The distinguished poet, translator, MacArthur Fellow, and professor of classics and comparative literature at the University of Michigan will perform her haunted and haunting poem-essay about the problems of prophecy (prescient Cassandra at the threshold of Agamemnon’s home on the eve of his murder) and translation (how to translate her cries of alarm and grief into language that can be understood and acted upon) in a performance flecked with the architectural demolition imagery of Gordon Matta-Clark. Carson’s poetry collections include Decreation, Autobiography of Red, Men in the Off Hours, and The Beauty of the Husband.
Generously sponsored by The Poetry Foundation and presented in partnership with the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities
click here for more details
Chicago Humanities Festival
Harold Washington Library Library Center
400 S. State St.
#307 Sat Nov 01
12:20-1:30
Tickets will be available at the door of the performance starting 1/2 hour prior to the program on 11/1/08. Tickets purchased the day of the program will be $10.
Friday, October 31, 2008
Thursday, October 30, 2008
some really cool readings
Moiragael sez...
Outer Darkness Magazine and Airpent Studios present the latest Halloween Nightmare Unleashed
by poet James L.
Corcoran
Performing on guitar and accompanied by visual arts, "Gimpy" will frighten and horrify for an evening of fun and laughter with an occult theater presentation live at
Cafe Express, 615 Dempster, Evanston, across from the el this Friday, 31 October from 6-9 PM.
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Buddah309 sez...
Event: Waiting 4 the Bus: The Open Mic
"anything can happen while Waiting 4 The Bus"
Who: Wayne Allen Jones!
Host: Waiting 4 the Bus
Start Time: Monday, November 3 at 7:30pm
End Time: Monday, November 3 at 10:00pm
Where: Jaks Tap (the Back Room)
901 W.
JACKSON
Chicago IL
To see more details and RSVP, follow the link below:
http://www. facebook. com/n/?event. php&eid=54537320808
Waiting 4 the Bus is a Poetry Green Zone.
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Kristin LaTour rocked & socked & brought the house down! Simply a great feature!
Wow...Pamela Miller killed 'em last weeklast week...LaTour tuned 'em up this week...how can we follow that up next week?
STEVEN SCHROEDER...on election night!!!!!!!!!! You can listen to the same old same old punditry...or...you can revel in Steve Schroeder's poetry. Easy choice if you ask me...
BE THERE!
The Cafe
5115 N.
Lincoln
Great poetry, great drinks, great googlie-mooglie!
Open mike & feature every Tuesday...8:00-10:00
$2 Admission!
(And we do pass the Crown Royal bag for voluntary feature financial enhancement.
)
The Café is a Poetry Green Zone.
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The First Friday Series
holds it's first Wednesday show
Wednesday
NOV 5
Tom Curry
Larry O Dean
Janet Kuypers
Elizabeth Harper
St Paul's Cultural Center
2215 W North Avenue
2+ blocks west of the Damon Blue Line stop
Street parking available
Beer, wine, soft drinks available @ cool-low prices
Free Admission
Donation Requested
The First Friday Series is a Poetry Green Zone.
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Jenene Ravesloot sez...
I will be featured at Coffee Chicago at 5256 North Broadway on November 14th. The venue begins at 8 o'clock, but it is nice if people can get there earlier, if only to get a seat.
There will be an open mic reading. After that, the feature begins and ends with a book signing.
Outer Darkness Magazine and Airpent Studios present the latest Halloween Nightmare Unleashed
by poet James L.
Corcoran
Performing on guitar and accompanied by visual arts, "Gimpy" will frighten and horrify for an evening of fun and laughter with an occult theater presentation live at
Cafe Express, 615 Dempster, Evanston, across from the el this Friday, 31 October from 6-9 PM.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Buddah309 sez...
Event: Waiting 4 the Bus: The Open Mic
"anything can happen while Waiting 4 The Bus"
Who: Wayne Allen Jones!
Host: Waiting 4 the Bus
Start Time: Monday, November 3 at 7:30pm
End Time: Monday, November 3 at 10:00pm
Where: Jaks Tap (the Back Room)
901 W.
JACKSON
Chicago IL
To see more details and RSVP, follow the link below:
http://www. facebook. com/n/?event. php&eid=54537320808
Waiting 4 the Bus is a Poetry Green Zone.
