R.S.V.P. Deadline: “Illuminate” Annual Benefit
April 13th is the official deadline to r.s.v.p. for this year's annual Benefit "Illuminate" - the art and craft of graphic novels, with Nicole Hollander, Audrey Niffenegger, C. Spike Trotman...
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“Illuminate” – The Guild Literary Complex’s Third Annual Benefit!
DePaul Art Museum 935 W. Fullerton, Chicago, IL, United StatesThis year’s theme is the art and craft of graphic novels and features cocktails, appetizers and a panel discussion with Nicole Hollander, Audrey Niffenegger, C. Spike Trotman and Chris Ware! Learn more here.
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Palabra Pura “South of the Border: Way South”
La Bruquena restaurant (2nd floor) 2726 W. Division, Chicago, IL, United StatesCurated by Beatriz Badikian Gartler and featuring Fernando Olszanski and Bernardo Navia. Curator Beatriz Badikian-Gartler was born and reared in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and has lived in the Chicago area for over thirty-five years. Badikian-Gartler holds a Ph.D. in English from the University of Illinois at Chicago and teaches at various institutions of higher learning....
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Submission Deadline for the 2012 Prose Awards for Short Fiction and Non-Fiction
The Guild's annual contest awards two $250 prizes, one for short fiction and one for short non-fiction. 2012 judges are Amina Gautier (fiction) and David Lazar (non-fiction). The submission deadline to enter this year's contest (for email OR snail mail arrival) is 5pm, September 28th, 2012. To complete your entry, CLICK HERE for judge biographies...
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Crafting Castoffs into “Unnatural Spaces”
Hairpin Arts Center 2800 N. Milwaukee, Chicago, IL, United StatesAs part of Chicago Artists Month, the Guild and Voice of the City will host a workshop featuring the Set Designer and Costume Designer for the Poetry Performance Incubator show "Unnatural Spaces" (playing Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays in October). Because the show's theme is the environmental complexities of urban living, as part of the creative...
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Crafting Castoffs into “Unnatural Spaces”
Hairpin Arts Center 2800 N. Milwaukee, Chicago, IL, United StatesAs part of Chicago Artists Month, the Guild and Voice of the City will host a workshop featuring the Set Designer and Costume Designer for the Poetry Performance Incubator show "Unnatural Spaces" (playing Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays in October). Because the show's theme is the environmental complexities of urban living, as part of the creative...
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2012 Prose Awards for Short Fiction and Non-Fiction – Recognition Event
Chopin Theatre 1543 W. Division (near Milwaukee and Ashland), Chicago, IL, United StatesThe Guild Literary Complex's Prose Awards (short fiction and non-fiction) help to surface emerging and mid-career prose writers and bring them to the public's attention through an open call for submissions and judged competition. Past judges have included luminaries such as Stuart Dybek, Alex Kotlowitz, Antonya Nelson, and Sam Weller. On October 24, we will...
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Poetry Performance Incubator Auditions
Free Street Theatre 1419 W. Blackhawk St, Chicago, IL, United StatesThe Poetry Performance Incubator is seeking poets and other writers to collaborate on the creation of a workshop production of Like Bread, a new theatrical performance about making space for a creative life. We are particularly interested in working with poets from a broad range of aesthetics, backgrounds, ages, and Chicago communities. Inspired by the Roque Dalton poem “Like You,”...
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2013 Prose Awards
Chopin Theater 1543 W DivisionEvery fall we recognize outstanding short fiction and non-fiction from across the State of Illinois and award $250 cash prizes to one outstanding writer in each category. Please join us...
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TONIC: a soulful celebration
Vincent Restaurant 1475 W Balmoral , ChicagoYou are cordially invited to TONIC: a soulful celebration! It's been a year of recognition and achievement for the Guild, from inaugurating Brooksday to receiving a major MacArthur Foundation grant....
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Chicago Book Expo
St. Augustine College 1345 W. ArgyleThe Guild will have a table at the Chicago Book Expo on Sunday, November 24 from 11am-5pm. The Chicago Book Expo has "Chicago’s best independent publishers and authors selling books,...
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Poetry off the Shelf: Eduardo C. Corral, Carmen Giménez-Smith, Sheryl Luna and Deborah Paredez
Poetry Foundation 61 West Superior StreetWe are very pleased to be partnering with the Poetry Foundation for a special Poetry off the Shelf. Inspired by Cave Canem and Kundiman, CantoMundo is a national collective for...
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Literary Rock & Roll: a life tribute to David Hernandez
Metro 3730 N Clark St, ChicagoDavid Hernandez in rehearsal. (Photo by Tanya Tucka) The Guild Literary Complex and Columbia College Creative Writing Department are pleased to celebrate the life of David Hernandez in this one-of-a-kind event in conjunction with Story Week 2014: “Street Sounds take music, lyrics and song a stimulating step further.” – Chicago Sun Times Chicago’s “unofficial Poet Laureate,”...
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Gwendolyn Brooks Community Reading
Woodson Library 9525 South HalstedSaturday, April 12, 2:00 p.m. Woodson Regional Library (Auditorium), 9525 South Halsted In conjunction with Brooksday—the Guild's annual tribute to author Gwendolyn Brooks—we're pleased to present the Gwendolyn Brooks Community...
