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Three finalist poems for Douglas Park

Congratulations to the three poets whose poems have made it to the final shortlist for the Douglas Park poetry mural and Word Play Way installation. The final shortlisted poets are Ariel Walton, avery r. […]

Jan-Henry Gray, Xandria Phillips, mai c. doan: April 26 at Women & Children First

April Six Points Reading with Jan-Henry Gray, Xandria Phillips, mai c. doan April 26th 7:00-8:30 Women & Children First   Please join us for the April installment of the Six Points Reading Series featuring […]

The Shortlist is here for the Douglas Park Poetry Mural!

Congratulations to our four poets whose poems have made it to the final four shortlist for the Douglas Park poetry mural and Word Play Way installation. The final four poets are: Aniyah Orr-Howard, Ariel […]

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, […]

Crane High School Slam Team Wins Louder Than A Bomb Semi-Finals!

Crane High School slam team (aka Poetic Deviance) took FIRST PLACE at the Louder Than A Bomb Semi-Finals! Next stop FINALS STAGE at the Auditorium Theater on March 18th!   Our Poets with Class […]

Crane High School Poet Advances to Louder Than A Bomb Indy Finals!

Chicago Poetry Center is excited to announce that Taisaun Levi from from the Crane High School slam team (aka Poetic Deviance) has advanced to Louder Than A Bomb’s Indy Finals! The poets that compete […]

Crane High School Slam Team Wins Louder Than A Bomb Quarter Finals!

It’s official, the Crane High School slam team (aka Poetic Deviance) took 1st Place at the Louder Than A Bomb Quarter Finals! Next stop, Semi-Finals! #GoTeam Semi-Finals will be held on March 10th at […]

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 […]

CPC Curatorial Internship: Applications Open Now!

CURATORIAL INTERNSHIP Six Points Reading Series at the Chicago Poetry Center Posted: December 1, 2018 Expires: January 15, 2019 DESCRIPTION Six Points Reading Series is the Chicago Poetry Center’s free, public, roving monthly reading […]

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 […]

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