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SUMMARY:Palabra Pura: Greater Than The Sum Of Parts
DESCRIPTION:“As Latin@s born and bred in the U.S.\, our sense of identity\, culture\, mother tongue and family are often complicated and contradictory. We are not a uniform group and sometimes don’t play well with others – even with our own gente. Yet on our life’s journey\, aided by our writing\, we find the integrity as individuals to stand firmly in self-definition\, unafraid to acknowledge those aspects of ourselves that make our antepasados shudder with aversion. February’s Palabra Pura presents work by fearless\, complex\, authentic voices that deny the easy definitions we are often thrust into as 21st Century Latin@s.” ~ Teresa Vázquez\, February Palabra Pura curator and host \nl to r: Emmanuel Ortiz\, Lucrecia Guerrero\, Elizabeth Marino\, Paul Martínez-Pompa\, Teresa Vázquez\nGuest authors include: Lucrecia Guerrero and Emmanuel Ortiz from Indiana\, and Elizabeth Marino and Paul Martínez-Pompa from Chicago. \n  \nABOUT THE ARTISTS \nLucrecia Guerrero grew up on the U.S./Mexico border in a bilingual and bicultural home.  Both her mother\, from Kentucky\, and her father\, from Puebla\, Mexico\, were proud of their respective cultures and shared that with Guerrero and her siblings.  Her short stories have been published in literary journals such as “The Antioch Review” and “The Louisville Review\,” and have been anthologized in Fasntastmas: Supernatural Stories by Mexican-American Writers (Bilingual Press) and Best of the West 2009 (U of Texas Press).  Chasing Shadows\, her collection of linked short stories was published by Chronicle Books\, and Bilingual Press/Arizona State U. published her novel Tree of Sighs.  Her novel received a Christopher Isherwood Fellowship and the Premio Aztlán Literary Award.  She leaves and teaches in the Midwest. \nElizabeth Marino is a Puerto Rican poet and educator\, based in Chicago. Her chapbook\, Debris: Poems and Memoir\, went into a second printing (Puddin’head Press 2011). She was awarded Hispanic Serving Institution funding from NEIU for her Latina/o Community Creative Non-Fiction Workshop and received a 2012 CAAP grant and conference scholarship to attend the initial Las Dos Brujas Writers’ Workshops\, where she studied with Juan Philipe Herrera\, poet laureate of California. She was a Ragdale resident and holds an MA from UIC’s Writers’ Program in addition to having studied literature at Oxford University on academic scholarship. Elizabeth’s poetry has appeared in print journals\, anthologies and live performance. Currently\, she is working on a second chapbook\, Ceremonies(forthcoming from Dancing Girl Press)\, and conducts a creative writing workshop for GLBTT seniors at The Center on Halsted. Most recently\, her work was given a critical review in Femficatio (London)\, and also appeared in the national Latino blog of culture and literature “La Bloga\,” along with the FB page “Poets Responding to SB 1070.” \nPaul Martínez-Pompa\, English Faculty-Triton College is the author of Pepper Spray (Momotombo Press 2006) and My Kill Adore Him (University of Notre Dame Press 2009)\, which was awarded the 2008 Andres Montoya Poetry Prize. \nEmmanuel Ortiz is a Latino writer and community organizer. He is a founding member of Palabristas: Latin@ Wordslingers\,  – a Latina/o poets collective based in Minnesota. He has authored 2 books of poetry: The Word Is a Machete: Post-Pocho/Puerto Rican Poems of the Personal and Political (Pocho Rican Press\, 2003)\, and Brown unLike Me: Poems From The Second Layer Of Our Skin (2008\, Calaca Press). He received the Verve Grant for spoken word poets in 2005. His writing has appeared in numerous publications\, and he has performed his work across the country. \nTeresa Vázquez (curator) released “Audio Chapbook 001: A Woman Loving” in 2000.  She appears in March Abrazo Press’s Between the Heart and the Land/Entre el corazón y la tierra. She holds a Bachelor’s in Creative Writing from Oberlin College\, and an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. \n  \nABOUT PALABRA PURA \nPalabra Pura promotes literary expression in more than one tongue through a monthly bilingual poetry reading featuring Chicano and Latino artists. With an aim to foster dialogue through literature in Chicago and beyond\, many evenings pair a local poet with a visiting writer along with an open mic to engage the interaction of diverse voices\, ideas\, and aesthetics. The readings are held the third Wednesday of every month (except August and December). \n  \nPARTNERS \nStory Week\, a program of Columbia College Chicago \nChicago Community Trust
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/palabra-pura-greater-than-the-sum-of-parts/
LOCATION:La Bruquena Restaurant\, 2726 W. Division\, Chicago\, IL\, United States
CATEGORIES:Palabra Pura,Story Week 2014
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20140215T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20140215T160000
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SUMMARY:Interdisciplinary Workshop: Dramaturgy of the Body with Rey Andújar
DESCRIPTION:Rey Andújar\, photo by Ariana Drule\nFor Rey Andújar movement\, theatre\, and writing are inextricably linked. Each facet of his art hinges on the others. In this workshop he will explain his process\, discuss his influences\, and present his muses. Writers\, actors\, and dancers alike will not want to miss this one-of-a-kind peek into this artist’s soul. \n**FREE**\, but rsvp is highly recommended. If you wish to participate\, email info@guildcomplex.org. \n[The workshop will be limited to 15 people and will be conducted mutually in English and Spanish.] \nDramaturgia del cuerpo—un taller de Rey Andújar \nLa escritura\, el teatro y el movimiento del cuerpo están intrínsecamente interconectados para Rey Andújar. En este taller\, se explicará el proceso creativo\, se discutirán las influencias y se platicará sobre las musas del escritor. Esta es una gran oportunidad para todas aquellas personas afines a la escritura\, la danza y el teatro\, para conocer la perspectiva y el alma de Andújar. \n  \nABOUT THE ARTIST \nRey Andújar is a Dominican writer and dramaturgist. His books have won various awards including The International Award from Casa de Teatro\, for his book of short stories\, El factor carne (IslaNegra\, 2005); The Puerto Rican Pen Club Award for his novel\, Candela (Alfaguara\, 2007); The Story Award from the International Book Fair in Santo Domingo for Amoricidio (AgentesCatalíticos\, 2007); The Ultramar Letters Award (New York\, 2011) for Saturnalia\, and most recently Adújar won The Cuento y Poesía Consenso Award at Northeastern University. \nRey Andújar es artista y escritor de origen dominicano. Publica narrativa y teatro desde 2005. Su trabajo ha recibido numerosos premios\, entre ellos\, el Pen Club de Novela en Puerto Rico por Candela (Alfaguara\, 2007)\, el Premio Internacional de Cuento Joven por Amoricidio (Agentes Catalíticos\, 2007)\, el Premio Letras de Ultramar de Nueva York en la categoría de cuento por la colección Saturnario (Editorial 7Vientos\, 2013) y muy recientemente fue galardonado con el premio Cuento y Poesía Consenso por la Universidad Northwestern. Desde 2009 su performance Antípoda se ha presentado en Ámsterdam\, Chicago\, Miami\, Nueva York\, París\, San Juan\, Santo Domingo y recientemente en la Ciudad de México. \nPARTNERS
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/workshop-rey-andujar/
LOCATION:City Lit Books\, 2523 N Kedzie Blvd\, Chicago
CATEGORIES:Story Week 2014,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20140129T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20140129T210000
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SUMMARY:Applied Words: Notes from the Mainframe
DESCRIPTION:In the 21st century\, we live inside technology like never before. For Applied Words “Notes from the Mainframe\,” the Guild Literary Complex invites writers employed in technology to read their work and discuss the poetics of art and science. \n“Notes from the Mainframe” will include readings by Catherine Halley (Director of Digital Programs\, Poetry Foundation)\, Daniel X. O’Neil (Executive Director of Smart Chicago Collaborative)\, and Stephanie Plenner (Founder of Chicago Literary Map). Artists will participate in a Q&A following the event. \nThe Applied Words series explores the intersection between creative writing and other fields. Ranging in discipline from art and architecture to social history and biology\, Applied Words attempts to use the literary arts to creatively describe and enhance our understanding of potentially disparate subjects. \nApplied Words: “Notes from the Mainframe” is co-sponsored by FreeGeek Chicago and Gapers Block. Gapers Block co-founder and editor Andrew Huff will join the fray to share a few technology-themed haiku poems. \nThere is an open mic for this event\, so feel free to bring a tech-inspired bit of writing. (2 min limit) \nShare this event on Facebook by clicking here! Poster design by Stephanie Plenner. \n  \nABOUT THE ARTISTS: \n \n  \nCatherine Halley is the director of digital programs at the Poetry Foundation\, where she serves as editor of poetryfoundation.org. She is working on a book about friendship and intimacy in the age of Facebook. \n  \n  \n \nDaniel X. O’Neil is some dude on the Internet. Also: he’s written three books of poetry. More here: http://juggernautco.com/ \n  \n  \n  \n \n  \nStephanie Plenner is a communication and object designer. She created the Chicago Literary Map\, a cartography project turned mobile app. Plenner holds a design and communication position at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. \n  \n  \nABOUT OUR PARTNERS: \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \nFreeGeek Chicago is a not-for-profit community organization that recycles used computers and parts to provide functional computers\, education\, internet access and job skills training to those who want them. \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \nGapers Block is a Chicago-centric web publication providing information on news\, events and other interesting stuff around town. Gapers Block wants you to slow down and check out your city! \n  \n 
