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SUMMARY:BrooksDay 2015 - By Any Art Necessary
DESCRIPTION:June 7\, 2015 marks the Third Annual BrooksDay and promises to be an exciting continuation of The Guild Literary Complex’s signature event with nonstop readings and performances this year in a new location: the stunning Reva and David Logan Arts Center located on the University of Chicago’s Campus\, 915 East 60th Street\, Chicago\, Illinois 60637. BrooksDay is free and open to the public. \nOn June 7\, 2015 from Noon-6:00 pm readers from previous years will mix with new participants all celebrating the life and work of our great Illinois poet\, Gwendolyn Brooks. Emcees Kevin Coval\, Richard Steele and Andrea Change will keep BrooksDay moving as performances by Young Chicago Authors\, Aurora Performance Group\, In the Spirit\, Rebirth\, Lyrically Xplicit bring to this BrooksDay a mix of arts and talents. \nThis is the anniversary of Gwendolyn Brooks’ birthday\, so of course cake will be served.  We look forward to seeing you on June 7th to celebrate poetry\, art\, activism and all things Gwendolyn Brooks. \nCLICK HERE for a complete schedule.\nBrooksDay was created to honor and sustain the work of Gwendolyn Brooks. Brooks is one of the most important of American poets—an artist who broke through racial barriers in American literature and publishing\, who nurtured many younger writers\, and who with poetic virtuosity and courage changed American poetry into the larger realm it should be.  Each year’s program becomes more dynamically charged as we approach 2017\, the 100th anniversary year of the birth of Gwendolyn Brooks. \nBrooksDay presenting partners include: Third World Press\, Poetry Foundation\, American Writers Museum\, Brooks Permissions\, and the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts. \n  \nABOUT OUT PARTNERS \nThird World Press provides quality literature that primarily focuses on issues\, themes\, and critique related to an African American public. The Third World Press mission is to make this literature accessible to as many individuals as possible including our targeted market of primarily African American readers. \nThe Poetry Foundation\, publisher of Poetry magazine\, is an independent literary\norganization committed to a vigorous presence for poetry in our culture. It exists to discover and celebrate the best poetry and to place it before the largest possible audience. \nThe mission of the American Writers Museum Foundation is to establish the first national museum in the United States dedicated to engaging the public in celebrating American writers and exploring their influence on our history\, our identity\, our culture and our daily lives. \nBrooks Permissions\, founded in 2002\, manages the literary works of acclaimed poet Gwendolyn Brooks. Brooks Permissions processes numerous requests for Ms. Brooks’ works annually\, working with mainstream\, educational\, and independent publishers\, as well as individual artists for projects ranging from literary anthologies and academic course packs to theatrical performances\, multimedia projects\, etc. \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 
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/brooksday-2015/
LOCATION:Logan Arts Center\, 915 E 60th St\, Chicago\, IL\, 60637\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Events,Writers to Watch
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SUMMARY:Luis Rodriguez reading
DESCRIPTION:Founder of Tia Chucha Press and L.A. Poet Laureate Luis Rodriguez returns to Chicago for a special reading event sponsored by Poets & Writers\, Inc. \n \n  \n  \nThis program takes place at the Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center located at 4048 W. Armitage. \nThere will be an open mic! Arrive early to sign up. \nAdmission is a suggested $5 donation\, or pay-what-you-can. \nABOUT THE AUTHOR \nLuis J. Rodriguez is co-founder in 1989 of the Guild Complex and was active in Chicago with poetry\, gangs\, prisons\, the homeless\, and migrant communities for fifteen years. He now lives in Los Angeles where in 2014 Mayor Eric Garcetti appointed him the official Poet Laureate  of the city. Luis has 15 books in poetry\, children’s literature\, fiction\, and nonfiction\, including “Always Running\, La Vida Loca\, Gang Days in L.A.” He is founding editor of Tia Chucha Press  and co-founder of Tia Chucha’s Centro Cultural & Bookstore in L.A.’s San Fernando Valley.  His last book\, “It Calls You Back: An Odyssey Through Love\, Addiction\, Revolutions\, and Healing” was a finalist for the 2012 National Book Critics Circle Award. (Photo credit: Arlene Mejorado) \n  \n  \nABOUT THE SEGUNDO RUIZ BELVIS CULTURAL CENTER (SRBCC) \nSRBCC realizes its mission to preserve and promote appreciation of the culture and arts of Puerto Rico and its African heritage\, through innovative programing and cultural events for the community. Formerly the Karlov Theater\, their current space was built in 1925 and includes five retail spaces\, two apartments\, and a theatre area. SRBCC currently completed the conversion of the former theater into a multipurpose space. www.srbcc.org \n 
