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SUMMARY:Book Release [&DANCE!] Party: Quraysh Ali Lansana and Christopher Stewart
DESCRIPTION:Happy birthday\, Quraysh!\nAnd\, happy book release to Quraysh Ali Lansana and Christopher Stewart\, whose newest book\, The Walmart Republic\, will be launched this fall. \nTo celebrate in style (as the Guild always does)\, we will be hosting a birthday and book launch on Saturday\, September 13\, 2014 at the University of Chicago’s Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts Performance Penthouse (9th floor) from 7:00–10:00 p.m. \nThe evening will feature Angela Jackson and Elise Paschen\, as well as performances by avery r. young\, In The Spirit\, and Team REBIRTH; and readings from The Walmart Republic by Ali Lansana and Stewart—all hosted by Mario Smith. Books will be for sale by Women and Children First. \nVocalo DJ Ayana Contreras will facilitate dancing and good times\, with (all kinds of spectacular) beverages donated by Tastings.com. Attendees can also anticipate snacks and cake. \nThis event is co-presented with the Logan Center for the Arts and Mongrel Empire Press; and is sponsored in part by the Chicago Center for Working Class Studies. \nBooks can be purchased at the event thanks to our friends at Women & Children First. \nABOUT THE ARTISTS\nQuraysh Ali Lansana is author of eight poetry books\, three textbooks\, a children’s book\, editor of eight anthologies\, and coauthor of a book of pedagogy. He is a faculty member of the Creative Writing Program of the School of the Art Institute and the Red Earth MFA Creative Writing Program at Oklahoma City University. He is also a former faculty member of the Drama Division of The Juilliard School. Lansana served as Director of the Gwendolyn Brooks Center for Black Literature and Creative Writing at Chicago State University from 2002-2011\, where he was also Associate Professor of English/Creative Writing. Our Difficult Sunlight: A Guide to Poetry\, Literacy & Social Justice in Classroom & Community (with Georgia A. Popoff) was published in March 2011 by Teachers & Writers Collaborative and was a 2012 NAACP Image Award nominee. His most recent books include The Walmart Republic w/ Christopher Stewart (Mongrel Empire Press\, September 2014) and reluctant minivan (Living Arts Press\, May 2014). \n  \nChristopher Stewart’s poetry has appeared in numerous poetry journals and the anthology\, Power Lines: A Decade of Poetry from Chicago’s Guild Complex. His collaborations with music artists include his work with the group Circadian Rhythm\, which was featured on the audio anthology\, A Snake in the Heart: Poems and Music by Chicago Spoken Word Performers. He is an assistant professor in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at Dominican University. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nABOUT THE SPECIAL GUESTS\n \nAyana Contreras is passionate about sound and color. She currently hosts and produces a show called “Reclaimed Soul” on Vocalo 91.1 fm (a sister station of WBEZ). Ayana additionally produces “The Barber Shop Show”\, a community affairs show that broadcasts live from a Barber Shop in Chicago’s North Lawndale neighborhood. She’s also a DJ and music historian. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nAngela Jackson earned a BA at Northwestern University\, where she received the Academy of American Poets Prize\, and an MA in Latin American and Caribbean studies at the University of Chicago. In Chicago\, she became a prominent member of the Organization of Black American Culture. Jackson’s honors include a Pushcart Prize\, TriQuarterly’s Daniel Curley Award\, the Poetry Society of America’s Shelley Memorial Award\, and grants and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Illinois Arts Council. Jackson lives in Chicago. \n  \n  \n  \nElise Paschen is the author of Bestiary (Red Hen Press\, 2009); Infidelities (Story Line Press)\, winner of the Nicholas Roerich Poetry Prize\, and Houses: Coasts (Oxford: Sycamore Press). She is editor of The New York Times best-selling anthology Poetry Speaks to Children and Poetry Speaks Who I Am (Sourcebooks) as well as co-editor of Poetry Speaks\, among others. The Executive Director of the Poetry Society of America from 1988 until 2001\, she is the co-founder of Poetry in Motion\, a nation-wide program which places poetry posters in subways and buses. Paschen was the featured Illinois poet at the National Book Festival sponsored by the Library of Congress in September 2006. She currently serves as Poet Laureate of Three Oaks\, Michigan. A former Frances Allen Fellow of the Newberry Library\, Dr. Paschen teaches in the MFA Writing Program at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. \n  \n  \n  \nMario Smith (emcee)is a Chicago poet\, educator\, activist and radio chat show host. Mario has performed his poetry in the Chicagoland area and the US for over twenty years\, including Steppenwolf Theater\, MCA Chicago\, Old Town School of Folk Music\, the Chicago Cultural Center\, and many more. He has written essays for Chicago’s public radio affiliate WBEZ\, appeared on Voice of America\, and provided Election Night 2008 analysis for BBC Devon. He currently hosts News From the Service Entrance on WHPK 88.5FM. \n  \n  \n  \n  \navery r. young is a writer\, performer and teaching artist. He is a Cave Canem Fellow and his works have been published in AIMPrint\, Callaloo\, Spaces Between Us and many other anthologies and periodicals. He is also featured on Urban Audiology: The Art of Audio Truism and other compilations. \n  \n  \n  \n  \nChicago-based storytelling Performance Duo In the Spirit combine the talents of storyteller\, Emily Lansana and vocalist\, Zahra Baker to weave story & song into soulful engaging performance. Emily and Zahra share the belief that creative expression can be a positive force of change. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nTeam REBIRTH a poetry ensemble of high-school-age Chicago teens\, were featured in the 2014 ‘Louder Than A Bomb’\, Individual and Team Competition. \n  \nOUR SPONSORS AND CO-PRESENTERS\n  \n  \n \n  \nThe Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts advances arts practice\, inquiry\, and presentation at the University of Chicago\, and fosters meaningful collaboration and cultural engagement at the university\, on the south side\, and in the city of Chicago. \n  \n  \n  \n  \nMongrel Empire Press was established in 2007 with a mission to publish well-written\, thoughtfully-considered works across generic and disciplinary boundaries. \nMongrel Empire Press chose its moniker because it celebrates the place—Oklahoma—where the press resides. Oklahoma and Oklahomans are glorious admixtures: the land\, the flora and fauna (as evidenced by the Crosstimbers)\, and the people are advantageously heterogenous. Our mongrel nation is not perfect\, but they believe that its myriad possibilities point the way to a sustainable and humane future. They will honor their commitment to Oklahoma by actively searching out great writing by Oklahomans. \n  \n  \n  \nThe mission of the Chicago Center for Working-Class Studies (CCWCS) is to bring together individuals from multiple institutions to promote economic justice and to address class relationships.  CCWCS’ participants are guided by their commitment to “make class visible” and to strengthen the political\, economic and moral power of working women and men. The Center is administered by the School of Labor and Employment Relations of the University of Illinois\, and its steering committee includes faculty from seven Chicago-area universities. \n  \n  \nA popular and free website from the Beverage Tasting Institute. The Beverage Testing Institute was founded in 1981 with the objective of producing fair and impartial wine reviews for consumers. Today\, this philosophy still holds true. Over the years\, their buying guides have appeared in the Wine Enthusiast\, Restaurant Hospitality\, The New Yorker Magazine\, Wine & Spirits\, International Wine Review\, Epicurious.com\, All About Beer\, and many others. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/book-release-quraysh-ali-lansana-and-christopher-stewart/
LOCATION:Logan Arts Center\, 915 E 60th St\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Guild Goes Dark
DESCRIPTION:We’ll be taking some time away to regroup through the month of August after a fruitful spring and summer. Keep an eye out for our Fall Preview\, which will contain information on programming and events for the fall 2014!
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/the-guild-goes-dark/
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20140723T213000
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SUMMARY:Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Reading & Award
DESCRIPTION:Writers across Illinois submitted their poems to the Guild for the 21st Annual Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Award between June 7 and June 30\, 2014. 20 of those poems were selected to be presented on July 23\, where each author will read their poem to an audience who will then vote on the winner of a $500 prize. \nSpecial appearance by Nora Brooks Blakely\, and a performance by Aurora Performance Group. Marian Hayes\, poet\, will also read her work “The Blues”\, which won her the Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Award 20 years ago. \nThis years semifinalists are: \nFatimah Asghar\, Chirskira Caillouet\, Miles Clark\, Olivia Cole\, Livia Regina Harkow\, Andy Karol\, Samy Lang\, Ele Matelan\, Cameron McGill\, Sharon L. Powell\, Kelly Reuter Raymundo\, Charles “Charley” Reynard\, Irene Savine\, Rachel Lena Slotnick\, Mojdeh Stoakley\, Deepak Unnikrishnan\, Jacob Victorine\, Erin Watson\, Dylan James Weir\, and Jamila Woods. \nJoin us at the Chopin Theater to celebrate these 20 semifinalists\, hear some fantastic poetry out loud\, and decide who is going to be the 2014 winner of the Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Award. \nPast winners include Sename Amagashie\, Lucy Anderton\, Tara Betts\, C.C. Carter\, Stephanie Gentry-Fernandez\, Marian Hayes\, Tricia Hersey\, Tyehimba Jess\, Langston Kerman\, Toni Asante Lightfoot\, Nate Marshall\, Sage Morgan-Hubbard\, Stephanie Rose Perez\, Tristan Silverman\, Dan “Sully” Sullivan\, and Mark Turcotte\, among others. \nTickets are $8 adults / $6 students and seniors. \nAbout the Emcee\nToni Asante Lightfoot has been living in Chicago since 2002. She’s worked with the Guild Complex\, Neighborhood Writing Alliance\, ETA Theater\, and Young Chicago Authors where she is currently the Director of Writing Workshops. Lightfoot is a Cave Canem fellow and spent 2 years as a Soul Mountain fellow held in the retreat home of Marilyn Nelson\, Poet Laureate Emeritus of Connecticut. Lightfoot’s poetry and reviews can be found in numerous anthologies\, journals\, and online. She is married with a lovely daughter who inspires Lightfoot to laugh\, write\, and dance.  \n  \n  \nAbout the Performers\n \nMarian Hayes has been a poet in Chicago for decades. She has done what the late great Gwendolyn Brooks encouraged all poets to do; take their poetry to all walks of life; tavern\, campuses\, schools\, highways and by ways. She is presently working on a series of Blues haiku poems. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nAurora Performance Group is a musical group based in Chicago\, IL. Assembled by the daughter of Gwendolyn Brooks\, Nora Brooks Blakely\, APG performs in honor of Mrs. Brooks’ tremendous legacy. \n  \nAbout the Preliminary Judge\n \nJ.W. Basilo is a writer\, performer\, comedian\, and educator from Chicago. He is a National and World Poetry Slam finalist\, a PushCart Prize Nominee\, Executive Director of Chicago Slam Works\, one half of Poetry/Comedy duo Beard Fight\, and a company member with Red Theater Chicago. His work has appeared on NPR\, CNN\, CBS\, WGN\, in the Chicago Tribune\, and in hundreds of live venues. Currently\, you can catch him every Sunday in Chicago at the Green Mill\, where he co-hosts The Uptown Poetry Slam\, and Mondays at Haymarket Pub & Brewery\, where he serves as curator and host of The LitMash. \n  \n  \n  \n  \nCO-SPONSORED BY: \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \nThe Center for the Study of Race\, Politics and Culture at the University of Chicago was established in 1994 under the direction of Professor Michael Dawson. From its inception\, faculty\, students\, and staff who have been involved with the Center have been committed to establishing a new type of research institute devoted to the study of race and ethnicity\, one that seeks to expand the study of race beyond the black/white paradigm while exploring social and identity cleavages within racialized communities.
