Palabra Pura presents "Migrating Words: Contratiempo Poets"

CHICAGO’S GUILD LITERARY COMPLEX PRESENTS: “MIGRATING WORDS: CONTRATIEMPO POETS” PART OF THE PALABRA PURA BILINGUAL POETRY SERIES CHICAGO, IL -

The Guild Literary Complex (GLC) continues the seventh year of its Palabra Pura bilingual poetry series with “Migrating Words: Contratiempo Poets” on October 17, 2012. The event is curated by Moira Pujols and features poets from the Spanish language magazine Contratiempo. The event will include poetry in Spanish, English and a combination of both.

Featured readers will include Jorge Montiel, Silvia Goldman, and Santiago Weksler

• Jorge Montiel was born in Paterson, New Jersey and spent much of his life in Puebla, Mexico, where he attended the Palafoxian Seminary of Puebla. His poems have been published in the anthology En la 18 a la 1: Escritores de Contratiempo en Chicago (On 18th Street at 1 am: Contratiempo Writers in Chicago).

• Silvia Goldman was born in Uruguay. She received her PhD in Hispanic Studies from Brown University in 2010 and has published poems as well as scholarly articles in literary journals and online anthologies such as Maldoror: Revista de la ciudad de Montevideo; Revista de escritura & poéticas 7de7; Small Stations: Anthology of Poets; Rilce: Revista de filología hispánica; Inti: Revista de literatura hispánica, and Rassegna Iberistica. In 2008 she published her first book of poetry entitled Cinco movimientos del llanto (Ediciones Hermes Criollo).

• Santiago Weksler migrated to Chicago in 2001. He is a photographer and poet.

“Migrating Words: Contratiempo Poets” will be in Humboldt Park at La Bruquena restaurant, 2726 W Division, Chicago, IL on Wednesday, October 17, 2012 at 7:30 pm. Admission is free. As always, audiences of all backgrounds and languages are welcome. For additional details, visit www.guildcomplex.org.

DATE: Wednesday, October 17, 2012 TIME: 7:30 pm WHERE: La Bruquena restaurant (upstairs), 2726 W. Division, Chicago ADMISSION: Free INFO: www.guildcomplex.org -

The New Russian Poetry

***For the general English-speaking public. *** (The readings will be in Russian and English.) *** This event is FREE.***

Carrying forward Russia’s rich poetic tradition, acclaimed rising poets read from their work, discuss the variety and richness of contemporary Russian verse, and consider their art and its role in the context of Russia's volatile political and social reality as part of Myopic Books 2012 Poetry Series, hosted by Larry Sawyer, whose poetry and literary reviews have appeared in numerous pu blications including The Chicago Tribune and the National Poetry Review.

There will be a reception following the reading and discussion with an opportunity to meet the poets.

Featuring:

DINA GATINA was born in 1981 in the town of Engels in the Russian provinces. She completed her degree at the Saratov Arts School and then graduated from the Moscow Institute of Contemporary Art. She lives in St. Petersburg where she works as an artist, illustrator and poet. In 2001, she was shortlisted for the Debut Prize with her poetry and in 2002 she won the prize in the short story category.

KSENIA MARENNIKOVA was born in 1981 in Kaliningrad Region. She currently works in a PR Agency. Marennikova has co-edited the poetry anthology Nine Dimensions and was a co-organizer, with prominent critic Dmitry Kuzmin, of the annual Vozdukh festival. In 2004, Marennikova was short-listed for the Debut Prize in its poetry category.

ALLA GORBUNOVA was born in 1985 on Vasilievsky Island in St. Petersburg. She graduated from the Philosophy Department of St. Petersburg University in 2008, majoring in social philosophy and the philosophy of history. Gorbunova now works as a translator, reviewer and journalist, and also teaches philosophy at the St. Petersburg Polytechnic University. She won the Debut Prize for her poetry in 2005 and has since published two collections of poetry, the latest of which was short-listed in 2011 for the Andrei Belyi Prize.

