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Category: Associate Board

06.22.17

A Unique Get Carded Event with Kevin Coval

Meet man the Chicago Tribune has called “the new voice of Chicago” at this month’s unique Get Carded event “A People’s History of Chicago : What the City Sounds Like”

01.09.17

Aurelija Fitzpatrick: Tales from the Top of a South African Mountain

Although she lives closest to the Edgewater Library Branch, Aurelija Fitzpatrick, a member of our Junior Board, frequents Harold Washington the most. Loving new sights and scenes, she visits Harold Washington for a respit from work – and she travels the world to explore new scenes abroad. Here, Aurelija shares her current reads and some fun tales of her travels.

11.15.16

The Breakbeat Poets Remixing the Cannon and a Look at Hip-Hop as a Music for Language

“Hip-Hop is the largest youth culture in the history of the planet rock.” So states The BreakBeat Poets, a hip-hop group and anthology featuring 78 poets across ages and locations, who are creating the next and now movement(s) in American letters. This is the first poetry anthology by and for the hip-hop generation. And you have a chance to see some of them perform in person.