Memorial for Eddy Two-Rivers, Sat, January 10, 4 to 8 PM, at the American Indian Center, 1630 West Wilson Avenue. Please come by to break bread with those who cared for one of our community's literary lights........... Special Alert! There will be a Poetry Cram at Loose Leaf Tea Loft, 4229 N. Lincoln Ave, on Tuesday, January 13, 7:30 to 9:30 PM. All poets are invited to read.............Sad News Indeed: Eddie Two Rivers Has Passed Away, see Letters Section..........Maria Mazziotti Gillian, Nikki Giovanni and Angela Jackson are among those who have won an American Book Award........Breaking News: Due to construction at Trace, Tuesday Night Safe Smiles open mic will not be happening in January or February; they are looking for a temporary venue........Psssst. The grapevine says David Rakoff will be appearing for a Poetry Center event in February............... Elizabeth Alexander chosen to be Obama's inaugural poet........... Chicago Poet Joe Roarty is moving to Philadelphia. See his last performance in Chicago at CJ Laity's new FIRST FRIDAY poetry series .......NEWS FLASH: The controversial documentary "Killer Poet" about double murderer Norman Porter, aka JJ Jameson, will be coming to the Gene Siskel Film Center in January ........CJ Laity is asking Rod Blagojevich to resign for the sake of the people........Chicago Poetry will be represented at the Woodland Pattern Marathon Reading in January.......Some of Chicago's top female poets read at Woman Made Gallery for the wonderful "Icon" show.........Several talented poets, including John Beer, Erika Mikkalo, Simone Muench and Joel Craig, met off the beaten track to read a Moonlit Journal "floating hope corpse" for the Red Rover .........Chicago Poetry announces the new first Fridays Poetry Love-In Series at the Loose Leaf Tea Loft in Lincoln Square......The new "Encyclopedia Show" series at the Chopin Theater kicked off in a big way, with a full house, helping to revive the performance art scene in Chicago: next month's show will be about the moon, keep your eyes peeled here for details to come.............ChicagoPoetry.com is now entering its TENTH YEAR of publishing the poetry news.............CJ Laity has crossed the border into Facebook.......NEWS FLASH: Mark Doty wins the National Book Award for his book of poetry, Fire to Fire............ChicagoPoetry.com is not a SIDE................Toni Asante Lightfoot gives birth to baby Leotyn.......... Welcome to Letter eX, Chicago's Poetry News Magazine, reporting the Chicago Poetry News since 1985.............."CJ Laity gets the prize for doing Neal Cassady (aka, Dean Moriarty) better than any of the other 70 who read at the On The Road Marathon Reading at Columbia Collge." says Randy Albers, Chair, Fiction Writing Department, Columbia College Chicago...........Studs Terkel Has Passed Away, read Dan Cleary's Studs poem and find links and details in the Letters Section ..........We are now featuring new work by Laurie Blum in the Poetry Section, click on the button that says Poetry.......The attempted coup d'état has been thwarted, ChicagoPoetry.com STILL REPRESENTS THE CHICAGO POETRY SCENE.........ChicagoPoetry.com was in Grant Park when Obama gave his acceptance speech ...........Welcome to the Chicago Poetry Calendar.......Reginald Gibbons nominated for the National Book Award ............ChicagoPoetry.com will be going to the AWP conference in 2009......CJ Laity to read from On The Road on November 5......The Chicago Cultural Center opens up the Chicago Publishers Gallery: read about it in the Letters Section ......ChicagoPoetry.com gives Junkyard Ghost Revival two big quills up, excellent production!..........ChicagoPoetry.com treks out to Pilsen to check out Lisa Alvarado's book release reading in News ............We are now accepting submissions of poetry for Cram 4 .........ChicagoPoetry.com visits Beach Poets in photos .......ChicagoPoetry.com takes a close look at Al DeGenova's new book, The Blueing Hour, in Reviews ...........ChicagoPoetry.com is evolving with the demands of the current poetry scene............This is the ORIGINAL Chicago Poetry resource center, don't be fooled by cheap imitations ..........Over 200 copies of Cram 3 were given away free at this year's Printers Ball...........We support the Neutral Zone, check it out at ChicagoPoetry.net .......... Eighteen poets were selected to be included in Cram 3.........ChicagoPoetry.com