Sunday, December 28, 2008

CHICAGO FESTIVAL


WHEN DOES IT OR YOU BEGIN?
(MEMORY AS INNOVATION)
Festival of Writing, Performance, & Video

JANUARY 9 – FEBRUARY 1, 2009
Curated by Amina Cain & Jennifer Karmin
at Links Hall
3435 N. Sheffield Avenue
Chicago, IL

NEW LINEUP OF ARTISTS EACH NIGHT
8pm Friday & Saturday
7pm Sunday
tickets $12
$10 students, seniors, & working artists/writers
full schedule online

**WEEK ONE** January 9-11
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Individual Memory: A Celebration for Hannah Weiner - Lee Ann Brown, Judith Goldman with John Beer, Roberto Harrison, Nicole LeGette, Jenny Roberts, Timothy Yu, video by Abigail Child

January 9 opening reception & talkback with Laura Goldstein

January 10 butoh workshop with Nicole LeGette

**WEEK TWO** January 16-18
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Collective Memory: Collaboration is Group Work - Jen Hofer with Dolores Dorantes and Patrick Durgin, Jennifer Karmin with 14 Chicago writers (Mars Caulton, Joel Craig, Kathleen Duffy, Lisa Fishman, Krista Franklin, Chris Glomski, Daniel Godston, Brandi Homan, A D Jameson, Lisa Janssen, Erika Mikkalo, Ira S. Murfin, Timothy Rey, Lily Robert-Foley), John Keene with Christopher Stackhouse, Laurie Jo Reynolds with Amy Partridge and Stephen F. Eisenman, Tradeshow, video by Temporary Services

January 16 talkback with Terri Kapsalis

January 17 performance workshop with Karen Christopher & Bryan Saner

January 20 inauguration party with AACM, Anti Gravity Surprise, Chicago Women's Health Center, the Dill Pickle Food Co-op & Mess Hall

January 22 open house event with Judith Goldman

**WEEK THREE** January 23-25
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Memory’s Encounter: The Language of Position - Teresa Carmody, Karen Christopher, Quraysh Ali Lansana with Preston Poe, Vanessa Place, Nathalie Stephens (Nathanaël), Christine Stewart, videos by Gaelen Hanson and Cecilia Vicuña

January 23 talkback with Ed Roberson

January 29 open house event with Laurie Jo Reynolds

**WEEK FOUR** January 30-February 1
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Memory’s Place: Alternative Sites and Histories - Tisa Bryant, Amina Cain with Rachel Tredon, Duriel Harris, Miranda Mellis, ThickRoutes Performance Collage, videos by Bryan & Jake Saner and Chi Jang Yin

January 30 talkback with Tony Trigilio

February 1 closing event with AREA Chicago writers

Saturday, December 20, 2008

The News

Tuesday-Dec. 23rd...last Café show of 08...features HIGHWIRE LAURA DIXON!
Ye-ow-suh!
Maybe even a pregift/regift give-a-way...HOTCHA!
Be there!
5115 Lincoln
8-10pm

The Classic First First Friday Poetry Series in 09...
Friday January 2
The Poets Club of Chicago

Jan
Maureen
Larry
Carol
Tom
Wayne
Nancy
Bill
Glenna
& yers truly...
...give or take one or two!
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 Poetry Series is a Poetry Green Zone


Waiting 4 The Bus(the open mic)
January 5th

Jaks Tap (the back room)
901 W. Jackson
with our special guests Dan Godston and Laura Dixon
Donations requested
W4tB is a Poetry Green Zone

THE ENCYCLOPEDIA SHOW - TWO THE MOON
AT THE CHOPIN THEATRE ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 2009


Chicago, IL – Young Chicago Authors (YCA) brings to you The
Encyclopedia Show – Two the Moon, at the Chopin Theatre, 1543 W
Division, on Wednesday, January 7, 2009 at 7:00pm. Tickets $5 at the
door. All ages.

"We saw a hole in the Chicago poetry scene that slam couldn't fill. I
think a lot more than be done with the form than just competition."

- Robbie Q Telfer in TimeOut Chicago

About The Encyclopedia Show:
Young Chicago Authors (YCA) presents The Encyclopedia Show, brought to
you from the quirky minds of poets and producers Robbie Q Telfer and
Shanny Jean Maney. The Encyclopedia Show showcases visual art, comedy,
music and spoken word on a wide variety of subjects related to a
chosen topic.

Each month a new topic is picked at random from the encyclopedia and
assignments are sent to a diverse group of writers, artists, poets and
performers.