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/notes-from-the-mainframe/
LOCATION:FreeGeek Chicago\, 3411 W Diversey Ave\, Chicago
CATEGORIES:Applied Words
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20140115T210000
DTSTAMP:20260514T214432
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SUMMARY:PALABRA PURA: “ONE POET / ONE POEM”
DESCRIPTION:The Guild Literary Complex is pleased to kick off the ninth season of PALABRA PURA with “One Poet / One Poem”. \n2014 guest curators reveal their plans and past readers share a poem during this annual party celebrating poetry (and fiction) in more than one tongue. Contributing authors include: \nRey Andújar  |  Beatriz Badikian  |  Alexander Bonner  |  Cristina Correa  |  Raúl Dorantes  |  Jorge García de la Fe  |  Juana Goergen  | Dawn Herrera Helphand  |  Kolin Jordan  |  Nora Leon  |  Mark Litwicki  |  Olivia Maciel  |  Maribel Mares  |  Jennifer Patiño  |  Martha Cecilia Rivera  |  Martin Rubio  |  Beatriz Ruiz  |  Denise Ruiz  |  Xenia Ruiz  |  Jacob Saenz  |  Erika Sánchez  |  Sandra Santiago  |  Rafael Franco Steeves  |  Luis Tubens  |  Johanny Vázquez Paz  |  om ulloa  |  Febronio Zatarain \nThere will be a buffet of delicious Puerto Rican food prepared by our generous hosts at La Bruquena\, and plenty of essential liquids at the cash bar. \nClick here to share on Facebook. \n*** \nPalabra Pura promotes literary expression in more than one tongue through a monthly bilingual poetry reading featuring Chicano and Latino artists. With an aim to foster dialogue through literature in Chicago and beyond\, each evening often pairs a local poet with a visiting writer along with an open mic to engage the interaction of diverse voices\, ideas\, and aesthetics. The readings are held the third Wednesday of every month (except August and December) \nPalabra Pura se enfoca en la expresion literaria en varios idiomas a traves de una serie de lecturas mensuales bilingues con artistas Chicanos y Latinos. Nuestra meta es promover el dialogo a traves de la literatura en Chicago y mas alla. Con este fin\, cado lectura combina un poeta local con uno invitado\, ademas de un open mic para cultivar la interaccion de voces\, ideas esteticas diversas. Las lecturas se ofrecen el tercer miercoles de cada mes (con excepcion de agosto y diciembre). \n 
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/palabra-pura-one-poet-one-poem-2014/
LOCATION:La Bruquena Restaurant\, 2726 W. Division\, Chicago
CATEGORIES:Palabra Pura
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20140108T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20140108T210000
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SUMMARY:An evening with M. Evelina Galang (wsg Angela Narciso Torres)
DESCRIPTION:Angel de la Luna and the 5th Glorious Mystery\nM. Evelina Galang will read from her new young adult novel\, Angel de la Luna and the 5th Glorious Mystery at Women & Children First on Wednesday\, January 8th at 7:30 p.m. in an event co-presented by Guild Literary Complex and Coffee House Press. \nThe novel follows fifteen-year-old Angel after the death of her father and through her family’s move from Manila to Chicago. In grappling with her grief\, Angel becomes heavily involved in the Philippine People Power Revolution\, the only way she can think to help the surviving Filipina “Comfort Women” of WWII. It has been praised as “[A] vivid portrait of a culture” by Kirkus and “ethereal and immersive” by Publishers Weekly. \nAngela Narciso Torres will open the evening with a poetry reading\, and both authors will be available for a Q&A and signing following the event. A wine reception will conclude the evening. \n  \nIn honor of this literary event\, U.S. wireless subscribers can text the word AID to 80108 to give a $10 donation to The mGive Philippines Typhoon Disaster Relief Fund. All contributions will be distributed immediately to relief organizations that are providing food\, water and many other relief services to those most in need in the Philippines. \n  \nABOUT THE ARTISTS \nM. Evelina Galang\nM. Evelina Galang is the author of Her Wild American Self (Coffee House Press\, 1996) and the novel One Tribe (New Issues Press\, 2006). She has edited the anthology Screaming Monkeys: Critiques of Asian American Images (Coffee House Press\, 2003). Galang teaches in and directs the creative writing program at the University of Miami\, is core faculty for vona/Voices: Voices of Our Nation Arts Foundation\, and has been named one of the one hundred most influential Filipinas in the United States by Filipina Women’s Network. \n  \n  \n  \nAngela Narciso Torres\nAngela Narciso Torres is the winner of the Willow Books Literature Award for Poetry. Recent work appears in Cimarron Review\, Colorado Review\, and Cream City Review. A graduate of Warren Wilson MFA Program for Writers and the Harvard Graduate School of Education\, Angela has received fellowships from the Illinois Arts Council\, Ragdale Foundation\, and Midwest Writing Center. Born in Brooklyn and raised in Manila\, she currently resides in Chicago\, where she teaches poetry workshops and serves as a senior poetry editor for RHINO. \n  \n  \nABOUT OUR PARTNERS \nLocated in Minneapolis\, Minnesota\, Coffee House Press is an independent\, nonprofit literary publisher of fiction\, poetry\, and nonfiction. The mission of Coffee House Press is to publish exciting\, vital\, and enduring authors of our time; to delight and inspire readers; to contribute to the cultural life of our community; and to enrich our literary heritage. More information\, and their full catalog\, is available at: coffeehousepress.org \nWomen & Children First (WCF) began in a modest storefront in 1979. Over the years they moved twice and are now in a northside Chicago neighborhood known for its diversity\, queer-friendliness\, women-owned businesses and community spirit. WCF staffers include teachers\, graduate students\, professional writers and storytellers\, political activists\, board members\, and poets. Each is a reader\, a feminist\, and a bookseller. The purpose in beginning the store 33 years ago was to promote the work of women writers and to create a place in which all women would find books reflecting their lives and interests. WCF strives to do this in an atmosphere in which all are respected\, valued\, and well-served. That remains their purpose still\, online as well as in the store. \nWomen & Children First is one of the largest feminist bookstores in the country\, stocking more than 30\,000 books by and about women\, children’s books for all ages\, and the best of lesbian and gay fiction and non-fiction. Anything not  in stock we usually be available in the store in a few days’ time\, even if it’s a title outside WCF’s specialty. They also carry cards\, magazines\, blank books and journals\, calendars\, CDs\, gift items like candles\, and pride products. More information can be found online at: www.womenandchildrenfirst.com \n  \n 
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/an-evening-with-m-evelina-galang/
LOCATION:Women & Children First bookstore\, 5233 N. Clark Street\, Chicago
CATEGORIES:Book Event
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20131205T210000
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SUMMARY:Poetry off the Shelf: Eduardo C. Corral\, Carmen Giménez-Smith\, Sheryl Luna and Deborah Paredez
DESCRIPTION:We are very pleased to be partnering with the Poetry Foundation for a special Poetry off the Shelf. \nInspired by Cave Canem and Kundiman\, CantoMundo is a national collective for Latina/o poets. Carmen Giménez-Smith is the author of four poetry collections—Milk and Filth\, Goodbye\, Flicker\, The City She Was\, and Odalisque in Pieces. Sheryl Luna received the Andres Montoya Prize for her first collection\, Pity the Drowned Horses. Eduardo C. Corral won the 2011 Yale Younger Prize for Slow Lighting. He is the recipient of a Whiting Writers’ Award\, a Ruth Lilly Fellowship\, and an NEA Fellowship. Deborah Paredez is the author of This Side of Skin\, and the critical study\, Selenidad: Selena\, Latinos\, and the Performance of Memory. She is the co-founder of CantoMundo. \nThis special event is Co-sponsored CantoMundo\, Letras Latinas and the Guild Literary Complex.
