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  • SLAM FOUNDER MARC SMITH EXTENDS SHOW INTO SPACE

    “I am a little leery of the institutionalization of the slam, and I don’t want it to turn into some academic exercise. It is more of a social activist thing than it is a university thing. But everything goes into the university because it is a study of culture.” – Marc Kelly Smith, during the…

  • Poetry to Free Gaza

    The Poetry of Protest: Poets for Palestine Protests, teach-ins, encampments and poetry readings, the people of Chicago – and the world – are doing everything they can to create change for Gaza. There is little that is more complex or harrowing than what is happening between Israel and Palestine right now, and poetry is a…

  • Poetry to Free Gaza

    Poets for Palestine Protests, teach-ins, encampments and poetry readings, the people of Chicago – and the world – are doing everything they can to create change for Gaza. There is little that is more complex or harrowing than what is happening between Israel and Palestine right now, and poetry is a concise means to convey…

  • WZRD Chicago Celebrates 50 Years of Freeform Radio

    Wizards have been Broadcasting since 1974 While they cannot be seen due to their cloaks of invisibility on the airwaves of sound, the Wizards at WZRD Chicago 88.3 FM are all around, providing innovative programming, public service, and genres of music as diverse as this great big wild and wonderful world. The 50th anniversary party…

  • Two Trans: Two Spirits Stopping Trans Genocide

    Two Trans: Two Spirits Stopping Trans Genocide Charli Christine Marker and Criage Lynette Althage Captivated by those who represented extremes Chicago-based poet and filmmaker Charli Christine Marker admitted one of her first sheroes was a plus-size model from  the 2000 Guinness World Book of Records, Teighlor, who weighed in at 718 pounds, made her the…

  • The Guild Literary Complex Releases Working on Me by Nikki Patin

      The Honeycomb Network was buzzing with activity and an aura of excitement as the book release party got underway for Working on Me by Nikki Patin at 2659 W. Diversey in Chicago on April 11, 2024. The book was honored with an official release party organized by The Guild Literary Complex under the leadership…

  • Poetry, Prison and CommUNITY

    Poetry fills the gap in our souls that is left by our need for connection and beauty as human beings. Prison widens that rift, and enhances the importance and impact of true friends. Anthony Spaulding, whose poetic performance To Cut a Barber’s Hands has sparked a flurry of performances across the city, has a loyal…

  • An Artist with the Clippers and the Word: Anthony Spaulding

    Imagine a child with a bowl on their head whose father cuts around the bowl to create a hair style. This may sound like a cosmetologist’s nightmare, but that is just what Anthony Spaulding’s father did to make sure Spaulding and his brother were clean cut and cost-effective.  The embarrassment of the haircut that followed,…

  • Sergio Mayora: Renaissance Man

    Creating Weeds Tavern: Poster Art and Singing with the Jazz Lizards Weeds are generally something to be avoided, however, the tavern known as Weeds was a place where art bloomed under the careful nurturing of a humble man known as Sergio Mayora. Wearing overalls and sunglasses, under a rain forest of brassieres surrounded by funky…

  • Windy City Words hosted by ChiRon Kingfish

    WINDY CITY WORDS hosted by ChiRon Kingfish (Photo by Cathleen Schandelmeier, March 16, 2024). Windy City Words opened the doors at 4251 N. Lincoln in Chicago for its inaugural poetry reading hosted by poet ChiRon Kingfish (Christopher Kuck) on Saturday March 16 at 8pm. Kingfish, a certified mental health counselor and former Waldorf School teacher,…