Event Announcement

Besides great reading and writing, tomorrow's Open Mic night will have tasty treats courtesy of Paper Moon Bakery. Come out and see what it's all about!

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The Read/Write Library hosts the first annual Fun-A-Day Chicago
exhibition. Fun-A-Day Chicago builds on the Artclash Collective's
annual tradition (8 years strong) of organizing Fun-A-Day shows in
Philadelphia. This year, there will be 21 shows around the US and 2
international shows, all organized by local art collectives who have
adopted the project and started their own shows.

Fun-A-Day is a simple concept that produces beautiful results.
Participants choose a project and produce one piece of artwork every
day for the entire month of January. The 31 resulting pieces create a

A new chance to showcase your work! Come to our first Open Mic reading night with prose, poetry, fiction, whatever whets your whistle. Readings will be done on a first-come-first-served basis. Each reader gets a maximum of 7 minutes to do their thing. We'll go through 9:30 until we run out of people/time. There will be snacks.

Optional RSVP on Facebook.

$10 at the door. Prizes for best soul librarian costume!

Will take place at Late Bar, 3534 W Belmont.

What: A zine showcasing the volunteers and mission of the Read/Write Library Chicago. We are looking to create a zine that outlines all the exciting things that happen at the library: cataloging, archiving, writing, artmaking, etc.

6:30 for new volunteers, 7 for returning.

From Letter Writers Alliance:
"Get together with us this weekend for our last letter social for 2011. Here is all the info:

Saturday, Dec. 10th, 3pm - 5pm
Read/Write Library
914 N. California
Chicago, IL 60622

Read/Write Library will be participating in Chicago Book Expo 2011. Visit their website for full details.

Drop by between 6:30 and 9 to help get the collection in shape or work on whatever you need to.