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/gwendolyn-brooks-open-mic-reading-award/
LOCATION:Chopin Theater\, 1543 W Division
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SUMMARY:Palabra Pura: Lost and Found
DESCRIPTION:Lost & Found: Letters\, Poems\, and Marginalia of Cross Cultural Experience \nThis evening\, Palabra Pura will travel to Mexico City\, Korea\, and Haiti via our writers to explore the Cross Cultural Experiences of a Dancer\, an Educator\, and a Poet. Curated by Maribel Mares. \nAbout the Artists\n \n  \nDarren Angle is a poet living in Chicago. His work has appeared in LIT and BOMB. He received degrees from Macalester College and Brown University\, where he won a Weston Fine Arts Award and was an Adele K. Seaver Fellow in Creative Writing. Darren will share poetry inspired by his time in Haiti along with a slideshow of photos. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n  \n  \nMayra Jimenez is a Mexican-American Educator living in Korea; a world traveler\, a connoisseur of cultures and human behavior; She is an educator as well as student striving for social justice. A collector of the five senses\, she loves cooking\, writing\, film\, and exploring the natural world. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n  \nYesika Perez was born and raised in the Mexico City (Tenochtitlan). She began dancing the age of 5 years; she studied Dance at the National Institute of Fine arts (INBA) in Mexico City.  She is the owner of her own business in Chicago. Amongst other things\, she was bartender\, street sweeper\, and a vendor in a street market. A proud single mother\, a free spirit\, she acts as a stabilizer of emotions\, a healer to friends\, family\, and anyone she encounters! We find her this night in Chicago\, lost and found in her circling root system.  \n  \n  \n  \nAbout the Curator\nMaribel Mares is an author\, educator\, and organizer. She received her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. 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. She is a Latina Writer from the Southwest side of Chicago\, exploring the cultural and regional identity of Mexican American families.
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/palabra-pura-curated-by-maribel-mares/
LOCATION:La Bruquena restaurant (upstairs)\, 2726 W. Division\, Chicago\, IL\, United States
CATEGORIES:Palabra Pura
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SUMMARY:Equanimity: Writing and Exile
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Victory Gardens\nModerated by John Rich\, Executive Director of the Guild Literary Complex \nBeing forced to leave one’s homeland can leave one with a sense of loss\, trauma\, and confusion. But for many writers\, exile and political writing can also be a source of creativity and a way to reconnect with a life that seems increasingly distant. Join John Rich as he opens a dialogue with writers exploring first-hand narratives of exile and political activism in their creative works. \nAbout the Panelists\nOsama Alomar is an award-winning Syrian poet and essayist. “He belongs at once to several different important literary traditions. Most immediately evident are two: that of the writer driven into exile from his own country and culture; and that of the writer of very short stories.” –Lydia Davis\, The New Yorker (2013) \nMatilde de la Sierra\, a Guatemalan physician who practiced in a village that was home to Guatemala’s indigenous Mayan population. She was the only medical doctor in the region and – together with the Catholic church – she advocated to build a hospital on land that was used for military training. This put her in conflict with the Guatemalan military. Matilde was abducted and tortured and\, more than a decade later\, still suffers severe effects on her health\, memory\, and flashbacks. \nCoya Paz is a poet\, director\, and lip gloss connoisseur who was raised in Peru\, Bolivia\, Colombia\, Ecuador\, and Brazil before moving permanently to the United States in 1987. Coya is the Artistic Director of Free Street Theatre\, and an Assistant Professor in the Theatre School at DePaul University.
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/equanimity-writing-and-exile/
LOCATION:Victory Gardens Biograph Theater\, 2433 North Lincoln Ave\, Chicago\, IL\, 60614\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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SUMMARY:Palabra Pura at Printers Ball!
DESCRIPTION:The Guild Literary Complex is joining dozens of other presenters for the Tenth Annual Printers Ball\, taking place on June 28. This year\, the Guild will be presenting a flashmob-style Palabra Pura\, featuring \nCyn Vargas \nEduardo Arocho \nMike “Open Mike” Puican \nThese poets will read around 5:30 p.m.\, but we encourage you to come early and check out some of amazing organizations\, including: Artificial Ear\, Brain Frame\, Chicago Zine Fest\, Dollhouse Reading Series\, Itzi Nallah\, Leah Mackin\, Next Objectivists\, No Coast\, Pixiehammer Press\, Puphouse\, Salonathon\, the Spudnik Press Fellows\, Taylor Hokanson\, The Starshaped Press Bike\, The Swell\, Trubble Club\, Urban Sandbox\, Young Chicago Artists\, and more! \nCheck out the facebook page here. \nPrinters Ball is a celebration of literary and printmaking culture in Chicago. Join us for a summer afternoon and evening with hundreds of your fellow Chicago bookworms. RSVP now at http://printersball.com/
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/palabra-pura-at-printers-ball/
LOCATION:Spudnik Press\, 1821 West Hubbard St\, Chicago\, 60622\, United States
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SUMMARY:Palabra Pura\, Curated by Diana Pando
DESCRIPTION:Discover two emerging Chicago poets whose palabras unearth a rich excavation of their Mexican roots. Pulling from these raices they explore gender\, geography\, and guns that eventually collide onto the page to create border-crossing poetry that migrates between Chicago and Guanajuato\, Mexico. \nAbout the Artists\nJennifer Patiño was born on the Southwest Side of Chicago and grew up eating off dinnerware her family resourcefully “collected” from Midway airport. Her family is from the state of Guanajuato\, land of the pansas verdes and Jose Alfredo Jimenez caminos. She followed her own caminos as a kid\, playing on train tracks and somehow miraculously never died. Instead\, she graduated from Columbia College with a bachelors degree in Art History\, minors in Latino/Hispanic Studies and Poetry and lots of debt. So much debt. She has written articles\, sex columns and rants for Gozamos\, published in the South Loop Review\, and in Sixty Inches From Center\, an arts nonprofit dedicated to archiving and documenting artwork happening outside of Chicago’s mainstream art institutions.  She became a member of the Directorial Board of Sixty Inches From Center in 2012. Patiño is a poet\, essayist\, arts lover\, columnist\, and feminista\, who is passionate about mental health issues\, human rights\, literacy\, and the power that comes from knowing your history. She loves watching Scandal\, playing chess with life size pieces\, and watching terrible movies. \n  \n  \nBeatriz J. Ruiz is from both Chicago and Guanajuato and neither at the same time.  She adores reading for Palabra Pura and her work has recently appeared in Cantologia 1: Amor (Pandora/Lobo Estepario Press) and Triquarterly.  No es monedita de oro pero si es poeta\, hocicona y cabrona.   \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nAbout the Curator\nDiana Pando is a writer from Chicago who loves telling stories. She recently published her poem Mythology of Flesh and Turquoise Serpents in the Offerings of Flesh Anthology by Mujeres de Maiz (2014 – California). Currently\, she is a co-founder of the Chicago Latino Writers Initiative and a founding member of Proyecto Latina. She  also teaches her signature writing workshop Puro Cuento and is part of the Con Tinta literary advisory boards. \n 
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/palabra-pura-curated-by-diana-pando/
LOCATION:La Bruquena restaurant (upstairs)\, 2726 W. Division\, Chicago\, IL\, United States
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SUMMARY:Applied Words: Black Vernacular
DESCRIPTION:Black Vernacular: a comedic literary look at a language that’s all American\nJoin the Guild Literary Complex and the University of Chicago’s Arts Incubator as Randall Horton\, Adam Moshe Levin\, and Toni Asante Lightfoot perform and read work demonstrating the sticky wicket of Black Vernacular. Short video performances by Holly Bass and others will be included.\n\nAbout the Artists\nKristiana Rae Colón began acting in storefront theater right out of high school. She is also a playwright\, a published poet and a hip-hop artist. She has a Master of Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and works full time for a nonprofit organization located at the Juvenile Intervention Support Center at 39th Street and California Avenue (“which is essentially the juvenile police station”)\, where she is the office manager. She is the author of Promised Instruments.  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nRandall Horton is a former recipient of the Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Prize. He is the author of the poetry collectionsThe Lingua Franca of Ninth Street\, and The Definition of Place\, both from Main Street Rag. Horton is co-editor of the anthology Fingernails Across the Chalkboard Poetry and Prose on HIV/AIDs from the Black Diaspora (Third World Press\, 2007). Horton has a MFA in Creative Writing with an emphasis in Poetry from Chicago State University and a PhD in Creative Writing from SUNY Albany. He is a Cave Canem Fellow. Most recently his poems\, fiction and nonfiction have appeared in: Mythium\, Mosaic\, Black Renaissance\, Crab Orchard Review and Full Moon on K Street: Poems about Washington\, DC. Horton is an Assistant Professor at the University of New Haven\, the poetry editor of Willow Books\, and the Editor-in-Chief at Tidal Basin Review. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n  \nAdam Levin (Defcee) is a published poet\, rapper\, and teaching artist from River Forest\, IL. A graduate and founding member of the First Wave Spoken Word and Urban Arts Learning Community at the University of Wisconsin\, he has shared the stage with Saul Williams\, Amiri Baraka\, Wale\, and the Cool Kids. He has performed internationally in London\, UK\, Mexico City\, Mexico\, and Panama City\, Panama. He has been published in the University of Pennsylvania’s Esu Review\, and has released three hip-hop albums. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nToni Asante Lightfoot has been living in Chicago since 2002. She’s worked with the Guild Complex\, Neighborhood Writing Alliance\, ETA Theater\, and Young Chicago Authors where she is currently the Director of Writing Workshops. Lightfoot is a Cave Canem fellow and spent 2 years as a Soul Mountain fellow held in the retreat home of Marilyn Nelson\, Poet Laureate Emeritus of Connecticut. Lightfoot’s poetry and reviews can be found in numerous anthologies\, journals\, and online. She is married with a lovely daughter who inspires Lightfoot to laugh\, write\, and dance. \n  \n  \n  \nAbout the Performer\nHolly Bass is a multidisciplinary performance and visual artist\, writer and director. Her best known body of work explores the endless allure of the black female body—from Venus Hottentots to video vixens. Her work has been presented at spaces such as the Kennedy Center\, the Smithsonian Museums\, the Seattle Art Museum\, and the South African State Theatre. \nIn 2011\, she was named one of the “Top 30 Black Performance Poets” byThe Root. She was voted 2012 Best Performance Artist in the Washington CityPaper. She has received numerous grants from the DC Arts Commission and was one of twenty artists nationwide to receive Future Aesthetics grant from the Ford Foundation/Hip Hop Theater Festival. In 2014\, she will pilot a year-round creative writing and performance program for adjudicated youth in DC’s Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/applied-words-black-vernacular/
