BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Guild Literary Complex - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Guild Literary Complex X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://guildcomplex.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Guild Literary Complex REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20230312T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20231105T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20240310T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20241103T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20250309T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20251102T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20260308T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20261101T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251008T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251008T210000 DTSTAMP:20260423T162727 CREATED:20250919T181943Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260327T062316Z UID:12696-1759950000-1759957200@guildcomplex.org SUMMARY:¡Slam Diáspora en Vivo! DESCRIPTION:Schedule\n\n6:30– Doors open/Sign Up7:00– Slam Starts8:30– Open Mic9:00– ¡ADIOS! \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nOpen to poets of all styles and ages! From anyone who is just starting\, to anyone who has been writing for decades\, are all welcome to participate. \n\n\n\nRequirements:Slam– 2 poems in Spanish/SpanglishOpen Mic– Any genre of performance art in any language! \n\n\n\nWe believe that poetry pertains to everyone\, and that all of us carry it within us. This slam is to experiment\, play\, and to let the words flow. \n\n\n\nRemember: the point is not the points\, the point is the community. We want to nurture a poetic community\, and invite new people to participate as audience members\, as poets\, and as spoken-word lovers. \n\n\n\nSlam Diáspora is the first Spanish slam in the U.S. and aims to create a space that unites Latinx poets in the US with poets in Latin America\, to form a poetry community despite borders. \n\n\n\nParticipants and winners from last year can participate again! \n\n\n\n\n\n¡Abierto a poetas de todos estilos y edades! Desde quien apenas esta empezando a escribir\, a quienes llevan décadas escribiendo– todos están bienvenidos a participar. \n\n\n\nRequisitos:Slam– Dos poemas (en español/spanglish)Open Mic– Música/Poesía/Cuento etc\, en cualquier idioma \n\n\n\nCreemos que la poesía le pertenece a todxs\, y que todxs traemos poesía adentro. Este Slam es para experimentar\, jugar\, y dejar que la palabra fluya. \n\n\n\nRecuerden: el punto no son los puntos\, sino la comuna. Queremos crecer como comunidad poética\, e invitar a nuevas personas a participar como audiencia\, cómo poetas\, y cómo amantes de la palabra viva. \n\n\n\nSlam Diáspora es el primer slam de poesía en español de los EEUU y busca crear un espacio que une poetas Latinx en los EEUU con poetas en Latinoamérica para fomentar una comunidad poética a pesar de las fronteras. \n\n\n\n¡Participantes y ganadores del año pasado pueden participar de nuevo! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/slam-diaspora-2025-2/ LOCATION:Taqueria El Mezquite\, 1756 W 18th St\, Chicago\, Illinois\, 60608\, United States CATEGORIES:Partner Event,Slam Diáspora ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://guildcomplex.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/slam-en-vivo-2025.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251002T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251002T203000 DTSTAMP:20260423T162727 CREATED:20250918T033743Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250918T033744Z UID:12663-1759429800-1759437000@guildcomplex.org SUMMARY:GBOMA 2025 DESCRIPTION:The Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Awards (GBOMA) is returning for its 31st year! GBOMA is an annual poetry competition founded by Gwendolyn Brooks\, Illinois’ third Poet Laureate. This year\, the top contestants were selected by guest judge Dan “Sully” Sullivan\, and are invited to perform their original poems at this live finals event on October 2\, where the audience favorite is awarded the $500 prize.Come out and support the 2025 finalists for the Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Awards (GBOMA) as they perform their works live.  Join us for an all-ages event of poetry and community. \n\n\n\n\n2025 GBOMA Finalists \n\n\n\n\n\nBarbara BarrowsChirskira CaillouetMars April CaultonSylvia EwingLisa FarverRocio FrancoGregorio GomezCrystal Vance Guerra \n\n\n\n\n\nWesley Frazier KeysMiguel MarzanaCiara MillerHilesh PatelSayeda QaderSandra SantiagoSamina Hadi-TabassumKara Rose Trojan URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/gboma-2025/ LOCATION:Epiphany Center for the Arts\, 201 South Ashland Ave.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60647\, United States CATEGORIES:GBOMA ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://guildcomplex.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250930T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250930T200000 DTSTAMP:20260423T162727 CREATED:20250919T144533Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250919T144534Z UID:12677-1759257000-1759262400@guildcomplex.org SUMMARY:Women's Writers Showcase DESCRIPTION:The Guild Complex and Haymarket Books feature six new books by six amazing\, local self- identifying female authors\, centering fiction\, poetry and short stories about the magic of water\, ancestral legacy\, grief\, longing and memory. A lineup not to be missed! Tickets here. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFeaturing: Virginia Bell was chosen for New City Magazine’s Lit 50: Who Really Books in Chicago for 2025 and Bell’s latest poetry collection is Lifting Child from the Ground\, Turning Around (Glass Lyre Press 2025). She is Co-Editor of the forthcoming anthology The Overturning (Erratics Books\, an imprint of Hypertext\, 2025)\, and Co-Editor of RHINO Poetry. Bell’s previous work includes From the Belly (Sibling Rivalry Press 2012)\, NELLE Magazine’s Nonfiction Prize in 2020 for the personal essay\, “Chicken\,” and Honorable Mention in the 2019 RiverSedge Poetry Prize\, judged by José Antonio Rodríguez. Bell has a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature and teaches at Loyola University Chicago and DePaul University. \n\n\n\nEiren Caffall is an author and musician based in Chicago. Her writing on loss and nature\, oceans and extinction has appeared in Orion\, The Writer’s Digest\, Guernica\, The Los Angeles Review of Books\, Literary Hub\, Al Jazeera\, The Rumpus\, and the anthology Elementals: Volume IV: Fire (The Center for Humans and Nature\, 2024). She has received a 2023 Whiting Award in Creative Nonfiction\, a Social Justice News Nexus fellowship\, and residencies at the Banff Centre\, Millay Colony\, MacDowell Colony (waitlisted)\, Hedgebrook\, and Ragdale. She is the author of the memoir The Mourner’s Bestiary (Row House Publishing\, 2024) and the novel All the Water in the World (St. Martin’s Press\, 2025). \n\n\n\nMarcy Rae Henry is a multidisciplinary Xicana artist from the Borderlands who studied Buddhism\, meditation and massage in India and Nepal in between academic degrees. She is the author of death is a mariachi\, winner of the May Sarton NH Poetry Prize\, (Bauhan Press)\, when to go to the Taj Mahal (Bottlecap Press)\, the body is where it all begins (Querencia Press)\, dream life of night owls\, winner of the Open Country Chapbook Contest\, (Open Country Press)\, and We Are Primary Colors (DoubleCross Press). Her work has received a Chicago Community Arts Assistance Grant\, an Illinois Arts Council Fellowship\, a Pushcart nomination\, first prize in Suburbia’s Novel Excerpt Contest and Kaveh Akbar recently chose her fiction collection\, Southwest Stories: Martinis and the Magnetic Poles\, as a finalist for the George Garrett Fiction Prize. MRae is a professor of English\, literature and creative writing at Wilbur Wright College Chicago\, a Hispanic Serving Institution. She is an associate editor for RHINO and a digital minimalist with no social media accounts. \n\n\n\nI.S. Jones is the author of Bloodmercy\, chosen by Nicole Sealey as the winner of the 2025 APR / Honickman First Book Prize and the chapbook Spells of My Name\, selected by Newfound in 2021 for their Emerging Writers Series. Currently\, she is a Senior Editor for Poetry Northwest\, where she runs her column\, The Legacy Suite\, a three-part interview documenting the journey of writers publishing their debut poetry collections. Her works have appeared in Granta\, LA Review of Books\, Guernica\, Prairie Schooner\, The Rumpus\, and elsewhere. While she has lived in many places across the U.S.\, she gratefully calls Chicago home. \n\n\n\nMaud Lavin is the 2020 recipient of the Distinguished Feminist Award for scholarship from the College Art Association of America. Lavin is a key pioneer in the field of feminist art history and visual studies. She is the author of numerous books including the first English-language book on Berlin Dada artist Hannah Hoch\, Cut with the Kitchen Knife: The Weimar Photomontages of Hannah Hoch\, and most recently\, Boys’ Love\, Cosplay\, and Androgynous Idols: Queer Fan Cultures in Mainland China\, Hong Kong\, and Taiwan\, co-edited with Ling Yang and Jamie Zhao. \n\n\n\nSahar Mustafah’s debut novel The Beauty of Your Face was named a 2020 Notable Book and Editor’s Choice by New York Times Book Review and one of Marie Claire Magazine’s 2020 Best Fiction by Women. Her award-winning short stories have been recently featured in Prairie Schooner\, The Massachusetts Review\, and Redline: Chicago Horror Stories. Her second novel\, The Slightest Green\, is forthcoming this November from Interlink Books. Mustafah writes and teaches outside of Chicago.***We ask that all attendees wear masks in the event space during the program for the health and well-being of the speaker and other guests. We will also have a reception following the event with light refreshments.*** URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/womens-writers-showcase/ LOCATION:Haymarket House\, 800 W. Buena Ave.\, Chicago\, Illinois CATEGORIES:Special Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://guildcomplex.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Women-Writers-Showcase-2025-e1758292296548.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250910T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250910T210000 DTSTAMP:20260423T162727 CREATED:20250919T180404Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250919T180937Z UID:12681-1757530800-1757538000@guildcomplex.org SUMMARY:¡Slam Diáspora en Vivo! DESCRIPTION:Schedule\n6:30– Doors open/Sign Up7:00– Slam Starts8:30– Open Mic9:00– ¡ADIOS! