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SUMMARY:BrooksDay Preview at the MCA\, Chicago
DESCRIPTION:The 4th Annual BrooksDay is right around the corner\, and to pique your interest the Guild Literary Complex in conjunction with the Museum of Contemporary Art is hosting a preview night of artists who represent the broad scope of the BrooksDay legacy and vision.  \nShowcasing their own work\, artists who are part of the BrooksDay family will be performing at this free event\, hosted by the Guild Literary Complex on the top floor of the MCA in conjunction with the Kerry James Marshall exhibition from 6:00 – 7:15 on Tuesday\, May 3rd\, 2016. \nWe hope you will come see and hear the work of some of our great Chicago talent!  \nFeatured artists include:\nTyrue “Slang” Jones\nSketch N’ Tyme with J.Evelyn \nAnd Poets:\nNate Marshall\nPeter O’Leary\nJavon Smith\nC. Russell Price\nNatasha Estevez\nand a special appearance by Nora Brooks Blakely \nA video installation by Noëlle Pouzar will round out the night.   \nCome visit us at the Chicago Cultural Center on\nJune 7th\, 2016 10: 00 AM – 6:00 PM for the 4th Annual BrooksDay!\n \nMeet the artists:  \nA self-taught artist\, Tyrue “Slang” Jones has been cultivating and innovating ideas reflected though his artwork for over 25 years. His wide array of styles\, ranging from graffiti to fine art\, has gained attention around the globe. His signature style of “Figurative Graffiti\,” recognized both nationally and internationally\, combines flowing shapes and abstracted letterforms with traditional figure painting.\nRoger Gastman\, author of “The History Of American Graffiti” says\, “SLANG single handedly defines the Chicago graffiti movement. For 30 years he has been a nonstop force pushing the limits of his art and teaching the history of the culture that he helped to create.” He has worked as an established graffiti artist\, fine artist\, graphic designer\, and professional television animator. His clients have included: Warner Bros. Animation Studios\, Startoons Animation Studios\, Walt Disney Interactive\, General Mills\, Universal Music\, Def Jam\, Interscope\, Allstate\, Leo Burnett and Viacom (MTV\, VH1 and Nickelodeon). Please visit his website at www.slangism.com\n◘\nJohn Towns\, Darnell Towns\, and Robert Towns (aka The Towns Brothers) are the creators of the concept of Sketch N’ Tyme\, a literary arts performance showcasing three brothers who draw rapidly to a host of original stories\, historic events\, and fairytales from around the world on large mural size paper to live narration and music.  Creating a wide reputation for innovative storytelling Sketch N’ Tyme has performed at the DuSable Museum\, The Black Ensemble Theatre\, BrooksDay\, WVON’s Pre Kwanza Celebration at Chicago State University\, The Athenaeum Theatre\, The Black Women’s Expo\, Hyde Park High School’s 150th Anniversary\,  and a host of Chicago Public and Catholic Schools\, just to name a few. Sketch N’ Tyme was also featured on Harry Porterfield’s ‘Someone you should know.’ Using basic art techniques\, the brothers view themselves as modern day Davids against the formidable Goliaths of modern technology.  John\, Darnell\, and Robert graduated from the school of the Art Institute of Chicago and in the 150th year history of that institution\, the Towns Brothers hold the distinction of having the most siblings to graduate from that prestigious institution in back-to-back years.  On Monday\, October 27\, 2014\, Sketch N’ Tyme received a Special Recognition Black Excellence Award from The African-American Arts Alliance for their contribution to Art and Literacy. The 14th Annual Black Excellence Awards was held at the DuSable Museum. Please visit their website at sketchntyme.com.\n◘\nNora Brooks Blakely was the Producing Artistic Director and primary playwright for Chocolate Chips Theatre Company in Chicago for 29 years.  Ms. Blakely taught for 8 years in the Chicago Public Schools; spent over 20 years teaching drama and writing workshops for students and teachers; conducted readings and lectures in several states. She recently added to her teaching time with 3 years teaching theatre at the DuSable Leadership Academy\, part of the Betty Shabazz International Charter Schools family. Nora has also served on boards and committees for several youth and arts organizations.  She is the daughter of two writers\, Henry Blakely and Gwendolyn Brooks and founded Brooks Permissions\, a company which manages her mother’s body of work and promotes its continued relevance in the 21st century.