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/poetry-off-the-shelf-eduardo-c-corral-carmen-gimenez-smith-sheryl-luna-and-deborah-paredez/
LOCATION:Poetry Foundation\, 61 West Superior Street
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20131124T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20131124T170000
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SUMMARY:Chicago Book Expo
DESCRIPTION:The Guild will have a table at the Chicago Book Expo on Sunday\, November 24 from 11am-5pm. The Chicago Book Expo has “Chicago’s best independent publishers and authors selling books\, plus free author readings\, panel discussions\, writing workshops\, and bilingual/Spanish programs” available to the public for free! Visit our booth\, and enjoy the opportunity to investigate books and magazines from local publishers\, hear authors\, and see what other literary organizations are doing in town. \nFurther information and details about the Chicago Book Expo can be found on their website.
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/chicago-book-expo/
LOCATION:St. Augustine College\, 1345 W. Argyle
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20131120T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20131120T210000
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SUMMARY:Palabra Pura: El Amor
DESCRIPTION:Our monthly bilingual poetry night returns to its usual destination: the always-fabulous La Bruquena! Join us for this final Palabra Pura of the year as multimedia artist Miquel Lopez Lemus presents a cantologia on love. Twenty-seven (!) Palabra Pura poets contributed a new poem on the theme for this published collection\, and many will be on hand to read for this special event. What’s more\, you can purchase the volume and take the love home. Physical copies will available at the reading\, and digital copies can be found at Amazon.com. All proceeds from book sales benefit Palabra Pura. \nCantologia I. is published by Pandora/lobo estepario Press and features the work of: Rosemary Aceves\, Lisa Alvarado\, Eduardo Arocho\, Beatriz Badikian-Gartler\, Xánath Caraza\, Cristina Correa\, Dinorah Cortes-Velez\, Jorge García de la Fe\, Juanita Goergen\, Silvia Goldman\, Mary Hawley\, Miguel Lopez Lemus\, Elizabeth Marino\, Rita Martinez-Puccio\, Miguel Marzana\, Zulema Moret\, Yolanda Nieves\, Diana Pando\, Jennifer Patino\, Johanny Vázquez Paz\, Peter Ramos\, Martha Cecilia Rivera\, Martin Rubio Jr.\, Beatriz Ruiz\, Xenia Ruiz\, Sandra Santiago\, Teresa Vázquez\, Emanuel Xavier.
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/palabra-pura-el-amor/
LOCATION:La Bruquena restaurant\, 2726 W. Division\, 2nd floor
CATEGORIES:Palabra Pura
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20131104T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20131104T220000
DTSTAMP:20260514T214432
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SUMMARY:TONIC: a soulful celebration
DESCRIPTION:You are cordially invited to TONIC: a soulful celebration!\nIt’s been a year of recognition and achievement for the Guild\, from inaugurating Brooksday to receiving a major MacArthur Foundation grant. We plan to celebrate with a night of music\, libations\, and the best company: YOU. \nIt will be a TONIC\, something good for the soul\, just in time for the fall harvest\, and on the eve of the Guild’s 25th anniversary in 2014. \nJoin us at Vincent Restaurant\, located at 1475 W Balmoral Ave\, for an evening of Soul Music by DJ RISA T and complimentary Gin Punch + Appetizers. \nTickets are $50 general admission / $25 for artists and arts administrators. \n \nAll proceeds benefit Guild Literary Complex\, a 501 (c)3 non-profit. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/tonic-a-soulful-celebration/
LOCATION:Vincent Restaurant\, 1475 W Balmoral \, Chicago 
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20131102T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20131102T153000
DTSTAMP:20260514T214432
CREATED:20130918T224129Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20131004T181101Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry Performance Incubator: Like Bread
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an in-progress performance of the brand new Poetry Performance Incubator production\, Like Bread. Inspired by the Roque Dalton poem “Like You\,” Like Bread will explore the relationship between writing and social struggles\, the way that writing can transform a life\, and how challenging (but joyful) it can be to claim oneself “a writer.” We are so pleased to again be collaborating with noted director Coya Paz on this new production. More details to come.
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/poetry-performance-incubator-like-bread-2/
LOCATION:Free Street Theater\, 1419 W Blackhawk St
CATEGORIES:Poetry Performance Incubator
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20131101T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20131101T203000
DTSTAMP:20260514T214432
CREATED:20130918T224028Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20131004T181133Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry Performance Incubator: Like Bread
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an in-progress performance of the brand new Poetry Performance Incubator production\, Like Bread. Inspired by the Roque Dalton poem “Like You\,” Like Bread will explore the relationship between writing and social struggles\, the way that writing can transform a life\, and how challenging (but joyful) it can be to claim oneself “a writer.” We are so pleased to again be collaborating with noted director Coya Paz on this new production. More details to come. \n 
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/poetry-performance-incubator-like-bread/
LOCATION:Free Street Theater\, 1419 W Blackhawk St
CATEGORIES:Poetry Performance Incubator
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20131024T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20131024T203000
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SUMMARY:Palabra Pura: Letras Latinas
DESCRIPTION:We very pleased to be partnering with Poetry Foundation and Red Hen Press for this month’s Palabra Pura. \nCelebrate the inaugural winner and judge of the Letras Latinas/Red Hen Poetry Prize. Judge Orlando Ricardo Menes directs the creative writing program at the University of Notre Dame. His third full-length collection\, Fetish\, won the 2012 Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry and was published in 2013 by the University of Nebraska Press. Winner Dan Vera is a writer\, editor and literary historian in Washington\, DC. In addition to his winning volume\, Speaking Wiri Wiri\, he is the author of The Space Between Our Danger and Delight (Beothuk Books\, 2008). A booksigning and reception follow. \nThis is a Poetry Foundation event co-sponsored with Letras Latinas\, Red Hen Press\, Guild Complex\, and the Ragdale Foundation.
