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Jonathan McDaniel
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Notable Chicago: 3/24–3/30
Friday 3/24: The Conversation series at Women & Children First continues with this week’s theme, On Being American: Identity & Belonging Under a Hostile Regime. This edition will feature Boris Fishman, Cristina Henriquez, Erika L. Sanchez, the artist Riva Lehrer,…
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Notable Chicago: 3/17–3/23
Friday 3/17: Visit Women & Children First for an evening of poetry with Nickole Brown! Nickole will be joined by local poets Simone Muench, and Mark Turcotte. 7:30 p.m., free. Saturday 3/18: The Bruise #2 will have stop motion, essays,…
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Notable Chicago: 3/10–3/16
Friday 3/10: The Poetry Foundation Hosts the National Youth Poet Laureate Convocation featuring Jacqueline Woodson, who was named Young People’s Poet Laureate in 2015. The finalists, Hajjar Baban, Nkosi Nkululeko, Andrew White, Amanda Gorman, and Lagnajita Mukhopadhyay, will read from…
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Notable Chicago: 3/3–3/9
Friday 3/3: Visit Women & Children First for an evening of poetry with Ari Banias, Lara Mimosa Montes, Erika Sanchez, and T Clutch Fleischmann. 7:30 p.m., free. Sunday 3/5: As always, the Uptown Poetry Slam is going down at The Green…
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Notable Chicago: 2/17–2/23
Friday 2/17: Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin, Trayvon Martin’s parents, will discuss Rest in Power: The Enduring Life of Trayvon Martin at the DuSable Museum of African American History. Tickets are $15–20 and are available here. Saturday 2/18: Head to…
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Notable Chicago: 2/10–2/16
Friday 2/10: The Odes for You tour, featuring Shira Erlichman and Angel Nafis, comes to Women & Children First! 7:30 p.m., free. Saturday 2/11: Sho Sugita reads from his translation of Spiral Staircase, the first definitive volume of Hirato Renkichi’s…
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Notable Chicago: 2/3–2/9
Friday 2/3: Visit The Book Cellar to celebrate the launch of How to Break a Boy, a debut young adult novel by local author Laurie Devore. 7 p.m., free. Saturday 2/4: Carolyn Marie Wilkins discusses Mojo for Murder: A Bertie Bigelow Mystery Vol. 2.…
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Notable Chicago: 1/27–2/2
Friday 1/27: Visit Women & Children First to celebrate the launch of Programmed Inequality: How Britain Discarded Women Technologists and Lost Its Edge in Computing by Marie Hicks. 7:30 p.m., free. Saturday 1/28: The fourth installment of the Chimera Reading…
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Notable Chicago: 1/20–1/26
Friday 1/20: Protest your ass off here, here, or really anywhere. Be safe and take care of each other. Then visit Women & Children First to celebrate the launch of Fail Better by Beyza Ozer and I Am Heavy w/ Feeling by Alexis Pope…
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Notable Chicago: 1/13–1/19
Saturday 1/14: David Mitchell discusses his debut novel We Hold These Truths with Dave Baron, author of Pembroke: A Rural, Black Community in the Indiana Dunes. The authors will address the intertwining issues explored by their books. 57th Street Books, free.…
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Notable Chicago: 1/6–1/12
Sunday 1/8: As always, the Uptown Poetry Slam is going down at The Green Mill. Open mic starts at 7 p.m. followed by the slam itself. $7, 21+. Monday 1/9: Kenneth Seeskin discusses Thinking about the Torah: A Philosopher Reads…
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Notable Chicago: 12/16–12/22
Friday 12/16: Women & Children First’s annual Recommended Reading Night is back! Rebecca Makkai, Deborah Jian Lee, Emily Gray Tedrowe, Jasmine Sanders, and Thea Goodman will be discussing their top two favorite books of 2016, followed by a Q&A and…