Friday 8/28: Theater Oobleck performs There Is a Happiness That Morning Is, a comedy conveyed via two lectures on the poetry of William Blake. Purchase tickets here for the one-night benefit engagement at the Neo-Futurarium. 7 p.m.
Curbside Splendor editor-in-chief Naomi Huffman moderates a conversation between Jessica Hopper (The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic) and Suzanne Scanlon (Her 37th Year: An Index). Women & Children First, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday 8/29: The Book Cellar hosts a celebration to launch Wesley Chu’s new book, Time Salvager. Geek Bar Beta, 6 p.m.
Sunday 8/30: Happy 40th anniversary, Chicago Women’s Book Club!
Tuesday 9/1: BYOB (and snacks) to the deadline. release event and open mic night at Uncharted Books, 7 p.m.
Wednesday 9/2: The Poetry Foundation presents Plug Nickel Cabaret for an evening of “spoken word, kinetic storytelling, and darned good tunes.” 7 p.m.
Thursday 9/3: Go ahead, get Selfish—Taylor Yates reads from the second issue of the magazine at Quimby’s Bookstore and invites female attendees to bring pieces of their own. 7 p.m.
Ian Morris and Joanne Diaz discuss The Little Magazine in Contemporary America. The Book Cellar, 7 p.m.
If you missed Plug Nickel Cabaret’s first performance, you can catch ‘em again at the Poetry Foundation. 7 p.m.
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