Poetry Foundation Events
Poetry on Stage | Dreamweaver: The Works of Langston Hughes
Today @ Poetry Foundation
Actor and writer David Mills’s one-person dramatic rendition of Langston Hughes’s poems and short stories journeys through the Harlem Renaissance—from the...
Poetry Out Loud: Chicago Regional Finals
Friday 2/17 @ Poetry Foundation
Champions from Chicago high schools recite poems for the chance to represent Illinois at the Poetry Out Loud National Finals in...
Thursday 2/23 @ Poetry Foundation
A multidisciplinary, multimedia collaborative work by Manual Cinema and the Chicago Q Ensemble, FJORDS imaginatively presents the poetry of Zachary Schomburg. Toeing...
POETRY Presents: Shoot the Canon
Thursday 3/ 1 @ Poetry Foundation
Poetry presents poets performing covers of and reading discoveries from the last 100 years of the magazine, featuring Christian Bök, Peter...
Fifth Wednesday Journal: Illinois Poets Past & Present
Friday 3/ 2 @ Poetry Foundation
Contemporary poets read their original poetry as well as poetry by a famed Illinois poet of the past. Christina Pugh reads...
Poetry off the Shelf: Carol Ann Duffy and Philip Levine
Friday 3/ 2 @ Poetry Foundation
The British and United States Poets Laureate appear together for a rare joint reading and conversation moderated by Poetry senior editor...
Poetry on Stage: The Boho Dance
Saturday 3/10 @ Poetry Foundation
The Boho Dance imagines a conversation between Walt Whitman and Allen Ginsberg. With poet John Starrs as Whitman and playwright Beau...
Poesía en Abril: Miguel Barnet and Ana Rossetti
Saturday 4/ 7 @ Poetry Foundation
Susurros, or whispers, is the theme of the fifth edition of Poesía en Abril festival, a celebration of Spanish-language poetry. Miguel...
Poetry off the Shelf: Dark Room Collective
Thursday 4/12 @ Poetry Foundation
Thomas Sayers Ellis and Sharan Strange attended the funeral of James Baldwin and left regretting that they had never met the...
Poetry off the Shelf: Poetry & Piano
Saturday 4/14 @ Poetry Foundation
Writers Averill Curdy, Calvin Forbes, Coya Paz, and Roger Reeves and pianists Adam Marks and George McRae inspire one another in...
Poetry off the Shelf: Les Murray
Saturday 4/28 @ Poetry Foundation
Australian Les Murray grew up on his grandparents’ farm in Bunyah, New South Wales, Australia, and returned there with his own...
