Literary Art events in Chicago

Check out happening literary art events all around Chicago, IL

January: Three Avenues Open Mic Night

 Sat, 25 Jan, 2025 at 07:30 pm 3009 N Southport Ave Free

Cre8tive Con 2025

 Fri, 21 Feb, 2025 at 05:00 pm InterContinental Chicago Magnificent Mile, an IHG Hotel USD 268

NEW DATES! Zainab Johnson at Zanies Chicago

 Fri, 21 Feb, 2025 at 07:00 pm Zanies Comedy Club Chicago

R&B Vibe Tour

 Sat, 01 Mar, 2025 at 07:00 pm Wintrust Arena

MR. CHAIR AND SPECTACULOUS

 Sat, 25 Jan, 2025 at 08:00 pm Lemon USD 13

February: Three Avenues Open Mic Night

 Sat, 22 Feb, 2025 at 07:30 pm 3009 N Southport Ave Free

Stage Reading: She Too Bad for History by CoquieHughes

 Sat, 22 Feb, 2025 at 07:00 pm Beverly Arts Center Free

Assembly Required

 Fri, 21 Feb, 2025 at 07:30 pm Surge Billiards USD 16

"Sweet Soul Chicago" A Musical Valentine's Day Cabaret & Romantic Game Show

 Fri, 14 Feb, 2025 at 07:00 pm Bughouse Theater USD 50

Sweet Soul Chicago ~ A Valentine's Day Cabaret with Musicality

 Sat, 15 Feb, 2025 at 05:00 pm Bughouse Theater USD 42

You Are Here: a storytelling show

 Fri, 21 Feb, 2025 at 07:30 pm Ponnopozz Studio & Store Free

Authors on Tap: Gus Moreno and Hailey Dezort

 Thu, 23 Jan, 2025 at 07:00 pm Exile in Bookville Free

MegMade's Vintage + Love Valentine's Party

 Fri, 07 Feb, 2025 at 05:00 pm 2728 N Elston Ave Free

MONTHLY OPEN MIC (ALL ARTS) @ Turner Haus Brewery

 Thu, 23 Jan, 2025 at 07:00 pm Turner Haus Brewery Free

Soul Rebels 2025: Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Bob Marley

 Sat, 08 Feb, 2025 at 07:30 pm 201 S. Ashland Avenue, Chicago, IL, United States, Illinois 60607

Open Mic Night at Gallery Cafe River West

 Thu, 23 Jan, 2025 at 07:00 pm 734 N Milwaukee Ave Free

SATURDAY FEBRUARY 15: CHRIS BADER

 Sat, 15 Feb, 2025 at 07:00 pm The Comedy Bar - Chicago Main Stage USD 39 to 52

Bobby Bare Jr. & Kevn Kinney [Drivin N Cryin]

 Sat, 15 Feb, 2025 at 08:00 pm 3057 North Rockwell Street, Chicago, Illinois 60618, United States

Erica Spera LIVE in Chicago

 Sun, 09 Feb, 2025 at 07:00 pm The Lincoln Lodge USD 30

A Conversation with Dr. Norman Finkelstein

 Fri, 07 Feb, 2025 at 05:30 pm Alhambra Palace Restaurant Free

Black Social Dance: Chicagoland Moves

 Fri, 28 Feb, 2025 at 06:00 pm Abbott Hall Free

Soul Sessions Chi (Live Music, R&B & Spoken Word)