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/palabra-pura-letras-latinas/
LOCATION:The Poetry Foundation\, 61 W Superior St\, Chicago\, IL\, United States
CATEGORIES:Palabra Pura
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20131023T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20131023T210000
DTSTAMP:20260514T214432
CREATED:20130204T171036Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20131015T184709Z
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SUMMARY:2013 Prose Awards
DESCRIPTION:Every fall we recognize outstanding short fiction and non-fiction from across the State of Illinois and award $250 cash prizes to one outstanding writer in each category. Please join us on October 23\, 7:30 pm\, at the Chopin Theater\, located at 1543 W. Division Street\, as we celebrate the authors at a special reading and award event featuring all six finalists. \nAdmission: $7 general and $5 students \n  \nNON-FICTION FINALISTS \nBenjamin Capps for “Pigs\, Dogs\, and Guns” \nJH Palmer for “How to Rescue a Feral Cat” \nGina P. Vozenilek for “Waxwing” \n  \nFICTION FINALISTS \nJoseph Arzac for “Legacy” \nRebecca Keller for “Meals of a Lifetime” \nCyn Vargas “That Girl” \n  \nThe 2013 Prose Awards were judged by Cristina Henríquez (fiction) and Miles Harvey (non-fiction). This year’s Prose Awards is sponsored in part by Wicker Park Bucktown\, SSA #33. WPB SSA#33 is administered by the WPB Chamber of Commerce. \n  \nABOUT THE FINALISTS \n  \nJoe Arzac is a strategic planning professional by day and a writer by night. He earned a law degree from the University of Chicago and was a finalist in the Rosemary Sazonoff Writing Contest. He is currently hard at work on a novel\, an excerpt of which is titled “Legacy.” \n  \nBenjamin Capps studied theatre\, coming to Chicago in 1999 to pursue stage\, music and film.  He has produced seven short-films and several works on stage under the moniker\, The Inner Below.  Benjamin also penned a collection of non-fiction works based on childhood traumas\, of which his current piece is a part. \n  \nRebecca Keller is an artist and writer. Her art is shown internationally\, including next month at Chicago’s MCA. Her artwork and essays are featured in “Excavating History” (Stepsister Press). Her fiction has appeared in several literary journals\, and earned the Joan Jakobsen Award (Wesleyan) and the Betty Gabehart prize. \n  \nJ.H. Palmer co-produces the live lit series That’s All She Wrote\, and has appeared at a number of live lit venues including: Story Club\, Guts & Glory\, 2nd Story\, SKALD\, Mortified\, WRITE CLUB! and The Moth GrandSLAM. She is pursuing a Certificate in Creative Nonfiction at the University of Chicago. \n  \nCyn Vargas holds an MFA in Creative Writing- Fiction from Columbia College Chicago.  She received two top citations from Glimmer Train in their Short Story Award for New Writers contests. Her work’s appeared in Word Riot\, Curbside Splendor\, and elsewhere.  Writing’s her way of legally exposing herself in public. \n  \nGina P. Vozenilek has an MFA from Northwestern and MA from U Iowa. One of her essays won the 2012 AWP Intro Journal Award and another was nominated for a Pushcart and was named Best of the Net by Sundress Publications. “Waxwing” is from her thesis\, a collection of essays about place and identity. \n  \nPARTNER LINKS: \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n(Wicker Park Bucktown SSA #33) \n \n  \n(Chopin Theatre)
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/2013-prose-awards/
LOCATION:Chopin Theater\, 1543 W Division
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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SUMMARY:Applied Words: Re-Built: Writers on Architecture and the Urban Plan
DESCRIPTION:If urban design is the language of the city\, where is the story – and who tells it? In “Re-Built: Writers on Architecture and the Urban Plan” the Guild Literary Complex presents Chicago authors examining human-scale relationships with the built environment\, the history of Homan Square\, and what comes next. This reading is part of Open House Chicago\, a program of the Chicago Architecture Foundation. Stop by for stories built brick by brick! \nThe event will featuring readings by Nwaji Nefahito\, Sandra Seaton\, and Benjamin van Loon\, along with students from Henry Ford Academy: Power House High. An open-mic starts the program. Sign-up for the open-mic begins at 1:30 pm. \nThe venue\, a 14-story brick tower in a Neo-Classical style\, was once part of the world’s largest commercial building\, a 3.3 million square foot warehouse for the old Sears Roebuck and Company. \nApplied Words: “Re-Built” is programmed in partnership with Open House Chicago\, a program of the Chicago Architecture Foundation\, and is generously underwritten by the Foundation for Homan Square. \nABOUT THE ARTISTS: \n \nSandra Seaton is the author of twelve plays. Her libretto for the song cycle From the Diary of Sally Hemings\, a collaboration with Pulitzer Prize-winning composer William Bolcom\, is available as a CD from White Pine Music and as a score from Hal Leonard. Famed actor Ruby Dee appeared in a 1998 Ann Arbor production of The Bridge Party\, Seaton’s first play. In 2009\, A Chance Meeting (adapted from the short story by Chicago author Cyrus Colter) premiered at the University of Michigan starring acclaimed Met tenor George Shirley. A recent play\, Music History\, set at the University of Illinois at Champaign in 1963\, focuses on African American college students from Chicago and their responses to the struggle for civil rights in the South. In 2012 Seaton received the Mark Twain Award “for distinguished contributions to Midwestern literature” from the Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature. \n  \nBenjamin van Loon is a writer living in Chicago\, IL. He is the co-founder of Anobium (an experimental literary publication); a former staff writer for Green Building & Design magazine; a runner-up for the Calvino Prize for Fiction; and is presently participating in the Communications\, Media\, and Theater graduate program at Northeastern Illinois University. \n  \n  \nNwaji Nefahito was born and raised in the Lawndale district.  She currently resides on the West Side of Chicago\, where she is a longtime community activist. Ms. Harris is also a baker and an African dance performer.  Her West Side roots have continued to influence her perspective on contemporary life\, which has also been enriched by her extensive travels throughout the world\, including visits to West Africa\, Egypt and Haiti. Ms. Harris attended the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana and Southern University at New Orleans. She has the ability of a lifelong Westsider to reflect on the ways things have changed in Chicago beyond downtown and the lakefront. \nPARTNER LINKS:
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/applied-words-re-built-writers-on-architecture-and-the-urban-plan/
LOCATION:The Original Sears Tower\, 930 S. Homan Ave.
CATEGORIES:Applied Words
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20131006T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20131006T210000
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SUMMARY:Poetry: What's Class Got To Do With It??!!
DESCRIPTION:A reading on the theme of “working class poetry\,” this is a program of Occupy Rogers Park Chicago and is co-sponsored by Guild Complex and Chicago Consortium For Working-Class Studies. Featured readers include poet and scholar Jeanetta Calhoun Mish and poet Adam Gottlieb. An open mic begins the program\, so bring your own poetry related to the theme. And if you can\, bring a dish to share at the potluck. \nAbout the readers: \nPoet Jeanetta Calhoun Mish is a writer\, scholar\, and professor\, and is editor of Mongrel Empire Press. She earned her Ph.D. in American Studies with an emphasis on contemporary American poetry and working-class studies. Her poetry collection\, Work Is Love Made Visible\, published by West End Press in March 2009\, won three major awards in 2010. She comes to us on a reading tour from New Mexico. \nAdam Gottlieb is a graduate of Hampshire College and accomplished slam poet featured in the film Louder than a Bomb. Adam curates the weekly open mic “Mondays at the Royal Café” in Rogers Park. For Gottlieb\, poetry is about communication and connecting with others. Slam\, he says\, is just the venue to bring people together\, but it’s not as important as the poetry itself.
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/poetry-whats-class-got-to-do-with-it/
LOCATION:Lunt Lake Co-op Apartments (Community Room)\, 1138 W Lunt\, Chicago\, IL\, 60626\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20131005T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20131005T210000
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SUMMARY:Poetry: Work Is Love Made Visible
DESCRIPTION:Work Is Love Made Visible will feature visiting poet Jeanetta Calhoun Mish and include Chicago authors Quaraysh Ali Lansana and Eduardo Arocho for an evening of working class poetry and observations. Bring your poetry on the theme to share in the open mic that starts the event! \nAbout the authors: \nJeanetta Calhoun Mish is a writer\, scholar\, and professor\, and the editor of Mongrel Empire Press. She earned her Ph.D. in American Studies with an emphasis on contemporary American poetry and working-class studies. Her poetry collection\, Work Is Love Made Visible\, published by West End Press in March 2009\, won three major awards in 2010. She comes to us on a reading tour from New Mexico. \nQuraysh Ali Lansana’s books of poetry include cockroach children: corner poems and street psalms (1995)\, Southside Rain (2000)\, They Shall Run (2004) and Mystic Turf (2012). Lansana received the 1999 Henry Blakely Award (presented by Gwendolyn Brooks) and the 2000 Poet of the Year Award from Chicago’s Black Book Fair. He is co-editor of Dream of a Word: The Tia Chucha Press Poetry Anthology (2006) and Role Call: A Generational Anthology of Social and Political Black Literature and Art (2002). \nEduardo Arocho has been writing and performing poetry since 1992. He has been featured in many venues in Chicago including Citiverse Poetry Series at the Sultzer Library and The Institute for Puerto Rican Arts and Culture\, among others. His poetry has been published in OPEN FIST: Anthology of Young Illinois Poets\, by Tia Chucha Press (1993)\, POWERLINES: A Decade of Poetry from Chicago’s Guild Complex\, by Tia Chucha Press (2000) and EL CENTRO JOURNAL\, Center for Puerto Rican Studies\, Hunter College New York\, NY\, (2001). His recently published book is Hot Wings. \nThis is one of two Chicago readings featuring Jeanetta Calhoun Mish and is co-sponsored by Chicago Consortium For Working-Class Studies and Guild Complex.