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOpen to poets of all styles and ages! From anyone who is just starting\, to anyone who has been writing for decades\, are all welcome to participate. \n\n\n\nRequirements:Slam– 2 poems in Spanish/SpanglishOpen Mic– Any genre of performance art in any language! \n\n\n\nWe believe that poetry pertains to everyone\, and that all of us carry it within us. This slam is to experiment\, play\, and to let the words flow. \n\n\n\nRemember: the point is not the points\, the point is the community. We want to nurture a poetic community\, and invite new people to participate as audience members\, as poets\, and as spoken-word lovers. \n\n\n\nSlam Diáspora is the first Spanish slam in the U.S. and aims to create a space that unites Latinx poets in the US with poets in Latin America\, to form a poetry community despite borders. \n\n\n\nParticipants and winners from last year can participate again! \n\n\n\n\n\n¡Abierto a poetas de todos estilos y edades! Desde quien apenas esta empezando a escribir\, a quienes llevan décadas escribiendo– todos están bienvenidos a participar. \n\n\n\nRequisitos:Slam– Dos poemas (en español/spanglish)Open Mic– Música/Poesía/Cuento etc\, en cualquier idioma \n\n\n\nCreemos que la poesía le pertenece a todxs\, y que todxs traemos poesía adentro. Este Slam es para experimentar\, jugar\, y dejar que la palabra fluya. \n\n\n\nRecuerden: el punto no son los puntos\, sino la comuna. Queremos crecer como comunidad poética\, e invitar a nuevas personas a participar como audiencia\, cómo poetas\, y cómo amantes de la palabra viva. \n\n\n\nSlam Diáspora es el primer slam de poesía en español de los EEUU y busca crear un espacio que une poetas Latinx en los EEUU con poetas en Latinoamérica para fomentar una comunidad poética a pesar de las fronteras. \n\n\n\n¡Participantes y ganadores del año pasado pueden participar de nuevo! URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/slam-diaspora-2025/ LOCATION:PACH 21\, 2141 W 21st St\, Chicago\, Illinois\, 60608\, United States CATEGORIES:Partner Event,Slam Diáspora ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://guildcomplex.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/slam-en-vivo-2025.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250907T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250907T220000 DTSTAMP:20260423T162727 CREATED:20250828T165708Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250828T165709Z UID:12642-1757271600-1757282400@guildcomplex.org SUMMARY:Transvengence Vol. 9: Queer Pop-up DESCRIPTION:Join us after Printers Row Lit Fest at Podlasie Club for TRANSVENGENCE: VOL. 9! Our regular show this month will close off the literary weekend with special performances following an audience open mic. \n\n\n\nHost: Joss Barton \n\n\n\nFeatured Artist: Joy Guidry \n\n\n\n\nDoors 7PM\n\n\n\nOpen Mic 8PM\n\n\n\nPerformances 9PM\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoy Guidry\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoy Guidry is a bassoonist\, versatile improviser\, performance artist\, and composer of experimental\, daring new works that embody a deep love of storytelling; Joy’s music channels her inner child in honor of their ancestors and predecessors. The San Diego Tribune has hailed her performances as “lyrical and haunting…hair-raising and unsettling.” \n\n\n\nJoy was born in Houston\, Texas\, into a creative family that has shaped who she is today. Joy has presented her original work at The Whitney Museum for American Art\, Hauser & Wirth\, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego\, The Kitchen\, Redcat\, among many other venues. She has been commissioned by The National Sawdust\, Long Beach Opera\, JACK Quartet\, Gaudeamus Festival\, and the I&I Foundation. Joy has been featured in festivals\, including the La Biennale di Venezia\, A’Larme Festival\, Cologne Jazz Week\, Spoleto Festival USA\, Big Ears Festival\, and many more. \n\n\n\nJoy holds a bachelor’s degree in Bassoon Performance from the Peabody Conservatory and a Graduate Performance Diploma from the Mannes School of Music. In addition\, Joy Guidry is the winner of the 2021 Berlin Prize for Young Artists. She Is currently playing on a Heckel Bassoon number 6101. URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/transvengence-vol-9/ LOCATION:Podlasie Club\, 2918 N Central Park Ave.\, Chicago\, Illinois\, 60618 CATEGORIES:Press Room,Transvengence ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://guildcomplex.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Transvengence-Vol.-9.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250823T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250823T200000 DTSTAMP:20260423T162727 CREATED:20250725T224229Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250804T210523Z UID:12510-1755950400-1755979200@guildcomplex.org SUMMARY:Fountain Square LitFest DESCRIPTION:Fountain Square | 1601 Sherman Ave. | Evanston\, IL \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBookends & Beginnings and the Guild Literary Complex present an afternoon of literary celebration on Saturday\, August 23rd\, from 12-8pm. Immerse yourself in author readings\, hands-on writing workshops\, bookmaking\, and live music in downtown Evanston. Whether you’re a seasoned writer\, an avid reader\, or simply looking to be inspired\, this festival centers around a dynamic community space to connect\, create\, and celebrate the written word in all its forms. \n\n\n\nAll events are located at Fountain Square\, unless otherwise noted. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKeynote Speaker:\n\n\n\nAngela Jackson \n\n\n\nOutgoing Illinois Poet Laureate  \n\n\n\n(1:00-1:45pm) \n\n\n\n\n\nREADINGS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGuild Complex\n\n\n\n(2:00-2:45pm) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHelene Achanzar  \n\n\n\nJeremy Gordon  \n\n\n\nR.A. Villanueva  \n\n\n\nTyriek White \n\n\n\ncurated by Helene Achanzar \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRHINO\n\n\n\n(3:00-3:45pm) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDiya Abbas \n\n\n\nNile Lansana  \n\n\n\nTimothy David Rey  \n\n\n\nMaja Teref & Steven Teref \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSunday Salon\n\n\n\n(5:00-5:45pm) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSimone Muench  \n\n\n\nApril Gibson  \n\n\n\nVincent Francone \n\n\n\nDina Elebogen  \n\n\n\ncurated by Ignatius Valentine Aloysius \n\n\n\n\n\nPlus Youth Poetry Reading (4:00-4:45pm) featuring Young Chicago Authors and Youth Poet Laureate Eila Kittikamron Mora \n\n\n\n& Children’s Reading presented by Mallory Raven-Ellen Backstrom (12:15-12:45pm) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWORKSHOPS\n\n\n\nPoetry: Kenyatta Rogers \n\n\n\n1:00-2:30pm at Bookends & Beginnings [Register Here] \n\n\n\nGraphic Narrative & Comics: Nate Olison \n\n\n\n3:00-4:30pm at Bookends & Beginnings [Register Here] \n\n\n\n\n\nLIVE MUSIC\n\n\n\nfrom Esso Funk \n\n\n\n(6:20-7:15pm) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Artists\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMallory Raven-Ellen Backstrom\n\n\n\nMallory Raven-Ellen Backstrom is the founder and creator of Fairy Tales for Sunkissed Women. A poetic worldbuilder\, her passion for storytelling\, diverse representation\, mindfulness\, and mysticism shines through the universes she conjures on the page\, stage\, and canvas. An award-winning playwright\, author\, illustrator\, and teaching artist. Mallory’s play\, Cephianne’s Reflection\, received the prestigious L. Arnold Weissberger New Play Award and the Jay Harris Commission from the Williamstown Theatre Festival\, where she is also an Artist in Residence. She’s an alumna of the Playwrights’ Unit at Goodman Theatre\, where her work has been developed in Future Labs and the New Stages Festival. Mallory has received the Chicago Esteemed Artist Award\, the B2B Arts grant\, is a 3Arts Make-A-Wave awardee\, and a Chicago Dramatists Tutterow Fellow. She was the inaugural Sullivan Playwright-in-Residence at the University of Illinois. CineCity Studios\, The Story Theatre\, Sideshow Theatre\, The Athena Project\, The New Coordinates Theatre\, and The Refracted Theatre Company have supported her plays. \n\n\n\n“A craftsman of the English language\,” Windy City Reviews praised her debut novel\, Reasons for Being. Going on to say\, “Mallory’s writing is as clear and beautiful as springtime in a meadow. You inhale the delicate natural musk to make it a part of your very being.” Her anticipated children’s book\, Let’s Catch a Happily Ever After\, is the first in her collection of Fairy Tales for Starkissed Children. Mallory has lectured at the University of California-Davis\, the University of Illinois\, Devil’s Daughter\, and Illinois Humanities. Her art has been showcased at The Freedom and Movement Gallery and The Breathing Room. Connect with her @fairytalesforsunkissedwomen and www.MalloryBackstrom.com \n\n\n\n\n\n— Guild Complex —\n\n\n\nHelene Achanzar \n\n\n\nHelene Achanzar is a poet and editor whose writing has appeared in The Georgia Review\, Sixth Finch\, Best New Poets\, and elsewhere. Winner of the 2022 New England Review Award for Emerging Writers\, her work has been supported by Bread Loaf\, the T.S. Eliot Foundation\, and the Chicago Architecture Biennial. She is a senior editor for Poetry Northwest\, Midwest Regional Chair for Kundiman\, and Director of Programs at the Chicago Poetry Center. \n\n\n\nJeremy Gordon \n\n\n\nJeremy Gordon is the author of See Friendship\, which was released in March by Harper Perennial. He’s a senior editor on the culture desk at The Atlantic\, and his writing has appeared in The New York Times\, GQ\, Pitchfork\, The Nation\, and The Outline. He lives in Brooklyn.  \n\n\n\nR.A. Villanueva \n\n\n\nR. A. Villanueva is the author of two collections of poetry: A Holy Dread\, winner of the Alice James Award (forthcoming in 2026) and Reliquaria (University of Nebraska Press\, 2014)\, winner of the Prairie Schooner Book Prize. New work has been featured by the Academy of American Poets and National Public Radio—and his writing appears widely in international publications such as Poetry London and The Poetry Review. His honors include commendations from the Forward Prizes\, and fellowships from the Sewanee Writers’ Conference and the Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts. He lives in Brooklyn\, New York.  \n\n\n\nTyriek White \n\n\n\nTyriek White is a writer\, musician\, and educator from Brooklyn\, NY. He is the author of WE ARE A HAUNTING (Astra House\, 2023)\, winner of The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize. The novel was also a finalist for the Gotham Book Prize and the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Award for Fiction; and longlisted for the Brooklyn Public Library Book Prize. In 2024\, he was named a National Book Foundation ‘5 Under 35’ honoree. He is currently the media director of Lampblack Literary Foundation\, which seeks to provide mutual aid and various resources to Black writers across the diaspora. \n\n\n\n— RHINO —\n\n\n\nNile Lansana\n\n\n\nNile Lansana is an interdisciplinary artist from the South Side of Chicago. An acclaimed writer\, poet\, performer\, and filmmaker\, his work is centered around revealing radical truths and amplifying marginalized voices and narratives through a lens of Black imagination and visionary intention. He is a nominee for the inaugural Chicago Poet Laureate position. