Bang, Ditto

Actress and poet Amber Tamblyn will hold a reading & signing for her new book, 'Bang Ditto' on 11/3 at 7:00 pm at the Borders, 2817 N. Clark St. in Chicago. For information call (773) 935-3909

Amber Tamblyn is an Emmy and Golden Globe Award–nominated actor and poet. She came to fame on the soap opera General Hospital followed by starring roles on the television series Joan of Arcadia and The Unusuals. She has branched out into film roles, appearing in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and many other films. Winner of a Borders Choice Award for Breakout Writing, the author currently resides in New York.

Chris Green @ The Book Cellar

Friday, November 13, 2009 At 07:00 PM
The Book Cellar
4736 N Lincoln Ave

Chris Green reads from his latest poetry book, Epiphany School. Chris is also the author of The Sky Over Walgreens (Mayapple Press, 2007). His poetry has appeared in such journals as Poetry, Verse, and North American Review. He edited the anthology A Writers’ Congress: Chicago Poets on Barack Obama’s Inauguration (DePaul Poetry Institute, 2009). He teaches poetry at DePaul, where he is also Director of New Programs for Continuing and Professional Education.

MAKE Magazine Benefit

MAKE Literary Productions, Jane’s Restaurant, Glunz Distributors, and Heritage Wine present a Benefit Soiree

Wednesday, October 28, 6:30-9:30 p.m.

at Jane’s Restaurant in Bucktown, 1655 W. Cortland

The evening will take place in Jane’s gorgeous party room and feature readings at 8:00 p.m. from MAKE editors including Don De Grazia, author of the novel American Skin, Joel Craig, author of the poetry collection Shine Tomorrow and emerging writer Kathryn Scanlan. Throughout the night, live music will be provided by LeRoy Bach with Nat Ward and Katie Weigman.

A silent auction featuring limited-edition books, original artwork, and other one-of-a-kind items is not to be missed. Guests are welcome to drop by or stay the entire evening.

Tickets are $40 and include complimentary hors d’oeuvres from Jane’s, premium beer and wine from Glunz Distributors and Heritage Wines, and a chance to wine prizes throughout the night.

Reserve tickets by contacting Sarah Dodson at 773-552-7440 or sarah@makemag.com or purchase online here:

http://makemag.com/janes/

Poem Present: Geoffrey O'Brien

University of Chicago
Rosenwald 405
1101 E. 58th Street

Thursday, November 5th, 12pm
and Friday, November 6th, 4:30pm


Geoffrey O'Brien is the author of a number of nonfiction books and poetry collections, including Hardboiled America: Lurid Paperbacks and the Masters of Noir, Floating City: Selected Poems 1978-1995, and The Hudson Mystery, and a fictional work, The Times Square Story. He is editor-in-chief of the Library of America.

New Media Poetics, Part 2

Thursday, November 5, 2009 - 4:30pm
Sullivan Galleries, 33 S. State St., 7th floor
In collaboration with the Experimental Sound Studio and the SAIC Department of Exhibitions.

New Media Poetics: a collaboration of poetry and sound arts in two parts
Part two: Sound installation (opening reception)

This project is an artistic response to the Learning Modern exhibition, with particular attention to modernist trends in poetry and the manner in which design sensibilities translate across media and are even evident in our understandings of the sonic landscape. Building on the works on display, contemporary poets design texts, which are then read in the Sullivan Galleries on Wednesday, October 7 at 6:30 p.m. Subsequently, SAIC sound students engage these poems as material for further response, reframing the auditory elements of each poem's structure into a new sound score. The resulting projects will be presented in the lobby of the Sullivan Gallery as a temporary sound installation November 6 - 25. New Media Poetics is a collaboration between Experimental Sound Studio for its 2009 Outer Ear Festival of Sound, the Poetry Center of Chicago, and the SAIC Department of Exhibitions.

Monday Night at Weeds

October 26th
9:00 sign up
10:00 reading begins

WEEDS
1555 n. dayton
ALERT!! ALERTA!! ALERT!! ALERTA!!!
its a weeds thing...

poetry contest #4
"Best Off The Wall Poem" poetry contest
possible definitions to "off the wall" ;

1) not main stream
2) totally unusual
3) something you'd rather not do in other venues
4) something you'd say "holy shit" i can't believe he/she said that"
5) in other words something that is not safe...
6) bizarre

$50.00 prize money

host: gregorio gomez

barkeep: sergio mayora

so come on by sit right down and sign up between 9 and 10pm...first poet will be on the mike by 10pm; come hell or high water...last poet by 10:45...(which means there's a limited number of slots) and the judges will retire and unanomisly choose a winning poem...

open mike will continue soon after the last poet contestant reads...

when the judges makes their determination of a winner...i will announce it and present the "prize money"...

looking forward to seeing you at weeds.

the ghost who walks
www.geocities.com/weedspoetry

Five Muslim American Poets

When: Mon., Oct. 26, 10 a.m.
10:00 - 6:00p.m.
ANNIE MAY SWIFT AUDITORIUM
1920 CAMPUS DR.
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
Reception will follow


Phone: 847-491-3170
www.english.northwestern.edu/documents/MuslimAmPoets.pdf

Poets Fady Joudah, Ibtisam Barakat, Raza Ali Hasan, Kazim Ali, and Khaled Mattawa will read from their work and conclude with a symposium "The Muslim American Poet as Self and Other."

presented by The Center for Global Culture and Communication, Northwestern University.