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SUMMARY:Worlds End... Worlds Begin
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, 3/1: 8pm | Saturday\, 3/2: 8pm \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAn evening of multimedia performances hosted by spoken-word artist Kao Ra Zen that take you on a journey through worlds and words\, dimensions and dances\, multiverses and music. \n\n\n\nFeaturing performances by:Spoken word poet\, rapper\, performance artist and director\, Kao Ra ZenBelly dance/”raqs sharqi” troupe\, Il Worood Il Beledi with choreography by Phaedra DarwishChicago Mask Ensemble led by Marianna BuchwaldDancer Allen TurnerDancer and performance artist Shalaka KulkarniBurlesque dancer Vivian Meretrix with percussionist Jason WinsladeExperimental composer Christophe Preissing with video artist Kyle Gregory PricePoet Alanis Zoe Castillo CarefDacer Marisela Tapia
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/worlds-end-worlds-begin/
LOCATION:Steppenwolf 1700 Theatre\, 1700 N. Halsted St.\, Chicago\, Illinois\, 60614\, United States
CATEGORIES:Musicality of Poetry
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SUMMARY:Exhibit B: Reading with Juan Martinez\, Charif Shanahan\, Helene Alchanzar\, S Yarberry
DESCRIPTION:Exhibit B is back home from AWP and once again bringing the show to our favorite bookstore in the city\, Pilsen Community Books! On Thursday\, Feb. 29th\, join us as we bring together another incredible lineup featuring Charif Shanahan\, Helene Achanzar\, S. Yarberry\, and Juan Martinez!
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/exhibit-b-reading-with-juan-martinez-charif-shanahan-helene-alchanzar-s-yarberry/
LOCATION:Pilsen Community Books\, 1102 W 18th St.\, Chicago\, Illinois\, 60608\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibit B
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SUMMARY:Transvengence: Valentine's Day Edition
DESCRIPTION:Transvengence: Valentine’s Day Edition; open mic starts at 7:30pm.
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/transvengence-valentines-day-edition/
LOCATION:Clash on Clark\, 4416 N. Clark St.\, Chicago\, Illinois\, 60640
CATEGORIES:Press Room,Transvengence
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240209T170000
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SUMMARY:AWP | Poets for the People: Closing Reading with m. mick powell\, Grayson Thompson\, and Donika Kelly
DESCRIPTION:In collaboration with the Guild Literary Complex\, Cave Canem\, and the BLK+BRWN Bookstore\, Exhibit B is hosting a series of literary events\, free and open to the public\, at the Black Archives of Mid-America which will center Black artists and allies. These events complement the AWP conference.  \n\n\n\nThis program is made possible by the support of Cave Canem Foundation\, Inc.\, a nonprofit organization committed to cultivating the artistic and professional growth of Black poets. \n\n\n\n\nView full description of all events here.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFriday February 9th \n\n\n\n5:00 PM – Closing Reading \n\n\n\nPoets m. mick powell\, Grayson Thompson\, and Donika Kelly will perform their latest works.
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/awp-poets-for-the-people-closing-reading-with-m-mick-powell-grayson-thompson-and-donika-kelly/
LOCATION:Black Archives Of Mid-America\, 1722 E 17th Terrace\, Kansas City\, Missouri\, 64108
CATEGORIES:Exhibit B
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SUMMARY:AWP | Poets for the People: Killing the Negative: Book Talk & Reading with Quraysh Ali Lansana\, Moheb Soliman\, and Joel Daniel
DESCRIPTION:In collaboration with the Guild Literary Complex\, Cave Canem\, and the BLK+BRWN Bookstore\, Exhibit B is hosting a series of literary events\, free and open to the public\, at the Black Archives of Mid-America which will center Black artists and allies. These events complement the AWP conference.  \n\n\n\nThis program is made possible by the support of Cave Canem Foundation\, Inc.\, a nonprofit organization committed to cultivating the artistic and professional growth of Black poets. \n\n\n\n\nView full description of all events here.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFriday February 9th \n\n\n\n3:30 PM – Killing the Negative: Book Talk & Reading \n\n\n\nJoin poets Quraysh Ali Lansana and Moheb Soliman and visual artist Joel Daniel Phillips in reading and discussion\, celebrating their new book\, Killing the Negative: A Conversation in Art &Verse. A multi-year collaborative project\, Killing the Negative is an ekphrastic response to the destruction of Depression-era photography of rural America —photos that were originally commissioned by the Farm Security Administration and destroyed by the administration’s own director. Together\, the poet and artist will discuss the project and the questions it raises about power\, representation\, and America’s narratives.
