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SUMMARY:Teaching Artist Showcase/Multi-University Student Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:In our new Teaching Artist Showcase series\, creative writers who also happen to be teachers will share creative work that was inspired by\, developed with or otherwise related to their teaching work. The series will define “teaching artist” broadly –  from university faculty\, to in-school elementary and high school writing teachers or after-school program instructors\, to those who work in prisons\, hospitals and other institutions.\n\n\n\nThis first event in the series will unite teaching artists with students. The program will feature readings by two university professors (poetry\, prose and/or theater) and a brief Q&A about their writing and teaching. In addition\, there will be a multi-university open mic featuring students from area writing programs. As an added twist\, the school that brings the most audience members will receive 3 complimentary tickets to our annual Benefit “Illuminate – the Art & Craft of Graphic Novels”! (1 ticket for a faculty member\, 2 tickets for students. Discounted tickets will also be available for sale that night for $20 – cash\, please.)\nIf you’re a student interested in signing up  for the open mic\, \ncontact your program coordinator or send your name\, genre and school affiliation to \ninfo@guildcomplex.org\, subject line “Showcase.”  (Space is limited.)\n\n\nConfirmed Participants\n~ Teaching Artists ~\n\nBayo Ojikutu is the author of the novels 47th Street Black and Free Burning. Ojikutu’s short fiction has appeared in the Akashic Press anthology Chicago Noir\, the Other Voices literary journal\, among other collections. In 2009\, his short “Yayi and Those Who Walk on Water: A Fable” was short-listed among the year’s notable fiction by the national Pushcart Prize. He has been the winner of the Washington Prize for Fiction\, the Great American Book Award\, and a 2008 Excellence Award for Outstanding Achievement in Literature (Fiction) from the African-American Arts Alliance.  Ojikutu\, his wife and son reside in Chicago and he teaches at DePaul University and The Graham School at the University of Chicago.\n\n\nS.L. Wisenberg\, director of the MA/MFA in creative writing programs at Northwestern University\, is the author of the nonfiction book The Adventures of Cancer Bitch\, as well as the essay collection\, Holocaust Girls: History\, Memory & Other Obsessions  and the short story collection The Sweetheart Is In. She has received a Pushcart Prize and awards and fellowships from the Illinois Arts Council and Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown. She was a feature writer at the Miami Herald and has taught at Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism. Her work has appeared in dozens of anthologies as well as magazines such as the New Yorker\, Ploughshares\, Michigan Quarterly Review \, and Creative Nonfiction. She is the publisher of TriQuarterly.org. Wisenberg holds an MFA from the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop.\n\n\n~ Student Readers ~\n\n                   \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChristina Kloess (fiction)\, Roosevelt University – previous publications include: Mythic Circles and the anthology Thirty Under Thirty from Starcherone Books; two-time winner of the Indiana Project XL competition\, and received the Chicago-based Friends of American Writers award in 2009.\n\n\nDavid Ben-Arie (fiction/theater)\, University of Chicago – born and raised in South Africa\, moved to Canada at age twelve; plays produced including New York’s The Samuel French Short Play Festival and the Vital Theatre Company; tutors students in writing at 826-Chicago and is currently finishing his first novel\, The Blue Coast.\nDeepak Unnikrishnan (fiction)\, School of the Art Institute – writes. Short stories. He is Abu Dhabian\, manufactured and product tested in the capital of the Emirates by a quiet yet befuddled Malayalee family.\nEliza Fogel (non-fiction)\, Columbia College – builds stories one word at a time\nGabriel Bump (fiction)\, School of the Art Institute – born and raised on the south side of Chicago. His work focuses on race relations in the “color-blind” generation and attempts to navigate a complex social landscape.\nJim Shadid (fiction)\, DePaul University – lives\, writes\, works and plays in Chicago\nKevin Kane (fiction)\, Columbia College – currently the managing editor of the print and online magazine The Handshake; served as managing editor for the Spring 2012  and Story Week issues of fictionary and an editor for the 2012 Story Week Reader.\nMatt Carmichael (fiction)\, Northwestern University – lives and writes in Chicago; a fiction editor for TriQuarterly Online.\nMellissa Gyimah (fiction)\, DePaul University – born and raised in East London\, but originally from Ghana\, has always been intrigued by different cultures and the communities in which they function http://mellissagyimah.tumblr.com\nSophia Tareen\, Graham School/University of Chicago (fiction) – a reporter for The Associated Press in Chicago\, is attempting a first novel. Twitter: @sophiatareen.\n\nMore participant info to come!
