Tangelo 24
@ Tangelo
2515 W North Ave., Chicago, IL 60647
Opening Thursday, February 6th, from 7PM - 9PM
*Note that this month’s event is on the FIRST Thursday, not the second.
Join us for readings from Ines Bellina, Alex Shapiro, and Molly Sprayregen!
Donation bar available for purchase via cash, card, or Venmo.
$5 suggested donation on arrival will go directly back to the readers for the event.
——-READER BIOS ——-
Ines Bellina (she/her) is a writer, storyteller, and bon vivant. She has performed in shows all over town like Is this a Thing, You’re Being Ridiculous at Steppenwolf, Story Club, Miss Spoken, the Chicago Women’s Funny Festival. Her writing has also appeared in Chicago Magazine, Wine Enthusiast, Block Club Chicago, The Takeout The A.V. Club, and more. She is currently working on a contemporary YA novel that combines her hatred of Catholic school with her love of high school musicals. You can follow her on twitter at @ibwrites.
Alex Wells Shapiro (he/him) is a poet and artist from New York, living in Chicago. He received his MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2017. Much of Alex’s work physicalizes social and environmental relationships. He has recently published or forthcoming work in Tiny Seed, PROEM, Meat for Tea, and Digging Through the Fat. More of his work may be found at www.alexwellsshapiro.com.
Molly Sprayregen is a Chicago-based writer who focuses on the queer experience. She currently writes for the Associated Press, Forbes.com, Them magazine, LGBTQ Nation, and more. She has a Bachelor’s degree in creative writing from the University of Pennsylvania and an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Northwestern University. She is currently working on both a memoir and a YA novel. You can find more information at mollyspray.com and at her twitter account, @mollyspray.
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