Around the City: May 31–June 12

Having trouble viewing this email? Click here to view it in your web browser. May 31–June 12 Featured Event   PRINTERS ROW LIT FEST Printers Row Lit Fest Saturday, June 4– Sunday, June 5 Polk and Dearborn Streets Free admission UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO Robert Bird presents - Res Nullius: Boris Pasternak and the End of the Russian Lyric Wednesday, June 1, 4:30 PM Classics 110 1010 East 59th Street Free admission NEIGHBORHOOD WRITING ALLIANCE Every Person Is a Philosopher Wednesday, June 1, 5:30 PM Chicago Cultural Center 78 East Washington Street Tickets $100 ENCYCLOPEDIA SHOW Encyclopedia Show Wednesday, June 1, 7:30 PM Vittum Theatre 1012 North Noble Street Tickets $8; students $5 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO Poem Present: Jena Osman Thursday, June 2, 4:30 PM Wieboldt 408 1050 East 59th Street Free admission NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY Elizabeth Marie Young Thursday, June 2, 5:00 PM Northwestern University The Hagstrum Room (#201) University Hall 1897 Sheridan Road Evanston, Illinois Free admission WOMEN & CHILDREN FIRST Kiki Petrosino Thursday, June 2, 7:30 PM Women & Children First 5233 North Clark Street Free admission WAITING 4 THE BUS First Friday Top Shelf Poets Friday, June 3, 7:30 PM St. Paul’s Cultural Center Acme Art Works 2215 West North Avenue Free admission UPTOWN POETRY SLAM Weekly Slam Poetry Sunday, June 5, 7:00 PM Green Mill 4802 North Broadway Avenue Cover $6 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO Poetics Workshop Monday, June 6, 4:30 PM Rosenwald 405 1101 East 58th Street Free admission WAITING 4 THE BUS Featuring Nina Corwin Monday, June 6, 7:30 PM Café Ballou 939 North Western Avenue Free admission NEIGHBORHOOD WRITING ALLIANCE Release Reading for Spring 2011 Journal of Ordinary Thought Wednesday, June 8, 6:00 PM San Lucas Church 2914 West North Avenue Free admission DANNY’S TAVERN READING SERIES Abraham Smith and Steve Timm Wednesday, June 8, 7:30 PM Danny’s Tavern 1951 West Dickens Street Free admission ELIZABETH’S CRAZY LITTLE THING Featuring Sid Yiddish Wednesday, June 8, 10:00 PM Phyllis’s Musical Inn 1800 West Division Street Free admission MYOPIC POETRY SERIES Udayan Das Saturday, June 11, 7:00 PM Myopic Books 1564 North Milwaukee Avenue Free admission RED ROVER SERIES John Beer, Daniel Borzutzky, Krista Franklin, Judith Goldman, Carla Harryman, and Konrad Steiner Saturday, June 11, 7:00 PM Outer Space Studio 1474 North Milwaukee Avenue Free admission UPTOWN POETRY SLAM Weekly Slam Poetry Sunday, June 12, 7:00 PM Green Mill 4802 North Broadway Forward to a friend Find us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter ONGOING EVENTS If you would like your poetry event to be included in the Around the City Newsletter, please e-mail Kristin Esch. Submit an event Sign up to receive the latest Poetry Foundation news, articles, and releases. You have received this newsletter because you submitted your email address at http://www.poetryfoundation.org. You may unsubscribe or change your newsletter subscription preferences at any time. Copyright © 2010 Poetry Foundation   |   444 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 1850, Chicago, IL 60611