is the number one authority on what is happening in the Chicago Poetry Scene ...........Check the Letters Section for discussion about the Chicago Poetry Fest ..................Chicago poet Mark Perlberg has passed away; details in the Letters Section .......CJ Laity visits Mental Graffiti at Funky Buddha Lounge .......The Letters Section is back .......250 copies of Cram Volume 2 were distributed free to the public at this year's Printers Row Book Fair .........Put down your guns and pick up your pens: Make Poetry, Not War ...... NEWS FLASH: ChicagoPoetry.com hosted the Chicago Poetry Showcase on Sunday, June 8, from 4 to 6 PM, in the Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Tent during the Printers Row Book Fair: twelve Chicago poets featured and Cram Volume 2 was released ........What a crisis, the promoters law threatened us for a day or two and then vanished, keep your eyes open for it ..... Chicago Poetry Scene BREAKING NEWS: ChicagoPoetry.com hosted a POETRY CRAM at the Harold Washington Library on Saturday, April 26 from 1 to 3 PM in celebration of National Poetry Month and as part of the Chicago Public Library Poetry Fest, all poets were welcome to participate in the poetry cram, all previous cram records have been smashed--47 poets read in the two hour event ........We can all relax now, the Mystical Pen has been put back in the vault ............Due to the TimeOut Chicago blog article ChicagoPoetry.com's traffic has increased by about ten percent, thanks TimeOut . . . ChicagoPoetry.com has reached its fundraising goal, in celebration it has purchased the domain names chicagopoetry dot-org and dot-net . . . ......... Mercury Cafe celebrates two years of poetry ....... ChicagoPoetry.com has served the Chicago Poetry Scene for over eight years now ....... Due to the strict new laws in Illinois, there will be no smoking while reading ChicagoPoetry.com .......... Chicago Poetry Scene, Yes We Can .......Maria McCray featured at In One Ear in January.....Buddha309 says goodbye to The Pigeon Man Of Lincoln Square .....CJ Laity delivers his annual State of the Chicago Poetry Scene Address ......ChicagoPoetry visits Danny's Tavern in News ........Final LIP show hosted by Emily Rose features Cassie Sparkman and Larry O. Dean at The Spot .............Poets Celebrate The City Visible in News..............The Landscape of the Chicago Poetry Scene is changing......ChicagoPoetry.com concludes its mission to find some of the Top Dogs of poetry with a review of Charlie Rossiter's new book.......In an historic event, the Poet Laureate of Illinois, Kevin Stein, made a live appearance in Humboldt Park for David Hernandez's Blue Line Studio .......Kevin Stein's appearance at Blue Line Studio was his 100th public reading since becoming Poet Laureate .......poetry readings in chicago......ChicagoPoetry.com features information about the best poets in Chicago .........Pamela Miller appears at DvA event. Poetry Gossip Continues .... .........Jessica the Pilsen jewelry queen seen at Mercury Cafe wearing a bikini in November ........Scroll down for the Chicago Poetry Scene's most complete calendar of events. ..........ChicagoPoetry.com has discovered some of the Top Dogs of Chicago Poetry. ...Eddie Two Rivers moves back to Green Bay after returning to Chicago ..........Illinois Poet Laureate Kevin Stein features with David Hernandez of Street Sounds at Blue Line Studio............. Francesco Levato takes charge of the Poetry Center of Chicago and and his head immediately swells to twice the size ..... The Winner's of our Summer Contest are published click on Chicago Poetry Online Anthology. ...Vito Carli continues popular Mercury Cafe poetry night on the third and last Friday of every month .........Puddin'head Press releases new book: Imaging Center by Sandy Goldmsith, he is now officially has published more elderly white people than anyone else in Chicago. .... ChicagoPoetry.com features information about the best poets in Chicago ...... Chicago Police bust the poets' ball in Gossip. .......... "I have been very diplomatic with the Postmodernists," says Laity, "but if they acquire a poem of mass destruction it may result in Poetry War III." ...... Nikki Giovani stands up to Virginia Tech killer. ..... The 2007 Chicago Poetry Fest combined poetry and music for a five hour show ...... ChicagoPoetry.com discovers the Nine Lives of Chicago