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/awp-poets-for-the-people-killing-the-negative-book-talk-reading-with-quraysh-ali-lansana-moheb-soliman-and-joel-daniel/
LOCATION:Black Archives Of Mid-America\, 1722 E 17th Terrace\, Kansas City\, Missouri\, 64108
CATEGORIES:Exhibit B
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SUMMARY:AWP | Poets for the People: Reading with Brittany Rogers\, Bernardo Wade\, India Lena Gonzalez\, and Kenyatta Rogers
DESCRIPTION:In collaboration with the Guild Literary Complex\, Cave Canem\, and the BLK+BRWN Bookstore\, Exhibit B is hosting a series of literary events\, free and open to the public\, at the Black Archives of Mid-America which will center Black artists and allies. These events complement the AWP conference.  \n\n\n\nThis program is made possible by the support of Cave Canem Foundation\, Inc.\, a nonprofit organization committed to cultivating the artistic and professional growth of Black poets. \n\n\n\n\nView full description of all events here.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFriday February 9th \n\n\n\n2:00 PM Reading \n\n\n\nPoets Brittany Rogers\, Bernardo Wade\, India Lena Gonzalez\, and Kenyatta Rogers will read selections from their latest work.
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/awp-poets-for-the-people-reading-with-brittany-rogers-bernardo-wade-india-lena-gonzalez-and-kenyatta-rogers/
LOCATION:Black Archives Of Mid-America\, 1722 E 17th Terrace\, Kansas City\, Missouri\, 64108
CATEGORIES:Exhibit B
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SUMMARY:AWP | Poets for the People: In Conversation with J. Howard Rosier
DESCRIPTION:In collaboration with the Guild Literary Complex\, Cave Canem\, and the BLK+BRWN Bookstore\, Exhibit B is hosting a series of literary events\, free and open to the public\, at the Black Archives of Mid-America which will center Black artists and allies. These events complement the AWP conference.  \n\n\n\nThis program is made possible by the support of Cave Canem Foundation\, Inc.\, a nonprofit organization committed to cultivating the artistic and professional growth of Black poets. \n\n\n\n\nView full description of all events here.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFriday February 9th \n\n\n\n12:30 PM – In Conversation with J. Howard Rosier \n\n\n\nCritic and author\, J. Howard Rosier will be joined by specials guests for a discussion surrounding contemporary literature.
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/awp-poets-for-the-people-in-conversation-with-j-howard-rosier/
LOCATION:Black Archives Of Mid-America\, 1722 E 17th Terrace\, Kansas City\, Missouri\, 64108
CATEGORIES:Exhibit B
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SUMMARY:AWP | Poets for the People: Opening Reading with Patricia Smith\, Roger Reeves\, Dr. Taylor Byas\, jason b. crawford\, and Niki Herd
DESCRIPTION:In collaboration with the Guild Literary Complex\, Cave Canem\, and the BLK+BRWN Bookstore\, Exhibit B is hosting a series of literary events\, free and open to the public\, at the Black Archives of Mid-America which will center Black artists and allies. These events complement the AWP conference.  \n\n\n\nThis program is made possible by the support of Cave Canem Foundation\, Inc.\, a nonprofit organization committed to cultivating the artistic and professional growth of Black poets. \n\n\n\n\nView full description of all events here.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThurs. February 8th \n\n\n\n7:00 PM – Opening Reading \n\n\n\nPerformances from Patricia Smith\, Roger Reeves\, Dr. Taylor Byas\, jason b. crawford\, and Niki Herd
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/awp-poets-for-the-people-opening-reading-with-patricia-smith-roger-reeves-dr-taylor-byas-jason-b-crawford-and-niki-herd/
LOCATION:Black Archives Of Mid-America\, 1722 E 17th Terrace\, Kansas City\, Missouri\, 64108
CATEGORIES:Exhibit B
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240208T170000
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SUMMARY:AWP | Poets for the People: KC All Stars Open Mic hosted by Brandon "Amayzn" Nelson
DESCRIPTION:In collaboration with the Guild Literary Complex\, Cave Canem\, and the BLK+BRWN Bookstore\, Exhibit B is hosting a series of literary events\, free and open to the public\, at the Black Archives of Mid-America which will center Black artists and allies. These events complement the AWP conference.  \n\n\n\nThis program is made possible by the support of Cave Canem Foundation\, Inc.\, a nonprofit organization committed to cultivating the artistic and professional growth of Black poets. \n\n\n\n\nView full description of all events here.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThurs. February 8th \n\n\n\n5:00 PM – KC All Stars Open Mic hosted by Brandon “Amayzn” Nelson \n\n\n\nSign-up starts at 5 PM and all performers will have 3 minutes to read their work.
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/awp-poets-for-the-people-kc-all-stars-open-mic-hosted-by-brandon-amayzn-nelson/
LOCATION:Black Archives Of Mid-America\, 1722 E 17th Terrace\, Kansas City\, Missouri\, 64108
CATEGORIES:Exhibit B
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231214T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231214T193000
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SUMMARY:Guild Complex Holiday Mixer
DESCRIPTION:Join the Guild Complex for a holiday mixer on Thursday\, December 14th (6-7:30pm) at the Epiphany Center for the Arts’ Golden Hour!  \n\n\n\nFeaturing a special artist chat\, live music by Bear Williams\, happy hour food and beverages\, and the first 50 guests get their first drink for free!
