Events

Upcoming Foundation Events in Chicago

Toddler Poemtime
Event

Wednesday, February 8, 11:00AM

Toddler Poemtime

The Poetry Foundation Library welcomes children ages 3 to 5 to a weekly storytime event that introduces poetry through fun, interactive readings and games. Admission is granted on a first come, first...

Event

Wednesday, February 8, 4:00PM–5:00PM

Elementary Poemtime

The Poetry Foundation Library welcomes students in grades 2 to 4 to a monthly hour of poetry reading featuring age-accessible poetry, crafts, and games. Admission is granted on a first come, first served basis.

Library Book Club
Event

Friday, February 10, 12:30PM–1:30PM

Library Book Club

All experience levels are welcome to a monthly book group moderated by library staff. In 2012, the library celebrates Poetry’s centennial by discussing a title from a contributor to that month’s issue....

Poetry on Stage<br />Dreamweaver: The Works of Langston Hughes
Performance

Friday, February 10, 7:00PM
Saturday, February 11, 3:00PM

Poetry on Stage
Dreamweaver: The Works of Langston Hughes

Actor and writer David Mills’s one-person dramatic rendition of Langston Hughes’s poems and short stories journeys through the Harlem Renaissance—from the 1920s through the 1960s. Mills portrays Hughes’s...

Poetry Out Loud: Chicago Regional Finals
Event

Friday, February 17, 10:00AM

Poetry Out Loud: Chicago Regional Finals

Champions from Chicago high schools recite poems for the chance to represent Illinois at the Poetry Out Loud National Finals in Washington, DC, in May 2012. Last year 365,000 students around the country...

Poetry on Stage: FJORDS
Performance

Thursday, February 23, 7:00PM
Friday, February 24, 7:00PM
Saturday, February 25, 7:00PM
Sunday, February 26, 7:00PM

Poetry on Stage: FJORDS

A multidisciplinary, multimedia collaborative work by Manual Cinema and the Chicago Q Ensemble, FJORDS imaginatively presents the poetry of Zachary Schomburg. Toeing the line between live scored cinema and...

<em>Poetry</em> Presents: Shoot the Canon
Event

Thursday, March 1, 6:00PM

Poetry Presents: Shoot the Canon

Poetry presents poets performing covers of and reading discoveries from the last 100 years of  the magazine, featuring Christian Bök, Peter Gizzi, K. Silem Mohammed, Tracie Morris, Vanessa Place, Sina...

Poetry off the Shelf<br /><em>Fifth Wednesday Journal</em>: Illinois Poets Past and Present
Event

Friday, March 2, 5:30PM–8:30PM

Poetry off the Shelf
Fifth Wednesday Journal: Illinois Poets Past and Present

Contemporary poets read their original poetry as well as poetry by a famed Illinois poet of the past. Christina Pugh, an associate professor of English at the University of Illinois at Chicago; will read...

Poetry off the Shelf: Carol Ann Duffy and Philip Levine
Event

Friday, March 2, 8:30PM

Poetry off the Shelf: Carol Ann Duffy and Philip Levine

The British and United States Poets Laureate appear together for a rare joint reading and conversation moderated by Poetry senior editor Don Share.

Carol Ann Duffy was raised in Staffordshire in the West...

Event

Wednesday, March 7, 4:00PM–5:00PM

Teen Book Club

Students of all experience levels currently enrolled in grades 9 to 12 are invited to a monthly poetry discussion group. In a conversation moderated by Poetry Foundation youth services assistant David...

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