Wednesday, November 19
Poetry and Contratiempo magazines present a bilingual reading featuring the poetry of Roberto Bolaño (introduced and read by Jorge Frisancho), short fiction by Raul Dorantes, and poems by Leila Wilson and Jorge Sánchez
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Café Efebos
1640 s Blue Island Ave.
(in Pilsen, between 16th & 18th)
admission and magazines are free
Thursday November 20
Playwright Mickle Maher and Adam Rosenberg and Amy Stern, students from the MFA in Writing program at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, will read at 7pm at Powell’s Bookstore, located at 2850 N. Lincoln. Call (773) 248-1444
Mickle Maher is a co-founder of Chicago’s Theater Oobleck and the author of numerous plays, including An Apology for the Course and Outcome of Certain Events Delivered by Doctor John Faustus on This His Final Evening, and The Hunchback Variations. Recent plays include Spirits to Enforce (Theater Oobleck), Cyrano (translator) and The Cabinet (Redmoon Theater), and Lady Madeline (Steppenwolf). His children’s book, Master Stitchum and the Moon, is published by Bollix Books. His plays are published by Hope and Nonthings. He is currently working on a libretto about Don Quixote.
Starting last Friday
Cut to the Quick: Splayed Verbiage (A festival of 10-minute plays with no time to waste! ) The show runs Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm and Sundays at 2:00pm November 16 - December 21.
FEATURING
Yes to Everything by Philip Dawkins, directed by Lavina Jadhwani
78 by Laurel Haines, directed by Gina LoPiccolo
The New Lonely by Andrew Hinderaker, directed by Vance Smith
Space by Laura Jacqmin, directed by Megan Schuchman
One Lucky Duck by Matthew Swaye, directed by Gina LoPiccolo
The Best Christmas Ever by Amy Whittenberger, directed by Kyra Lewandowski
Not That (But Something Else) by Brian Golden, directed by Chelsea Marcantel
Agony in the Garden by Crystal Skillman, directed by Dan Foss
O’Dark Thirty by Aaron Carter, directed by Daniel Caffrey
Ethnic Cleansing Day by Brett Neveu, directed by Eric Ziegenhagen
Slave Day by Wilderness Sarchild, directed by Mignon McPherson-Nance
Black and White by Mark Young, directed by Anna C. Bahow
Click here for more information.
Saturday, November 22
The first Illinois statewide write-in meet up will be from 1-4pm. Information on the location can be found here.
Sandwiches and chips will be available starting at 12:15. It’s a chance to chat before the write-in starts. You can find more information and RSVP here.
Also Saturday, November 22
Green Lantern Press will be holding it’s first ever fundraiser from noon until 1am. The event features a silent auction, crepe breakfast (noon until 1:30pm, cocktail hour (6-9pm, and live music (9pm until1am) with Joan of Arc, The Lanterns, and Lowland.
Sunday, November 25th
Come join the School of the Art Institute’s Text Off the Page class on from 12-1 at MC 118 for a free lunch. This will be an opportunity to see the work to be shown at the Sullivan Galleries and potentially respond in a reading/performance event. For more information, see the school’s website
