Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Looking at February - May of 2018

Hey all you No Shush Lovin' folks!

I've been wrapped up in Library School and work and this is the first chance I've had to update the blog in a long time. I'm excited that October 2018 will be our 5th year anniversary and our third year at the Oak Park Library Maze Branch! But before we get to that, check out these other exciting things coming up:



Thursday, February 22nd, we are excited to have one of our regular No Shushers, Alexei Collier! Alexei is a writer who grew up in sunny Southern California, in a house his family moved into on his very first Halloween. Many years later, powerful forces flung him deep into the heart of the Midwest, where he now lives across the street from Chicago with his wife and their cat. His short fiction has been published by Cicada, Ideomancer, and StarShipSofa's Tales to Terrify. You can check him out on his underused author website: alexeicollier.com



On March 29th, we are honored to have Gary Johnson. Gary is an Associate Professor in the English and Creative Writing Department at Columbia College Chicago. He is also a writer/producer of creative nonfiction for Public Radio on Morning Edition, Soundprint, Living On Earth, and Pacifica. His fiction appears in We Speak Chicagoese, F Magazine, Private Arts, Hyphen, and his articles have appeared in the Chicago Reader, and online at The Smirking Chimp, Buzzflash, and American Politics Journal.  He is a Certified Story Workshop Master Teacher.  He served as an Oak Park Library board Trustee from 2009-2013.


On April 26th, we are thrilled to have The OuttaSpace Ensemble as our featured performer. They are an improv group that meets weekly at OuttaSpace in Berwyn.  A core group of 6 players (sometimes more), hones "acting without scripts" in various long form improv formats.  With the understanding that improv doesn't have to be funny to entertain, the players focus on connecting with the audience through audience input and character development to tell a darn good story!


On May 31st, we'll be all about Rockin' the Open Mic (er, podium)! We look forward to celebrating your yet-to-be-published stories, experimental music, recently choreographed dances, trial comedy, and so much more.


All of our events begin at 6:30 pm on the last Thursday of the month unless otherwise noted. They all take place at the 
Maze Branch of the Oak Park Library 
in the Meeting room  
845 Gunderson Ave., Oak Park, IL 60304

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