With the support of YCA (Young Chicago Authors) and their Performances
Manager, Telfer (National Poetry Slam Individual Finalist), The
Encyclopedia Show draws its novice and notable talent from Chicago
Area and National Artists in the Slam, Academic and Youth artists'
communities.

"I really want this to be an age-integrated show. I'm not saying that
I have a deep desire to hang out with high-school kids, but, in terms
of mentorship and ensuring the future of the community, it's a great
model."

- Robbie Q Telfer in TimeOut Chicago

This Month: "Two the Moon"
With music, poetry, visual art and spoken word on the topic: The Moon.
Featuring (Contributor – Topic): Bill Struss (Phi Rho Pi double gold
medalist) – Astrology; Amy David (2-time member of the Green Mill slam
team) – Lunacy; A.D. Jameson (Fiction writer and DePaul instructor) –
Moon Geography; Cassie Sparkman (Director of the Poetry Center's Hands
on Stanzas) – Harvest Moon; Corey Schultz (Slammaster of the Normal,
IL poetry slam) – Lunar Space Elevator; Melanie "George" Decelles (3rd
Place team member at youth poetry nationals) – Lunar Gravity; Iggy
Mwela (Creator of the Words in Action Poetry Series) – Mooning (v.)
re: Naked Fannies; Rik Vasquez (Youth Mentor and Slam Coach for hire)
- Moon Treaty/Constitution; Kiara Lanier (Youth Singer-Songwriter) –
Sea of Tranquility; Aly Bosetti (visual artist - Portland, OR) – Life
native to the Moon; Ralph Hardesty (Rhetoric Instructor at Cornell
University - Ithaca, NY) – Moon flower; Anis Mojgani (Two-time
National Poetry Slam Individual Champion - Portland, OR) –
Moonwalkers.

About Young Chicago Authors:
The mission of Young Chicago Authors is to encourage self-expression
and literacy among Chicago's youth through creative writing,
performance and publication. YCA provides student-centered, artist-led
workshops free to youth ages 13–19 in schools and communities. Our
process emphasizes artistic development, mentorship, and creating safe
spaces where a young person's life matters. We believe that through
their words, young people can promote respect and remove barriers to
transform their lives and society.

The Encyclopedia Show is part of YCA's Louder Than A Bomb (LTAB)
University. LTAB University consists of all spoken word performing
arts to include WordPlay, a weekly Tuesday night open mic event for
teens ages 13 - 19 years of age; the newly formed LTAB College, a
monthly open mic series for college students hosted by Kevin Coval;
The Encyclopedia Show, providing a monthly spoken word alternative to
slam; and LTAB Teen Spoken Word Poetry Festival which is held
annually over a two week period. This year's LTAB Festival begins
February 20, 2009 (with the Intersections Literary Festival) with the
finals culminating on March 8, 2009 at the Vic Theatre.

Reading Between the Lines: An AWP Offsite Event
"Forsooth, words!"

Performance
Host: Larry O. Dean
Start Time: Thursday, February 12 at 8:00pm
Beat Kitchen (upstairs)
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Time:
8:00pm - 11:00pm

Beat Kitchen (upstairs)
Street:
2100 W. Belmont
City/Town:
Chicago, IL

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Friday: Elephant Zine at Mercury Cafe


Elephant Zine Reading with Joe Bly, Helen Kiernan, Jess Rose and others.

Friday, December 19th
7 – 9 PM
The Mercury Cafe
1505 W. Chicago Ave.


elephantzine.weebly.com

Saturday, December 13, 2008

mid-December Words

Monday...Dec 15th- Waiting 4 the Bus Kristy Bowen features... Joe Roarty features...in what may well be his Goodbye Performance in Chicago...(DAMN!)  Yeah...Joe is leaving town so go to Jak's on Monday and say adios. Jaks Tap
It's a holiday extravaganza, poems about snow, holidays, and cabin fever are welcome
901 W. Jackson-7:30-10pm  Waiting 4 the Bus is a Poetry Green Zone 

Tuesday...Dec 16th- The wonderful Bob Rashkow features...you'll laugh...you'll cry...you'll kick yerownsef in the butt if you miss him! The Poetry Wheel Rolls The Café 5115 N. Lincoln $2 Admission We pass the Crown Royal bag for feature financial enhancement
8pm-10pm
The Café is a Poetry Green Zone 

Friday, December 12, 2008

Orange Alert Reading Series


First of all, thanks to everyone who came out last month. I think the night was a success. Join us this Monday (Dec 15th) @ The Whistler (2421 N. Milwaukee Ave.)


