Friday, March 29, 2013

4/24/13 Andrea Shoup poetry feature night at "the Cafe Gallery" open mic at Gallery Cabaret!

Wednesday, April 24th, 2013


April 24, 7:00 - 9:00PM
The Cafe Gallery 
open mic at Gallery Cabaret
2020 N. Oakley Ave.
(a block away from Western and Armitage, by Milwaukee Ave., near a Blue line el stop)

 
Say Aloha! "The Cafe" open mic 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 April 24th (7-9pm) for the Andrea Shoup poetry feature for this open mic! Sign up and read at the open mike before the great feature!

Andrea Shoup has recently joined cc&d magazine as an associate editor for cc&d for the new section of poetry in cc&d called "Chicago Pulse" (cc&d magazine is an 84 page perfect-bound magazine, running out of Chicago for ~20 years, published with Scars Publications, http://scars.tv). Janet Kuypers (as Editor in Chief of cc&d) always looks for Chicago poets to include in her magazine, but starting with the July/August 2013 issue of cc&d, Andrea will also be involving additional Chicago area poets to appear in this newly-named section of cc&d.


In the past, Andrea has usually frequented other open mics in Chicago, so she will be a great addition to the Chicago poetry scene at the Cafe Gallery!




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 2013 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 2013 features is also available on line!

Thursday, March 21, 2013

Charlie Newman is Waiting4 the Bus+Open Mic (april 1st)



Waiting 4 the Bus suggested theme: Stuff and Nonsense
Mon, April 1
7:30pm – 10:00pm
JAKS TAP
901 W JACKSON
Sign Up: 7:30
Showtime: 8:00
The show is Free
donation is requested for the featured performer
good food-40 beers on Tap

featuring:
Charlie Newman ignites his performance poetry with a drive, spark and pugnaciousness that he'd quickly acknowledge as typical of any native (or any survivor?) of Newark, New Jersey, USA.

But he's a radical transplantee in at least a couple senses of that term. Newman's professional and musical careers also have led him through: Elizabeth, NJ; West Orange, NJ; Blairstown, NJ; Parkville, MO; New York City; Chicago; Winston Salem, NC; Nashville, TN; Louisville, KY; Orlando, FL; Louisville, KY (again); and finally back to Chicago. In this last place, he's settled well into the local performance poetry sphere.

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Wednesday, March 20, 2013

TOMORROW! Triple Play: Besemer, Fox and McDonald bring the poetry to City Lit Books!

TOMORROW, MARCH 21! 
Triple Play!  Join Jen Besemer, with Richard Fox and Robert McDonald, for a free reading at City Lit Books (2523 North Kedzie Blvd.) Thursday March 21 at 6:30 p.m.  Contact City Lit at 773-235-2523 with questions.  Did we mention it's FREE?  

Sunday, March 17, 2013

6/19/13 Esteban Colon poetry feature night at "the Cafe Gallery" open mic at Gallery Cabaret!

Wednesday, June 19th, 2013


June 19, 7:00 - 9:00PM
The Cafe Gallery 
open mic at Gallery Cabaret
2020 N. Oakley Ave.
(a block away from Western and Armitage, by Milwaukee Ave., near a Blue line el stop)

 
Say Aloha! "The Cafe" open mic 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 June 19th (7-9pm) for the Esteban Colon poetry feature for this open mic! Sign up and 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 2013 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 2013 features is also available on line!

6/5/13 Robin Fine poetry feature night at "the Cafe Gallery" open mic at Gallery Cabaret!

Wednesday, June 5th, 2013


June 5, 7:00 - 9:00PM
The Cafe Gallery 
open mic at Gallery Cabaret
2020 N. Oakley Ave.
(a block away from Western and Armitage, by Milwaukee Ave., near a Blue line el stop)

 
Say Aloha! "The Cafe" open mic 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 June 5th (7-9pm) for the Robin Fine poetry feature for this open mic! Sign up and 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 2013 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 2013 features is also available on line!

5/22/13 Cathleen Schandelmeier-Bartels poetry feature night at "the Cafe Gallery" open mic at Gallery Cabaret!

Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013


May 22, 7:00 - 9:00PM
The Cafe Gallery 
open mic at Gallery Cabaret
2020 N. Oakley Ave.
(a block away from Western and Armitage, by Milwaukee Ave., near a Blue line el stop)

 
Say Aloha! "The Cafe" open mic 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 May 22nd 7-9pm) for the Cathleen Schandelmeier-Bartels poetry feature for this open mic! Sign up and 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 2013 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 2013 features is also available on line!

5/8/13 Charlie Newman poetry feature night at "the Cafe Gallery" open mic at Gallery Cabaret!

Wednesday, May 8th, 2013


May 8, 7:00 - 9:00PM
The Cafe Gallery 
open mic at Gallery Cabaret
2020 N. Oakley Ave.
(a block away from Western and Armitage, by Milwaukee Ave., near a Blue line el stop)

 
Say Aloha! "The Cafe" open mic 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 May 8th (7-9pm) for the Charlie Newman poetry feature for this open mic! Sign up and 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 2013 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 2013 features is also available on line!

11/20/13 G.P.A. (the poetic unsub) poetry feature night at "the Cafe Gallery" open mic at Gallery Cabaret!

Wednesday, November 20th, 2013


November 20, 7:00 - 9:00PM
The Cafe Gallery 
open mic at Gallery Cabaret
2020 N. Oakley Ave.
(a block away from Western and Armitage, by Milwaukee Ave., near a Blue line el stop)

 
Say Aloha! "The Cafe" open mic 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 November 2-th (7-9pm) for the G.P.A. (the poetic unsub) poetry feature for this open mic! Sign up and 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 2013 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 2013 features is also available on line!

4/10/13 10 minute mini-feature night at "the Cafe Gallery" open mic at Gallery Cabaret!

Wednesday, April 10th, 2013


April 10, 7:00 - 9:00PM
The Cafe Gallery 
open mic at Gallery Cabaret
2020 N. Oakley Ave.
(a block away from Western and Armitage, by Milwaukee Ave., near a Blue line el stop)

 
Say Aloha! "The Cafe" open mic 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 April 10th (7-9pm) for the 10 minute mini-feature night for this open mic! Sign up and read at the open mike and have a great mini-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 2013 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 2013 features is also available on line!

3/27/13 Tom Roby poetry feature night at "the Cafe Gallery" open mic at Gallery Cabaret!

Wednesday, March 27th, 2013


March 27, 7:00 - 9:00PM
The Cafe Gallery 
open mic at Gallery Cabaret
2020 N. Oakley Ave.
(a block away from Western and Armitage, by Milwaukee Ave., near a Blue line el stop)

 
Say Aloha! "The Cafe" open mic 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 March 27th (7-9pm) for the Tom Roby poetry feature for this open mic! Sign up and 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 2013 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 2013 features is also available on line!

Thursday, March 14, 2013

Triple Play! Jen Besemer, Robert McDonald and Richard Fox Read at City Lit Books March 21

Triple Play!  Join Jen Besemer, Richard Fox and Robert McDonald for a free reading at City Lit Books (2523 North Kedzie Blvd.) Thursday March 21 at 6:30 p.m.  Contact City Lit at 773-235-2523 with questions.  Did we mention it's FREE? 

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Red Rover Series / Experiment #61


Red Rover Series
{readings that play with reading}


Experiment #61:
Performication


SATURDAY, MARCH 16
7pm / doors lock 7:30pm


Featuring:

H. V. Cramond
Tim Jones-Yelvington
Robin
Morrissey
Steven Teref


at Outer Space Studio
1474 N. Milwaukee Ave
suggested donation $4


logistics --
near CTA Damen blue line
third floor walk up
not wheelchair accessible

H.V. CRAMOND is the Poetry Editor for and a Co-founder of Requited Journal for Innovative Art and a Writing Instructor at Loyola University Chicago. She holds an MFA in Writing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and has received grants from the Illinois Arts Council and the City of Chicago’s Community Arts Assistance Program.Her poem “War of Attrition” was a finalist in the 2013 Split This Rock Poetry Festival Contest judged by Mark Doty.  Some recent work can be found in Soundless Poetry, Keep Going, Wunderkammer, Ignavia, death hums, and Pandora’s Box (Southport Press, 2011).


