Check out our Fall line-up!

Join us for our Fall season programs from September through December, always free and open to the public.


September 21:
Deadline to submit to Poets Look at Paintings special event


September 24:
Six Points Reading Series featuring Rachel Mennies and Sara Henning
6-7pm, Garland Room (1st floor), Chicago Cultural Center


October 8:
Reading and conversation with Maryrose Carroll–visual artist, writer, and wife of the late poet Paul Carroll (co-founder of the Poetry Center).
5:30-7pm Garland Room (1st floor), Chicago Cultural Center


October 21:
Six Points Reading Series featuring Hadara Bar-Nadav and Jennifer Moore
6-7pm, Garland Room (1st floor), Chicago Cultural Center


November 18:
 Poets Look at Paintings special event. Readers to be announced in October.
6-7pm, Garland Room (1st floor), Chicago Cultural Center


December 9:
Six Points Reading Series featuring Richie Hofmann and Jamila Woods
6-7pm, Garland Room (1st floor), Chicago Cultural Center

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