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/guild-complex-holiday-mixer/
LOCATION:Epiphany Center for the Arts\, 201 South Ashland Ave.\, Chicago\, IL\, 60647\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231119T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231119T170000
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SUMMARY:Palabra Pura: Marc Zimmerman Carlos Cumpian Book Launch + Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:LACASA Chicago\, Movimento Artístico Chicano (MARCH)\, 18th Street Casa de Cultura & Guild Literary Complex Invite you to Marc Zimmerman’s Pre-85th Birthday Book Launch of his most important Chicago Latino Publication on the rise of a literary movement: Mexican and Chicano Literature in Chicago: Transplanting Early Roots to the Barrios and Beyond.  \n\n\n\n“Zimmerman [is] a writer keenly sensitive to the vital literary\, socio-cultural and ethno-communal nuances which his book explores and illuminates.” — Roberto Márquez. Latino Lit. Specialist. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSchedule:\n\n\n\n1:00—Book Display/Signing/ Sales.Photos by Diana Solís.Music: Negrete Sisters & Juan Corona.1:30— Key Writers in the Book\, A Reading: Marta Ayala\, CarlosCumpián\, Raúl Niño\, Marc Zimmerman2:00—Book Discussion. Marta Ayala\, emcee. Prof. Olga L. Herrera\,Marc Zimmerman\, Carlos Cumpián\, Raúl Niño3:00—Book Signing/Sales. Light Refreshments3:30—Guild Palabra Pura Book Launch:Joel Méndez\, Antonio Zavala\, Pablo Ramírezfollowed by:POETRY / OPEN MIC:Eduardo Arocho\, emcee; Crystal Vance Guerra3 minutes per reader: 1st come/1st servePre-signup: mzimmerman1939@gmail.com \n\n\n\nFree Admission\, but limited seating. RSVP: tinyurl.com/chicanolit \n\n\n\nFor more on LACASA-promoted works\, visit lacasachicagobooks.org
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/palabra-pura-marc-zimmerman-carlos-cumpian-book-launch-open-mic/
LOCATION:18th Street Casa de Cultura\, 2057 West 18th Street\, Chicago\, IL\, 60608\, United States
CATEGORIES:Palabra Pura
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231116T190000
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SUMMARY:An Evening w/ Kathleen Rooney & Jeremy T. Wilson
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening with two Chicago novelists to celebrate the release of From Dust to Stardust by Kathleen Rooney and The Quail Who Wears the Shirt by Jeremy T. Wilson! \n\n\n\nKathleen Rooney is a founding editor of Rose Metal Press\, and a founding member of Poems While You Wait. Her latest poetry collection\, Where Are the Snows\, won the XJ Kennedy Prize and was published by Texas Review Press in September of 2022\, and her latest novel\, From Dust to Stardust\, was published by Lake Union Press in September of 2023. She lives in Chicago and teaches at DePaul. \n\n\n\nJeremy T. Wilson is the author of the short story collection Adult Teeth and the forthcoming novel The Quail Who Wears the Shirt\, both from Tortoise Books. He is a former winner of the Chicago Tribune’s Nelson Algren Award for short fiction and his work has appeared in The Carolina Quarterly\, The Florida Review\, Jet Fuel Review\, The Masters Review\, Sonora Review\, Third Coast\, The Best Small Fictions 2020\, and other publications. He teaches creative writing at The Chicago High School for the Arts. 
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/an-evening-w-kathleen-rooney-jeremy-t-wilson/
LOCATION:Pilsen Community Books\, 1102 W 18th St.\, Chicago\, Illinois\, 60608\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231109T190000
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SUMMARY:Exhibit B | A Literary Variety Show
DESCRIPTION:Exhibit B’s November reading at Pilsen Community Books will feature poetry\, prose\, and a piano as authors Willie Lin\, S.L. Wisenberg\, and Michael Dean\, will be joined by pianist Marissa Kerbel for a special evening. 
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/exhibit-b-a-literary-variety-show/
LOCATION:Pilsen Community Books\, 1102 W 18th St.\, Chicago\, Illinois\, 60608\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibit B
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231027T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231027T193000
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SUMMARY:Chile—50 Years of Protest and Change: A Reading and Discussion with Kathleen Osberger
DESCRIPTION:Author\, Kathy Osberger will read from her new book I Surrender: A Memoir of Chile’s Dictatorship\, 1975\, which chronicles her experiences in Chile two years into the violent authoritarian reign of General Pinochet. A discussion\, with the author\, on the political situation in Chile today will immediately follow featuring Mario Venegas (human rights activist and torture survivor from Chile) and Danny Postel (Politics Editor of New Lines Magazine).  \n\n\n\nModerated by Mary Hawley (writer and literary translator). This is event is brought to by the Guild Complex and sponsored in part by the Chicago Network for Justice and Peace.