LOCATION:Arts Incubator\, 301 E Garfield Blvd\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637\, United States
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SUMMARY:Readings at Printers Row Lit Fest
DESCRIPTION:The Guild will be presenting hour-long readings by seven prominent Chicago literary organizations throughout the day at Printers Row Lit Festival. You can find our tent at the corner of Dearborn and Polk Streets. \nSchedule\n10 a.m. Chicago Latino Writers Initiative: Ericka McCarthy Sanchez\, Adriana Galvan\, Awilda Rodriguez\, Diana Pando\, Jen Vera\, Veronica Vidal\, Jazmin Corona\, Stephanie Diaz Reppen \nThe Chicago Latino Writers Initiative will spotlight some of Chicago emerging Latina writers showcasing a rich range of stories and writing genres. \n \n11 a.m. Stoop Style Stories\n\n12 p.m. Homolatte: Andy M Karol\, Tiff Beatty\, Patrick Gill\nHomolatte is a spoken word and acoustic music series for the Lesbian\, Gay\, Bisexual and Transgender community\, and its friends and allies. Now in it’s thirteenth year\, Homolatte features one spoken word artist and one musician from the LGBT community at each event. It is a free admission / all ages event\, and happens twice-a-month at Big Chicks in Uptown. It is curated by Scott Free\, a 2010 inductee into the City of Chicago Gay/Lesbian Hall of Fame. Homolatte is the longest running LGBT performance series in the country. \n \n1 p.m. That’s All She Wrote: Tom Wolferman\, James (GPA) Gordon\, JH Palmer\, Angela Benander\nThat’s All She Wrote is a non-competitive Live Lit venue for storytellers of all stripes\, co-produced by Angela Benander and J.H. Palmer\, who share the mic each month with a new lineup of readers.\nJoin us at 8:00 pm on the second Sunday of every month at The Savoy\, 1408 N. Milwaukee Ave. in Wicker Park. The show is FREE.\nWant to read something? Talk to us after the show or email a non-fiction essay to thatsallshewrotechicago@gmail.com \n\n2 p.m. Third World Press\n3 p.m. Quare Square: C.c. Carter\, Denise Miller Dionysus DeVille\, Vero N Ica and M Shelly Conner\nQuare Square Collective\, Inc. will present a series of readings\, spoken word\, and poetry with visual art displays by members of its collective comprised of queer artists of color in the Midwest. Artwork display provided by Veronica Stein. \n\n4 p.m. Sunday Salon: Paulette Livers and Patricia King\nSunday Salon Chicago is a literary reading series that began in New York City thirteen years ago and here in Chicago almost exactly three years ago. We have an event every other month on the last Sunday of the month where we showcase 4 or 5 different writers: poets\, novelists and short story writers\, as well as storytellers. This event is always free and always fun. \n\n5 p.m. Red Rover Reading Series: Barbara Barg\, Adrienne Dodt\, Nathan Hoks\, Jennifer Karmin\, Virginia Konchan\, Ladan Osman\, Keith S. Wilson\nRed Rover Series is curated by Laura Goldstein and Jennifer Karmin. Each event is designed as a reading experiment with participation by local\, national\, and international writers\, artists\, and performers. Founded in 2005\, the over seventy events have featured a diversity of renowned creative minds.
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/readings-at-printers-row-lit-fest/
LOCATION:Printers Row Lit Festival\, Dearborn and Polk Streets\, Chicago\, 60605\, United States
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SUMMARY:Brooksday 2014
DESCRIPTION:For the second year\, the Guild Literary Complex’s will present its signature event\, Brooksday 2014—a marathon reading that celebrates the life and work of renowned Chicago poet Gwendolyn Brooks. Taking place at the Chicago Tribune Printers Row Lit Fest on Saturday\, June 7—Brooks’ birthday—from 10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. at the Guild’s tent (located on the corner of Polk and Dearborn). There will also be a special Brooksday reading taking place at the adjacent Poetry tent from 3:45–4:30 p.m \n  \n  \n  \n\n\n  \n  \n  \n\n\nBROOKSDAY 2014 SCHEDULE\nWelcome\, 10:00 a.m.\nEmcee: Andrea Change \nAndrea Change has been a poet in Chicago for over 20 years\, published in a number of poetry magazines\, journals\, and such poetry anthologies from Tia Chucha Press as Powerlines and Stray Bullets. \nAzania Drums (pronounced: ah-zah-nee-ah) is comprised of Betty Shabazz Academy students ranging in age from 6 to 14\, grades Kindergarten through 8th. Their instructor is Babu Atiba Walker who is also the Assistant Artistic Director for the Muntu Dance Theater of Chicago. \n____________________________________ \nReading Group 1\, 10:35 a.m.\nEmcee: Andrea Change \nREADERS \nDr. Carol L. Adams is President and CEO of The DuSable Museum of African American History. Dr. Adams is founding Director of MAPS (Museums and Public Schools) and the Museum Consortium. \nCarolyn Saper is Chicago director of the American Writers Museum\, a nonprofit dedicated to establishing the first museum in the country devoted exclusively to celebrating American writers. \nMaggie Brown is a Chicago native who made her professional acting and singing debut at the Body Politic Theater. She has traveled with her show\, Legacy\, which follows the history and evolution of African American music. \nJoan Gray is the President and former dancer for Muntu Dance Theatre. \nElizabeth Burke-Dain founded the Around the Coyote arts festival\, worked for Columbia College\, and ran her own arts PR business. She is currently the Media and Marketing Director at Poetry Foundation. \nEric May is author of the novel Bedrock Faith. An associate professor in the Fiction Writing program at Columbia College Chicago\, he’s a former reporter for The Washington Post. \n____________________________________ \nReading Group 2\, 11:20 a.m.\nEmcee: Andrea Change \nREADERS \nKurt Heintz is a writer and new media artist. He began long-distance exchanges of live poetry performances by video with the Guild’s 2nd Poetry Video Festival in 1992\, which he organized. \nRegina Harris Baiocchi is an author and composer whose music has been performed by Chicago Symphony\, Detroit Symphony\, Milwaukee Brass Quintet\, and internationally-acclaimed artists\, among others. \nSandra Jackson-Opoku is a native of Chicago and the award-winning author of Where Blood is Born. \nShanara “The MouthPeace” Sanders\, a Chicago native of the Westside\, is a “poetemcee”\, vocalist\, actress\, and entrepreneur through her company: MouthPeace Entertainment. \nJanet Burroway is the author of plays\, poetry\, children’s books\, and eight novels including The Buzzards\, Raw Silk\, Opening Nights\, and Bridge of Sand. \nAndrea Change has been a poet in Chicago for over 20 years\, published in a number of poetry magazines\, journals\, and such poetry anthologies from Tia Chucha Press as Powerlines and Stray Bullets. \n____________________________________ \n Reader Group 3\, 12:20 p.m.\nEmcee: Andrea Change \n READERS \nBeverly Reed Scott (Momma Earth) is an Original Voice Storyteller initiated by author and Jungian Analyst\, Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes. She writes poetry and short stories. \nTeri Boyd has been a picture editor for several media organizations\, and has worked with many documentary photographers. \nAngela Narciso Torres’s first book of poetry\, Blood Orange\, won the 2013 Willow Books Literature Award for Poetry. She teaches poetry workshops and serves as a Senior Poetry Editor for RHINO. \nCristina Henríquez is the author of two books—a short story collection called Come Together\, Fall Apart and a novel entitled The World in Half. She’s currently working on her second novel. \nJulie Parson Nesbitt received the Gwendolyn Brooks Significant Illinois Poets Award and holds an MFA in Creative Writing (University of Pittsburgh). She is currently Contributing Editor for West End Press. \nEllen Placey Wadey holds an MA in creative writing from the University of Illinois at Chicago and an MFA in fiction writing from the University of Pittsburgh. She teaches Literature at Columbia College Chicago among others. \nKathleen Rooney is a founding Editor of Rose Metal Press\, a nonprofit publisher of literary work in hybrid genres\, as well as a member of Poems While You Wait\, a team of poets and their typewriters who compose commissioned poetry on demand. She is the author of six books of poetry and nonfiction \n___________________________________ \nTEAM REBIRTH\, 1:15 p.m.\nEmcee: Andrea Change \nSpecial performance by TEAM REBIRTH\, an award-winning youth SLAM poetry group. \n___________________________________ \n Reading Group 4\, 1:55 p.m.\nEmcee: Quraysh Ali Lansana \nQuraysh Ali Lansana is an educator\, editor\, and the author of five poetry books. Lansana served as the Director of the Gwendolyn Brooks Center for Black Literature and Creative Writing from 2002–2011. \n READERS \nFeaturing members of the Chicago Association of Black Storytellers (ASE) \nMama Edie Armstrong is a bilingual storyteller and percussionist. \nBaby Tony Brown is a musician and storyteller. He believes stories can transform and inspire its listeners. \nD. Kucha Brownlee is a storyteller\, vocalist\, percussionist\, and author. She is co-founder and President of ASE. \nAlice Butler Collins is a Chicago author\, storyteller\, workshop facilitator\, poet\, and educator. \nAndrea Fain is a poet and storyteller and performs throughout the Chicago area; as well\, is Vice-President of ASE. \nDhamana Shauri is a storyteller\, who draws story themes from her wealth of experience as a schoolteacher and social worker. \n____________________________________ \nReading of Children Coming Home Poetry\, 3:00 p.m.\nEmcee: Quraysh Ali Lansana \nREADER \nJavon J. Smith is a spoken word poet\, playwright\, performer\, educator\, and activist. He also holds three minors in African and Black Diaspora Studies\, LGBTQ Studies\, and Theatre Studies. He coaches Poetry and Prose Reading for the speech team at his Alma Mater\, Thornton Township High School. \n**Please note that following Children Coming Home\, Brooksday will move to the Arts & Poetry Tent\, located immediately west of the Guild Tent on Dearborn and Polk. It is across the walkway** \n____________________________________ \nReading Group 5\, 3:45 p.m. at the Arts & Poetry Tent\n(Located west of the Guild Tent on Dearborn and Polk) \nEmcee: Toni Asante Lightfoot \nToni Asante Lightfoot is co-founder of the poetry collective Modern Urban Griots. She is a leader of Blackout Arts Collective and was President of the African American Writers Guild. \nREADERS \nBarbara Kensey is an award-winning public relations consultant\, writer\, and pioneer in African American tourism as creator and publisher of Chicago’s first comprehensive resource and visitors guide to Black history and culture. \nDonna Seaman is a Senior Editor for Booklist. A recipient of the Studs Terkel Humanities Service Award\, Seaman also writes for the Chicago Tribune\, among other publications. \nBill Hillman is an author and storyteller from Chicago. His debut novel The Old Neighborhood has received acclaim from the Chicago Tribune\, Chicago Reader\, and others. He is a current contributor to Playboy online. \nDan “Sully” Sullivan is the founder and curator of the Urban Sandbox\, an all-ages poetry event in Chicago. Sully has appeared on Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry on HBO\, WGN Morning News\, and NPR. \nAlice Kim is a cultural organizer\, activist\, and writer. She is the Director of The Public Square\, a program of the Illinois Humanities Council that creates spaces for public conversations about social\, political\, and cultural issues. \n**After Group 5\, Brooksday returns to the Guild Tent just east across the walkway at Dearborn and Polk** \n____________________________________ \nNora Brooks Blakely + Aurora Performance Group\, 4:35 p.m.