Palabra Pura with Rey Andújar, Jorge Frisancho and Juan Dicent (Bilingual Poetry)
IL, United StatesPalabra Pura continues its 2012 season with its first guest-curator evening with open mic and featured readers. Tonight's theme: Mutant Body/Cuerpo Migrante. The evening will present the body as a space for multiple questions related to the state of transition. What does the body leave behind in its translation/transfer? What does it acquire or adapt? […]
AWP Conference: Panel on Palabra Pura & Culturally Specific Reading Series
Hilton Chicago, Wilford A (3rd Floor) 720 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL, United StatesA panel on the history, evolution and future of culturally-specific reading series like Palabra Pura with a co-founder, former featured artists, curators and hosts of Palabra Pura.
AWP Conference: Reading with Michael Warr, Luis Rodriguez, and Patricia Smith
IL, United StatesExperience a true Chicago poetry experience with three of the founders of the city's original poetry scene. This powerhouse trio of poet/performers will deliver a Guild-style reunion.
Open Rehearsal with Poetry Performance Incubator’s “Unnatural Spaces”
3429 W. Diversey Avenue, Suite 208, Chicago, IL, United StatesGet a sneak peak at the creative process behind the Poetry Performance Incubator’s new work-in-progress, Unnatural Spaces. This event will take place at the Voice of the City studio at 3429 W. Diversey Avenue, Suite 208. The Incubator artists will do some of the types of writing and performance exercises they've been using for the […]
Palabra Pura “Forgiveness and Memory”
La Bruquena Restaurant 2726 W. Division, Chicago, IL, United StatesCurated by Yolanda Nieves with featured poets Lisa Alvarado & Kristiana Rae Colón Curator Dr. Yolanda Nieves, Assistant Professor, English, Wilbur Wright College Chicago, is creative director of The Vida Bella Ensemble, is part of Teatro Luna’s PlayLab series and her La Matadora/Steel Flags will be produced by Chicago’s Landmark Project Fall 2011. She won the […]
Applied Words/social activism
Jane Addams Hull-House Museum 800 South Halsted Street, Chicago, IL, United StatesThe Guild Literary Complex of Chicago continues its 2012 season with its returning series, Applied Words, which explores creative writing’s intersection with an artistic discipline (e.g. music or visual art) or a non-arts field (e.g. social justice or health). This Applied Words event will explore creative writing as an instrument of social activism - how […]
Teaching Artist Showcase/Multi-University Student Open Mic
Experimental Station 6100 S. Blackstone (take Dorchester to 61st street then head east; free street and lot parking), Chicago, IL, United StatesIn our new Teaching Artist Showcase series, creative writers who also happen to be teachers will share creative work that was inspired by, developed with or otherwise related to their teaching work. The series will define "teaching artist" broadly - from university faculty, to in-school elementary and high school writing teachers or after-school program instructors, […]
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 and Chris Ware. A very limited number of tickets will be available for sale at the door - click here for more details...
Palabra Pura “Lives Between Love and Darkness”
La Bruquena restaurant (upstairs) 2726 W. Division, Chicago, IL, United StatesCurated by Gregorio Gómez and featuring Nora Leon and Martin Rubio Jr. Curator Gregorio Gomez is the MC of Chicago's most infamous and longest running underground poetry venue at "WEEDS". Gregorio who emigrated from Veracruz, Mexico has been a major influence in the development of the spoken word and many venues of Chicago's poetry […]
“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.