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/chile-50-years-of-protest-and-change-a-reading-and-discussion-with-author-kathleen-osberger/
LOCATION:Haymarket House\, 800 W. Buena Ave.\, Chicago\, Illinois
CATEGORIES:Applied Words
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231013T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231013T200000
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SUMMARY:30th Anniversary of Always Running with Luis Rodriguez
DESCRIPTION:In collaboration with the Chicago History Museum\, The Guild Complex celebrates 30 years of AlwaysRunning—the debut novel by author\, poet\, and founder/publisher of Tia Chucha Press\, Luis J Rodriguez. \n\n\n\nThere will be some special performances followed by a special reading with Luis Rodriguez along with an interview and discussion with Hector Chavez\, PhD\, Loyola University Chicago (Director\, Latin American and Latino/a Studies Program) and Lit & Luz Festival Board member. \n\n\n\nBook signing and reception immediately following.
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/30th-anniversary-of-always-running-with-luis-rodriguez/
LOCATION:Chicago History Museum\, 1601 N. Clark St.\, Chicago\, Illinois\, 60614
CATEGORIES:Applied Words
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231021T235959
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SUMMARY:Lit & Luz Festival | 10th Anniversary Celebration
DESCRIPTION:This year’s theme is “TEN\,” –celebrating 10 years of remarkable programming. This October\, join us for more than a dozen bilingual programs throughout Chicago. This year’s festival kicks off on October 13th with an exhibition of work from Lit & Luz Collaboration Cohort artists from the past decade at Chicago Art Department and closes on October 21st with the Live Magazine Show at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. \n\n\n\nLit & Luz Festival is a one-of-a-kind series of events featuring renowned authors and visual artists from the US and Mexico in cultural exchange and conversation.
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/lit-luz-festival-10th-anniversary-celebration/
CATEGORIES:Lit + Luz,Partner Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231011T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231011T210000
DTSTAMP:20260423T185920
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SUMMARY:Generative Multilogue: Artful Protest
DESCRIPTION:Creative Iranian Women\n\n\n\nDigital Projection and Immersive Experience \n\n\n\nInvited Artists: Shaghayegh Mohajeri\, Alemeh Bagherian\, Hedie Javani\, Saba Soleimani\, Pouye Peyman\, Sara Rahanjam \n\n\n\nOpening reception with musical performances and poetry recitation.
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/generative-multilogue-artful-protest/
LOCATION:South Asia Institute\, 1925 South Michigan Avenue\, Chicago\, Illinois\, 60616
CATEGORIES:Partner Event
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SUMMARY:2023 | Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Awards
DESCRIPTION:Congratulations to the 2023 GBOMA winner: Myron Stokes!\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease enjoy this audio recording on the 2023 GBOMA performances. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCome out and support the 2023 finalists for the Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Awards (GBOMA) as they perform their works live! \n\n\n\nGET TICKETS NOW \n\n\n\n2023 finalists:  \n\n\n\nFadia AntabliJóse Bono RovirosaJanet BurrowayMars CaultonMorgan EklundKat FreezeAllison JosephKhloe KammerzellChuck KramerRobert LawrenceIrene MartinezMiguel MarzanaDavid MathewsFrancesca MoroneyHilesh PatelTimothy David ReyMyron StokesKira TuckerCrystal Vance GuerraArne Weingart \n\n\n\nAll Ages Event \n\n\n\nDoors open at 6:00pm\, with performances starting at 7:00pm. Get tickets through The Den Theatre.