 Sun, 26 Jan, 2025 at 07:00 pm Bassline Music Lounge USD 26

In-Person: Where to Carry the Sound by Nina Sudhakar

 Thu, 06 Feb, 2025 at 07:00 pm Women & Children First Free

"Sweet Soul Chicago" A Musical Cabaret & Romantic Game Show

 Sat, 15 Feb, 2025 at 05:00 pm Bughouse Theater USD 43

Love is LoveFest IV presented by Ritual Rhythms Chicago

 Sat, 22 Feb, 2025 at 09:30 pm The Newport Theater USD 29 to 45

Empowered by Black: Open Mic

 Sat, 15 Feb, 2025 at 09:00 pm 11400 S Edbrooke Ave USD 18

Frequency Festival: Ensemble Dal Niente

 Sun, 23 Feb, 2025 at 08:30 pm 3111 N Western Ave Chicago IL 60618

Eddie Ahn ("Advocate") at the Book Cellar

 Thu, 06 Feb, 2025 at 07:00 pm Everybody's Coffee Free

Salt Pruning: A Poetry Collaboration (Book Launch and Q & A)

 Sat, 25 Jan, 2025 at 03:00 pm South Asia Institute Free

Poetry in Translation Event: Sympathy for the Salami

 Wed, 29 Jan, 2025 at 07:00 pm Women & Children First Free

WRITING A CHILDREN'S BOOK WORKSHOP

 Sat, 01 Feb, 2025 at 11:00 am Jordan Boys And Girls Club Free

Tolkien, Lewis, and the Christian Life

 Fri, 21 Feb, 2025 at 07:00 pm 931 W Wilson Ave USD 0 to 14

Robert Burns Day at DMen Tap!

 Sat, 25 Jan, 2025 at 07:00 pm 2849 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL, United States, Illinois 60618

Kumail Nanjiani: Live Special Taping

 Sat, 15 Mar, 2025 at 06:00 pm The Vic Theatre

“Forbidden Love at the Desert’s Edge” - Exhibit Opening

 Sat, 08 Feb, 2025 at 05:00 pm Gerber/Hart Library & Archives USD 18

Pour Your Heart Out Fest

 Fri, 07 Mar, 2025 at 04:00 pm X - Fat Azz Cycling & Fitness Studio USD 23 to 189

Q&A and Book Signing with Bella Matthews

 Fri, 21 Feb, 2025 at 07:30 pm The Last Chapter Book Shop USD 27

HIS GIRL FRIDAY - New 4K Restoration

 Sat, 01 Feb, 2025 at 11:30 am Music Box Theatre

Almost An Angel Movie Tour - Chicago, IL

 Fri, 31 Jan, 2025 at 09:30 pm Music Box Theatre USD 13

The Poetry Open Mic at The Gallery Cabaret hosted by Westley Heine

 Sat, 25 Jan, 2025 at 05:00 pm The Gallery Cabaret

Art Speaks2

 Thu, 06 Feb, 2025 at 06:00 pm 3800 N Clark St Free

So Sweet Is Your Return: Romantic Renaissance Chansons and Madrigals

 Sat, 15 Feb, 2025 at 07:30 pm Bond Chapel USD 50 to 71

Eddie Ahn ("Advocate") at Everybody's Coffee

 Thu, 06 Feb, 2025 at 07:00 pm Everybody's Coffee (Wilson Abbey) USD 13

Printmaking Workshop -- Edgar Miller Inspired

 Sat, 01 Feb, 2025 at 03:00 pm Art on Sedgwick USD 40

The Underground Writers Society at Dorothy

 Mon, 03 Feb, 2025 at 06:00 pm Dorothy Free

Golden Hour featuring Danielle Crim

 Thu, 06 Feb, 2025 at 05:00 pm Epiphany Center for the Arts Free

Free Blues Friday featuring Freddie Dixon Band

 Fri, 07 Feb, 2025 at 08:00 pm Epiphany Center for the Arts Free

Author Talk: Renee Bracey Sherman - Liberating Abortion

 Wed, 22 Jan, 2025 at 07:00 pm Call & Response Books USD 0 to 37

The Eagle & Child Society

 Fri, 07 Feb, 2025 at 07:00 pm The Galway Arms Free

February Book Club with Three Avenues: Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad

 Sun, 16 Feb, 2025 at 05:00 pm Beermiscuous Free

Indigo X Camila

 Sun, 23 Feb, 2025 at 07:00 pm 201 S. Ashland Avenue, Chicago, IL, United States, Illinois 60607

