Friday 8/14: Uncharted Books hosts Loose Chicks for an evening of dramatic soliloquies and quirky monologues. 7 p.m.
Tom Witosky and Marc Hansen: How Iowa Led Americans to Marriage Equality. Chat with them at Women & Children First, 7:30 p.m.
First Floor Theater presents Kafkapalooza! The lit fest premieres eight plays inspired by all things Kafka at Collaboraction. 8 p.m.
Sunday 8/16: Leah Hayes talks Not Funny Ha-Ha: A Handbook for Something Hard at Women & Children First, 4 p.m.
Monday 8/17: Celebrate the release of Finding Masculinity at Uncharted Books, 7 p.m.
Continue to party on, people! Essay Fiesta at The Book Cellar, 7 p.m.
Wednesday 8/19: Poet Ruben Quesada reads at the Jean-Luc Mylayne Chapel in Millennium Park’s Lurie Garden, 3 p.m.
Embark on Adventures in Mochimochi Land with Anna Hrachovec. The Book Cellar, 7 p.m.
Tamara Winfrey Harris discusses the The Sisters are Alright: Changing the Broken Narrative of Black Women in America. Women & Children First, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday 8/20: Chicago artists, fashion designers, and poets perform in the last live installment of Cheryl Pope’s Just Yell : From Within exhibit. Poetry Fashion Dance Music at the Poetry Foundation, 6 p.m.
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