Poetry. ..... give.....Please give a financial donation . .......Poetry Gossip: Charlie Rossiter featured at the Uptown Poetry Slam at the Green Mill .....Welcome to the home of Chicago's vibrant literary scene....... ..... Raul Nino gives a series of readings in support of his new book A Book of Mornings (March Abrazo Press) ..... Guild Complex goes international. ....Poets post poems in potties. ...... ....Fractal Edge Press breaks record for publishing the most books by Chicago area poets in the shortest amount of time; unfortunately does nothing with them......Discover the Seven Wonders of the Poetry World. ..... American Open Mike Online has received over 7,500 visitors. .....Welcome to the Chicago Poetry Community.........ChicagoPoetry.com has more links than a South Side rib joint.....The Literary Gangs of Chicago return to the Museum of Contemporary Art.......... Richard Fox celebrates new book of poetry ...... Cathleen Schandelmeier features at foot fetish poetry extravaganza ..... Dan Godston does it again with Chicago Calling Fest #3 .......Famous Chicago Poet Lydia Tomkiw has passed away.... Myopic Books continues wonderful tradition of Sunday evening poetry readings. .....Can you believe After Hours magazine is on their 15th issue???? ..... Breaking News: there will be no Beach Poets events this winter ...... Janet Kuypers needs to buy more bandwidth ..... .... City Visible, Poetry For the New Century, Cracked Slab Books, released .........What happened to Constant Poetry? .... chicagoopenmic Chicago Open Mic

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MR. CHICAGO POETRY'S PICKS AND NIX

**Wed Jan 7: The Encyclopedia Show returns to the Chopin Theater, 1543 W. Division, with "Two The Moon", featuring Bill Struss, Amy David, A.D. Jameson, Cassie Sparkman, Corey Schultz , Melanie "George" Decelles, Iggy Mwela, Rik Vasquez, Kiara Lanie, Aly Bosetti, Ralph Hardesty and Anis Mojgani, 7 PM, $5, hosted by Robbie Q Telfer and Shanny Jean Maney. Psst, the gossip around town is that you can hear last month's entire Encyclopedia Show here (thank goodness for the Chicago Poetry Gossip)..
**Wed Jan 7:, Palos Park Public Library, 12330 Forest Glen Blvd., Palos Park , open mic with feature Josh Karp, 7 PM, free.
**Thu Jan 8: Elbowing Off The Stage, 1278 North Milwaukee 4W, featuring Goodrich Gevaart, Micah Perry and Jesse Crouse, 7:30 PM, BYOB
**Fri Jan 9: Hideout, 1354 W Wabansia Ave, Dollar Store, 7 PM, $1.
**Fri Jan 9: Links Hall Fest, 3435 N. Sheffield Ave, Judith Goldman with John Beer, Nicole LeGette, Jenny Roberts, Timothy Yu, and video by Abigail Child, $10-12, 8 PM.
**Sat Jan 10: Memorial for Eddy Two-Rivers poet, playwright, director and short story writer died on December 27, 2009 after a battle with cancer. The Chicago-area memorial is scheduled for January 10, 2009 from 4:PM to 8:PM at the American Indian Center, 1630 West Wilson Avenue (near Ashland Avenue). Please come by to offer your condolences to his family and to break bread with those who cared for one of our community's literary lights.
**Sat Jan 10: Links Hall Fest, 3435 N. Sheffield Ave, Lee Ann Brown, Roberto Harrison, Nicole LeGette, and Jenny Roberts , $10-12, 8 PM.
**Sun Jan 11: Links Hall Fest, 3435 N. Sheffield Ave, Lee Ann Brown, Judith Goldman with John Beer, Jenny Roberts, Timothy Yu, and video by Abigail Child, $10-12, 7 PM.
**Sun Jan 11: Myopic Books, 1664 N. Milwaukee, Dan Godston, Liz Marino and Erin Teegarten, 7 PM
**Tue Jan 13: Chicago Poetry News Alert! Tonight there will be a Poetry Cram at Loose Leaf Tea Loft, 4229 N. Lincoln Ave, from 7:30 to 9:30 PM, featuring Lisa Alvarado, Gregorio Gomez, Donna Kiser, Jacqueline Harris, Jerome Davis, Roberto Del Rio and many more, hosted by birthday boy CJ Laity. Bring some poetry to read.
**Tue Jan 13: Darkroom, 2210 W Chicago Ave, presents Vibes and Verses, a fundraiser for 95Notes, 7 to 11 PM, highly recommended by ChicagoPoetry.com, featuring Kristiana Rae Colón, Haki Madhabuti, Triple Blak, Quraysh Ali-Lansana, Kevin Coval, Toni Asante Lightfoot, and Kelly Norman Ellis, email 95Notes@gmail.com for ticket or poetry competition info
**Tue Jan 13: Words That Kill, The Spot, 437 N Broadway, Lethal Poetry presents a comedy and spoken word showcase featuring Zachary Kluckman, Gregory Picket, The Mojdeh Project, Precise, Rik V, Chad Briggs, Jonathan Finery and more poets & Second City comedians. Doors open at 6:3o PM, $5
