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Word Play Way Conversation and Presentation- May 8 & 9

The Chicago Poetry Center and David L Hoyt Foundation have been collaborating on a public arts project for this summer. Please join our conversation on May 8th and our presentation on May 9th to […]

Poets in Space ft. Alex Dimitrov & José Olivarez

Friday, May 18th 7:30-9 PM Dearborn Observatory 2131 Tech Drive The Chicago Poetry Chicago will host a reading featuring Alex Dimitrov and José Olivarez at the Dearborn Observatory followed by a telescope tour of […]

Body Passages Residency at Chicago Cultural Center

Chicago Dantztheatre Ensemble, in collaboration with Poetry Center of Chicago, will utilize the Cultural Center of Chicago as a space for research and development with the focus on activation and audience development. CDE and […]

Body Passages Series at Uncommon Ground Edgewater

Saturday, April 28 7:30- 9:30 PM Uncommon Ground – Edgewater 1401 W. Devon Ave Chicago, IL Purchase Tickets The Body Passages Series presents an evening of poetry, dance and in-process showings at Uncommon Ground […]

Six Points Reading Series ft. Rimpsey, Smith, Holloway

Celebrate National Poetry Month with us this April! Six Points Reading Series ft. Rimpsey, Smith Holloway Thursday, April 19 6:30-8:30 PM Filmfront 1740 W 18th St Chicago, IL 60608 For National Poetry Month, The […]

Six Points Reading Series ft. Jenny Molberg, Erin Adair-Hodges, and Sarah Rose Nordgren

Wednesday, March 21 6:30- 8 PM Unabridged Bookstore 3251 N Broadway Join the Poetry Center of Chicago at Unabridged Bookstore for the March installment of the Six Points Reading Series! This month we are […]

The Book of Questions @ Edwards Elementary

Today at Edwards, we started our poetry residency with asking “what is poetry?” Then, we read a poem by Pablo Neruda from his book, “The Book of Questions.” We then figured out different ways […]

Six Points Reading Series ft. Lynn Xu & Jennifer Roche

Join the Six Points Reading Series for a night of poetry and projections! Thursday, February 22 7 PM – 8:30 PM Sector 2337 + Green Lantern Press 2337 N Milwaukee Ave Lynn Xu is […]

Haiku Your Love

A poetry reading and haiku celebration! February 13 5:30-8 PM Weinberg/Newton Gallery 300 W Superior St, Suite 203   The David L. Hoyt Education Foundation, the Poetry Center of Chicago and the Chicago Literacy […]

The Six Points Reading Series 2018 Season starts off with a reading and workshop featuring Kaveh Akbar & Tarfia Faizullah!

The Six Points Reading Series is back for our 2018 season! This month, we welcome Kaveh Akbar & Tarfia Faizullah. January 26, 2018 Poetry Workshop with Kaveh Akbar 10:30 AM – 12 PM Loyola […]

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