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/2023-gwendolyn-brooks-open-mic-awards/
LOCATION:The Den Theatre\, 1331 N Milwaukee Ave\, Chicago\, IL
CATEGORIES:GBOMA
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SUMMARY:A Literary Mash Up at Printers Row Lit Fest
DESCRIPTION:Come to the Printers Row Lit Fest‘s Center Stage for a joint reading presented by the Guild Literary Complex\, Hypertext\, and RHINO Poetry\, with two readers each from Chicago’s three long-standing literary institutions.  \n\n\n\nFeatured readers include:Cheryl Dyer (emerging writer)Nazifa Islam (Forlorn Light – Shearsman 2021)Sahar Mustafah (The Beauty of Your Face – W.W. Norton & Company 2020)Timothy David Rey (poet/playwright/performer)Luis Tubens (poet/writer/performer\, a.k.a.“Logan Lu”) (Stone Eagle – Bobbin Lace Press)Jameka Williams  \n\n\n\nEmceed by Andrea Change of The Guild Literary Complex @ Printer Row Lit Fest’s Center Stage
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/a-literary-mashup-at-printers-row-lit-fest/
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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SUMMARY:Going the Distance: A Printers Row Reading with Ana Castillo + Reginald Gibbons
DESCRIPTION:Two writers—Ana Castillo\, Doña Cleanwell Leaves Home and Reginald Gibbons\, Sweetbitter—read from their latest work and talk about finding longevity in creative writing and the arts.  \n\n\n\nConversation moderated by Richard Guzman. Presented by Hypertext and The Guild Complex. \n\n\n\n1:00 PM @ Feinberg Foundation Stage\, Printers Row Lit Fest
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/going-the-distance-a-printers-row-reading-with-ana-castillo-reginald-gibbons/
LOCATION:Printers’ Row Lit Fest – Feinberg Foundation Stage\, Chicago\, Illinois
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230909T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230909T170000
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SUMMARY:Exhibit B @ Printers Row Lit Fest
DESCRIPTION:Exhibit B will be back at Printers Row Lit Fest! \n\n\n\nFaylita Hicks\, Daniel Borzutzky\, Nakiyah T.M. Jordan\, and Exhibit B’s very own\, James Stewart III\, are going to bring it!  \n\n\n\nCatch them on Saturday\, Sept. 9th\, 4 PM at 731 S. Plymouth Ct.
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/exhibit-b-printers-row-lit-fest/
LOCATION:Printers’ Row Lit Fest – 731 S. Plymouth Ct.\, 731 S. Plymouth Ct.\, Chicago\, Illinois\, 60647
CATEGORIES:Exhibit B
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230908T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230908T193000
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SUMMARY:End of Summer Mixer with Guild Complex + Jose Aleman Sasieta
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a mixer and artist chat at Epiphany Center for the Arts’ Golden Hour. First 50 can have a drink on us!  \n\n\n\nArtist talk with Jose Alemain Sasieta begins at 6:30pm.
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/end-of-summer-mixer-with-guild-complex-jose-aleman-sasieta/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230907T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230907T213000
DTSTAMP:20260423T185920
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SUMMARY:Transvengence feat. C. Russell Price and Trinity Sapphire (+ Open Mic)
DESCRIPTION:Join your host Joss Barton for Transvengence on Thursday\, September 7th! This month features performances by C. Russell Price and Trinity Sapphire\, followed by a discussion and open mic.
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/transvengence-feat-c-russell-price-and-trinity-sapphire-open-mic/
LOCATION:Clash on Clark\, 4416 N. Clark St.\, Chicago\, Illinois\, 60640
CATEGORIES:Press Room,Transvengence
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230730T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230730T150000
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SUMMARY:Exhibit B @ Comfort Station | Social Justice Festival
DESCRIPTION:Exhibit B\, Comfort Station\, and the Guild Literary Complex are coming together to host a free outdoor festival in the heart of Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood.  \n\n\n\nThis special event will feature live music\, poetry\, free food\, and a book drive\, along with non-profit organizations tabling to share the incredible work they’re doing in and around Chicago. \n\n\n\nFull List of Participants Below:\n\n\n\nPartners:\n\n\n\nThe Guild Literary Complex \n\n\n\nComfort Station \n\n\n\nNon-Profit Organizations: \n\n\n\nRefugeeOne \n\n\n\nLife Span \n\n\n\nChicago Community Bond Fund \n\n\n\n826Chi \n\n\n\nSurviving The Mic \n\n\n\nBooks4Cause \n\n\n\nLucky Jefferson \n\n\n\nPerformers:\n\n\n\nAtena O. Danner \n\n\n\nCaroline M. Watson \n\n\n\nFlor Flores \n\n\n\nKatie Prout \n\n\n\nRabha Ashry \n\n\n\nMatt Harper \n\n\n\nMondeaux \n\n\n\nNick Rossi \n\n\n\nNoa Micaela Fields \n\n\n\nTarnynon Onumonu \n\n\n\nTommy Carroll & Chandler Browne
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/exhibit-b-outdoor-festival/
LOCATION:Comfort Station/Logan Square Park\, 2579 N Milwaukee Ave\, Chicago\, Illinois\, 60647
CATEGORIES:Exhibit B
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SUMMARY:Palabra Pura: One Poet\, One Poem
DESCRIPTION:Palabra Pura is back! Come join us with a poem or your favorite text for a community reading in English and Spanish\, featuring guest host Crystal Vance-Guerra! Have a drink\, say hi to old friends\, and enjoy some bilingual poetry. \n\n\n\nThis event is free\, open to the public\, and anyone can bring a poem.