XXXXXXXXXXXXX
Kristin LaTour rocked & socked & brought the house down! Simply a great feature!
Wow...Pamela Miller killed 'em last weeklast week...LaTour tuned 'em up this week...how can we follow that up next week?
STEVEN SCHROEDER...on election night!!!!!!!!!! You can listen to the same old same old punditry...or...you can revel in Steve Schroeder's poetry. Easy choice if you ask me...
BE THERE!
The Cafe
5115 N.
Lincoln
Great poetry, great drinks, great googlie-mooglie!
Open mike & feature every Tuesday...8:00-10:00
$2 Admission!
(And we do pass the Crown Royal bag for voluntary feature financial enhancement.
)
The Café is a Poetry Green Zone.
XXXXXXXXXXXXX
The First Friday Series
holds it's first Wednesday show
Wednesday
NOV 5
Tom Curry
Larry O Dean
Janet Kuypers
Elizabeth Harper
St Paul's Cultural Center
2215 W North Avenue
2+ blocks west of the Damon Blue Line stop
Street parking available
Beer, wine, soft drinks available @ cool-low prices
Free Admission
Donation Requested
The First Friday Series is a Poetry Green Zone.
XXXXXXXXXXXXX
Jenene Ravesloot sez...
I will be featured at Coffee Chicago at 5256 North Broadway on November 14th. The venue begins at 8 o'clock, but it is nice if people can get there earlier, if only to get a seat.
There will be an open mic reading. After that, the feature begins and ends with a book signing.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
November 5th: On The Road Marathon Reading
The Fiction Writing Department at Columbia College Chicago is hosting a MARATHON READING of On The Road on Wednesday, November 5th from 9 a.m.to 9 p.m. with local writers and artists at the Conaway Center, 1104 South Wabash (1st floor).
Through November 26th, the Gallery at Columbia Book & Paper Center is offering visitors the rare opportunity to see the original draft of On The Road, containing Kerouac's own edits in pencil. This manuscript is a continuous scroll of semi-translucent paper, 120 feet long by 9 inches wide, that Kerouac created to feed through his typewriter without interruption. It was produced by Kerouac in a three-week writing marathon in April 1951. Gallery hours have been extended for the Jack Kerouac: On the Road exhibition -- Monday-Friday, 12 - 7pm and Saturday-Sunday, 12 - 5pm. The Gallery is located at 1104 South Wabash (2nd floor). It is free and open to the public.
http://www.colum.edu/Book_and_Paper/Gallery/index.php
Through November 26th, the Gallery at Columbia Book & Paper Center is offering visitors the rare opportunity to see the original draft of On The Road, containing Kerouac's own edits in pencil. This manuscript is a continuous scroll of semi-translucent paper, 120 feet long by 9 inches wide, that Kerouac created to feed through his typewriter without interruption. It was produced by Kerouac in a three-week writing marathon in April 1951. Gallery hours have been extended for the Jack Kerouac: On the Road exhibition -- Monday-Friday, 12 - 7pm and Saturday-Sunday, 12 - 5pm. The Gallery is located at 1104 South Wabash (2nd floor). It is free and open to the public.
http://www.colum.edu/Book_and_Paper/Gallery/index.php
Halloween at the Mercury Cafe'
Mercury Cafe-Hosted by Vito Carli
Special Halloween Show (bring your favorite Halloween or horror poem)
featuring punk rock by The Ditch Pigs with Miss LadyJ and Suzy Sunshine, poetry/political ranting by Bob Lawrence,
and Goth standup by Toast (his humor is very rye)
1505 W. Chicago ave
Chicago Il
free, but donations are requested for the features
Special Halloween Show (bring your favorite Halloween or horror poem)
featuring punk rock by The Ditch Pigs with Miss LadyJ and Suzy Sunshine, poetry/political ranting by Bob Lawrence,
and Goth standup by Toast (his humor is very rye)
1505 W. Chicago ave
Chicago Il
free, but donations are requested for the features
Monday, October 27, 2008
Elbowing Off the Stage: A Community Reading Series
presents:
Rey Escobar
Rachel Javellana,
Tyler Flynn Dorholt
Thursday, October 30
7:30p.m.
