Around the City January 12 – 26

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Chicago: January 12 – January 26

Featured Event   POETRY FOUNDATION  Drinking Gourd: An Evening of Poetry and Music Tuesday, January 13 7:00 PM Poetry Foundation 61 West Superior Street  Free admission POETRY FOUNDATION Drinking Gourd: An Evening of Poetry and Music featuring Willie Lin, Chris Abani & Tatsu Aoki Tuesday, January 13, 7:00 PM Poetry Foundation 61 West Superior Street Free admission POETRY FOUNDATION Wednesday Poemtime Wednesday, January 14, 10:00 AM Poetry Foundation 61 West Superior Street Free admission CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY Journal of Ordinary Thought Writing Group Wednesday, January 14, 6:00 PM Bezazian Branch 1226 West Ainslie Street Free admission ELIZABETH'S CRAZY LITTLE THING Featuring Edwin R. Perry Wednesday, January 14, 9:00 PM Phyllis' Musical Inn 1800 West Division Free admission POETRY FOUNDATION Library Book Club Friday, January 16, 12:30 PM–1:30 PM Poetry Foundation 61 West Superior Street Free admission Please register in advance by emailing library@poetryfoundation.org POETRY FOUNDATION Poetry Foundation Library: Special Saturday Hours Saturday, January 17, 10:00 AM–3:00 PM Poetry Foundation 61 West Superior Street Free admission POETRY FOUNDATION Saturday Poemtime Saturday, January 17, 10:30 AM Poetry Foundation 61 West Superior Street Free admission POETRY FOUNDATION Forms and Features: Pantoum Saturday, January 17, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Poetry Foundation 61 West Superior Street Free admission Pre-registration required: library@poetryfoundation.org All spots currently filled STEPPENWOLF THEATRE Explore: The World of Airline Highway featuring Gregorio Gomez, Marty McConnell & Billy Tuggle Saturday, January 17, 5:30 PM 1624 North Halsted Street Free admission RSVP by calling Audience Services at 312-335-1650 UDUMBARA ZEN CENTER Featuring Charlie Rossiter Sunday, January 18, 2:00 PM Udumbara Zen Center 501 Sherman Avenue Evanston, IL Free admission WATERLINE WRITERS Featuring Eric Bodwell, Lennart Lundh, and more Sunday, January 18, 7:00 PM Water Street Studios 160 South Water Street Batavia, IL $5.00 Donation appreciated GREENMILL JAZZ CLUB Uptown Poetry Slam Sunday, January 18, 7:00 PM Green Mill Jazz Club 4802 North Broadway Avenue $7.00 admission WAITING 4 THE BUS Featuring Quraysh Ali Lansana, Christopher Stewart & David Bublitz Monday, January 19, 7:00 PM Powell's Bookstore University Village 1218 South Halsted Street Donations appreciated POETRY FOUNDATION The Open Door Readings: January Tuesday, January 20, 7:00 PM Poetry Foundation 61 West Superior Street Free admission POETRY FOUNDATION Wednesday Poemtime Wednesday, January 21, 10:00 AM Poetry Foundation 61 West Superior Street Free admission CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY Journal of Ordinary Thought Writing Group Wednesday, January 21, 6:00 PM Bezazian Branch 1226 West Ainslie Street Free admission THE POETRY CENTER OF CHICAGO Six Points Reading Series featuring C.Russell Price and Valerie Wallace Wednesday, January 21, 6:00 PM Chicago Cultural Center Garland Room 78 East Washington Street Free admission SUNDAY SALON Featuring Donald Evans, Goldie Goldbloom, Eric May, Frances McNamara, and Mark Turcotte Sunday, January 25, 7:00 PM Riverview Tavern 1958 West Roscoe Street Free admission  GREEN MILL JAZZ CLUB Uptown Poetry Slam Sunday, January 25, 7:00 PM Green Mill Jazz Club 4802 North Broadway Avenue $7.00 admission THE POETRY BROTHEL The Medicine Show Sunday, January 25, 8:00 PM The Back Room 102 Norfolk Street Free admission ONGOING POETRY FOUNDATION GALLERY Trevor Winkfield's Pageant January 6 – March 13 Poetry Foundation 61 West Superior Street Free admission

Forward to a friend Find us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Submit an event If you would like your poetry event to be included in the Around the City Newsletter, please e-mailmedia@poetryfoundation.org with a web link to your event site. Also include the event sponsor or series, names of featured poets, and date and time. January 28: Language Matters with Bob Homan: A Celebration of Mother Tongues 7PM: There are over 6,000 languages remaining in the world. We lose one every two weeks. Noted filmmaker David Grubin and poet Bob Holman have teamed up to produce Language Matters, a two-hour documentary that asks:What do we lose when a language dies? What does it take to save a language?  Presented in partnership with WTTW.