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Around the City: July 26 – August 7

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July 26–August 7

CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY

Poetry in Motion: A Teen Program with Artist Valerie Xanos

Tuesday, July 27, 3:00 PM
Bezazian Branch Library
1226 West Ainslie Street [map]
Free admission; registration required
POETRY READING

Featuring Gregg Shapiro

Tuesday, July 27, 8:30 PM
The Café
5115 North Lincoln Avenue [map]
$2 admission
GUILD LITERARY COMPLEX

B.Y.O.P. (Bring Your Own People) with Dancing Girl Press and Proyecto Latina

Wednesday, July 28, 8:30 PM
California Clipper
1002 North California Avenue [map]
Free admission for adults 21 and over
REVOLVING DOOR READING SERIES

ACM (Another Chicago Magazine) Release Party with readings by Tara Betts, Quaraysh Ali Lansana, Bayo Ojikutu, and Timothy Yu

Wednesday, July 28, 9:00 PM
Red Kiva
1108 West Randolph Street [map]
Free admission for adults 21 and over
BARRELHOUSE & ROSE METAL PRESS

James Tadd Adcox, Mary Hamilton, Philip Jenks, Tim Jones-Yelvington, and Simone Muench

Thursday, July 29, 7:00 PM
Open Books
213 West Institute Place [map]
Free admission
POETRY FOUNDATION

Printers’ Ball: PRINT <3 DIGITAL

Friday, July 30, 6:00 PM
Ludington Building
1104 South Wabash Avenue [map]
Free admission
RHINO READS!

Featured poets Nick Demske and Nina Corwin

Friday, July 30, 6:45 PM
Brothers K
500 Main Street [map]
Evanston, Illinois
Free admission
YOUNG CHICAGO AUTHORS

Reading by students from Check the Method: A Summer Spoken Word Camp

Friday, July 30, 7:00 PM
Southside Community Art Center
3831 South Michigan Avenue [map]
Free admission
MPAACT

The Underground Poetry Jam

Friday, July 30, 10:00 PM
Greenhouse Theatre
2257 North Lincoln Avenue [map]
Tickets $10
WOMAN MADE GALLERY

Robin Behn, Lucia Blinn, Kimberly Dixon, Simone Muench, Jennifer K. Sweeney, and Connie Voisine

Sunday, August 1, 2:00 PM
Woman Made Gallery
685 North Milwaukee Avenue [map]
Free admission
CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY

iRemix Spoken Word

Monday, August 2, 12:00 PM
Harold Washington Library Center
400 South State Street [map]
Free admission
WAITING 4 THE BUS

Featuring Gregg Shapiro

Monday, August 2, 7:30 PM
Café Ballou
939 North Western Avenue [map]
Free admission
SERIES A

Gina Myers and Nick Demske

Wednesday, August 4, 7:00 PM
Hyde Park Art Center
5020 South Cornell Avenue [map]
Free admission
WAITING 4 THE BUS

The First Friday Classic: Ralph Hamilton, Nina Corwin, Al DeGenova, Jesse Lee Kercheval, and Kurt Heintz

Friday, August 6, 7:30 PM
St. Paul’s Cultural Center
Acme Art Works
2215 West North Avenue [map]
Free admission; donation requested
MPAACT

The Underground Poetry Jam

Friday, August 6, 10:00 PM
Greenhouse Theatre
2257 North Lincoln Avenue [map]
Tickets $10
MYOPIC POETRY SERIES

Amy De’Ath, John Wilkinson, Kristina Dipson, and Joel Duncan

Saturday, August 7, 7:00 PM
Myopic Books
1564 North Milwaukee Avenue [map]
Free admission

Ongoing

CAFFEINE THEATRE

Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas

August 4 to 8
Theatre on the Lake
2401 North Lake Shore Drive [map]
Tickets $17.50
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Printers’ Ball: PRINT <3 DIGITAL
Friday, July 30, 6:00 PM

Alzheimer’s Poetry Project
Saturday, July 31, 7:00 PM

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