poetry news - CHICAGO

Poetry Fellows Portfolio New poems by the recipients of the Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowship.   Robert Lax: Nothing Is Too Small Robert Lax: master minimalist. BY MICHAEL N. MCGREGOR   No Spell Broken A Discussion of CAConrad's(Soma)tic Midge.   Children’s Poetry Giving children the gift of language in all its forms. BY EILEEN MYLES   Ghazal for White Hen Pantry BY JAMILA WOODS

POETRY EVENT - chicago

READING The Open Door Readings: December Tuesday, December 15 7:00 PM Poetry Foundation 61 West Superior Street Free admission

December's Open Door Reading presents School of the Art Institute’s Elise Paschen and her student Katy Jo Smith with New Trier High School and Northwestern University’s John O’Connor and his student and daughter Alison O’Connor.

READING Dark Noise Collective Friday, December 18 7:00 PM Poetry Foundation 61 West Superior Street Free admission

Dark Noise is a nationwide, multiracial, multi-genre collective that uses art as a site for radical truth telling. Fatimah Asghar, Franny Choi, Nate Marshall, Aaron Samuels, Danez Smith, and Jamila Woods explore themes of identity, intersectionality, trauma, and healing. 

POETRY EVENT - chicago

THE SPECIES OF SPACE AND THE RADICAL IMAGINATION COMMUNITY

Our R values U’s

Saturday, December 5, 4:00 PM
SAIC Sullivan Galleries
33 South State Street
Seventh floor
Free admission

WOMAN MADE GALLERY

In Print

Sunday, December 6, 1:00 PM
Woman Made Gallery
685 North Milwaukee Avenue
Free admission

GREEN MILL

Uptown Poetry Slam

Sunday, December 6, 7:00 PM
Green Mill Jazz Club
4802 North Broadway Avenue
$7.00 admission

YOUNG CHICAGO AUTHORS

WordPlay featuring Blu & Kush

Tuesday, December 8, 6:00 PM
Young Chicago Authors
1180 North Milwaukee Avenue
Free admission

ELIZABETH'S CRAZY LITTLE THING

Sid Yiddish and His Candy Store Henchmen

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

POETRY FOUNDATION

Poetry off the Shelf: Tony Hoagland

Thursday, December 10
7:00 PM
Poetry Foundation
61 West Superior Street
Free admission

POETRY FOUNDATION

Library Book Club: Cynthia Cruz

Friday, December 11
12:30 PM
Poetry Foundation
61 West Superior Street
Free admission
Please reserve your spot by emailing library@poetryfoundation.org.

POETRY FOUNDATION

Volatile! A Poetry & Scent Exhibition Opening

Friday, December 11
6:30 PM
Poetry Foundation
61 West Superior Street
Free admission

NORTHWEST CULTURAL COUNCIL

Second Saturday Poetry Workshop with John O'Connor

Saturday, December 12, 9:00 AM
Palatine Public Library
700 North North Court
Palatine, IL
Free admission 
Registration required

POETRY FOUNDATION

Poetry Foundation Library: Special Saturday Hours

Saturday, December 12
10:00 AM
Poetry Foundation
61 West Superior Street
Free admission

POETRY FOUNDATION

Forms and Features Workshop: Line

Saturday, December 12
12:00 PM
Poetry Foundation
61 West Superior Street
Free admission
Please register in advance by emailing library@poetryfoundation.org.

GREEN MILL

Uptown Poetry Slam

Sunday, December 13, 7:00 PM
Green Mill Jazz Club
4802 North Broadway Avenue
$7.00 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

Volatile! A Poetry & Scent Exhibition

December 11, 2015 – February 19, 2016
Poetry Foundation
61 West Superior Street
Free admission

RED THEATER CHICAGO & ORACLE PRODUCTIONS

R+J: The Vineyard

October 24–December 12
Oracle Theater
3809 North Broadway
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