1278 North Milwaukee 4W
a few blocks North of Ashland
B Y O B
Tell yer friends.
Rey Escobar
Rachel Javellana,
Tyler Flynn Dorholt
Thursday, October 30
7:30p.m.
1278 North Milwaukee 4W
a few blocks North of Ashland
B Y O B
Tell yer friends.
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Myopic Poetry Series 2008
Our weekly series of readings and occasional poets' talks takes place Sundays at 7:00.
Sunday, October 26 - Thax Douglas, Jason Pickleman, Tim Kinsella, Elizabeth Harper
Myopic Books
1564 N. Milwaukee Ave
Chicago, IL 60622
Sunday, October 26 - Thax Douglas, Jason Pickleman, Tim Kinsella, Elizabeth Harper
Myopic Books
1564 N. Milwaukee Ave
Chicago, IL 60622
@ The Cafe'
Tue Oct 28, 2008
The Cafe-5115 N Lincoln
Hosted by Charlie Newman
$2.00 Cover
We do pass the Crown Royal Bag for the feature
Open Mic and feature 8-10pm
Kristin LaTour
The Cafe-5115 N Lincoln
Hosted by Charlie Newman
$2.00 Cover
We do pass the Crown Royal Bag for the feature
Open Mic and feature 8-10pm
Kristin LaTour
Friday, October 24, 2008
Red Rover: Experiment #24
Red Rover Series
{readings that play with reading}
Experiment #24:
Words of War, the Politics of Truth
Featuring:
Mike Applegate
Marc Falkoff
Peter Sullivan
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1st
7pm
at the Division Street Dance Loft
735 W. Division, 3rd floor
new location in the Work House building
Division @ Halsted, enter parking lot off of Halsted
http://www.rtgdance.com/teach_schedule.htm
suggested donation $4
doors lock at 7:30pm
MIKE APPLEGATE and PETER SULLIVAN are local members of Iraq Veterans Against the War, founded in 2004 to give voice to the growing number of active-duty and veteran servicemembers who oppose the occupation of Iraq. The IVAW Warrior Writers Project provides tools and space for community building, healing and redefinition. Writing from the workshops is compiled into books, performances and exhibits that provide a lens into the hearts of people who have a deep and intimate relationship with the Iraq war. http://ivaw.org
MARC FALKOFF is the compiler and editor of Poems from Guantánamo: The Detainees Speak, an anthology of prisoner poetry published by the University of Iowa Press that brings together twenty-two poems by seventeen detainees, most still at Guantánamo, in legal limbo. Falkoff is a law professor at Northern Illinois University College of Law, where he teaches courses in criminal law, criminal procedure, and the federal courts. Since 2004, he has represented 17 Yemeni prisoners at Guantánamo Bay. http://www.uipress.uiowa.edu/books/2007-fall/falpoefro.html
Red Rover Series {readings that play with reading} is curated by Lisa Janssen and Jennifer Karmin. Each event is designed as a reading experiment with participation by local, national, and international writers, artists, and performers. The series was founded in 2005 by Amina Cain and Jennifer Karmin.
{readings that play with reading}
Experiment #24:
Words of War, the Politics of Truth
Featuring:
Mike Applegate
Marc Falkoff
Peter Sullivan
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1st
7pm
at the Division Street Dance Loft
735 W. Division, 3rd floor
new location in the Work House building
Division @ Halsted, enter parking lot off of Halsted
http://www.rtgdance.com/teach_schedule.htm
suggested donation $4
doors lock at 7:30pm
MIKE APPLEGATE and PETER SULLIVAN are local members of Iraq Veterans Against the War, founded in 2004 to give voice to the growing number of active-duty and veteran servicemembers who oppose the occupation of Iraq. The IVAW Warrior Writers Project provides tools and space for community building, healing and redefinition. Writing from the workshops is compiled into books, performances and exhibits that provide a lens into the hearts of people who have a deep and intimate relationship with the Iraq war. http://ivaw.org
MARC FALKOFF is the compiler and editor of Poems from Guantánamo: The Detainees Speak, an anthology of prisoner poetry published by the University of Iowa Press that brings together twenty-two poems by seventeen detainees, most still at Guantánamo, in legal limbo. Falkoff is a law professor at Northern Illinois University College of Law, where he teaches courses in criminal law, criminal procedure, and the federal courts. Since 2004, he has represented 17 Yemeni prisoners at Guantánamo Bay. http://www.uipress.uiowa.edu/books/2007-fall/falpoefro.html
Red Rover Series {readings that play with reading} is curated by Lisa Janssen and Jennifer Karmin. Each event is designed as a reading experiment with participation by local, national, and international writers, artists, and performers. The series was founded in 2005 by Amina Cain and Jennifer Karmin.
