Sunday Salon Chicago is hosting a pop-up reading at this years Evanston Literary Festival. The event takes place Sunday, April 30 at 7:00 pm at the Celtic Knot (626 Church Street, Evanston). Readers include Alex Shakar, Toni Nealie, Quraysh Ali Lansana, and Suzanne Clores. The event is free and open to the public!
The Chippewa Valley Writers Guild is pleased to partner with Cirenaica for their second year of summer residencies! Nestled on 43 acres of hills, farmland, and forest near the quaint village of Fall Creek, Wisconsin, their residencies promise participants of all levels and genres an intensive yet rejuvenating experience amidst an inspiring backdrop. The first program being offered at Cirenaica is Stranger Than Fiction: On Writing and Narrative Nonfiction and Memoir featuring Goldin Loomis. Join the acclaimed writer and professor for three lively days of practicing the art and craft of telling true stories that are engaging… Read Article →
The DePaul Humanities Center (DHC) continues their Spring 2017 Season with another Humanities in Spaaaace! event, “The Moon.” The event takes place tonight, Tuesday 11, in the Student Center room 120. The event includes a screening of Melies 1902 A Trip to the Moon, a performances and lectures from a group of moon scholars and artists, and a view of the full moon through telescope. See the flyer above for more, or visit the DHC online. The DHC’s full season schedule is available here.
Chicago Women in Publishing (CWIP) will be hosting three upcoming educational and networking events. The first is an educational program exploring career opportunities in the marketing communication field. Marcom veteran Diana Schneidman, author of Real Skills, Real Income, will discuss the many specialties under the marcom umbrella and review the pros and cons of full-time corporate career versus freelancing. The event takes place April 19 from 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM at the US Bank Building (40th floor). More online, or on the official press release. The second event is a seminar on developmental editing… Read Article →
The literary studies speaker series continues next week with a presentation by John Shanahan and Robin Burke. They will be presenting on their current project “Reading Chicago Reading,” a data-driven study of how, what, and who reads in the Chicago metropolitan area. See the flyer above for more details, or find out more online.
The 2017 Midwestern Modern Language Association Conference (MMLA) is open for submissions! The conference is accepting submissions for special sessions and permanent sections which are due April 15. Complete panel and individual paper submissions are due April 30.This year’s conference takes place November 9-12 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Find full submission details online here, or see their official call for submissions here. The years theme “Artists and Activists,” brings to mind and is meant to inspire reflection on recent events – such as the Black Lives Matter movement, the presidential election, and the selection of Bob Dylan for the Nobel Prize… Read Article →
Submissions to the Spring English Conference will now be accepted until this Friday, April 7! Send submissions to englishconference.dpu@gmail.com. Details here.
Sigma Tau Delta, the English honors society, will be hosting Professor James Fairhall next week to discuss Facts, Fake News, and Alternative Facts. The event takes place on Wednesday, April 19 from 4:30-5:50 in the Richardson Library Room 115.
One Book, One Chicago, will be hosting a panel discussion on urban farming and gardening in Chicago. The event will be taking place this Thursday from 6-8 PM in Richardson Library Room 115. OBOC’s latest book is, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver, check it out here. See the flyer below for full information.
In conjunction with the Our Miss Brooks 100, and in celebration of the centennial birthday of the iconic Chicago poet Gwendolyn Brooks, the University of Chicago will be hosting Centennial Brooks a three day conference featuring scholars, poets, musicians, and artists inspired by Miss Brooks. The event takes place this weekend, April 6-7. Find a full schedule of and full details here. Featuring Nora Brooks Blakely, Ishion Hutchinson, Haki Madhubuti, Ed Roberson, Sonia Sanchez, and Evie Shockley, with a performance of music and poetry by Jamila Woods, and the premiere of a commission by Nicole Mitchell and the Black Earth… Read Article →
The 17th Annual Chicago Cervantes Symposium will be held Friday, April 21, 2017. The event – sponsored by The Cervantes Society of America, The Newberry Center for Renaissance Studies, and DePaul University – is free and open to the public. It takes place from 8-5:30 at the Instituto Cervantes (31 W Ohio St, Chicago). This years keynote address, “Don Quixote and the Knight of the White Moon” will be presented by Jay Allen of the University of Kentucky. Find a full schedule of panels and speakers here, visit them online for more details, and register for… Read Article →
This Friday is the final day to submit to the 2017 Spring English Conference! The conference accepts both academic and creative writing submissions. Please submit soon! Full details available here. Send submissions to englishconference.dpu@gmail.com.