Literary-art Events in Chicago
Check out happening literary-art events all around Chicago, IL
LANDMVRKS, NOVELISTS, Silly Goose, Resolve in Chicago
Sat, 20 Sep at 05:30 pm
House of Blues Chicago
Back to School Musical Story Time
Sat, 06 Sep at 11:00 am
Time Out Market Chicago
Free
Curing Whiteness with Willie James Jennings
Fri, 26 Sep at 07:00 pm
The Arts Club of Chicago
USD 55
September Free Day at the American Writers Museum
Sun, 21 Sep at 10:00 am
American Writers Museum
Free
Sweetest Day in Chicago
Fri, 17 Oct at 07:00 pm
Bughouse Theater
Black & Bronze: A Bronzeville Music Fest
Sat, 06 Sep at 01:00 pm
Armstrong (Lillian Hardin) Park
Free
Q&A and book signing with Laura Pavlov & Kat Singleton
Fri, 03 Oct at 07:00 pm
The Last Chapter Book Shop
USD 27
Q&A and Book Signing with Jamie Applegate Hunter
Sat, 27 Sep at 06:30 pm
The Last Chapter Book Shop
USD 27
Q&A and book signing with Kat T. Masen and Willow Winters
Fri, 26 Sep at 07:00 pm
The Last Chapter Book Shop
USD 27
Locker Room Confessions Sports Romance Panel
Sat, 04 Oct at 02:00 pm
The Den Theatre
USD 48
C.S. Lewis' The Screwtape Letters
Sat, 13 Sep at 04:00 pm
Athenaeum Theatre
NOITP: Art of Being: Move with Waterways @ Ronan (George) Park (Ver. 3-3)
Sat, 06 Sep at 10:00 am
Ronan (George) Park
Free
TRANSVENGENCE VOL. 9: Queer Pop-up
Sun, 07 Sep at 08:00 pm
Podlasie Club
Free
Fareed Ayaz and Abu Muhammad Qawwali (Saturday)
Sat, 25 Oct at 07:30 pm
South Asia Institute
USD 55 to 119
Q&A and book signing with Kay Cove
Wed, 17 Sep at 07:00 pm
The Last Chapter Book Shop
USD 27
Chris Rawlins and Marian Runk
Fri, 05 Sep at 08:00 pm
UncommonGround - Lakeview
USD 15 to 18
Trymaine Lee Book Launch "A Thousand Ways to Die"
Fri, 12 Sep at 07:00 pm
Everybody's Coffee (Wilson Abbey)
USD 45
Assembly Required: Women's Assembly
Sat, 06 Sep at 07:00 pm
3059 W Augusta Blvd
USD 20
OUT OF THE PAST -- 35MM Screening at Noir City: Chicago!
Sat, 06 Sep at 06:45 pm
Music Box Theatre
Crime Ink: Iconic Book Launch
Thu, 11 Sep at 07:00 pm
Women & Children First
Free
Rituals of Remembering: Fall Celebration!
Sat, 25 Oct at 12:00 pm
4910 W Quincy St
Free
September Choose Chicago Roundtable: Chicago Creatives Shaping Our Story
Thu, 04 Sep at 09:30 am
The Richard H. Driehaus Museum
Free
Children's Storytime: HILWA'S GIFTS by Safa Suleiman
Sat, 13 Sep at 10:30 am
Women & Children First
Free
ALCHEMISED Midnight Release Party
Mon, 22 Sep at 09:30 pm
The Last Chapter Book Shop
USD 48
Jenny Hagel Gives Advice
Thu, 11 Sep at 07:00 pm
The Lincoln Lodge
USD 18
Henry Cho: The Empty Nest Tour
Sat, 11 Oct at 08:00 pm
The Vic Theatre
Claiming Our Space: Powering an Equitable Future
Fri, 12 Sep at 05:30 pm
Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile
USD 25 to 1,500
Rituals of Remembering: Living Altars
Sat, 20 Sep at 12:00 pm
4910 W Quincy St
Free
Closing Night! $POSITIONS
Sun, 21 Sep at 07:30 pm
The Harper Theater
Author Event: Olivia Royal with Lola Wright
Mon, 08 Sep at 06:30 pm
City Lit Books
Free
An Evening with Haunted Like Human
Thu, 11 Sep at 07:00 pm
UncommonGround - Lakeview
USD 18 to 23
Authors on Tap: Eric LaRocca and Daniel Kraus
Fri, 12 Sep at 07:00 pm
Exile in Bookville
Free
The Oh Hellos, Rabbitology in Chicago
Wed, 08 Oct at 07:30 pm
The Salt Shed Indoors (Shed)
American Prophets Writing Workshop - R. O. Kwon
Thu, 04 Sep at 06:00 pm
American Writers Museum
USD 29
Frontier One Book Launch - By Robert Reif
Fri, 05 Sep at 06:00 pm
The Metropolitan
Free
Elastro A/V Day 2: ‘Expanded Cinema Performances’ - Curated by Yousif Alzayed
Sat, 27 Sep at 08:00 pm
Elastic Arts
Offsite: A Truce That is Not Peace by Miriam Toews
Sat, 06 Sep at 07:00 pm
Haymarket House
USD 11 to 53
Book Launch w/ Author Katie Simon - Chicago
Fri, 12 Sep at 07:00 pm
The Pleasure Chest
Free
Canto-Kójo: Reading Series and Bloodmercy Book Launch
Thu, 11 Sep at 07:00 pm
Call & Response Books
USD 0 to 21
The Screwtape Letters at Athenaeum Center
Sun, 14 Sep at 03:00 pm
Athenaeum Center
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 13: SAM TRIPOLI
Sat, 13 Sep at 07:00 pm
The Comedy Bar - Chicago Main Stage
USD 33 to 45
Till Eulenspiegel & Bullock Sings Aucoin
Thu, 04 Dec at 07:30 pm
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
¡Slam En Vivo & Live Open Mic!