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/poetry-work-is-love-made-visible/
LOCATION:Jak’s Tap\, 901 W. Jackson\, Chicago\, IL\, 60607\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20130918T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20130918T210000
DTSTAMP:20260514T214432
CREATED:20130204T170104Z
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SUMMARY:Palabra Pura: Inspiration
DESCRIPTION:Poets meet muse at the September installment of our monthly bilingual poetry series\, Palabra Pura\, curated by Irasema Gonzalez and featuring poets Diana Pando and Xánath Caraza. “Inspiration” takes place Wednesday\, September 18\, 2013\, at 7:30 PM at La Bruquena restaurant\, 2726 W. Division. The program will be spoken in English and Spanish. Admission is free. \nThe dynamic between artist and inspiration is at times a lovely dance and at others a bitter duel.  Join us as we discover how two poets responded when Federico Garcia Lorca’s version of duende\, “that mysterious power that everyone feels but no philosopher can explain\,” extended a hand for a dance on the page. \nIrasema Gonzalez  has presented work at 2nd Story\, the Poetry Performance Incubator and Palabra Pura.  Her story Love in the Time of Crushed Cherries and Aqua Net broadcasted on Vocalo on WBEZ.  Her poems appeared in the chapbook\, Afternoon Wine: Vicios\, Sueños y Confesiones\, Ariel XXVIII\, and Between the Heart and the Land: An Anthology of Midwestern Latina Poets by March Abrazo Press. She is a founding member of Proyecto Latina\, a multi-media project that spotlights the work of Latinas and she shares an essay in their recently published anthology Rebeldes. \n \nXánath Caraza is a traveler\, educator\, poet and short story writer. Her published works include Sílabas de viento (Mammoth Publications\, 2014)\, Lo que trae la marea/ What the Tide Brings\, Conjuro\, and Corazón Pintado: Ekphrastic Poems. Caraza was the winner of the 2003 Ediciones Nuevo Espacio international short story contest\, an International Book Awards finalist in 2013\, and was named a 2013 Top Ten “New” Latino Authors to Watch by Latinostories.com. \n  \n \nDiana Pando is a poet\, writer\, and a founder of the Proyecto Latina Reading Series. In 2012\, her poem Coatlique Rising was selected to be part of the Rites of Passage anthology and was a finalist for the Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Competition. In 2010 her ten-minute play Thirst was presented at Teatro Luna’s 10X10 play festival. Currently she is part of the Con Tinta literary advisory board\n.
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/palabra-pura-8/
LOCATION:La Bruquena restaurant\, 2726 W. Division\, 2nd floor
CATEGORIES:Palabra Pura
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20130903T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20130903T200000
DTSTAMP:20260514T214432
CREATED:20130521T145828Z
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SUMMARY:Applied Words: Broken Windows
DESCRIPTION:If urban design is the language of the city\, where is the story – and who tells it? In Applied Words: on Architecture and the Urban Plan\, the Guild Literary Complex invites writers to examine our relationships with the built environment. \n“Broken Windows\,” the first reading in a series of three to continue from now until October\, will take place on Tuesday\, September 3\, from 6pm-8pm\, in the Polish Triangle located at the intersection of Division Street\, Ashland Avenue\, and Milwaukee Avenue. The free event will include an open mic and stories from Paul Durica\, Maribel Mares\, and Sarah Ross. A free afternoon workshop on “place making” will be lead by architect Katherine Darnstadt\, founder of Latent Design\, from 3pm-5pm. Open mic sign-up begins at 5:30 pm. \nThe “broken windows” social theory states that community ailments such as trash\, graffiti\, and loitering\, when left unchecked\, invite larger criminal problems. But if the “broken windows” are fixed\, a community invites economic development and social prosperity. In practice\, the concept can evolve into zero tolerance for behavior or people considered disruptive or unwanted. Our readers will present stories from the middle\, tales that examine conflict and offer surprise as they foreground the human element in urban design. \nThe Applied Words series explores creative writings intersection with other fields. Ranging in discipline from art and architecture to social history and biology\, Applied Words attempts to use the literary arts to enhance and/or creatively describe other fields. Applied Words: “Broken Windows” is part of summer programming by the Polish Triangle Coalition. It is co-sponsored by SOILED Magazine and generously underwritten by Studio Gang Architects. \nABOUT THE ARTISTS: \nKatherine Darnstadt is the founder and principal of LATENT DESIGN\, a collaborative of individuals whose projects focus on social\, economic and environmental impact beyond the building. She has been published\, exhibited\, and featured widely\, most notably at the International Venice Biennale\, Core 77 Design Awards\, Chicago Ideas Week\, NPR\, and as the 2013 American Institute of Architects Young Architects Honor Award winner. \n  \nPaul Durica has an MFA in creative writing from the University of Michigan and a PhD in English from the University of Chicago. His writing has appeared in Poetry\, The Chicagoan\, Tin House\, Mid-American Review\, and Indiana Review among other places. With Bill Savage\, he edited Chicago by Day and Night: The Pleasure Seeker’s Guide to the Paris of America. He is the founder of Pocket Guide to Hell\, a series of free and interactive talks\, walks\, and reenactments that deal with Chicago’s past. \nMaribel Mares is an author\, educator\, and organizer. She is a founding member of the Division Collective\, a salon series featuring emerging writers\, artists\, musicians\, architects\, designers\, and thinkers. She is also the co-creator of Kid City Chicago. Her writing explores the cultural and regional identity of Mexican American families. \n  \nSarah Ross is an artist and organizer. She is a co-organizer of the Prison and Neighrborhood Arts Project\, a new art and humanities initiative at Stateville Prison. She is the recipient of grants from the Propeller Fund\, Graham Foundation\, and the University of California Institute for Research in the Arts. Ross’ work in sculpture\, video\, and photo visualizes struggles around space\, class\, access\, and gender. \n  \nCo-sponsor: \n \n  \n  \n  \nSOILED – a dirty architecture magazine – tells messy stories about architecture. The stories are unexpected\, they’re accessible\, and they instigate mischief. Collectively\, the stories reach across disciplines to bring a diverse group of people into a public conversation about architecture. SOILED is published twice a year on each solstice. It is an interactive\, physical artifact\, simultaneously disposable and precious. More information at: www.soiledzine.org \nUnderwriting partner: \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nMacArthur Fellow Jeanne Gang is the founder of Studio Gang Architects\, a Chicago-based collective of architects\, designers\, and thinkers practicing internationally. Jeanne uses architecture as a medium of active response to contemporary issues and their impact on human experience. Each of her projects resonates with its specific site and culture while addressing larger global themes such as urbanization\, climate\, and sustainability. With this approach\, Studio Gang has produced some of today’s most innovative and visually compelling architecture. http://studiogang.net/ \nABOUT POLISH TRIANGLE COALITION: \nThe Polish Triangle Coalition is formed to improve the surroundings around the area bounded by Ashland\, Milwaukee\, and Division Street. Neighborhood community groups\, merchants and local schools are working to create a more pleasant and lively area at the Polish Triangle. www.polishtrianglecoalition.org
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/applied-words-broken-windows/
LOCATION:Polish Triangle\, Chicago 
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20130725T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20130725T213000
DTSTAMP:20260514T214432
CREATED:20130712T155711Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry Performance Incubator Auditions
DESCRIPTION:The Poetry Performance Incubator is seeking poets and other writers to collaborate on the creation of a workshop production of Like Bread\, a new theatrical performance about making space for a creative life. We are particularly interested in working with poets from a broad range of aesthetics\, backgrounds\, ages\, and Chicago communities. \nInspired by the Roque Dalton poem “Like You\,” Like Bread will explore the relationship between writing and social struggles\, the way that writing can transform a life\, and how challenging (but joyful) it can be to claim oneself “a writer.” \nNoted director (and longtime Incubator artist lead) Coya Paz will facilitate this project. The Guild is particularly interested in working with a multigenerational cast\, and writers of all ages are encouraged to audition. \nTo Audition: \nAuditions will be Thursday\, July 25\, 6:30 PM\, at Free Street Theatre (1419 W. Blackhawk St). Audition slots are 30 minutes and will include you giving a 2-3 minute recital of your original written material\, on-the-spot writing from prompts\, and group theatre exercises. The call back will be Saturday\, July 27\, and by invitation only. The call back will be a full group audition for two hours. \nTo schedule an audition\, email aromero@guildcomplex.org with “Auditions” in subject line\, and give your name\, phone number\, and what time(s) you’re available July 25\, 6:30pm-8:30pm. Then we’ll call you back to schedule your audition.
