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SUMMARY:Applied Words: It Gets Better
DESCRIPTION:pictured left to right: Precious\, Jill Howe\, Tamale (curator/host)\, Greg Ledger\, Lily Be\n“It Gets Better” is curated and hosted by the fabulous Tamale and features great comic voices responding to the themes of history\, mythology\, gender\, and high school. This reading is co-sponsored by About Face Theatre and is presented in connection to their spring production of Brahman/i: A One-Hijra Stand-Up Comedy Show by Aditi Brennan Kapil—co-produced with Silk Road Rising. \nIt Gets Better is supported in part by a generous donation from Bridgeport Mind and Body. \nThere will be door prizes\, including tickets to Brahman/i\, courtesy of About Face Theatre\, and a sexy gift basket worth $50\, kindly donated by Early To Bed. \nPlease note: This is a 21+ program and is free to attendees. \n  \nABOUT THE PERFORMERS: \nThere is nothing a bio can tell you that will truly introduce you to this wise Mexican badass Lily Be from Humboldt Park. She’s a WNEP Maelstrom winner\, first Latina Moth GrandSLAM champion\, and producer/host of Stoop-Style Stories Live at Rosa’s Blues Lounge. \nJill Howe spends most of her time on stories… her own and others. She organizes fellow writers in sharing their latest work at her monthly workshop\, Friends with Words\, while also co-producing Story Sessions (www.storysessionschicago.com)\, a monthly show and weekly podcast. The next theme is “Phoenix Rising”\, tales of triumph over adversity\, March 16th at City Winery. Jill has experienced story panic attacks before reading at Mortified\, Chicago Solo Theatre\, Ignite Chicago at the 1871 tech lab\, Essay Fiesta\, Story Club Bridgeport and many more. \nGreg Ledger was born in Ohio\, did some time in Canada\, and settled in Chicago\, which is where he as spent  most of his life\, so consider him a “native.” He cohosts the podcast\, “A Dear School\,” performs with the live lit ensemble “Is This a Thing\,” and occasionally with the improv group\, “Tiny Nugget.” He has told true-life stories at Story Lab\, Write Club\, You’re Being Ridiculous\, WNEP Theater\, and Seven Deadly Sins. A web front end developer by day\, he lives in Rogers Park with his partner and an extremely annoying parrot. \nPrecious is Youth Outreach Coordinator at Center on Halsted and coordinates Youth programming surrounding HIV prevention\, Transgender advocacy\, and cultural awareness. Precious is a native Nebraskan\, a 2013 graduate of Columbia College Chicago with a Bachelors of Arts in Musical Theatre\, and was recently awarded the prestigious “30 under 30” award from Windy City Times.  Precious stays busy as an artistic associate with  About Face Theatre and a facilitator with the National Conference for Community and Justice STL’s Anytown program. \n  \nABOUT THE CURATOR/EMCEE \nTamale was born in Arizona\, homeschooled\, and mercilessly teased in public high school. An avid member of the 4-H and the Future Farmers of America\, she discovered a love for all things agriculture that led her to earn a BS in both Agricultural Education and Agricultural Technology Management at the University of Arizona. After college\, she chose to pursue her love of comedy in Chicago\, which had the added benefit of keeping her from being killed with fire and sticks when she came out as a queer lady. She now drives a big black motorcycle with an eyelash\, performs comedy\, and travels the world collaborating with other performers to create amazing multidisciplinary shows. In March\, she will be returning to Europe with the Windy City Blenders for their ten year reunion show in Dublin. The week before\, she has booked her own European tour. You can see examples of her work at BrassChucklesComedy.com and TamaleRocks.com. She loves tiny hats more than most people think is healthy. \n  \nOUR PARTNERS \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \nAbout Face Theatre creates exceptional\, innovative\, and adventurous plays to advance the national dialogue on gender and sexual identity\, and to challenge and entertain audiences in Chicago\, across the country\, and around the world. \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \nSilk Road Rising (formerly known as Silk Road Theatre Project) creates live theatre and online videos that tell stories through primarily Asian American and Middle Eastern American lenses. In representing communities that intersect and overlap\, we advance a polycultural worldview. \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \nA diverse line-up of live music seven nights a week. Indie Rock\, Folk\, Country\, Rap\, Jazz– it’s all here at Schubas. And food\, too.  Schubas is located at 3159 N Southport. \n  \n \n  \n  \nA sex positive\, woman-oriented shop where people of all genders can feel comfortable taking control of their sexual selves. Since opening in 2001\, Early to Bed has not only provided sex toys and information to countless people\, but also has worked hard to spread a sex-positive message everywhere they can\, giving workshops and talks throughout the community. \n  \n 
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LOCATION:Schubas Tavern\, 3159 N Southport\, Chicago\, IL\, 60657\, United States
CATEGORIES:Applied Words
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SUMMARY:Applied Words: Unseen Worlds