TIM JONES-YELVINGTON is a Chicago writer, multimedia artist and drag performer. He is the author of "Evan's House and the Other Boys who Live There" (in They Could No Longer Contain Themselves from Rose Metal Press) and This is a Dance Movie! (forthcoming, Tiny Hardcore Press). Recent work has appeared in Action Yes!, Puerto Del Sol and Harpur Palate. He edits the annual queer issue of [PANK]

ROBIN MORRISSEY studied in Santa Cruz following the Loma Prieta earthquake.  At 21 she interned for Jeffrey Deitch. At 28 she left the U.S. forever.  She's since returned. She has published poetry and other writing in Requited Journal, Alatool: Cairo on the LengthCaffeine Theatre, phoebe, Columbia Poetry Review, and has work forthcoming in 3AM  Magazine.  She was recently accepted into the CalArts M.A. program in Aesthetics & Politics.


STEVEN TEREF is the translator of Assembly (Host Publications, 2009), the selected poems of the Serbian poet Novica Tadic. Steven’s translations and poetry have appeared in numerous literary magazines, such as Rhino, Another Chicago Magazine, and South Loop Review. His fiction is included in the collaborative book Rescription (Anobium, 2013). He teaches literature and writing at Columbia College Chicago where last year he was the recipient of an Excellence in Teaching Award. He is the founder and editor-in-chief of Ricochet Review. The first issue is due out this spring.


Red Rover Series is curated by Laura Goldstein and Jennifer Karmin. Each event is designed as a reading experiment with participation by local, national, and international writers, artists, and performers.  Founded in 2005 by Amina Cain and Jennifer Karmin, the over sixty events have featured a diversity of renowned creative minds.
 
Email ideas for reading experiments
to us at 
redroverseries@yahoogroups.com 

The schedule for events is listed at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/redroverseries

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Monday, March 18th @ w4tb


Welcome to the wonderful world of Waiting 4 the Bus.
On Monday March 18th we happily present a wonderful featured performer, Nina Corwin
there will be an open mic
so come on down to Jaks Tap (901 W. Jackson)
have some beer (40 on tap)
some tasty food
and listen to some good poetry

or suggested but non-mandatory theme is "egos, alter egos, persona, and internal voices

Nina Corwin is the author of two books of poetry, The Uncertainty of Maps and Conversations With Friendly Demons and Tainted Saints. Her work has appeared in ACM, Forklift OH, Hotel Amerika, New Ohio Review, Southern Poetry Review, Verse and has been nominated for the Pushcart prize. Corwin is an Advisory Editor for Fifth Wednesday Journal and curates readings at Woman Made Gallery in Chicago where she co-edited Inhabiting the Body: A Collection of Poetry and Art By Women. She has read and performed her work across the country, at times set with musical or choreographic compositions. In daylight hours, she is a psychotherapist known for her work on behalf of victims of violence.

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Friday, March 8, 2013

Zombie Logic Review Now Open For Submissions

Zombie Logic Review is an online literary journal based in Rockford, Illinois, and is now accepting submissions of poetry. Submission guidelines are simple. ZLR prefers poems in the Outlaw, Outsider, surrealist, and dadaist traditions. Although no particular preference will be give to Chicago or regional poets, the editor would like to see poetry from Chicago. Please submit poetry to editor Thomas L. Vaultonburg at vaultonburg@gmail.com. Zombie Logic Review

Sunday, March 3, 2013

Sunday, March 10, 2013-2nd Sunday Top Shelf Poetsat Powell's for March



Sunday March 10th
Change your clocks and be on time for
The Greatest Poet Alive,
Kottyn Campbell
John Goode
and Robin Fine
3-5 pm
be on time because the show starts when it starts. We try to be prompt

Powell's Bookstores Chicago, 1218 S Halsted St Chicago, IL 60607 (312) 243-9070