\nEmcee: Toni Asante Lightfoot \nREADERS \nNora Brooks Blakely is Gwendolyn Brooks’ daughter and a theater teacher at DuSable Leadership Academy. She oversees Brooks Permissions. \nThe Aurora Performance Group is the performing arm of Brooks Permissions\, illuminating the life and work of Gwendolyn Brooks from different perspectives. \n____________________________________ \n Group 6\, 4:55 p.m. at the Guild Tent (Dearborn and Polk)\nEmcee: Toni Asante Lightfoot \n READERS \nWillie Williams is a poet and a former board member for Broadside Press in Detroit\, Michigan. He is also a former coordinator of the Poets Theater of Broadside Press. \nPeggy Shinner is the author of You Feel So Mortal/Essays on the Body (University of Chicago Press 2014). Her work has most recently appeared on Salon. Currently\, she teaches in the MFA program at Northwestern University. \nStephen Young\, former Senior Editor of Poetry\, is currently Program Director of the Poetry Foundation. He was educated at Dartmouth and joined the magazine in 1988. \nRobert Polito is a poet and scholar\, currently serving as the President of the Poetry Foundation. Prior\, he was the Director of the Creative Writing department at The New School for two decades. \navery r. young was indoctrinated with the 400+ years of the African-American experience\, history\, culture\, and art. Avery’s work blends phonetics\, linguistics\, hymns\, jazz and hip-hop to depict the politic and inspiring attributes attached to the stories of a people. \nPatricia Smith is the author of six critically acknowledged volumes of poetry\, including Shoulda Been Jimi Savannah\, winner of the 2013 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize from the Academy of American Poets\, among others. \nClosing Remarks\, 5:50 p.m.\nSpeaker: Nora Brooks Blakely \n  \n  \nOur Partners\n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/brooksday-2014/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20140521T193000
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SUMMARY:Palabra Pura: Two poetic voices of the new Latin American territory
DESCRIPTION:Our monthly bilingual reading series is curated in May by Febronio Zatarain and features Emmanuel Ayala and Miguel Marzana. \nAbout the Artists\n“I write because it is a privilege I have earned. Ever since I was 12 years old I read poetry and loved it. One day I embraced the pen and spilled ink on any loose sheet of paper I could manage to find. I am sadden by many things in my life\, I am battling many obstacles and surviving on a daily basis\, I tend to vent and create social\, cultural and educational awareness thru some f my work. I have much to learn and much to develop. For I am still a young writer and hope to one day reach my goal.” –Emmanuel Ayala \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n  \n  \nMiguel Marzana’s poems and short stories have been published in Contratiempo magazine and have been included in the poetry anthologies “Susurros\,” “Ciudad Cien” and “Cantologia” for the Guild Literary Complex. He is the author of “Descomposiciones\,” a collection of his early works of poetry. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nAbout the Curator\nFebronio Zatarain 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 contratiempowriting workshop.
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/palabra-pura-two-poetic-voices-of-the-new-latin-american-territory/
LOCATION:La Bruquena restaurant (upstairs)\, 2726 W. Division\, Chicago\, IL\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20140515T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20140515T230000
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SUMMARY:REVEAL 25 – The Guild's 25th Anniversary Party and Benefit
DESCRIPTION:25 Writers to Watch\nREVEAL 25 is the Guild’s 25th anniversary party\, an opportunity to celebrate 25 years of mission-driven accomplishments in Chicago’s vast literary community. It is a jubilant celebration of the past\, and also a chance to look ahead to the future. Past and present directors\, including founding director Michael Warr\, will be announcing our 25 Writers to Watch—25 emerging and established writers whose works are making an impact on their communities and neighborhoods right now\, and possess all the potential and power to influence writers and readers globally. These writers will be present at the party\, and the Guild will include them in upcoming programs. \nOur shindig takes place at Victory Gardens Biograph Theater (2433 N Lincoln Ave) across from the old Guild Books—the birthplace of the Guild Complex. We will celebrate this silver anniversary in style with an open bar from 6:30-7:30p.m.\, a special program (see below) at 7:30p.m.\, and music + libations + dancing the rest of the night. Please join us! \n\nOnline sales have ended. A few tickets are available at the door!\n\n\nADD YOUR VOICE\nA Guild Complex happening would be incomplete without the voices of our friends\, collaborators\, and supporters. So send us your favorite Guild memory\, and we’ll add it to a visual timeline at REVEAL 25. It could be a memory of teh first event you attended\, or one that held special significance for you. Send as many memories as you wish: email them to AddYourVoice@guildcomplex.org. \nPROGRAM NOTES\nInformation on our guest presenters will be added soon\, but expect to hear stories (and see performances) from Michael Warr\, Julie Parson Nesbitt\, Ellen Placey Wadey\, Kimberly Dixon-Mays\, and John Rich. Our 25 Writers to Watch will be REVEALed closer to the event. \nOUR PARTNERS\nWe are pleased to partner with Victory Gardens Theater and Newcity for REVEAL 25. \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/reveal-25/
LOCATION:Victory Gardens Biograph Theater\, 2433 North Lincoln Ave\, Chicago\, IL\, 60614\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20140430T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20140430T210000
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SUMMARY:Breaking the Bread Divide: A Live GuildCast on Food Justice
DESCRIPTION:Left to right: Robert Nevel\, Dave Snyder\, Angela + Sam Taylor\nThe sustainable food movement has rejuvenated holistic thinking on agriculture\, food production\, and consumption. But lost in the movement is how to bring wholesome\, quality food to all and not to just those that can afford it. In a live version of GuildCast\, a monthly podcast by Guild Literary Complex\, journalist Debbie Carlson talks to artists\, journalists\, and activists about food justice and how to address the divide. \nAbout the Participants\nRobert Nevel is an architect\, urban farmer\, and pioneer in the food justice movement. He is a member of the Steering Committee of the Advocates for Urban Agriculture\, a Director of the Resource Center\, former chair of the KAM Isaiah Israel Social Justice Committee and since 2013 President of the Congregation. \nIn 2009 Nevel founded the award winning\, nationally recognized KAMII Food \nJustice and Sustainability Program. The Program is focused on transforming unproductive urban lawns into food producing micro-farms\, growing and donating significant quantities of produce\, teaching urban agriculture and sustainability skills and advocating for healthy\, local food systems and responsible energy\, land and water use. \nDave Snyder is a writer and grower. His work in urban agriculture includes the Chicago Rarities Orchard Project\, which aims to establish community rare-fruit orchards in Chicago; Ginkgo Organic Gardens\, an all-volunteer food pantry garden; and previously at the rooftop farm at Uncommon Ground. This work has been recognized by the Mayor’s Landscape Awards and Chicago Cares and has been featured in the Chicago Tribune\, GRIST\, TimeOut Chicago\, Chicago Magazine\, and others. \nDave speaks often on topics of urban agriculture\, sustainable food production and crop diversity. \nAngela Taylor\, along with her husband Sam\, used gardening to transform their Fulton Street block into a safe space where vacant lots are used to grow food. They’ve spread their vision of a greener\, cleaner community throughout the Garfield Park neighborhood\, mentoring teens who are learning how to garden and landscape and starting a farmer’s market where all the food sold is grown in the Garfield Park community. \nThis event is part of the University of Chicago’s Studs Terkel Festival Let’s Get Working and is co-sponsored by Graze magazine. \nWe will be serving food—soup and bread provided by the Jane Addams Hull-House.   \nDon’t forget to enjoy our archive of podcasts including conversations with Yoko Noge\, Mark Turcotte\, Duriel E. Harris\, and more on our SoundCloud page. \nAbout Our Partners\n“It is a part of the new philanthropy to recognize that the social question is largely a question of the stomach.”\n—Jane Addams \nSocial reformer and Nobel Peace Prize winner Jane Addams (1860–1935) believed that nutrition and food security would lead to more peaceful communities. Under her direction\, the Hull-House Settlement\, a social center for new immigrants to Chicago\, piloted creative solutions to hunger including a public kitchen and coffee house\, pasteurized milk stations\, cooking classes\, and community gardens. \nInspired by this legacy\, the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum hosts Re-Thinking Soup\, a community conversation series on issues of food and justice. Audiences gather each month over a free\, hot meal of soup and bread to hear from activists\, farmers\, economists\, artists\, and guest chefs. Topics have included urban agriculture\, hunger\, food in schools and prisons\, immigrant labor\, cultural traditions\, and food policy. We meet in the historic Residents’ Dining Hall\, where Upton Sinclair\, Ida B. Wells\, W.E.B. Du Bois\, Gertrude Stein\, and other important social reformers met to share meals and ideas. \nFor six years\, Re-Thinking Soup has provided nourishing experiences that bring disparate areas of the food movement into conversation and collective action. This ongoing dialogue is an opportunity to probe some of the most pressing issues of our existence and re-imagine the food system to create a more fair\, delicious\, and healthy world for all of us. \nGraze magazine is a semi-annual literary magazine that focuses on what’s on the table as much as the folks sitting around it. “We’re interested in the stories that food tells about us–after all\, our collective and individual human histories were nourished by the food that we made\, smelled\, ate\, threw up\, fucked up\, and loved.” \nAbout the Studs Terkel Let’s Get Working Festival\nTaking place May 9–12\, Let’s Get Working is a three-day festival celebrating the legacy of Studs Terkel\, revisiting his work and tracing his influence through oral histories\, film screenings\, performances\, art installations\, storytelling\, and community dialogues.
