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Featured Event   POETRY FOUNDATION POETRY Fall PARTY Wednesday, November 4 6:30 PM Poetry Foundation 61 West Superior Street Free admission POETRY FOUNDATION Poetry off the Shelf: Ciaran Carson Monday, November 2, 7:00 PM Poetry Foundation 61 West Superior Street Free admission COLUMBIA COLLEGE READING SERIES Aleksandar Hemon & Aviya Kushner Tuesday, November 3, 5:30 PM Film Row Cinema, 8th Floor 1104 South Wabash Avenue Free admission YOUNG CHICAGO AUTHORS WordPlay featuring Blu, Kush & Real Talk Tuesday, November 3, 6:00 PM Young Chicago Authors 1180 North Milwaukee Avenue Free admission POETRY FOUNDATION POETRY Fall PARTY Wednesday, November 4, 7:00 PM Poetry Foundation 61 West Superior Street Free admission WOMEN & CHILDREN FIRST An Evening with Rose Metal Press featuring Barrie Jean Borich & Kathleen Rooney Women & Children First Bookstore Wednesday, November 4, 7:00 PM 5233 North Clark Street Free admission HEARTLAND CAFE In One Ear featuring Pete Wolf Wednesday, November 4, 10:00 PM Heartland Cafe 7000 North Glenwood Avenue Free admission UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO Reading by Anne Boyer Thursday, November 5, 6:00 PM Logan Center Seminar Terrace 801 915 East 60th Street Free admission SEMINARY CO-OP BOOKSTORE Matthew Minicucci, Caleb Curtiss & Charlotte Pence Thursday, November 5, 6:00 PM 5751 South Woodlawn Avenue Free admission RSVP required NEWBERRY LIBRARY Lecture by Leslie Marmon Silko Thursday, November 5, 6:15 PM Ruggles Hall 60 West Walton Street Free Admission CHICAGO SLAM WORKS Handsome Animals Friday, November 6, 8:15 PM Stage 773 1225 West Belmont Avenue Free admission READ/WRITE LIBRARY Rewritable Wicker Park Pop Up Library Opening & Collection Kickoff Saturday, November 7, 3:00 PM Mautene Court 1264 North Milwaukee Avenue Free admission MYOPIC BOOKS Poetry Series: Amish Trivedi  & Francesco Levato Saturday, November 7, 7:00 PM 1564 North Milwaukee Ave Free admission RED ROVER READING SERIES Experiment #91: Sound Space featuring Nathanael Lee Jones, Muyassar Kurdi & Roger Reeves Saturday, November 7, 7:00 PM Outer Space Studio 1474 Noth Milwaukee Ave Suggested donation $4 GREEN MILL Uptown Poetry Slam Sunday, November 8, 7:00 PM Green Mill Jazz Club 4802 North Broadway Avenue $7.00 admission POETRY FOUNDATION Library Book Club: Patricia Smith Tuesday, November 10, 12:30 PM Poetry Foundation 61 West Superior Street Free admission Please reserve your spot by emailing library@poetryfoundation.org YOUNG CHICAGO AUTHORS WordPlay featuring Blu & Kush Tuesday, November 10, 6:00 PM Young Chicago Authors 1180 North Milwaukee Avenue Free admission POETRY FOUNDATION Poetry off the Shelf: Patricia Smith & Reginald Dwayne Betts Tuesday, November 10, 7:00 PM Poetry Foundation 61 West Superior Street Free admission COLUMBIA COLLEGE READING SERIES Joshua Clover & T Clutch Fleischmann Wednesday, November 11, 5:30 PM Stage Two 618 South Michigan Avenue Free admission POETRY FOUNDATION An Adventure Was Home: Gertrude Stein in Chicago Wednesday, November 11, 7:00 PM Poetry Foundation 61 West Superior Street Free admission ELIZABETH'S CRAZY LITTLE THING Featuring Paul Ferrell Wednesday, November 11, 9:00 PM Phyllis' Musical Inn 1800 West Division Street Free admission HEARTLAND CAFE In One Ear featuring Pete Wolf Wednesday, November 11, 10:00 PM Heartland Cafe 7000 North Glenwood Avenue Free admission UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO Reading by Joyelle McSweeney Thursday, November 12, 6:00 PM Logan Center Seminar Terrace 801 915 East 60th Street Free admission UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO Lecture by Joyelle McSweeney Friday, November 13, 1:00 PM Logan Center Seminar Terrace 801 915 East 60th Street Free admission NORTHWEST CULTURAL COUNCIL Second Saturday Poetry Workshop with Lisa Croneberg Saturday, November 14, 9:00 AM Palatine Public Library 700 North North Court Palatine, IL Free admission POETRY FOUNDATION Forms & Features: Ode Saturday, November 14, 12:00 PM–2:00 PM Poetry Foundation 61 West Superior Street Please register in advance by emailing library@poetryfoundation.org. THE DOLLHOUSE READING SERIES Featuring Ruben Quesada, Ted Mathys, Nate Marshall & Beyza Ozer Saturday, November 14, 7:30 PM 2274 West Leland Avenue, 1W Free admission GREEN MILL Uptown Poetry Slam Sunday, November 15, 7:00 PM Green Mill Jazz Club 4802 North Broadway Avenue $7.00 admission WAITING 4 THE BUS Weirdo featuring Vito Carli & Caroline Johnson Monday, November 16, 7:00 PM Uncharted Books 2620 North Milwaukee Avenue Free admission ONGOING POETRY FOUNDATION "Like" our 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 Dianna Frid & Cecilia Vicuña: A Textile Exhibition September 4 – November 27 Poetry Foundation 61 West Superior Street Free admission RED THEATER CHICAGO & ORACLE PRODUCTIONS R+J: The Vineyard October 24–November 21 Oracle Theater 3809 North Broadway Free admission GENE SISKEL FILM CENTER Extraordinary Tales October 23–November 5 164 North State Street $11 regular admission READ/WRITE LIBRARY Rewritable Wicker Park Pop Up Library November 7–29 Mautene Court 1264 North Milwaukee Avenue Free admission THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO Poetic Associations: The Nineteenth-Century English Poetry Collection of Dr. Gerald N. Wachs September 21 – December 31, 9:00 AM – 4:45 PM Regenstein Library The Special Collections Research Center 1100 East 57th Street Free admission

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