For more information see: http://www.debutprize.com/ai1ec_event/the-new-russian-poetry-reading-and-discussion/?instance_id=202

or at CausaArtium.org at: http://causaartium.org/myopic.php

or contact Causa Artium at: Contact@CausaArtium.org 1 (212) 203-0461

We look forward to seeing you there!

4000 Words 4000 Dead: submissions & events

“I want to start with the milestone today of 4000 dead in Iraq.
Americans. And just what effect do you think it has on the country?”

-- Martha Raddatz, ABC News White House correspondent 
to Dick Cheney in 2008

For the past four years, Jennifer Karmin has been collecting submissions of words as a memorial to the 4,487 American soldiers killed in Iraq. These words also create a public poem given away to passing pedestrians during street performances around the country.  Throughout October 2012, she will transpose the elegy onto the walls of a dilapidated Chicago mansion utilizing the American flag as her writing utensil.  The house will become the site for community events with 4000 Words 4000 Dead concluding on Veterans Day and published by Sona Books.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
*October 15, 2012

SUBMIT:
*Send 1 - 10 words.

CONTACT:
*Email submission with subject 4000 WORDS to jkarmin@yahoo.com.

EVENTS:
This project is part of the show Home: Public or Private? and presented by 6018NORTH, a non-profit space for experimental culture, installation, performance, and sound.  All events will happen at 6018 N. Kenmore in Chicago's Edgewater neighborhood.  Due to the home's condition, space is limited.  RSVP at http://6018north.weebly.com/rsvp-for-the-home-show.html.

*Opening:
Friday, Oct 5 @ 7-10pm

*Installation:
Saturday, Oct 6 @ 2-3pm & 4-5pm
Sunday, Oct 14 @ 2-3pm
Saturday, Oct 20 @ 2-3pm & 4-5pm
Saturday, Oct 27 @ 2-3pm & 4-5pm
Sunday, Oct 28 @ 2-3pm

*Artists' Talk:
Saturday, Oct 20 @ 12pm

*Community Discussion & Potluck:
Saturday, Oct 27 @ 6-8pm

*Street Performance:
Sunday, Oct 28 @ 4-5pm

Home: Public or Private?
an exhibition of installations & performances at 6018NORTH
What happens when our private life becomes public and public space becomes private?  Located in a mansion on the north side of Chicago, the exhibition presents multiple artists exploring this question through installations within the rooms of the house. The investigations and activities presented explore the social, cultural, and political ramifications of our shifting conceptions of public and private space. 

Artists include: Teresa Albor, Lise Haller Baggesen, Rebecca Beachy, Sandra Binion, Troy Briggs, Deborah Boardman, Sandra Binion, Cuppola Bobber, Keith Buchholz, Chelsea Culp and Ben Foch, Collective Cleaners, Meg Duguid, Daniela Ehemann, Maria Gaspar, Jane Jerardi, Jennifer Karmin, Nance Klehm, Joseph Kramer with Radius, Carron Little, Trevor Martin and Victoria Fowler, Lou Mallozzi, Jesus Mejia and Ruth, Harold Mendez, Katrina Petrauskas, Jesse Schlesinger & Vintage Theatre Collective.

Home: Public or Private? is sponsored by Chicago Artists Month.

Chicago Calling at Elastic Sound & Vision Gallery

Saturday, October 6 (9 p.m.)