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/luis-rodriguez/
LOCATION:Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center\, 4048 West Armitage\, Chicago\, 60639\, United States
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SUMMARY:Palabra Pura: Does English Matter
DESCRIPTION:Performers Adam Gottlieb and Angelina Llongueras use their original music\, poetry and experience as activists\, here and in Spain\, to pursue the question: Does English matter? For English expression in Latino/a cultural and political communities\, when does the implied “Spanish Only” remain empowering\, and when does the English-dominant Latino/a activist need to transgress? This month’s program is coordinated by poet and educator Elizabeth Marino. Bring your own voice to the short pre-show open mic. \nAll “mother” tongues are welcome! Arrive early to sign up for the open mic. \nPalabra Pura is pay-what-you-can ($5 suggested donation). Audience contributions support honorariums for the curators and featured authors. \nThis event is supported by Poets & Writers\, Inc. \n \n  \n  \nABOUT OUR FEATURED AUTHORS \nAdam Gottlieb is a poet/emcee\, teaching-artist\, musician\, community organizer\, and revolutionary from Chicago. As a teen he was featured in the 2009 documentary film “Louder Than A Bomb\,” about the world’s largest youth poetry slam festival by the same name. Since then\, he has gone on to perform and teach widely throughout Chicago\, the U.S.\, and even the world\, working mostly with youth as a facilitator of safe spaces for creative expression and cultural community-building. In March 2014 he co-founded the Chicago chapter of the Revolutionary Poets Brigade. That same year he was selected by the Guild Complex to be one of five emerging writers in a project called “Voices of Protest\,” through which he participated in the “Kapittel” festival for Literature and Freedom of Speech in Stavanger\, Norway. He leads a band\, “Adam Gottlieb & One Love\,” that plays his original songs. He is also a regular contributor of both poetry and articles to the People’s Tribune. \n  \nAngelina Llongueras is a multicultural\, multilinguist artist\, communicator at heart\, and also a traveler. Angelina works as an actor\, playwright\, director\, poet and interpreter. Her one woman show “Phoolan is Everyone” has traveled the world and is going to India this coming winter\, and she has interacted with many international theatre groups interested in helping communities reconnect with their basic trust in their own cultural power and resources. Her credits include: “Metamorfosis” by La Fura dels Baus\, “Tie Me Up\, Tie Me Down” by Almodovar\, and many others. She is originally from Barcelona\, Catalonia. \n  \n  \n  \nABOUT THIS MONTH’S PALABRA PURA CURATOR \nElizabeth Marino is a poet and educator\, born and based in Chicago. Her chapbook\, Debris: Poems and Memoir\, went into a second printing in 2011 (Puddin’head Press). She was awarded 2011 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 public scholarship. Her BA was from Barat College. Elizabeth’s poetry has appeared in print journals\, anthologies and live performance. New work includes a chapbook from dancing girl press (“Ceremonies”) and two international print anthologies originating from India\, due in 2015 (Muse of Peace and The Significant Anthology). A contribution to a jazz poetry anthology is also in the works. She has conducted a creative writing workshop for GLBTT seniors at the Center on Halsted. She was proud to see her work re-appear in the “Best of 2014” issue of the national Latino blog of culture and literature “La Bloga\,” along with the FB page “Poets Responding to SB 1070.” She is a Revolutionary Poets Brigade (Chicago) member. She is also an English dominant Latina poet. \n 
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/palabra-pura-does-english-matter/
LOCATION:La Bruquena Restaurant\, 2726 W. Division\, Chicago\, IL\, United States
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