W4tB Holiday Open Mic featuring Carleen Tibbetts

W4tB Holiday Open Mic featuring Carleen Tibbetts
Monday, December 18 at 7 PM - 9 PM
2620 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647-1610, United States

shake off the Holiday stress and chill out with some cool poetry. We got Carleen Tibbetts on the feature spot and all we are missing is you and your poetry.
you can BYOB or shop around at the bookstore for those last minute gift needs

Hang This!!

Okay Weirdo Nation, W4tB and with the aid of the Mighty Poet, Paul Ryan, have put together a wall calendar for 2018. It's big 13x19, and it's perfect for keeping track of your Poem-a-Day schedule or crossing off days of writers block. You can even highlight the third Monday of the month so you don't forget our fab show.
The calendar goes for $7bucks for the hard work and love, and features a collage of the W4tB collectives historically cool gig posters. You can pick up at the November and December shows.

W4tB: Weirdo Open Mic: featuring Al DeGenova

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  Monday, November 20 at 7 PM - 9 PM

  UNCHARTED BOOKS 2620 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647-1610, United States

It is the birthday of legendary guerrilla poet Lesley Heath Morrow. In honor of the occasion W4tB will forgo its usual format in favor of the POETRY WHEEL.
THE POETRY WHEEL is a poetic round robin in which each poet tries to connect their poem to the proceeding poem. connections can be complicated or simple, but all connections need to be explained.

that poem contains the word blue and this one is about the blues
that poem has a particular form and so does this one
that poem was about love or death, or anger or politics, or drunken yadda yadda.
all these connections are valid
donations to pay the feature performer will considered a lovely gesture

Lesley Heath Morrow was a Scottish Expatriate who arrived in the USA sometime in 1958. He spent most of his time in Greenwich Village, although there are reports of him traveling to both Chicago and Los Angeles. Rumors of his affairs with Joni Mitchell and Carly Simon have been vaguely immortalized in song. It was the release of "you're so Vain" in 1971 that led to his disappearance. There is documentation that claim he boarded a plane for South America, but never actually arrived in Brazil.
One of the tricks to fully understanding the works of Lesley Heath Morrow is to put yourself into his shoes. You are suddenly in a country that believes your name has some mysterious sexual ambiguity. This particular conception may explain Morrow's hatred for David Bowie and his cross dressing tendencies. The name Lesley bears no such stigma in Scotland.
Far more important than the name is the mysterious background of the man. He has left his Native Scotland after some unknown personal tragedy that is only ever hinted at. All references says it points to a women and her death or joining a convent. Morrow rarely spoke of it.
He spent most of his time denying his connections to wealth and aristocracy and pointing out the tragedies and idiocies of an American generation that devoted itself to self-absorbed trends like free love and sexual experimentation that were akin to the deviancy that brought down the Roman Empire.
Morrow spent his time in America hanging out in Greenwich Village and absorbing the folk music scene. He enjoyed the political angst and personal introspection of Bob Dylan and Tim Buckley. Morrow's dislike of the pretentious Andy Warhol led to a long time feud with Lou Reed and a legal debate over who really wrote "White Light, White Heat.
LHM was a guerrilla poet, preferring to leave his work on diner tables and bathroom walls. He wrote on receipts and napkins. He often slipped them into the pockets of whomever the poem was written about.

LHM's best friend was a Blues Harp Player named Slidefish Williams. The pair met in Chicago in the late 1950s. Morrow was last in Chicago during the DNC in 1968. It coincided with  the funeral of Slidefish who died of lung cancer.

W4tB: Weirdo Open Mic featuring Laura Winton

W4tB: Weirdo Open Mic featuring Laura Winton
Monday, October 16 at 7 PM - 9 PM
2620 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647-1610, United States


Greetings WEIRDO Nation. The W4tB Open Mic returns with a vengeance as we celebrate the coming of spirits both benigns and treachorous. It's our annual Scary Monsters and Super Creeps. drag out your poems about monsters. madness, murder, or really bad social engagements.
Our featured poet is Laura Winton, so come on out and check that out. It's gonna be a SCREAM. (Bwah-ha-HA)

remember
Three poems or 5 minutes
BYOB
the show is free but we do request donations to pay our featured artist, cuz poets need money fer, gas and beer, and pens, and stuff

W4tB with Chicago Poet Paul Ryan

W4tB with Chicago Poet Paul Ryan
Monday, September 18 at 7 AM - 9 AM
UNCHARTED BOOKS
2620 N Milwaukee Ave.


this time at the Weirdo Open Mic we've got Super Poet Paul Ryan. It is destined to be a kickass time.

