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Closing Event for A Bigger Table: 50 Years of the Chicago Poetry Center

A Bigger Table: 50 Years of the Chicago Poetry Center Closing Event* Saturday, September 1411 AM – 12:30 PMPoetry Foundation: 61 E. Superior St. *Registration Required! Please register here. Celebrate the last day of […]

ECOS: A Chicago Latine Poetry Festival

We hope that you’ll join us in Albany Park this month at ECOS: A Chicago Latine Poetry Festival. The fest celebrates Chicago’s relationship with and influence on Latine poetry. It echoes (“ecos’ in Spanish) […]

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 by Marty McConnell.  The Blue Hour reading includes a brief open mic followed by […]

DRAFT Check Out These Fun Mentions

Celebrating Our Historic Collection and Retrospective Exhibit Open Until September 14 🙌🏾 A Conversation with B. Metzger Sampson Executive Director B. Metzger Sampson sat down with writer James D. Sullivan to discuss the origins […]

Poetry @ The Green at 320: August 2024

Poetry @ The Green at 320 continues for the summer season this August! The Chicago Poetry Center and The Green at 320 S. Canal are proud to host this free, weekly reading and open […]

Thank you for supporting the All Schools Readings!

The Chicago Poetry Center sends its warm gratitude to the incredible students, families, and teachers that helped make the Chicago Poetry Center’s Winter and Spring 2024 All Schools Readings a success! It was an […]

Poetry @ The Green at 320: July 2024

Poetry @ The Green at 320 continues for the summer season this July! The Chicago Poetry Center and The Green at 320 S. Canal are proud to host this free, weekly reading and open […]

We’re Hiring! Poetry Teaching Artists

Downloadable PDF – Poet in Residence Posting ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION Mission & ProgramsThe Chicago Poetry Center’s mission is to connect people and poetry, equitably engage poets with communities, and foster creative literacy in the […]

A Bigger Table: 50 Years of the Chicago Poetry Center Press Release

A Bigger Table: 50 Years of the Chicago Poetry Center Press Release Celebrating a beloved Chicago literary institution’s legacy CHICAGO, June 12, 2024—The Poetry Foundation honors the Chicago Poetry Center’s 50th anniversary with an […]

Blue Hour 50th Anniversary Season Preview

The Chicago Poetry Center presents BLUE HOUR, a free, public monthly in-person reading series and generative writing workshop. Each event takes place at Haymarket House (800 W. Buena) and features two readers from Chicago […]

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