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Six Points Reading Series: November 2019

November Six Points Reading Meg Day and Jonathan Mendoza November 15th, 7-8 pm Semicolon Bookstore Meg Day is the author of Last Psalm at Sea Level (Barrow Street, 2014), winner of the Barrow Street […]

Pulitzer Center + Poetry Center Partner for Miles Davis Poetry Workshop

The Poetry Center is happy to be a partner to the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. Through this partnership, we’ve linked up our partner school, Sir Miles Davis Magnet Academy in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood, […]

Six Points Reading ft. Faisal Mohyuddin & Suman Chhabra

Wednesday, Feb 6 Bookends & Beginnings 1712 Sherman Ave 6-7:30 PM The Chicago Poetry Center will host a reading at Bookends & Beginnings featuring poets Faisal Mohyuddin & Suman Chhabra from 6-7:30 PM. The […]

Six Points Reading featuring Jacob Saenz & Jasmin Jordan-Portaz

Wednesday, November 7 7-9 PM Alulu Brewery and Pub 2011 S Laflin St Chicago, IL 60608 Join the Chicago Poetry Center’s Six Points Reading Series at Alulu Brewery & Pub for poetry (7-8 PM) […]

Poetry + Dance in October!

A poetry and dance collaboration! Tickets Here Friday, October 12 & Saturday, October 13 8-9 PM Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble 1650 W Foster Ave. Chicago, IL 60640 Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble and Chicago Poetry Center proudly […]

Join Us!

Six Points Reading Series presents the 2nd Annual Chicago Water Taxi Reading Tuesday, September 18, 2018 5:30-6:30 PM $2.50 per person Chicago Water Taxi Details: Board: 5:30 – 5:50 at the Michigan Ave Water […]

Kick-off for poetry mural featuring poem by Roger Reeves

Thursday, August 23 Douglas Park Corner of California & Ogden 5-7 PM Join us for the kick-off of Word Play Way in Douglas Park North Lawndale! The David L. Hoyt Education Foundation, in collaboration […]

Collaboration Poems @ Moos Elementary (4th Grade)

This week at Moos, we talked about collaboration. We discussed how poets and artists work together to create poems, books, and more. We read a poem that incorporated image and text and then played […]

June 21 Cocktails & BBQ Summer Bash

Thursday, June 21 6 – 9 PM Kenect 504 N Green St. Chicago, IL 60642 Tickets: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3454029?cookie_header=1 Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble and Chicago Poetry Center invite you to Cocktails & BBQ, a summer bash! Enjoy […]

June 9th Body Passages Open Rehearsal Performance

Saturday, June 9th 12:30-2:30 PM Woman Made Gallery 2150 S Canalport 4A 3 Chicago, IL 60608 Come see the Body Passages cohort show their work in progress at Woman Made Gallery! Audience members are […]

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