Closing Event for A Bigger Table: 50 Years of the Chicago Poetry Center

A Bigger Table: 50 Years of the Chicago Poetry Center

Closing Event*

Saturday, September 14
11 AM – 12:30 PM
Poetry Foundation: 61 E. Superior St.

*Registration Required! Please register here.

Celebrate the last day of Chicago Poetry Center’s 50th anniversary exhibit with a screening of A Bigger Table, a documentary that follows the CPC from its roots to its present-day mission to build a bigger table for poets in Chicago and beyond. After the screening, join filmmaker Moyo Abiona, CPC Director of Programs Helene Achanzar, and CPC Poet in Residence Joy Young for a discussion and Q&A.

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