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Hadara Bar-Nadav & Jennifer Moore to read Oct. 21

Join the Poetry Center of Chicago on October 21 for the next installment of the Six Points Reading Series. Admission is free at the Garland Room on the first floor of the Chicago Cultural […]

R.A. Villanueva & Rachel Eliza Griffiths to Read May 7

Join the Poetry Center of Chicago for this month’s installment of the Six Points Reading Series. Admission is free at the Garland Room on the first floor of the Chicago Cultural Center. The reading […]

March 20 & 21: Hands on Stanzas Partners with Chicago Symphony Orchestra

The Hands on Stanzas program is proud to partner with the Negaunee Music Institute at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra to present two special performances of Carnival of the Animals. On March 20 and 21, […]

Illinois Humanities Council awards PCC General Support Grant!

The Poetry Center of Chicago has been awarded a General Support Grant from the Illinois Humanities Council. U.S. Senator Richard Durbin congratulated the Poetry Center on the award: Your tireless commitment to bringing much-needed […]

All Schools Reading Winter 2025

The Chicago Poetry Center sends our warm gratitude to the incredible students, families, and teachers that helped make CPC’s Winter 2025 All Schools Reading a success! It was an absolute delight to hear such […]

FSU Grants Fellowship Award for Summer Internship at PCC

Paige Blair, a second-year candidate in the Master of Fine Arts in poetry program at Florida State University, has been granted the prestigious Moellership award for her proposal to join the Poetry Center as […]

50% Off Rare & Limited Broadsides in the Poetry Center Store this Cyber Monday!

This holiday season you can support the Poetry Center of Chicago while getting your shopping done! On Cyber Monday PCC is offering 50% off our large collection of limited edition broadsides! Have you decided […]

Poetry Center of Chicago Joins National #GivingTuesday Movement

This Tuesday, be thankful for poetry in schools, for creative literacy opportunities in underserved communities and for lines like these from our students: I’m from the city lights / Streaming out in the night […]

Hands On Stanzas, live at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra!

We could not be more excited about our collaboration with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra! This March, a few of our students will be performing their original poetry live on stage with Members of the […]

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