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SUMMARY:Blue Hour at Haymarket House
DESCRIPTION:CONTACT: Marty McConnell\, Blue Hour curator\, marty@poetrycenter.org \nThe Chicago Poetry Center invites you to this year’s final three editions of Blue Hour\, voted “Chicago’s best reading series 2025” by the Chicago Reader! Blue Hour is a free monthly in-person reading series paired with a generative writing workshop. \nThe next Blue Hour will take place on Wednesday\, April 16. The writing workshop will run from 6 to 7 p.m.\, followed by the open mic and featured readers from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Our features for the night are Ayokunle Falomo and Viola Lee. \nAyokunle Falomo is Nigerian\, American\, and the author of “Autobiomythography of” (Alice James Books\, 2024)\, “AFRICANAMERICAN’T” (FlowerSong Press\, 2022)\, two self-published collections and “African\, American” (New Delta Review\, 2019; selected by Selah Saterstrom as the winner of New Delta Review’s 8th annual chapbook contest). He is the recipient of fellowships from Vermont Studio Center\, MacDowell\, and the University of Michigan’s Helen Zell Writers’ Program\, where he obtained his MFA in Creative Writing—Poetry. \nViola Lee graduated from NYU with an MFA in Poetry. Her book “Lightening after the Echo” was published by Another New Calligraphy. She has published poems in literary journals throughout the US\, including Barrow Street\, Bellevue Literary Review\, and Another Chicago Magazine. Her poems were finalists in the Pleiades Prufer Poetry Prize and the 2022 Mississippi Review Poetry Prize. Her manuscript “The Only Home” was a finalist in the 2023 Switchback Books’ Gatewood Prize\, Semi-finalist in the 2023 Perugia Press Poetry Prize and finalist in the 2024 X.J. Kennedy Poetry Prize. \nRegistration for the April edition of the Blue Hour reading is available https://AprilBlueHour.eventbrite.com. \nRegistration for the April edition of the workshop is available https://april25-bluehour-workshop.eventbrite.com. \nThe workshop and reading both take place at Haymarket House located at 800 W. Buena in Chicago. The reading includes a brief open mic followed by two featured poets. Pre-registration is free and recommended. \nMay’s featured poets will be Nadia Alexis and Keith S. Wilson. Information about the series\, including upcoming features and the history of the series\, can be obtained here. \nACCESSIBILITY: ASL Interpreted\, Wheelchair Accessible
URL:https://culturalaccesscollaborative.org/access-event/blue-hour-at-haymarket-house-2/
LOCATION:Haymarket House\, 800 W. Buena\, Chicago\, 60613\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="The Chicago Poetry Center":MAILTO:info@poetrycenter.org
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SUMMARY:Beeping Egg Hunt at Lincoln Park Zoo
DESCRIPTION:Beeping eggs are back this year! A fun audio and tactile alternative\, these beeping eggs ensure that children who are blind or have low vision can join in on the traditional egg hunt experience. Beeping eggs will be available in the Green Zone during the 8 a.m. and 9 a.m. time slots. \nLearn more about accessibility at Lincoln Park Zoo: https://www.lpzoo.org/visit/accessibility/ \nEgg Hunts at Your Zoo\nSaturday\, April 19\, 7:45–11:45 a.m.\n$20 Members/$25 Non-members\, Egg Hunts for Ages 1–8\nTickets are going fast for Spring Egg-Stravaganza\, but there’s still time to secure your child’s egg hunt spot! Join us on April 19 to create new memories with your little ones. \nAll tickets include:\n• 🌷 Chats with zoo experts to learn more about what spring means at the zoo\n• 🎠 Free rides on the Endangered Species Carousel and Lionel Train Adventure\n• 🐇 Outdoor activities and games\n• 📸 Photos with the Easter Bunny\n• 🎶 Live DJ spinning kid-friendly music\nEgg hunt tickets (for children ages 1–8) are timed-entry\, so you won’t have to wait in line to enter your egg hunt zone. That means you’ll have even more time to have fun with spring-themed activities on the South Lawn and visit your favorite animals at the zoo. \nhttps://tickets.lpzoo.org/events/6f089247-a1d4-3ae1-9e86-6fb32117c603?_gl=1%2acb3ya2%2a_gcl_au%2aNzI3NTkzNjA2LjE3NDE4MjQ2MzU.%2a_ga%2aMjA0NTk1NDAzNi4xNjAyMjYyNjQ1%2a_ga_TBXDVRB1HQ%2aMTc0MjY4MTA0NS4xMjQuMS4xNzQyNjgxMTIzLjYwLjAuMA..
URL:https://culturalaccesscollaborative.org/access-event/beeping-egg-hunt-at-lincoln-park-zoo-2/
LOCATION:LIncoln Park Zoo\, 2400 N Cannon Drive\, Chicago\, 60614\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Lincoln Park Zoo":MAILTO:access@lpzoo.org
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SUMMARY:Kaneza Schaal\, KLII
DESCRIPTION:KLII exorcizes the ghost of King Leopold II\, the founder and sole owner of the Congo Free State from 1885 to 1908\, in a mytho-biographical performance by theater-maker Kaneza Schaal. By exploring the invisible historic roots of society’s demons—racism\, misogyny\, and misinformation—Schaal searches for ways of handling these everyday threats in the present. \nDesigned and co-directed by Christopher Myers\, KLII draws on Mark Twain’s King Leopold’s Soliloquy published in 1905\, a fictional monologue written after Twain’s visit to Congo Free State\, and Patrice Lumumba’s 1960 independence speech in Congo. Working with East African musicians and African American opera singers\, the hybrid\, operatic\, and intensifying sound design takes inspiration from La Muette de Portici\, the opera that played a role in Belgium’s 1830 revolution. Together\, both the visual and sound design combine to consider the residue of colonialism in our everyday lives. \nA reclamation of history and canon\, Schaal and Myers propose an exorcism in theater\, starring one of the villains of the 19th century whose actions resonate through the present day. KLII explores the nature of evil and what is required to unroot legacies of catastrophic events.
URL:https://culturalaccesscollaborative.org/access-event/kaneza-schaal-klii/
LOCATION:Museum of Contemporary Art\, 220 E Chicago Ave\, Chicago\, 60611\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Museum of Contemporary Art":MAILTO:info@mcachicago.org
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