The Chicago Poetry Center presents BLUE HOUR, a free monthly in-person reading series and generative writing workshop.

Each event includes a brief open mic followed by two featured poets. Pre-registration is free and recommended. The open mic includes five readers drawn lottery-style from a hat that goes out at 7:15pm. The reading starts promptly at 7:30pm. Each open mic poet reads one poem or for three minutes, whichever comes first.

6pm: Workshop (Registration required)

7:30pm: Reading (Registration suggested)

ACCESSIBILITY:
All restrooms at Haymarket House are gender-neutral, including single-user and stalled restrooms. Each event includes ASL interpretation. Haymarket House is ADA compliant and fully wheelchair-accessible; email curator@poetrycenter.org to ensure ramp access and with any other accessibility needs. Masks are currently strongly encouraged for all indoor events, and the space is equipped with a professional air filtration system.

FEATURED READERS:

About Alyssa Moore:
Alyssa N. Moore is the author of the chapbook WET MEDIA. She is an intermedia poet and an editor for Ghost Proposal, a journal for poetry and work outside traditional notions of genre. She was the inaugural winner of Poetry magazine’s Editors Prize for Visual Poetry.

About Katherine Gibbel:
Katherine Gibbel edits and prints the letterpress poetry series Send Me Press. The recipient of fellowships from the Vermont Studio Center and the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, she lives in Vermont. Little Sound is her first book.

Accessibility: ASL Interpretation, Hybrid Event, Masks Highly Recommended, Wheelchair Accessible

Website: https://www.poetrycenter.org/event/blue-hour-ft-alyssa-moore-katherine-gibbel/