Past Events
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- -Poetry Foundation
Celebrate the closing of our latest exhibition with a documentary film screening and artist panel.
- Kids & YA-In Person
Bring your little ones to the garden for a bilingual, English and Spanish, story hour.
- Readings & Lectures-Poetry FoundationA poetry reading featuring Keli Stewart of Front Porch Arts Center with George Bailey, Ciara Darnise Miller, and a collaboration between Kira Tucker and Scheherezade...
- Workshops & Discussions-VirtualAll are welcome to a poetry discussion and creative writing workshop led by Maggie Queeney. In this session, we explore ars poetica, a poem that takes the art of poetry...
- -In PersonAll experience levels are welcome to a discussion and creative workshop led by Maggie Queeney, Library Coordinator. In June, we explore the haibun, an ancient Japanese...
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- In PersonCollaborative Arts Institute of Chicago kicks off its 2014 Collaborative Works Festival with a salon concert exploring Robert & Clara Schumann's tumultuous path leading...
- -In PersonTo celebrate the launch of the new Artists’ Board Book series, published by Soberscove Press, the Graham Foundation Bookshop will be hosting a special event for children inside Judy Ledgerwood’s ...
- Poetry FoundationEmily Dickinson’s mythic reclusiveness and haunting, elliptical poems have captured the imaginations of artists since they first appeared in print. This exhibition will...
- -In PersonYoung people ages 13 and up are invited to a series of storytelling explorations at Read/Write Library, a space premised upon the idea that communities are the most ...
- -In PersonYoung people ages 13 and up are invited to a series of storytelling explorations at Read/Write Library, a space premised upon the idea that communities are the most ...
- In PersonThe safety of our staff, and community remains our top priority. During these unprecedented times, we continue to monitor, and heed the guidance of local and national...
- In PersonThe 19th Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Award, sponsored by the Guild Literary Complex, hosts its final event, an American Idol-style evening featuring the semifinalists ...
- -In PersonJoin us for a live virtual reading with Mairead Case, Kenyatta Rogers, and Erika Hodges. The Open Door series presents work from new and emerging poets and highlights...
- -In PersonJoin us for a live virtual reading with Faisal Mohyuddin and Mojdeh Stoakley. The Open Door series presents work from new and emerging poets and highlights writing instruction...
- -VirtualJoin us for a special reading with Kwame Alexander. Kwame Alexander is a poet, educator, and the New York Times Bestselling author of 35 books, including Caldecott-medal and Newbery...
- In PersonJoin us for a live virtual reading with Mairead Case, Kenyatta Rogers, and Erika Hodges. The Open Door series presents work from new and emerging poets, and highlights...
- -VirtualAll are welcome to a poetry discussion and creative writing workshop, “Poetry As_A Workshop,” created and led by Crista Siglin. Thinking about analogical thinking may...
- -Poetry FoundationAl Filreis will host Laynie Browne and Gabriel Ojeda-Sagué as they discuss poems from Lisa Fishman's Mad Word, Mad Kings, Mad Composition (Wave Books, 2020) with Fishman herself...
- In PersonJoin us for a reading and celebration of the diverse voices, rich experiences, and powerful words of Chicago seniors. A wide variety of poets will share poems written...
- -VirtualAll are welcome to a monthly book group moderated by library staff. In July, we will read and discuss Hydra Medusa by Brandon Shimoda. Registration is required for this event....