Notable Chicago

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

Friday 12/18: Fatimah Asghar, Franny Choi, Nate Marshall, Aaron Samuels, Danez Smith, and Jamila Woods of Dark Noise read. Poetry Foundation, 7 p.m. Sunday 12/20: Naomi Huffman and Leah Pickett…