Here is the line-up:

Jac Jemc
Mary Hamilton
Amy Guth
Tim Hall

Also the line-up for January has been set:

Nick Ostdick
Jill Summers
Scott Stealey
Chris Bower

--
Thank you,
Jason Behrends
Orange Alert Press
Editor of The Deli Chicago
What to Wear During an Orange Alert
Art Editor for Thieves Jargon and decomP
Contributor to Gapers Block (Transmission)
Music Editor for This Zine Will Change Your Life

Thursday, December 11, 2008

Tonight at Big Chick's / Tweets

7:30, 12/11/2008 Jen Pagonis (poetry), C Tribe (poetry & sound art) Dyke Mic 2.0, an all-ages open mic for queer women of all gender persuasions. Dyke Mic 2.0 features spoken word, musical and performance artists and is produced and hosted by JT Newman. The show features local and national acts.

Dyke Mic 2.0 is the newest incarnation of the queer girl open mic created by Newman in 2001. Originally produced at the Bailiwick Arts Center, Dyke Mic ( 1.0) ran for three years in an open run at the venue. When life intervened, Newman put the show on the shelf for four years.

The concept behind Dyke Mic was simple then, and it still is today. Featuring the best and brightest old and new talents in the queer community, the Mic's mission is to promote queer lady arts. With an interdisciplinary approach, a keen curatorial eye, and an interest in blending artists with varying styles and approaches to their crafts, Dyke Mic is always exciting and unexpected. Dyke Mic is a place where the audience can and artists can try new work and get seen (maybe for the first time).

What they said (press) about Dyke Mic 2.0:
"This venerable poetry-music-performance series, founded in 2001 and formerly housed at the Bailiwick Arts Center, now makes its home in the sumptuous building on the northern fringe of Boystown and, if the night that I attended is any measure, looks to settle in for a long run."
--Windy City Times review, August 2007

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Danny's

The Danny's Reading Series
Wednesday, December 10th
7:30PM Sharp

Poetry by:

James Shea, Laura Goldstein, and Jason Bredle

James Shea is the author of Star in the Eye, selected by Nick Flynn as the
winner of the 2008 Fence Modern Poets Series. His poems have appeared in
various journals, including American Letters and Commentary, Boston Review,
Mrs. Maybe, and Verse. He currently teaches at Columbia College Chicago and
DePaul University.

Laura Goldstein currently teaches Writing and Literature at the School of
the Art Institute and Loyola University. She has performed her work in
Chicago at venues such as the Poet's Theater at Links Hall, the Elastic Arts
Foundation and the Red Rover Reading Series, and in New York at the Bowery
Poetry Cafe. Recent poetry, reviews and essays can be found in How2,
Text/Sound, Rabbit Light Movies, Otoliths, Stoning the Devil, PFS Post,
CutBank Reviews, Moria, and The Little Magazine. Her first chapbook, Ice in
Intervals, published by Hex Press, is available on Etsy.com.

Jason Bredle is the author of Standing in Line for the Beast, winner of the
2006 New Issues Poetry Prize, and A Twelve Step Guide, winner of the 2004
New Michigan Press chapbook contest. His most recent book, Pain Fantasy, is
available from Red Morning Press. He lives in Chicago.

Danny's Tavern is located at 1951 W. Dickens (near the corner of Armitage
and Damen). 21+, please bring ID. 773-489-6457

www.noslander.com/dannys.html

Saturday, December 6, 2008

new

AREA Friends:
Please Join us(Sat dec 6th) for 2 important events. In the afternoon there will be a release party for the 7th issue of AREA Chicago at the Hull House Museum from 1-4pm (800 S. Halsted, in the "Residents Dining Room"). This is the first time an AREA release has featured speakers/performers who contributed to the issue so please be there promptly by 2pm for the exciting program. This event is free. For details see
http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http://areachicago.org%2Fb%2Farea-news%2Ftwo-area-events-december-6th-2008%2F

Then in the evening from 7-11pm we will have an auction and dance party (@ CAMPO - 511 N Noble). This is the 2nd edition of our annual "Wants and Needs" auction where AREA contributors offer up their services to other friends of AREA. Ranging in cost from $10-$90, the services range from bodywork sessions to help with school/job applications to building a small custom greenhouse in your home. Please bring your checkbooks, cash or we even take credit cards for the auction. Please come ready for booze and dancing with Jeff Parker (Tortoise) and Charlie Vinz doing the djing. This event costs a $10 Donation or $20 for admission and an AREA t-shirt. For details on the services see this link. http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http://docs.google.com%2FDoc%3Fid%3Ddggvvxw_297fk7v3vdb