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with degrees in Journalism and English-Creative Writing. He is a nominee for the inaugural Chicago Poet Laureate. He won the 2021 Ronald Wallace Poetry Thesis Prize and 2020 George B Hill Poetry Prize. His work is published in American Gun: A Poem by 100 Chicagoans\, The BreakBeat Poets: New American Poetry in the Age of Hip-Hop\, & elsewhere. He holds fellowships from the Rebuild Foundation and Obsidian Foundation. He is a proud uncle and the oldest of four Black boys. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTimothy David Rey\n\n\n\nTimothy David Rey is a playwright\, poet\, and performer. His poetic play. .ZIP! was a 2023 semifinalist for the Eugene O Neill National Playwrights Conference. His poetry and creative writing have been exhibited at the Poetry Foundation\, Steppenwolf Theater Lookout Series\, Obsidian: The Literature of the African Diaspora\, RHINO Poetry (forthcoming)\, and Black Horse Review. He is a New City Magazine 2025 Lit 50 (People who really ‘book’ in Chicago.) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMaja and Steven Teref\n\n\n\nSteven and Maja Teref’s translations include Ana Ristović’s Directions for Use\, shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award\, Best Translated Book Award\, and the National Translation Award\, and Novica Tadić’s Assembly. Their translations have appeared in The New Yorker\, Brooklyn Rail\, Columbia Journal\, and elsewhere. The Terefs’ latest book is Milena Marković’s sympathy for the salami\, a translated collection of her shorter poems\, which features two excerpts from Children. Steven is a co-editor with Aleksandar Bošković of Zenithism (1921–1927): A Yugoslav Avant-Garde Anthology. He is the editor for Academic Studies Press’ Companions to Slavic Literature series. Maja teaches at the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools where she is also the faculty advisor for the student-run literary translation journal Ouroboros Review. The Teref’s are members of the Third Coast Translators Collective. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDiya Abbas\n\n\n\nDiya Abbas is a first-generation Pakistani poet from the Midwest\, now living in New York. They were named the 2022 George B. Hill Poetry Prize Winner and the Lyman S.V. Judson Awardee in the Creative Arts. Her poems are forthcoming in North American Review\, Poetry Northwest\, and LAKEER Mag\, and have been featured in Hayden’s Ferry Review\, Foglifter\, Adroit\, The Offing\, BAHR Magazine\, Emerge Literary Journal\, RHINO\, and others. She studied Creative Writing and South Asian Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. \n\n\n\n\n\n— Sunday Salon —\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSimone Muench\n\n\n\nSimone Muench is a recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Poetry Fellowship and the author of seven full-length books\, including Lampblack & Ash (Sarabande; Kathryn A. Morton Prize)\, Wolf Centos (Sarabande)\, and The Under Hum (Black Lawrence Press\, 2024)\, co-written with Jackie K. White. She serves as faculty advisor for Jet Fuel Review\, a senior poetry editor for Tupelo Quarterly\, and poetry editor for Jackleg Press. She is the founder of the Hungry Brain Sunday Reading Series\, which she co-hosts with Kenyatta Rogers. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nApril Gibson\n\n\n\nApril Gibson is a poet\, writer\, and author of The Span of a Small Forever (Amistad/HarperCollins\, 2024)\, shortlisted for a Chicago Review of Books Award and Chicago Reader’s Best of Chicago. Her work is also published in The Kenyon Review\, Michigan Quarterly Review\, Prairie Schooner and elsewhere. April is an Assistant Professor of English at Malcolm X College. \n\n\n\nWebsite: https://argpoetry.com/  \n\n\n\nInstagram: @poetmamawoman  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVincent Francone\n\n\n\nVincent Francone is the author of Like a Dog\, The Soft Lunacy\, and A Book No One Wants. He edited Open Heart Chicago: an Anthology of Chicago Writing and is Editor-in-Chief of Jabber Literary. His stray poems\, essays\, and stories have popped up online and in print thanks to various journals (New City\, Southword\, Three Percent\, Akashic Books\, to name a few).   \n\n\n\nwww.vincentfrancone.com  \n\n\n\nBluesky: @vincentfrancone.bsky.social‬ \n\n\n\nInstagram: @vincentfrancone  \n\n\n\nFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/vincent.francone.7  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDina Elebogen\n\n\n\nDina Elenbogen is author of the poetry collections\, Shore (Glass Lyre Press) and Apples of the Earth\, (Spuyten Duyvil\, NY) as well as the memoir\, Drawn from Water. She’s received fellowships from the Illinois Arts Council and the Ragdale Foundation. Her work has appeared in anthologies and magazines including What the House Knows (Terrapin Books) City of the Big shoulders\, (University of Iowa Press) The Nature of our Times anthology\, Beyond Lament\, (Northwestern University Press)\, Lit Hub\, Bellevue Literary Review\, Brevity\, Prairie Schooner\, december\, Woven Tale Press\, Cimmaron Review\, Patterson Literary Review\, Connecticut River Review\,  New City Chicago and other venues. She has an MFA in poetry from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and teaches creative writing at the University of Chicago Writer’s Studio.  \n\n\n\nYou can find her at www.dinaelenbogen.com \n\n\n\n\n\n— Young Chicago Authors —\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEila Kittikamron Mora\n\n\n\nEila Kittikamron Mora is a Thai-Colombian American poet\, performer\, and promiser of the rainbow.  A playwright\, songwriter\, and screenwriter in her free time when she’s not dancing Salsa or acting\, her works draw on love and the body\, identity and language\, and coming-of-age. She is serving as the 2025 Chicago Youth Poet Laureate. She represents young queer people of color that are a little bit crazy\, but nonetheless persistent and unabashed. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIsaiah Allen\n\n\n\nHi! My name is Isaiah Allen but most call me Zay. I am 17 years of age\, I started writing plays\, songs\, poems\, and short films at the age of 15. I’m going into my senior year of High School where I am the captain of the Track team\, Peer leader to the freshman basketball team and I was the lead actor in this previous year’s fall musical. Alongside of those things\, I have created a website which gives facts about all the art I create and other aspects of my life which opens doors and opportunities for myself and people like me. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYarely Lopez\n\n\n\nMy name is Yaya\, and I’m in 10th grade. A fun fact about me is that I love collecting sneakers! \n\n\n\n\n\n— ESSO —\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nESSO Funk? Yes\, the Chicago-based bilingual dance band. Their kaleidoscopic approach to fusing Americana with Latin dance and Tropical groove has propelled them to tour\, performing for multicultural audiences on festival stages across the US\, and into Mexico. The live group keeps the vibration high while engaging all ages with inclusive energy and expansive musical range. Website: http://essofunk.com/ \n\n\n\n\n\n— Workshops —\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKenyatta Rogers \n\n\n\nKenyatta Rogers is a Cave Canem Fellow and has been awarded scholarships from the Breadloaf Writers’ Conference. His work has been previously published in or forthcoming from The Academy of American Poets\,  Poetry Magazine\, Jubilat\, Vinyl\, Bat City Review\, The Volta\, PANK\, MAKE Magazine among others. A Pushcart and Best of the Net nominee\, he is as a co-host of the Sunday Reading Series with Simone Muench and is the Creative Writing Department Head at The Chicago High School for the Arts.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNate Olison \n\n\n\nNate Olison is a Chicago-based educator\, artist and entrepreneur who’s been helping students harness the creative process to transform themselves and their environment for over 15 years. Through his company\, Optimist Comics\, he combines project based learning and visual storytelling to improve access to literacy. He’s a fiction writer\, poet\, and cartoonist. He is currently producing (both writing and drawing) The Fragile World of Mr. Frazzle\, a forthcoming YA graphic novel series about growing up and claiming your destiny against all odds.  URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/fountain-square-litfest/ LOCATION:IL CATEGORIES:Special Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://guildcomplex.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/facebook-event-cover-fountain-square.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250724T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250724T210000 DTSTAMP:20260423T162727 CREATED:20250702T013251Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250711T143620Z UID:12429-1753383600-1753390800@guildcomplex.org SUMMARY:Palabra Pura: One Poet\, One Poem DESCRIPTION:Event Registration + Open Mic Sign-Up\n\n\n\n\n\n\n¡Anímate! The Guild Literary Complex is happy to announce that our annual Palabra Pura: One Poet\, One Poem tradition is coming this July. \n\n\n\nAll poets are welcome to perform a poem\, whether it be in English or Spanish\, or both. See old friends and meet new ones\, enjoy delicious Puerto Rican food and drinks\, and listen to some wonderful bilingual poetry. Registration is free. \n\n\n\n——————————————————- \n\n\n\nGuild Literary Complex presenta nuestra tradición y evento anual\, Palabra Pura: Un Poeta\, Un Poema este julio. \n\n\n\nTodas las poetas están bienvenidos a compartir un poema\, en inglés\, español\, o ambos. Encuentra amigos nuevos y viejos\, disfruta la comida puertorriqueña y bebidas y escucha poesía bilingüe. Registro gratis. \n\n\n\nMC: Mary Hawley URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/palabra-pura-one-poet-one-poem-4/ LOCATION:La Bruquena Restaurant\, 2726 W. Division\, Chicago\, IL\, 60622\, United States CATEGORIES:Palabra Pura ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://guildcomplex.