Thorne Auditorium
375 East Chicago Avenue
Evanston, IL
Free admission, RSVP here

POETRY FOUNDATION

Children's Poetry Day: A Poetry Menagerie

Saturday, April 18, 10:00 AM
Poetry Foundation
61 West Superior Street
Free admission

CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY

Storytelling & Poetry Workshop

Saturday, April 18, 1:00 PM
Woodson Regional Branch
9525 South Halsted Street
Free admission

CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY

Teen Book Club: The Rose That Grew From Concrete

Saturday, April 18, 1:00 PM
Richard M. Daley West Humboldt Branch
733 North Kedzie Avenue
Free admission 

CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY

Poetry Slam

Saturday, April 18, 2:00 PM
North Austin Branch
5724 West North Avenue
Free admission 

CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY

Varied Art Forms and Inspired Verse: Poetry Workshop with Jessica Savitz

Saturday, April 18, 2:30 PM
Beverly Branch
1962 West 95th Street
Free admission 

GREEN MILL JAZZ CLUB

Uptown Poetry Slam

Sunday, April 19, 7:00 PM
Green Mill Jazz Club
4802 North Broadway Avenue
$7 admission 

WAITING 4 THE BUS

Featuring Bob Lawrence and Chuck Kramer

Monday, April 20, 7:00 PM
Powell's Bookstore University Village
1218 South Halsted Street
Donation requested

POETRY FOUNDATION

The Open Door Readings: April

Tuesday, April 21, 7:00 PM
Poetry Foundation
61 West Superior Street
Free admission

ONGOING

POETRY FOUNDATION

The Chicago 77

March 20 – May 29
Open Monday – Friday, 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Poetry Foundation
61 West Superior Street
Free admission

POETRY FOUNDATION

"Like" our new Children's Facebook page

The Poetry Foundation provides resources for parents and teachers to cultivate a lifelong love of poetry in children.