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/poetry-performance-incubator-auditions/
LOCATION:Free Street Theatre\, 1419 W. Blackhawk St\, Chicago\, IL\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20130723T220000
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CREATED:20130204T162114Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130718T145721Z
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SUMMARY:Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Awards
DESCRIPTION:Guild Literary Complex is pleased to announce the 20th Annual Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Awards. Join us Tuesday July 23\, 2013\, 7:00 pm\, at the Chopin Theater\, 1542 W Division Street\, for a live voting event and award ceremony. Preliminary judges\, Gwendolyn A. Mitchell and Noël Jones have narrowed the submissions down to just 20 semi-finalists who now have the opportunity to showcase their talents in front of a live audience. Audience members will be voting throughout the evening and will ultimately crown the winner of $500 and the 20th Annual Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Awards. Brooks’ daughter\, Nora Brooks Blakely will present the first place award. The emcee for the event is celebrated poet and performer Toni Ashante Lightfoot. Included in the festivities will be a special reading by Mark Turcotte\, the first winner of the Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Awards in 1993. Tickets are $7 / $5 for students. \nThe 2013 semi-finalists are: Olivia M. Arredondo\, Lucia Blinn\, Ann Breen-Greco\, Quintin Collins\, Dina Elenbogen\, Glenn Ford\, Amelia M. Garcia\, Marc Livingston (a.k.a. G.P.A.)\, Nate Marshall\, Maya Marshall\, Diana Pando\, Gregory Pickett\, Kelly Reuter\, Shanara “The MouthPeace” Sanders\, Sandra Santiago\, Rachel Slotnick\, Javon Smith\, M. Quinn Stifler\, Sharon Warner\, and Arne Weingart \nEMCEE: Toni Asante Lightfoot is a lecturer and co-editor of Dream of a Word: A Tia Chucha Anthology\, The It’s Your Mug 10th Anniversary Commemorative Anthology\, and The Sixth Wave: An anthology of Black writers from the late 70s to 2000. \n  \n  \nSPECIAL PRESENTER: Nora Brooks Blakely is a committed educator and the daughter of Henry Blakely and Gwendolyn Brooks. She developed Brooks Permissions in 2000 to manage her mother’s body of work. \n  \n  \n  \nSPECIAL READER: Mark Turcotte is an educator and the author of four poetry collections\, including The Feathered Heart and Exploding Chippewas. \n  \n  \nPRELIMINARY JUDGE: Gwendolyn A. Mitchell is a poet and editor.  Her poetry has appeared in a number of journals and anthologies including American Review\, Prairie Schooner\, Warpland: A Journal of Black Literature and Ideas\, Essence Magazine\, Spaces Between Us and Valley Voices. Ms. Mitchell is the author of two poetry collections\, Veins and Rivers and House of Women\, and is the author of the book-length poem\, Ain’t I Black.  She is the co-editor of two anthologies\, Releasing the Spirit and Describe the Moment\, both collections of literary work from Gallery 37 in Chicago. Her forthcoming book\, Among the Missing\, will be published later this year. Gwendolyn Mitchell resides in Illinois\, where she serves as Senior Editor for Third World Press. \n  \nPRELIMINARY JUDGE: Noël Jones is a writer and former member of the 2000 National Poetry Slam Champion Team NYC-Urbana\, featured in The New York Times and on NPR’s “Infinite Mind\,” as well as at the South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin\, TX. As a performance poet\, Jones has toured internationally and was elected to be part of an all-woman tour introducing slam poetry to Denmark. Among other appearances\, Jones has been featured at the YWCA Student Association’s National Convention in Phoenix\, Arizona; on New York’s Studio Y on the MetroChannel and Boston’s Stand-Up Poetry. \n  \nThe 20th Annual Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Award program is sponsored by Wicker Park Bucktown SSA #33.  WPB SSA #33 is administered by the WPB Chamber of Commerce.
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/gwendolyn-brooks-open-mic-awards/
LOCATION:Chopin Theater\, 1543 W Division
CATEGORIES:GBOMA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20130717T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20130717T210000
DTSTAMP:20260514T214432
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SUMMARY:Palabra Pura: "The Diaspora Daughters Speak"
DESCRIPTION:Afro-Latino(a)s/Caribbeans are challenged to reconcile what are seen as conflicting identities. The Guild Literary Complex sheds poetic light on the topic with “The Diaspora Daughters Speak\,” the July installment of our monthly bilingual poetry series Palabra Pura\, curated by Sandra Posados and featuring poets Yolanda Nieves and Maya Emma Nnena Ruth Odim (Maya Odim). “The Diaspora Daughters Speak” takes place Wednesday\, July 17\, 2013\, at 7:30 PM at La Bruquena restaurant\, 2726 W. Division. The program will be spoken in English and Spanish. Admission is free. \nIssues of identity are at the core of the Afro-Latino(a)/Caribbean experience in the United States. Sometimes seen by Latino(a)s as a novelty\, Afro-Latino(a)s get asked\, “Where did you learn to speak Spanish?” Meanwhile\, whites confuse black Latino(a)s for being African-American. And if an Afro-Latino(a) is light skinned the reality of African roots is not recognized by many family members. July’s Palabra Pura encourages Latino(a)s to redress this conflict. As curator Posado notes\, “We are ‘Latino(a)’ regardless of where we fall on the color spectrum. In their own words\, these empowered\, self-affirming\, educated Afro-Latinas/Caribbean poets [will] share their professional and personal experiences of living with a changing\, often contested identity in a racialized society.” \nSandra Posadas is an educator\, artist/illustrator\, and actress. She holds a B.A. from Roosevelt University and an M.A. in bilingual/bicultural Education from DePaul University. Posadas has performed across the city\, most notably as part of The Brown Girls’ Chronicles. \n  \nYolanda Nieves is an educator\, writer\, and performer. Nieves is an Assistant Professor in English at Wilbur Wright College Chicago and the creative director of The Vida Bella Ensemble. She won the American Educational Research Association’s 2010 Arts-Based Dissertation of the Year Award for the performance-text\, The Brown Girls’ Chronicles:  Puerto Rican Women & Resilience. \n \nMaya Emma Nnena Ruth Odim (Maya Odim) is an artist\, educator\, and author of a collection of poems titled: Planets\, Gourds and Traveling Staffs. As a facilitator and co-facilitator she has experience giving creative writing\, poetry and spoken word workshops\, as well as Latin Dance and Break Dance workshops\, in many spaces in the city of Chicago and the state of Connecticut.
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/palabra-pura-7/
LOCATION:La Bruquena restaurant\, 2726 W. Division\, 2nd floor
CATEGORIES:Palabra Pura
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20130709T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20130709T200000
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SUMMARY:Applied Words: Broken Windows POSTPONED
DESCRIPTION:Due to a severe weather forecast we have postponed tonight’s event. Applied Words: “Broken Windows” will now be held on Tuesday\, September 3\, 2013. Visit the new event page for more information.
