¡Slam Diáspora en Vivo!
Last chance! Join us for the final Slam Diáspora of 2025 - the first and only Spanish language slam in Chicago. Participants have a chance to win a trip to...
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Taqueria El Mezquite 1756 West 18th Street, Chicago, IL, United States
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Transvengence Vol. 10: Holiday Edition
Podlasie Club 2918 North Central Park Avenue, Chicago, IL, United StatesJoin us again at Podlasie Club for our recurring open mic/performance series, TRANSVENGENCE VOL.10! Our regular show this month brings a special holiday twist with guest performances by Celeste, Noa...
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Write That Down! Show & Tell
Podlasie Club 2918 North Central Park Avenue, Chicago, IL, United StatesWrite That Down! invites you to the second of our monthly “Show & Tell” series at Podlasie Club in partnership with Chicago’s Guild Literary Complex. SHOW a keepsake that’s dear...
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Write That Down! Show & Tell
Podlasie Club 2918 North Central Park Avenue, Chicago, IL, United StatesWrite That Down! is hosting a very special LOVE themed Show & Tell for February! Bring a keepsake that celebrates love in your life be it platonic, romantic, or some...
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MOJO&MUSE: A Performance Speakeasy
Watershed Art & Ecology 1821 S. Racine Ave, Chicago, IL, United StatesGet ready to experience a night of magic and creativity at MOJO&MUSE – where art comes to life! A special speakeasy of art and community. Join us for an exciting...
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Palabra Pura
18th Street Casa de Cultura 2057 West 18th Street, Chicago, IL, United StatesPoetry open mic hosted by Diego Báez. Featuring performances by Angelica Julia Dávila, Loren Maria Guay, and Yazud E. Brito-Milian. Palabra Pura is a bilingual reading series that promotes literary...
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Digital Archives of the Unseen: Artist Talk
Walls Turned Sideways 2717 West Madison Street, Chicago, IL, United StatesArtist Talk: Memory, Erasure, and the Living Archive Interdisciplinary, interdimensional artist, writer, and ritual maker Faylita Hicks joins Walls Turned Sideways Gallery, a nationally recognized space centering art, justice, and...
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Write That Down! Autumn/Winter Launch Party
1902 N Milwaukee Ave 1902 North Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, IL, United StatesWrite That Down! Mag is back with their new Autumn/Winter Issue and we want to celebrate with you! RSVP ON PARTYCLICK Write That Down! is an archival project capturing the...
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New/Next Writers Showcase
Haymarket House 800 W. Buena Ave., Chicago, IllinoisCelebrate a next generation of writers with us who've recently come out with new books. This showcase aims to highlight local writers and their new/upcoming work. Join us...
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Write That Down! Show & Tell
Evoke Gallery 3040 N Central Ave, Chicago, IL, United StatesWrite That Down! Mag invites you to “Show & Tell” presented by Chicago’s Guild Literary Complex. Write That Down! is back with a special edition of our Show & Tell...
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Poem as Autobiography Workshop w/ Angela Jackson
Join us during National Poetry Month for a special online workshop series with 5th Illinois Poet Laureate, Angela Jackson! Poem as Autobiography is a virtual course designed to explore and...
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35 Writers to Watch: Celebration Party
Epiphany Center for the Arts 201 South Ashland Ave., Chicago, IL, United StatesThe Guild Complex’s 35 Writers to Watch list celebrates the Guild’s 35+ years of innovative programming by featuring local writers whose careers represent the future of the literary arts in...
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Musicality of Poetry
Epiphany Center for the Arts 201 South Ashland Ave., Chicago, IL, United StatesJoin us for an evening of musical and lyrical magic, courtesy of Nikki Patin and friends. Excerpts of Patin’s biomythography, Working On Me, will be performed against a live soundtrack...
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Write That Down! Show & Tell
Elastic Arts 3429 W. Diversey Ave., Chicago, Illinois, United StatesWrite That Down! is having another Show & Tell at Elastic Arts in Avondale/Logan Square! WTD!’s Show & Tell series is possible through our partnership with Chicago’s Guild Literary Complex. Come by and SHOW a keepsake that’s dear to you, a favorite bit of junk, or a cute knick knack. TELL a story about your...
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BrooksDay @ American Writers Festival
Harold Washington Library Center, Chicago Public Library 400 South State Street, Chicago, IL, United StatesJoin the Guild Literary Complex’s annual celebration of Gwendolyn Brooks, held every year on her birthday, June 7th. Since 2013, BrooksDay has been a marquee event in the Guild’s yearly...
