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Program

ECOS: A Chicago Latine Poetry Festival

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Poetry Foundation, National Museum of Mexican Art, various locations in Humboldt Park, and various locations in Albany Park.mapMarker

ECOS: A Chicago Latine Poetry Festival celebrates Chicago’s relationship with and influence on Latine poetry. It echoes (“ecos’ in Spanish) the Nezahualcóyotl Poetry Festival, organized in 1991 by the National Museum of Mexican Art (then the Mexican Fine Arts Center) and Chicago poet Carlos Cumpián, and aligns with the September release of Latino Poetry: the Library of America Anthology.

The Poetry Foundation has partnered with local cultural organizations to present programming activations in three Chicago neighborhoods: the North River Commission in Albany Park, the National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture in Humboldt Park, and the National Museum of Mexican Art in Pilsen. The festival will feature free, bilingual Spanish and English programming, including poetry readings and performances, writing workshops, live music, storytime for kids, and more! 

An outline of the full schedule is below; visit each event page for more details and to register for events! Keep an eye on this page for updates as more information becomes available.

Headlining Performances

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ECOS Poetry Lot Jam

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Family-friendly live performances by student poets, Marta Collazo, and Julián Martinez with music by Future Rootz. 
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ECOS: A Chicago Latine Poetry Festival (Closing Performance)

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Celebrate the closing of ECOS: A Chicago Latine Poetry Festival with a reception and performance by Carlos Cumpián, Yolanda Nieves, Crystal Vance Guerra, and Rubén Medina…

Activities in Pilsen

Activities in Humboldt Park

Activities in Albany Park

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ECOS Albany Park Open Mic

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Read a poem or listen to friends and neighbors reading poems at this all ages open mic event!