**Tue Jan 13: Quickies!
**Wed Jan 14: Uncommon Ground, 3800 N. Clark St, Naomi Ashley and David Kodeski, 8 to 10 PM
**Fri Jan 16: Today is the deadline to enter ChicagoPoetry.com's Cram competition, click here for details.
**Fri Jan 16: Links Hall Fest, 3435 N. Sheffield Ave, Patrick Durgin with Jen Hofer, John Keene with Christopher Stackhouse, Laurie Jo Reynolds with Amy Partridge, and video by Temporary Services , $10-12, 8 PM
**Fri Jan 16: Mercury Cafe, 1505 W. Chicago Ave, open mic with feature Erika Mikkalo, Katie Schagg, and Jacqui Wolk, 7 – 9 PM, free
**Sat Jan 17: Links Hall Fest, 3435 N. Sheffield Ave, Tradeshow, Jen Hofer with Dolores Dorantes, John Keene with Christopher Stackhouse, and Jennifer Karmin with Mars Caulton, Joel Craig, Lisa Fishman, Krista Franklin, Chris Glomski, Daniel Godston, Lily Robert-Foley, $10-12, 8 PM.
**Sat Jan 17: 3rd Saturday Coffeehouse: An Open Mic at Unity Temple in Oak Park, 875 Lake Street, with feature Urban voices of Gary, Indiana, readings from "Steel Pudding" Anthology. 7:30 sign-up, 8 PM show. Wheelchair accessible. Info at 708-660-9376.
**Sun Jan 18: Links Hall Fest, 3435 N. Sheffield Ave, Tradeshow, Jen Hofer with Dolores Dorantes, Jennifer Karmin with Kathleen Duffy, Brandi Homan, A D Jameson, Lisa Janssen, Toni Asante Lightfoot, Ira S. Murfin, Timothy Rey, and video by Laurie Jo Reynolds, $10-12, 7 PM.
**Tue Jan 20: MCA Cafe, 220 E. Chicago Ave, Literary Gangs of Chicago, Young Chicago Authors' Louder Than A Bomb, 6:30 PM.
**Tue Jan 20: Anti Gravity Surprise Inauguration Party with Book Launch & Panel Discussion at the Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington, 6 PM, free.
**Fri Jan 23: Links Hall Fest, 3435 N. Sheffield Ave, Karen Christopher, Quaraysh Ali Lansana, Vanessa Place, Nathalie Stephens, and video by Cecilia Vicuña , $10-12, 8 PM
**Sat Jan 24: Cabaret Metro, 3730 N. Clark St, Windy City Story Slam Championships, 8 PM, featuring Sergio Mayora, Marc Smith, Joe Shanahan and Don De Grazia, featuring the 12 winners from the first 12 Story Slams from each month of the past year. There will be 12 slammers and a half time show featuring (the rising star rap group) BBU. The crowd will determine the winner by level of cheer. Followed by the Minneapolis Henry's band, a selected open mic of Slam Legends and the band Thin Man.
**Sat Jan 24: Links Hall Fest, 3435 N. Sheffield Ave, Teresa Carmody with Vanessa Place, Nathalie Stephens with Christine Stewart, video by Gaelan Hanson, and video by Cecilia Vicuña , $10-12, 8 PM.
**Sun Jan 25: The Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 North State St, will present a showing of the documentary Killer Poet, a film about a convicted double murderer / cop-killer named Norman Porter who escaped from prison and pretended, for twenty years, to be a poet named JJ Jameson. 5 PM
**Sun Jan 25: Links Hall Fest, 3435 N. Sheffield Ave, Teresa Carmody, Karen Christopher, Quaraysh Ali Lansana, Christine Stewart, and video by Gaelan Hanson, $10-12, 7 PM.
**Fri Jan 30: Links Hall Fest, 3435 N. Sheffield Ave, Tisa Bryant, Duriel Harris, Miranda Mellis, video by Bryan & Jake Saner, and video by Chi Jang Yin , $10-12, 8 PM.
