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Come hang out at the branch and bring your imagination to life as you create your own story!
In this program led by Teen Summer Interns, children will write their own stories. This program will foster creativity and…
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Celebrate Chicago Hip Hop Heritage Month and turn your beats and bars into songs. Learn sound, audio production and recording techniques using analog and digital audio technology in the Whitney Young Recording Studio.…
Open Mic is intended to be an inclusive, regularly scheduled event that forges connections between musicians, singers, poets, comedians, storytellers and an enthusiastic audience. Our goal is to foster creativity and build a community where…
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Are you interested in cultivating your creativity through writing? Write and share a poem, story, essay or memoir with writer Donna Pecore at the Budlong Woods Branch Writing Workshop. Open to all adults, no experience…
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TallGrass Writers Guild has supported independent authors for years through a variety of different programs, including a monthly open mic. We’ll start things off with a featured performer and then head into a lively open mic.
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The Monday Musical Reading Room will be open so you can drop in and read, do a project, experience music, and make friends, too! Find Your Rhythm this summer in The Monday Musical Reading Room!
¡La Sala de Lectura Musical del Lunes…
That thing you want to write isn't going to write itself! Join the Chicago chapter of Shut Up & Write, hosted by Shauntionne. Quietly, members carve time into their everyday lives to focus on the craft we love the most, and find camaraderie…
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Relieve stress by writing it out! Meet new people at the Walker Branch who are also interested in poetry. Writing prompts, writing topics, and inspirational words will be at reach to help you brainstorm if needed. Attendees will also be…
Do you like writing, whether you write fiction or non-fiction, poetry or song? If so, this creative writing group is for you! We know that writing is a passion, and if you are passionate about writing, join us as we virtually share our work…
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Join us for Tween Tuesdays! Drop in and hang out! Games, crafts, stories, art and more. All you need to bring is your creativity and curiosity.
For kids 9 to 13.
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Teens, are you interested in cultivating your creativity through writing? Write and share a poem, story, essay or memoir with poet Robbie Telfer. This workshop will help illuminate how you already have all the tools you need to create…
In this workshop, we write silently or together. We listen to audiobooks, music and spoken word. Held on the first and third Thursdays of every month, we are encouraged but not pressured to share our original work.
These workshops aim…
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Are you interested in cultivating your creativity through writing? Write and share a poem, story, essay or memoir with writer Donna Pecore at the Budlong Woods Branch Writing Workshop. Open to all adults, no experience…
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CanceledOnline eventWant to exercise your writing muscle? Meet others interested in writing? Share your work?
Writing Club will provide prompts for inspiration, a virtual space to write in community, and an opportunity to share your work.
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avery r. young, Chicago's first Poet Laureate will lead “chi-soul workshops” at the Austin Branch. The workshops are designed for any writer, from beginners to experienced, to build poems and poetry manuscripts centered on the times…
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That thing you want to write isn't going to write itself! Join the Chicago chapter of Shut Up & Write, hosted by Shauntionne. Quietly, members carve time into their everyday lives to focus on the craft we love the most, and find camaraderie…
Do you like writing, whether you write fiction or non-fiction, poetry or song? If so, this creative writing group is for you! We know that writing is a passion, and if you are passionate about writing, join us as we virtually share our work…
Registration closes August 5 at 12:00am (20 spots remaining)Register for eventOpen Mic is intended to be an inclusive, regularly scheduled event that forges connections between musicians, singers, poets, comedians, storytellers and an enthusiastic audience. Our goal is to foster creativity and build a community where…
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Are you interested in cultivating your creativity through writing? Write and share a poem, story, essay or memoir with writer Donna Pecore at the Budlong Woods Branch Writing Workshop. Open to all adults, no experience…
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Storyteller Nestor Gomez will share heartfelt and humorous tales of his life in Guatemala, his journey here at age 15, and the life he's made in the United States. Nestor believes that we're all connected by universal experiences; his…
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