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/breaking-the-bread-divide/
LOCATION:Logan Arts Center\, 915 E 60th St\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20140426T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20140426T220000
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SUMMARY:Applied Words: Voices of Protest
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, April 26\, 8:00 p.m.\nFacets Multimedia\n1517 W. Fullerton Ave.\n(Note: The same program takes place at 7 p.m. on Friday\, April 25.) \nAl-Sheikh\, Maarouf\nVoices of Protest\, April 25 & 26\, draws attention to the plight of exiled authors and celebrates a global literature. The Guild will host Manal Al-Sheikh (Iraq) and Mazen Maarouf (Palestine)\, two poets currently living in exile in Scandinavia for their work as writers and journalists. \n \nAs part of this program two short films will be screened which are included in Poets of Protest\, an Al Jazeera produced documentary series by British filmmaker Roxana Vilk. The series focuses on six Middle Eastern authors and the relationship of their work to initiatives for democracy and social justice across the Middle East. Screenings will be followed  by readings from Al-Sheikh and Maarouf. \nTickets are $5 and can be purchased here. \nSupport for Voices of Protest is provided by the MacArthur Foundation International Connections Fund. It is co-sponsored by Facets Multi-Media\, Al Jazeera America\, Words Without Borders\, and HotHouse. \n About the participants:\nMazen Maarouf is a Palestinian-Icelandic poet and writer\, lauded as a “rising international literary star”. He has published three collections of poetry: The Camera Doesn’t Capture Birds\, Our Grief Resembles Bread\, and most recently An Angel Suspended On The Clothesline\, which has been translated into several languages including French by Samira Negrouche (Amandier Poésie\, 2013). His work is currently being translated into English by Kareem James Abu-Zeid and Nathalie Handal. Maarouf has read in festivals\, universities\, museums and cultural centers in Europe\, the United States and the Middle East. He has written literary and theatre criticism in various Arabic magazines and newspapers namely An-Nahar and Assafir (Lebanon)\, Al-Quds-el-Arabi (London) and Qantara (Paris); and he has translated numerous Icelandic poets as well as the following novels in Arabic: The Blue Fox by Sjón\, Hands of my Father by Myron Uhlberg\, The Story of the Blue Planet by Andri Snær Magnason and Dwarfstone by Aðalsteinn Ásberg. He resides in Reykjavik. \nThe Iraqi poet and writer Manal Al-sheikh was born in Nineveh in northern Iraq. She has a Bachelor’s degree in English- Arabic translation from the college of Arts\, Mosul University. She has worked in local and Arab press as a freelance journalist. She has published creative and literary articles and texts in many Iraqi\, Arab\, and European newspapers and magazines\, and participated in many cultural festivals within and outside the her native country . Many of her poems and essays have been translated into several languages including: English\, French\, Norwegian\, Catalan and Italian. She currently resides in the city of Stavanger\, Norway. \nOur Sponsors:\n \n  \n \n  \n \n  \n \n  \n \n  \n 
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/applied-words-voices-of-protest-2/
LOCATION:Facets Multi-Media\, 1517 W Fullerton Ave\, Select a Country:
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20140425T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20140425T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T160450
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SUMMARY:Applied Words: Voices of Protest
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, April 25\, 7:00 p.m.\nFacets Multimedia\n1517 W. Fullerton Ave.\n(Note: The same program takes place at 8 p.m. on Saturday\, April 26.) \n  \nAl-Sheikh\, Maarouf\nVoices of Protest\, April 25 & 26\, draws attention to the plight of exiled authors and celebrates a global literature. The Guild will host Manal Al-Sheikh (Iraq) and Mazen Maarouf (Palestine)\, two poets currently living in exile in Scandinavia for their work as writers and journalists. \n \nAs part of this program two short films will be screened which are included in Poets of Protest\, an Al Jazeera produced documentary series by British filmmaker Roxana Vilk. The series focuses on six Middle Eastern authors and the relationship of their work to initiatives for democracy and social justice across the Middle East. Screenings will be followed  by readings from Al-Sheikh and Maarouf. \nTickets are $5 and can be purchased here. \nA public lecture from the Executive Director of International Cities of Refuge Network (ICORN) will be presented in conjunction with this program. \nSupport for Voices of Protest is provided by the MacArthur Foundation International Connections Fund. It is co-sponsored by Facets Multi-Media\, Al Jazeera America\, Words Without Borders\, and HotHouse. \n About the participants:\nMazen Maarouf is a Palestinian-Icelandic poet and writer\, lauded as a “rising international literary star”. He has published three collections of poetry: The Camera Doesn’t Capture Birds\, Our Grief Resembles Bread\, and most recently An Angel Suspended On The Clothesline\, which has been translated into several languages including French by Samira Negrouche (Amandier Poésie\, 2013). His work is currently being translated into English by Kareem James Abu-Zeid and Nathalie Handal. Maarouf has read in festivals\, universities\, museums and cultural centers in Europe\, the United States and the Middle East. He has written literary and theatre criticism in various Arabic magazines and newspapers namely An-Nahar and Assafir (Lebanon)\, Al-Quds-el-Arabi (London) and Qantara (Paris); and he has translated numerous Icelandic poets as well as the following novels in Arabic: The Blue Fox by Sjón\, Hands of my Father by Myron Uhlberg\, The Story of the Blue Planet by Andri Snær Magnason and Dwarfstone by Aðalsteinn Ásberg. He resides in Reykjavik. \nThe Iraqi poet and writer Manal Al-sheikh was born in Nineveh in northern Iraq. She has a Bachelor’s degree in English- Arabic translation from the college of Arts\, Mosul University. She has worked in local and Arab press as a freelance journalist. She has published creative and literary articles and texts in many Iraqi\, Arab\, and European newspapers and magazines\, and participated in many cultural festivals within and outside the her native country . Many of her poems and essays have been translated into several languages including: English\, French\, Norwegian\, Catalan and Italian. She currently resides in the city of Stavanger\, Norway. \nOur Sponsors:\n  \n \n  \nFacets Multi-Media\n  \nAl Jazeera\n  \nWords Without Borders\n  \nHotHouse\n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/applied-words-voices-of-protest/
LOCATION:Facets Multi-Media\, 1517 W Fullerton Ave\, Select a Country:
CATEGORIES:Applied Words,Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20140423T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20140423T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T160450
CREATED:20140404T195622Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20140409T175612Z
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SUMMARY:Safe\, But Not Silent: How ICORN helps persecuted writers
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, April 23\n6:00 p.m.\nChicago Temple Building\, Pierce Hall \nHelge Lunde\n\n77 W Washington Street\nFREE\n\nSafe\, But Not Silent: How ICORN helps persecuted writers\nA public talk by Helge Lunde\, Executive Director of the International Cities of Refuge Network (ICORN)\n\n\nHeld in conjunction with the Guild’s Voices of Protest event.\nRSVP for tickets here (click on the blue “6:00 p.m.” link on April 23). \n  \nHelge Lunde\, executive director of the International Cities of Refuge Network\, will discuss the significant work his organization performs to aid writers facing political threats and persecution. The Guild Complex’s guest artists Manal Al Sheikh and Mazen Maarouf\, featured in Voices of Protest\, both benefited from the services of ICORN. As part of his address\, Mr. Lunde will share the history and need for ICORN\, tell stories of affected artists\, and invite Chicago to become an International City of Refuge. There will be a question-and-answer period after the talk\, followed by a reception with the artists. \nVoices of Protest is generously funded by a grant from the MacArthur Foundation’s International Connections Fund. Related April programs are co-sponsored by Facets Multi-Media\, Al Jazeera America\, Words Without Borders\, HotHouse\, and the National Writers Union-Chicago Chapter. \nThis talk is co-presented with Silk Road Rising. \n  \nAbout our speaker:\nHelge Lunde was the director of Kapittel\, Stavanger International Festival of Literature and Freedom of Speech from 1998 – 2005. In the same period he was responsible for Stavanger as City of Refuge for persecuted writers\, and worked together with Norwegian PEN to develop the network throughout Norway and beyond.Mr. Lunde was among the main figures behind establishing ICORN\, the International Cities of Refuge Network in 2005. He became its first Executive Director\, a position he has been holding since.\n\nOur Co-Presenter:\n\n\nSilk Road Rising\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n Our Partners:\n \n  \n \n  \n \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/safe-but-not-silent/
LOCATION:Chicago Temple Building– Pierce Hall\, 77 W Washington Street\, Chicago\, 60602\, United States
CATEGORIES:Applied Words,Special Events
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SUMMARY:Palabra Pura\, curated by Eduardo Arocho
