TallGrass Upcoming Events TallGrass Writers Guild is very active in the literary community in the greater Chicagoland area. Not only do we host a monthly open mic and featured reader segment, TallGrass also maintains a Performance Ensemble that performs at libraries and schools throughout the year. TallGrass Performance Ensemble members present original selections from the TallGrass "Black-and-White" anthologies mingled with readings from Sandra Cisneros, Robert Frost, Emily Dickinson, Pablo Neruda, Anne Sexton, Kenneth Rexroth, Nikki Giovanni, Mark Strand, Billy Collins, Mary Oliver, and others, with a wide range of subjects to complement a variety of occasions, seasons, and themes. The Performance Ensemble is available for performances at libraries, school events, park districts, book and art fairs, fund raisers, meetings, and parties and includes themes on animals, holidays, friendship, the Midwest, nature and the environment, romance, the four seasons, voices of poetry, and more. For more information on how to schedule the TallGrass Performance Ensemble for your next event or for more information and the latest details on upcoming events and locations, please contact the guild by telephone at 1-219-322-7270 or e-mail us at tallgrassguild@sbcglobal.net or outriderpress@sbcglobal.net.

TallGrass Schedule of Events...

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Fourth Tuesday of each month unless falling on Christmas/New Years Day or Eve -- TallGrass Writers Guild Open Mic - Chicago's most encouraging and supportive Open Mic welcomes everyone to perform up to 10 minutes of poetry, fiction, comedy and more. $5 cover reduced to $4 for students (Certain special features may be slightly higher). Upstairs at The Bourgeois Pig, 738 W. Fullerton, Chicago, 773-883-5282.

Twice-yearly themed readings -- TallGrass talents present poetry and short fiction on a variety of themes. Past events (FREE to all!) have included "shaggy dog stories"; "The Mechanical Age"; "Music to My Ears"; and many more, and are held at The Book Cellar at 4736 N. Lincoln Avenue in Chicago, 773-293-2665.

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Or to join TallGrass Writers Guild or its Performance Ensemble, check out more information here!

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