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Palabra-Pura-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250622T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250622T223000 DTSTAMP:20260423T162727 CREATED:20250604T215713Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250616T165022Z UID:12342-1750618800-1750631400@guildcomplex.org SUMMARY:Transvengence Pride Month DESCRIPTION:TRANSVENGENCE VOL. 8: LIBERATION BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY\n\n\n\n\n\nScreenshot\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nHost: Joss Barton \n\n\n\n\nOpen Mic sign up 7pm\n\n\n\n\n\nFeatured Performances 8:30\n\n\n\n\n\nOpen Mic for all and discussion with the artists\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPerformers:\n\n\n\n\n\nDutchesz Gemini\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHi Bitch! The gorgeous and gifted Dutchesz Gemini is a Chicago based drag and performance artist\, DJ\, and event host. Her nectareous and high drama presentations take inspiration from ballroom and the worldwide queer underground\, with music selections informed by Chicago house\, techno\, queer hip hop and club bangers. Dutchesz is a resident host/collaborator with Diamond Formation at Smartbar\, CLUBWIVES\, the collective LowVisibility\, and the party and collaboration series RUMORS. \n\n\n\n\n\nOdette Stout\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOdette Stout is an artist and drag performer whose experimental costumes are a staple in Chicago underground nightlife. They stage intermedia performances that cast collaborating artists as otherworldly living artworks\, called on to help tell stories from spaces where self-creation is a survival art practice. Their runway events synthesize fashion\, digital installation\, dance\, drag and poetry and are designed to catalyze an ever-present possibility of transformation. Their unique handmade silicone wearables\, often augmented reality responsive\, are lended out of their studio to local performers and artists. These wearables are documented through their many lives and uses as they gradually degrade and vanish into underground lore. URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/transvengence-pride-month-2025/ LOCATION:Podlasie Club\, 2918 N Central Park Ave.\, Chicago\, Illinois\, 60618 CATEGORIES:Press Room,Transvengence ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://guildcomplex.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/IMG_1959.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250607T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250607T170000 DTSTAMP:20260423T162727 CREATED:20250531T231503Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250531T232810Z UID:12319-1749304800-1749315600@guildcomplex.org SUMMARY:BrooksDay 2025: Living Legacy – Tradition Meets Tomorrow DESCRIPTION:Join us for an unforgettable celebration on Saturday\, June 7\, 2025\, at 2pm as we honor the incredible legacy of Gwendolyn Brooks and the generations of Black female poets who continue her powerful tradition. \n\n\n\nLocation: National Public Housing Museum919 S. Ada St.\, Chicago\, Illinois 60607 \n\n\n\nThe Living Legacy list shines a spotlight on the phenomenal women who are carrying forward Gwendolyn Brooks’ commitment to culture\, community\, and the craft of poetry. This event is not just about celebrating the past—it’s about recognizing the poets shaping the future of Black literary art. \n\n\n\nDon’t miss out on this beautiful intersection of legacy and tomorrow’s voices. We hope to see you there! \n\n\n\nThis event is free to the public. URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/brooksday-2025/ LOCATION:National Public Housing Museum\, 919 South Ada Street\, Chicago\, Illinois\, 60607 CATEGORIES:BrooksDay ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://guildcomplex.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Image.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250606T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250606T210000 DTSTAMP:20260423T162727 CREATED:20250521T165654Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250521T165808Z UID:12314-1749232800-1749243600@guildcomplex.org SUMMARY:SAY THEIR NAMES Community Salon w/ NON:op DESCRIPTION:Get Tickets\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us on June 6 at Experimental Station in Woodlawn as we remember Black Americans killed by police violence and honor the memory of Ronald Browne\, lead researcher and one of the originators of the SAY THEIR NAMES project. Join us for food and drinks\, a demonstration of the new and database\, live art-making\, and the presentation of the STN commissioned artists who will talk about how their new works will engage with the map. \n\n\n\nJune 6\, 6pm • Experimental Station6100 S Blackstone Ave\, Chicago\, IL 60637 \n\n\n\nExperimental Station is wheelchair accessible.For other accessibility requests contact non [at] nonopera [dot] org URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/say-their-names-community-salon-w-nonop/ LOCATION:Experimental Station\, 6100 S. Blackstone\, Chicago\, IL\, United States CATEGORIES:Partner Event,Special Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://guildcomplex.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/057a6ec2-f897-4f15-8351-f42975ae07af_resize.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250530T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250530T200000 DTSTAMP:20260423T162727 CREATED:20250417T005938Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250506T214157Z UID:12212-1748628000-1748635200@guildcomplex.org SUMMARY:Cocktails & Conversation DESCRIPTION:« All Events\n \n \n Cocktails & Conversation \n 05/30/2025\n @ \n6:00 PM\n – \n8:00 PM\nCDT\n Epiphany Center for the Arts \n \n Eric Charles May\n \nRecently retired\, Eric Charles May is an associate professor in the Creative Writing program at Columbia College Chicago and the author of the novel Bedrock Faith\, the 2021 One Book\, One Chicago selection by the Chicago Public Library\, and a 2014 Notable African American Title by Publisher’s Weekly. A Chicago native and a former reporter for The Washington Post\, May is a past recipient of the Chicago Public Library Foundation’s 21st Century Award\, the past board president of the Guild Literary Complex\, a member of 2nd Story\, a curatorial board member of the Ragdale Foundation\, and a selection committee member for the Harold Washington Literary Award. His fiction has also appeared in the magazines Fish Stories\, F\, Hypertext\, Solstice\, and We Speak Chicagoese. In addition to his Post reporting\, his nonfiction has appeared in Sport Literate\, The Chicago Tribune\, and the personal essay anthology Briefly Knocked Unconscious by a Low-Flying Duck. \n \nNancy Johnson\n \nA native of Chicago’s South Side\, Nancy Johnson worked for more than a decade as an Emmy-nominated\, award-winning television journalist at CBS and ABC affiliates in markets nationwide. \n \nHer debut novel\, The Kindest Lie\, has been reviewed by The New York Times\, The Washington Post\, and Los Angeles Times\, and is featured on Entertainment Weekly’s Must List. It was a New York Times Editors’ Choice selection and has been named one of the most anticipated books of 2021 by Newsweek\, O\, the Oprah Magazine\, Shondaland\, NBC News\, Marie Claire\, ELLE\, The Chicago Tribune\, The New York Post\, Good Housekeeping\, Parade\, Refinery29\, and more. Booksellers nationwide selected her novel as an Indie Next pick and librarians chose it for LibraryReads. Nancy’s work has been published in Real Simple and O\, The Oprah Magazine\, and has received support from the Hurston/Wright Foundation\, Tin House\, and Kimbilio Fiction. \n \nHer latest book\, People of Means\, a propulsive novel about a mother and daughter each seeking justice and following their dreams during moments of social reckoning—1960s Nashville and 1992 Chicago. \n \nA graduate of Northwestern University and The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill\, Nancy lives in downtown Chicago and leads corporate and internal communications for a large health care nonprofit. The Kindest Lie is her first novel. \n About Golden Hour at Epiphany:\n \nStop by Epiphany for live music series concerts\, and be sure to hit Golden Hour before-hand for drinks and lite-bites! Doors open at 5pm Thursday – Saturday for Golden Hour with 1/2 priced bottles of wine and other specials! \n \nCome early to EXPLORE and DISCOVER your own EPIPHANY… our art galleries are open and there is free entertainment before the show! \n \nFull Concert Calendar Here \n \nGolden Hour Menu + Music Schedule \n \nPlease note that outside food or beverages are not permitted in the venue. \n\n \n Add to calendar \n \n \n\n \n \n Google Calendar\n\n \n iCalendar\n\n \n ** Must be 21+ with a Valid ID\, credit card only to purchase tickets @ the door ** \n \nDoors: 5:00PM to Venue | 5:30PM to Chase House \n \nShowtime: 6:00PM \n\n \n \n \nAuthors\, Eric Charles May (Bedrock Faith) and author\, Nancy Johnson (People of Means) are in discussion about craft\, their perspectives as two writers of color\, career longevity and more specifically the role that Chicago plays as a peripheral “character” in their books. Join us for cocktails and a lively conversation with these two amazing authors in the lovely Chase Garden Gallery. \n \nBoth books will be available for sale with signings by the authors. \n \n$20 – $25 \n \n Get Tickets\n \n \n Epiphany Center for the Arts\n \n Address:\n201 South Ashland Ave.\n \n Chicago\,\n IL\n 60647\n United States\n\n\n + Google Map \n \n Phone:\n \n (312) 421-4600 \n \n \n Website:\n View Venue Website \n\n\n\n Categories: \n Applied Words \n \n \n \n\n Power Lines 25th Anniversary Celebration URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/cocktails-conversation/ LOCATION:Epiphany Center for the Arts\, 201 South Ashland Ave.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60647\, United States CATEGORIES:Applied Words ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://guildcomplex.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Cocktails-and-Conversation-resized-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250524T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250524T200000 DTSTAMP:20260423T162727 CREATED:20250509T141857Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250509T202439Z UID:12255-1748109600-1748116800@guildcomplex.org SUMMARY:Power Lines 25th Anniversary Celebration: Contributors Reading @ Chopin Theatre DESCRIPTION:« All Events\n \n\n Power Lines 25th Anniversary Celebration: Contributors Reading @ Chopin Theatre\n 05/24/2025\n @\n6:00 PM\n –\n8:00 PM\nCDT \nChopin Theatre \n \n\n \n Add to calendar \n \n \n \n\n\n Google Calendar\n\n\n iCalendar\n\n\n \n \nJoin the Guild Literary Complex for a special celebration of the Power Lines 25th anniversary! Featuring poetry performances by contributors of the anthology released by Tia Chucha Press\, a decade of poems from Chicago’s Guild Complex. A light reception with food and drink will follow. \nFree registration – secure your spot now! \n*Reader lineup coming soon.