\n◘\nNate Marshall is from the South Side of Chicago. He is the author of Wild Hundreds (University of Pittsburgh) and an editor of The BreakBeat Poets: New American Poetry in the Age of Hip-Hop (Haymarket Books). Wild Hundreds has been honored with the Black Caucus of the American Library Association’s award for Poetry Book of the Year and nominated for an NAACP Image Award. His last rap album\, Grown came out in 2015 with his group Daily Lyrical Product. Nate is a member of The Dark Noise Collective. He won a 2015 Ruth Lilly/Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowship. He is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor at Wabash College.\n◘\nPeter O’Leary is the author of five books of poetry\, including The Sampo (Cultural Society\, 2016). He has also edited several volumes of Ronald Johnson’s poetry\, including ARK (Flood Editions\, 2013) and The Book of the Green Man (Uniformbooks\, 2015).  He lives in Oak Park and teaches at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and at the University of Chicago. With John Tipton\, he edits Verge Books.\n◘\nJavon J. Smith\, an educator\, is a double Louder Than A Bomb college slam champion. He recently appeared in Victory Gardens Theater’s We Must Breathe. He is last year’s winner of the Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Award\, and has won numerous awards with Totally Positive Productions\, Chicago Black Gay Men’s Caucus\, Queer Foundation\, and Young Chicago Authors. A graduate of DePaul University\, Smith studied Secondary Education English with three minors in African and Black Diaspora Studies\, LGBTQ Studies\, and Theatre Studies. He has served as an Artist-in-Residence with Young Chicago Authors and Teaching Artist for Free Street Theater and Victory Gardens Theater. His poetry collection “Righteous Rage” will be released later this year.\n◘\nC. Russell Price is an Appalachian genderqueer punk poet living in Chicago. Previous publications include: Assaracus\, Court Green\, Nimrod\, MiPOesias\, Weave\, and elsewhere. They currently work with The Offing (a channel of the LA Review of Books) and Northwestern University. Their chapbook Tonight\, We Fuck The Trailer Park Out Of Each Other will be published in June 2016 by Sibling Rivalry Press.\n◘\nJ.Evelyn moved to Chicago almost three years and is the 2016 BrooksDay Project Coordinator. She’s also an active storyteller\, poet\, and actor in Chicago. Recently\, a House Ensemble member of Chicago Slam Works upon arriving to Chicago\, by way of Cincinnati\, she boldly made Chicago home performing her one-woman show ‘Arn’t I Still: Lessons of Her for the Solo Chicago Festival. She’s featured for several festivals in the Chicagoland area including Ravenswood Art Walk\, Chicago’s own Beast Women: All Female Cabaret for two seasons\, Still Point Theatre Collective’s “Strong Women” a play created from poetry written by women\, not just inmates of Cook County Jail. She treasures the opportunity to tell stories and helping others searching for their voice to find it\, use it\, and share it.\n◘\nNatasha Estevez is a 20 year old currently living in Chicago attending the School of the Art Institute of Chicago for Creative Writing. Up and out her streets of Harlem\, growing up like many around Natasha with ambition and a movement up in my mind. To be better then what she had seen and to break the cycle of her streets. The mic is Natasha’s home at times where I get to spark something in someone’s mind.\nWith the stories she tells she hopes those who listen leave with a new found hope in their hearts\n◘\nNoëlle Pouzar is a feminist sex essayist and graphic designer. Her practice primarily focuses on female suppression by higher institutions\, societal standards\, and male dominance. Noëlle is currently an undergraduate student at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.\n◘ \nThis is a free event and will coincide with an exhibition of painter Kerry James Marshall.
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/brooksday-preview-at-the-mca/
LOCATION:Museum of Contemporary Art\, 220 East Chicago Avenue\, Chicago\, 60611\, United States
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SUMMARY:Palabra Pura\, May 18\, 2016
DESCRIPTION:Palabra Pura with Miguel López Lemus of Lobo Estepario Press presents:  \nPalabra Pura as part of the Guild Literary Complex \nUna noche bohemia. A bohemian night.\nPoetry\, song\, music\, storytelling\nCuento\, poesía\, música\, canción \nSponsored by Pandora lobo estepario productions press. \nWe are mixing it up a bit this month and will have a group of featured poets and some musicians; but we will be open for circular particiapation where we alternate poets\, musicians and storytellers. Poets\, storytellers\, musicians\, singers share your Art. Bring your poems\, musical instruments\, participate and share.