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. […]
Open Rehearsal with Poetry Performance Incubator’s “Unnatural Spaces”
Voice of the City Studio 3429 W. Diversey Avenue, Suite 208 (upstairs), Chicago, IL, United StatesGet a sneak peak at the creative process behind the Poetry Performance Incubator’s new work-in-progress, Unnatural Spaces. The Incubator artists will do some of the types of writing and performance exercises they’ve been using for the past 5 months as they develop the new show set to premiere in October. They’ll even share some of […]
Gil Scott Heron – Passages, Interludes, Subtext n’ Understandin’
Experimental Station 6100 S. Blackstone (south on Dorchester, east on 61st - free street and university lot parking), Chicago, IL, United StatesJoin us for an evening of poetry, music and discussion of the legendary poet/musician/activist. Presented by the Guild's "Applied Words" series, with support from the Center for the Study of Race, Politics & Culture - University of Chicago, and the Friends of […]
19th Annual Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Award – final event
Chopin Theatre 1543 W. Division, Chicago, IL, United StatesThe Guild Literary Complex closes out its 19th Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Award competition with its final event: an American Idol-style evening of poetry performance and audience voting. The semifinalists – named after a combination of traditional judging and a public facebook vote – will perform in a series of rounds followed by audience votes. […]
Palabra Pura: “Spanish Harlem”
La Bruquena restaurant (upstairs) 2726 W. Division, Chicago, IL, United StatesExploring Afro-Latino poetry - curated by Marta Collazo and featuring Jeanette. Curator Marta Collazo is a Puerto Rican woman born and raised in Lorain, Ohio. She has lived in the Chicago area for the last fourty years. Collazo studied Communications and Literature at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She is a social activist, a […]
Palabra Pura: “Cross-Cultural Latino/a”
La Bruquena restaurant (upstairs) 2726 W. Division, Chicago, IL, United StatesThis evening will showcase two poets with a passion for cross-cultural experiences – poetry that travels. Curator Francisco Aragón is Director of Letras Latinas, the national literary program of the Institute for Latino Studies, University of Notre Dame, and has been a member of the Institute since 2003. He has published, edited or contributed to […]
Final Open Rehearsal with “Unnatural Spaces” from the Poetry Performance Incubator
Voice of the City studio 3429 W. Diversey Avenue, Suite 208, Chicago, IL, United StatesThis will be the final sneak peek at the creative process behind the Poetry Performance Incubator’s new work-in-progress, Unnatural Spaces, before it premieres in October. The Incubator artists will do some of the types of writing and performance exercises they’ve been using for the past 9 months to develop the new show. They’ll even share […]
Palabra Pura: “Intercambios Generaciónales con Palabras y Ritmos” (Generational Exchange with Words and Rhythms)
La Bruquena restaurant 2726 W. Division, 2nd floor, Chicago, IL, United StatesThree Poets and a master percussionist demonstrate the continuing contributions of Puerto Ricans to Chicago literature. This evening is curated by Eduardo Arocho and features poet Judy Diaz, poet/musician David Hernandez, and percussionist and musician Peter Vale. Curator Eduardo Arocho has been writing and performing poetry since 1992. He has been featured in many venues […]
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 […]
“Unnatural Spaces” – a new show from the Poetry Performance Incubator
Hairpin Arts Center 2800 N. Milwaukee Ave., 2nd floor, Chicago, IL, United StatesPoetry meets the stage in the new show by the Guild’s Poetry Performance Incubator. Collaboratively written by an ensemble of poets and performers, this piece tackles the humor, outrage and other mixed feelings of thinking about the environment while living in a city. Shows on Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays, October 5th - 28th at 7pm. […]
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 […]
“Unnatural Spaces” – a new show from the Poetry Performance Incubator
Hairpin Arts Center 2800 N. Milwaukee, Chicago, IL, United StatesPoetry meets the stage in the new show by the Guild’s Poetry Performance Incubator. Collaboratively written by an ensemble of poets and performers, this piece tackles the humor, outrage and other mixed feelings of thinking about the environment while living in a city. Shows on Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays, October 5th - 28th at 7pm. […]
“Unnatural Spaces” – a new show from the Poetry Performance Incubator
Hairpin Arts Center 2800 N. Milwaukee, Chicago, IL, United StatesPoetry meets the stage in the new show by the Guild’s Poetry Performance Incubator. Collaboratively written by an ensemble of poets and performers, this piece tackles the humor, outrage and other mixed feelings of thinking about the environment while living in a city. Shows on Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays, October 5th - 28th at 7pm. […]
