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Find Your Origin: Spoken Word Workshop (Virtual)

Teen Program

2022-04-27 19:00:00 2022-04-27 20:00:00 America/Chicago Find Your Origin: Spoken Word Workshop (Virtual) In this spoken word workshop with Young Chicago Authors, we will explore fake origin stories, what they are, and how they work. We will laugh at some, question others, and eventually write our own. Wilmette Public Library - Zoom Adult/Teen

Wednesday, April 27
7:00pm - 8:00pm

Add to Calendar 2022-04-27 19:00:00 2022-04-27 20:00:00 America/Chicago Find Your Origin: Spoken Word Workshop (Virtual) In this spoken word workshop with Young Chicago Authors, we will explore fake origin stories, what they are, and how they work. We will laugh at some, question others, and eventually write our own. Wilmette Public Library - Zoom Adult/Teen

Wilmette Public Library

Zoom Adult/Teen

In this spoken word workshop with Young Chicago Authors, we will explore fake origin stories, what they are, and how they work. We will laugh at some, question others, and eventually write our own.

This virtual workshop will be run by spoken word poet and Young Chicago Author teaching artist, C. Lofty Bolling. C.Lofty Bolling (they/them) is a black, queer, and southern poet who has recently relocated to Chicago in 2021 and has been writing poetry regularly since middle school and self-publishing since their senior year of high school. Through their poetry, they explore notions of identity formations, the quantum imagination, history, ontology, and voodoo practices.
They have six self-published works titled, Lofty (2019), The Aquarius’ Aquarium (2019), Blue and Orange (2020), Unloc’d (2021), Black Atlanteans (2021) and The Master’s House (2021) and additional individual poems published through Lupercalia Press and Rigorous Press.

This poetry program is made possible through a collaboration between Wilmette Public Library, Wheaton Public Library, Gail Borden Public Library, La Grange Park Public Library and Forest Park Public Library. 

AGE GROUP: | Teens |

EVENT TYPE: | Virtual | Class/Workshop |

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Wilmette Public Library

Phone: 847-256-5025

Hours
Mon, Jul 14 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Tue, Jul 15 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Wed, Jul 16 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Thu, Jul 17 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Fri, Jul 18 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Sat, Jul 19 9:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Jul 20 12:00PM to 5:00PM

About the branch

From the south: Go north on Green Bay Road. Turn left on Wilmette Ave. Turn right on Park Ave. Library is located on the corner of Wilmette Ave. and Park Ave. Parking lot is on the north side of the building. 

From the north: Go south on Green Bay Road. Turn right on Wilmette Ave. Turn right on Park Ave. Library is located on the corner of Wilmette Ave. and Park Ave. Parking lot is on the north side of the building.

From I-94 (Edens Expressway):from the South - exit at Lake Ave. East. Go east on Lake Ave. a little over 2 miles. Turn right on Park Ave. • from the North - exit at Rt. 41/Skokie Blvd. Turn left (east) on Lake Ave. Go east on Lake Ave. a little over 2 miles. Turn right on Park Ave. 


Mass transit options include CTA, Metra, and Pace.

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Mon, Jul 21, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
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Mon, Jul 21, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
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Tue, Jul 22, 9:30am - 10:00am
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