****My old friend, Dan Cleary (author of The Green Ribbon) is doing a feature tonight at the Waiting for the Bus show at Café Ballou at 939 N. Western. The sign up for open mics occurs at 7:30 and the theme for the evening is the agony and the ecstasy (there may be a fair amount of Van Gogh and Gauguin pieces.)
****After a brief hiatus The Aloha poetry show is moving from The Café (near Foster and Lincoln) to 2020 N. Oakley Avenue at Gallery Caberet . The show will take place every week from 7 to 9 pm starting on January 18 with the irreplaceable Janet Kuypers hosting.
*** Yours truly will be hosting a poetry show in Pilsen this Saturday. The eighteenth Café Mestizo POETRY reading on Saturday, JANUARY 21 from 5 to 7 will feature poetry by Maxwell Baumbach, Vincent Bruckbert, Jaime Nuwanda Esparza, and Marty McConell plus open mic at 1738 W 18th St
**In addition every Saturday, No Shame Theater has a show which often includes poetry. The details are included below.
The Agency Theater presents
NO SHAME THEATRE
Come to what is sure to be a thrilling and unique night of theatre, and you create it!
Every Saturday night we open our doors at 10PM and accept the first 15 original acts that walk through the door. Scenes, Poems, Dances, Magic Tricks, Stand-Up, Sketch, Improv, Puppets, Songs, Juggling, Mime, Acrobatics and/or General Shenanigans - whatever floats your proverbial boat.
The Rules:
1. All material must be original
2. Pieces should be no more than five minutes in length
3. You can;t break anything--not yourself, not the theatre--and you can;t break any laws
No Shame Theatre
The Wicker Park Arts Center, downstairs space
2215 West North Avenue
Doors open at 10PM, show starts at 10:30PM
Tickets are $7, or $6 if you post No Shame in your Facebook or Twitter Status (cash only)
Beer and Wine will be available for $3 (cash only)
No Shame Theatre focuses on immediacy, originality and brevity. So, whether you're coming to perform, watch or both, together we'll create a show that has never been seen before and will never be seen again
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