3 poems or 5 minutes plus we gots the Poetry Pot Luck (it ain't about food folks, it's about poems.)

BYOB

POETRY POT LUCK.

EVERYONE CONTRIBUTES A POEM AND IT IS BLINDLY READ BY ANOTHER POET DURING THE OPEN MIC. IT IS AN ODD SHARING OF THE POETIC WEALTH THAT MAKES FOR INTERESTING INTERPRETATIONS.

Poetry Pentathlon:the main event

it's time once again to present the Lesley Heath Morrow Prize for Poetic excellence. the esteemed award goes to the winner of the Poetry Pentathlon. The Pentathlon is the greatest poetry competion that makes extreme use of hyperbole in its advertisements.
this year we have seven contestants registered and ready to play
Len Lundh
Dave Abatangelo
Jacqueline Nicole Harris
Kimberly Lyons
Dina Stuart
Barbara Barg
Margie Mack Saxon

There are three judges
Judges will be revealed at the event.
all pay offs to judges can be sent to
Pentathlonpayoff@bribemail.com

and 5 fabulous events
Shakespearean Sonnet
Rant
Research
redaction
On the spot prompt

Hosted by Buddha 309
Math performed by Bob Lawrence

Saturday September 16th 7-9pm
THE BOOK CELLAR
4736-38 N Lincoln Ave

W4tB-Weirdo Open Mic with Michele McDannold

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Monday, August 21 at 7 PM - 9 PM

UNCHARTED BOOKS
2620 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647-1610


Hey Weirdo Nation, It's eclipse night so you should write some eclipse poems and bring 'em to the show. More importantly, we got us a fancy out of town poet coming in to Chicago to share some of her poetic bad assery with us. So if you been thinking about coming to UNCHARTED BOOKS for the show, now is the bestest time to be in attendance.
As always, the show is free, but we do request a donation for the feature so they can pay for gas or beer or a book or something.

if you come to share, you get three poems or five minutes, whicever comes first.

BYOB

Weirdo Open Mic: with David Mathews

Monday, July 17 at 7 PM - 9 PM Uncharted Books is located at2620 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647-1610,

Don't be fooled by erroneous signage-Uncharted Books is located at
2620 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60647-1610, United States
It is the current home of Waiting 4 the Bus and it's WEIRDO open mic: If you haven't been to visit us lately, now is the perfect time. We have a super feature. David Matthews is one of the best this city has to offer (writer-wise, he doesn't serve pizza or anything)

the open mic is super casual, you get 3 poems or 5 minutes, whichever comes first,

the show itself is free, we do request donations via collection (like church only more pagan and with puppets). We like to give our features a little something for the effort.


you can BYOB if you want
chairs are at a premium, so if you got one of those camp chairs, you might want to bring it along

W4tB: Weirdo Open Mic with Julie and Gregory

Monday, June 19 at 7 PM - 10 PM


• Uncharted Books 2630 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60647

• Waiting 4 the Bus presents the Weirdo Open Mic Solstice Edition. Gregory Curry and Julie Demhoff Larson are your gateway poets into the Poetry Summer O' Love.
  Come out and join us at the super cool Uncharted Books.
  Bring your beach chair,
  BYOB
  bring poems (yours, someone else's, one of our fabulous house poems, read if you want to...or don't...no pressure)
  you get three poems or 5 minutes
  storytellers welcome as long as you mind the time, mind the gap, keep your hands to yourself
  
  this is a chill poetry reading with a literary bent and a salon feel, please do not harsh our calm. We can provide a podium upon request, but open MIC is a misnomer, the room is too small for such a device. poets=project/appreciators=listen

FIGHT THE SCOURGE OF GENRE

W4tB:Weirdo Open Mic with Len and Julie

7-9pin

Uncharted Books
2630 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60647




Julie Demoff Larson and Lennart Lundh join us for the Weirdo freeform Open Mic at the Legendary Uncharted Books. its poets reading poems talking about poetry and other stuff

read your poems, read someone else's poems, read poems, don't read poems and listen, no pressure poetry fans.