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/palabra-pura-one-poet-one-poem-2/
LOCATION:La Bruquena Restaurant\, 2726 W. Division\, Chicago\, IL\, 60622\, United States
CATEGORIES:Palabra Pura
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SUMMARY:"Black Fire: This Time"  |  A Reading
DESCRIPTION:Black Fire: This Time\, Volume 1 from Willow Books (a division of Aquarius Press) celebrates the roots and legacy of the Black Arts Movement featuring the works of over 100 poets and writers.  \n\n\n\nPublished last spring\, perfectly captures the spirit of sankofa\, a word from the Akan people of Ghana that roughly translates to “it is not taboo to fetch what is at riskof being left behind.” Black Fire This Time serves up generous portions of essays and plays\, but poetry is the main entrée. \n\n\n\nThe Aquarius Press anthology pays tribute to Black Fire\, a 1968 anthology edited by Amiri Baraka and Larry Neal that signaled the beginning of the Black Power movement in America and amplifies the new sentiment “Black is Beautiful. Black is Powerful. Black is Home.” \n\n\n\n“In 20 years or so when future anthologists produce an anthology that will reflect a future state of Black writing\,” literary icon Ishmael Reed writes in the volume’s introduction\, “they will find this one hard to surpass.” \n\n\n\nThis reading will feature some local contributors from the book\, including Curtis L. Crisler\, Charlois Lumpkin\, aka Mali Newman\, Halima J. Olufemi\, and Katrina Washington\, along with special guests Michael Warr and Tongo Eisen-Martin. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Writers:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCurtis L. Crisler was born and raised in Gary\, Indiana. Crisler has five full-length poetry books\, two YA books\, and five poetry chapbooks. He’s been published in a variety of magazines\, journals\, and anthologies. He’s been an editor and contributing poetry editor. Also\, he created the Indiana ChitlinCircuit. Crisler is a Professor of English at Purdue University Fort Wayne (PFW). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHalima J. Olufemi was born and raised in Jackson\, MS. She is a member of the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement\, JXN People’s Assembly and work with the People’s Advocacy Institute around their Participatory Defense Program. “My work is deeply rooted in the total liberation of Black people.” \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCharlois Lumpkin\, aka Mali Newman\, is a native of St. Louis\, Missouri and a member of the Eugene B. Redmond Writers Club and its performance troupe\, the Soular Systems Ensemble. Her work has appeared in Drumvoices Revue\, Valley Voices—A Literary Review\, Crossing the Divide from the Poets of St. Louis and The Hoot and Holler of the Owls\, an anthology published by the Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Foundation. New work will appear in the forthcoming anthology 400 years: stories of black people in poems written from love\, published by Broadside/Lotus Press. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOriginally from San Francisco\, Tongo Eisen-Martin is a poet\, movement worker\, and educator. His latest curriculum on extrajudicial killing of Black people\, We Charge Genocide Again\, has been used as an educational and organizing tool throughout the country. His book titled\, “Someone’s Dead Already” was nominated for a California Book Award. His book “Heaven Is All Goodbyes” was published by the City Lights Pocket Poets series\, was shortlisted for the Griffins Poetry Prize and won a California Book Award and an American Book Award. His latest book “Blood On The Fog” was released this fall in the City Lights Pocket Poets series and named one of the New York Times poetry books of the year. In 2020\, he co-founded Black Freighter Press to publish revolutionary works. He is San Francisco’s eighth poet laureate. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPoet Michael Warr’s literary honors include San Francisco Arts Commission Awards in 2023 and 2021  and the 2020 Berkeley Poetry Festival Lifetime Achievement Award. His books include Of Poetry & Protest: From Emmett Till to Trayvon Martin (W.W. Norton)\, The Armageddon of Funk\, We Are All The Black Boy\, and Power Lines: A Decade of Poetry From Chicago’s Guild Complex (Tia Chucha Press). He is a San Francisco Library Laureate and recipient of a Creative Work Fund Award for his multimedia project Tracing Poetic Memory\, PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Award for Excellence in Literature\, Black Caucus of the American Library Association Award\, Gwendolyn Brooks Significant Illinois Poets Award\, and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship. His poetry is translated into Chinese as part of “Two Languages / One Community” a collaborative project with poet and translator Chun Yu. Michael is the former Deputy Director of the Museum of the African Diaspora\, a board member of the Friends of the San Francisco Public Library\, and founding Director of the Guild Literary Complex. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKatrina Washington is a poet and prose writer from the south side of Chicago. She holds a BA in English with a concentration in Poetry as well as Masters in Higher Education Administration and Organizational Leadership. She is currently pursuing a PhD in English with concentrations in Poetry\, Prose\, and Black Studies from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Katrina has published work in online journals such as Kissing Dynamite and will be featured in the upcoming anthology Selkie Noticia. Outside of teaching and writing\, Katrina enjoys cooking\, being black\, and rebelling against gender and racial oppression.