Abstract Fluid Paintings Workshop

 Wed, 29 Jan, 2025 at 07:00 pm Epic Art House USD 39

THURSDAY FEBRUARY 13: CHRIS BADER

 Thu, 13 Feb, 2025 at 08:00 pm The Comedy Bar - Chicago Main Stage USD 33 to 45

Chicago Poetry Center's Blue Hour Generative Workshop

 Wed, 19 Feb, 2025 at 06:00 pm Haymarket House Free

Quality Time Company Presents: Calm Collective

 Thu, 06 Feb, 2025 at 06:00 pm The Joinery USD 37

Ikebana Ohara Ryu [3 Week In-Person Course][February]

 Sat, 08 Feb, 2025 at 10:00 am Japanese Culture Center USD 200

Diverse Desires: A BIPOC Cabaret!

 Fri, 07 Feb, 2025 at 07:00 pm The Newport Theater USD 29 to 39

Author Talk: Dr. Uché Blackstock

 Tue, 28 Jan, 2025 at 07:00 pm Call & Response Books USD 7 to 23

Chicago South Side Literary Bus Tour

 Sat, 15 Feb, 2025 at 10:00 am Douglass Park Cultural and Community Center USD 66

In-Person: Plundered by Bernadette Atuahene

 Sun, 02 Feb, 2025 at 06:30 pm Women & Children First Free

Wine Crawl Presents The Guilty Pleasures Experience (Waitlist )

 Sat, 22 Feb, 2025 at 01:00 pm TBD Free

Tromblau&Friends Presents: Because We Love You

 Mon, 10 Feb, 2025 at 07:00 pm Dorothy Free

A Night with Poi Dog Pondering with Special Guests, Joe Sonnefeldt, Sophia Sanchez & poet Marc Kelly Smith

 Fri, 24 Jan, 2025 at 08:00 pm Athenaeum Center for Thought & Culture

Shiza Shahid "Dinner At Our Place" Cookbook Signing

 Thu, 20 Feb, 2025 at 07:00 pm Everybody's Coffee (Wilson Abbey) USD 52

The Chicago Book Club January Meet-Up

 Wed, 22 Jan, 2025 at 06:00 pm The Vig West Loop USD 18

Running Tour of The Chicago Taxi Wars of the 1920s with Anne Morrissy

 Sat, 25 Jan, 2025 at 11:00 am Chicago Athletic Association - The Unbound Collection by Hyatt USD 13 to 39

Frequency Series: a•pe•ri•od•ic (56): Bonnie Han Jones

 Sun, 02 Mar, 2025 at 08:30 pm Constellation Chicago

Kate Kennedy - Paperback Release Event

 Tue, 28 Jan, 2025 at 06:30 pm Volumes Bookcafe USD 22 to 27

Smart Salon: Art and Infinity, with Dr. W.J.T. Mitchell

 Tue, 28 Jan, 2025 at 05:30 pm Smart Museum of Art Free

February Blue Hour Featuring Elizabeth Strauss Friedman & Faisal Mohyuddin

 Wed, 19 Feb, 2025 at 07:30 pm Haymarket House Free

"Sweet Soul Chicago" A Musical Valentine's Day Cabaret & Romantic Game Show

 Fri, 14 Feb, 2025 at 09:30 pm Bughouse Theater USD 50

In-Person: My Mother in Havana: A Memoir of Magic & Miracle by Rebe Huntman

 Thu, 27 Feb, 2025 at 07:00 pm Women & Children First Free

Tangible Books Reading in February

 Sat, 01 Feb, 2025 at 07:00 pm Tangible Books

Authors on Tap: Alex Higley and Lindsay Hunter

 Fri, 28 Feb, 2025 at 07:00 pm Exile in Bookville Free

March Book Club with Three Avenues: There Are Rivers in the Sky

 Sun, 23 Mar, 2025 at 05:00 pm Beermiscuous Free

Identity and Relationship Workshop: There is no "ME" without "You"!

