Notable Chicago: 3/18–3/24
Friday 3/18: Join Rob Roberge and Suzanne Scanlon in conversation about Liar, Roberge’s new memoir. Women & Children First, 7:30 p.m. Sunday 3/20: Naomi Martinez, Juana Goergen, and Jennifer Patiño…
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Rachel Natale
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Rachel Natale currently lives, dances, and writes in Chicago. She recently received the James Charles Cox Memorial Award in English at Loyola University, and her work has been published in Treehouse Magazine.
Notable Chicago: 3/11–3/17
Friday 3/11: Celebrate the paperback release of Death Stalks Door County with author Patricia Skalka. Women & Children First, 7:30 p.m. Sunday 3/13: Susan Skog reads from Mending the Sisterhood…
Notable Chicago: 3/4–3/10
Friday 3/4: Join Elizabeth McKenzie (The Portable Veblen) in conversation with Peter Ferry (Old Heart) at City Lit Books. 6:30 p.m. Tuesday 3/8: Women & Children First welcomes Samantha Bailey…
Notable Chicago: 2/26–3/3
Friday 2/26: City Lit Books welcomes Order of the Dimensions trilogy author Irene Helenowski. 6:30 p.m. Monday 2/29: Goodman Theatre takes work by Roberto Bolaño, Gabriel García Márquez, and Eduardo…
Notable Chicago: 2/19–2/25
Friday 2/19: Latin School welcomes Kevin Young as the featured reader for their fifth annual LitFest. Wrigley Theatre, 7 p.m. Saturday 2/20: Every House Has a Door presents “The Three…
Notable Chicago: 2/12–2/18
Friday 2/12: Find The Loss of All Lost Things—and author Amina Gautier—at Women & Children First for a book launch party! 7:30 p.m. Sunday 2/14: Just Yell Chicago Team of Poets responds to The Weight of Rage at…
Notable Chicago: 2/5–2/11
Friday 2/5: Women & Children First welcomes poets Loma, Fatimah Asghar, Richie Hofmann, and Erika L. Sánchez on their Tour to End Queer Youth Homelessness. 7:30 p.m. Saturday 2/6: Alessandro…
Notable Chicago: 1/29–2/4
Friday 1/29: Self-proclaimed “queer super-shero of color” Anastacia Renee Tolbert shares excerpts of Chapbook 26 at Women & Children First. 7:30 p.m. Saturday 1/30: Michael Harvey (The Governer’s Wife), Elizabeth…
Notable Chicago: 1/22–1/28
Friday 1/22: Renée Rosen (White Collar Girl) and Jennifer Robson (Moonlight Over Paris) discuss the roles of women and feminism in 20th century historical fiction. Women & Children First, 7:30…
Notable Chicago: 1/15–1/21
Friday 1/15: Women & Children First welcomes Ozge Samanci, author of graphic memoir Dare to Disappoint: Growing Up in Turkey. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday 1/19: Northwestern University’s Rachel Jamison Webster and…
Notable Chicago: 1/8–1/14
Wednesday 1/13: Don Hall hosts storytelling festival Fillet of Solo’s Kick-Off Night at Mayne Stage. 7 p.m. Women & Children First welcomes Mira Ptacin, author of Poor Your Soul. 7:30…
Notable Chicago: 1/1–1/7
Monday 1/4: The Poetory features innovative spoken word performers. Open slots are first come, first served. $5, 7 p.m. at The Promontory. Tuesday 1/5: Christopher Sweet, Robert O’Connor, Mare Swallow,…