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Safe, But Not Silent: How ICORN helps persecuted writers
Chicago Temple Building– Pierce Hall 77 W Washington Street, Chicago, United StatesWednesday, April 23 6:00 p.m. Chicago Temple Building, Pierce Hall Helge Lunde 77 W Washington Street FREE Safe, But Not Silent: How ICORN helps persecuted writers A public talk by...
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Applied Words: Voices of Protest
Facets Multi-Media 1517 W Fullerton Ave, Select a Country:Friday, April 25, 7:00 p.m. Facets Multimedia 1517 W. Fullerton Ave. (Note: The same program takes place at 8 p.m. on Saturday, April 26.) Al-Sheikh, Maarouf Voices of Protest,...
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Equanimity: Writing and Exile
Victory Gardens Biograph Theater 2433 North Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL, United StatesPresented by Victory Gardens Moderated by John Rich, Executive Director of the Guild Literary Complex Being forced to leave one’s homeland can leave one with a sense of loss, trauma,...
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TONIC
Beauty Bar 1444 W. Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL, United StatesThe Guild’s “good for you” year-end party has returned! This year, after much celebration of our 25th anniversary, we look forward to the future. We plan to celebrate with music,...
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Uncharted: a “25 Writers to Watch” kick-off
Schubas Tavern 3159 N Southport, Chicago, IL, United StatesAs part of the Guild's 25th anniversary last year, we highlighted 25 Chicago area Writers to Watch. This year, we program all of them—starting now! "Uncharted" features readings by Eric...
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Voices of Protest: Home Edition
826CHI 1276 N. Milwaukee Ave, ChicagoIn September 2014, the Guild Literary Complex sent five Chicago writers to the 2014 Kapittel International Festival of Literature and Freedom of Speech in Stavanger, Norway. NOW, for the first time since their return, the authors will give a special reading of creative work inspired by the trip and lead a community dialogue on free...
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Applied Words: A Dose of Mind and Body
International Museum of Surgical Science 1524 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL, United StatesFor this Applied Words event, we ask our featured artists to give us a dose of health-connected stories of the body and/or mind. Tonight's line-up includes two "Writers to Watch," Rey Andújar and Megan Stielstra, along with special guests Andrew Huff and Samantha Irby. And to make the program more body related, we have partnered...
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Poetry Reading: Saint Teresa of Jesús, The Birth of a Writer and a Poet
Instituto Cervantes 31 West Ohio Street, Chicago, IL, United StatesSaint Teresa of Jesús held a special, privileged place for books during her life. Not only did she consider books important for her work as a writer, but also as a reader. Saint Teresa mainly wrote prose and her most popular poems are those that reflect her mysticism. In this special event, Instituto Cervantes, contratiempo,...
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The Alphabet of Distant Harbours
The Chicago Cultural Center 78 E Washington St.The Guild Complex continues a new reading platform to foreground Asian / American authors and themes. Curated by Dipika Mukherjee, this spring's program—The Alphabet of Distant Harbours—features Toni Nealie, Zhou...
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The Wall of Respect and People’s Art Since 1967 Symposium Opening
Art Institute of Chicago, Modern Wing 159 E Monroe St, Chicago, IL, United StatesThe Guild Literary Complex joins the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and other partners in a symposium launch event tonight to honor and discuss the legacy of the...
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Applied Words: On Belonging
Schubas Tavern 3159 N Southport, Chicago, IL, United StatesIn a city—let alone a world—of vast geographies, identities, experience and more, how do we understand our place? Using personal stories, our guest authors will navigate the territory of belonging...
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Wink and Whisper: the Guild’s 2015 benefit party
Uptown Underground 4707 N Broadway, Chicago, IL, United StatesClick here to buy tickets! The Guild Complex is re-imagining the 1920s through music, song, comedy, and dance in our sixth annual benefit, Wink & Whisper: A 1920s LGBT Cabaret....
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Palabra Pura: Inner Landscape Queens
Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center 4048 West Armitage, Chicago, United StatesPlease note this month's Palabra Pura is taking place at a special location: the Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center (4048 W Armitage Ave). Three fearless and unique feminine voices with...
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Reverend Billy and The Stop Shopping Choir
Preston Bradley Center 941 West Lawrence, Chicago, IL, United StatesTickets available at door (advance sales have ended). Reverend Billy & The Stop Shopping Choir is a radical performance community based in New York City, and they are coming...
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BrooksDay 2015 – By Any Art Necessary
Logan Arts Center 915 E 60th St, Chicago, IL, United StatesJune 7, 2015 marks the Third Annual BrooksDay and promises to be an exciting continuation of The Guild Literary Complex’s signature event with nonstop readings and performances this year in...
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Luis Rodriguez reading
Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center 4048 West Armitage, Chicago, United StatesFounder of Tia Chucha Press and L.A. Poet Laureate Luis Rodriguez returns to Chicago for a special reading event sponsored by Poets & Writers, Inc. This program takes...
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