 Sat, 08 Feb, 2025 at 01:00 pm 2976 S Wabash Ave USD 31

The Elevated Book Club Session VII

 Sun, 26 Jan, 2025 at 10:30 am 1508 W 18th St USD 26

Making Sanctuary People

 Thu, 23 Jan, 2025 at 06:00 pm DePaul University - Lincoln Park Student Center Rm. 325 Free

April 18 - Chicago - Pedro Gonzalez Stand Up Hour (English)

 Fri, 18 Apr, 2025 at 06:00 pm RED ROOM Comedy Club USD 37 to 119

Q&A and book signing with Kylie Kent

 Sun, 09 Feb, 2025 at 04:30 pm The Last Chapter Book Shop USD 27

K. Carlton, inc Experiences: A Night at the Opera, La Bohème 2025

 Sat, 22 Mar, 2025 at 07:30 pm Lyric Opera of Chicago

In-Person: Sex with a Brain Injury by Annie Liontas

 Thu, 23 Jan, 2025 at 07:00 pm Women & Children First Free

The Man with the Golden Amaretto: Literary Cocktail Party

 Sat, 08 Feb, 2025 at 07:00 pm Colvin House USD 135

Trio Bien

 Wed, 05 Feb, 2025 at 07:00 pm Jazz Showcase USD 20 to 35

Q&A and book Signing with Kristen Ciccarelli

 Thu, 27 Feb, 2025 at 07:30 pm The Last Chapter Book Shop USD 32

Get Lit: Pub Night

 Tue, 11 Mar, 2025 at 05:30 pm American Writers Museum USD 8 to 29

The Power Pause Book Tour: Monica & Andy in Chicago, IL

 Thu, 23 Jan, 2025 at 06:00 pm Monica + Andy Free

The Laughter & Truth Tour w/ Matthew Hudson & Cellus Hamilton

 Fri, 28 Mar, 2025 at 07:00 pm The Promontory USD 26 to 50

Destreza and Esgrima Comun Intensive Weekend

Fri, 23 May, 2025 at 06:00 pm 4437 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL, United States, Illinois 60640

The Uncanny Attic- Chapters A-D

 Thu, 20 Feb, 2025 at 08:00 pm Steppenwolf Theatre Company

Red Earth Nation: A History of the Meskwaki Settlement

 Thu, 20 Feb, 2025 at 06:00 pm 60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL, United States, Illinois 60610

FRIDAY FEBRUARY 14: CHRIS BADER

 Fri, 14 Feb, 2025 at 09:00 pm The Comedy Bar - Chicago Main Stage USD 39 to 52

SUNDAY FEBRUARY 16: CHRIS BADER

 Sun, 16 Feb, 2025 at 07:00 pm The Comedy Bar - Chicago Main Stage USD 39 to 52

Film Screening: "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider"

 Sun, 09 Feb, 2025 at 03:00 pm American Writers Museum USD 0 to 19

Writers on Writing: Hernan Diaz and Ananda Lima

 Thu, 23 Jan, 2025 at 06:00 pm 60 W Walton St, Chicago, IL, United States, Illinois 60610

Eraserhead (1977)

 Fri, 24 Jan, 2025 at 11:00 pm The Logan Theatre

Q&A meet and greet with Brynne Weaver and Hannah Bonam-Young 8:30PM SLOT

 Thu, 20 Feb, 2025 at 08:30 pm The Last Chapter Book Shop USD 27

Ikebana Ohara Ryu [3 Week In Person Course] [March]

 Sat, 15 Mar, 2025 at 10:00 am Japanese Culture Center USD 200

Book Club Run of Becoming

 Sun, 09 Feb, 2025 at 02:00 pm Blackstone Branch, Chicago Public Library USD 13 to 39

Author Talk with Freda Epum

 Thu, 30 Jan, 2025 at 07:00 pm Call & Response Books USD 0 to 23