Notable Chicago: 6/19–6/25
Friday 6/19: Poets Nate Klug and Anthony Opal present their respective collections, Anyone and ACTION, at Seminary Co-op. 6 p.m. Local writer Ben Tanzer reads from The New York Stories:…
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Notable Chicago: 6/12–6/18
Friday 6/12: Live lit, loud laughs—The Kates! The Book Cellar, 7 p.m. Those chicks are on the loose again, this time featuring performers Liz Baudler, Niki Gee, Maggie Jenkins, and…
Notable Chicago: 6/5–6/11
Friday 6/5: Mark Dostert discusses his memoir, Up in Here: Jailing Kids on Chicago’s Other Side, with Alex Kotlowitz (There Are No Children Here). City Lit Books, 6:30 p.m. CAKE…
Notable Chicago: 5/29–6/4
Friday 5/29: Nathan Poole chats with Patricia Grace King about his short story collection, Father Brother Keeper. City Lit Books, 6:30 p.m. Jessica Hopper discusses The First Collection of Criticism…
Notable Chicago: 5/22–5/28
Friday 5/22: Witness Literature for All of Us, youth poetry bash style. Poetry Foundation, 1 p.m. City Lit Books welcomes David Masciotra and Kev Wright for an evening of Words…
Notable Chicago: 5/15–5/21
Friday 5/15: Uncharted Books hosts “Technobabble,” a workshop for fiction writers and enthusiasts. To sign up, e-mail colesign@gmail.com. 6:30 p.m. The Book Cellar welcomes Tall Grass Writers Guild for an…
Notable Chicago: 5/8–5/14
Friday 5/8: Zine writers, indie publishers, and comic artists gather for the sixth annual Chicago Zine Fest. Access Living, 5 p.m. Sandy Tolan talks Children of the Stone with Philip…
Notable Chicago: 5/1–5/7
Friday 5/1: Nami Mun, Alec Nevala-Lee, Vu Tran, and Wailin Wong read at Open Books in a Celebration of Asian American Writers. Co-presented with the Chicago Writers Conference, 6 p.m.…
Notable Chicago: 4/24–4/30
Friday 4/24: The Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo (C2E2) opens at 11 a.m. and runs until Sunday at 5 p.m. You need to purchase tickets to attend the weekend-long event…
Notable Chicago: 4/17–4/23
Friday 4/17: Head to Powell’s Bookstore for this month’s Bad Grammar Theater, 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Farm Sanctuary co-founder and president Gene Baur provides the ultimate guide to mindful…
Notable Chicago: 4/10–4/16
Friday 4/10: Head to Hideout for The Interview Show, hosted by Mark Bazer. This month’s installment welcomes guests David Axelrod, Sarah Spain, Craig Benzine, and Mick Jenkins. 9 p.m., $15.…
Notable Chicago: 4/3–4/9
Friday 4/3: Charles McLeod and Ryan Ridge read from their respective collections, Settlers of Unassigned Lands and American Homes. City Lit Books, 6:30 p.m. Peter Turchi discusses writing as “puzzle,…