Friday, June 16, 2023 · 7:30 PM CDT
Juneteenth Celebration
Hosted by Bill Brickey and featuring avery r young + de deacon board, Mars Caulton, Alycia Kamil, Lenny Marsh, & Michael Taylor
4544 N Lincoln Ave · · 773.728.6000
Friday, June 16, 2023 · 7:30 PM CDT
4544 N Lincoln Ave · · 773.728.6000
Chicago's 1st Poet Laureate, interdisciplinary artist and educator avery r. young [him, him, his] is a Leader for a New Chicago 2022 awardee, a Cave Canem fellow and a co-director of The Floating Museum. His poetry and prose have been featured in BreakBeat Poets, Teaching Black, Poetry Magazine and alongside images in photographer Cecil McDonald Jr's, In The Company of Black. He is the composer and librettist for a new commissioned work from The Lyrics Opera of Chicago titled safronia. His full length recording tubman. is the soundtrack to his collection of poetry, neckbone: visual verses.
