Chicago Public Library's Annual Poetry Fest
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Harold Washington Library Center, 400 S. State Street
RHINO will be taking part in a poetry reading/open mic from 1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m
We will also be showcasing poetry materials from 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Editors' Reading
Friday, July 25, 2008
Brothers K Coffeehouse
500 Main St., Evanston, IL 60202

FOURTH SUNDAYS (Note: Third Sunday for May 2008)
RHINO POETRY WORKSHOPS
and peer exchange
sponsored by RHINO/the Poetry Forum

COME AND TRY OUT YOUR NEW WORK ON US!

Evanston Public Library
Church & Orrington
1:30-4:30 -- Room 108

RHINO/the Poetry Forum invites all poets to its Poetry Workshop & Peer Exchange. Attendees bring 15 copies of a poem to be critiqued, and participate in an ongoing discussion of poetry and poetics. No registration is required, and the workshop is free, though a $5 donation is appreciated.

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Sunday, April 27th, 2008
Leader: Nina Corwin

Nina Corwin, a Chicago social worker, is the author of one collection of poetry, Conversations With Friendly Demons and Tainted Saints (Puddin'head Press, 1999) and co-editor of Inhabiting the Body: A Collection of Poetry and Art By Women (Moon Journal Press, 2002). Co-host of the Molly Malone's reading series who has played guitar for (ahem) 40 years, she has performed her own work extensively around the country. In addition, she has collaborated with a variety of musicians including the CUBE contemporary chamber ensemble, Serendipity Percussion Ensemble and dancer/choreographer Regina Lavery. Her published work appears in ACM, Atlanta, Bayou, Nimrod Int'l, Poetry East, RATTLE, Spoon River and Southern Poetry Reviews, as well as the anthologies Visiting Frost (University of Iowa Press, 2005) and Poetic Voices Without Borders (Gival Press). She was Poetry Editor for the fledgling issue of Fifth Wednesday Journal and has, herself, received awards from the Illinois Arts Council and the Illinois State Poetry Society.

Topic: The Music in the Poem
One doesn't have to be a musician to enhance the musical qualities of one’s poetry. We’ll discuss devices such as assonance, alliteration, repetition and rich consonance.

This project is partially supported by grants from the Evanston Arts Council, a city agency supported by the City of Evanston, and the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.