DESCRIPTION:Schubas Tavern\n3159 N. Southport Ave. \nFrom left to right: Paul Gorski\, Joe Austin II\, PhD\, Stephanie Levi (Curator)\, Anne Yoder\, Vojislav Pejović.\nFROM THE CURATOR\, STEPHANIE LEVI\, PhD: \nI am delighted to be curating this month’s Applied Words series. The theme of Unseen Worlds stemmed from my experience as a microscopist originally. When I was working on my graduate degree\, I did intensive light\, fluorescence\, and electron microscopy\, which is a technique that enables one to look at microscopic objects at both high magnification and high resolution. I was captivated by the images I saw and collected\, as well as the idea that there were worlds that were visible far beyond what our naked eye is capable of visualizing. Although we can’t see them unaided they still exist\, and they are captivating\, inspiring us to think about life at scales that we aren’t able to see. Analagously\, when we view the Earth from space\, it looks like a blue marble\, but those of us here know that there are high peaks and deep depths\, and that the planet is teeming with life. I’ve often thought about the secret lives of the objects and living things at the microscopic level —what are there love stories\, their dramas\, their routines? \nThese ideas and images were the spark for the theme\, and beyond this\, I was intrigued by the many subcontexts of the theme as well. There are communities of people who can’t necessarily access science easily or are underrepresented in STEM\, and I see the theme as an opportunity to highlight these communities and populations\, understand the connection between science and social justice\, and support their engagement and interest in science and math. The theme also crosses disciplines\, exploring how science and the arts and humanities intersect\, and what happens when they do. \nIn putting the group of readers together\, I sought to feature scientists as writers\, and science-curious artists to explore the union of the two. My hope is that attendees and the general public leave the event with a better appreciation of scientists as artists in their own right\, cultural creators who offer comment on our shared experience from vantages not normally witnessed. \nABOUT THE ARTISTS: \nJotham (Joe) Austin\, II\, was born and raised in Philadelphia\, PA. He received his BS in Biology from Penn State University-Behrend\, but when not in the lab he was busy writing short stories and poems. He attended graduate school at Arizona State University\, where he received his PhD in Botany. One could say his love of writing continued to blossom: Joe started reading his poems at coffeehouses and small venues around Tempe\, AZ\, and eventually formed a poetry/music combo with Robbie Roberson\, director of Electron Microscopy. After taking a Postdoctoral position in Microscopy in Boulder\, CO\, he made his way to Chicago where he currently is Director of the University of Chicago’s Electron Microscopy Core Facility. Joe returned to creative writing after tearing his Achilles tendon\, finishing his first novel\, Pretty Small Things. He now knows the true meaning of rejection as he chases publication\, but everyone loves his homebrew. \nPaul Gorski majored in biology and chemistry before taking a job as a technical copywriter. After coordinating his marketing department’s move to digital publishing in the early ‘90s\, he moved on to develop and support digital publishing systems used by ad agencies\, newspapers and publishers. Paul currently supports publishing workflows at the American Dental Association in Chicago. He also writes two weekly columns for The Rock River Times newspaper in Rockford\, where he lives with his wife and children. Somewhere between Chicago and Rockford he pauses long enough to manage www.nwuchicago.org\, the National Writers Union–Chicago website. \nVojislav Pejović (“voice-love peyovich”) is a neurobiologist by training and earns his living as a medical writer. In 2008\, he published a critically acclaimed novel in his native Montenegro\, and in 2010\, translations of Charles Simic’s poetry in Serbo-Croatian. He also wrote a couple of movie scripts. His current project is a collection of stories in English and Serbo-Croatian. He lives in Evanston with his wife and their two sons. \nAnne K. Yoder is a staff writer for the online literary magazine The Millions and is the co-editrix of Projecttile\, a journal of nontraditional writing with a feminist bent. When she’s not dealing in words\, she’s dealing in pharmaceuticals\, legally. She’s a registered pharmacist in three states and she’s moonlighted as a hospital pharmacist for over ten years to support her writing habit. Her fiction\, nonfiction\, and criticism have appeared in Fence\, Bomb\, and Tin House\, among other publications. \nABOUT THE CURATOR: \nStephanie Levi received her Ph.D. in Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology at the University of Chicago\, and created a variety of science outreach\, communication and mentoring opportunities during her pre-doctoral years. After completing her Ph.D.\, she centered her career at the nexus of science\, outreach\, education and communication\, focusing on improving student recruitment\, retention and success in the sciences\, technology\, engineering and math (STEM)\, particularly underrepresented students\, first generation and low income students\, and individuals with disabilities. Her impact has led to programmatic success and student achievement at a variety of venues\, including the Midwest’s only four-year Hispanic-Serving Institution\, a national non-profit\, local youth-serving organizations\, museums and libraries\, among others.  Public education and outreach with science\, technology\, engineering and math are critical components of her professional interests\, particularly as they focus on adults. She is the creator of Night Lab and Science is Sexy\, public outreach initiatives to build a bridge between the scientific community and the general public to foster public education\, engagement and interest in science. \nClick the logo below to learn more about Science is Sexy:
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