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SUMMARY:Chicago Poetry Center Presents: October Blue Hour Featuring Rhoni Blankenhorn & Alicia Wright at Haymarket House
DESCRIPTION:The Chicago Poetry Center presents BLUE HOUR\, a free\, public monthly in-person reading series and generative writing workshop. Our October featured readers are Rhoni Blankenhorn & Alicia Wright. \nEach event takes place at Haymarket House (800 W. Buena) and 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 7:15. The reading starts promptly at 7:30. Each open mic poet reads one poem or for three minutes whichever comes first. \nEVENT DETAILS FOR OCTOBER 15th:\nThe workshop (registration required) begins promptly at 6 p.m. and ends at 7 p.m.\nDoors open and open mic lottery registration starts at 7 p.m. — the open mic begins promptly at 7:30\, followed by our amazing featured readers.\nReading registration is free; the workshop is a sliding scale with a suggested donation of $10.\nRegister for the workshop here (required\, and sells out quickly):\nhttps://BHWorkshopOct2025.eventbrite.com\nAnd RSVP for the reading here (recommended):\nhttps://Oct2025BlueHour.eventbrite.com\nView the livestream here:\nhttps://www.youtube.com/@chicagopoetrycenter/streams \nABOUT THE READING:\nThe Blue Hour reading features readings by two poets from Chicago and beyond preceded by a five person lottery-style open mic and followed by community gathering time. \nABOUT THE WORKSHOP:\nThe Blue Hour generative writing workshop is suitable for writers and poetry fans of all levels. We will discuss a poem together then Marty will guide the group through individual writing on an exploratory prompt that draws on themes from the poem. \nABOUT THE SPACE:\nAccessibility Health & Safety:\n– All restrooms at Haymarket House are gender-neutral including single-user and stalled restrooms.\n– 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.\n– Masks are currently strongly encouraged for all indoor events and the space is equipped with a professional air filtration system. \nOCTOBER FEATURES:\nRhoni Blankenhorn is a Filipina American writer. Her poems can be found in The Slowdown\, Asian American Writers’ Workshop’s The Margins\, Narrative\, and elsewhere. She is the recipient of fellowships and scholarships from Bread Loaf\, Saltonstall\, and the Sewanee Writers’ Conference. Rhoni’s poetry debut\, Rooms for Dead and the Not Yet\, won the Trio Award\, and was published with Trio House Press (July\, 2025). \nAlicia Wright is the author of “You’re Called By The Same Sound” (Thirdhand Books\, 2025) and the forthcoming essay chapbook “A Coin\, A Moth\, A Literary Journal” from DoubleCoss Press. Her poetry appears in Kenyon Review\, Chicago Review\, and The Paris Review\, among others. She is the editor of Annulet and publisher of Annulet Editions. She lives in Iowa City\, where she works as Managing Editor of The Iowa Review. \nABOUT THE HOST:\nMarty McConnell is a poet educator and healer based in Chicago. She is the author of when they say you can’t go home again what they mean is you were never there winner of the 2017 Michael Waters Poetry Prize; her first full-length collection wine for a shotgun received the Silver Medal in the Independent Publishers Awards and was a finalist for both the Audre Lorde Award and a Lambda Literary Award. Her first nonfiction book Gathering Voices: Creating a Community-Based Poetry Workshop is available through YesYes Books. She is the co-creator and co-editor of underbelly a web site focused on the art and magic of poetry revision. An MFA graduate of Sarah Lawrence College her work has appeared in numerous journals and anthologies including Best American Poetry Southern Humanities Review Gulf Coast and Indiana Review. \nTo learn more about the series and history go here ( https://www.poetrycenter.org/reading-series/) \nAccessibility: ASL Interpreted\, gender-neutral bathrooms\, wheelchair accessible. \nhttps://www.poetrycenter.org/blue-hour-october-15th/
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LOCATION:Haymarket House\, 800 W. Buena\, Chicago\, 60613\, United States
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