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
No Menthol Chicago Poetry Contest
Fri, 22 Aug at 06:30 pm
The Salvation Army Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center Chicago
Free
Boulet Brothers' Dragula: Season 666 Tour
Thu, 21 Aug at 08:00 pm
The Vic Theatre
35TH ANNUAL AFRICAN FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS
Sat, 30 Aug at 10:00 am
Washington Park
Curing Whiteness with Willie James Jennings
Fri, 26 Sep at 07:00 pm
The Arts Club of Chicago
USD 55
The 4 Practices of Power for Freedom in Today's World
Wed, 20 Aug at 07:00 pm
Garrett Hypnosis & Wellness
Free
Poetry Night at The Walk In
Wed, 27 Aug at 08:00 pm
The Walk In
Free
September Free Day at the American Writers Museum
Sun, 21 Sep at 10:00 am
American Writers Museum
Free
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
Assembly Required: Women's Assembly
Sat, 06 Sep at 07:00 pm
3059 W Augusta Blvd
USD 20
Let the Right Book In book club
Fri, 29 Aug at 07:00 pm
Exile in Bookville
Free
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 Joanna Shupe
Thu, 28 Aug at 07:00 pm
The Last Chapter Book Shop
USD 27
Taylor Swift The Eras Tour (Drag Brunch Version) Chicago 8/16
Sat, 16 Aug at 10:00 am
Chop Shop
USD 54
Chuck Tingle: Lucky Day
Sat, 16 Aug at 07:00 pm
Everybody's Coffee (Wilson Abbey)
USD 45
The Oh Hellos, Rabbitology in Chicago
Wed, 08 Oct at 07:30 pm
The Salt Shed Indoors (Shed)
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
Poetry Reading: Scream / Queen by CD Eskilson
Fri, 15 Aug at 07:00 pm
Women & Children First
Free
Argyle Night Market - August 14th
Thu, 14 Aug at 05:00 pm
Argyle Night Market
Authors on Tap: Eric LaRocca and Daniel Kraus
Fri, 12 Sep at 07:00 pm
Exile in Bookville
Free
FRIDAY AUGUST 22: DAVE HELEM
Fri, 22 Aug at 09:00 pm
The Comedy Bar - Chicago Main Stage
USD 33 to 39
Locker Room Confessions Sports Romance Panel
Sat, 04 Oct at 02:00 pm
The Den Theatre
USD 48
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 13: SAM TRIPOLI
Sat, 13 Sep at 07:00 pm
The Comedy Bar - Chicago Main Stage
USD 33 to 45
Chicago, IL - Spits, Sips & Smokes Tour
Sun, 09 Nov at 07:00 pm
Cigar Lounge
USD 26 to 55
Rob Anderson: Are You Afraid of the '90s?
Fri, 05 Dec at 07:00 pm
Park West
Trymaine Lee Book Launch "A Thousand Ways to Die"
Fri, 12 Sep at 07:00 pm
Everybody's Coffee (Wilson Abbey)
USD 45
Till Eulenspiegel & Bullock Sings Aucoin
Thu, 04 Dec at 07:30 pm
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
'Battle of the Bookstores' Author Event
Wed, 13 Aug at 06:30 pm
Slant of Light Books
Free
Rituals of Remembering: Staying in Touch
Sat, 23 Aug at 12:00 pm
4910 W Quincy St
Free
Story Time with Dr. Kay!
Sat, 16 Aug at 11:00 am
Call & Response Books
USD 0 to 25
Grown Folks Stories
Thu, 21 Aug at 07:00 pm
The Promontory
USD 15
Rituals of Remembering: Fall Celebration!