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/applied-words-broken-windows-postponed/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20130619T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20130619T210000
DTSTAMP:20260514T214432
CREATED:20130204T160647Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130327T193209Z
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SUMMARY:Palabra Pura: "Blood\, Family\, and Tears / Sangre\, Familia y Lágrimas"
DESCRIPTION:Our monthly bilingual poetry event. Curated by Johanny Vázquez Paz featuring Dinorah Cortés-Vélez and Teresa Vázquez. \nDinorah Cortés-Vélez \nDinorah Cortés-Velez\nDinorah Cortés-Vélez is from Isabela\, Puerto Rico. She has resided in Wisconsin since 1997. She is an Assistant Professor of Latin American literature at Marquette University\, Milwaukee\, WI\, USA. She earned her doctoral degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a dissertation on the ethical and political uses of humor in Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. Her research interests include Colonial and contemporary Latin American literature. In 2011\, she published her first novel\, El arca de la memoria: una biomitografía\, (The Chest of Memory: A Biomythography) with Isla Negra Publishers (San Juan\, Puerto Rico). Her second book of fiction\, Cuarentena y otras pejigueras menstruales (Quarantine and Other Menstrual Trifles) is about to be published. \n  \n  \n  \nTeresa Vázquez \nTeresa Vázquez\nTeresa Vázquez is an Assistant Professor and the Humanities Program Chair at Ivy Tech Community College Northeast in Fort Wayne. In 2000\, she released a CD Chapbook of poetry and soundscapes entitled A Woman Loving\, with funding from the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs.  Her work has also appeared in MARCH Abrazo Press’s Between the Heart and the Land/Entre el corazón y la tierra\, an anthology of Midwest Latina writers. Teresa has performed at the Printer’s Row Book Festival\, the Guild Complex\, the Museum of Contemporary Art’s Def Poetry Jam Showcase\, the Green Mill\, The HotHouse\, and N.A.M.E. Gallery in Chicago\, and the Fort Wayne Museum of Art\, TRIAAC’s Acoustic Spokenword Café\, and at IPFW in Fort Wayne.  She holds a Bachelor’s in Creative Writing from Oberlin College\, and an MFA in Studio Art from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. \n  \n  \n  \nJohanny Vázquez Paz (curator) \nJohanny Vazquez Paz\nJohanny Vázquez Paz was born in San Juan\, Puerto Rico. Her latest book\, Querido voyeur\, was published by Ediciones Torremozas (Madrid\, Spain). Her previous book\, Streetwise Poems /Poemas callejeros (Mayapple Press\, 2007) won Honorable Mention in the 2008 International Latino Book Awards (California). In November\, 2012\, her collection\, “Sagrada familia” (Sacred Family)\, won first prize in the poetry category at the Consenso Short Story and Poetry Contest of Northeastern Illinois University. She also won second prize in the same contest for her story “La muda” (The Mute). She co-edited the anthology Between the Heart and the Land / Entre el corazón y la tierra: Latina Poets in the Midwest published by MARCH/Abrazo Press in 2001. Her work has been included in the anthologies City of Big Shoulders (University of Iowa Press\, 2012)\, Ejército de rosas (Boreales\, 2011)\, En la 18 a la 1\, (Vocesueltas\, 2010)\, The City Visible: Chicago Poetry for the New Century (Cracked Slab Books\, 2007)\, and Poetas sin tregua (Ráfagas\, 2006)\, among others. She currently teaches Spanish at Harold Washington College in Chicago.The author invites everyone to her blog TINTA DERRAMADA at: http://johannyvazquezpaz.blogspot.com/
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/palabra-pura-6/
LOCATION:La Bruquena restaurant\, 2726 W. Division\, 2nd floor
CATEGORIES:Palabra Pura
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130608
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130610
DTSTAMP:20260514T214432
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SUMMARY:Printer's Row Lit Fest
DESCRIPTION:Join us at this year’s Printers Row Lit Fest for a special reading by past contest winners and poets from our Poetry Performance Incubator. \nReading takes place at noon on June 9 at the Arts and Poetry Stage. More details to come.
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/printers-row-lit-fest/
LOCATION:Printers Row\, Between Dearborn and Polk \, Chicago
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20130607T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20130607T193000
DTSTAMP:20260514T214432
CREATED:20130204T155427Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130506T204702Z
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SUMMARY:BROOKSDAY
DESCRIPTION:  \nGuild Literary Complex\, Third World Press\, and The American Writers Museum present the first annual BROOKSDAY at The Chicago Cultural Center! \n\nJoin us\, as we are creating the first annual marathon reading of the works of Gwendolyn Brooks on her birthday!  We want to honor her tremendous legacy as an artist and an iconic figure of generosity and civic conscience in Chicago and in the nation. \nAlong with youth\, other poets\, actors and teachers\, many notable literary\, cultural\, civic\, and political leaders from Chicago and beyond will take the stage at the Chicago Cultural Center on June 7 to celebrate Gwendolyn Brooks\, who was the first African American writer to win the Pulitzer Prize.  BROOKSDAY 2013 will be the first step toward creating an annual event that will grow into a city-wide festival by 2017\, Brooks’s 100th birthday.  We are creating an event that will commemorate Gwendolyn Brooks’s artistic achievement\, her legendary generosity toward other poets\, her influence as a pathbreaking cultural figure in Chicago and the nation\, and her deserved stature as the iconic poet of modern Chicago! \nGwendolyn Brooks was the first African American poet to hold the position of poetry consultant to the Library of Congress (the same position that is now called Poet Laureate).  Her many books include A Street In Bronzeville (1945)\, Annie Allen (for which she won the Pulitzer Prize in 1949)\, In the Mecca (1968)\, Blacks (1987) and a novel\, Maud Martha (1953). She was the Poet Laureate of Illinois from 1968 until her death in 2000.  We hope to create not only an event but also a consciousness in Chicago and the nation of a poet of extraordinary talent and an exceptional person as well\, a woman of exceptional accomplishment both professional and personal.  On June 7 2013 we will gather at The Chicago Cultural Center to celebrate all that is Gwendolyn Brooks. \nThis event is held in conjunction with The Chicago Tribune Printers Row Lit Fest and supported by Brooks Permissions\, Library of America\, and The University of Chicago Graham School of Continuing Liberal and Professional Studies. \n \n \n 
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/brooksday/
LOCATION:The Chicago Cultural Center\, 78 E Washington St. 
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20130515T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20130515T210000
DTSTAMP:20260514T214432
CREATED:20130117T164029Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130424T154023Z
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SUMMARY:Palabra Pura: "Noche de Novelas / Night of Novels"
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a monthly bilingual poetry series\, guest curated by Raul Dorantes and featuring Mark Litwicki\, Martha Cecelia Rivera\, and Febronio Zatarain. \nOn 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 in Spanish\, with English supertitles. See and hear the compelling work of these acclaimed authors. The night begins with an open mic at 7:30 p.m. \nMark Litwicki\nMark Litwicki. Autor de La Catedral de Sal\, novela basada en sus experiencias como periodista en Colombia en los noventa. Su drama bilingüe Una pequeña mujer ilegal se produjo en Chicago en 2006. Es miembro de Akvavit\, la compañía de teatro nórdico de Chicago. Doctorado de la Universidad Loyola de Chicago\, es profesor en Morton College y ha impartido cursos de literatura y lingüística para Loyola y la Universidad de los Andes (Colombia). Divide su tiempo entre Chicago\, Bogotá y La Habana. \nMark Litwicki. Author of La Catedral de Sal\, a novel based on his experiences as a journalist in Colombia in the nineties. His bilingual play Una pequeña mujer ilegal was produced in Chicago in 2006. He is a member of Akvavit\, a Nordic theater company in Chicago. He has a doctorate from Loyola\, is a professor at Morton College\, and has taught courses in literature and linguistics for Loyola and the University of the Andes in Colombia. He divides his time between Chicago\, Bogotá\, and Havana. \n  \n  \nMartha Rivera\nMartha Cecilia Rivera. Escritora y poetisa colombiana. Su obra incluye Opera de un Hombre que Buscaba (1998)\, La Fatalidad de la Gallina (2009)\, Fantasmas para Noches Largas (2012) y el poemario en preparación Peldaños de Brecht. \nMartha Cecilia Rivera. Colombian writer and poet. Her works include Opera de un Hombre que Buscaba (1998)\, La Fatalidad de la Gallina (2009)\, Fantasmas para Noches Largas (2012) and a forthcoming collection of poetry titled Peldaños de Brecht. \n  \n  \n  \nFebronio Zatarain\nFebronio Zatarain. Inmigró a Estados Unidos en 1989; desde entonces se ha dedicado a promover la literature a través de talleres literarios y de revistas culturales. Su ultimo libro fue Prosario\, incluido en Desarraigos: cuatro poetas latinoamericanos en Chicago\, publicado por Ediciones Vocesueltas. En la actualidad coordina el taller literario del grupo contratiempo. \nFebronio Zatarain. He immigrated to the U.S. in 1989; since then he has dedicated himself to promoting literature through writing workshops and  cultural magazines. His most recent book is Prosario\, included in Desarraigos: cuatro poetas latinoamericanos en Chicago\, published by Ediciones Vocesueltas. He currently coordinates the contratiempo writing workshop. \n  \n  \nRaúl Dorantes\nRaúl Dorantes nació en México en 1968. Emigró a la ciudad de Chicago a finales de 1986. En 2007 publicó un libro de cuentos titulado Vocesueltas. En el mismo año\, a través de la casa editorial de la Universidad Autónoma de la Ciudad de México\, Dorantes (en colaboración con su amigo Febronio Zatarain) publicó una colección de ensayos que lleva por nombre Y nos vinimos de mojados. En el terreno de la dramaturgia\, la compañía de teatro Aguijón ha producido dos de sus obras: Hasta los gorriones dejan su nido (en 2008) y El lunes de León Rodríguez (en 2009). En la actualidad Dorantes es profesor de literatura latinoamericana en Saint Augustine College\, de Chicago. \nRaúl Dorantes was born in México in 1968 and came to Chicago in 1986. In 2007 he published a collection of short stories titled Vocesueltas. The same year\, through the publishing arm of the Universidad Autónoma de la Ciudad de México\, Dorantes (in collaboration with his friend Febronio Zatarain) published a collection of essays titled Y nos vinimos de mojados. The theater company of Teatro Aguijón has produced two of his plays: Hasta los gorriones dejan su nido (in 2008) y El lunes de León Rodríguez (in 2009). Dorantes is currently a professor of Latin American literature at Saint Augustine College in Chicago.