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Transvengence Vol. 12
FeaturedPodlasie Club 2918 North Central Park Avenue, Chicago, IL, United StatesJoin us during Pride Month for TRANSVENGENCE, our bimonthly open mic and performance series REVENGE OF THE DOLLS Hosted by Joss Barton Featuring Ava Mirage Wanbli & Eris Doors: 7PM Open Mic: 8PM Performances: 8:30PM Featured Performers Ava Mirage Wanbli Ava Mirage Wanbli (b.1989) is a Chicago based new media performance...
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Fuller Award: Ed Roberson
The Poetry Foundation 61 W Superior St, Chicago, United StatesPoet Ed Roberson will receive the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame's Fuller Award for his lifetime achievements as a writer. He will be the 19th Chicago author given the CLHOF's highest honor,...
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A Reading in Reflection: Roe v. Wade Commemoration
Pilsen Community Books 1531 W. 18th St., Chicago, Illinois, United StatesJoin us as we reflect on the impact of the overturning of Roe v. Wade On June 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court officially overturned Roe v. Wade in the landmark Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision. By a 6–3 vote, the Court ruled that the U.S. Constitution does not provide a right to...
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El evangelio jornalero: The Gospel of the Day Laborers
Movement on Montrose 2951 W Montrose Ave, Chicago, IL, United StatesMark your calendar for El evangelio jornalero: The Gospel of the Day Laborers Lectura dramatizada (staged reading): in Spanish with subtitles in English The play El evangelio jornalero tells the...
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One Poet/One Poem
18th Street Casa de Cultura 2057 West 18th Street, Chicago, IL, United States¡Anímate! The Guild Literary Complex is happy to announce that our annual Palabra Pura: One Poet/One Poem tradition is back this July. All poets are welcome to perform a poem, whether...
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¡Slam Diáspora en Vivo!
Taqueria El Mezquite 1756 West 18th Street, Chicago, IL, United StatesThe first and only Spanish language slam in Chicago returns in-person! All participants have a chance to compete at the international level at the final slam hosted by a Latinx...
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¡Slam Diáspora en Vivo!
Taqueria El Mezquite 1756 West 18th Street, Chicago, IL, United StatesThe first and only Spanish language slam in Chicago returns in-person! The first and only Spanish language slam in Chicago returns in-person! All participants have a chance to compete at...
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Guild Literary Complex @ Printers Row Lit Fest
Printers Row Between Dearborn and Polk , ChicagoJoin us at Printers Row Lit Fest from September 12-13! The Guild Literary Complex is excited to host our annual Authors Table (TBA) where anyone at the fest has the opportunity to chat...
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Palabra Pura x Brighton Park Poets
18th Street Casa de Cultura 2057 West 18th Street, Chicago, IL, United StatesBrighton Park Poets collabs with Guild Literary Complex for this Palabra Pura bilingual open mic! Poetry open mic curated and hosted by Paige Savarese. Founder of BPP Palabra Pura is...
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New/Next Writers Showcase
Beat Kitchen 2100 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL, United StatesCelebrate a next generation of writers with us who’ve recently come out with new books.This showcase aims to highlight local writers and their new/upcoming work. Join us for a community reading featuring local Chicago writers: Billy Tuggle C. Russell Price Kathleen Rooney Shivani Gupta
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Transvengence Vol. 13
Podlasie Club 2918 North Central Park Avenue, Chicago, IL, United StatesJoin us this September for our quarterly open mic and performance series, TRANSVENGENCE TRANSVENGENCE: Vol. 13 Hosted by Joss Barton Featuring Kitch Annette Doors: 7PM Open Mic: 8PM Performances: 8:30PM Special performance: Kitch will be doing a trans drag talk show in the vein of the 90's daytime format Kitch Annette Kitch Annette...
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Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Awards (GBOMA) 2026
Epiphany Center for the Arts 201 South Ashland Ave., Chicago, IL, United StatesThe Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Awards (GBOMA), founded by Gwendolyn Brooks and presented annually by Guild Literary Complex, celebrates outstanding original poetry by Illinois writers. Finalists selected by guest judge I.S. Jones will perform their work live for a chance to win a $500 audience prize, publication in RHINO Poetry, and an invitation to read...
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¡Slam Diáspora en Vivo!
Taqueria El Mezquite 1756 West 18th Street, Chicago, IL, United StatesThe first and only Spanish language slam in Chicago returns in-person! The first and only Spanish language slam in Chicago returns in-person! All participants have a chance to compete at the international level at the final slam hosted by a Latinx country (TBD). Hosted and curated by Crystal Vance Guerra and Luis Tubens “Logan Lu.”...
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¡Slam Diáspora en Vivo!
Taqueria El Mezquite 1756 West 18th Street, Chicago, IL, United StatesThe first and only Spanish language slam in Chicago returns in-person! The first and only Spanish language slam in Chicago returns in-person! All participants have a chance to compete at the international level at the final slam hosted by a Latinx country (TBD). Hosted and curated by Crystal Vance Guerra and Luis Tubens “Logan Lu.”...
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