Palabra Pura: Latinidad-Who are we? Latino Poets on Identity
For featured authors Diego Báez and Amy Sayre Baptista, violence inhabits their lives and what they write about. This is a violence that divides our culture and us; this is...
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La Bruquena Restaurant 2726 W. Division, Chicago, IL, United States
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22nd Annual Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Awards Program
Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts 915 E 60th, Chicago, IL, United StatesUpdate: Congratulations to the winner, Javon J. Smith! After the first four rounds, the finalists were chosen by the live audience—no easy task—and included Aja Zakiya Hall, Cassandra McGovern, Javon...
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The Guild Goes Dark in August
It's our annual summer programming break! We’ll be taking some time away to regroup through the month of August. Keep an eye out for our Fall Preview, which will contain...
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Palabra Pura: Who Stands With Us
La Bruquena Restaurant 2726 W. Division, Chicago, IL, United StatesAccording to this month's curator, Emilio Maldonado, challenging each other and the status quo is the responsibility of the committed artist, and he has programmed author/activists Aricka Foreman, Christina Obregon,...
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100,000 Poets for Change
Outer Space Studio 1474 N. Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL, United StatesExperiment #89: Fight the Power SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26th7pm / doors lock 7:30pm A special event with 100 Thousand Poets for Changehttp://www.100tpcmedia.org On September 26, 2015, many poets around the world will make their...
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The Lonely (a Writers to Watch reading)
Schubas Tavern 3159 N Southport, Chicago, IL, United StatesThis reading draws inspiration from the work of the featured writers, each of them exploring themes of loneliness, longing, and love. There is desire, and there is dread. There is...
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Palabra Pura: Curated by Cynthia Pelayo
La Bruquena Restaurant 2726 W. Division, Chicago, IL, United StatesMore information on October's Palabra Pura will be available late summer 2015.
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PALABRA PURA: MEMORY AND GHOSTS
La Bruquena Restaurant 2726 W. Division, Chicago, IL, United StatesCurated by Cynthia Pelayo October 21 @ 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM $5 | La Bruquena Restaurant, 2726 W. Division in Humboldt Park This month’s curator, Cynthia Pelayo, provides...
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Auction: Reginald Gibbons’ Library of First Edition Books
SAVE THE DATE: Reginald Gibbons' Library of First Editions Book Auction Available Starting November 4th Reginald Gibbons is a poet, fiction writer, translator, educator, critic, the former editor of TriQuarterly magazine and National...
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Annual Prose Awards
Chopin Theater 1543 W DivisionAnnual Prose Awards Event November 12, 7:30 – 9:30 p.m., Chopin Theater Every fall, the Guild Literary Complex acknowledges emerging and established prose writers via a judged competition and...
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PALABRA PURA: NOSSA AMÉRICA
La Bruquena Restaurant 2726 W. Division, Chicago, IL, United StatesPALABRA PURA: NOSSA AMÉRICA NOVEMBER 18 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm | $5 La Bruquena Restaurant, 2726 W. Division in Humboldt Park The last Palabra Pura for 2015...
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Palabra Pura 2016 Season Kick Off ~ One Poet / One Poem Returns
La Bruquena Restaurant 2726 W. Division, Chicago, IL, United StatesThe Guild Literary Complex is pleased to kick off the 11th season of PALABRA PURA returning with “One Poet / One Poem”. Come join in the fun 11 years in...
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Palabra Pura March 16, 2016
La Bruquena Restaurant 2726 W. Division, Chicago, IL, United StatesPalabra Pura March 16, 2016 7:30 - 9:00 pm “Turnt in Relevant Opacity” Curated by Ricardo Gamboa Current events ranging from cover-ups of police shootings and growing social inequalities further...
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RUTHERFORD’S TRAVELS with Dr. Charles Johnson
Chicago Dramatists 773 N. Aberdeen, Chicago, United StatesPegasus Theatre has a special deal this weekend just for Guild Literary Complex fans: This weekend, Pegasus Theatre presents sneak peak readings of RUTHERFORD’S TRAVELS, a spellbinding tale based on...
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Return Us to Nakedness, A Celebration of Rane Arroyo
Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center 4048 West Armitage, Chicago, IL, United StatesRANE Flyer, Jpeg Guild Literary Complex, Chicago Literary Hall of Fame, After Hours Press, and the Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center invite you to join us for an evening celebrating...
