Open Door/Front Porch
@ Poetry Foundation
61 W Superior St, Chicago, IL 60654
Opening Saturday, September 14th, from 2PM - 3PM
The Open Door series spotlights creative relationships and collaborations rooted in the Midwest, inviting two featured writers and their guests to share work that opens up poetry as an expansive art form. For the first Open Door event of the fall season, we partner with Front Porch Arts Center, a community arts organization on Chicago’s West Side. Front Porch founder and artistic director Keli Stewart will read, along with George Bailey and Ciara Miller. Also featured will be Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellow 2024 finalist Kira Tucker in collaboration with Scheherazade Tillet, co-founder and director of A Long Walk Home.
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Murmurs from the poets:
“farther down my tree-lined street, hemingway was born
farther down the other way, a black boy, being mourned”
—Keli Stewart, from Small Altars
“Outside, cloudlets of war gas steep the streets in our weeping. At once, I grieve and crave arrested breath—to embody a blank among other nothings.”
—Kira Tucker, from Self-Assessment: June 2020
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In-Person Attendance: Masks are strongly encouraged and available at check-in for those who would like to wear one. The Foundation reserves the right to update this policy if community levels of COVID-19 increase significantly. Read our full COVID-19 Health & Safety Guidelines. Guests are encouraged to register in advance.
Livestream Attendance: The livestream link will be shared with registered guests on the day of the event. In order to receive the livestream details, please register in advance.
This program is part of the Poetry Foundation’s fall 2024 season, Murmuring Americas. All Poetry Foundation events are completely free of charge and open to the public. Guests are encouraged to register in advance. The performance space is ADA compliant and wheelchair accessible, and the program will feature CART captioning and ASL interpretation. Masks are strongly encouraged and available at check-in. For more information about accessibility at the Poetry Foundation, please visit our Accessibility Guide.
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Tags: Chicago, Ciara Miller, Front Porch Arts Center, George B Bailey, Keli Stewart, Kira Alexis Tucker, Loop, Open Door/Front Porch, Poetry Foundation, Scheherazade Tillet
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