And for a good article about AREA in this week's Timeout Chicago see
http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http://www.timeout.com%2Fchicago%2Farticles%2Fart-design%2F69354%2Fnews-worthies

We look forward to seeing you on Saturday at one or both of the events.
If you are looking for other things to do this weekend or in coming weeks, then please check out events celendar for December (with some corrections in the formatting from last week):
http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http://areachicago.org%2Fb%2Fanother-chicago%2F29-december-2008-events%2F

Directions to the Auction/Party Sat Night
The party is at 511 N Noble (In a carriage house just behind the Italian restaurant on the NE corner of Grand and Noble).

   * From the Jane Addams Hull House Museum, simply hop on the Halsted #8 Bus going North, then get off at Grand and either walk west to Noble or take the #65 bus going west. You will have enough time between the events to grab some italian food in the Grand/Noble area.
   * From north or south, this location is extremely accessibly from the #9 Ashland Bus. Simply get off at Ashland and Grand and walk east on Grand 3 blocks to Noble.
   * If you are coming from the Blue Line, simply walk 9 blocks west of the Grand stop on the blue line, or take a #65 westbound bus.
   * From the Kennedy Expressway, simply exit at Ogden/Exit 50A, merge onto N Racine, turn right on W Erie, and turn left and N Noble.

WORDSLINGERS
Poet Somara Zwick and I will spend an entire hour discussing the finer intellectual implications behind the Christmas song The Three Little Dwarves aka Hardrock Coco & Joe  Suszie Snowflake  and other roasting chestnuts with Mcgruder like ambition. Probing questions include the mystery reason behind Joe always getting hit with a snow ball. What was Hardrock's link to Area 51? Was there any truth to the rumor that Suzie Snowflake had an affair with a Salvation Army Santa she met standing in front of Woolworth's  and secretly gave birth in a public housing project to Earl'Gooseneck' Snowflake much to the chagrin of the Clauses and cousin Frosty who cast her out.And what's behind Santa's fascination with Rudoph anyway?   Oh did I mention Somara Zwick is an excellent poet as well? Pleasse tune in from 8-9 pm 88.7fm WLUW and streaming live www.wluw.org      
Wordslingers airs on the first and third Sunday evenings from 8 to 9 pm. on 88.7 fm WLUW Loyola University Community Radio and streaming live on www.wluw.org Archives of past shows can be discovered  on Wordslingers.org in the Vox Cafe.
Wordslingers is all about poetry and providing an outlet for poets to be heard.  No gossip. No drama. Just the word, the rhythm, the vibe and vision of poetic expressions.
Tell your friends to tell their friends and we can be friends.

WomanMade Gallery Reading:
Icons - from Mary to Marilyn
December 7, 2008   2 - 4 pm.
WomanMade Gallery 685 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago

From Mary to Marilyn, from religious paintings to those little pictures on our computer screens, icons are images that strongly resonate with meaning. And because "icon" in its most literal sense means "an image, simile or symbol," icons are an essential part of what poetry is all about. This reading will present work that engages Iconic figures ranging from the classical to pop culture, in incarnations that range from elegaic to the highly compromised.

Hosted by Nina Corwin, readers include Maureen Tolman Flannery, Arielle Greenberg, Becca Klaver, Donna Pucciani, Erin Teegarden, and Rachel Jamison Webster. The poetry reading on Sunday, December 7 from 2 to 4 p.m. is free and open to the public, and refreshments will be served.
http://www.womanmade.org/poetry.html

The Molly Malone's Open Mic with your hosts Nina Corwin and Al DeGenova invites you to be part of one of the longest running and most highly respected open mics in the Chicago area.  .
Monday, December 8, join us in welcoming poet (and lawyer, yes another one) Rachel Contreni Flynn
Born outside Paris, Rachel Contreni Flynn grew up in a small Indiana farming town and now teaches poetry and practices law near Chicago. In 2005, her first book, Ice, Mouth, Song, was published by Tupelo Press. She received a 2007 Literature Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. Flynn's work appears widely in magazines and journals such as Barrow Street, Washington Square, Spoon River Review, Oxford Magazine, and Epoch.
Molly Malone's Irish Pub
7652 Madison Street
Forest Park, IL
708-366-8073
$5 if you can, $3 if you can't
7:00 -- open mic sign-up begins
7:30 -- open mic
8:45 -- featured reader
9:15 -- open mic continues if necessary
Poetry/fiction at Molly's is the second Monday of every month.  
Feel free to forward this notice to your writing pals...we love new faces with new voices.