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RAP 101
Iridium Clothing CO 1330 North Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, United StatesWelcome to Chicago's newest DIY underground hip-hop event. On the last Thursday of the month (August and December excluded) the Guild Literary Complex hosts an a cappella hip-hop series with...
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BrooksDay Preview at the MCA, Chicago
Museum of Contemporary Art 220 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, United StatesThe 4th Annual BrooksDay is right around the corner, and to pique your interest the Guild Literary Complex in conjunction with the Museum of Contemporary Art is hosting a preview...
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Palabra Pura, May 18, 2016
La Bruquena Restaurant 2726 W. Division, Chicago, IL, United StatesPalabra Pura with Miguel López Lemus of Lobo Estepario Press presents: Palabra Pura as part of the Guild Literary Complex Una noche bohemia. A bohemian night. Poetry, song, music, storytelling...
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RAP 101 meets Real Love No Drama, Artist Talk about women, music, and Mary J. Blige with Author Danny Alexander
Volumes Bookcafe 1474 N. Milwaukee Ave, Chicago , United StatesThursday May 26, 2016. Wicker Park Chicago Guild Literary Complex Presents: Where Margins Meet 5:30 - 7:30 PM Artist Talk with Danny Alexander, Volumes Bookcafe 7:30 Door, 8:00 - 9:45...
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4th Annual BrooksDay, June 7 2016
Chicago Cultural Center 78 East Washington Street, Chicago, United StatesWelcome to the 4th Annual BrooksDay, a day long celebration of Gwendolyn Brooks Tuesday, June 7, 2016, Time: 10:00 am until 6:00 pm Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E Washington St.,...
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Where Margins Meet ~ the Guild’s Annual Benefit
Filament Theatre 4041 N. MILWAUKEE AVE, Chicago , IL, United StatesThe GUILD LITERARY COMPLEX is set to party with you on June 22nd 6:00 - 9:00 PM at Filament theatre. Come celebrate nearly 30 years of the Guild's legacy in...
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One Poet/One Poem
La Bruquena Restaurant 2726 W. Division, Chicago, IL, United StatesThe Guild’s annual One Poet/One Poem event starts the year off by looking back. Past Palabra Pura performers are invited to return and share a single poem or other 3-minute piece, painting...
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Born Woke: 30 years of Guild Literary Complex – Programming Ahead of the Times
Newberry Library 60 West Walton Street, Chicago, ILA Newberry Colloquium Wednesday, October 2, 2019 4pm Towner Fellows’ Lounge, Newberry Library Join us for a talk featuring the Guild Literary Complex’s rich archive, exhibiting its groundbreaking impact on...
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Creative Freedom: Writing In and Out of Prison
Green Line Performing Arts Center 329 E. Garfield Boulevard, Chicago, IL, United StatesA reading and panel featuring formerly incarcerated writers, and writers who teach in prisons, sharing their work and their perspectives on writing in prison, writing outside of prison, and writing...
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Palabra Pura en Poesía en Abril
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Of Poetry and Protest
Stony Island Arts Bank 6760 S. Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL, United States3A panel presented by The Guild Literary Complex + Rebuild Foundation This afternoon with Angela Jackson, Haki Madhubuti, and Eugene Redmond, some of the most important Chicago-area poets working at the intersection of...
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Performing Identities On (& Off) the Page: Queer Femme Artists of Color
Hairpin Arts Center 2800 N. Milwaukee Ave., 2nd floor, Chicago, IL, United StatesBuilding on a conversation begun with last Fall’s Applied Words: Performing Queerness On (& Off) the Page, this reading and performance panel brings together three Chicago-based queer femme artists of color working...
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BrooksDay 2019
Chicago State University, Gwendolyn Brooks Library 9501 S. King Drive, Chicago, IL, United StatesBrooksDay is the Guild Literary Complex’s annual celebration of Gwendolyn Brooks, held every year on June 7th, the anniversary of her birth. Since 2013, BrooksDay has been a marquee event in...
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The Guild’s 30th Anniversary Party
Chopin Theater 1543 W DivisionThe Guild hosted an evening celebrating the Guild’s first 30 years, and looking forward to the next 30. Important voices from the Guild’s past introduced the Guild’s 30 Writers to...
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Of Poetry and Protest Exhibit Opening
Stony Island Arts Bank 6760 S. Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL, United StatesPresented by The Guild Literary Complex + Rebuild Foundation Continuing the collaboration between The Guild Complex and Rebuild Foundation built on the 2016 anthology of African American political art and poetry, Of Poetry and Protest:...