**Thur Jan 29: The Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 North State St, will present a showing of the documentary Killer Poet, a film about a convicted double murderer / cop-killer named Norman Porter who escaped from prison and pretended, for twenty years, to be poet JJ Jameson. 8:15 PM
**Sat Jan 31: Get off your butts and go to Milwaukee for the Woodland Pattern 15th Annual Poetry Marathon and Benefit, call 414-263-5001 to sign up. Check out the schedule here. Make a pledge to make sure ChicagoPoetry.com is represented by clicking here. Some hi-lites include Paul McComas, David Breeden, Charlie Rossiter, CJ Laity, Carlos Cumpian, Chuck Stebleton, Brenda Cardenas, Cynthia Gallaher and over one-hundred other poets.
**Sat Jan 31: Poetic Dialogue/Walking Poetry Reading, 2 PM, Sidney R. Yates Gallery at Chicago Cultural Center, a program with seven poets presented in conjunction with the exhibition Collaborative Vision: The Poetic Dialogue Project
**Sat Jan 31: Links Hall Fest, 3435 N. Sheffield Ave, – Tisa Bryant, Amina Cain with Rachel Tredon, ThickRoutes Performance Collage, and video by Bryan & Jake Saner , $10-12, 8 PM.
**Sun Feb 1: Links Hall Fest, 3435 N. Sheffield Ave, Amina Cain with Rachel Tredon, Duriel Harris, Miranda Mellis, ThickRoutes Performance Collage, and video by Chi Jang Yin, $10-12, 7 PM
**Wed Feb 4: Palos Park Public Library, 12330 Forest Glen Blvd., Palos Park , open mic with feature Larry Janowski, 7 PM, free
**Fri Feb 6: The return of the Chicago Poetry Love-In at Loose Leaf Tea Loft, 4229 N. Lincoln Ave, 8 to 10 PM, free, features TBA.
**Feb 11 thru 14, 2009: The AWP Conference comes to Chicago. With more than a dozen panel discussions, workshops and readings happening simultaneously, the only problem you'll have at the AWP Conference is trying to decide what to attend. There will be an extremely eclectic selection of poetry related events, including: Jewish Poetry vs. Poetry by Jews with Eve Grubin, Sharon Dolin, Carly Sachs, Joy Katz, Erika Meitner; Hip-hop and the Future of the Black Writer with Jessica Young, Avery R. Young, Toni Asante Lightfoot, Tacuma Roeback, Alexis Pride; Language for a New Century: Contemporary Poetry from the Middle East and Asia with Nathalie Handal, Jill Bialosky, Kimiko Hahn, Ravi Shankar, Srikanth Reddy; Building, Breaking, Rebuilding: Six Chicago Literary Landscapers with Ellen Placey Wadey, Erin Teegarden, Krista Franklin, Joel Craig, Jennifer Karmin; Poetic Responses to AIDS with Charles Flowers, Ruben Quesada, Eloise Klein Healy, Rafael Campo, Jack Wiler; Chicago Poetry Slam with Mark Eleveld, Marc Smith, Kevin Coval, Idris Goodwin; A Tribute to Gwendolyn Brooks with Quraysh Ali Lansana, Lucille Clifton, Michael Harper, Major Jackson; New Poetry from Chile, Cuba, and Mexico: A Reading with Daniel Borzutzky, Roberto Tejada, Jen Hofer, Kristin Dykstra, Brian Whitener; A Celebration of Barry Silesky with Robert Dana, Lee Webster, Robin Hemley, Richard Terrill, Mike Puican; Who's Yer Daddy? Gay Poets and the Interited Present with Jim Elledge, Mark Bibbins, Peter Covino, David Groff, Brian Teare; and many, many other poetry related events.
**Thur Feb 12: Casting the Dye: A Reading with the Affrilachian Poets, featuring poets Bianca Spriggs, Ricardo Nazario-Colon, Ellen Hagan, Frank X Walker , Mitchell Douglas, Kelly Norman Ellis, Parneshia Jones and Patricia Smith. 5:30 PM at The Art Institute of Chicago, Morton Auditorium, 111 S. Michigan Ave., Free & open to the public
**Thur Feb 12: Links Hall AWP Conference off site event, 3435 N. Sheffield Ave, $5, 6:30 PM – 11 PM, Make It New – Infrawriting / Infrastructure with Coach House Books, Flim Forum Press, TinFish Press, and a Tag Team Reading open to all.