TUESDAY, DEC 9TH @THE CAFÉ-BOB KATZMAN!  & I don't have to come up with any promo cuz BK did it hissownsef!  Dig...
Dear Café Poetry (and Prose) Fans,
I'm Chicago writer Bob Katzman.
This person (below) wrote the forward to my 2nd book. I believe she is as good a voice as any to concisely describe my true stories.  I'll be the feature there, at 5115 n. Lincoln, on Tuesday, Dec. 9th, 2008, so please come and bring a friend. 
I'll read two non-fiction short stories called Caldwell Vigilante and Snowflake, both about the South Side of Chicago in 1962 and 1966, respectively.  One's about war and the other's about love.  I'll also have all four of my published books there, if anyone wants to buy some.
To find out more about the smart professional woman who wrote the forward, or about my books, or even me, please go to www.FightingWordsPubco.com. The lady's name (Gela) is pronounced 'hay-lah'
To read any of the many gritty, urban and true stories published on my blog, go to: www.DifferentSlants.com
Please come to The Café, and support Charlie Newman's effort to give a voice to Chicago writers seeking a civilized forum.  He respects the beauty of the written, or spoken, word.
Thanks,
Bob
Forward to Escaping and Embracing the Cops of Chicago
By Gela Altman

"Bob Katzman is a late bloomer. It took him close to fifty years to realize his writing gift and it has only been in the last four years that he has evolved into a passionate and prolific writer of non-fiction. He concentrates on his own complex and often violent life, repeatedly leaving the reader pondering how an individual could survive so much pain and anguish and still turn out to be a caring and compassionate human being.
His narrative style has a clear and distinct speaking voice which he uses with great skill and precision. His intensity is portrayed in the episodes of abuse and violence dating back to an early age and spanning subsequent years of his life. One need only begin reading a chapter in one of his books to appreciate the deeper meaning that his powerful words convey. His are words of wisdom and intuition, of experience and solutions. His language is simple and frequently beautiful--almost poetic in its delivery.
There is genuineness and candor in his writings giving us an opportunity to become part of his world from the first page of one of his stories. We become so involved in fact that we begin to feel that areas of our lives are enhanced by experiencing what he experienced; by vicariously participating in his life events. We grow to be the protagonist of his own survival and the effect of such transformation can be truly monumental for those of us who feel less than adequate in our own lives.
The sheer strength of character and conviction of Bob Katzman's writings leave people, men and women, wanting more. Yearning for more ways to deal with controlling and overwhelming external forces that affect our lives the way his life has been affected, while addressing our own fears, our anger, and our own inability to cope.
In the end one is left with a glorious feeling of triumph over extraordinary circumstances that could have shattered a man who would not let it happen to him.
A man who would not be destroyed."
Gotta love it when the feature makes it easy on my old noggin!
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. 

The Danny's Reading Series
Wednesday, December 10th
7:30PM Sharp

Poetry by:

James Shea, Laura Goldstein, and Jason Bredle

James Shea is the author of Star in the Eye, selected by Nick Flynn as the
winner of the 2008 Fence Modern Poets Series. His poems have appeared in
various journals, including American Letters and Commentary, Boston Review,
Mrs. Maybe, and Verse. He currently teaches at Columbia College Chicago and
DePaul University.

Laura Goldstein currently teaches Writing and Literature at the School of
the Art Institute and Loyola University. She has performed her work in
Chicago at venues such as the Poet's Theater at Links Hall, the Elastic Arts
Foundation and the Red Rover Reading Series, and in New York at the Bowery
Poetry Cafe. Recent poetry, reviews and essays can be found in How2,
Text/Sound, Rabbit Light Movies, Otoliths, Stoning the Devil, PFS Post,
CutBank Reviews, Moria, and The Little Magazine. Her first chapbook, Ice in
Intervals, published by Hex Press, is available on Etsy.com.

Jason Bredle is the author of Standing in Line for the Beast, winner of the
2006 New Issues Poetry Prize, and A Twelve Step Guide, winner of the 2004
New Michigan Press chapbook contest. His most recent book, Pain Fantasy, is
available from Red Morning Press. He lives in Chicago.

