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Bookmarks Fri Apr 29 2011
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- The Poetry Foundation-sponsored Poetry Out Loud finals are taking place as we type. Check them out online!
- Tonight! Much Ado About Tango at the National Mexican Museum of Art, featuring performances and lessons, food, drink and a silent auction. Proceeds to benefit Literacy Works.
- Also tonight! Poet Tom Roby and his "Omniphonic" partner Lem Roby perform at at the SGI-USA Cultural Center along with select poets from Louder Than A Bomb. Part of the Peace Concert Series put on by The Buddhist Association of Peace.
- Still tonight! The Chicago Story Collective presents High School Horror Stories at Town Hall Pub.
- Tomorrow! Poet Nikki Giovanni at Harold Washington Library, part of a day-long Poetry Fest.
- Sunday! Author afternoon at the Beverly Arts Center with Patrick Somerville.
- All weekend! Great Books Chicago 2011.
- Local author Becky Gillespie reads from Good Enough is the New Perfect: Finding Happiness and Success in Modern Motherhood, Friday at the Book Cellar and Sunday at Women and Children First.