POETRY EVENT - CHICAGO

POETRY FOUNDATION Wednesday Poemtime Wednesday, July 1, 10:00 AM Poetry Foundation 61 West Superior Street Free admission POETRY FOUNDATION POETRY Summertime PARTY Wednesday, July 1, 6:30 PM Poetry Foundation 61 West Superior Street Free admission CHIPRC Wasted Pages RUT BUST Writing Workshop Thursday, July 2, 6:30 PM CHIPRC 858 North Ashland Avenue $30 for five sessions Register: chicagoprc@gmail.com GREEN MILL Uptown Poetry Slam Sunday, July 5, 7:00 PM Green Mill Jazz Club 4802 North Broadway Avenue $7.00 admission WATER STREET STUDIOS Take My Word For It! Creative Writing Summer Camp for Kids Monday, July 6 – Friday, July 10, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM 160 South Water Street Batavia, IL Grades 3–5, Admission: Members $130/Non-members $140 Register here. LITMASH Featuring Aricka Foreman & more Monday, July 6, 7:00 PM Haymarket Pub and Brewery 737 West Randolph Street $8 admission THE SWELL Featuring John Mortara, Maggie Queeney, & more Tuesday, July 7, 8:00 PM East Room 2828 West Medill Avenue Free admission TUESDAY FUNK Featuring Erin Watson, Fred Sasaki, & more Tuesday, July 7, 7:00 PM Hopleaf 5148 North Clark Street Free admission; 21+ POETRY FOUNDATION Wednesday Poemtime Wednesday, July 8, 10:00 AM Poetry Foundation 61 West Superior Street Free admission ELIZABETH'S CRAZY LITTLE THING Featuring Heidi Bellile Wednesday, July 8, 9:00 PM Phyllis' Musical Inn 1800 West Division Street Free admission POETRY FOUNDATION & POETRY SOCIETY OF AMERICA A Celebration of International Poetry: New Generation African Poets Amy Lukau, Tsitsi Jaji, Ladan Osman, Viola Allo & Warsan Shire Thursday, July 9, 7:00 PM Poetry Foundation 61 West Superior Street Free admission SECOND SATURDAY POETRY WORKSHOP: Radiant Lyre, led by Susanna Lang Saturday, July 11, 9:00 AM Palatine Public Library 700 North North Court Palatine, IL Admission $15.00, RSVP to 847-382-6922 or nwcc@att.net ILLINOIS STATE POETRY SOCIETY West Suburban Chapter Meeting Saturday, July 11, 1:00 PM Indian Prairie Public Library 401 Plainfield Road Darien, IL 60561 Free admission, contact Caroline Johnson at twinkscat@aol.com CHICAGO SCHOOL OF POETICS Textile Poetics Workshop with Jill Magi Saturday, July 11, 1:00 PM The Poetry Center of Chicago 78 East Washington Street, Pedway East $95 admission, limited class size. Register here. UCHICAGO ARTS & REBIRTH POETRY ENSEMBLE The New Speak Saturday, July 11, 4:30 PM Logan Center, Screening Room 201 915 East 60th Street Free admission THE DOLLHOUSE READING SERIES Featuring Elizabeth Schmuhl, Sam Pink, Tatiana Ryckman & more. Saturday, July 11, 7:30 PM 2274 West Leland Avenue Apt 1W Free admission ILLINOIS STATE POETRY SOCIETY Northern Chapter Meeting Sunday, July 12, 1:00 PM Northbrook Public Library Civic Room 1201 Cedar Lane Northbrook, IL  Free admission, contact Susan Moss at stm48@hotmail.com ILLINOIS STATE POETRY SOCIETY Southern Chapter Meeting Sunday, July 12, 2:00 PM Carbondale Public Library 405 West Main Carbondale, IL Free admission, contact Kathy Cotton at kacotton7@frontier.com GREEN MILL Uptown Poetry Slam Sunday, July 12, 7:00 PM Green Mill Jazz Club 4802 North Broadway Avenue $7.00 admission POETRY FOUNDATION A Quiet Night In with the Mekons: readings, writings and songs Monday, July 13, 7:00 PM Poetry Foundation 61 West Superior Street Free admission ONGOING 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. POETRY FOUNDATION GALLERY Cheryl Pope JUST YELL : FROM WITHIN June 11 – August 28 Poetry Foundation 61 West Superior Street Free admission

Forward to a friend Find us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Submit an event If you would like your poetry event to be included in the Around the City Newsletter, please e-mailmedia@poetryfoundation.org with a web link to your event site. Also include the event sponsor or series, names of featured poets, and date and time. July 13: A Quiet Night In with the Mekons: readings, writings, and songs 7:00 PM: The genre-defying collective the Mekons emerged from the 1977 British punk scene. This multimedia event at the Poetry Foundation will include readings from the band’s lyric book, discussion, acoustic renditions of songs, and more.