Danny's Tavern is located at 1951 W. Dickens (near the corner of Armitage
and Damen). 21+, please bring ID. 773-489-6457

www.noslander.com/dannys.html
The Book Cellar, 4736 N. Lincoln Avenue, Chicago, hosts TallGrass Writers Guild members presenting "Home for the Holidays," a themed reading of original poetry and stories that is FREE and open to the public. Featured presenters include
Amy Crawford
Robert Lawrence
Whitney Scott. 
Show time this Friday's at 7p at this lovely venue featuring French press coffee, a variety of teas, desserts, soups and entrees...and comfy, overstuffed armchairs. This independent book store with its wide selection of children's and adult books has hosted TallGrass Writers Guild themed reading for years. Come celebrate the seasonal lights shining into the windows as we explore what it means to be "home for the holidays" this holiday season.
For details, reply to this email or telephone 219-322-7270

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Some Good Stuff

WomanMade Gallery
Icons - from Mary to Marilyn
December 7, 2008   2 - 4 pm.
WomanMade Gallery 685 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago
From Mary to Marilyn, from religious paintings to those little pictures on our computer screens, icons are images that strongly resonate with meaning. And because "icon" in its most literal sense means "an image, simile or symbol," icons are an essential part of what poetry is all about. This reading will present work that engages Iconic figures ranging from the classical to pop culture, in incarnations that range from elegaic to the highly compromised.
Hosted by Nina Corwin, readers include Maureen Tolman Flannery, Arielle Greenberg, Becca Klaver, Donna Pucciani, Erin Teegarden, and Rachel Jamison Webster. The poetry reading on Sunday, December 7 from 2 to 4 p.m. is free and open to the public, and refreshments will be served.
http://www.womanmade.org/poetry.html

The Molly Malone's Open Mic with your hosts Nina Corwin and Al DeGenova invites you to be part of one of the longest running and most highly respected open mics in the Chicago area.  And please read down to the end of this email for another great reading on Sunday, December 7 at WomanMade Gallery.
Monday, December 8, join us in welcoming poet (and lawyer, yes another one) Rachel Contreni Flynn
Born outside Paris, Rachel Contreni Flynn grew up in a small Indiana farming town and now teaches poetry and practices law near Chicago. In 2005, her first book, Ice, Mouth, Song, was published by Tupelo Press. She received a 2007 Literature Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. Flynn's work appears widely in magazines and journals such as Barrow Street, Washington Square, Spoon River Review, Oxford Magazine, and Epoch. 
Molly Malone's Irish Pub
7652 Madison Street
Forest Park, IL
708-366-8073
$5 if you can, $3 if you can't
7:00 -- open mic sign-up begins
7:30 -- open mic
8:45 -- featured reader
9:15 -- open mic continues if necessary 
Poetry/fiction at Molly's is the second Monday of every month.   
Feel free to forward this notice to your writing pals...we love new faces with new voices.

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

December 8th: John Keene reads at Powell's North Book Store

POWELL'S NORTH READING SERIES

MONDAY DECEMBER 8, 2008: 7 PM
poet and author, JOHN KEENE

POWELL'S BOOKSTORE
2850 N. LINCOLN (773) 248-1444



Please join us at the next Powell's North reading on Monday November 8th, at 7:00 p.m. for a reading featuring the poet and author John Keene. John will be joined by Mary Kiolbasa and Erin Messer, both students from the MFA in Writing program at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.


John Keene is the author of the acclaimed experimental novel Annotations (New Directions), and Seismosis (1913 Press), a collection of poetry with artwork by Christopher Stackhouse. He has published his fiction, poetry, essays and translations in a wide array of journals, including African-American Review, Gay and Lesbian Review, Hambone, New American Writing, AGNI, and Ploughshares. Keene is the recipient of fellowships from the Artists Foundation of Massachusetts, the New York Times Foundation, Yaddo, and the Bread Loaf Writer's Conference. A graduate of NYU, John is a longtime member of the Dark Room Writers Collective of Cambridge and Boston and a Graduate Fellow of Cave Canem. He is currently an Associate Professor of English and African American Studies and the Director of the English Major in Writing Program at Northwestern University.


For information about Powell's North please contact: Meg Barboza, megbarboza@gmail.com



Powell's North is a project of the Writing Program at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC). Readings are made possible by the generous support of the SAIC and Powell's Book Store. Upcoming readings available at http://powellsnorth.blogspot.com/ Blogspot courtesy of Michelle Taransky.