Wed, 10 Sep at 06:30 pm
2141 W 21st St, Chicago, IL 60608-6160, United States
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 5: D'LAI
Fri, 05 Sep at 07:00 pm
The Comedy Bar - Chicago Main Stage
USD 39 to 52
Dan Pelosi "Let's Party" at Everybody's Coffee
Fri, 05 Sep at 07:00 pm
Everybody's Coffee (Wilson Abbey)
USD 52
september poetry reading at tangible books
Sat, 06 Sep at 07:00 pm
Tangible Books
Women of a Certain (R)age
Thu, 02 Oct at 07:00 pm
The Newport Theater
USD 29 to 39
Klaus Mäkelä & Yunchan Lim
Thu, 18 Dec at 07:30 pm
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
NEW! Bus Tour | Bronzeville Murals
Sun, 14 Sep at 12:00 pm
Chicago History Museum
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 12: SAM TRIPOLI
Fri, 12 Sep at 09:00 pm
The Comedy Bar - Chicago Main Stage
USD 33 to 45
Teen Lit Night: Unbound
Fri, 19 Sep at 05:00 pm
Harold Washington Library, Winter Garden on the 9th floor
Performance: Refining The Third Ear - Night 3
Thu, 02 Oct at 07:00 pm
International Museum of Surgical Science
USD 0 to 15
Another Dimension #104: DICKTEMBER
Tue, 16 Sep at 08:00 pm
Bucket O' Blood Books and Records
Chicago, IL - Spits, Sips & Smokes Tour
Sun, 09 Nov at 07:00 pm
Cigar Lounge
USD 26 to 55
SATURDAY OCTOBER 4: AHAMED WEINBERG
Sat, 04 Oct at 07:00 pm
The Comedy Bar - Chicago Main Stage
USD 33 to 45
Chicago Artopia Presents: Grisha Goryachev
Sun, 22 Feb at 03:00 pm
West Lawn Branch, Chicago Public Library
Free
SATURDAY DECEMBER 6: CHE DURENA
Sat, 06 Dec at 07:00 pm
The Comedy Bar - Chicago Main Stage
USD 33 to 45
Performance: Alex Koi & Kirin McElwain with D. Jean-Baptiste & Anna Johnson
Fri, 05 Sep at 07:00 pm
International Museum of Surgical Science
USD 0 to 15
All You Can Eataly Septemberfest - 7 pm entrance
Fri, 26 Sep at 07:00 pm
Eataly Chicago
USD 130
Jason Diamond - Kaplan's Plot Chicago Release
Fri, 19 Sep at 07:00 pm
Volumes Bookcafe
USD 32 to 38
Patrick Shiroishi: Forgetting is Violent Tour w/ M. Sage
Fri, 07 Nov at 08:30 pm
3111 N Western Ave Chicago IL 60618
Framing the Story: Adam Selzer on M**der, Mystery & Chicago’s Media Machine
Tue, 30 Sep at 07:00 pm
Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Museum
Free
LANDMVRKS with The Novelists
Sat, 20 Sep at 10:30 pm
House of Blues Chicago
FRIDAY OCTOBER 3: AHAMED WEINBERG
Fri, 03 Oct at 07:00 pm
The Comedy Bar - Chicago Main Stage
USD 33 to 45
Celebrating the Visiting Teaching Artists of Forms & Features
Thu, 04 Sep at 06:00 pm
Poetry Foundation
Free
The Answer is in the Wound by Kelly Sundberg
Wed, 17 Sep at 07:00 pm
Women & Children First
Free
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor: Just Shine!