Sat, 25 Oct at 12:00 pm
4910 W Quincy St
Free
Children's Storytime: HILWA'S GIFTS by Safa Suleiman
Sat, 13 Sep at 10:30 am
Women & Children First
Free
Crime Ink: Iconic Book Launch
Thu, 11 Sep at 07:00 pm
Women & Children First
Free
Mini Wellness Expo with Emily Bond
Sat, 16 Aug at 01:00 pm
Passages Wine and Books
USD 0 to 20
RESTING BITCH FACE by Taylor Byas
Fri, 29 Aug at 07:00 pm
Women & Children First
Free
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
Bloody Reads #102: The Haar
Wed, 13 Aug at 08:00 pm
Bucket O' Blood Books and Records
Jarvis Square Books Club #1
Tue, 19 Aug at 07:00 pm
Jarvis Square Books
Free
StoryStudio Chicago StoryBoard Festival
Sat, 16 Aug at 09:00 am
Newberry Library
Ken Markovic and Osvaldo Paese @ Uncommon Ground
Fri, 15 Aug at 08:00 pm
Uncommon Ground Lakeview
Ikebana Ohara Ryu [2 Week In Person Class] [August]
Sat, 23 Aug at 10:00 am
Japanese Culture Center
USD 134
Book Talk: Black Genius with Tre Johnson
Wed, 20 Aug at 07:00 pm
Call & Response Books
USD 0 to 37
Emotional Abuse: A Discussion on the Abuses of Power
Fri, 22 Aug at 06:00 pm
LoSAH Center of Hope
Free
Guardians of the Earth and Sky at the Garden of the Phoenix
Sun, 17 Aug at 02:00 pm
Garden of the Phoenix
Free
COYKOC FAMILY REUNION
Fri, 12 Sep at 05:30 pm
Chicago
USD 51 to 75
Rituals of Remembering: Living Altars
Sat, 20 Sep at 12:00 pm
4910 W Quincy St
Free
Stomping Grounds Open Stage – Summer Series at Garfield Park Conservatory
Thu, 21 Aug at 06:00 pm
Garfield Park Conservatory
Free
Gaza Mutual Aid Variety Show!
Fri, 15 Aug at 07:00 pm
Call & Response Books
USD 0 to 7
Authors on Tap: ML Rio and Lindsay Hunter
Tue, 16 Sep at 07:00 pm
Exile in Bookville
Free
American Prophets Writing Workshop - R. O. Kwon
Thu, 04 Sep at 06:00 pm
American Writers Museum
USD 29
Canto-Kójo: Reading Series and Bloodmercy Book Launch
Thu, 11 Sep at 07:00 pm
Call & Response Books
USD 0 to 21
August Book Club with Three Avenues: Soledad Brother
Sun, 17 Aug at 05:00 pm
Beermiscuous
Free
SATURDAY AUGUST 23: DAVE HELEM
Sat, 23 Aug at 09:00 pm
The Comedy Bar - Chicago Main Stage
USD 33 to 39
NOITP: Art of Being: Move with Waterways @ River Esplanade Park (Ver. 3-2)
Sat, 23 Aug at 10:00 am
River Esplanade Park
Free
RJD Women's Book Club: Mamaleh Knows Best by Marjorie Ingall
Sat, 16 Aug at 07:30 pm
North Suburbs of Chicago, IL
Poetry vs Hip Hop at City Winery - Chicago
Tue, 19 Aug at 07:30 pm
City Winery - Chicago
Klaus Mäkelä & Yunchan Lim
Thu, 18 Dec at 07:30 pm
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
An Evening with Haunted Like Human
Thu, 11 Sep at 07:00 pm
UncommonGround - Lakeview
USD 18 to 23
Q&A and Book Signing with Chelsea Curto
Fri, 15 Aug at 07:00 pm
The Last Chapter Book Shop
USD 27
Offsite: A Truce That is Not Peace by Miriam Toews
Sat, 06 Sep at 07:00 pm
Haymarket House
USD 11 to 53
The Critics | 200 Years of Black Artists in Paris
Sat, 16 Aug at 11:00 am
Parkway Ballroom
Free
Watershed: Ways of Knowing the River @ Big Marsh Park
Sun, 07 Sep at 02:00 pm
Big Marsh Park
Free
Community Grief Circle
Sat, 06 Sep at 01:00 pm
4251 N Lincoln Ave
USD 109
Avondalia Art Show: In Chorus and Cohesion
Fri, 29 Aug at 05:00 pm
The Art Colony
Free
Open Mic Night @ Blazed Bakery
Thu, 21 Aug at 07:00 pm
