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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…

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Introducing Our New Board Members!

Today, we’re sending a big and bigger table WELCOME to the newest members of CPC’s Board of Directors: Ashley Tran,…

Blue Hour 2025-2026 Season

The Chicago Poetry Center presents BLUE HOUR, a free, public monthly in-person reading series and generative writing workshop.  Each event…

Poetry Foundation Announces the First Sustainable Futures Grants Cohort

Poetry Foundation

Lit 50 2025: Institutions, Advocates and Programmers

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Summer Poetry Gathering 2025

On Wednesday June 18, join the Chicago Poetry Center for our annual summer celebration! In line with CPC’s anti-censorship roots…

Blue Hour May 21

The Chicago Poetry Center presents BLUE HOUR, a free, public monthly in-person reading series and generative writing workshop at Haymarket House…

Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons: Illinois arts orgs worry after federal, local funding cuts

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Trump Cuts Millions In Funding To Chicago Museums, Cultural Groups

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