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/blk-fire-this-time-a-reading/
LOCATION:Blanc Gallery\, 4445 South King Drive\, Chicago\, Illinois
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SUMMARY:"…Advice at the beginning of the revolution" with Michael Warr + Tongo Eisen-Martin
DESCRIPTION:As part of our Press Room series\, join us for a reading and discussion with Bay Area authors\, Michael Warr and Tongo Eisen-Martin (San Fransisco Poet Laureate) about their work\, the nature of protest\, and how the historical acts of revolution during the heyday of the Black Power Movement in the Bay Area have influenced literary activism in a post-George Floyd era of radical social change. \n\n\n\n“. . .Advice at the beginning of the revolution” is a line from Tongo Eisen-Martin’s poem “A Good Earth“ and serves as a framework for this important conversation. \n\n\n\n**We ask that all attendees wear masks during the program for the health and well-being of the speakers and other guests. We will have a reception afterwards with light refreshments.** \n\n\n\nRSVP on Eventbrite here. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTongo Eisen-Martin\n\n\n\nOriginally from San Francisco\, Tongo Eisen-Martin is a poet\, movement worker\, and educator. His latest curriculum on extrajudicial killing of Black people\, We Charge Genocide Again\, has been used as an educational and organizing tool throughout the country. His book titled\, “Someone’s Dead Already” was nominated for a California Book Award. His book “Heaven Is All Goodbyes” was published by the City Lights Pocket Poets series\, was shortlisted for the Griffins Poetry Prize and won a California Book Award and an American Book Award. His latest book “Blood On The Fog” was released this fall in the City Lights Pocket Poets series and named one of the New York Times poetry books of the year. In 2020\, he co-founded Black Freighter Press to publish revolutionary works. He is San Francisco’s eighth poet laureate. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMichael Warr\n\n\n\nPoet Michael Warr’s literary honors include San Francisco Arts Commission Awards in 2023 and 2021  and the 2020 Berkeley Poetry Festival Lifetime Achievement Award. His books include Of Poetry & Protest: From Emmett Till to Trayvon Martin (W.W. Norton)\, The Armageddon of Funk\, We Are All The Black Boy\, and Power Lines: A Decade of Poetry From Chicago’s Guild Complex (Tia Chucha Press). He is a San Francisco Library Laureate and recipient of a Creative Work Fund Award for his multimedia project Tracing Poetic Memory\, PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Award for Excellence in Literature\, Black Caucus of the American Library Association Award\, Gwendolyn Brooks Significant Illinois Poets Award\, and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship. His poetry is translated into Chinese as part of “Two Languages / One Community” a collaborative project with poet and translator Chun Yu. Michael is the former Deputy Director of the Museum of the African Diaspora\, a board member of the Friends of the San Francisco Public Library\, and founding Director of the Guild Literary Complex.
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/advice-at-the-beginning-of-the-revolution-with-michael-warr-tongo-eisen-martin/
LOCATION:Haymarket House\, 800 W. Buena Ave.\, Chicago\, Illinois
CATEGORIES:Press Room
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SUMMARY:A Night with Ana Castillo
DESCRIPTION:In partnership with Hilton/Asmus Galleries\, the Guild Complex will host a special reading with Ana Castillo from her new book\, Doña Cleanwell Leaves Home. Joining her will be special guest\, IL Poet Laureate Angela Jackson. \n\n\n\nThe event will take place on Monday\, June 26th\, from 6:30pm – 8:30pm at the Hilton/Asmus Gallery\, Bridgeport location (3622 S. Morgan St. at the Morgan Art Complex). \n\n\n\nItems from her current exhibition\, The Many Loves of Ana Castillo\, will be available to view. There will be a brief reception along with a book signing immediately following the reading. Beer provided by Sketchbook Brewery.  \n\n\n\n// \n\n\n\nAna Castillo is a multilingual poet\, novelist\, essayist\, editor\, feminist theorist\, playwright\, translator\, human rights and environmental activist and visual artist.
