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- Columns & Opinion, On Culture Jun 24, 2020
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Winds of change hit the Poetry Foundation and the Field Museum
Two legacy institutions wrestle with issues of diversity and economic justice.
- Best of Chicago, Arts & Culture Nov 6, 2019
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Staff pick: Best poetry organization
The Poetry Foundation
- Arts & Culture, Theater Preview Oct 30, 2019
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Give thanks for some promising November live performances
The table is set this month with theater world premieres, dance works in progress, and comedy with cured meat.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 14, 2018
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826CHI's Teen Writers Studio amplifies the voices of Chicago’s youth
On Monday, the students will release I Will Hold You Like a Bible, a chapbook showcasing their poetry and short stories from the past school year.
- Arts & Culture, Travel May 30, 2018
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Trash or art? Visit the Indianapolis Museum of Art and decide for yourself
The museum, now known as Newfields, has gone through a controversial rebranding.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 8, 2018
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Joe Swanberg introduces a screening of The Heartbreak Kid, and more of the best things to do in Chicago this week
A tamale-eating contest at the Delta and more goings-on January 8-11
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 4, 2017
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Vic Mensa opens for Jay Z, and more of the best things to do in Chicago this week
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver writer Josh Gondelman at Zanies, and more goings-on the week of December 4-7
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Nov 14, 2017
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Manual Cinema turns Gwendolyn Brooks into poetry magic
With the help of Eve Ewing, Nate Marshall, and Jamila and Ayanna Woods, the performance collective creates an immersive audiovisual event out of the poet’s life story.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 10, 2017
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Ai Weiwei’s solo Chicago debut, the Reader’s Book Swap, and more things to do this week
Scott Simon discusses his book My Cubs, Pop Culture Happy Hour, and more happenings from April 10-13
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 3, 2017
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Seeking meaning in the Poem of the Day
Maybe poetry can't help but protest.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 9, 2016
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Shame on Wheels, It's a Wonderful Life, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend
Donut Fest, Irish Christmas Market, and more happenings from December 9-11.
- Arts & Culture, Fall Preview Sep 3, 2016
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Fall's best lit-related events
The Chicago Humanities Fest, Algren: A Life, and more.
- Blogs, Bleader May 9, 2016
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Neil deGrasse Tyson, Daley Plaza Farmers’ Market, and more things to do in Chicago this week
The Joffrey's Cinderella, Chicago Home Theater Fest, and more happenings from May 9-12
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 4, 2016
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Pink Floyd's David Gilmour, Bacon Month kicks off, and more to do this week
First Tuesdays with Mick and Ben, Afro-Futurism, and more happenings from April 4-7
- Columns & Opinion, On Culture Mar 31, 2015
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With the arrival of US Artists, Chicago becomes home to still more 'genius' grants
The arts nonprofit, which awards dozens of $50,000 fellowships yearly, joins the MacArthur Foundation in what's becoming a hub of the 'prestige economy.'
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 11, 2015
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Performer-choreographer-poet Ian Spencer Bell brings his ‘talking dances’ to the Poetry Foundation tonight
Dancer-poet Ian Spencer Bell comes to the Poetry Foundation to perform his Geography Solos, a suite of "talking dances" and a new autobiographical piece, Holler.
- Arts & Culture, Art Review Jun 25, 2014
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'The Secret Birds' is Tony Fitzpatrick's Chicago swan song
After this Poetry Foundation show, the longtime Chicago artist will fly south to study ornithology in New Orleans.
- Blogs, Bleader May 13, 2014
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Speaking about 'Speaking Truth to Power': Gerard McBurney at the Poetry Foundation
Gerard McBurney talks about the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's "Truth to Power" series of concerts in a free lecture tonight at the Poetry Foundation.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 13, 2014
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Reader's Agenda Thu 3/13: "Hemingway the Hunter," Kokorokoko's anniversary, and sound artist Marcus Schmickler
What's on the Reader's Agenda for Thursday, March 13
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 16, 2014
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Reader's Agenda Sun 2/16: Eleni Mandell, the Chili-Synthesizer Cookoff, and Beau O'Reilly
What's on the Reader's Agenda for Sunday, February 16
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 4, 2014
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Poetry Foundation to screen films by famed photographer Rudy Burckhardt this Thursday
Noting a free program of short films by the longtime luminary of the New York art world
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 18, 2013
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Reader's Agenda Wed 9/18: Davy Rothbart, Dear Elizabeth, and Shigeto
What's on the Reader's Agenda for Wednesday, September 18
- Arts & Culture, Fall Preview Sep 12, 2013
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The Poetry Foundation's new blood
A chat with new president Robert Polito
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 6, 2013
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Reader's Agenda Thu 6/6: CFA video art, black poets, and a Story Club anniversary
What's on the Reader's Agenda for Thursday, June 6
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 3, 2013
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Poetry nominated for National Magazine Award
Talking with senior editor Don Share about the magazine's success this year