Queer Bachata Social at PO Box Collective —
Saturday April 6th!
Doors open at 6:30pm, class at 7pm, dancing till 10:30.
Donations at the door – what you can! We could really use the cash since we are investing in a brand new AV system to better host free community screenings and performance events! As always, this is a queer-centered and masked event đź’ś
Some of you asked if we could get together for classes between Queer Bachata Socials and we’re happy to announce that our beloved instructor, Ana Mercado, has graciously agreed to do a 4-part beginners’ traditional bachata class on Fridays starting March 8th @ 7:30pm-9pm.
Class are FREE! Ana just asks that you commit to the 4 classes and pitch in toward PO Box keeping the lights on if you can.
RSVP at:Â [email protected]
Next social will be April 6 so you can show off your new skills!
As always our events are MASKS REQUIRED. The @poboxcollective is accessible by ramp with an accessible bathroom. We will also have 2 air purifiers running.
As always our events are MASKS REQUIRED. The @poboxcollective is accessible by ramp with an accessible bathroom. We will also have 2 air purifiers running.
Come make stuff in a respectful community. Bring your project, snacks, ideas, kindly disposition. Introverts welcome.
As always our events are MASKS REQUIRED. The @poboxcollective is accessible by ramp with an accessible bathroom. We will also have 2 air purifiers running.
Come make stuff in a respectful community. Bring your project, snacks, ideas, kindly disposition. Introverts welcome.
As always our events are MASKS REQUIRED. The @poboxcollective is accessible by ramp with an accessible bathroom. We will also have 2 air purifiers running.
This popular series offers in-person readings with local poets.
Thursday April 18th @ 8:00pm – *doors open at 7:30*
The April event features Dawn Angelicca Barcelona, Soham Patel, Maggie Su, and Timothy Yu.
Hosted by Helene Achanzar & S. Yarberry.
Join us for poetry every 3rd Thursday! Donation suggested!
As always our events are MASKS REQUIRED. The @poboxcollective is accessible by ramp with an accessible bathroom. We will also have 2 air purifiers running.
This popular series offers in-person readings with local poets.
Thursday March 21st @ 8:00pm – *doors open at 7:30*
The March event features I.S. Jones, Binx Perino, and Jules Wood:
I.S. Jones is an American / Nigerian poet and essayist. Her works have appeared or are forthcoming in Guernica, Washington Square Review, LA Review of Books, Prairie Schooner and elsewhere. She is currently an instructor with Brooklyn Poets and the 2023 Bread Loaf Rona Jaffe Scholar in poetry. Her chapbook Spells of My Name (2021) is out with Newfound. She is at work on her debut collection of poems.
Binx River Perino is a queer poet from Texas. He holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Emerson College and his work has appeared in Door is a Jar, Beyond Queer Words, samfiftyfour, Cold Mountain Review, and elsewhere. Based in Chicago, he has been a frequent guest reader for new words {press} and occasional contributor for Third Coast Review. He is also a film photographer and community organizer with the Chicago chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America.
Jules Wood is a queer poet, performance artist, and teacher living in Chicago. She holds an MFA in poetry from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. Her poetry has appeared in Berkeley Poetry Review, Lana Turner Journal, Nat. Brut, and Jet Fuel Review, among other journals, and one of her poetry films screened at the Vancouver International Burlesque Festival last year. Jules performs burlesque and other performance art around Chicago under the stage name Catty Wompass.
Hosted by S. Yarberry.
Join us for poetry every 3rd Thursday!
As always our events are MASKS REQUIRED. The @poboxcollective is accessible by ramp with an accessible bathroom. We will also have 2 air purifiers running.
Come make stuff in a respectful community. Bring your project, snacks, ideas, kindly disposition. Introverts welcome.
As always our events are MASKS REQUIRED. The @poboxcollective is accessible by ramp with an accessible bathroom. We will also have 2 air purifiers running.
Mending Lab is a collaborative experimental project inquiring into mending and repair as metaphors for storytelling, activism, grief, remembering and healing.
The project is led by fiber/textile artist Savneet Talwar.
Exploring the power of the needle, the project welcomes participants to bring whatever you wish to mend and repair, with the collective intention of sharing some part of your process or story from an individual, social or political standpoint.
Fabric remnants, needles, thread, scissors and more will be provided. Feel free to bring your own special materials as well.
Mending Lab will meet twice:
>April 20th, 2-4:30
>May 18th, 2-4:30
REGISTRATION REQUIRED: [email protected]
MASKS REQUIRED. The @poboxcollective is accessible by ramp with an accessible bathroom. We will also have 2 air purifiers running.
Come make stuff in a respectful community. Bring your project, snacks, ideas, kindly disposition. Introverts welcome.
As always our events are MASKS REQUIRED. The @poboxcollective is accessible by ramp with an accessible bathroom. We will also have 2 air purifiers running.