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/a-night-with-ana-castillo/
LOCATION:Asmus/Hilton Gallery (Morgan Arts Complex\, Bridgeport)\, 3622 S. Morgan St.\, Chicago\, Illinois\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230620T190000
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SUMMARY:TransVengence | Aza Greenlee\, Noa/Nomi Micaela Fields\, and Ava Mirage Wanbli on June 20th
DESCRIPTION:Join us for TransVengence with your host\, Joss Barton! \n\n\n\nThis month features readings by Aza Greenlee\, Noa/Moni Micaela Fields\, and Ava Mirage Wanbli. \n\n\n\nDoors open at 7pm upstairs at My Buddy’s!  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFeaturing:\n\n\n\n\n\nNoa Micaela (Nomi) Fields is an echodeviant* (*trans poets with hearing aids) in search of transversal wildness in her one and only captionless life. Find her poems and other writing in Tripwire\, Anomaly\, Zoeglossia\, Elderly\, Tyger Quarterly\, and Sixty Inches From Center. She is a programming curator at the Poetry Foundation and a 2022 Fellow at Disability Lead and Zoeglossia.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAza Greenlee is a body artist and co-conspirator at No Nation Tangential Unspace Art Lab. This coalescence is one to galavant in dreamscapes\, ancestral juke joints\, chaturbate masturbation web temples\, loose-tooth tanks\, and The Heartspace. They organize “Smudge Cinema Project”\, a now-and-then-wait-when? screening series that takes a look at what happens when a film is projected on a wall for people to watch. Metabolization seems to be what they appear to do\, lately. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAva Mirage Wanbli is a New Media artist and performer based in Chicago\, IL. Her work operates in a multitude of formats\, mediums\, and presentations of persona to build engagement through virtual and physical aspects of virtual world construction. Ava utilizes video game engines\, live performance\, installations\, sculptures\, video\, and body to process components of the self through modalities of becoming. She investigates aspects of performing for the camera\, mirrors\, and virtual reconstructions of the body through 3D scanning\, avatar creation\, and virtual environment building as a means to craft a voice that speaks towards collapsed temporalities\, archiving the body\, as well as potentials of future self. Much of Ava’s work is also in conversation with aspects of fetishization of the consumed body through media depictions and how persona is framed through technology. In her primary approaches\, she aims to confront the voyeur as well as communicate the complexities of trans narratives through hyper-sexualized imagery and performance. \n\n\n\nAva received her Masters Degree in Fine Arts at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2019. Alongside her art practice and community engagement\, she has been an educator at multiple art institutions for the last 4 years. She is a recipient of 3Arts New Wave Artists Award\, and has been a resident of ACRE Artist residency as well as New Art City Residency. Her most current work has shown at Roots and Culture Contemporary Art Gallery in Chicago and is now being shown in a 6 month solo exhibition at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Wanbli has also been published in Tone Magazine as well as curated events at Mana Contemporary in Chicago. Ava continues to organize and build spaces to further her commitment to the conversations around her transwoman body and the voice that it can hold to educate\, uplift\, and complicate narratives around selfhood through hyper-visibility and fetishization.
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/transvengence-aza-greenlee-noa-nomi-micaela-fields-and-ava-wanbli-on-june-20th/
LOCATION:My Buddy’s (Upstairs)\, 4416 N Clark St.\, Chicago\, Illinois\, 60640\, United States
CATEGORIES:Press Room,Transvengence
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SUMMARY:10th Annual BrooksDay
DESCRIPTION:BrooksDay 2023 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis year marks the 10th anniversary of BrooksDay! Join the Guild Literary Complex as we honor the legacy of poet Gwendolyn Brooks and celebrate the launch of One Poem\, One Chicago\, which starts with a reissue of Brooks’ 1987 poetry collection Blacks (Third World Press). \n\n\n\nOne Poem\, One Chicago is a collaboration of the Poetry Foundation\, the Chicago Public Library\, Third World Press\, Brooks Permissions\, and Northwestern University Press. Blacks will be reissued for the 2023 program and printed by Northwestern University Press; copies of the newly published edition will be available at all 81 branches of the Chicago Public Library and in the Poetry Foundation’s poetry library. A limited-run print edition of the collection will be available to the public for purchase from Third World Press. \n\n\n\nSince 2013\, BrooksDay has been a marquee event in the Guild’s yearly calendar with many literary\, cultural\, and civic leaders from Chicago and beyond taking the stage to celebrate and honor Gwendolyn Brooks\, former poet Laureate of Illinois and the first African American writer to win the Pulitzer Prize. \n\n\n\nWant to learn more about Gwendolyn Brooks and her legacy? Check out her page on the Poetry Foundation website here! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2023 BrooksDay Events\n\n\n\nThis year’s BrooksDay will include: \n\n\n\n12:00 pmDoors open for workshop participants only12:15-1:15 pmGolden Shovel Workshop with Maggie Queeney (limited space\, please register here)1:00 pmDoors open for BrooksDay reading1:30 pmBrooksDay reading begins3:30 pmBreak + birthday cake celebration!5:30 pmReading concludes\n\n\n\nAfterwards\, join Brooks Permissions for ALL THIS LIFE: Examining Gwendolyn Brooks’ Maud Martha! The panel will feature Sandra Cisneros\, Dr. Joanne Gabbin\, and Sandra Jackson-Opoku delving into the profound impact of Gwendolyn Brooks and her seminal novel\, Maud Martha. The event will be streamed live on Wednesday\, June 7\, 2023\, from 7:00pm to 8:15pm (Central Time) on Brooks Permissions’s Facebook and YouTube channels.
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/10th-annual-brooksday/
LOCATION:South Shore Cultural Center\, 7059 S South Shore Dr.\, Chicago\, Illinois\, 60649
CATEGORIES:BrooksDay
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