Sat, 20 Sep at 01:00 pm
400 South State St, Chicago, IL, United States, Illinois 60605
TESTIMONY Service: A Testimonies-Only Christian Open Mic
Fri, 03 Oct at 07:00 pm
Prāzbar
Free
Q&A and Book Signing with Veronica Lancet
Wed, 24 Sep at 07:00 pm
The Last Chapter Book Shop
USD 32
Mohsen Namjoo
Sun, 12 Oct at 06:30 pm
Mayfair Theatre
USD 0 to 80
THE GRIFTERS hosted by Eddie Muller - Opening Night of NOIR CITY: CHICAGO
Fri, 05 Sep at 07:00 pm
Music Box Theatre
COYKOC FAMILY REUNION
Fri, 12 Sep at 05:30 pm
Chicago
USD 51 to 75
September Book Club with Three Avenues: The Favorites
Sun, 21 Sep at 05:00 pm
Beermiscuous
Free
A ROYAL AFFAIR - A CAVALCADE OF AUTHORS EVENT
Fri, 24 Oct at 07:30 pm
Alhambra Palace Restaurant
USD 37 to 61
When Silence Screams Stage Play
Sat, 04 Oct at 02:00 pm
APC Theater
USD 50 to 61
2025 Fuller Award Ceremony for Jackie Taylor
Mon, 20 Oct at 06:30 pm
Black Ensemble Theater
Free
Drag, Jokes & Football Folks: a comedy fundraiser
Thu, 04 Sep at 07:00 pm
Dorothy
USD 20
Mushroom Church - Chicago
Fri, 10 Oct at 07:00 pm
Wicker Park Lutheran Church
USD 17 to 44
Preparing For Great Sleep for You and Your Baby (BUCKTOWN)
Wed, 29 Oct at 06:00 pm
Weissbluth Pediatrics
Free
Book Talk: The Wilderness with Angela Flournoy
Wed, 22 Oct at 07:00 pm
Call & Response Books
USD 0 to 37
Community Grief Circle
Sat, 06 Sep at 01:00 pm
4251 N Lincoln Ave
USD 109
CLHOF @ PRLF
Sat, 06 Sep at 10:00 am
Printers Row Lit Fest
Listening Party: Angel Bat Dawid
Sat, 04 Oct at 03:00 pm
Constellation
Free
Chicago- The Sisterhood: Next Gen Writing Workshop
Fri, 19 Sep at 05:00 pm
Sip & Savor | Edgewater
USD 17
Cliff Lede Winemaker Dinner
Tue, 23 Sep at 06:00 pm
163 N. Green Street, Chicago, IL, United States, Illinois 60607
Blue House Bookmobile at Printers Row Lit Fest
Sat, 06 Sep at 10:00 am
Printer's Row, Chicago
Watershed: Ways of Knowing the River @ Big Marsh Park
Sun, 07 Sep at 02:00 pm
Big Marsh Park
Free
Ikebana Ohara Ryu [3 Week In Person Class] [September]
Sat, 06 Sep at 10:00 am
Japanese Culture Center
USD 200
Jennifer Pastiloff & Gertrude Lyons Book Event
Tue, 09 Sep at 07:00 pm
Women & Children First
Free
Authors on Tap: ML Rio and Lindsay Hunter
Tue, 16 Sep at 07:00 pm
Exile in Bookville
Free
Paul Selig: A Channeled Weekend Workshop in Chicago
Sat, 11 Oct at 10:00 am
Color Club
USD 295 to 395
Say Gay Plays: With About Face Theatre and Silk Road Cultural Center
Sat, 20 Sep at 02:00 pm
NEIU Carruthers Center for Inner City Studies (CCICS)
Free
Performance: Refining The Third Ear - Night 1
Wed, 03 Sep at 07:00 pm
International Museum of Surgical Science
USD 0 to 15
THE TRU MAN SHOW: REPROGRAMMING
Sat, 27 Sep at 07:00 pm
450 E 78th St
USD 22 to 28
The Perils of Girlhood: A Memoir in Essays by Melissa Fraterrigo
Wed, 24 Sep at 07:00 pm
Women & Children First
Free
RL Book Club #103: "Our Share of the Night"
Tue, 21 Oct at 07:30 pm
Reed's Local
"Undesirable Secrets" By Rodolfo Alvarado
Sun, 05 Oct at 06:30 pm
Mrs. Murphy & Sons Irish Bistro
Haunted History Tours at Lincoln Park Zoo
Tue, 30 Sep at 07:00 pm
N Cannon Dr at W Fullerton Pkwy, Chicago, IL, United States, Illinois 60614
Performance: Refining The Third Ear - Night 2
Thu, 18 Sep at 07:00 pm
International Museum of Surgical Science
USD 0 to 15
Horror Writing and Religion - An American Prophets Program
Fri, 10 Oct at 06:30 pm
University of Chicago Divinity School
USD 23
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