Blazed Bakery
Free
Cacao Club: Yoga Nidra, Indigenous Philosophy, Conchas & Cacao
Sat, 30 Aug at 02:00 pm
645 W 18th St
USD 32 to 56
Performance: Refining The Third Ear - Night 1
Wed, 03 Sep at 07:00 pm
International Museum of Surgical Science
USD 0 to 15
Lessons in Magic and Disaster by Charlie Jane Anders
Thu, 21 Aug at 07:00 pm
Women & Children First
Free
Jennifer Pastiloff & Gertrude Lyons Book Event
Tue, 09 Sep at 07:00 pm
Women & Children First
Free
Fareed Ayaz and Abu Muhammad Qawwali (Saturday)
Sat, 25 Oct at 07:30 pm
South Asia Institute
USD 55 to 119
StoryStudio Chicago Presents: Authors in Conversation
Wed, 13 Aug at 06:00 pm
Conrad Sulzer Regional Library
"Undesirable Secrets" By Rodolfo Alvarado
Sun, 05 Oct at 06:30 pm
Mrs. Murphy & Sons Irish Bistro
THE TRU MAN SHOW: REPROGRAMMING
Sat, 27 Sep at 07:00 pm
450 E 78th St
USD 22 to 28
Tesla Fashion Show: Thursday August 28th
Thu, 28 Aug at 06:00 pm
Tesla South Loop
USD 31 to 1,666
Collage and Thinking: A Writing Workshop with Dale Pesmen
Sat, 16 Aug at 02:00 pm
Oliva Gallery
Free
Annual Women in Translation Reading & Discussion
Wed, 13 Aug at 07:00 pm
Women & Children First
Free
Women of a Certain (R)age
Thu, 02 Oct at 07:00 pm
The Newport Theater
USD 29 to 39
Mather Workshop at the American Writers Museum (55+)
Wed, 20 Aug at 01:00 pm
American Writers Museum
Free
CLHOF @ PRLF
Sat, 06 Sep at 10:00 am
Printers Row Lit Fest
Back to School Musical Story Time
Sat, 06 Sep at 11:00 am
Time Out Market Chicago
Free
Women's Empowerment Networking Brunch
Sat, 23 Aug at 10:00 am
4321 S Cottage Grove Ave
Free
Book Bedazzling Party!
Fri, 22 Aug at 07:00 pm
The Last Chapter Book Shop
Dan Pelosi "Let's Party" at Everybody's Coffee
Fri, 05 Sep at 07:00 pm
Everybody's Coffee (Wilson Abbey)
USD 52
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 5: D'LAI
Fri, 05 Sep at 07:00 pm
The Comedy Bar - Chicago Main Stage
USD 39 to 52
The Screwtape Letters at Athenaeum Center
Sun, 14 Sep
Athenaeum Center
Author Talk: Nicholas Meyer (IN PERSON)
Thu, 18 Sep at 06:00 pm
American Writers Museum
USD 10 to 13
Bear Witness: A Journal for Black Women Grieving the Loss of Their Mothers.
Sun, 17 Aug at 04:00 pm
Thrift LLC
USD 29 to 61
Consciousness Rising music festival
Sat, 23 Aug at 12:00 pm
4251 North Lincolin Ave Chicago,Illinois
Watershed: Ways of Knowing the River @ Wild Mile
Sat, 30 Aug at 02:00 pm
Wild Mile Chicago
Free
Watershed: Ways of Knowing the River @ Bubbly Creek
Sat, 23 Aug at 02:00 pm
Park No. 571
Free
Guardians of the Earth and Sky at Ping Tom Park
Sat, 23 Aug at 02:00 pm
Ping Tom Memorial Park
Free
Slant of Starlight Romantasy Book Club
Sun, 17 Aug at 05:00 pm
Slant of Light Books
Free
MONTHLY OPEN MIC (ALL ARTS) @ Turner Haus Brewery (AUGUST)
Thu, 28 Aug at 07:00 pm
Turner Haus Brewery
Free
August Free Day at the American Writers Museum
Sun, 17 Aug at 10:00 am
American Writers Museum
Free
CPG Member Visit to the Newberry Library
Tue, 19 Aug at 01:00 pm
Newberry Library
Free
Chris Rawlins and Marian Runk
Fri, 05 Sep at 08:00 pm
UncommonGround - Lakeview
USD 15 to 18
Tangible Books bonus poetry event 8/20/25 with Janet Kuypers feature
Wed, 20 Aug at 05:00 pm
Tangible Books
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