* \n\nFree \n \n Get Tickets\n \nLOCATION:\n\n Chopin Theatre\n\n Address:\n\n1543 W. Division\n \n Chicago\,\n IL\n United States\n\n\n + Google Map \n\n Phone:\n\n \n \n \n\n Website:\n \n\n \n\n Categories:\n Special Events \n\n Tags:\n \n Power Lines \n\n\n\n\n Power Lines 25th Anniversary Celebration w/ Poetry Foundation \n\n\n \n Cocktails & Conversation URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/power-lines-25th-anniversary-celebration-chopin/ LOCATION:Chopin Theatre\, 1543 West Division Street\, Chicago\, IL\, 60642\, United States CATEGORIES:Special Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://guildcomplex.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/unnamed.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250522T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250522T200000 DTSTAMP:20260423T162727 CREATED:20250209T205929Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250509T144138Z UID:12122-1747936800-1747944000@guildcomplex.org SUMMARY:Power Lines 25th Anniversary Celebration w/ Poetry Foundation DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Tia Chucha Press anthology Power Lines\, a democratic assemblage of Chicago’s slam poets and poets of letters at the dawn of the new millennium. In a blast from the past\, local and notable contributors revisit their original poems from the anthology and offer new poems and insight 25years later. \n\n\n\nFeatured poets include Ana Castillo\, Andrea Change\, Reginald Gibbons\, Illinois Poet Laureate and Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize recipient Angela Jackson\, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Tyehimba Jess\, Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize recipient Haki R. Madhubuti\, Simone Muench\, Mark Turcotte\, Cin Salach\, and anthology editors Julie Parson Nesbitt\, Luis Rodriguez\, and Michael Warr. \n\n\n\n“As long as there is a search for a primal link to people\, for solutions to social equations\, and for that way of saying what can not be said in ordinary language\, poetry will remain the people’s means of expression.”—Michael Warr\, Introduction to Power Lines \n\n\n\nThis program is presented in partnership with the Poetry Center and The Guild Literary Complex. It is part of the Poetry Foundation’s spring 2025 season\, Power Lines. \n\n\n\nAdditional Information \n\n\n\n\nAll Poetry Foundation events are completely free of charge and open to the public.\n\n\n\nAdvanced registration is encouraged.\n\n\n\nThe performance space is ADA-compliant and wheelchair-accessible.\n\n\n\nThe program will feature CART captioning and ASL interpretation.\n\n\n\n\nFor more information about accessibility at the Poetry Foundation\, please visit our Accessibility Guide. URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/power-lines-25th-anniversary-celebration/ LOCATION:The Poetry Foundation\, 61 W Superior St\, Chicago\, IL\, United States CATEGORIES:Special Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://guildcomplex.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Power-Lines-25th-Anniversary-Celebration.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241129T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241129T223000 DTSTAMP:20260423T162727 CREATED:20241111T040106Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241111T040109Z UID:11957-1732908600-1732919400@guildcomplex.org SUMMARY:HIPPY HOLY DAZE 7 DESCRIPTION:Host: QUEEN ZENOBIA \n\n\n\nMusic: THESSELONIOUS \n\n\n\nSpecial Dance Showcase: \n\n\n\nFIREBIRD DANCERSDEVIKA DHIRVIVIANA REYES \n\n\n\nGuest star performances: \n\n\n\nTHE GRATESSILIS101JOSH TREEHYPNAGOGIC TELEGRAM \n\n\n\nFeatured performances: \n\n\n\nPUGS ATOMZHOBBYISTGREENLIGHTS MUSICBLUE COLLAR ROCK STARSYURI BASHO LANE – PLANET BTBXKAO RA ZEN URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/hippy-holy-daze-7/ LOCATION:Elastic Arts\, 3429 W. Diversey Ave.\, Chicago\, Illinois\, 60647\, United States CATEGORIES:Musicality of Poetry ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://guildcomplex.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/hhd7portraitpicZLINEUP-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241113T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241113T210000 DTSTAMP:20260423T162727 CREATED:20241111T035235Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241111T035237Z UID:11954-1731524400-1731531600@guildcomplex.org SUMMARY:¡SLAM EN VIVO! DESCRIPTION:A la mitad de nuestra serie ¡SLAM EN VIVO! \n\n\n\nTodxs tenemos poemas\, todxs tenemos algo que decir\, compartalo en este espacio de juego\, apego\, y fuego 🔥 \n\n\n\nNo importa que nunca hayas compartido tus versos\, solo necesitas dos poemas para participar (all styles welcome!) \n\n\n\nComo siempre\, tenemos un Juez de Honor increible: Carlos Cumpian 💥 \n\n\n\nCarlos Cumpián is a chicano poet\, editor & teacher. His poetry & community work been recognized by the Illinois Library Assoc. & he has received the Gwendolyn Brooks Significant Illinois Poet award. \n\n\n\n¡Nos vemos el 13 de Noviembre! \n\n\n\n7pm-8pm: Slam en Español8pm-9pm: All languages open mic! URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/slam-en-vivo/ LOCATION:18th Street Casa de Cultura\, 2057 West 18th Street\, Chicago\, IL\, 60608\, United States CATEGORIES:Partner Event,Slam Diáspora ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://guildcomplex.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/457021623_517274804151449_7510661293339411166_n.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241107T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241107T210000 DTSTAMP:20260423T162727 CREATED:20241025T214931Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241025T214933Z UID:11926-1731006000-1731013200@guildcomplex.org SUMMARY:Exhibit B @ PCB - Nov. '24 DESCRIPTION:ExB’s last show of 2024! Sam Herschel Wein\, Emily Anna Maciel Gonzalez\, Sarah Peecher and Emilio Maldonado will be joining Exhibit B at Pilsen Community Books for an evening of readings and community. \n\n\n\nArtist Bios:\n\n\n\nSarah Peecher is a poet living\, working\, and teaching undergraduate writing in Chicago. She’s been a reader for Unwoven Literary Magazine\, co-curates poetry and artwork for Off the Page\, and co-hosted two seasons of the podcast Juxtapose. Her debut chapbook\, Keeling\, is forthcoming from Finishing Line Press in 2025. At the end of a busy day\, you can find her cuddling her cats\, Rumpus and Ruckus. \n\n\n\nEmilio Maldonado is a poet and performer born and raised in Chicago’s concrete jungle\, where streets bury streets. As a world traveler with familial roots in Mexico\, he writes for the world\, the everyman\, with poems also layered in the collisions of culture\, and the music\, and the late night streets of anywhere alone. \n\n\n\nEmily Anna Maciel Gonzalez has been a chatterbox since the womb\, born and raised on the Southside of Chicago. She is a poet\, avid storyteller\, advocate for local politics and most importantly a White Sox fan. As of lately she resides in Wicker Park with her pet rabbit\, Scorpio. By day she is a bilingual PreK 3-5 teacher and nanny. By night she is a dive bar enthusiast\, trivia champion and host of Do Not Submit Humboldt/Wicker. \n\n\n\nSam Herschel Wein (pronouns: he/they) is a lollygagging plum of a poet who specializes in perpetual frolicking. They have an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Tennessee and were the recipient of a 2022 Pushcart Prize. They have published three chapbooks\, most recently Butt Stuff Flower Bush with Porkbelly Press. He co-founded and edits Underblong. Recent poems can be found in the American Poetry Review\, The Cincinnati Review\, and Shenandoah\, among others. They can be found in the cheese aisle of most stores\, in the middle of a hug\, or editing poems at your local coffee shop. URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/exhibit-b-pcb-nov-24/ LOCATION:Pilsen Community Books\, 1102 W 18th St.\, Chicago\, Illinois\, 60608\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibit B ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://guildcomplex.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/e5f3d3_b21758a7f71a4481b55c1f55879b20a4mv2.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241030T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241030T210000 DTSTAMP:20260423T162727 CREATED:20240924T195152Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240924T195154Z UID:11847-1730314800-1730322000@guildcomplex.org SUMMARY:Roots and Flowers: Uruguayan Women Poets\, Past and Present | Raíces y flores: Poetas uruguayas del pasado y del presente   DESCRIPTION:Una celebración de la larga e importante tradición poética de las mujeres uruguayas. Las poetas uruguayas Silvia Goldman y Silvia Guerra compartirán su poesía y la poesía de sus madres y abuelas poéticas en una lectura bilingüe con las poetas y traductoras Mary Hawley y Jesse Lee Kercheval. \n\n\n\n\n\nA celebration of the long and important tradition of poetry by Uruguayan women. Uruguayan poets Silvia Goldman and Silvia Guerra will share their work and the work of their poetic mothers and grandmothers in a bilingual reading with poets and translators Mary Hawley and Jesse Lee Kercheval. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBios:\n\n\n\n\n\nSilvia Guerra (1961\, Maldonado\, Uruguay) es autora de 12 libros\, entre ellos Pulso (Editorial Amargord\, Madrid\, 2011) y Todo comienzo\, lugar (Editorial Casa Vacía\, Richmond\, Virginia\, 2016). Es coeditora de la antología de poetas uruguayas Flores raras [Escondido país] (Dialogos Books\, 2024). Su colección bilingüe Un mar en madrugado\, traducida por Jesse Lee Kercheval y Jeannine M. Pitas\, fue publicada por Eulalia Books en 2023. Es miembro del consejo ejecutivo de la Fundación Mario Benedetti. \n\n\n\n\n\nSilvia Guerra (1961\, Maldonado\, Uruguay) is author of 12 books including Pulso\, (Editorial Amargord\, Madrid\, 2011) and Todo comienzo\, lugar\, (Editorial Casa Vacía\, Richmond\, Virginia\, 2016). She is the co-editor of the anthology of Uruguayan women poets Flores raras [Escondido país] (Dialogos Books\, 2024). Her bilingual collection\, Un mar en madrugado/ A Sea at Dawn\, translated by Jesse Lee Kercheval and Jeannine M. Pitas\, was published by Eulalia Books in 2023. She is a member of the executive board of the Mario Benedetti Foundation. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSilvia Goldman es poeta\, docente e investigadora. Ha participado en diversas antologías y sus poemas han sido traducidos al inglés\, italiano\, portugués\, árabe\, bengalí\, hebreo\, montenegrino y finés. Sus libros incluyen Cinco movimientos del llanto (Hermes Criollo)\, De los peces la sed\, (Pandora Lobo Estepario)\, miedo (Axiara ediciones)\, árbol y otras ansiedades (Isla Negra)\, Ese eco que une los ojos\, (Almud ediciones)\, en colaboración con Esperanza Vives y Juan Alcota\, y Voz hasta el principio (Editorial Efímera). En 2020 fue finalista del VI y VII Premio Internacional de poesía “Pilar Fernández Labrador”\, y del Premio Internacional de Poesía “Paralelo Cero 2020”. Es doctora en Estudios Hispánicos por la Universidad de Brown y enseña en la Universidad de DePaul en Chicago. \n\n\n\n\n\nSilvia Goldman is a poet\, teacher and researcher. She has participated in various anthologies and her poems have been translated into English\, Italian\, Portuguese\, Arabic\, Bengali\, Hebrew\, Montenegrin and Finnish. Her books include Cinco movimientos del llanto (Hermes Criollo)\, De los peces la sed (Pandora Lobo Estepario)\, miedo (Axiara ediciones)\, árbol y otras ansiedades (Isla Negra)\, Ese eco que une los ojos (Almud ediciones)\, in collaboration with Esperanza Vives and Juan Alcota\, and Voz hasta el principio (Editorial Efímera). In 2020 she was a finalist for the VI and VII International Poetry Prize “Pilar Fernández Labrador\,” and for the International Poetry Prize “Paralelo Cero 2020.” She holds a PhD in Hispanic Studies from Brown University and teaches at DePaul University in Chicago. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJesse Lee Kercheval es poeta\, escritora y traductora. Sus libros más recientes son I Want to Tell You (University of Pittsburgh Press\, 2023) y Un pez dorado no te sirve para nada (Editorial Yaugurú\, Uruguay\, 2023). Entre sus traducciones se incluyen Love Poems de Idea Vilariño y The Invisible Bridge: Selected Poems of Circe Maia (University of Pittsburgh Press). Es profesora emérita de inglés de la Universidad de Wisconsin-Madison. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nJesse Lee Kercheval is a poet\, writer\, and translator. Her most recent poetry collections are I Want to Tell You (University of Pittsburgh Press\, 2023) and Un pez dorado no te sirve para nada (Editorial Yaugurú\, Uruguay\, 2023). Her translations include Love Poems by Idea Vilariño and The Invisible Bridge: Selected Poems of Circe Maia (University of Pittsburgh Press). She is the Zona Gale Professor Emerita of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMary Hawley es poeta\, cuentista y traductora literaria. Sus traducciones de poesía y prosa han aparecido en Triquarterly\, The Common\, Deinós y otras revistas\, y actualmente está traduciendo una trilogía de novelas del escritor uruguayo Sergio Altesor. Es autora del poemario Double Tongues y cotraductora de la antología bilingüe Shards of Light/Astillas de luz. Sus poemas y cuentos han sido publicados en muchas revistas y antologías\, y en 2019 recibió un premio literario del Illinois Arts Council en ficción. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nMary Hawley is a poet\, fiction writer\, and literary translator. Her translations of poetry and prose have appeared in Triquarterly\, The Common\, Deinós\, and other journals\, and she is currently translating a trilogy of novels by Uruguayan writer Sergio Altesor. She is the author of the poetry collection Double Tongues and co-translator of the bilingual anthology Shards of Light/Astillas de luz. Her poems and short stories have appeared in many magazines and anthologies\, and in 2019 she received an Illinois Arts Council Literary Award in fiction. URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/roots-and-flowers/ LOCATION:IL CATEGORIES:Palabra Pura END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241026T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241102T210000 DTSTAMP:20260423T162727 CREATED:20241025T214342Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241025T214345Z UID:11922-1729962000-1730581200@guildcomplex.org SUMMARY:Lit & Luz Literary Festival 2024 DESCRIPTION:VIEW SCHEDULE\n\n\n\n\nThe 2024 Chicago Lit & Luz Festival\, Saturation/ Saturación\, returns with a fantastic roster of writers and artists from the US and Mexico. The weeklong series of free events begins October 26th and concludes with the Live Magazine Show at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago on November 2nd. \n\n\n\nInspired by the media landscape of both presidential elections taking place in the countries this year\, the theme of the festival is “Saturation/Saturación.” Participants will consider concepts such as intensity\, combination\, absorption\, maximums and limitations as they respond to the urgent political\, social\, and environmental issues confronting both countries. \n\n\n\nInspirado en el panorama mediático de ambas elecciones presidenciales ocurridas este año en los países involucrados\, el tema del festival es “Saturation/Saturación.” Lxs participantes considerarán conceptos como la intensidad\, combinación\, absorción\, máximos y limitaciones mientras responden a los urgentes problemas políticos\, sociales y ambientales que enfrentan ambos países. \n\n\n\nCatch programs you missed on our website or head over to our YouTube channel (and subscribe!). \n\n\n\nThe Lit & Luz Festival is a one-of-a-kind series of events featuring renowned authors\, visual artists\, and musicians from Chicago and Mexico in cultural exchange and conversation. This series of readings\, conversations\, artist talks\, and performances\, including signature event\, the Live Magazine Show\, highlights new translations and artistic collaborations—showcasing some of the most innovative contemporary artists from both countries. The festival takes place in Chicago in the fall\, followed by the Lit & Luz Festival Mexico City in the winter. Click here to learn more. \n\n\n\nEl Lit & Luz Festival es una especial serie de eventos con reconocidos escritores\, artistas visuales y músicos de Chicago y México\, en intercambio y conversación cultural. Esta serie de lectutras\, conversaciones\, charlas de artista y performances\, incluyen el evento representativo\, el Live Magazine Show\, destaca nuevas traducciones y colaboraciones artísticas\, mostrando algunos de los artistas contemporáneos más inovadores de ambos países. El festival se lleva a cabo en Chicago durante el otoño\, seguido del Lit & Luz Festival CDMX en el invierno. Da click aquí para saber más. \n\n\n\n¡Síguenos en nuestras redes sociales o suscríbete a nuestro newsletter para conocer las últimas actualizaciones y más! URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/lit-luz-literary-festival-2024/ LOCATION:IL CATEGORIES:Lit + Luz,Partner Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://guildcomplex.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/LL-2024_Logotype_01.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241024T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241024T210000 DTSTAMP:20260423T162727 CREATED:20240924T193658Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240924T193701Z UID:11844-1729796400-1729803600@guildcomplex.org SUMMARY:Book Release: They Call You Back by Tim Hernandez DESCRIPTION:Join us for a book presentation and celebration for They Call You Back (University of Arizona Press) by Tim Hernandez. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA haunting\, an obsession\, a calling: Tim Z. Hernandez has been searching for people his whole life. Now\, in this highly anticipated memoir\, he takes us along on an investigative odyssey through personal and collective history to uncover the surprising conjunctions that bind our stories together. Hernandez’s mission to find the families of the twenty-eight Mexicans who were killed in the 1948 plane wreck at Los Gatos Canyon formed the basis for his acclaimed documentary novel All They Will Call You\, which The San Francisco Chronicle dubbed “a stunning piece of investigative journalism\,” and The New York Times hailed as “painstaking detective work by a writer who is the descendent of farmworkers.” In this riveting new work\, Hernandez continues his search for the plane crash victims while also turning the lens on himself and his ancestral past\, revealing the tumultuous and deeply intimate experiences that have fueled his investigations—a lifelong journey haunted by memory\, addiction\, generational trauma\, and the spirit world. They Call You Back is the true chronicle of one man’s obsession to restore dignity to an undignified chapter in America’s past\, while at the same time making a case for why we must heal our personal wounds if we are ever to heal our political ones. URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/book-release-they-call-you-back-by-tim-hernandez/ LOCATION:18th Street Casa de Cultura\, 2057 West 18th Street\, Chicago\, IL\, 60608\, United States CATEGORIES:Palabra Pura END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241019T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241019T200000 DTSTAMP:20260423T162727 CREATED:20240924T193035Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241017T190545Z UID:11841-1729360800-1729368000@guildcomplex.org SUMMARY:Juntando Orillas: Documentary Pre-screening DESCRIPTION:Pre-screening of the documentary “Juntando Orillas\,” followed by a Q&A session with the director\, producers\, and protagonists. URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/juntando-orillas-world-slam-fundraiser/ LOCATION:18th Street Casa de Cultura\, 2057 West 18th Street\, Chicago\, IL\, 60608\, United States CATEGORIES:Palabra Pura ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://guildcomplex.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Sat19.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241018T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241018T140000 DTSTAMP:20260423T162727 CREATED:20240924T190945Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241013T205657Z UID:11833-1729254600-1729260000@guildcomplex.org SUMMARY:Juntando Orillas: Bridging Afro-Diasporic Voices Through Literature DESCRIPTION:Building on a partnership between two cultural initiatives\, this panel will discuss the tensions between distinction and community\, collectivization and individuality\, and the balance between pluralities and connections in cultural programming designed to foster encounters among Afro-diasporic identities.The Guild Literary Complex and Motete are grassroots organizations dedicated to the cultural rights of underrepresented communities in Chicago and Chocó\, Colombia. Through public readings\, festivals\, and book clubs\, they promote authors and foster community engagement. Earlier this year\, a group of U.S.-based writers selected by the Guild visited Colombia for FLECHO (the Chocó Reading and Writing Festival)\, organized by Motete in the predominantly Black region of Chocó. During the festival\, the writers led workshops\, gave poetry readings\, and participated in discussions on Afro-diasporic experiences\, cultural programming\, migration\, and children’s literature. This partnership also launched the “Juntando Orillas” (Bridging Shores) program\, focused on sharing experiences between cultural organizations with similar goals and creating spaces where literature fosters exchange.  \n\n\n\nThe conversation will feature Andrea Change\, poet and executive director of the Guild Literary Complex; Velia Vidal\, writer\, director of Motete\, and co-curator of Colombia’s Museo Afro; Kianny Antigua\, writer\, translator\, and professor; They will be in dialogue with Christian Vásquez\, PhD candidate and FLECHO’s programming coordinator.This program is co-sponsored by the Latin American and Caribbean Studies program\, the Spanish & Portuguese department\, the Latina & Latino Studies Program\, the Black Studies Department\, and the Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities of Northwestern University.Bilingual event in English and Spanish. \n\n\n\nLunch will be served. \n\n\n\nThis event is hybrid and people may also attend by Zoom: https://northwestern.zoom.us/j/99751803419 URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/juntando-orillas-panel-discussion/ LOCATION:Northwestern University\, Crowe Hall 1132\, 1860 Campus Drive\, Evanston\, Illinois\, 60208 CATEGORIES:Palabra Pura ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://guildcomplex.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Fr18.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241017T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241017T200000 DTSTAMP:20260423T162727 CREATED:20240924T192530Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241017T190833Z UID:11836-1729189800-1729195200@guildcomplex.org SUMMARY:Juntando Orillas: escrituras afrolatinoamericanas. Una conversación sobreenajenada and Tidal Waters. DESCRIPTION:The authors Kianny Antigua and Velia Vidal will dialogue about her works with Andrea Change and Mary Hawley. This is a bilingual event in Spanish and English. \n\n\n\n\n\n“enajenada\, de Kianny Antigua\, es un poemario sobre la experiencia humana másvisceral (opresión\, dolor\, angustia\, otredad\, desesperanza\, encuentro con lasombra y resurgimiento) representada desde la voz y el cuerpo que componen lasexperiencias estéticas de las feminidades situadas geopolíticamente en el Caribe”.– Lauristely Peña Solano. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Tidal Waters\, by Velia Vidal and translated by Annie McDermott\, is an epistolary\,fictional account of one woman moving towards happiness in the black communityof Colombia’s Pacific coast. Vidal offers a vision of how creating something (foryour community\, for yourself) is a way of reading and writing your way into a knownplace and a new self.” – Charco Press \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Tidal Waters \n\n\n\nby Velia Vidal \n\n\n\n\n\nAn epistolary\, fictional account of one woman moving towards happiness in the black community of Colombia’s Pacific coast. \n\n\n\nAfter a long absence\, Vel has come home to Chocó – to the Afro-Colombian community\, to her family\, to the sea. This is where the Pacific meets the Caribbean\, where she’s establishing herself anew. And the record she keeps is a series of letters to a friend\, clarifying for herself where she stands\, as she describes that homecoming to another. Vel works to build a literary centre\, writing career\, and festival with and for the people there. But her return to Chocó is also a claim-staking of her decision to pursue happiness now; an account of her immersion in the towns and rivers and forests she came from; and a redefinition of her relationship to sex and love in real time. And Tidal Waters is a vision of how creating something (for your community\, for yourself) is a way of reading and writing your way into a known place and a new self. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout enajenada \n\n\n\nby Kianny Antigua \n\n\n\n\n\nAnticanonical Value\n\n\n\nBy Lauristely Peña Solano \n\n\n\nenajenada by Kianny Antigua is a collection of poems about the most visceral human experience—oppression\, pain\, anguish\, otherness\, hopelessness\, encounter with the shadow and resurgence—represented by the voice and body that make up the aesthetic experiences of femininities geopolitically situated in the Caribbean. […] enajenada proposes to lose\, on purpose\, patriarchal and sexist reason\, to lose it permanently\, to build a new reason from love and the scream\, that does not ignore the traumas\, the frustrations involved in being a Caribbean woman.  \n\n\n\nIn an emotional transition\, enajenada reminds us “[That] no matter / how much of a poet I am: / The ridges of my nails / always end up smelling / of crushed garlic and onions.” Despite that which is society\, patriarchy and its vices\, in writing\, Antigua affirms: “I found my own room. / In it I am able to fly / to emerge from within / to transgress and transform myself into that woman / of all dreams.” \n\n\n\nValor anticanónico\n\n\n\nPor Lauristely Peña Solano \n\n\n\nenajenada\, de Kianny Antigua\, es un poemario sobre la experiencia humana más visceral (opresión\, dolor\, angustia\, otredad\, desesperanza\, encuentro con la sombra y resurgimiento) representada desde la voz y el cuerpo que componen las experiencias estéticas de las feminidades situadas geopolíticamente en el Caribe. […] enajenada propone perder\, a propósito\, la razón patriarcal y machista\, perderla de manera permanente\, construir una nueva razón desde el amor y el grito\, que no ignore los traumas\, las frustraciones implicadas en el ser-mujer-caribeña.  \n\n\n\nEn un tránsito emocional\, enajenada nos recuerda “[Que] no importa / cuán poeta sea: / el lecho de mis uñas / siempre termina oliendo / a ajo majado y a cebollas”. Pese a eso que es la sociedad\, el patriarcado y sus vicios\, en la escritura\, Kianny afirma: “Encontré mi habitación propia. / En ella soy capaz de volar / de emerger de entre los adentros / de transgredir y transformarme en esa mujer / de todos los sueños”. URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/juntando-orillas-book-release-with-velia-vidal-kianny-antigua/ LOCATION:Pilsen Arts & Community House\, 1637 W. 18th Street\, Chicago\, Illinois\, 60608 CATEGORIES:Palabra Pura ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://guildcomplex.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Th17.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241012T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241012T180000 DTSTAMP:20260423T162727 CREATED:20240924T190653Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240924T190656Z UID:11828-1728738000-1728756000@guildcomplex.org SUMMARY:The Record Track: Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony + Community Jam DESCRIPTION:Come celebrate the ribbon-cutting ceremony of The Record Track\, an immersive retail store & live-music venue offering immersive\, hands-on music experiences for all! Don’t miss out on this exciting event and become part of The Record Track community! \n\n\n\nDonate Your Used (but working) Instruments!Help us provide hands-on musical experiences for others. We are currently accepting donations. Please leave us a message\, or bring an instrument to the Ribbon Cutting. \n\n\n\nAdditionally\, we will be collecting donations on Oct. 5th at South by Southeast Fest\, 2p-8p13501 S Brandon Ave\, Chicago\, IL 60633. \n\n\n\nRecordTrackChicago.com \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSchedule:\n\n\n\n1-2:30 PM | Food + Presentation \n\n\n\n2:30-3:30 PM | Jam Session \n\n\n\n3:30-4:30 PM | Open Mic \n\n\n\n4:30-5:30 PM | ESSO \n\n\n\n5:30-6:00 PM | Closing Presentation URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/the-record-track-ribbon-cutting-ceremony-community-jam/ LOCATION:The Record Track\, 2804 E 87th Street\, Chicago\, Illinois\, 60617\, United States CATEGORIES:Palabra Pura ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://guildcomplex.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/459603018_913530854136626_2664636115169853363_n.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241009T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241009T210000 DTSTAMP:20260423T162727 CREATED:20240924T185726Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240924T185729Z UID:11826-1728500400-1728507600@guildcomplex.org SUMMARY:Slam Diáspora (LIVE) DESCRIPTION:Open Mic + Featuring Eduardo Arocho \n\n\n\nMore details to come URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/slam-diaspora-live/ LOCATION:La Bruquena Restaurant\, 2726 W. Division\, Chicago\, IL\, 60622\, United States CATEGORIES:Palabra Pura,Partner Event,Slam Diáspora END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241005T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241005T190000 DTSTAMP:20260423T162727 CREATED:20240924T185244Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241001T150932Z UID:11823-1728144000-1728154800@guildcomplex.org SUMMARY:Luis J. Rodriguez Book Release DESCRIPTION:Luís J. Rodriguez will be reading from his newest bilingual collection\, Todos los caminos llevan a casa (All Roads Lead Home).  \n\n\n\nAlso present will be Alfonso Vazquez\, Founder of Chicanz sin Fronteras\, who published Luis’ book.  \n\n\n\nThe night will be moderated by Luis Tubens and will include music by Jarochicanos & Friends\, commentary from Jackie Rodriguez\, and community readings by Crystal Vance Guerra\, Pablo Ramirez\, and Gregorio Gomez. URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/luis-j-rodriguez-book-release/ LOCATION:18th Street Casa de Cultura\, 2057 West 18th Street\, Chicago\, IL\, 60608\, United States CATEGORIES:Palabra Pura ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://guildcomplex.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/luisrodriguez-04.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241003T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241003T210000 DTSTAMP:20260423T162727 CREATED:20240909T195730Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240909T200322Z UID:11734-1727978400-1727989200@guildcomplex.org SUMMARY:GBOMA 30th Anniversary Celebration DESCRIPTION:The Guild Complex will celebrate thirty years of the Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Awards (GBOMA)\, with performances from past winners along with a special celebration of the 75th anniversary of Gwendolyn Brooks’ Pulitzer Prize-winning book\, Annie Allen\, at the Chicago History Museum in the Robert McCormick Auditorium. Reception at 6:00pm and 7:00pm event start. \n\n\n\nThis event is free and open to the public\, but you must RSVP in advance to reserve your seat. To get your ticket and more information regarding the 30th anniversary GBOMA event\, visit the ticket link below.  URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/gboma-30th-anniversary-celebration/ LOCATION:Chicago History Museum\, 1601 N. Clark St.\, Chicago\, Illinois\, 60614 CATEGORIES:GBOMA ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://guildcomplex.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/458152760_928061676028697_7875884025100087364_n.