“Unnatural Spaces” – a new show from the Poetry Performance Incubator
Hairpin Arts Center 2800 N. Milwaukee, Chicago, IL, United StatesPoetry meets the stage in the new show by the Guild’s Poetry Performance Incubator. Collaboratively written by an ensemble of poets and performers, this piece tackles the humor, outrage and other mixed feelings of thinking about the environment while living in a city. Shows on Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays, October 5th - 28th at 7pm. […]
“Unnatural Spaces” – a new show from the Poetry Performance Incubator
Hairpin Arts Center 2800 N. Milwaukee, Chicago, IL, United StatesPoetry meets the stage in the new show by the Guild’s Poetry Performance Incubator. Collaboratively written by an ensemble of poets and performers, this piece tackles the humor, outrage and other mixed feelings of thinking about the environment while living in a city. Shows on Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays, October 5th - 28th at 7pm. […]
Teaching Artist Showcase: “Teaching in the Neighborhood”
Woman Made Gallery 685 N. Milwaukee, Chicago, United StatesThe Guild Literary Complex presents a sampling of teaching artists who educate students in various, diverse Chicago neighborhoods with its Teaching Artist Showcase series in collaboration with Woman Made Gallery, now celebrating its 20th Anniversary with its 20 Neighborhoods project. This is the second event in our series, and it will featurewriters who teach in middle- and high-schools, hospitals, and other community […]
“Unnatural Spaces” – a new show from the Poetry Performance Incubator
Hairpin Arts Center 2800 N. Milwaukee, Chicago, IL, United StatesPoetry meets the stage in the new show by the Guild’s Poetry Performance Incubator. Collaboratively written by an ensemble of poets and performers, this piece tackles the humor, outrage and other mixed feelings of thinking about the environment while living in a city. Shows on Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays, October 5th - 28th at 7pm. […]
Palabra Pura – “Migrating Words: Contratiempo Poets”
La Bruquena restaurant 2726 W. Division, 2nd floor, Chicago, IL, United StatesThe Guild Literary Complex continues its seventh year of its Palabra Pura bilingual poetry series with “Migrating Words: Contratiempo Poets” on October 17, 2012. The event is curated by Dr. Jochy Herrera and features poets from contratiempo magazine. The event will include poetry in Spanish, English and a combination of both. Featured readers will include Jorge Montiel, Silvia Goldman, and […]
“Unnatural Spaces” – a new show from the Poetry Performance Incubator
Hairpin Arts Center 2800 N. Milwaukee, Chicago, IL, United StatesPoetry meets the stage in the new show by the Guild’s Poetry Performance Incubator. Collaboratively written by an ensemble of poets and performers, this piece tackles the humor, outrage and other mixed feelings of thinking about the environment while living in a city. Shows on Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays, October 5th - 28th at 7pm. […]
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 […]
“Unnatural Spaces” – a new show from the Poetry Performance Incubator
Hairpin Arts Center 2800 N. Milwaukee, Chicago, IL, United StatesPoetry meets the stage in the new show by the Guild’s Poetry Performance Incubator. Collaboratively written by an ensemble of poets and performers, this piece tackles the humor, outrage and other mixed feelings of thinking about the environment while living in a city. Shows on Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays, October 5th - 28th at 7pm. […]
“Unnatural Spaces” – a new project from the Poetry Performance Incubator
Hairpin Arts Center 2800 N. Milwaukee, Chicago, IL, United StatesPoetry meets the stage in the new show by the Guild’s Poetry Performance Incubator. Collaboratively written by an ensemble of poets and performers, this piece tackles the humor, outrage and other mixed feelings of thinking about the environment while living in a city. Shows on Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays, October 5th - 28th at 7pm. […]
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 […]
Congratulations to the 2012 Prose Awards Finalists!
Chopin Theatre 1543 West Division Street, Chicago, United StatesCongratulations to following finalists of the 2012 Prose Awards (fiction and non-fiction)! Fiction Claire Bartlett Jason Lee Brown Sahar Mustafah Non-Fiction Suzanne Scanlon Ingrida Martinkus Jane Hertenstein This year's finalists were chosen by judges Amina Gautier and David Lazar. Please join us as we reveal the winners on October 24, 7:30 […]
“Unnatural Spaces” – a new show from the Poetry Performance Incubator
Hairpin Arts Center 2800 N. Milwaukee, Chicago, IL, United StatesPoetry meets the stage in the new show by the Guild’s Poetry Performance Incubator. Collaboratively written by an ensemble of poets and performers, this piece tackles the humor, outrage and other mixed feelings of thinking about the environment while living in a city. Shows on Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays, October 5th - 28th at 7pm. […]