BYOB

caution: this is a bookstore, the temptation to browse and buy is overwhelming, be prepared

REGISTER HERE FOR THE PENTATHLON

Welcome! If you would like to take part in our event, please fill in your details in the form below and you will be automatically registered. Event registration must be completed at least 

1 MONTH prior to the event.

 Saturday September 16th 7-9pm

THE BOOK CELLAR

4736-38 N Lincoln Ave

 REGISTRATION CLOSES ON AUGUST 16TH

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EVENTS

1:Form Poem.  This years for is the SHAKESPEAREAN SONNET
http://www.dummies.com/education/language-arts/poetry/writing-a-sonnet/

2:THE RANT

3:ON THE SPOT PROMPT. upon arrival at the event a prompt is issued to each contestant.  the poem must be completed in the room and will be the final event of the night

4; REDACTION POEM. we will provide a page of text.  your job...eliminate everything that is not the poem.

5: THE RESEARCH POEM.  we will issue each contestant a research topic which is to be the subject of the poem.  (do not expect general or boring research topics, it ain't how we roll.)  all topics will be historic and or scientific

TOPICS AND TEXT AND OTHER POETIC PROVISIONS WILL BE ISSUED UPON THE CLOSE OF REGISTRATION.

DUE TO TIME CONSTRAINTS WE WILL CAP THE NUMBER OF CONTESTANTS AT 10.  KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN CONSIDERING YOUR REGISTRATION

W4tB presents:NOT YOUR MAMA'S JERSEY BOYS (A WEIRDO OPEN MIC)

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• Monday, April 17 at 7 PM - 9 PM Next Week · 43–54° Partly Cloudy Uncharted Books 2630 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60647 there are two storefronts labeled Uncharted Books only one is correct, make sure you use the address number for correct location

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National Poetry Month gives us Christopher Gallinari and Charlie Newman giving us a featured performance of (insert glowing adjectives)
MUSIC LYRICS AS POETRY NIGHT
Bob Dylan won the Nobel and it sent the literary world into seizu
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for April I'm asking all poets to read son g lyrics that they believe could be poetry. You are allowed to edit so silliness and repition can be avoided

as always, we're at Uncharted Books and if you haven't been before, make sure you go to the correctr address, the signs on the storefronts lie, the owls are not what they seem.

as always 3 poems or 5 minutes whichever comes first
BYOB

POETRY PENTATHLON REGISTRATION OPENS MAY 1st

POETRY PENTATHLON REGISTRATION 2017

PENTATHLON REGISTRATION OPENS MAY 1ST 2017

POETRY PENTATHLON 2017

SEPTEMBER 16TH

7-9PM

@THE BOOKCELLAR

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EGON AND ERIN ARE WAITING 4 the BUS (a weirdo open mic)

MAR20EGON AND ERIN ARE WAITING 4 the BUS (a weirdo open mic)
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Monday, March 20 at 7 PM - 9 PM

Uncharted Books
2620 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60647


Details

W4tB is a long running poetry open mic. We provide a relaxed setting for poets who wish to share their poetry without the lights and rockstar hoopla that accompanies other poetry shows. We are pretty chill and take very little seriously except for POETRY.

HAVE YOU WAITED FOR THE BUS LATELY?
This would be the perfect time, with our special guests, the artist known as Egon and the amazing Erin Delaney

Come check out the show, don't be late BYOB.
3 poems or 5 minutes, whichever comes first

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Waiting 4 the Bus with Sondra Morin (A Weirdo Open Mic)

• Monday, February 20 at 7 PM - 9 PM Waiting 4 the Bus 2620 N. Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60647

Sondra Morin will be joining us as the featured poet, it's the usual Open Mic drill, which is never usual at all. it being February we can have poems about Rodents, Love, and bloody massacres

we are still at the Mighty Uncharted Books, 2620 N. Milwaukee, 7-9pm, 3 poems or 5 minutes, whichever comes first. BYOB

Waiting 4 the bus with John Goode and Cassandra Yarnall

Monday, January 16 at 7 PM - 9 PM

Uncharted Books
2620 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60647


welcome to 2017.

the weirdo Nation returns with one of it's favorite sons, John Goode and his special guest Cassandra Yarnall.

the show has gone round robin and less formal, be prepared to read and chill or listen and chill

BYOB
DONATIONS REQUESTED FOR FEATURED PERFORMERS

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