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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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Remembering Mary Ellen Woods

The Chicago Poetry Center board, staff, and community at large are mourning a massive loss in our community, the passing…

Blue Hour September 18

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

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Celebrating Our Historic Collection and Retrospective Exhibit Open Until September 14 🙌🏾 A Conversation with B. Metzger Sampson Executive Director…

Chicago Poetry Center celebrates 50th anniversary

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