Read Large! A Celebratory Reading

On Thursday, Nov 1, writers of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction will gather to celebrate words, food, and all things good. Graduate and undergraduate students from Columbia will showcase their work. Refreshments and door prizes will abound. Come check it out from 6-8 pm at the Film Row Cinema (1104 S. Wabash Ave, 8th floor).

Poets include graduate students Brian Miles, James Eidson, Jacob Victorine, and Samantha Schaefer.

Now accepting submissions for the Winter 2013 issue

Exact Change Only is now accepting submissions for its Winter issue. Submit between 1 – 5 poems at a time. We will read all styles and themes of poetry, as long as it is honest, quality material. Prefers poetry 50 lines or shorter.

We only accept submissions over e-mail. Poems should be attached as Word documents, with the poet’s name along with the names and number of poems attached. Include both e-mail and mail addresses.

Exact Change only acquires first rights. We accept only original work.
simultaneous submissions are okay, just inform us of other publications. Poets may submit a maximum of 5 poems per issue. We tend to comment on rejected work. All contributing poets receive a copy of the journal.
All Submissions for the Summer Issue must be submitted by June 15th

All submissions for the Winter Issue must be sent by November 15th

Send submissions to exactchangepress@gmail.com

4000 Words 4000 Dead: final events

For the past four years, poet and artist 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 has been transposing the elegy onto the walls of a dilapidated Chicago mansion utilizing the American flag as her writing utensil.  4000 Words 4000 Dead will conclude on Veterans Day and be published by Sona Books.

*Train Performance:
Friday, Oct 26 @ 7pm 
Absinthe and Zygote series event
Featuring Jennifer Karmin, Matthias Reagan & Adam Weg.  Gather on the southbound platform of the CTA Loyola redline stop.

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

*Community Discussion & Potluck:
Saturday, Oct 27 @ 6-8pm
Featuring Iraqi writer Mahmoud Saeed, Iraq Veterans Against the War member Peter Sullivan, American Corporate Partner veteran ambassador Kevin Cajas, Voices for Creative Nonviolence member Kathy Kelly & American Friends Service Committee member Mary Zerkel.

*Street Performance:
Sunday, Oct 28 @ 4-5pm
Jennifer Karmin with writers Toby Altman, Denise Dooley, Elizabeth Marino, Philip Miller & Sage Morgan-Hubbard.

All events, except for the train performance, 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.

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.  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.  

Oct 20 Artists' Talk: Public or Private?

 

 Home: Public or Private?
Artists' Talk

Saturday, October 20th
from 12-1:30pm

at 6018NORTH
6018 N. Kenmore
in Chicago's Edgewater neighborhood
http://www.facebook.com/events/116408688515680

Caroline Picard moderates artists discussing their work from the exhibitions Home: Public or Private? and The Happiness Project.

Artists include: Jennifer Karmin, Kirstin Leenaars, Lise Haller Baggeston, Harold Mendez, Meredith and Anna, Carron Little, Troy Briggs, Rebecca Beachy, and Collective Cleaners

We all know public art but what does it mean for an artist to make art for the public, in public? What is "in public" and who is a "public"?  Judith Butler recently questioned Hannah Arendt's "the space of public appearance" stating that we need to ask the purpose of public space, how a public forms, who appears where and when, doing what, and what are the conditions that supports this appearance?  This discussion asks what is "the space of public appearance" for an artist and is there a distinction between work made for "the space of public appearance vs. work that is made for the studio and gallery? Who is the public (or plurality) that work is being made for, and how is this public (or plurality) meant to respond?

Home: Public or Private?
an exhibition of installations & performances at 6018NORTH

October 5th-28th
Guided private tours: Saturdays at 2pm & 4pm and Sundays at 2pm
RSVP at http://6018north.weebly.com/rsvp-for-the-home-show.html

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.
6018NORTH is a non-profit space for experimental culture, installation, performance, and sound.  

Are you upset that you don't have a jet pack or a flying car? So you crave cigarettes that are mostly filter? Has the vision of the future that guided you to sleep at night totally abandoned you?
Come on out and join us at Jaks for the Open Mic that will allow you to b!tch about how the future isn't all it's cracked up to be.

Sign up is at 7:30 and the show runs from 8-10
it promises to be really cool
especially with our feature Bruce Matteson
and our suggested theme "Promises of the Future"

walk in the door
go left for Poetry
go right for football

Exact Change Only is now accepting submissions for its Winter issue. Submit between 1 – 5 poems at a time. We will read all styles and themes of poetry, as long as it is honest, quality material. Prefers poetry 50 lines or shorter.

We only accept submissions over e-mail. Poems should be attached as Word documents, with the poet’s name along with the names and number of poems attached. Include both e-mail and mail addresses.

Exact Change only acquires first rights. We accept only original work. simultaneous submissions are okay, just inform us of other publications. Poets may submit a maximum of 5 poems per issue. We tend to comment on rejected work. All contributing poets receive a copy of the journal.
All Submissions for the Summer Issue must be submitted by June 15th

All submissions for the Winter Issue must be sent by November 15th

Send submissions to exactchangepress@gmail.com

10/31/12 "Cousin Bones does Cabaret" feature Halloween at "the Cafe Gallery" open mic at Gallery Cabaret (6:30-8:30 PM)!

October 31, 6:30 - 8:30PM
The Cafe Gallery open mic

BONUS WEEK for HALLOWEEN!!! (6:30-8:30PM)

Gallery Cabaret, 2020 N. Oakley Ave.
(a block away from Western & Armitage, by Milwaukee Ave., near a Blue line el stop)
Say Aloha to the Café Gallery poetry open mike at Gallery Cabaret!
See us at 2020 N.Oakley Ave. on HALLOWEEN -  Wednesday October 31st, from 6:30-8:30 P.M. for poetry and and a GREAT music feature. Come October 31t for the "Cousin Bones does Cabaret feature at Gallery Cabaret following the open mic! Sign up & read at the open mic with a voice effect (you know, for the Halloween spirit) 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 2012 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 2012 features is also available on line!

Cousin has performed at The Cafe Before:

But this Halloween show (6:30-8:30) will be NOTHING LIKE what he has done before, so check out the show!!!