The Uptown Poetry Slam

An Evening with the Weird Sisters
(the featured act)

Previously a prohibition era speakeasy as well as managed by Capone henchman, Jack “machine gun” McGurn, the Green Mill Lounge plays host every Sunday evening to the Uptown Poetry Slam. “Poetry?!#?”, you say. “SLAM”?!?!? ----- No, this is not a gathering of tea tottlers and intellectual snobs, but an evening of fun and laughs – Chicago style.

When:	Sunday, July 1 -- at 7pm
Where:	Green Mill Cocktail Lounge, 4802 N. Broadway Ave (Lawrence & Broadway), Chicago
Cover charge $6:	7pm – open mike poetry, 8pm – featured act, 9pm – SLAM competition
Started by ex-construction worker Marc Smith, the Green Mill has been playing host to Marc’s Uptown Poetry Slam since 1987. Since then performance poetry has spread across the country and around the globe to hundreds of cities, universities, festivals and cultural centers. “The Slam”, as it is affectionately known, has even been featured on the Orpah Winfrey Show. Ludovica, Abel, and Sissy, (the Weird Sisters) hail from the locally renowned but globally ignored wine region of the Carpathian Mountains. They got their start when they realized there was no conceivable way they could make a living at anything else. Thankfully, there was enough talent between the three of them to make for one good act. Songwriters and bon vivants, the Sisters have penned many exquisite originals, including “Some Like It Hot,” “Forbidden Love,” and the ever popular “Blood Clot Song”.
WARNING: If you're NOT there by 7pm, you probably will not get a seat.
For more information contact Rick Rusch at 630-637-8508 rickrusch2@yahoo.com. For general info visit the Green Mill Lounge website.
If you're interested in carpooling meet at Hooter's in Downer Grove at 5 PM to carpool (East side of parking lot by South Beach). We'll depart from Hooter's promptly at 5:30 PM - those who miss carpooling, we'll see you there.
Location of the Green Mill Cocktail Lounge