Around the City February 9 – February 23

Chicago: February 9 – February 23

Featured Event   POETRY FOUNDATION  Love, What Language Do You Speak? Saturday, February 14 5:00 PM Poetry Foundation 61 West Superior Street  Free admission POETRY FOUNDATION Wednesday Poemtime Wednesday, February 11, 10:00 AM Poetry Foundation 61 West Superior Street Free admission ELIZABETH'S CRAZY LITTLE THING Featuring Emily Calvo Wednesday, February 11, 9:00 PM Phyllis' Musical Inn 1800 West Division Street Free admission POETRY FOUNDATION Reading and Discussion: Meena Alexander Thursday, February 12, 6:00 PM Museum of Contemporary Photography 600 South Michigan Avenue Chicago, IL, 60605 Free admission POETRY FOUNDATION Poetry Out Loud: Chicago Regionals Friday, February 13, 10:30 AM Poetry Foundation 61 West Superior Street Free admission ILLINOIS STATE POETRY SOCIETY Central Chapter Saturday, February 14, 1:00 PM Pontiac Public Library 211 East Madison Street Pontiac, IL Free admission POETRY FOUNDATION Love, What Language Do You Speak? Saturday, Feburary 14, 5:00 PM Poetry Foundation 61 West Superior Street Free admission WOMAN MADE GALLERY DOCUMENTATION: For the Record Sunday, February 15, 1:30 PM Woman Made Gallery 685 North Milwaukee Aveue Free admission GREEN MILL JAZZ CLUB Uptown Poetry Slam Sunday, February 15, 7:00 PM Green Mill Jazz Club 4802 North Broadway Avenue $7 admission CHICAGO SLAM WORKS The LitMash Monday, February 16, 7:30 PM Haymarket Pub & Brewery 737 West Randolph Street $8 admission POETRY FOUNDAITON The Open Door Readings: February Tuesday, February 17, 7:00 PM Poetry Foundation 61 West Superior Street Free admission POETRY FOUNDATION Wednesday Poemtime Wednesday, February 18, 10:00 AM Poetry Foundation 61 West Superior Street Free admission LOYOLA UNIVERSITY A Reading with David Roderick Thursday, February 19, 7:00 PM Klarchek Information Commons 6501 North Kenmore Avenue Free admission POETRY FOUNDATION & OLD TOWN SCHOOL OF FOLK MUSIC Greil Marcus with Jon Langford & Sally Timms Thursday, February 19, 8:00 PM Old Town School of Folk Music Gary and Laura Maurer Concert Hall 4545 North Lincoln Avenue Tickets $12 General Public; $10 Members POETRY FOUNDATION Library Book Club Friday, February 20, 12:30 PM-1:30 PM Poetry Foundation 61 West Superior Street Free admission Please register in advance by emailinglibrary@poetryfoundation.org. POETRY FOUNDATION Poetry Foundation Library: Special Saturday Hours Saturday, February 21, 10:00 AM–2:00 PM Poetry Foundation 61 West Superior Street Free admission POETRY FOUNDATION Saturday Poemtime Saturday, February 21, 10:30 AM Poetry Foundation 61 West Superior Street Free admission POETRY FOUNDATION Forms and Features: Rhyme Saturday, February 21, 1:00–3:00 PM Poetry Foundation 61 West Superior Street Free admission Please register in advance by emailinglibrary@poetryfoundation.org RHINO READS Poetry Forum Workshop with Kelly Norman Ellis Sunday, February 22, 1:30 PM Evanston Public Library 1703 Orrington Avenue $5-$10 donation appreciated POETRY FOUNDATION The Penelopiad Sunday, February 22, 3:00 PM Monday, February 23, 7:00 PM Tuesday, February 24, 7:00 PM Poetry Foundation 61 West Superior Street Free admission GREEN MILL JAZZ CLUB Uptown Poetry Slam Sunday, February 22 7:00 PM Green Mill Jazz Club 4802 North Broadway Avenue $7 admission ONGOING POETRY FOUNDATION GALLERY Trevor Winkfield's Pageant January 6 – March 13 Open Monday – Friday, 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM Poetry Foundation 61 West Superior Street Free admission UKRANIAN INSTITUTE OF MODERN ART Convergence: The Poetic Dialogue Project February 6 – March 22 Open Wednesday – Sunday, 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM 2320 West Chicago Avenue Free admission

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. February 26: Michael Miles: From Senegal to Seeger 7:00 PM: Michael J. Miles's acclaimed one-man show features the musical and written works of Pete Seeger, Carl Sandburg, Woody Guthrie, Walt Whitman, Johann Sebastian Bach, Mark Twain, and others. On Wednesday, February 25, Michael Miles will also be leading a Special Edition of Children's Poemtime. Protest, passion, politics, poetry—the banjo is the voice of the people.