02/29/12 Sid Yiddish poetry feature at "the Cafe Gallery" open mike at Gallery Cabaret!

February 29, 7:00 - 9:00PM

The Cafe Gallery open mic
at Gallery Cabaret
2020 N. Oakley Ave.
(a block away from Western & Armitage, by Milwaukee Ave., near a Blue line el stop)

Say Aloha! "The Cafe" open mike is now the Café Gallery, now at Gallery Cabaret!

Only on leap year do we get 29 days in February... and we are lucky enough to have our poetry and performance art open mike churning out great material on the 29th of February this year!!!

See us at 2020 N.Oakley Ave. on every other Wednesday from 7:00 - 9:00 P.M. for poetry and performance art. Come February 29th for the Sid Yiddish feature following the open mike! He has not been around in he latter days of the Cafe, so it will be GREAT to see his show on this special day, that only comes around every 4 years!!! Sign up & read at the open mike before the great feature!

You can also sign up for a later feature with Janet Kuypers and side-kick Bob Rashkow... For info about the open mike and the 2012 schedule (and getting the chance to sign up for your OWN feature) you can always check out http://www.chaoticarts.org/thecafe/ for the regular podcast, feature videos or future schedules. Email the open mike at thecafe@scars.tv (or janetkuypers@gmail.com - only if the scars.tv email has problems) with any questions, but details about the CALL for 2012 features is also available on line!

02/15/12 Jason Covelli poetry feature at "the Cafe Gallery" open mike at Gallery Cabaret!

February 15, 7:00 - 9:00PM

The Cafe Gallery open mic
at Gallery Cabaret
2020 N. Oakley Ave.
(a block away from Western & Armitage, by Milwaukee Ave., near a Blue line el stop)

Say Aloha! "The Cafe" open mike is now the Café Gallery, now at Gallery Cabaret! See us at 2020 N.Oakley Ave. on every other Wednesday from 7:00 - 9:00 P.M. for poetry and performance art. Come February 15th for the Jason Covelli feature following the open mike! This eclectic man is coming in from Kenosha Wisconsin, so everyone should come out to this artist-friendly space to wish him a warm welcome in Chicago!!! Sign up & read at the open mike before the great feature!



You can also sign up for a later feature with Janet Kuypers and side-kick Bob Rashkow... For info about the open mike and the 2012 schedule (and getting the chance to sign up for your OWN feature) you can always check out http://www.chaoticarts.org/thecafe/ for the regular podcast, feature videos or future schedules. Email the open mike at thecafe@scars.tv (or janetkuypers@gmail.com - only if the scars.tv email has problems) with any questions, but details about the CALL for 2012 features is also available on line!

02/01/12 Vittorio Carli poetry feature at "the Cafe Gallery" open mike at Gallery Cabaret!

February 1, 7:00 - 9:00PM

The Cafe Gallery open mic
at Gallery Cabaret
2020 N. Oakley Ave.
(a block away from Western & Armitage, by Milwaukee Ave., near a Blue line el stop)

Say Aloha! "The Cafe" open mike is now the Café Gallery, now at Gallery Cabaret! See us at 2020 N.Oakley Ave. on every other Wednesday from 7:00 - 9:00 P.M. for poetry and performance art. Come February 1st for the Vittorio Carli feature following the open mike! Sign up & read at the open mike before the great feature!

You can also sign up for a later feature with Janet Kuypers and side-kick Bob Rashkow... For info about the open mike and the 2012 schedule (and getting the chance to sign up for your OWN feature) you can always check out http://www.chaoticarts.org/thecafe/ for the regular podcast, feature videos or future schedules. Email the open mike at thecafe@scars.tv (or janetkuypers@gmail.com - only if the scars.tv email has problems) with any questions, but details about the CALL for 2012 features is also available on line!

Jan 29: The Human Micropoem @ the Art Inst

You are invited to participate in
THE HUMAN MICROPOEM

SUNDAY, JANUARY 29 @ 1pm
in front of the Art Institute of Chicago
111 South Michigan Avenue

Part of Occupy Chicago
http://occupychi.org

Bring one poem 5 minutes in length to be read aloud
or just come & be part of the chorus -- all welcome!

The Human Micropoem is a call and response choral form utilizing the human microphone at the occupy movements to amplify the speaker's words by those listening. The speaker says a line and then everyone who can hear repeats it.

For more info email:
redroverseries@yahoogroups.com

What Comes After 20
At WOMAN MADE GALLERY
685 N Milwaukee Ave
Sunday, January 29, 2011 / 1:30-3:30 p.m.