**Fri Feb 13, 2009: Making Scenes: Chicago Poetry Communities from 1939-2009. Panelists include Catherine Wagner, Evie Shockley, Margo Crawford, Chuck Stebelton, CJ Laity, Joel Craig. Of central importance to the Black Arts movement and the spoken word movement, Chicago has also been home to a number of experimental poetry communities. Bringing together widely differing aesthetics and contextualizing the communities that produced them, the panel offers an opportunity for both panelists and audience to break down the usual aesthetic fences. 10:30 to 11:45 AM, part of the AWP Conference
**Fri Feb 13: : Jazz Showcase, 47 W. Polk St, The Guild Complex, Letras Latinas and Poetry Magazine presents a special edition of Palabra Pura. Following up on the multi-voiced off-site Latino poetry reading hosted by ACENTOS in NYC last year during AWP, Palabra Pura will be hosting their own “One Poem Festival,” featuring an ample roster of Latino and Latina poets from Chicago and out of town. Features include Maurice Kilwein Guevara, Silvia Curbelo, Achy Obejas, Carl Marcum. Gabriela Jauregui, Paul Martinez Pompa, Linda Rodriguez, Daniel A. Olivas, Lisa Alvarado, Rich Villar, Gina Franco, Gabriel Gomez, Johanny Vasquez Paz, and many others. 6 to 7:30 PM.
**Fri Feb 13: Links Hall AWP Conference off site event, 3435 N. Sheffield Ave, $5, 6:30 PM – 11 PM, Red Rover Series presents Experiment #26: Friday Night in Chicago – A Small Press Showcase with Action Books, Effing Press, Flood Editions, Futurepoem Books, Les Figues Press, Slack Buddha Press, Switchback Books, & Ugly Duckling Press.
**Fri Feb 13, 2009: Chicago Center for the Performing Arts, 777 N. Green St, UniVerse of Free Expression: A Festival of International Poetry, 8 PM. A celebration of internationally acclaimed poets and visionaries, featuring readings by Kwame Dawes (Jamaica/Ghana), Fady Joudah (Palestine), Ilya Kaminsky (Ukraine), and Ofelia Zepeda (Tohono O'odham Nation), poetry films, a celebratory remembrance of Nadia Anjoman (a young Afghani woman who was murdered in 2005, many feel for publishing her poetry), poetry and music by Richard Fammerée, Carrie Ingrisano and Rachel Webster, plus a Midnight Free Love Slam and Open Mic, hosted by Marc Kelly Smith. An "off campus" AWP conference event
**Sat Feb 14 Poems About Love with Cynthia Atkins, Kurt Brown, A. Van Jordan, Paul Muldoon, Elise Paschen, and Robert Polito, 6:30 PM, The Chandler Building , 450 Waterside Drive, Refreshments, Free & open to the public
**Sat Feb 14: Links Hall AWP Conference off site event, 3435 N. Sheffield Ave, $5, 6:30 PM – 11 PM, Performance Ventures - Sound, Video, Hypertext, & Poets Theater with Mark Booth, Justin Cabrillos, Laura Goldstein, Kristin Hayter, Jennifer Karmin, Judd Morrissey, Eddie Salem, and a few surprises
**Sat Feb 14:, Chicago Cultural Center, Claudia Cassidy Theater, Panel Discussion, “Collaborative Vision: The Poetic Dialogue Project”, 2:30 PM. A panel discussion on the collaborative process between poets and visual artists, moderated by Beth Shadur, guest curator.
**Sat Feb 21: 3rd Saturday Coffeehouse: An Open Mic at Unity Temple in Oak Park, 875 Lake Street, with DOUBLE FEATURE Al DeGenova and Jared Smith , 7:30 sign-up, 8 PM show. Wheelchair accessible. Info at 708-660-9376.
**Thur Feb 27:, Chicago Cultural Center, Sidney R. Yates Gallery, GALLERY TALK: “Collaborative Vision: The Poetic Dialogue Project”. Guest curator Beth Shadur discusses this exhibition. 12:15 PM
**Wed March 4:, Palos Park Public Library, 12330 Forest Glen Blvd., Palos Park , open mic with feature Al DeGenova, 7 PM, free
**Wed April 1:, Palos Park Public Library, 12330 Forest Glen Blvd., Palos Park , open mic with feature Kristin LaTour, 7 PM, free
**Fri April 17 The Marriage of Poetry: The 2nd annual celebration of poetry and poetry married to new media, 6 PM, FLATFILEgalleries, 217 N Carpenter, refreshments, Free & open to the public
**Sun, April 19, 2009: Last year poets around town performed in public places in celebration of National Poetry Month. The poetry gossip on the street is that today, the second annual "Poetry Bomb" will take place
**Sat April 25, 2009: Harold Washington Library, Chicago Poetry Fest featuring Rita Dove and the 2nd Annual Chicago Poetry Cram hosted by CJ Laity

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