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/teaching-artist-showcasemulti-university-student-open-mic/
LOCATION:Experimental Station\, 6100 S. Blackstone (take Dorchester to 61st street then head east; free street and lot parking)\, Chicago\, IL\, United States
CATEGORIES:Teaching Artist Showcase
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SUMMARY:R.S.V.P. Deadline: "Illuminate" Annual Benefit
DESCRIPTION:April 13th is the official deadline to r.s.v.p. for this year’s annual Benefit “Illuminate” – the art and craft of graphic novels\, with Nicole Hollander\, Audrey Niffenegger\, C. Spike Trotman and Chris Ware. A very limited number of tickets will be available for sale at the door – click here for more details…
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/r-s-v-p-deadline-illuminate-annual-benefit/
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SUMMARY:Palabra Pura "Lives Between Love and Darkness"
DESCRIPTION:Curated by Gregorio Gómez and featuring Nora Leon and Martin Rubio Jr. \n  \nCurator \nGregorio Gomez is the MC of Chicago’s most infamous and longest running underground poetry venue at “WEEDS”.  Gregorio who emigrated from Veracruz\, Mexico has been a major influence in the development of the spoken word and many venues of Chicago’s poetry community for at least two decades. As the Managing Director of the Latino Chicago Theater Company at The Firehouse (Damen and North Ave.); the company was at the forefront in the advancement of theater and the arts in Wicker Park.  As well as the community’s economic development…and he takes blame for being a factor in the gentrification of Wicker Park. Gregorio has been featured at many Chicago poetry venues (and throughout the Mid-West)\, including readings with Fareed Haque\, (jazz guitarist)\, Guillermo Gómez-Peña (poet/author)\, Carlos Cortes (poet/labor activist)\, Luis Rodriguez (poet/author/publisher)\, Patricia Smith (poet/journalist). \nFeatured Readers \nMartin Rubio Jr was born and raised locally in Pilsen. He began writing poetry and prose early on\, and his first works appeared in the underground magazine called Zacapuntas. Early local influences were Carlos Cortez and Carlos Cumpian. As the work progressed\, he recited at places he would frequent as a spectator. Places like Cafe Jumping Bean\, Lit X\, and most recently Weeds. Currently\, he is a co-founder and resident writer at Blink Mob Studios\, on the southwest side of Chicago. Blink Mob Studios is an artist collective which consists of creative writing\, painting\, music\, and screen printing; and will combine these many different types of media to express art. His first poetry collection\, Introspection and Awakenings\, will be published in house and available in the summer of 2012. \n  \nNora Leon was born and raised in Chicago.  She moved to Puerto Rico and resided there for 7 years and after her return to Chicago\, graduated from Steinmetz High School and attended Wright College that same year.  She started working in the medical field in the year 2000 and is currently working at Mercy Hospital. Her passion for poetry and writing flourished while in Puerto Rico composing Hip Hop lyrics and performing at talent shows with her colleague Ray.  Her first performance in Chicago was at Weeds\, reading her very first poem named “The Ways”. Ms. Leon went into hiatus through the years 2008-2010 having multiple eye surgeries after enduring an injury causing her to lose some vision of her left eye.  During this time she had to re-adjust to a new life style being half blind.  Throughout her rehabilitation period she never lost her passion or drive for writing poetry\, photography or film. She made her comeback at Weeds participating in “The Best Off the Wall” poetry contest\, taking third place after performing her poem titled “Neptune’s Future”.  With her new found strength and confidence\, she is actively writing poetry and movie scripts.  Has created a poetry group online called “Punk Rock Poetry Society”; along with her brother Leonardo they own “Gear Punk Photography” and “Kiosk Notebooks”.  “Gear Punk Photography” specializes in portraits\, scenery shots\, photo and video editing; “Kiosk Notebooks” specializes in uniquely designing collages on composition notebooks which are sold online. Ms. Leon is grateful to be participating in her first feature reading at The Guild Complex\, Palabra Pura.
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/palabra-pura-lives-between-love-and-darkness/
LOCATION:La Bruquena restaurant (upstairs)\, 2726 W. Division\, Chicago\, IL\, United States
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