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Stuart Dybek & Sandra Marchetti to Read March 12

Join the Poetry Center of Chicago for this month’s installment of the Six Points Reading Series. Admission is free at the Garland Room on the first floor of the Chicago Cultural Center. The reading […]

Jason Bredle, Lana Rahkman, and Alix Anne Shaw to read Feb 19

Join the Poetry Center on the 19th for the February installment of the Six Points Reading Series. Admission is free at 6pm in the Garland Room on the first floor of the Chicago Cultural […]

C. Russell Price and Valerie Wallace to read Jan. 21

Join the Poetry Center of Chicago on January 21 at 6pm for the next installment of the Six Points Reading Series. Admission is free in the Garland Room on the first floor of the […]

Lina Ramona Vitkauskas, Larry Sawyer, and Tyler Mills to Read Dec. 11

Join the Poetry Center of Chicago on December 11 for the next installment of the Six Points Reading Series. Admission is free in the Garland Room on the 1st floor of the Chicago Cultural […]

Donate to the Poetry Center on #GivingTuesday (That’s Today!)

Show your support on #GivingTuesday! This Tuesday, be thankful for poetry in schools, for creative literacy opportunities in underserved communities and for lines like these from our students: I’m from the city lights / […]

Today Only! 50% off Broadsides in our online store!

This holiday season you can support the Poetry Center of Chicago while getting your shopping done! PCC is offering 50% off our large collection of limited edition broadsides, today only! Have you decided which […]

Cecilia Pinto and Kristy Bowen to Read Nov. 19

Join the Poetry Center of Chicago on November 19 from 6-7pm for the next installment of the Six Points Reading Series. Admission is free in the Garland Room on the 1st floor of the […]

Hannah Gamble and Kenyatta Rogers to Read Oct. 15

Join the Poetry Center of Chicago on October 15 at 6pm for the next installment of the Six Points Reading Series. Admission is free in the Garland Room on the 1st floor of the […]

Amira Hanafi and Ladan Osman to Read Sept. 11

Join the Poetry Center of Chicago on September 11 from 6-7pm for the next installment of the Six Points Reading Series. Admission is free in the Garland Room on the 1st floor of the […]

Simone Muench, Roger Reeves, and Jason Koo to read Aug. 29

Join the Poetry Center of Chicago at 4:30pm on August 29 for the inaugural night of the Six Points Reading Series. Admission is free in the Millenium Park Room on the 5th floor of […]

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