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/palabra-pura-may-18-2016/
LOCATION:La Bruquena Restaurant\, 2726 W. Division\, Chicago\, IL\, United States
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SUMMARY:RAP 101 meets Real Love No Drama\, Artist Talk about women\, music\, and Mary J. Blige with Author Danny Alexander
DESCRIPTION:Thursday May 26\, 2016. Wicker Park Chicago\nGuild Literary Complex Presents: Where Margins Meet\n5:30 – 7:30 PM Artist Talk with Danny Alexander\, Volumes Bookcafe\n7:30 Door\, 8:00 – 9:45 PM RAP 101\, Iridium Clothing \nDanny Alexander\, the author of Real Love\, No Drama: The Music of Mary J. Blige will be sitting in with RAP 101 on May 26th. A longtime editor of the music and politics press Rock & Rap Confidential\, Alexander is coming to Chicago to host a conversation sponsored by Guild Literary Complex\, Iron Heart Productions\, and Volumes Bookcafe about music in general\, Blige in particular\, race and the role of women in the artistic markets\, and what all that has to do with the work of Chicago area writers\, musicians and revolutionary thinkers. In a political season that’s come to stand for bullying and divisiveness\, Alexander believes its important for writers and artists to come together around the healing and unifying vision offered by the art we make and the art that inspires us. This will be a freewheeling event beginning with a reading and conversation\, then moving to a night of performances both announced and spontaneous. We’re out to have fun\, share deep\, and dream big. \nJoin the discussion. RSVP on Facebook.  \nRAP 101 will feature host Yung Assata and:  \nHUEY Gang ( Headstrong Urban Educated Youth) is a rap collective started by Stark of HUEY and The Law of HUEY back in 2009 with the goal of making unique music while catering to the community. We help to create and assist with opportunities for youth to express themselves such as the various open mics we host.   Our main goal is to make it to the top with our artform and help others to achieve the same goal; with\, \nClaire Smith (born 1996\, Baltimore\, MD) an African American-Dutch queer artist that is currently pursuing her Bachelors of Fine Arts with an Emphasis in Writing from the Art Institute of Chicago. Her work is award winning and has been published in literary magazines in Maryland and Illinois. Her work circles around the concepts of maternal\, romantic\, and platonic relationships\, existential epiphanies\, and sexual and racial identity. \nRSVP to RAP 101 here.\nDanny Alexander\, the author of Real Love\, No Drama: The Music of Mary J. Blige will be sitting in with RAP 101 on May 26th. A longtime editor of the music and politics press Rock & Rap Confidential\, Alexander is coming to Chicago to host a conversation sponsored by Guild Literary Complex\, Iron Heart Productions\, and Volumes Bookcafe about music in general\, Blige in particular\, race and the role of women in the artistic markets\, and what all that has to do with the work of Chicago area writers\, musicians and revolutionary thinkers. In a political season that’s come to stand for bullying and divisiveness\, Alexander believes its important for writers and artists to come together around the healing and unifying vision offered by the art we make and the art that inspires us. This will be a freewheeling event beginning with a reading and conversation\, then moving to a night of performances both announced and spontaneous. We’re out to have fun\, share deep\, and dream big. \nAbout the book: \nTracing the whole sweep of Mary J. Blige’s career through the critically acclaimed 2014 album\, The London Sessions\, this is the first serious look at the music and cultural impact of one of the most important musical artists to emerge in the past quarter century \nMary J. Blige is an icon who represents the political consciousness of hip hop and the historical promise of soul. She is an everywoman\, celebrated by Oprah Winfrey and beloved by pop mu-sic fans of all ages and races. Blige has sold over fifty million albums\, won numerous Grammys\, and even played at multiple White House events\, as well as the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize ceremony. Displaying astonishing range and versatility\, she has recorded everything from Broadway standards to Led Zeppelin anthems and worked with some of popular music’s greatest artists—Aretha Franklin\, Eric Clapton\, Elton John\, Whitney Houston\, Sting\, U2\, and Beyoncé\, among them. Real Love\, No Drama: The Music of Mary J. Blige tells the story of one of the most important artists in pop music history. Danny Alexander follows the whole arc of Blige’s career\, from her first al-bum\, which heralded the birth of “hip hop soul\,” to her critically praised 2014 album\, The London Sessions. He highlights the fact that Blige was part of the historically unprecedented movement of black women onto pop radio and explores how she and other women took control of their careers and used their music to give voice to women’s (and men’s) everyday struggles and dreams. This book adds immensely to the story of both black women artists and artists root-ed in hip hop and pays tribute to a musician who\, by expanding her reach and asking tough questions about how music can and should evolve\, has proven herself an artistic visionary. \nAbout Danny Alexander\nBeginning his career about the same time Mary J. Blige signed her first record deal\, music journalist Danny Alexander has worked as an associate editor for Dave Marsh’s music newsletter Rock & Rap Con-fidential and covered rock\, hip hop\, and soul for various publications. He is the author of Liner Notes: Soul Asylum.
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/real-love-no-drama-book-discussion-about-women-music-and-mary-j-blige-with-author-danny-alexander/
LOCATION:Volumes Bookcafe\, 1474 N. Milwaukee Ave\, Chicago \, 60622\, United States
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