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Palabra Pura 2016 Season Kick Off ~ One Poet / One Poem Returns
01/20/2016 @ 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
The Guild Literary Complex is pleased to kick off the 11th season of PALABRA PURA returning with “One Poet / One Poem”. Come join in the fun 11 years in the making. This year’s season will feature 2016 Guest Palabra Pura curators and past readers some telling of plans for the year ahead and others sharing a poem during this annual party celebrating poetry in more than one tongue. Contributing authors include:
Darren Angle | Emmanuel Ayala | Diego Báez | Beatriz Badikian Gartler | Emilio Maldonado | Martha Cecilia Rivera | Miguel López Lemus | Mark Litwicki | Miguel Marzana | Elizabeth Marino | Yolanda Nieves | Fernando Olszanski | Jennifer Patiño Cervantes | Jan Peña Davis | Rubén Quesada | Luis Tubens | Febronio Zatarain | and many more!
The event is free + donations are welcome! Oh, and it’s a cash bar, so come with some green in your pockets.
More information at www.guildcomplex.org.
Click here to RVSP/Share on Facebook. Due to the number of readers for the party, there will be no open mic, but he open mic will return in March!
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ABOUT PALABRA PURA
The Guild’s night of poetry and community, curated by and spotlighting Chicago’s most powerful voices in the Chicano and Latino communities. Palabra Pura takes place every other third Wednesday of every month starting in January of 2016 (we are Dark in August and December).