This Weekend
The Accidental Rapture continues at the 16th Street Theater. Tickets here.

Janet Wondra will be reading from her new book of poetry, Bad Attitude, this Saturday @ 7pm as part of the Tamale Hut Cafe Reading Series, 8300 W Cermak Rd., North Riverside IL.

Author of the newly released chapbook Bad Attitude, Janet Wondra has spread her mischief from her home state of California through Louisiana, Georgia, and into Chicago. Her poetry is collected in three volumes—Emerging Island Cultures, The Wandering Mother, and Long Division—and has been published in such journals as The Southern Review, Witness, Michigan Quarterly Review, Connecticut Review, and Exquisite Corpse. Her creative nonfiction has appeared in Short Takes: Brief Encounters with Contemporary Nonfiction and In the Middle of the Middle West: Literary Nonfiction from the Heartland as well as in The Christian Science Monitor, Denver Quarterly, and Bellingham Review. Also an experimental filmmaker, she has screened her work at festivals and art museums from Germany to California. She teaches creative writing and American literature at Roosevelt University, Chicago.

As always, an open mic will follow after Janet reads, so if you got it bring something to read. Tamales and Tinga - this is a BYOB.

And, finally, if that is not enough, check out an opening reception on Friday, Jan. 27th 6-9 pm. at 22
6910 Cermak Rd.

22, a new design studio and multi-use creative space in Berwyn, is proud to announce its first gallery exhibit, Blank Page, on display from January 27 to February 5. The exhibit features work from nineteen artists and designers, half from within the Chicago area and half from elsewhere. The variety of work presented in the Blank Page exhibit speaks to the variety of backgrounds, experiences and points of view of the artists represented. It also speaks to the blurring of media, techniques, and identity in the contemporary art and design landscape, themes we hope to address at 22 in more depth in future exhibits and events.

As a studio and creative space, 22 has two goals: to showcase the work of emerging and established artists from within the Chicago area, and to bring innovative, informative, and challenging work to our community, through a combination of studio practice and various events and exhibits. Blank Page is the first of these exhibits. Blank Page serves as an opportunity to introduce the Berwyn and Chicago communities to 22 in general, and as an opportunity to highlight the work of a variety of artists and designers. Just as the 22 studio space presents a blank page for future events, this show presents a blank page of opportunity for our artists.

Blank Page features work from the following artists: Christian Arrecis, Jessica Calek, Erika Dely, EPYON5, Chris Gans, Leo Hanifin, Ron Hemphill, C.J. Hungerman, Nicole Killian, Erin McGuire, Jennifer Norton, Kip Pasta, Lauren Payne, Sean Patrick, Egon Selby, Aim Sirampuj, Dan Streeting, Eric Tucker, and Melissa Urbonas

Gallery dates-
Jan. 28- Feb. 5th
Thursday-Sunday 12-6pm
Or by appointment


708-334-9167
22berwyn@gmail.com
www.22berwyn.com
- posted by Mark @ 9:50 AM