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826CHI’s Teen Writers Studio amplifies the voices of Chicago’s youth

by Katie Powers June 14, 2018August 18, 2021

On Monday, the students will release I Will Hold You Like a Bible, a chapbook showcasing their poetry and short stories from the past school year.

Posted inBlogs

The League’s Steve Rannazzisi and more of the best things to do in Chicago this weekend

by Steve Heisler December 8, 2017August 18, 2021

Trade Routes: A Festival of Artistic Exchange and more events the weekend of Friday 12/8-Sunday 12/10

Posted inBlogs

A new book from 826CHI shows how friendships develop through letter writing

by Aimee Levitt June 20, 2017August 18, 2021

P.S. You Sound Like Someone I Can Trust collects correspondence between students on the north and south sides of Chicago.

Posted inArts & Culture

What to check out at Printers Row 2017

by Aimee Levitt June 6, 2017August 18, 2021

Everything that’s free at the annual fest (except Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Al Franken)

Posted inArts & Culture

We need the Read/Write Library now more than ever

by Aimee Levitt January 11, 2017August 18, 2021

The Humboldt Park institution has taken an unconventional approach to being a “city library,” and it’s only growing more ambitious.

Posted inMusic

Pitchfork Music Festival 2016 preview

by Leor Galil July 1, 2016August 18, 2021

Reader writers round up the locals on Pitchfork’s bill, guide fans of hip-hop and R&B into the rest of the roster, discuss the gender balance of the fest’s bookings, and much more.

Posted inBlogs

826CHI and CPS students publish a monster of an anthology

by Aimee Levitt June 3, 2016August 18, 2021

Fourth- and fifth-graders from Brentano Math and Science Academy explore their imaginations in The Monster Gasped, OMG!

Posted inBlogs

826CHI and CPS team up to produce an anthology of monster stories from young authors

by Aimee Levitt December 16, 2015August 18, 2021

Students at Brentano Math and Science Academy learn how to write, with proper grammar and punctuation—and they like it.

Posted inBlogs

Arts groups and educators show solidarity with #BlackLivesMatter

by Aimee Levitt December 4, 2015August 18, 2021

“We want the activists to know we are grieving and enraged and that the events of last week showed us we need deeper change, but we don’t know how to make it happen.”

Posted inBlogs

See 826 Chicago students interview Peter Cottontale, Single Mothers, Mourn, and more

by Leor Galil August 6, 2015August 18, 2021

The Reader followed four intrepid teenage journalists while they interviewed musicians during the final day of this year’s Pitchfork Music Festival.

Posted inBlogs

See 826 Chicago students interview Parquet Courts, Protomartyr, and Jimmy Whispers

by Leor Galil August 5, 2015August 18, 2021

The Reader followed a few intrepid teenage journalists while they interviewed musicians at this year’s Pitchfork Music Festival.

Posted inBlogs

Reader’s Agenda Sat 4/26: Group 312, Prom9, and Bobby Rush

by Taylor Tolbert April 26, 2014August 18, 2021

What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Saturday, April 26

Posted inBlogs

How Long Will I Cry? is a huge success for Big Shoulders Books

by Aimee Levitt November 22, 2013August 19, 2021

And yet the new publisher hasn’t sold a single copy.

Posted inBlogs

One more high-rise story

by Janet Potter September 19, 2013August 19, 2021

An alum of the housing projects learns of a project to document his childhood home.

Chicago Zine Fest
Posted inArts & Culture

Be seen on the zine scene

by Hannah Lorenz March 1, 2013August 19, 2021

Chicago Zine Fest presents a ton of exhibitors and a heap of how-tos.

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