Thursday, March 20, 2014

POETRY BOMB 2014

COMMIT AN ACT OF GUERRILLA POETRY

ONCE A YEAR THE POETS OF THE WORLD TRY TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT POETRY IS A LIVING BREATHING ART FORM.

SUNDAY, APRIL 27TH AT 3;30 PM HEAD OUT TO A PUBLIC PLACE AND DROP A POETRY BOMB. GATHER YOUR FRIENDS AND MAKE A SPONTANEOUS SHOW OUT OF IT.
HOST YOUR OWN BOMB SITE

FIND A SITE AND JOIN THE BOMBING

MOST IMPORTANTLY...SPREAD THE WORD
QUESTIONS:CONTACT POETRYBOMB@GMAIL.COM

Saturday, March 15, 2014

G.P.A. and Roberta Miles are Waiting 4 the Bus +open mic (March 17)

Come on out for a night of Naughty Narratives as W4tB gets invaded by a pair of Storytelling features

Open mic sign up is at 7:30 pm
Show time is from 8-10pm
Special guest host Robin Fine
We do request a donation for the feature
We do not charge a cover
The food is great
The beer selection awesome
And the poetry ever so lovingly crafted for your enjoyment

Monday ,March 17
Jaks Tap
901 w. Jackson

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Mary Ruefle & Jenny Boully Reading


The Spring 2014 Reading Series, sponsored by The Department of Creative Writing at Columbia College Chicago, presents Mary Ruefle and Jenny Boully. 

When: Wednesday, March 19, 5:30pm
Where: Stage Two, 618 S. Michigan Ave, Second Floor



MARY RUEFLE's latest book is Trances of the Blast (Wave Books, 2013). Her collection of essays on poetry, Madness, Rack, and Honey, was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award; her Selected Poems won the 2011 William Carlos Williams Award from the Poetry Society of America. In addition to poetry, she has published a book of prose, The Most of It (Wave Books, 2008), and a book of erasure, A Little White Shadow (Wave Books, 2006).

JENNY BOULLY is the author of five books, most recently of the mismatched teacups, of the single-serving spoon: a book of failures (Coconut Books, 2013). Her other books include not merely because of the unknown that was stalking toward them (Tarpaulin Sky Press, 2011), The Book of Beginnings and Endings (Sarabande Books, 2007), [one love affair]* (Tarpaulin Sky Press, 2006), and The Body: An Essay (Essay Press, 2007). 

Sunday, March 9, 2014

poetry*music*comedy*conspiracy theories
with words by
Corrine Mina
Jesse Laier
Erin Noskillz
AA LAM
Hel F Kiernan
Jessica Robinson
Simon Kim
Tim Donahue
Robert Katovich
Nicholas Souder
 

and music for the evening by
Lisa L


Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Court Green Reading & Release

The 2014 Spring Reading Series at Columbia College Chicago presents a release and reading for the eleventh issue of Court Green, the Department of Creative Writing’s faculty-edited poetry journal, which features a dossier on James Schuyler.

When: Thursday, March 13, 2014, 6pm
Where: Film Row Cinema, 1104 S. Wabash Ave, 8th Floor

Come celebrate the new issue with us!


Friday, February 28, 2014

Printers Row Event with Poet Kevin Young

On Thursday, March 13, Chicago Tribune senior writer/columnist and WGN radio host Rick Kogan will sit down with poet Kevin Young and discuss his forthcoming collection of poems, “Book of Hours," in which Young reflects on the grief he feels a decade after the sudden death of his father, what it means to be a father and what it means to be a son. Young is the author of seven books of poetry of his own, including “Ardency: A Chronicle of the Amistad Rebels,” for which he won the 2012 American Book Award. He is a professor of creative writing and English at Emory University.

This Chicago Tribune Trib Nation event will be held from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Tribune Tower, located at 435 N. Michigan Ave. Tickets are $15 in advance and $17 at the door. Tickets can be purchased online at the following link: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/printers-row-kevin-young-tickets-10068582401Printers Row members can enter the promotional code "FreeTicket" and use their membership number to redeem their free member ticket.

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Susan Swanton and Dana Jerman are Waiting 4 the Bus (March 3)


The greatest poetry open mic in the world returns with the coolest features ever. Dana Jerman and Susan Swanton are writers with a sharpened cutting edge, a sharpened wit, and a pretty cool fashion sense too. They are awesome examples of what W4tB loves about poetry.
Join guest hosts Esteban Colon and Jude Chance in the Rendezvous room at Jaks tap 901 W Jackson
Sign up 7:30
Show time 8-10pm
40 beers on tap
Great food
We request a donation for the feature
But the show is free

Suggested theme monkeys, ninjas, clowns, and the secret sex life of Sherlock Holmes