Free dinner, free friends, just $10
Sunday, March 28, 7:00-11:00 pm
* BYOB DINNER PARTY * POETRY READING * OPEN MIC *
to benefit the legendary MOLLY’S BOOKSTORE
featuring
JOE ROARTY & LUIS HUMBERTO VALADEZ
PLUS: Free Body Painting by Stephanie Stoner!
“There is no canvas more magnificent than that of living human flesh.” Images and text from beyond the imagination, custom for anyone.
WHEN: Sunday, March 28th, 7:00-11:00 pm (reading begins at 8:00, open mic to follow)
WHERE: Molly’s Bookstore, 1010 S. 9th St. (between Carpenter and Washington, in the Italian Market)
WHY: You love poetry and people! You want to support local, independent bookstores and build strong communities around them!
COST: $10 gets you a delicious vegetarian/vegan dinner cooked by Molly herself! Proceeds go to support renovations of Molly’s Bookstore.
This is a casual event—please remember to BYOB!
(The most convenient Wine & Spirits is on South Street between 7th and 8th).
JOE ROARTY, by way of bio:
born on a mountain
raisd n a cave
fukkn & fiten
is all i crave
LUIS HUMBERTO VALADEZ writes poetry and plays music and is from Chicago Heights, IL. He received his B.A. from Columbia College Chicago, where he studied Sound Recording and Poetry, and an MFA in Writing and Poetics from the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at Naropa University. His influences range from Frank O’Hara, Anne Sexton, Harryette Mullen, Sonia Sanchez, and Amiri Baraka, to Chino XL, Saul Williams, Anne Waldman, Federico Garcia Lorca, Alice Notley and Ted Berrigan. His first collection of poems, “what i’m on,” was published by the University of Arizona Press in March of 2009. His first CD “wat ahm on (ep)” was released in conjunction with the book by Last Minute Records. He currently works as AmeriCorps VISTA Leader for Chicago Public School Students in Temporary Living Situations Program, leading the management of their homeless shelter based after-school tutoring program Chicago HOPES.
