Registration is Now Open for Poetry Out Loud 2026 !!!
The Chicago Poetry Center is pleased to serve in its 9th year as the Chicagoland Regional Host Organization for the Poetry Out…

The Chicago Poetry Center is pleased to serve in its 9th year as the Chicagoland Regional Host Organization for the Poetry Out…
Join the Poetry Center of Chicago for this month’s installment of the Six Points Reading Series. Admission is free at the…
Join the Poetry Center of Chicago for this month’s installment of the Six Points Reading Series. Admission is free at the…
Only 24 hours remain in our Indiegogo campaign! We are over 115% funded and are excited to finish strong. There’s…
We are so excited and grateful to have surpassed our initial Indiegogo campaign goal! Thanks to almost 100 donors we…
Wednesday, April 29, 2015 Reading: 5:30 – 7:00 Claudia Cassidy Theater Chicago Cultural Center 78 E. Washington St Join us…
Join the Poetry Center of Chicago for this month’s installment of the Six Points Reading Series on Friday April 3.…
In collaboration with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, on March 20 and 21, students from the Hands on Stanzas program participated…
In an effort to raise funds to support our Hands on Stanzas program the Poetry Center will be launching a…
Join the Poetry Center of Chicago for this month’s installment of the Six Points Reading Series. Admission is free at the…
The Hands on Stanzas program is proud to partner with the Negaunee Music Institute at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra to…
The Poetry Center of Chicago has been awarded a General Support Grant from the Illinois Humanities Council. U.S. Senator Richard Durbin…
The Chicago Poetry Center sends our warm gratitude to the incredible students, families, and teachers that helped make CPC’s Winter…