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SUMMARY:Lit & Luz Literary Festival 2024
DESCRIPTION:VIEW SCHEDULE\n\n\n\n\nThe 2024 Chicago Lit & Luz Festival\, Saturation/ Saturación\, returns with a fantastic roster of writers and artists from the US and Mexico. The weeklong series of free events begins October 26th and concludes with the Live Magazine Show at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago on November 2nd. \n\n\n\nInspired by the media landscape of both presidential elections taking place in the countries this year\, the theme of the festival is “Saturation/Saturación.” Participants will consider concepts such as intensity\, combination\, absorption\, maximums and limitations as they respond to the urgent political\, social\, and environmental issues confronting both countries. \n\n\n\nInspirado en el panorama mediático de ambas elecciones presidenciales ocurridas este año en los países involucrados\, el tema del festival es “Saturation/Saturación.” Lxs participantes considerarán conceptos como la intensidad\, combinación\, absorción\, máximos y limitaciones mientras responden a los urgentes problemas políticos\, sociales y ambientales que enfrentan ambos países. \n\n\n\nCatch programs you missed on our website or head over to our YouTube channel (and subscribe!). \n\n\n\nThe Lit & Luz Festival is a one-of-a-kind series of events featuring renowned authors\, visual artists\, and musicians from Chicago and Mexico in cultural exchange and conversation. This series of readings\, conversations\, artist talks\, and performances\, including signature event\, the Live Magazine Show\, highlights new translations and artistic collaborations—showcasing some of the most innovative contemporary artists from both countries. The festival takes place in Chicago in the fall\, followed by the Lit & Luz Festival Mexico City in the winter. Click here to learn more. \n\n\n\nEl Lit & Luz Festival es una especial serie de eventos con reconocidos escritores\, artistas visuales y músicos de Chicago y México\, en intercambio y conversación cultural. Esta serie de lectutras\, conversaciones\, charlas de artista y performances\, incluyen el evento representativo\, el Live Magazine Show\, destaca nuevas traducciones y colaboraciones artísticas\, mostrando algunos de los artistas contemporáneos más inovadores de ambos países. El festival se lleva a cabo en Chicago durante el otoño\, seguido del Lit & Luz Festival CDMX en el invierno. Da click aquí para saber más. \n\n\n\n¡Síguenos en nuestras redes sociales o suscríbete a nuestro newsletter para conocer las últimas actualizaciones y más!
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/lit-luz-literary-festival-2024/
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SUMMARY:Exhibit B @ PCB - Nov. '24
DESCRIPTION:ExB’s last show of 2024! Sam Herschel Wein\, Emily Anna Maciel Gonzalez\, Sarah Peecher and Emilio Maldonado will be joining Exhibit B at Pilsen Community Books for an evening of readings and community. \n\n\n\nArtist Bios:\n\n\n\nSarah Peecher is a poet living\, working\, and teaching undergraduate writing in Chicago. She’s been a reader for Unwoven Literary Magazine\, co-curates poetry and artwork for Off the Page\, and co-hosted two seasons of the podcast Juxtapose. Her debut chapbook\, Keeling\, is forthcoming from Finishing Line Press in 2025. At the end of a busy day\, you can find her cuddling her cats\, Rumpus and Ruckus. \n\n\n\nEmilio Maldonado is a poet and performer born and raised in Chicago’s concrete jungle\, where streets bury streets. As a world traveler with familial roots in Mexico\, he writes for the world\, the everyman\, with poems also layered in the collisions of culture\, and the music\, and the late night streets of anywhere alone. \n\n\n\nEmily Anna Maciel Gonzalez has been a chatterbox since the womb\, born and raised on the Southside of Chicago. She is a poet\, avid storyteller\, advocate for local politics and most importantly a White Sox fan. As of lately she resides in Wicker Park with her pet rabbit\, Scorpio. By day she is a bilingual PreK 3-5 teacher and nanny. By night she is a dive bar enthusiast\, trivia champion and host of Do Not Submit Humboldt/Wicker. \n\n\n\nSam Herschel Wein (pronouns: he/they) is a lollygagging plum of a poet who specializes in perpetual frolicking. They have an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Tennessee and were the recipient of a 2022 Pushcart Prize. They have published three chapbooks\, most recently Butt Stuff Flower Bush with Porkbelly Press. He co-founded and edits Underblong. Recent poems can be found in the American Poetry Review\, The Cincinnati Review\, and Shenandoah\, among others. They can be found in the cheese aisle of most stores\, in the middle of a hug\, or editing poems at your local coffee shop.
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/exhibit-b-pcb-nov-24/
LOCATION:Pilsen Community Books\, 1102 W 18th St.\, Chicago\, Illinois\, 60608\, United States
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SUMMARY:¡SLAM EN VIVO!
DESCRIPTION:A la mitad de nuestra serie ¡SLAM EN VIVO! \n\n\n\nTodxs tenemos poemas\, todxs tenemos algo que decir\, compartalo en este espacio de juego\, apego\, y fuego 🔥 \n\n\n\nNo importa que nunca hayas compartido tus versos\, solo necesitas dos poemas para participar (all styles welcome!) \n\n\n\nComo siempre\, tenemos un Juez de Honor increible: Carlos Cumpian 💥 \n\n\n\nCarlos Cumpián is a chicano poet\, editor & teacher. His poetry & community work been recognized by the Illinois Library Assoc. & he has received the Gwendolyn Brooks Significant Illinois Poet award. \n\n\n\n¡Nos vemos el 13 de Noviembre! \n\n\n\n7pm-8pm: Slam en Español8pm-9pm: All languages open mic!
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/slam-en-vivo/
LOCATION:18th Street Casa de Cultura\, 2057 West 18th Street\, Chicago\, IL\, 60608\, United States
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SUMMARY:HIPPY HOLY DAZE 7
DESCRIPTION:Host: QUEEN ZENOBIA \n\n\n\nMusic: THESSELONIOUS \n\n\n\nSpecial Dance Showcase: \n\n\n\nFIREBIRD DANCERSDEVIKA DHIRVIVIANA REYES \n\n\n\nGuest star performances: \n\n\n\nTHE GRATESSILIS101JOSH TREEHYPNAGOGIC TELEGRAM \n\n\n\nFeatured performances: \n\n\n\nPUGS ATOMZHOBBYISTGREENLIGHTS MUSICBLUE COLLAR ROCK STARSYURI BASHO LANE – PLANET BTBXKAO RA ZEN
URL:https://guildcomplex.org/event/hippy-holy-daze-7/
LOCATION:Elastic Arts\, 3429 W. Diversey Ave.\, Chicago\, Illinois\, 60647\, United States
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