The illustrious Poetry Foundation will be hosting their 4th annual Printers’ Ball this August. If you went last year, as some of us poor folks did you know what I’m talking about when I say, “Let’s hope all the Chicago Blue don’t show up...”
Here are the details thus far:
4th Annual Printers’ Ball
Museum of Contemporary Art
220 East Chicago Avenue
5 PM / Free
Spend your first Sunday of June with us here at StoryStudio for our Write-a-Thon then
take part in this great event the following weekend!
First saturday of every month 7pm
Next show: June 7th
Kate the Great’s Book Emporium
773.561.1932
5550 N. Broadway
(corner of Broadway & Bryn Mawr)
$10 - suggested donation
PLUS killer book deals
PLUS free coffee
PLUS funny folks
june line up:
Sarah Clark
Jennifer Ann Coffeen
Jillian Erickson
Kelsie Huff
Janet Kane
Kendra Stevens
Amy Sumpter
If you’re not doing anything this Wednesday evening, our friends at CPW are hosting a wonderful event to help get you on your way to becoming published!
How to Get Published:
Tips for First-Time Authors
Wednesday, May 21, 6–8 p.m.
National-Louis University
122 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago
Iris Waichler, freelance writer and one of the authors of A Book is Born: 24 Authors Tell All, will offer advice on how to assemble a publishing team and attract a publisher. Don’t miss this opportunity to gain insightful advice from an acclaimed author who has been in your shoes!
If you’re not doing anything this Saturday you should join our friends over at MAKE magazine celebrating their third annual Lit Fair. Per their press release:
ZINE, COMICS, AND OTHER
HIP LIT FAIR
Saturday, May 17, 2008,
noon - 4 pm MCA
Admission is free!
Join us for our third annual Zines, Comics, and Other Hip Lit Fair
celebrating independent press in all forms, including zines, comics,
graphic novels, artist books, and much more. Visitors get a chance to
meet the hottest zinesters and comics around and purchase affordable,
one-of-a-kind books and original artworks. Take part in signings and
serious book shopping featuring emerging and well-known authors,
artists, comics, and poets selected by Quimby’s Bookstore and the MCA.
Participants include: Fall of Autumn Press, Al Burian and Grant Reynolds of
Singularity, Billy Da Bunny of Loop Distro, Ezra Claytan Daniels, lb of
truckface, Laura Park and Lilli Carré, Matt Fagan of Meniscus
Enterprises, Sarah Becan of Shortpants Press, Aaron Christensen of
HORROR 101 with Dr. AC, Jake Austen of Roctober Productions, Michelle
Aiello of Indigo, Sharon Woodhouse of Lake Claremont Press, Paul Nudd,
Sally Alatall of Sara Ranchouse Publishing, MAKE: A Chicago Literary Magazine, Dave
Rothbart of FOUND Magazine, Jonathan Messinger of Featherproof Press, Bradley
Adita of Adita Zine, Ryanne Baynham of Front Forty Press, Ed Marszweski
of Lumpen, Christa Donner of Lady Friend Zine, Eric Labrat, and Matt
Bergstrom of Build Your Own Chicago Postcard.
This one’s from Marissa:
As some of you know I spent the better part of the last few months teaching with an amazing arts/literacy program, Hands on Stanzas for the Poetry Center of Chicago. I was a Poet in Residence at Smyser Elementary (located on the west side of our fair city), teaching the entire fourth grade (108) kids the wonders of poetry.
In celebration of the all the schools involved with this program, and all the hardworking Poets in Residence; we are having an All Schools Reading on Wednesday May 7th, at 6:30 PM. The Art Institute is hosting the event in their Ballroom located at 112 S. Michigan Ave.
There will be a little reception following the reading (each kid is only reading 2 poems a piece, so I can’t imagine it running past 8 pm). Expect animal crackers and juice for the reception - it’s kid friendly, though I am sure there will be adult fare as well.
It would be great to see some friendly faces there - BTW my two kids rock: one will be the next Marianne Moore, and the other one is the next Saul Williams.
Come out and support a free night of kids reading poetry, and lend some support towards an amazing arts program in Chicago.
Thanks and hope all of you spent some part of April celebrating National Poetry Month.
-Marissa.
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