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240928T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240928T153000 DTSTAMP:20260423T162727 CREATED:20240903T161331Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240927T163423Z UID:11728-1727532000-1727537400@guildcomplex.org SUMMARY:ECOS Pop-up Gallery Readings with Guild Literary Complex DESCRIPTION:This event is part of ECOS: A Chicago Latine Poetry Festival\, which celebrates Chicago’s relationship with and influence on Latine poetry. Sponsored by the Poetry Foundation\, the festival features free\, bilingual Spanish and English programming. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSometimes a poem is the perfect accompaniment to visual art! Join poets from the Guild Literary Complex as they recite poems in the galleries of the National Museum of Mexican Art. Take advantage of this unique opportunity to enjoy art and poetry at the same time! Approximate schedule with readers below: \n\n\n\n2:00-2:40pm Palabra Pura Poets\n\n\n\n\nRuben Quesada\n\n\n\nféi hernandez\n\n\n\nMarisa Tirado\n\n\n\nAngelique Zorbitz\n\n\n\n\n2:45pm – 3:30pm eXpuestXs Poets\n\n\n\n\nMiguel Mendez Arbizu\n\n\n\nom ulloa\n\n\n\nLuis Tubens\n\n\n\n\nThis event is free and open to the public. Guests are encouraged to register in advance. For more information about accessibility\, visit the National Museum of Mexican Art’s Accessibility Page.  URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/ecos-pop-up-gallery-readings-with-guild-literary-complex/ LOCATION:National Museum of Mexican Art\, 1852 W 19th St.\, Chicago\, Illinois\, 60608\, United States CATEGORIES:Palabra Pura ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://guildcomplex.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/ECOS_-A-Chicago-Latine-Poetry-Festival_HERO_-with-logo.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240924T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240924T220000 DTSTAMP:20260423T162727 CREATED:20240903T160346Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240903T160347Z UID:11720-1727204400-1727215200@guildcomplex.org SUMMARY:CLHoF Fuller Award: Alex Kotlowitz DESCRIPTION:Registration is now open. On September 24\, Alex Kotlowitz will become the 17th recipient of the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame’s Fuller Award for his lifetime achievements. The ceremony will be free and open to the public\, with a reception to follow. Ben Austen will lead a speaking lineup that includes Stuart Dybek\, Julie Justicz\, Meribah Knight\, and Mary Rowland. The Chopin Theatre ceremony will highlight Kotlowitz’s lasting importance as one of our greatest storytellers. At the end of the program\, Dawn Turner will lead a conversation with Alex. The ceremony\, starting at 7 p.m.\, and the following reception are free and open to the public. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Registration is required. Along with the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame and Chopin Theatre\, co-presenters for the evening include American Writers Museum\, Bookends & Beginnings\, David Black Agency\, Frame Warehouse\, Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism\, Ragdale Foundation\, and Write On\, Door County. \n\n\n\nAs a Manhattan native\, Alex Kotlowitz’s career in journalism sent him around the country. He took a reporting position for The Wall Street Journal\, which sent him to Chicago\, and it wasn’t long before Kotlowitz fell in love with the city. For forty years\, Kotlowitz has been telling deeply intimatetales of struggle and perseverance. He is the author of four books\, including his most recent\, An American Summer: Love and Death in Chicago (2019)\, which received the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize. His other books include the Chicago-based Never a City So Real (2004) and the national bestseller There Are No Children Here (1991)\, which the New York Public Library selected as one of the 150 most important books of the twentieth century. It was selected by The New York Times as a Notable Book of the Year along with his second book\, The Other Side of the River (1998) which also received The Chicago Tribune’s Heartland Prize for Nonfiction.  \n\n\n\nA former staff writer at The Wall Street Journal\, Kotlowitz’s work has appeared in The New Yorker\, The New York Times Magazine\, and This American Life. His stories have been featured in Granta\, Rolling Stone\, The Chicago Tribune\, Slate\, and The Washington Post\, as well as on PBS and NPR’s All Things Considered and Morning Edition. His play\, An Unobstructed View\, written with Amy Drozdowska\, premiered in Chicago in June 2005. \n\n\n\nKotlowitz has also produced a significant body of film and radio work. His documentary\, The Interrupters (2011)\, a collaboration with Steve James\, was cited as one of the best films of the year by The New Yorker\, The Chicago Tribune\, Entertainment Weekly\, and The LA Times. He received an Emmy\, a Cinema Eye Award\, and an Independent Spirit Award for the film.  \n\n\n\nKotlowitz has been honored in all three mediums\, including two Peabodys\, two Columbia duPonts\, the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award\, and the George Polk Award. He’s the recipient of eight honorary degrees\, the John LaFarge Memorial Award for Interracial Justice given by New York’s Catholic Interracial Council\, the Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award from the Academy of Arts and Letters\, one of Chicago Magazine’s 2019 Chicagoans of the Year\, and the 2019 Harold Washington Literary Award.  \n\n\n\nAlex is currently a professor at Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism\, where he’s been teaching since 1999. He’s been a writer-in-residence at the University of Chicago\, a visiting professor for seven years at the University of Notre Dame\, a Montgomery Fellow at Dartmouth College\, and a Distinguished Visitor at the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.  \n\n\n\nRegistration for the Fuller Award ceremony will open soon. URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/clhof-fuller-award-alex-kotlowitz/ LOCATION:Chopin Theatre\, 1543 West Division Street\, Chicago\, IL\, 60642\, United States CATEGORIES:Chicago Literary Hall of Fame,Partner Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://guildcomplex.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Alex_Kotlowitz_Medium_—_WEB_ONLY-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240920T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240920T220000 DTSTAMP:20260423T162727 CREATED:20240828T211606Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240828T211753Z UID:11683-1726855200-1726869600@guildcomplex.org SUMMARY:A Performance Happening 3 @ Alma Art & Interiors DESCRIPTION:Join us for a special night of artistic brilliance with “A PERFORMANCE HAPPENING ” at ALMA Art and Interiors. We are thrilled to host this event\, bringing together an all-star lineup of dancers and musicians\, surrounded by stunning visual art. \n\n\n\nAbout the Event\n\n\n\nPrepare for an unforgettable experience as you immerse yourself in a vibrant atmosphere filled with music\, dance\, and creativity. This is the third installment of our exciting event series\, and we can’t wait to share it with you. Mark your calendars\, bring your friends\, and join us for an evening of entertainment and fun. \n\n\n\nPerformances by:\n\n\n\n\nBLUE COLLAR ROCK STARS\n\n\n\nCHICAGO MASK ENSEMBLE\n\n\n\nALTHEA TEAMER\n\n\n\nHOBBYIST\n\n\n\nTHE GRATES & SILIS101\n\n\n\nJESSE DARNAY\n\n\n\nAMANDA SAUCEDO\n\n\n\nBILLY TUGGLE\n\n\n\nKAO RA ZEN\n\n\n\nTHESSELONIOUS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCurated by: Kao Ra Zen URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/a-performance-happening-3-alma-art-interiors/ LOCATION:ALMA Art and Interiors\, 3636 S Iron St\, Chicago\, 60609\, United States CATEGORIES:Musicality of Poetry ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://guildcomplex.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/452948122_10160306815601239_6577121829709199689_n.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240911T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240911T210000 DTSTAMP:20260423T162727 CREATED:20240903T155533Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240918T160612Z UID:11715-1726081200-1726088400@guildcomplex.org SUMMARY:Slam Diáspora En Vivo DESCRIPTION:6:30– Doors open/Sign Up7:00– Slam Starts8:30– Open Mic9:00– ¡ADIOS! \n\n\n\n¡Abierto a poetas de todos estilos y edades!Desde quien apenas esta empezando a escribir\, a quienes llevan décadas escribiendo– todos están bienvenidos a participar.Sólo necesitas dos poemas (en español/spanglish) para el Slam o un poema/canción/relato etc en cualquier idioma para el Open Mic.Se puede registrar en línea o el mismo día en persona: https://bit.ly/vivoslamCreemos que la poesía le pertenece a todxs\, y que todxs traemos poesía adentro. Este Slam es para experimentar\, jugar\, y dejar que la palabra fluya.Recuerden: el punto no son los puntos\, sino la comuna. Queremos crecer como comunidad poética\, e invitar a nuevas personas a participar como audiencia\, cómo poetas\, y cómo amantes de la palabra viva.Slam Diáspora es el primer slam de poesía en español de los EEUU y busca crear un espacio que une poetas Latinx en los EEUU con poetas en Latinoamérica para fomentar una comunidad poética a pesar de las fronteras.¡Participantes y ganadores del año pasado pueden participar de nuevo!Gracias a Guild Literary Comple por apoyar este proyecto *******Open to poets of all styles and ages! From anyone who is just starting\, to anyone who has been writing for decades\, are all welcome to participate. All you need to Slam are 2 poems– for the open mic you can bring anything in any language at all to share.You can register online or on the same day\, in person:https://bit.ly/vivoslamRemember: the point is not the points\, the point is the community. We want to nurture a poetic community\, and invite new people to participate as audience members\, as poets\, and as spoken-word lovers.We believe that poetry pertains to everyone\, and that all of us carry it within us. This slam is to experiment\, play\, and to let the words flow.Slam Diáspora is the first Spanish slam in the U.S. and aims to create a space that unites Latinx poets in the US with poets in Latin America\, to form a poetry community despite borders.Participants and winners from last year can participate again!Thank you to the Guild Literary Complex  URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/slam-diaspora-en-vivo/ LOCATION:18th Street Casa de Cultura\, 2057 West 18th Street\, Chicago\, IL\, 60608\, United States CATEGORIES:Partner Event,Slam Diáspora ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://guildcomplex.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/457231627_518244237387839_5988669557069528276_n.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR