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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:20140416T193000
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20140423T180000
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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: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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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:20140430T190000
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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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