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Rachel Natale
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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 Cervantes share work in English and Spanish for Contratiempo: She…
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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 and Ending Women’s Bullying. Women & Children First, 4 p.m.…
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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 and Kate Hawbaker-Krohn for this month’s Sappho’s Salon. All proceeds…
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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 Galeano Off the Shelf as part of A Celebration of…
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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 Matadors,” a stage adaptation of a passage from Jay Wright’s…
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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 the Hyde Park Art Center in WITHHELD, an interactive poetry performance. 2 p.m.…
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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 Bosetti’s immersive sound work Plane/Taléa “expands and exposes a single…
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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 Heiter (Seized), and Andrew Grant (False Positive) host A Thrilling!…
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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 p.m. Tuesday 1/26: The Poetry Foundation hosts a celebration in…
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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 student Aozora Brockman join DePaul University’s Chris Green and student…
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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 p.m. Thursday 1/14: Pulitzer Prize-winner Margo Jefferson discusses Negroland: A…
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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, Lori Rader-Day, and Chuck Sudo get Tuesday Funk-y. Hopleaf, 7:30…