Friday 3/26 – Thursday 4/1
So many literary events, so little time. Today local publications Bridge magazine and Another Chicago Magazine host two readings and a party in conjunction with the Association of Writers and Writing Programs conference. At 4:30 there’s a free reading with Robert Dana, Amina Cain, Antonia Logue, and others at the Bridge space, 119 N. Peoria, 3D. At 8 Bookslut editor Jessa Crispin emcees another with Shelley Jackson, whose latest project, “Skin,” is a short story “published” by tattooing one word of the piece on each of 2,095 volunteers, poet Joe Wenderoth, and others. It’s followed at 10 by the party. Admission to both evening events is $10 and includes two free drink tickets, hors d’oeuvres, and music from DJ Margaret Noble; call 312-421-2227 or see www.bridgemagazine.org. Not too far away, Potion, an online magazine of poetry, fiction, and “multimedia modes of expression,” celebrates its launch with readings from contributors and others. In the spirit of the venture’s eclectic mission the space also hosts photographer Tom Denlinger and editor David Schneiderman’s multimedia installation Memorials to Future Catastrophes. It starts at 9 at Gallery 312, 312 N. May, and it’s free; call 312-942-2500 or see www.potionmag.org.
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29 MONDAY In Terrence McNally’s one-act play Tour, an American couple on vacation in Italy complain about the food and the fact that their driver doesn’t speak English. Strangely, as they drive further south, the olive trees of the Campagna are replaced by the rice paddies of Southeast Asia. It’s one of seven pieces in Collision Course, a staged reading of one-acts and monologues from the 1960s. Other works on the bill include Rats by Israel Horovitz and Wandering: A Turn by Lanford Wilson; among the directors are the Goodman’s Steve Scott and the Hypocrites’ Sean Graney. It’s tonight at 8 at the American Theater Company, 1909 W. Byron. Tickets are $5; call 773-929-1031.
