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SUMMARY:Chicago Poetry Center Presents: Blue Hour featuring Jalen Eutsey + Michelle Penuloza at Haymarket House
DESCRIPTION:The Chicago Poetry Center presents BLUE HOUR\, a free monthly in-person reading series and generative writing workshop. Our February featured readers are Jalen Eutsey and Michelle Peñaloza. \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. \nFEBRUARY FEATURES:\nMichelle Peñaloza is the author of “All The Words I Can Remember Are Poems\,” winner of the 2024 Lexi Rudnitsky Editor’s Choice Award and the James Laughlin Award from the Academy of American Poets (Persea Books\, 2025). Her debut\, “Former Possessions of the Spanish Empire\,” won the 2018 Hillary Gravendyk National Poetry Prize. The proud daughter of Filipino immigrants\, Michelle was born in the suburbs of Detroit\, MI and raised in Nashville\, TN. She now lives in Covelo\, CA. \nJalen Eutsey is a writer from Miami\, Florida. A recipient of the Wallace Stegner Fellowship from Stanford University\, his poems have appeared in Best New Poets\, The Yale Review\, Poetry Northwest\, and The Hopkins Review. His chapbook\, “Bubble Gum Stadium\,” was published by Button Poetry. \nEVENT DETAILS FOR February 18:\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://BHWorkshopFeb2026.eventbrite.com\nAnd RSVP for the reading here (recommended):\nhttps://Feb2026BlueHour.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. \nPlease let us know if you have any specific accessibility questions; if you use a wheelchair\, please contact curator@poetrycenter.org to coordinate use of the ramp. \n  \nAccessibility: Professional ASL interpretation is provided for the open mic and featured reading portion of the event. Haymarket House is fully ADA-compliant and wheelchair accessible. \nWebsite: https://www.poetrycenter.org/event/blue-hour-jalen-eutsey-michelle-penaloza/
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LOCATION:Haymarket House\, 800 W. Buena\, Chicago\, 60613\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Chicago Poetry Center":MAILTO:info@poetrycenter.org
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