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, April 16\n7:30 p.m.–9:00 p.m.\nLa Bruquena\, upstairs\n2726 W. Division St. \nFrom left to right: Laurie Ann Guerrero\, Eduardo Arocho (curator)\, Rich Villar.\nFirst Class: Celebrating the first full-collections of poetry by two emerging Latino Poets: Rich Villar\, author of Comprehending Forever\, and Laurie Ann Guerrero\, author of A Tongue in the Mouth of the Dying. Curated by poet Eduardo Arocho.\nThis program is co-presented with the Poetry Foundation. \nABOUT THE READERS\nLaurie Ann Guerrero was born and raised in the South Side of San Antonio\, she received the Academy of American Poets Prize\, among others\, at Smith College. Winner of the 2012 Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize\, her first full-length collection\, A Tongue in the Mouth of the Dying\, selected by Francisco X. Alarcón\, was released by University of Notre Dame Press in 2013. Guerrero’s poetry and critical work have appeared in Huizache\, Texas Monthly\, Bellevue Review\, Women’s Studies Quarterly\, Global City Review\, Texas Observer\, Chicana/Latina Studies\, Feminist Studies\, and others. Guerrero holds a B.A. in English Language & Literature from Smith College and an MFA in poetry from Drew University. Guerrero’s chapbook\, Babies under the Skin (2008)\, won the Panhandler Publishing Award\, chosen by Naomi Shihab Nye. A CantoMundo fellow and member of the Macondo Writers’ Workshop\, Guerrero’s work has been highlighted in the LA Review of Books\, The Poetry Foundation/Harriet Blog\, and Poets & Writers Magazine in which she was named one of ten top-emerging poets in 2013. Other honors include fellowships from the Alfredo Cisneros del Moral Award Foundation and the Artist Foundation of San Antonio. Guerrero has served on the faculty at Palo Alto College\, University of the Incarnate Word\, University of Texas-El Paso\, and Gemini Ink\, a community-centered literary arts organization in San Antonio. She where she is a visiting writer at Our Lady of the Lake University. \nRich Villar is a writer originally from Paterson\, New Jersey. He directs Acentos\, an organization fostering audiences and community around Latino/a literature. He has been quoted on Latino literature and culture by both The New York Times and the Daily News\, and his poetry and essays have appeared or are forthcoming in Black Renaissance Noire\, Hanging Loose\, Beltway Poetry Quarterly\, and Sou’wester. His first collection\, COMPREHENDING FOREVER\, is forthcoming in 2014 from Willow Books. \nABOUT THE CURATOR\nEduardo Arocho was born and raised in Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood where he currently resides.He is the author of six self-published chapbooks of poetry including: Highway Island  (2008)\, The 4th Tassel (2006)\, Poems Behind The Máscara (2002). His latest collection of poetry is Hot Wings (2013). His poems have also been published in Cantologia I: El Amor (Palabra Pura Poets) by Pandora Lobo Estepario Press\, Chicago 2013\,  El CENTRO JOURNAL\, Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College\, New York\, NY\, (2001)\, Power Lines: Anthology by Tia Chucha Press\, (2000); and Open Fist: Anthology of Young Illinois Poets by Tia Chucha Press\, (1993). A graduate of Spertus College of Nonprofit Management\, with a Masters of Science in Human Services Administration\, he is currently completing work on his forthcoming collection of poems Nacio Maestro. \n 
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/palabra-pura-april/
LOCATION:IL
CATEGORIES:Palabra Pura
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SUMMARY:Gwendolyn Brooks Community Reading
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, April 12\, 2:00 p.m.\nWoodson Regional Library (Auditorium)\, 9525 South Halsted\n  \nIn conjunction with Brooksday—the Guild’s annual tribute to author Gwendolyn Brooks—we’re pleased to present the Gwendolyn Brooks Community Reading series in collaboration with the American Writers Museum and their traveling exhibition From Our Neighborhoods: Four Chicago Writers Who Changed America. \nRead aloud your favorite Gwendolyn Brooks poem on Saturday\, April 12. Bring your favorite Brooks poem with you or choose from a selection we will have on hand.\n\n  \n  \n 
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/gwendolyn-brooks-community-reading-woodson/
LOCATION:Woodson Library\, 9525 South Halsted
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20140326T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20140326T210000
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SUMMARY:Applied Words: Unseen Worlds
DESCRIPTION:Schubas Tavern\n3159 N. Southport Ave. \nFrom left to right: Paul Gorski\, Joe Austin II\, PhD\, Stephanie Levi (Curator)\, Anne Yoder\, Vojislav Pejović.\nFROM THE CURATOR\, STEPHANIE LEVI\, PhD: \nI am delighted to be curating this month’s Applied Words series. The theme of Unseen Worlds stemmed from my experience as a microscopist originally. When I was working on my graduate degree\, I did intensive light\, fluorescence\, and electron microscopy\, which is a technique that enables one to look at microscopic objects at both high magnification and high resolution. I was captivated by the images I saw and collected\, as well as the idea that there were worlds that were visible far beyond what our naked eye is capable of visualizing. Although we can’t see them unaided they still exist\, and they are captivating\, inspiring us to think about life at scales that we aren’t able to see. Analagously\, when we view the Earth from space\, it looks like a blue marble\, but those of us here know that there are high peaks and deep depths\, and that the planet is teeming with life. I’ve often thought about the secret lives of the objects and living things at the microscopic level —what are there love stories\, their dramas\, their routines? \nThese ideas and images were the spark for the theme\, and beyond this\, I was intrigued by the many subcontexts of the theme as well. There are communities of people who can’t necessarily access science easily or are underrepresented in STEM\, and I see the theme as an opportunity to highlight these communities and populations\, understand the connection between science and social justice\, and support their engagement and interest in science and math. The theme also crosses disciplines\, exploring how science and the arts and humanities intersect\, and what happens when they do. \nIn putting the group of readers together\, I sought to feature scientists as writers\, and science-curious artists to explore the union of the two. My hope is that attendees and the general public leave the event with a better appreciation of scientists as artists in their own right\, cultural creators who offer comment on our shared experience from vantages not normally witnessed. \nABOUT THE ARTISTS: \nJotham (Joe) Austin\, II\, was born and raised in Philadelphia\, PA. He received his BS in Biology from Penn State University-Behrend\, but when not in the lab he was busy writing short stories and poems. He attended graduate school at Arizona State University\, where he received his PhD in Botany. One could say his love of writing continued to blossom: Joe started reading his poems at coffeehouses and small venues around Tempe\, AZ\, and eventually formed a poetry/music combo with Robbie Roberson\, director of Electron Microscopy. After taking a Postdoctoral position in Microscopy in Boulder\, CO\, he made his way to Chicago where he currently is Director of the University of Chicago’s Electron Microscopy Core Facility. Joe returned to creative writing after tearing his Achilles tendon\, finishing his first novel\, Pretty Small Things. He now knows the true meaning of rejection as he chases publication\, but everyone loves his homebrew. \nPaul Gorski majored in biology and chemistry before taking a job as a technical copywriter. After coordinating his marketing department’s move to digital publishing in the early ‘90s\, he moved on to develop and support digital publishing systems used by ad agencies\, newspapers and publishers. Paul currently supports publishing workflows at the American Dental Association in Chicago. He also writes two weekly columns for The Rock River Times newspaper in Rockford\, where he lives with his wife and children. Somewhere between Chicago and Rockford he pauses long enough to manage www.nwuchicago.org\, the National Writers Union–Chicago website. \nVojislav Pejović (“voice-love peyovich”) is a neurobiologist by training and earns his living as a medical writer. In 2008\, he published a critically acclaimed novel in his native Montenegro\, and in 2010\, translations of Charles Simic’s poetry in Serbo-Croatian. He also wrote a couple of movie scripts. His current project is a collection of stories in English and Serbo-Croatian. He lives in Evanston with his wife and their two sons. \nAnne K. Yoder is a staff writer for the online literary magazine The Millions and is the co-editrix of Projecttile\, a journal of nontraditional writing with a feminist bent. When she’s not dealing in words\, she’s dealing in pharmaceuticals\, legally. She’s a registered pharmacist in three states and she’s moonlighted as a hospital pharmacist for over ten years to support her writing habit. Her fiction\, nonfiction\, and criticism have appeared in Fence\, Bomb\, and Tin House\, among other publications. \nABOUT THE CURATOR: \nStephanie Levi received her Ph.D. in Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology at the University of Chicago\, and created a variety of science outreach\, communication and mentoring opportunities during her pre-doctoral years. After completing her Ph.D.\, she centered her career at the nexus of science\, outreach\, education and communication\, focusing on improving student recruitment\, retention and success in the sciences\, technology\, engineering and math (STEM)\, particularly underrepresented students\, first generation and low income students\, and individuals with disabilities. Her impact has led to programmatic success and student achievement at a variety of venues\, including the Midwest’s only four-year Hispanic-Serving Institution\, a national non-profit\, local youth-serving organizations\, museums and libraries\, among others.  Public education and outreach with science\, technology\, engineering and math are critical components of her professional interests\, particularly as they focus on adults. She is the creator of Night Lab and Science is Sexy\, public outreach initiatives to build a bridge between the scientific community and the general public to foster public education\, engagement and interest in science. \nClick the logo below to learn more about Science is Sexy:
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/applied-words-unseen-worlds/
LOCATION:Schubas Tavern
CATEGORIES:Applied Words
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20140325T173000
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SUMMARY:Gwendolyn Brooks Community Reading
DESCRIPTION:From Our Neighborhoods: Four Chicago Writers Who Changed America showcases four great Chicago authors whose neighborhoods were both the inspiration and subject of their work.\n\nRead aloud your favorite Gwendolyn Brooks poem on Tuesday\, March 25\, 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. The American Writers Museum in partnership with Guild Literary Complex hosts a Gwendolyn Brooks Community Reading. Bring your favorite Brooks poem with you or choose from a selection we will have on hand.\n\nThe event is a prelude to the Guild’s annual tribute to Gwendolyn Brooks—Brooksday—held in June.
