Wed July 23rd 7p - Twenty semi-finalists present their poetry for the 21st Annual Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Awards to compete for $500 prize in front of a live voting audience.

Tickets $7/5 students - at the door

7/31 - 8/9 - The Inconvenience plays host to an evening of cabaret-style performances brought together to provoke desire and celebrate the skin you're in.

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August 8th - Owen Mays, singer/songwriter., narrates and performs a history of classic country music.  From the pioneering Carter Family and forward from there, sharing his rich knowledge of roots music and performing songs from the same, too.

Limited seating - Reserve here

August 16th - With his Tom Waits-like gravel voice and Johnny Cash style, Kern Richards speaks to the Country-Western traditional audience as well as to the rocker in us all.

Limied seating - Reserve here

8/15 - 8/24 - "Aloft takes risk a step further in 'The Dinner of Our Discontent,'. The payoff can be huge." -Laura Molzhan, Chicago Tribune

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