Notable Chicago

Friday 3/27: Aron Dunlap on Lacan and Religion at Seminary Co-op. 6 p.m., free. Hope Springs Eternal at The Hideout for Funny Ha-Ha, hosted this month by Claire Zulkey. Featured readers: Tyler Snodgrass, Kimberly Bellware, Emily Graslie, Carly Oishi, Rebecca…

Friday 3/20: Local author, cartoonist, and graphic novelist Lucy Knisely chats about her two new works, Displacement and An Age of License. Women & Children First, 7 p.m. Richard Price discusses The Whites. The Book Cellar, 7 p.m. Roosevelt University’s…

Friday 3/13: Naked Girls Reading Chicago celebrates their sixth anniversary of nude performance with Girls Gone Wilde. Studio L’Amour (BYO), 7 p.m. Purchase your $20 tickets here! Saturday 3/14: The Poetry Foundation’s Forms and Features: Ekphrastic Poetry workshop is currently…

Saturday 3/7: The Chicago Author’s Club chats with poets Hannah Gamble and Brian Russell at Open Books. 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., free. The Danny’s Reading Series takes a field trip to Sector 2337. Olivia Cronk (author of Skin Horse)…

Friday 2/27: Poets, musicians, storytellers, and comedians perform at Opaque Reading, a monthly live-lit series at Uncharted Books. 7 p.m., free. Jeff Phillips and Daniel Gerald Mac Rae have joined forces to create Zizobotchi Papers, a journal dedicated to the…

Friday 2/20: Bad Grammar Theater begins at 6 p.m. and runs until 9 p.m. at Powell’s Bookstore University Village. Come and go as you please! Gerber/Hart Library’s BTQ Book Group welcomes Carol Anshaw to discuss her book, Aquamarine. 7-9 p.m.,…

Friday 2/13: The Poetry Foundation hosts Poetry Out Loud: Chicago Regionals, where Chicago high school champs compete for the chance to represent Illinois at the Poetry Out Loud National Finals this April in Washington, DC. 10:30 a.m., free. The Misadventures…

Friday 2/6: February’s installment of “The Interview Show” at The Hideout features On Immunity and Notes from No Man’s Land author Eula Bliss. Hosted by Mark Bazer at 6:30 p.m., $10 admission. Saturday 2/7: Celebrate the release of Halle Butler’s…

Friday 1/30: The American Library Association sets up the 2015 Chicago Midwinter Meeting at McCormick Place until Tuesday, February 3. You don’t have to be a librarian to attend, but you will need to register. Chicago radio personalities make their…

Friday 1/23: Seminary Co-op hosts a panel discussion about diversity in children’s books, 6:30 p.m. Shermin Nahid Kruse discusses her new novel, Butterfly Stitching, at The Book Cellar. 7 p.m., free. If you’re 21 or over, get ready to take…

Friday 1/16: Non-profit writing and tutoring center 826CHI opens its doors for tours of its new home at 1276 North Milwaukee Avenue. Co-founder Dave Eggers joins “gypsy jazz” band Swang for an evening of writing activities, music, and refreshments. 5…

Friday 1/9: Every Friday, Powell’s Bookstore University Village hosts free readings for children at 10 a.m. This week’s provides one last extracurricular literary hurrah before the little ones’ winter break ends! Have a laugh (and a drink) with comedy group The…