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/palabra-pura-5/
LOCATION:La Bruquena restaurant\, 2726 W. Division\, 2nd floor
CATEGORIES:Palabra Pura
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20130514T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20130514T220000
DTSTAMP:20260514T214432
CREATED:20130306T230609Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130410T205125Z
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SUMMARY:2013 Benefit: “Talkin’ Blues: a Tribute to Sterling Plumpp”
DESCRIPTION:You 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 Jess and Fernando Jones. Plumpp is one of the last original Mississippi Blues artists who came north with his grandparents during the Great Migration. His poetry combines both the red-clay roots of his Mississippi youth and his experiences living for years on Chicago’s West Side with a raw\, emotional intensity of a life fully lived. Tickets are online at guildcomplex.org. Join us at  for an electric evening with food\, music\, and poetry as we celebrate the life of Sterling Plumpp. Doors 6:30 pm\, Program 7:30 pm. \nGet your tickets HERE!
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/2013-benefit-talkin-blues-a-tribute-to-sterling-plumpp/
LOCATION:Rosa’s Blues Lounge\, 3420 W. Armitage
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20130417T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20130417T210000
DTSTAMP:20260514T214432
CREATED:20130117T160307Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130318T201453Z
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SUMMARY:Palabra Pura: "Telling Our Stories Through the Body"
DESCRIPTION:Join 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. \nErika L. Sánchez\nErika 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 recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship to Madrid\, Spain\, and holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of New Mexico. She is currently the sex and love advice columnist for Cosmopolitan for Latinas and a contributor for The Huffington Post\, NBC Latino\, and others. Her poetry has appeared in Pleiades\, Drunken Boat\, Witness\, Anti-\, Hunger Mountain\, Crab Orchard Review\, Hayden’s Ferry Review\, Copper Nickel\, and others. She has written book reviews for Kirkus Reviews and her nonfiction has been published in Jezebel\, AlterNet\, and Ms. Magazine. \nJuana Iris Goergen\nJuana Iris Goergen (Puerto Rico). Published poet. Professor of Spanish\,  Latin American and U.S. Latino Literature at DePaul University\, Chicago. As a poet she has published La sal de las brujas (finalist at Letras de Oro and published by Betania 1997) and  La piel a medias (2001)\,  Las Ilusas/Dreamers (Vocesueltas\, 2008) as well as poems published in anthologies: Astillas de luz/Shards of Light (1998)\, Nosotros los otros (1996) Between the Heart and the Land/Entre el corazón y la tierra (2001)\, Generación (2001). She is the editor of Susurros para disipar las sombras: Antología poética\,  V International Poetry Festival Poesía en Abril\, Michigan: Erato Ediciones\, 2012. She developed and co-organizes in Chicago\, Poesía en abril\, International Poetry Festival in Spanish\, now in its 6th year. She has two unpublished poetry collections: La celda de Lilith and ContraOda al sueño americano. \nRuben Quesada\nRuben Quesada is the author of Next Extinct Mammal (2011) and Luis Cernuda: Exiled from the Throne of Night (2008). A CantoMundo fellow\, he is the Founding Editor of Codex Journal\, and Poetry Editor at The Cossack Review. His writing has appeared in Cimarron Review\, The American Poetry Review\, The Rumpus\, Rattle\, and Third Coast. He teaches creative writing at Eastern Illinois University. \n 
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/palabra-pura-telling-our-stories-through-the-body/
LOCATION:La Bruquena restaurant\, 2726 W. Division\, 2nd floor
CATEGORIES:Palabra Pura
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20130405T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20130407T170000
DTSTAMP:20260514T214432
CREATED:20130117T153741Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130401T161001Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry Performance Incubator: "Tour Guides"
DESCRIPTION:  \nBeverly Arts Center\nThe 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 take part in its development since 2010. Restaged at the Beverly Arts Center by noted director Coya Paz (Teatro Luna\, Proyecto Latina\, The Americans)\, “Tour Guides” is an insider’s peek at life in Chicago. From a haunting tour of the city’s “ghost bikes” to a hilarious look at the way neighborhood cultures shape how men pick up women\, to an honest analysis of whether to invite white friends to Southside restaurants\, “Tour Guides” offers an unflinching look at Chicago’s complex cultural landscape. \n“Tour Guides” will be at The Beverly Art Center\, 2407 W 111th St\, on Friday April 5 and Saturday April 6\, 2013 at 7:30 pm and Sunday April 7 at 3:30 pm. Tickets are $16/$13 for BAC members. For additional details\, visit guildcomplex.org. \nCoya Paz\nCoya Paz is poet\, director\, and lip gloss connoisseur. She is the Lead Artist for the Poetry Performance Incubator at The Guild Complex\, a founding member of Proyecto Latina\, and a member of the artistic team at Free Street Theatre. She teaches in The Theatre School at DePaul University.
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/poetry-performance-incubator-tour-guides/
LOCATION:Beverly Arts Center\, 2407 West 111th Street
CATEGORIES:Poetry Performance Incubator
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20130320T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20130320T210000
DTSTAMP:20260514T214432
CREATED:20130117T152900Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130227T183740Z
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SUMMARY:Palabra Pura: Poems as Stories\, Stories as Poems
DESCRIPTION:Dawn Herrera\n  \nFeaturing 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. \nDawn Herrera Helphand is a poet\, a mother and a full-time lover. Dawn was most recently seen onstage as “Pink Slime” in “Unnatural Spaces\,” the Guild Complex’s performance-poetry incubator. A Mellon Mays Fellow\, Dawn is pursuing a Ph.D. with the University of Chicago’s Committee on Social Thought\, investigating the relationships between freedom and power\, ethics and politics. \nCoya Paz\nDenise Ruiz is a poet\, mother\, and agitator. Denise recently wrote and performed in Unnatural Spaces\, from the Guild Complex’s Poetry-Performance Incubator. She believes in real talk and cute clothes. \nCoya Paz is poet\, director\, and lip gloss connoisseur. She is the Lead Artist for the Poetry Performance Incubator at The Guld Complex\, a founding member of Proyecto Latina\, and a member of the artistic team at Free Street Theatre. She teaches in The Theatre School at DePaul University.
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/palabra-pura-4/
LOCATION:La Bruquena restaurant\, 2726 W. Division\, 2nd floor\, Select a Country:
CATEGORIES:Palabra Pura
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