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3 | After Hours Press open mic | https://ww.w.facebook.com/After-Hours-Press-153147654706491/ | Monthly reading series and open mic limited to past and present After Hours contributors | Friday | reading series with limited open mic | all ages | ||||||||||||||||||||
4 | American Writers Museum | https://americanwritersmuseum.org/ | Various readings, discussion groups, etc. | Various | reading series, discussion groups, etc. | all ages | ||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Chicago Poetry Center Blue Hour Reading Series | https://www.poetrycenter.org/category/reading-series/ | Free reading series and generative writing workshop. The series features emerging and established as well as local, national, and international writers. | 3rd Wednesday | reading series | all ages | ||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Chicago Writers Association | https://www.chicagowrites.org/ | Various readings, discussion groups, etc. | Various | reading series, discussion groups, etc. | |||||||||||||||||||||
7 | City Lit | https://www.citylitbooks.com/ | bookstore hosting readings series, book discussions, etc. | all ages | ||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Guild Complex | guildcomplex.org | Regular reading series including Palabra Pura, annual prizes, etc | n/a | reading series, prizes | varies based on location | ||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Junior Varsity | https://www.facebook.com/groups/162076010885598/ | Junior Varsity is a twice-monthly workshop performance held at various locations on the north side of Chicago. It's an intentionally aspirational space where artists from varying genres present in-progress-pieces to an audience of present and future friends. We workshop the pieces together, with the twin goals of learning to make effective work and to give more effective feedback | no longer running? | reading series/workshop space | varies based on location | ||||||||||||||||||||
10 | No Assholes Reading Series/Literary Magazine | https://www.facebook.com/noassholeslitmag/ | "A queer and beautiful journal" | Various | reading series and literary journal | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 | Poetry at the Outdoor Cafe | reading series | all ages | |||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Poetry Foundation | www.poetryfoundation.org | Various readings, discussion groups, etc. | Various | reading series, discussion groups, etc. | all ages | ||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Rhino Reads | https://rhinopoetry.org/rhino-reads/ | Monthly reading series and open mic | Friday | reading series with open mic -- affiliated with the Rhino literary journal | all ages | ||||||||||||||||||||
14 | Sunday Reading Series | www.sundayreadingseries.com | Poetry, prose, cocktails -- three to four featured readers, held at the Hungry Brain | Sunday | reading series | 21+ | ||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Sunday Salon Chicago | sundaysalon-chicago.com | Sunday | reading series | ||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Tangelo Reading Series | https://www.facebook.com/tangeloreadings/ | Tangelo is a monthly literary reading series hosted by the OGGI Gallery. Events the second Thursday of every month. | Thursday -- second Thursday each month | reading series | |||||||||||||||||||||
17 | The Paper Machete | thepapermachete.org | The Paper Machete is a weekly "live magazine." It takes place every Saturday at 3p in the Green Mill & is free to attend. | Saturday | reading series | 21+ | ||||||||||||||||||||
18 | Traveling Mollys | https://www.facebook.com/MollysReadingSeries/ | Second Monday of Every Month, open mic literary reading and featured reader -- held at Buzz Cafe in Oak Park | Monday | reading series with open mic | all ages | ||||||||||||||||||||
19 | Tuesday Funk Reading Series | https://tuesdayfunk.org | Eclectic monthly reading series | Tuesdays -- first Tuesday of the month | reading series | |||||||||||||||||||||
20 | Volumes Book Cafe Monthly Open Mic | https://www.volumesbooks.com/monthly-open-mic | Join us on the first Wednesday of every month for our Open Mic series! Poetry and prose are both welcome, though we do ask that you keep your performance to around 5 minutes. Sometimes includes a featured reader. | Wednesday -- first Wednesday of the month | Open mic with featured reader | all ages | ||||||||||||||||||||
21 | Women & Children First | https://www.womenandchildrenfirst.com/ | one of the largest feminist bookstores in the country. also serves as a neighborhood bookstore and community space to Edgewater, Rogers Park, and other parts of the northside of Chicago and Evanston. | Various | bookstore hosting readings series, book discussions, etc. | all ages | ||||||||||||||||||||
22 | Soul Sessions | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | Uncharted Books | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | Waiting for the Bus | http://www.waiting4thebus.com/ | open mic with featured reader(s) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
25 | Elizabeth’s Crazy Little Thing | https://www.facebook.com/groups/123243971057486/ | Open mic night for poetry, music, comedy, performance art, literary experiments, and whatever you can come up with. Push the envelope; hurt us with your weirdness. We welcome the cerebral, the obscene, the grotesque, the random, the perverted, the odd, the comforting, and the disconcerting. | Wednesdays -- monthly | open mic with featured reader(s) | 21+ | ||||||||||||||||||||
26 | Highland Park Poetry | http://www.highlandparkpoetry.org/ | Saturdays -- monthly | open mic with featured reader | all ages | |||||||||||||||||||||
27 | Big Kids Slam | https://twitter.com/bigkidslam | Que4 Gallery 2643 W. Chicago | last Friday of the month | slam | 18+ | ||||||||||||||||||||
28 | Homolatte | http://www.homolatte.com | queer words and music at Big Chicks/Tweet | Tuesdays -- monthly | featured performers | 21+ | ||||||||||||||||||||
29 | Woman-Made Gallery Readings | https://womanmade.org/poetry/ | Woman Made Gallery hosts literary events that coincide with each of our juried group exhibitions. The current poetry series is curated by Nina Corwin. | Sundays -- occasionally | open mic with featured readers | all ages | ||||||||||||||||||||
30 | The Filling Station | The Filling Station is a monthly, free reading series hosted by Willie James and Matthew Kelsey. It occurs the 4th Friday of each month (with occasional substitutions) from 6:30-7:30 at City Lit Books. | Friday -- 4th Friday of the month usually | featured performers | all ages | |||||||||||||||||||||
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