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Helene Achanzar & Tim “Toaster” Henderson to read May 19

Join the Poetry Center of Chicago at Beauty & Brawn in Logan Square for the May installment of the Six Points Reading Series on May 19 at 7pm! In 2016 we continue to move […]

Student Poets Read! May 4 at the Cultural Center!

  Join us in celebrating our student poets, from 2nd Grade to Sophomore Year! One student poet from each Hands On Stanzas classroom is invited to read an original poem on stage at the […]

Poetry Center is awarded Arts Partner for Ingenuity Creative Schools Fund Grant!

George Washington High School was awarded an Ingenuity Creative Schools Fund grant to bring in the Poetry Center of Chicago as special arts partner, to reinvigorate a spoken word community at the school. Our […]

Fatimah Asghar, Ladan Osman, & Roger Reeves at Tea Project

Tea Project is an ongoing dialogue that traverses a variety of landscapes from the tea served in the Iraqi countryside, to a cage in Guantanamo Bay, to a family gathering. Tea is both a […]

Ben Clark & Kush Thompson to read March 25

Join the Poetry Center of Chicago at Comfort Station in Logan Square on March 25 at 7pm for the March installment of the Six Points Reading Series! In 2016 we continue to move to […]

Christopher Soto, Roger Reeves, Jamila Woods, & Emily Jungmin Yoon to read Feb. 6

Join the Poetry Center of Chicago in the downstairs space at Subterranean for the February installment of the Six Points Reading Series! In 2016 we continue to move to a variety of rotating locations […]

Fatimah Asghar & Donna Vorreyer to read Jan. 28

Join the Poetry Center of Chicago for the Six Points Reading Series’ first installment of 2016! This first reading of the year turns a new page for the Poetry Center as we move into […]

Erika L. Sánchez & Richie Hofmann to read Dec. 9

Join the Poetry Center of Chicago for the December installment of the Six Points Reading Series. Admission is free at the Garland Room on the first floor of the Chicago Cultural Center. This will […]

Poets Look at Paintings, November 18

Join the Poetry Center of Chicago on November 18 from 6-7pm for a revival of Poets Look at Paintings. The original event in 1973 marked the beginning of the Poetry Center and we’re thrilled […]

Hadara Bar-Nadav & Jennifer Moore to read Oct. 21

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

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