“Unnatural Spaces” – a new show from the Poetry Performance Incubator
Hairpin Arts Center 2800 N. Milwaukee, Chicago, IL, United StatesPoetry meets the stage in the new show by the Guild’s Poetry Performance Incubator. Collaboratively written by an ensemble of poets and performers, this piece tackles the humor, outrage and other mixed feelings of thinking about the environment while living in a city. Shows on Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays, October 5th - 28th at 7pm. […]
“Unnatural Spaces” – a new project from the Poetry Performance Incubator
Hairpin Arts Center 2800 N. Milwaukee, Chicago, IL, United StatesPoetry meets the stage in the new show by the Guild’s Poetry Performance Incubator. Collaboratively written by an ensemble of poets and performers, this piece tackles the humor, outrage and other mixed feelings of thinking about the environment while living in a city. Shows on Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays, October 5th - 28th at 7pm. […]
Palabra Pura: “Rooster Footed Devils”
La Bruquena 2726 W. Division, 2nd floor, Chicago, IL, United StatesThis installment of Palabra Pura will explore the effect on individuals and communities of not fitting in to preconceived Latino identities. It is curated by Jennifer Patiño and featuring poets Beatriz Ruiz, Anthony Michael Cooremans and RIK Vazquez. Beatriz J Ruiz was born and raised in Chicago and Guanajuato. She is a […]
PALABRA PURA: “One Poet / One Poem”
La Bruquena restaurant 2726 W. Division, 2nd floor, Select a Country:PALABRA PURA: "ONE POET / ONE POEM" Wednesday, Janurary 16, 7:30pm, FREELa Bruquena Restaurant (Upstairs), 2726 W. Division The Guild Literary Complex is pleased to kick off the eighth season of PALABRA PURA with "One Poet / One Poem". Join us as past readers retake the stage to share their work in Spanish, English, or a combination […]
Palabra Pura: “Weather / Whether”
La Bruquena restaurant 2726 W. Division, 2nd floor, Select a Country:The Guild Literary Complex (GLC) continues the eighth year of Palabra Pura with an evening of bilingual poetry titled, “Whether in Chicago.” Curated by Rafael Franco, this event asks us to consider what role, if any, weather plays, whether significantly or not, in writing and how that writing might weather the winds of literary exploration. The […]
Applied Words: “A Night of Love”
Fulton Street Collective 2000 W Fulton S, Select a Country:THE GUILD LITERARY COMPLEX and CHICAGO DANZTHEATRE ENSEMBLE PRESENT: “A NIGHT OF LOVE” “There is a community of the spirit. Join it, and feel the delight of walking in the noisy street and being the noise...” -Rumi The Guild Literary Complex and Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble are pleased to present “A Night of Love”, an evening of performance, poetry, and […]
Palabra Pura: Poems as Stories, Stories as Poems
La Bruquena restaurant 2726 W. Division, 2nd floor, Select a Country:Dawn Herrera Featuring Dawn Herrera Helphand and Denise Ruiz, Poems as Stories, Stories as Poems explores the ways that poetry opens up narrative possibilities. At once funny and fierce, thoughtful and bizarre, this month's Palabra Pura, curated by Coya Paz, brings verse and storytelling together through the words of two powerful women. Dawn Herrera Helphand […]
Poetry Performance Incubator: “Tour Guides”
Beverly Arts Center 2407 West 111th StreetBeverly Arts Center The Guild Literary Complex is pleased to announce the 2013 remount of “Tour Guides”. Produced in 2010 as part of the Poetry Performance Incubator, “Tour Guides”, gives audiences a lyrical tour of the Chicago tourists never see. Originally written by a team of six, "Tour Guides" has had twelve distinct voices […]
Palabra Pura: “Telling Our Stories Through the Body”
La Bruquena restaurant 2726 W. Division, 2nd floorJoin us this April for "Telling Our Stories Through the Body," curated by Erika Sánchez and featuring Juana Iris Goergen and Ruben Quesada. More details below. Erika L. Sánchez Erika L. Sánchez is a poet and freelance writer living in Chicago. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Illinois at Chicago, was a […]
2013 Benefit: “Talkin’ Blues: a Tribute to Sterling Plumpp”
Rosa’s Blues Lounge 3420 W. ArmitageYou are cordially invited to our fourth annual benefit, Talkin' Blues, honoring Sterling Plumpp, renowned Chicago-based Blues poet, on May 14. The Guild Literary Complex will pay tribute to his decades-long achievement on stage at Rosa’s Blues Lounge in Logan Square (3420 W. Armitage). Plumpp with be joined by Jeffery Renard Allen, Duriel Harris, Tyehimba […]
Palabra Pura: “Noche de Novelas / Night of Novels”
La Bruquena restaurant 2726 W. Division, 2nd floorJoin us for a monthly bilingual poetry series, guest curated by Raul Dorantes and featuring Mark Litwicki, Martha Cecelia Rivera, and Febronio Zatarain. On Wednesday, May 15, 2013, Palabra Pura presents “Noche de novelas/Night of Novels,” curated by Raúl Dorantes. This is a rare opportunity to hear three outstanding Chicago writers read excerpts of their novels […]