Chad Sweeney & Peter Davis Reading

The Spring 2014 Reading Series, sponsored by the Department of Creative Writing at Columbia College Chicago, presents Chad Sweeney and Peter Davis.

When: Wednesday, February 12, 2014, 5:30pm
Where: Stage Two, 618 S. Michigan Ave, Second Floor

 
CHAD SWEENEY is the author of four books of poetry, most recently Parable of Hide and Seek (Alice James Books, 2010) and Wolf’s Milk: Lost Notebooks of Juan Sweeney (Forklift Books, bilingual Spanish/English, 2012), and two books of translation, The Art of Stepping Through Time: Selected Poems of H.E. Sayeh (White Pine Books, 2011, with Mojdeh Marashi) and Pablo Neruda’s The Call to Destroy Nixon (Marick Press, forthcoming).

PETER DAVIS is the author of three books of poetry, Hitler's Mustache (Barnwood Press, 2006), Poetry! Poetry! Poetry! (Bloof Books, 2010) and TINA (Bloof Books, 2013). His poems have appeared in the Best American Poetry series as well as many journals like Court Green, Jacket, and La Petite Zine.

Kill Yr Idols: Bill Cosby is Dead
February 18th 8pm
Cole's Bar
2338 N Milwaukee ave

The monthly Kill Yr Idols Reading Series continues with Bill Cosby is Dead, a tribute to America's favorite sweater owner with a night of poetry, music, comedy, and conspiracy theories.
Performers include:
Heiko Julien (I Am Ready to Die a Violent Death)
Muyassar Kurdi (The Hummingbird, Wet and Blessed)
Stephen Dvorak (omissionary)
Elizabeth S Tieri (Back to Print Press)
Hel and Blanche Kiernan
Spencer W Carey
Erin NoSkillz
Robert Katovich
Nicholas Souder
and music from The Iceberg (featuring members of Absolutely Not, Swimsuit Addition, and Sybris.)

Free.

http://killyridolsreadingseries.tumblr.com

The Larry Janowski Birthday Poetry Extravaganza (Feb 7)

Come on out to Powell's to help us celebrate 70 years of one of Chicago's finest poets.
featured readers:
Albert DeGenova
Chris Green
Chris Gallinari
Barbara Perry
Nina Corwin
Bonnie Summers
Jan Botigleri
Patricia McMillen
Buddha 309
Esteban Colon
Tom Roby

and of course Larry Janowski
show time is at 7pm from the back room at Powell's in University Village.
Powell's Bookstore 1218 S Halsted St Chicago, IL (312) 243-9070

Al DeGenova is Waiting 4 the Bus +Open Mic (Feb 3rd)

Albert DeGenova is a poet, editor/publisher, teacher, and blues saxophonist. He grew up in Chicago and now lives with his family in Oak Park, Illinois.
He is also the feature poet at W4tB on February 3rd

come out to Jaks Tap Restaurant Bar at 901 w Jackson on Monday night for what I like to call Al DeGenova and the mystery of the blues.
Bring out all your Blues, blue, bleu related poems
as usual
sign up is at 7:30
showtime is from 8-10
5 minutes or 3 poems
good beer
excellent food
suggested donation for the feature
otherwise, admission is free.

Woodland Pattern Poetry Marathon

Saturday, January 25th 2014
10am to 1am
720 East Locust Street
Milwaukee, WI
 
Chicago writers include: Toby Altman, Dan Godston, Laura Goldstein, Jennifer Karmin, Anne Shaw & Keith Wilson

Woodland Pattern Book Center was founded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin's Riverwest neighborhood by Anne Kingsbury and Karl Gartung in 1979. The center houses a bookstore with over 25,000 small press titles, in addition to an art gallery where they present exhibitions, artist talks, readings, experimental films, concerts, and writing workshops.
 
Every year, on the last Saturday of January, over 125 poets, writers, and performers in the Midwest show their support for Woodland Pattern by participating in its Annual Poetry Marathon & Benefit.  Woodland Pattern is a nonprofit organization, all donations are fully tax deductible and all proceeds raised from this event help Woodland Pattern continue its literary programming.

http://www.woodlandpattern.org

Friday January 24- exact change only release party and show

these people are in the new issue.
Michael Lee Johnson
Jenene Ravesloot
Elizabeth Harper
Holly Day
Susie Sweetland
Wilda Morris
Jennifer Dotson
Caroline Johnson
some of them may be at the release party show, but I am not gonna tell ya. there will be other peolple reading too. there will be editors, and past contributors, and there might be monkeys and ponies and chocolate milk, but you are gonna have to show up to find out.

come out to
Powell's bookstore
1218 S Halsted St
Chicago, IL
(312) 243-9070
January 24
7-9pm

Monday, January 20th-- Esteban Colón & Billy Tarlin are Waiting 4 the Bus+open mic

Finally...we return for the 2014 series with a super kickass double in yer face feature
Join us in the Rendevous room at Jaks Tap for good beer and good food and awesome poetry
jaks is at -901 W Jackson
sign up at 7:30
showtime 8-10 pm
super features
Esteban Colón
Billy Tarlin
suggested theme-the poems of 2014