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Tag Archives: Chicago
New Online: Afterglow by Robert Duffer
Illustration by Kelsey Zigmund
Afterglow
fiction by
ROBERT DUFFER
It started as an endearment, her finger in his belly button an intimacy that was uniquely and solely theirs. His navel swallowed not one but two of the knuckles on her index finger.
“It’s just so … Continue reading
New Post on The Silver-Colored Yesterday
Commentary on the real and imagined social, cultural and literary heritage of MAKE‘s hometown
Where the Streets Stretch Out Forever
A unique perspective on Chicago’s illicit Independence Day fireworks shows inspires Joseph Drogos to channel Horace Greeley. Go West Side, young man! … Continue reading
New Post on The Silver-Colored Yesterday
Commentary on the real and imagined social, cultural and literary heritage of MAKE‘s hometown
Language at Play: Love, Lust and Savagery
Joe Drogos, Ben Hecht, Dan Savage and Catullus all agree that the best language for dirty jokes is Chicagoese. Check out … Continue reading
New Post on The Silver-Colored Yesterday
Penates of the Underpass
A tiny triangle of Chicago surrounded by interstates was once overseen by St. Jude, Patron of the Hopeless Cause. In a new essay, Joe Drogos looks at these odd blocks and sees the Roman hearthgods and Virgil’s … Continue reading
New Post on the Silver-Colored Yesterday
The Urban Frontier and the Value of Voids
Joe Drogos’s newest essay makes use of Bertrand Goldberg, Billy Wimsatt, Hamish Fulton, and rogue coyotes, while it tries to explain the importance of incongruity and emptiness in the city’s culture. Take a … Continue reading
Danny’s Reading Series this Wednesday
The Danny’s Reading Series
Wednesday, October 14th
7:30PM
Poetry by Jen Hofer & Patrick Durgin
Jen Hofer’s recent publications include The Route, a collaboration with Patrick Durgin (Atelos, 2008), sexoPUROsexoVELOZ and Septiembre, a translation from Dolores Dorantes by Dolores Dorantes (Counterpath Press and Kenning … Continue reading
New Post on The Silver-Colored Yesterday
So a Wounded Deer Leaps Highest
Another baseball season ends in futility, another summer ends in October rain, but wounded deer and Ron Kittle teach that the best way to win is by losing big. Read more.
CALL for Submissions: Issue #9
The theme of Issue #9 is Myth, Magic & Ritual. One way of thinking about this theme is to consider the ways in which myth has been used–and continues to be used–as a means of explaining the world. But of … Continue reading
This Friday: Printers’ Ball! Including LDM + Baby Alright, and whoa, really way too much to name
As part of the most amazing Printers’ Ball yet, Opium Magazine brings their patented Literary Death Match to town. As you can see, MAKE has a man in the ring: Gabe Gudding. He will prevail. Oh, yes, … Continue reading
It’s that time again…PRINTERS’ BALL!
The Printers’ Ball is an annual celebration of print culture, featuring thousands of magazines, books, and broadsides available free of charge; live readings and music; letterpress, offset, and paper-making demonstrations; and much more.
Friday, July 31, 2009
5:00pm – 11:00pm
Ludington Building
1104 South … Continue reading
Weird Science + Doloreans
The Chicago Underground Library celebrates “The Science of Obscurity,” an
evening of new, unpublished, and in-progress works presented as science fair
experiments. The night will also feature a public book launch via catapult
and the mass purging of rejection letters–community literary rituals in
need … Continue reading
Printers’ Row Lit Fest
Come see us! We’re sharing tables 327 -329 with Green Lantern Press and Featherproof Books.
New tote bags in the works and fest-only deals on subscriptions and individual copies.
You’d rather trade a pine cone, two rabbits feet, and a roll of … Continue reading
Pilcrow Lit Fest is Happening
For one week in May, Amy Guth’sPilcrow Lit Fest brings authors, writers, poets, librarians, booksellers, and publishers from around the country together in support of small presses and independent media through small workshops, panel discussions, lectures and author readings in … Continue reading
Tonight! Reginald Gibbons and Elise Paschen
It’s not too late to grab tickets for tonight’s reading!
36th Annual Reading Series
Elise Paschen &
Reginald Gibbons
Wednesday, March 4, 6:30 pm
SAIC Ballroom, 112 S. Michigan Avenue
Read more about this event
Opening Friday: Issue 7 Illustrator and Featured Artist Rachel Mason’s Solo Exhibition
ANDREW RAFACZ is pleased to announce I Rule with a Broken Heart, a new installation of figurines, video, and a performance by Rachel Mason. The gallery will also present a new artist book, also titled I Rule with a Broken … Continue reading
Windy City Story Slam All-City Championships
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 … Continue reading
Danny’s, This Wednesday
We’re just in time with this one.
The Danny’s Reading Series
Wednesday, December 10th
7:30PM Sharp
Poetry by: James Shea, Laura Goldstein, and Jason Bredle
James Shea is the author of Star in the Eye, selected by Nick Flynn as the winner of the 2008 … Continue reading
~Sunday, November 16th~
Old Gold and MAKE present
A special reading and discussion with artists
Noah Berlatsky, Diana Guerrero-Macía, Carol Jackson, and Bert Stabler
When: Sunday, November 16th, 4:30 PM
Where: Old Gold, 2022 North Humboldt Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60647, Basement Entrance (California Blue Line (towards O’Hare). Walk west on … Continue reading
Two Poetry Readings
1. This Sunday!
Issue 2 contributor Lisa Janssen, along with the poet and activist Jennifer Karmin, and Californian Hugh Behm-Steinberg read at Myopic books November 9th at 7pm - 1564 N. Milwaukee Avenue. For more information on the poets and the place: http://www.myopicbookstore.com/mynews
2. Danny’s … Continue reading
Visual Art Editor Paints the Process
mini dutch gallery presents…
Stacie Johnson- Mise-en-scène
Opening reception: Saturday, October 25, from 7-10pm. Show runs until, Sunday, November 23, 2008
Closing reception: Saturday, November 22, 7-10pm. Open Sundays 11am-3pm or call/email for appointment
“In mini dutch‘s new show, Mise-en-scène, Johnson will be responding directly … Continue reading
Chicago Lit Lounge at the Cultural Center
“The Chicago Publishers Gallery is a true display of the city’s diversity, enthusiasm, and determination. From the largest university publisher in the U.S. to experimental ‘micropresses’ to authors of every stripe, Chicago’s literary entrepreneurs are motivated by a do-it-yourself spirit and a … Continue reading
World Premiere of HEAD
Dean Rank’s film Head, which he wrote and directed, premieres Saturday, Sept. 13th at AV-aerie - 2000 W Fulton , Suite 310, Chicago, IL. Doors open at 7:30 pm and the film screens at 8:30 pm. The screening will be … Continue reading
Issue 6 contributor Kathleen Rooney Reads
Kathleen Rooney is reading poetry right now at Quimby’s in Chicago. Let this be a announcement declaring all future readings by Ms. Rooney something to anticipate. She, along with issue 6 contributors Danielle Aquiline, John Beer, Lindsay Hunter, Amy … Continue reading
