Events

Weekly storytime that introduces poetry through fun, interactive readings, songs, and art projects!

All are welcome to a monthly book group moderated by library staff. In July, we will read and discuss Best Barbarian by Roger Reeves. Registration is required for this event. To...

All are welcome to a poetry discussion and creative writing workshop led by Maggie Queeney. In this session, we focus on our voices, on and off the page. The group...

All are welcome to to a poetry discussion and creative writing workshop, “The Poetry of Glossolalia,” created and led by Ernest O. Ògúnyẹmí. In this session, we will discuss glossolalia as a...

All are welcome to a monthly book group moderated by library staff. In August, we will read and discuss The Maybe-Bird by Jennifer Elise Foerster . Registration is required for this...

All are welcome to a poetry discussion and creative writing workshop led by Maggie Queeney. In this session, we explore the haibun, an ancient Japanese form that fuses prose and...

Join us for a live in-person reading with Jared Brown, Stevie Cisneros Hanley, Brianna Lynn, and Mila Methvin. The Open Door series highlights creative relationships in Chicago, including mentorship and...

Join us for a virtual reading featuring the 2022 Forms & Features Visiting Teaching Artists: Megan Fernandes, Bethanie Humphreys, Leonora Simonovis, Leigh Sugar, Andrew Venell, and Jorrell Watkins.

Join us for Dreaming Ages, an in-person installment of the Open Door series with Zachary Cahilll, Ama Codjoe, Calvin Forbes, Maud Lavin, Sungjae Lee, and Jenny Lin. The Open Door...

Join us for a live recording of A Collaborative Close reading of poems by Gabriel Ojeda-Sagué, hosted by Al Filreis and featuring guest poets Laynie Browne, Lisa Fishman, and Gabriel...