In 2012, Woman Made Gallery celebrates its 20th anniversary. For a grass roots arts organization in these times, 20 years is an accomplishment reflecting the organization’s sturdiness, maturity and standing in the community. We begin our 21st year by celebrating poets in the 20s, a life stage in which the artist/poet is coming into her own, learning from the examples of those who came before, experimenting, finding and discovering her own voice. This program includes promising voices from both academic and performance arenas: Carina Finn, Meghan Forajter, Hannah Gamble, Shelley Elaine Geiszler, Sara Jedd, Ji-Yoon Lee, Stephanie Lane Sutton, Teresa Veramendi, Ryann Wahl.

AWP Off-Site Event: Penguin Poets, Spoon River Poetry Review, and Seven Corners

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Writing the Unexpected

Writing the Unexpected: Poetry Workshop at the Newberry Library

6-week workshop beginning February 25, 2012

60 West Walton Street, Chicago





The Newberry Library’s resources will be a source for inspiration, information, conversation, and playfulness in this generative workshop. We will use visual art, historical texts, and ephemera to listen, experiment with form, and create new work. Along the way we will attend to the craft of poetry, learning tricks and tips from published pieces. Our goal will be to establish a positive environment for critical feedback and community. Expect to leave the workshop with seven to ten new poems.

Valerie Wallace holds an M.F.A. in creative writing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and has taught workshops throughout Chicago. She is an editor with RHINO Poetry and the author of The Dictators’ Guide to Good Housekeeping.

Six sessions, $170. For more information, go to: http://www.newberry.org/02252012-writing-unexpected-poetry-workshop

Jan 16:W4tB presents:open mic at the bus stop with Dan Cleary

W4tB presents Open Mic at the Bus Stop
Featuring-Dan Cleary
Café Ballou
939 N. Western Ave
7:30(sign up)-10pm
Suggested theme-The Agony and The Ecstasy

Feb. 3 Top Shelf poets presents:

Best New Poets at the Book Cellar

Best New Poets has announced its winners for 2011, and five contributors will be celebrating at the Book Cellar in Lincoln Square on Saturday, January 21 at 7:00 pm with a reading and release of the newest anthology. The line up includes:

BRITTANY CAVALLARO's poems have recently appeared or are forthcoming in Gettysburg Review, Beloit Poetry Journal, Indiana Review and elsewhere. She received her MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she was the editor-in-chief of Devil's Lake. She has been a finalist for the Ruth Lilly Fellowship and the recipient of awards such as the David and Jean Milofsky Prize in Creative Writing, scholarships from the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, and the Chancellor's Fellowship from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where she is a PhD candidate.

NATALIE GIARRATANO is a PhD candidate in poetry at Western Michigan University. Recent poems appear or are forthcoming in American Literary Review, Laurel Review, and Hayden’s Ferry Review. She was poetry editor for Third Coast for two years and an assistant editor at New Issues Poetry and Prose for three.

VIRGINIA KONCHAN’s poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Boston Review, Hayden's Ferry Review, The Believer, The New Republic, Notre Dame Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, Poet Lore, and elsewhere. She is a doctoral candidate in the Program for Writers at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where she curates the Wit Rabbit Reading Series.

NANCY REDDY’s work has appeared or is forthcoming in Anti-, Cream City Review, Memorious, Cimarron Review, Crab Orchard Review, and elsewhere. She holds an MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she is currently a doctoral student in composition and rhetoric. She is also the reviews and interviews editor of Devil’s Lake.

DAVID WELCH received his M.F.A. from The University of Alabama and has published poems in journals including AGNI, Indiana Review, and Subtropics. His poem “Tribute” appeared in Best New Poets 2007. He teaches creative writing and literature and is Coordinator of Literacy Outreach at DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois.

01/18 open mike at the newly-relocated "the Cafe Gallery" at Gallery Cabaret!

January 18, 7:00 - 9:00PM

The Cafe Gallery open mic
at Gallery Cabaret
2020 N. Oakley Ave.
(a block away from Western & Armitage, by Milwaukee Ave., near a Blue line el stop)

Say Aloha! "The Cafe" open mike is now the Café Gallery, now relocated to Gallery Cabaret! See us at 2020 N.Oakley Ave. on the 1st, 3rd & 5th Wednesdays from 7:00 - 9:00 P.M. for poetry and performance art. Starting January 18th! Read, & sign up for a feature with Janet Kuypers and side-kick Bob Rashkow (though Bob might not be able to attend the inaugural open mike in 2012).

For info about the open mike and the 2012 schedule (or getting the chance to sign up for your OWN feature) you can always check out http://www.chaoticarts.org/thecafe/ for the regular podcast, feature videos or future schedules. Email the open mike at thecafe@scars.tv or janetkuypers@gmail.com with any questions, but details about the CALL for 2012 features is also available on line!







During the open mike, Gallery Cabaret, with their cool in-house video system, had a live video feed of the open mike and feature on a TV at the front, so people at the bar can see the performance as well... But we video recorded the entire live performance, so people around the country (and around the world) could see the podcasts or the youtube video of the performance!




the Café Gallery had a GREAT poetry open mike night, with a TON of great poets coming together to read at this new location in 2012!