Calendar
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Sunday, March 15: Alumni Day
2 special pre-events for CCC FW Alumni only:
2-4:30 PM
Story Workshop® Alumni classes
A mini-version of the typical Story Workshop class taught in the Fiction Writing Dept.
Workshop leaders:
John Schultz
Betty Shiflett
Randy Albers
Dance Center Chicago
3868 N. Lincoln Ave., 2nd Floor
5:00-6:30 PM
Alumni Reception at Martyrs'
Co-sponsored by Office of Alumni Relations for Alumni and CCC Fiction Writing Students
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OPEN TO PUBLIC EVENTS:
7:00 PM (6:30 PM doors)
2nd Story at Martyrs'
A performance series incorporating storytelling, sound effects, and music. Featuring storytellers:
CP Chang
Molly Each
Deb Lewis
Doug Whippo
Music: DJ White Russian and Seeking Wonderland
(18 and over)
Hosts: Megan Stielstra and Sam Weller
Martyrs'
3855 N. Lincoln Ave.
Monday, March 16
11:00 AM
Part-Time Faculty Reading
Featuring Jonathan Messinger, Hiding Out, and Chris Maul Rice.
Open mic follows.
Hosts: Eric May and Devon Polderman
Columbia College Chicago
Film Row Cinema, 8th Floor
2:30 PM
Q&A: Francine Prose, Reading Like A Writer, Blue Angel*
Conducts informal discussion about her writing and process.
Host: Ann Hemenway
Harold Washington Library
Cindy Pritzker Auditorium
400 S. State St.
*Co-sponsored by Critical Encounters: Human|Nature
6:00 PM
Reading and Conversation: Francine Prose, A Changed Man, Goldengrove*
Book signing to follow.
Host: Donna Seaman, Booklist associate editor, and book critic for Chicago Public Radio.
Harold Washington Library Cindy Pritzker Auditorium
400 S. State St.
*Co-sponsored by Critical Encounters: Human|Nature
9:30 PM
Grad Reading Open Mic
Featuring Marcus Sakey, Good People, followed by an open mic.
Hosts: Chris DeGuire and Alexis Pride
Sheffield's Beer Garden
3258 N. Sheffield Ave
(21 and over)
Tuesday, March 17
11:00 AM
Columbia College Fiction Writing Undergrad Open Mic Reading
Hosts: Fiction Writing Dept. Student Board Members
Columbia College Chicago
Film Row Cinema, 8th Floor
2:30 PM
Shorty Reading: Fiction Writing Department
Faculty Open Mic
Host: Betty Shiflett
Columbia College Chicago
Film Row Cinema, 8th Floor
6:00 PM
Nelson Algren Tribute
A celebration of Nelson Algren and writing in Chicago with readings by Stephanie Kuehnert, I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone; J. Adams Oaks, Why I Fight; Bayo Ojikutu, Free Burning; and Billy Lombardo, The Logic of a Rose. There will also be a conversation with Nelson Algren photographer, Art Shay, and filmmaker Michael Caplan will show a clip from Algren, his upcomming documentary. Book signing to follow.
Host: Joe Meno, Nelson Algren Award winner and author, Demons of the Spring
Harold Washington Library
Cindy Pritzker Auditorium
400 S. State St.
Wednesday, March 18
11:00 AM
Panel: The Art of Publishing
Susan Hahn, poet and editor, TriQuarterly; Caren Johnson, agent; Megan Lynch, Sr. Editor, Riverhead Books; and Sam Weller, author, The Bradbury Chronicles.
Host: Donna Seaman, Booklist associate editor, and book critic for Chicago Public Radio.
Columbia College Chicago
Film Row Cinema, 8th Floor
1104 S. Wabash Ave.
3:00 PM
Panel: Writing on the Edge, Beyond the Mainstream
Lydia Millet, My Happy Life; Richard Price, Clockers; Nami Mun, Miles from Nowhere; Drew Ferguson, The Screwed Up Life of Charlie the Second, Andrew Allegretti, author and CCC Fiction Writing professor.
Host: Shawn Shiflett
Columbia College Chicago
Film Row Cinema, 8th Floor
1104 S. Wabash Ave.
6:00 PM
Studs Terkel Tribute
Chicago Tribune reporter and WGN radio host Rick Kogan will conduct a conversation with friends of Studs: Donna Seaman, Booklist, Bill Young, Midwest Media; Alex Kotlowitz, author, There Are No Children Here, followed by readings from Don De Grazia, American Skin; Drew Ferguson, The Screwed Up Life of Charlie the Second .
Host: Rick Kogan
Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies
Feinberg Theater
610 S. Michigan
Thursday, March 19
11:00 AM
Staged Scenes from Playwriting Students
Hosts: Lisa Schlesinger and Tom Mula
Columbia College Chicago
Film Row Cinema, 8th Floor
1104 S. Wabash Ave
2:30 PM
Playwright Conversation / Panel
On the Rise: Chicago Theater & Beyond
Rick Cleveland, comic performer and screenwriter of Six Feet Under, West Wing, and Mad Men; Mickle Maher, Artistic Director Theatre Oobleck and playwright; Bonnie Metzgar, Artistic Director, About Face Theatre, producer, 365/365 plays by Suzan Lori Parks, and playwright; Tanya Palmer, Literary Manager, Goodman Theatre and playwright.
Host: Lisa Schlesinger
Columbia College Chicago
Film Row Cinema, 8th Floor
6:00 PM
Literary Rock & Roll
Readings by Richard Price, Lush Life; Nami Mun, Miles
From Nowhere; Lydia Millet, How the Dead Dream.
Music by JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound.
Book signings to follow. All ages welcome.
Metro
3730 N. Clark St.
Friday, March 20
5:00 PM
Conversation: Etgar Keret, Israeli short story writer (The Girl on the Fridge) & filmmaker (Jellyfish).
Host : Jerome Ludwig
Book signings to follow.
Columbia College Chicago
Hokin Annex
623 S. Wabash Ave.
7:00 PM
F Magazine Readings
Featuring Etgar Keret, Israeli short story writer (The Girl on the Fridge) & filmmaker (Jellyfish), Augustus Rose, Mort Castle, Betty Shiflett, and other F Magazine contributors. Book signings to follow.
Hosts: Tom Popp and John Schultz
Columbia College Chicago
Hokin Gallery
623 S. Wabash Ave