THE CALENDAR
Below is a rough calendar for regular poetry events in Chicago. It's probably not complete. you can contact us with information to add to the calendar. Click on the event for more details.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Pont des Arts Ensemble
Pont des Arts Ensemble
in spontaneous renaissance
WOMANMADE GALLERY
685 N MILWAUKEE AVE
CHICAGO IL 60642
312 738 0400
Friday October 24, 2008 7:30
Pont des Arts Ensemble : www.myspace.com/pontdesartsensemble
Richard Fammerée, poet, singer-songwriter
Carrie Ingrisano, bass, singer-songwriter
Meg Lauterbach, cello, vocals
Victor Sanders, electric guitar, electronica
Meg Thomas, drums, percussion
Jeanette Aylward, ballerina, choreographer
Ginny Sykes, visual artist, choreographer
in spontaneous renaissance
WOMANMADE GALLERY
685 N MILWAUKEE AVE
CHICAGO IL 60642
312 738 0400
Friday October 24, 2008 7:30
Pont des Arts Ensemble : www.myspace.com/pontdesartsensemble
Richard Fammerée, poet, singer-songwriter
Carrie Ingrisano, bass, singer-songwriter
Meg Lauterbach, cello, vocals
Victor Sanders, electric guitar, electronica
Meg Thomas, drums, percussion
Jeanette Aylward, ballerina, choreographer
Ginny Sykes, visual artist, choreographer
Get Out the Vote!
Friday, October 24
Get Out the Vote
a night of political poems
Brothers K Coffee Shop
500 Main St.
Evanston
6 to 8 PM
featuring Joe Barton, Anna Marie Craighead-Kintis, Joch Corey, Chris Green, Ralph Hamilton, Liam Heneghan, Jackie Lally, Tony Trigilio, Rachel Webster, with open mic.
Get Out the Vote
a night of political poems
Brothers K Coffee Shop
500 Main St.
Evanston
6 to 8 PM
featuring Joe Barton, Anna Marie Craighead-Kintis, Joch Corey, Chris Green, Ralph Hamilton, Liam Heneghan, Jackie Lally, Tony Trigilio, Rachel Webster, with open mic.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Pullman's Poetic Explosion
Pullman's Poetic Explosion
Date: Thu. October 23, 2008
Time: 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Location:
Pullman
Other
11001 S. Indiana Avenue
60628
About this event:
Bring your creative short story or best poetry piece for an Open Mic Short Story and Poetry Reading. Come to this innovative, expressive and explosive rendition of Modern Poetic Expressions, come out and express yourself through, song, spoken-word, artistic dance or poetry!
Phone: 312-747-2033
Registration:
Please contact branch staff to register for this event. There is a ten minute limit on all artistic expressions.
more details: Chicago Public Library
Date: Thu. October 23, 2008
Time: 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Location:
Pullman
Other
11001 S. Indiana Avenue
60628
About this event:
Bring your creative short story or best poetry piece for an Open Mic Short Story and Poetry Reading. Come to this innovative, expressive and explosive rendition of Modern Poetic Expressions, come out and express yourself through, song, spoken-word, artistic dance or poetry!
Phone: 312-747-2033
Registration:
Please contact branch staff to register for this event. There is a ten minute limit on all artistic expressions.
more details: Chicago Public Library
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