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/from-our-neighborhoods-four-chicago-writers-who-changed-america-gwendolyn-brooks/
LOCATION:Chicago Public Library—George Cleveland Hall Branch\, 4801 South Michigan Avenue\, Chicago\, 60615\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20140320T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20140320T220000
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SUMMARY:Literary Rock & Roll: a life tribute to David Hernandez
DESCRIPTION:David Hernandez in rehearsal. (Photo by Tanya Tucka)\nThe Guild Literary Complex and Columbia College Creative Writing Department are pleased to celebrate the life of David Hernandez in this one-of-a-kind event in conjunction with Story Week 2014: \n“Street Sounds take music\, lyrics and song a stimulating step further.” – Chicago Sun Times \nChicago’s “unofficial Poet Laureate\,” David Hernandez (1946-2013) impressed audiences everywhere with his singular poetic style. Centering his work on the rhythms of urban life\, Hernandez captured universal themes inside a humorous and resonating voice. As the first Puerto Rican poet to be published in Chicago\, Hernandez was a significant member of the region’s literary\, artistic and cultural community through his role as a poet\, educator\, administrator\, events organizer\, and performer. \nA founding member of the Latino Arts Movement\, he received the Puerto Rican Cultural Heritage Award 2002. Hernandez maintained his position as master artist through his commitments as a board member\, editor\, panelist\, and teacher. Born in Puerto Rico\, Hernandez grew up in Chicago\, published seven collections of poetry and edited others\, was a visiting professor at DePaul University\, and read poetry for the inauguration of Mayor Harold Washington\, among other career highlights. Most recently\, he was Poet-in-Residence at the A.N. Pritzker School in Wicker Park. \nIn 1971\, Hernandez and guitarist Dean Karabatsos co-founded Street Sounds\, an award-winning performance ensemble of music\, songs and poems. The group uses original music and lyrics with Latin Jazz\, Blues\, Contemporary Jazz\, Afro-Caribbean\, Folk\, Classical and Cover tune elements. Playing with the band during Literary Rock & Roll will be a wealth of Chicago-based musicians. Original poems by David Hernandez will be performed by Eduardo Arocho\, Marta Collazo\, Carlos Cumpián. \nOur Partners\n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nThank You to Our Funder\n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/literary-rock-roll/
LOCATION:Metro\, 3730 N Clark St\, Chicago
CATEGORIES:Special Events,Story Week 2014
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20140319T210000
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SUMMARY:Palabra Pura: Noche de novelas II / Night of Novels II (Story Week edition)
DESCRIPTION:Noche de novelas II— Story Week Edition\nWednesday\, March 19\, 7:00 p.m.\nHumboldt Park Fieldhouse\, 1400 N. Humboldt Dr.  (North of Division) \nHosted by Juana Iris Goergen with readings by Raúl Dorantes and Fernando Olszanski\, and featuring Valeria Luiselli—as a part of Story Week 2014 with Columbia College’s Creative Creative Writing Department. In this month’s Palabra Pura\, authors read excerpts of their novels in Spanish\, with English supertitles. See and hear the compelling work of these acclaimed authors through a truly bilingual experience. The event is hosted by Juana Iris Goergen\, and music will be provided by Bianca Lisa Araujo. \nFeatured Writer: Valeria Luiselli\nValeria Luiselli\n\nValeria Luiselli was born in Mexico City in 1983 and grew up in South Africa. Her novels and essays have been translated into many languages\, and her work has appeared in publications including the New York Times\,Granta\, and McSweeney’s. Some of her recent projects include a ballet libretto for the choreographer Christopher Wheeldon\, performed by the New York City Ballet in Lincoln Center in 2010; a pedestrian sound installation for the Serpentine Gallery in London; and a novella in installments for workers in a juice factory in Mexico. She lives in New York City. \n\n\n  \n  \n  \n\n  \nAbout the Participants:\n \nRaul Dorantes was born in Queretaro\, Mexico\, in 1968. He immigrated to the city of Chicago at the end of 1986. Since then\, he has been an active editorial board member of several literary magazines: Fe de Erratas\, Zorros y Erizos\, Tropel\, and Contratiempo. In 2007\, together with Febronio Zatarain\, he published a collection of essays titled Y nos vinimos de mojados with a prologue written by a well known Mexican author Carlos Montsivais. As a playwright\, Raul Dorantes has created numerous plays some of those have been put on stage; two of them by Aguijon Theater Company: Hasta los gorriones dejan su nido (2008) and El lunes de Leon Rodriguez (2009). In 2010\, his play De camino al ahorita was awarded the second prize of the national competition Nuestras Voces organized by New York based theater company Repertorio Español. Currently\, Dorantes works as a professor of Latin American literature at St. Augustine College. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \nFernando Olszanski was born in Buenos Aires\, Argentina. He is the author of the novel Rezos de marihuana (Marihuana Prayers)\, The book of short stories El orden natural de las cosas (The Natural Order of Things) which was awarded with the second place in the International Latino Book Award for Best Popular Fiction in 2011\, the poetry collection Parte del polvo (Part of the Dust)\, and is also co-editor of the the anthology América Nuestra\, Anthology of Narrative in Spanish in the United States. As a visual artist\,  he has participated in exhibitions in the US\, Japan\, and Argentina. He is also Chief Editor of the Revista Consenso\, of the Northeastern Illinois University. He holds a Master in Education from Dominican University. He has lived in Scotland\, Ecuador\, Japan\, and currently lives in Chicago. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nAbout the Host:\nJuana Iris Goergen (Puerto Rico). Poet. Professor of Spanish\, Latin American/U.S. Latino Literature and Peace Studies at DePaul University\, Chicago. As a poet she has published La sal de las brujas (finalist of 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) among others. She is the editor of the anthologies: Susurros para disipar las sombras (2011) and Rapsodia de los sentidos (2012) (Erato ediciones\, Poesía en abril International Poetry Festival V & VI). She founded and co-organizes in Chicago\, Poesía en abril: International Poetry Festival in Spanish. She has two unpublished poetry collections: La celda de Lilith and ContraOda al sueño americano. At present she is working in another poetry manuscript Mar en los huesos. \nThis event is produced in partnership with Columbia College’s Story Week and presented in special collaboration with Chicago Park District. This program is made possible by a generous grant from The Chicago Community Trust. \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nCity of Chicago\nRahm Emanuel\, Mayor\nChicago Park District\nBoard of Commissioners\nMichael P. Kelly\, General Superintendent & CEO
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/palabra-pura-noche-de-novelas-ii-night-of-novels-ii-story-week-edition/
LOCATION:Humboldt Park Field House\, 1440 N Humboldt Drive\, Chicago
CATEGORIES:Palabra Pura,Story Week 2014
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SUMMARY:Meet-and-Greet
DESCRIPTION:PALABRA PURA: Meet & Greet\nWednesday\, March 19\, 6:00 p.m.\nHumboldt Park Fieldhouse\, 1400 N. Humboldt Dr.  (North of Division) \nMeet the panelists from Translation Matters and talk to the authors reading during Noche de novelas / Night of Novels during this social hour. Light refreshments will be provided. Books by the authors will be available for purchase. \nOur Partners: \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/meet-and-greet/
LOCATION:IL
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20140319T180000
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SUMMARY:Panel: Translation Matters
DESCRIPTION:PANEL: TRANSLATION MATTERS\nWednesday\, March 19\, 5:00 p.m.\nHumboldt Park Fieldhouse\n1400 N. Sacramento (North of Division)\nFREE\nProduced in partnership with Story Week and presented in special collaboration with Chicago Park District. \nDuring this panel\, celebrated authors and translators will discuss the crucial role literature plays in increasing global understanding\, the need to teach literature in translation\, and other topics. \nFeaturing\nCristina Garcia\, author of King of Cuba\nKolin Jordan\, translator for 7Vientos\nAchy Obejas\, author of Ruins\nValeria Luiselli\, author of Faces in the Crowd and Sidewalks \nHost\nSusan Harris\, editorial director of Words Without Borders \nAbout the Panel:\nCristina García is the author of six novels: King of Cuba (Scribner\, 2013); The Lady Matador’s Hotel (Scribner\, 2010); A Handbook to Luck(Knopf\, 2007); Monkey Hunting (Knopf\, 2003); The Agüero Sisters (Knopf\, 1997)\, winner of the Janet Heidiger Kafka Prize; and Dreaming in Cuban(Knopf\, 1992)\, finalist for the National Book Award. García has edited two anthologies\, Bordering Fires: The Vintage Book of Contemporary Mexican and Chicano/a Literature (2006) and Cubanísimo: The Vintage Book of Contemporary Cuban Literature (2003). She is also the author of three works for young readers: Dreams of Significant Girls (2011)\, a young adult novel set in a Swiss boarding school in the 1970s; The Dog Who Loved the Moon\, illustrated by Sebastia Serra (Atheneum\, 2008); and I Wanna Be Your Shoebox (Simon and Schuster\, 2008). A collection of poetry\, The Lesser Tragedy of Death (Akashic Books)\, was published in 2010. Photo by Isabelle Selby. \n  \nIn 2010 Kolin Jordan co-founded 7Vientos (7V)\, an independent publishing company in Chicago. Since then 7V has published three books with a fourth slated for release in March 2014. Two of those books (Saturnalia\, 2013 and Flowers/The Illustrated Biography of Mishima\, 2014) were translated from Spanish to English by Jordan\, himself. He has been a lifelong speaker and student of the Spanish language and graduated from DePaul with a BA in Spanish in 2005. Photo by Ariana Drule. \n  \n Valeria Luiselli was born in Mexico City in 1983 and grew up in South Africa. Her novels and essays have been translated into many languages\, and her work has appeared in publications including the New York Times\,Granta\, and McSweeney’s. Some of her recent projects include a ballet libretto for the choreographer Christopher Wheeldon\, performed by the New York City Ballet in Lincoln Center in 2010; a pedestrian sound installation for the Serpentine Gallery in London; and a novella in installments for workers in a juice factory in Mexico. She lives in New York City. Photo by Alfredo Pelcastre. \n  \nAchy Obejas was born in Cuba and moved to the United States when she was six years old. Her newest work\, an anthology of recent immigrant fiction called Immigrant Voices: 21st Century Stories\, co-edited with Megan Bayles\, will be released this month by the Great Books Foundation. Her most recent books are Ruins\, a novel\, and This is What Happened in Our Other Life\, a bestselling poetry chapbook. She’s the translator of Junot Diaz’s The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao and This is How You Lose Her (both from English to Spanish)\, among many others. She was part of the Chicago Tribune Pulitzer Prize-winning team in 2001\, won several Peter Lisagor journalism honors\, two Lambda Literary Awards\, and an NEA poetry fellowship. Her articles have appeared in the Washington Post\, Village Voice\, Vogue\, Playboy\, Los Angeles Times\, MS\, and others\, including In These Times\, where she writes a monthly column. She is currently the Distinguished Visiting Writer at Mills College in Oakland\, California. www.achyobejas.com Photo by Kaloian. \n  \nABOUT THE MODERATOR: \nSusan Harris is the editorial director of Words Without Borders (www.wordswithoutborders.org) and the coeditor\, with Ilya Kaminsky\, of The Ecco Anthology of International Poetry. \n\nOur Partners\n\n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nThank You to Our Funder\n  \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/panel-translation-matters/
