Category: Chicago Community Events
Louder Than a Bomb University
Young Chicago Authors puts on the largest poetry slam festival in the world, Louder Than A Bomb (LTAB) during the months of February and March. Based on the success of LTAB, they have extended the competition and community to young adults ages 18-25 and created Louder Than a Bomb University (LTABU). The competition runs March…Continue reading Louder Than a Bomb University
Conversations on Publishing with Doug Seibold
CWIP is hosting an informal dialogue with Doug Seibold, President of Agate Publishing, at EvolveHer on Wednesday, February 20 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Doug Seibold is an integral part of the Chicagoland publishing community and has a wealth of knowledge from working in trade, educational, and nonprofit publishing and media for over thirty…Continue reading Conversations on Publishing with Doug Seibold
Free Tickets to the Laugh Factory
FREE TICKETS to all English students for the show Verified Laughs every Wednesday at 8pm from now until the end of October. Verified Laughs is a social media based stand up comedy show where the audience votes on the winner through Instagram and Facebook after watching a series of five minute sets from some of…Continue reading Free Tickets to the Laugh Factory
Alumni Spotlight!
June 2018 MAWP grad Cynthia Nwakudu is a finalist for the 2018 Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Award! The Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Awards (GBOMA) is an annual poetry competition founded by Pulitzer Prize winning Chicago poet Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000). The competition culminates in a live semi-finals event at which the top contestants selected by guest judges perform…Continue reading Alumni Spotlight!
Sunday Salon Chicago: A Literary Series
May 20, 2018 7:00 PM Celtic Crown Public House 235 W Cullom Ave Chciago, IL 60618 For more info visit the Facebook event page here.
Chicago Women in Publishing Hosts Panel of Notable Designers & Illustrators
When: Wednesday, May 16, 2018 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Where: U.S. Bank Building (40th floor), 190 S. LaSalle St., Chicago, IL 60603 United States Registration: Register Online here
Making a Digital Edition: Introduction to Text Encoding and the Petrarchive Project
Modern Languages and Studio X have invited Isabella Magni, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at the Newberry Library, to lead the faculty and graduate student workshop Making a Digital Edition: Introduction to Text Encoding and the Petrarchive Project on Friday, May 18, 10AM-12PM (IdeaLab2 in the library, JTR 207). Breakfast will be served before the workshop. The hope is to gather…Continue reading Making a Digital Edition: Introduction to Text Encoding and the Petrarchive Project