Elastic Sound & Vision Gallery

2830 N. Milwaukee Ave., 2^nd floor

Chicago, IL  60647

$10 donation

This 2012 Chicago Calling Arts Festival event features performances by the Microcosmic Sound Orchestra, Jen Besemer and j/j hastain (poetry), Saul Aguirre (performance), Eric Elshtain and Gregory Fraser (poetry), Nu Directions Chamber Brass, and Chicago Scratch Orchestra —

Nu Directions Chamber Brass

   Thomas Madeja -- trumpets
   Barry McCommon -- bass trombone
   Tim Decillis -- drums

Jen Besemer (Chicago) and j/j hastain (Lafayette, CO) -- poetry collaboration

MicrocosmicSound Orchestra

   David Boykin -- percussion & reed instruments

   Jayve Montgomery -- saxophones & percussion

   Eliel Sherman Storey -- tenor & alto saxophones

   Dan Godston -- trumpet & small instruments

   Alex Wing -- upright bass

Eric Elshtain (Oak Park) and Gregory Fraser (Carrollton, GA) poetry collaboration

SaulAguirre performs N-Arizotas

ChicagoScratch Orchestra

   Julia Miller -- guitar

   Jon Hey -- electronics

   Elbio Barilari -- guitar

   Jeff Kowalkowski -- keyboards

   Paul Hartsaw -- alto and sopranino saxophones

   Christopher Preissing -- flute, electronics

   James Cornish -- baritone horn

   Joe Vajarsky -- tenor saxophone

   Dan Godston -- trumpet

   Mark Hardy -- electronics

   kg price -- percussion

   Jimmy Bennington -- percussion

Sept 29: We Can Be Heroes

Red Rover Series
{readings that play with reading}

Experiment #57:
We Can Be Heroes

A special event with
100 Thousand Poets for Change
http://100tpcmedia.org/100TPC2012

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29th
7-9pm

Featuring:

Darren Angle
Barbara Barg
Joel Craig
Carlos Cumpian
Denise Dooley
Dan Godston
Laura Goldstein
Kurt Heinz
Parneshia Jones
Jennifer Karmin
Virginia Konchan
Toni Asante Lightfoot

Monica Long

Mario
Ladan Osman
Johanny Vázquez Paz
Timothy David Rey
Kenyatta Rogers
Lew Rosenbaum
Larry Sawyer
Keli Stewart
Steven Teref
Lina Vitkauskas

at Outer Space Studio
1474 N. Milwaukee Ave
suggested donation $4
**proceeds to be donated to Kiva**
www.kiva.org

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

On September 29, 2012, many poets around the world will make their voices heard. To declare the change they’d like to see most in the U.S. and throughout the international community, events are being staged on four continents and in over 100 countries as part of 100 Thousand Poets for Change.  This night of poetry and activism in Chicago asks the questions: “Who are our heroes?” “Why?” And most importantly “How can we use their examples to create positive change in the world?”

Co-curated by Barbara Barg, Laura Goldstein, Jennifer Karmin,
Larry Sawyer & Lina Vitkauskas

Co-sponsored by the Chicago Calling Festival
www.chicagocalling.org

Sept 24:W4tB at Jaks with Maxwell Baumbach .

Come out and join us in celebration as Waiting 4 the Bus returns to its original home. Our band of Weirdos will take op residence in the ancestral home on Sept 24th (I know it's not the 1st or 3rd Monday, get over it for once)
here's the skinny, yo
W4tB
Jaks Tap
901 W. Jackson
7:30 sign up-10pm
featuring Maxwell Baumbach

If you need to be all themey--I suggest "Coming Home"

Haiku Society of America

Haiku Poets to Meet

Haiku Society of America members and guests will meet to share and critique participants’ poems, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 27 at Winnetka Public Library, 768 Oak St., Winnetka. Free and open to the public, pre-registration is required.

Those who don’t have haiku to share may attend to listen and learn.

Haiku is short meditative poetry that originated in Japan in the 1600s. It is gaining popularity worldwide in many languages. Often three lines, it has 17 syllables or less, and captures the moment with a reference to nature, seasons, or human nature.

HSA is a not-for-profit, all volunteer organization to promote the writing and appreciation of haiku in English. Its website is www.hsa-haiku.org.

HSA’s Midwest Region holds five meetings a year in the north suburbs that include speakers, readings, retreats, and festivals.

To pre-register for the October meeting, contact Charlotte Digregorio, Midwest Regional Coordinator, 847-881-2664.