Thank you to everyone who made it to Zakopane for the Issue 7 Release Party/Fundraiser. Apologies to Jill Summer and Susie Kirkwood whose performance of HOTEL was bumped. You can check for future performances by the two here: callingallmonkeys.com

Pictures from the event, including all portraits, will soon be available online!

Thank you to our sponsors for the wonderful food and decor. Just to remind you: Jane’s = crab cakes and crostini; Kitchen Witches=beet pesto dip and spinach yogurt dip + crostini and pita chips; Innjoy = many, many pizzas and wings; Fifty/50 = meatball sliders!; Alliance = spritzers; Blumgarten = floral bouquets

And a big thank you to The Plagiarists and Coupleskate for amazing performances!

Please join us for the issue 7 release party at the historic Polish bar Zakopane, 1734 W. Division St.
7pm, $10 donation, must be 21

The evening will include readings from contributors Jill Summers + Susie Kirkwood, Faisal Mohyuddin, and John Beer.

Peter Margasak - music critic for The Reader will provide the music.

Complimentary food provided by Division St. restaurants.

Get your portrait taken by Johnathan Crawford in a mini studio and have it turned into a wearable Busy Beaver button on the spot!

Featuring a performance based on Studs Terkel’s Division Street: America from Chicago theatre troupe The Plagiarists.

Late-night musical performance by Coupleskate. New album so-to-be-released!

THE WINDY CITY STORY SLAM ALL-CITY CHAMPIONSHIPS | Saturday, January 24, 2009, 8pm, 18 +
readings from DON DE GRAZIA and special guest MARC KELLY SMITH * SLAM CHAMPIONSHIP FINALISTS * LEGENDS OF THE SLAM
live performances from THIN MAN * THE MINNEAPOLIS HENRYS featuring PHILLIP MORRIS * BBU * SERGIO MAYORA
short-film screening from USAMA ALSHAIBI
DJ sets by DJ JS & ERIC LAB RAT
Hosted by BILL HILLMANN