RHINO READS!
A Monthly Poetry Series
June 26, 2009
FRIDAY
Open Mike 6:00 - 6:30
Featured Poets 6:45 - 7:30
Brothers K
500 Main St.
Evanston, IL
Featuring:
Geoffrey Heeren is a poet and legal aid lawyer who represents immigrants fighting deportation or seeking asylum. He is working on a manuscript of poems and dialogues about the life of Sam Houston. His poetry has appeared in Spoon River Poetry Review and he is an editor of Rhino.draft of announcement
Kristy Bowen is the author of In the Bird Museum (Dusie Press, 2008) and the Fever Almanac (2006). She lives in Chicago, where she edits the dancing girl press chapbook series devoted to publishing emerging women poets. Her poems have appeared in numerous journals.
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FOURTH SUNDAYS
RHINO POETRY WORKSHOPS
and peer exchange
sponsored by RHINO/the Poetry Forum
COME AND TRY OUT YOUR NEW WORK ON US!
Evanston Public Library
Church & Orrington
1:30-4:30 -- Room 108
RHINO/the Poetry Forum invites all poets to its Poetry Workshop & Peer Exchange. Attendees bring 15 copies (no longer than two copies) of a poem to be critiqued, and participate in an ongoing discussion of poetry and poetics. No registration is required, and the workshop is free, though a $5 donation is appreciated.
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Sunday, June 28th, 2009
Leader: Marc Smith
POET MARC SMITH--Crowdpleaser and other books--is best known for bringing to the worldwide poetry community a new style of poetic presentation: the poetry slam. Born on the southeast side of Chicago, Smith's sense of rhythm and unflinching realism has made him one of the country's most compelling performers. He has performed at The Smithsonian Institute, The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, the Kennedy Center, and at other poetry festivals worldwide. Smith's poetry has been featured in Hammer's Magazine, Chicago Magazine, The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry, Poetry Slam, an anthology, Aloud! Voices from the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, which won the 1994 American Book Award, and The United States of Poetry. Marc's Bible of Slam The Complete Idiot's Guide to Slam Poetry is used as a blueprint for creating slams. Chalking up more than 1000 performances at the Green Mill, Smith continues to host and perform at the Uptown Poetry Slam, now in its 21st year, to standing room only houses. He has also staged a multitude of special slam productions at Navy Pier, the Field Museum, and the MCA. Marc has written and produced two stage plays: Flea Market, a night of monologues, and A House Party For Henry, an interactive play. He is on the Artistic Board of several Chicago based performing arts companies.
Marc's topic: The Poetry Slam--So What!
This project is partially supported by grants from the Evanston Arts Council, a city agency supported by
the City of Evanston, and the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.
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