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…
Saturday, June 9th 12:30-2:30 PM Woman Made Gallery 2150 S Canalport 4A 3 Chicago, IL 60608 Come see the Body…
The Chicago Poetry Center is pleased to announce that we have been awarded a project grant by Illinois Humanities for…
Back by popular demand: the Chicago Poetry Center is pleased to announce a suite of summer writing workshops, taught by…
For regular readers of the Hands on Stanzas blogs, you may have figured out that the poems published are those…
In 7th workshop, explored persona poetry! The students wrote poems from the perspective or in the voice of an object,…
The Chicago Poetry Center and David L Hoyt Foundation have been collaborating on a public arts project for this summer.…
Friday, May 18th 7:30-9 PM Dearborn Observatory 2131 Tech Drive The Chicago Poetry Chicago will host a reading featuring Alex…
We are Chicago Poetry: Chicago student writers, Chicago poets, poetry readings across Chicago neighborhoods, and poetry in schools across Chicago.…
Chicago Dantztheatre Ensemble, in collaboration with Poetry Center of Chicago, will utilize the Cultural Center of Chicago as a space…
Saturday, April 28 7:30- 9:30 PM Uncommon Ground – Edgewater 1401 W. Devon Ave Chicago, IL Purchase Tickets The Body…
Celebrate National Poetry Month with us this April! Six Points Reading Series ft. Rimpsey, Smith Holloway Thursday, April 19 6:30-8:30…
Wednesday, March 21 6:30- 8 PM Unabridged Bookstore 3251 N Broadway Join the Poetry Center of Chicago at Unabridged Bookstore…