LOCATION:Humboldt Park Field House\, 1440 N Humboldt Drive\, Chicago
CATEGORIES:Story Week 2014
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SUMMARY:Reading\, Conversation\, and Book Signing: Cristina García
DESCRIPTION:READING\, CONVERSATION\, AND BOOK SIGNING:\nCRISTINA GARCIA\, author of King of Cuba \nTuesday\, March 18\, 6:00 p.m.\nHarold Washington Library\nCindy Pritzker Auditorium\n400 South State Street\nFREE \n \nAs a part of Story Week 2014\, the Guild has collaborated with Columbia College to bring you an evening with renowned author Cristina García . \nCristina García is the author of six novels: King of Cuba (Scribner\, 2013); The Lady Matador’s Hotel (Scribner\, 2010); A Handbook to Luck (Knopf\, 2007); Monkey Hunting (Knopf\, 2003); The Agüero Sisters (Knopf\, 1997)\, winner of the Janet Heidiger Kafka Prize; and Dreaming in Cuban (Knopf\, 1992)\, finalist for the National Book Award. García has edited two anthologies\, Bordering Fires: The Vintage Book of Contemporary Mexican and Chicano/a Literature (2006) and Cubanísimo: The Vintage Book of Contemporary Cuban Literature (2003). She is also the author of three works for young readers: Dreams of Significant Girls (2011)\, a young adult novel set in a Swiss boarding school in the 1970s; The Dog Who Loved the Moon\, illustrated by Sebastia Serra (Atheneum\, 2008); and I Wanna Be Your Shoebox (Simon and Schuster\, 2008). A collection of poetry\, The Lesser Tragedy of Death (Akashic Books)\, was published in 2010. \n 
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/cristina-garcia/
LOCATION:Harold Washington Library\, 400 S. State St.\, Chicago
CATEGORIES:Story Week 2014
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20140311T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20140311T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T160450
CREATED:20131226T194217Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20140310T040044Z
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SUMMARY:Applied Words: It Gets Better
DESCRIPTION:pictured left to right: Precious\, Jill Howe\, Tamale (curator/host)\, Greg Ledger\, Lily Be\n“It Gets Better” is curated and hosted by the fabulous Tamale and features great comic voices responding to the themes of history\, mythology\, gender\, and high school. This reading is co-sponsored by About Face Theatre and is presented in connection to their spring production of Brahman/i: A One-Hijra Stand-Up Comedy Show by Aditi Brennan Kapil—co-produced with Silk Road Rising. \nIt Gets Better is supported in part by a generous donation from Bridgeport Mind and Body. \nThere will be door prizes\, including tickets to Brahman/i\, courtesy of About Face Theatre\, and a sexy gift basket worth $50\, kindly donated by Early To Bed. \nPlease note: This is a 21+ program and is free to attendees. \n  \nABOUT THE PERFORMERS: \nThere is nothing a bio can tell you that will truly introduce you to this wise Mexican badass Lily Be from Humboldt Park. She’s a WNEP Maelstrom winner\, first Latina Moth GrandSLAM champion\, and producer/host of Stoop-Style Stories Live at Rosa’s Blues Lounge. \nJill Howe spends most of her time on stories… her own and others. She organizes fellow writers in sharing their latest work at her monthly workshop\, Friends with Words\, while also co-producing Story Sessions (www.storysessionschicago.com)\, a monthly show and weekly podcast. The next theme is “Phoenix Rising”\, tales of triumph over adversity\, March 16th at City Winery. Jill has experienced story panic attacks before reading at Mortified\, Chicago Solo Theatre\, Ignite Chicago at the 1871 tech lab\, Essay Fiesta\, Story Club Bridgeport and many more. \nGreg Ledger was born in Ohio\, did some time in Canada\, and settled in Chicago\, which is where he as spent  most of his life\, so consider him a “native.” He cohosts the podcast\, “A Dear School\,” performs with the live lit ensemble “Is This a Thing\,” and occasionally with the improv group\, “Tiny Nugget.” He has told true-life stories at Story Lab\, Write Club\, You’re Being Ridiculous\, WNEP Theater\, and Seven Deadly Sins. A web front end developer by day\, he lives in Rogers Park with his partner and an extremely annoying parrot. \nPrecious is Youth Outreach Coordinator at Center on Halsted and coordinates Youth programming surrounding HIV prevention\, Transgender advocacy\, and cultural awareness. Precious is a native Nebraskan\, a 2013 graduate of Columbia College Chicago with a Bachelors of Arts in Musical Theatre\, and was recently awarded the prestigious “30 under 30” award from Windy City Times.  Precious stays busy as an artistic associate with  About Face Theatre and a facilitator with the National Conference for Community and Justice STL’s Anytown program. \n  \nABOUT THE CURATOR/EMCEE \nTamale was born in Arizona\, homeschooled\, and mercilessly teased in public high school. An avid member of the 4-H and the Future Farmers of America\, she discovered a love for all things agriculture that led her to earn a BS in both Agricultural Education and Agricultural Technology Management at the University of Arizona. After college\, she chose to pursue her love of comedy in Chicago\, which had the added benefit of keeping her from being killed with fire and sticks when she came out as a queer lady. She now drives a big black motorcycle with an eyelash\, performs comedy\, and travels the world collaborating with other performers to create amazing multidisciplinary shows. In March\, she will be returning to Europe with the Windy City Blenders for their ten year reunion show in Dublin. The week before\, she has booked her own European tour. You can see examples of her work at BrassChucklesComedy.com and TamaleRocks.com. She loves tiny hats more than most people think is healthy. \n  \nOUR PARTNERS \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \nAbout Face Theatre creates exceptional\, innovative\, and adventurous plays to advance the national dialogue on gender and sexual identity\, and to challenge and entertain audiences in Chicago\, across the country\, and around the world. \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \nSilk Road Rising (formerly known as Silk Road Theatre Project) creates live theatre and online videos that tell stories through primarily Asian American and Middle Eastern American lenses. In representing communities that intersect and overlap\, we advance a polycultural worldview. \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \nA diverse line-up of live music seven nights a week. Indie Rock\, Folk\, Country\, Rap\, Jazz– it’s all here at Schubas. And food\, too.  Schubas is located at 3159 N Southport. \n  \n \n  \n  \nA sex positive\, woman-oriented shop where people of all genders can feel comfortable taking control of their sexual selves. Since opening in 2001\, Early to Bed has not only provided sex toys and information to countless people\, but also has worked hard to spread a sex-positive message everywhere they can\, giving workshops and talks throughout the community. \n  \n 
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/applied-words-comedy-part-1/
LOCATION:Schubas Tavern\, 3159 N Southport\, Chicago\, IL\, 60657\, United States
CATEGORIES:Applied Words
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20140222T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20140222T235500
DTSTAMP:20260403T160450
CREATED:20131226T173122Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20140124T201008Z
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SUMMARY:An evening with Mario Bellatin: book party for Flowers / The Illustrated Biography of Mishima
DESCRIPTION:7Vientos (7V)\, an independent publishing house located in Chicago\, is releasing two novellas by Mario Bellatin\, one of the greatest writers of contemporary Latin American literature. He has published over forty books and his work has been translated into fifteen different languages. The book now published by 7V is a hardcover “flip” edition housing Bellatin’s work translated to English along with its original Spanish version. This marks the first time his novellas\, Flowers/Flores and The Illustrated Biography of Mishima/Biografía ilustrada de Mishima have been translated into English. \nMario Bellatin has been invited by Guild Literary Complex and 7Vientos to celebrate the release of the book with a presentation in Chicago. The free party will include a reading\, visual art\, music\, and bar. \n  \n7Vientos (7V)\, editorial independiente en Chicago\, estará lanzando dos novelas de Mario Bellatin\, uno de los escritores más prominentes de la literatura contemporánea en Latinoamérica. Bellatin ha publicado más de cuarenta libros\, algunos de los cuales han sido traducidos a quince idiomas distintos. El libro\, ahora publicado por 7V\, es una edición flip\, en tapa dura\, la cual contiene la traducción al inglés y la versión original en español de ambas obras. Esta es la primicia de la publicación de Flores/Flowers y Biografía Ilustrada de Mishima/The Illustrated Biography of Mishima en el idioma inglés. \nPor invitación de Guild Literary Complex y 7Vientos\,  Mario Bellatin estará presente durante el lanzamiento de este libro\, el cual se llevará a cabo el 22 de febrero a las 7pm\, en el Chicago Urban Art Society en el 600 W. Cermak Rd. Complejo 1B. \n  \nABOUT THE ARTIST \nMario Bellatin’s approach to an experimental consciousness marks the standard of convex writing in contemporary Latin American literature. Bellatin was born in Mexico\, grew up in Peru\, and studied screenwriting in Cuba. Among his more well-known works is his book Flowers\, which won the Premio Xavier Villaurrutia in 2001 and will be published together with his novel The Illustrated Biography of Mishima in a “flip” edition by the independent Chicago publishing house 7Vientos. This is the first time that these books will be available in English. \nLa conciencia experimentalista de Mario Bellatin marca la pauta de la palabra convexa en la literatura latinoamericana contemporánea. Bellatin nació en México\, creció en el Perú y estudió guión cinematográfico en Cuba. Dentro de sus obras más reconocidas se encuentra su libro titulado Flores (Premio Xavier Villaurrutia 2001)\, el cual es editado ahora en versión flip junto con su fotonovela Biografía Ilustrada de Mishima. Ambas obras aparecen por primera vez en inglés en un mismo libro publicado por la editorial independiente 7Vientos en Chicago. \n  \nABOUT 7VIENTOS \n7Vientos is an independent publisher located in Chicago\, but with roots in Latin America. Since 2010\, its mission has been to promote diversity of thought through translating and publishing works by forgotten and underrepresented authors. \n7Vientos es una editorial independiente con sede Chicago pero con raíces en toda América Latina. Desde el 2010\, 7V busca atender a ese mundo de confluencias que es la América actual. El objetivo es simple: llevar del inglés al español y/o del español al inglés\, textos importantes que por una u otra razón no se encuentran en el otro idioma y así promover la diversidad de culturas e ideologías\, a través de la literatura. \n  \nPARTNERS \n7Vientos \nStory Week\, a program of Columbia College Chicago \nChicago Community Trust \nChicago Urban Art Society
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/an-evening-with-mario-bellatin/
LOCATION:Chicago Urban Art Society\, 600 W. Cermak Rd. Unit 1B\, Chicago
CATEGORIES:Book Event,Story Week 2014
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20140219T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20140219T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T160450
CREATED:20131226T165110Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20131226T195347Z
UID:2359-1392838200-1392843600@guildcomplex.org
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
DTSTAMP:20260403T160450
CREATED:20131226T170927Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20140626T171238Z
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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
DTSTAMP:20260403T160450
CREATED:20140105T180721Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20140129T002433Z
UID:2394-1391023800-1391029200@guildcomplex.org
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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