Videos Reading #64 Video: William Shunn shows us Idaho's highs and lows In his final appearance as a Tuesday Funk co-host, author William Shunn read an excerpt from his novelette “After the Earthquake a Fire,” a story of mice, missionaries, and misery set in the northern Idaho of the 1980s: If you enjoyed that, please come out to our next event on
Videos Reading #62 Video: James Kennedy drops us onto Mars! At our October reading, James Kennedy delivered the rousing first chapter of his new novel The Magnificent Moots. If you were there, you know it was a multimedia marvel and a technological triumph. If not, well, feast your eyes and ears on this... And if you enjoyed that, please come
Debriefings Reading #64 December debriefing If it was a bittersweet affair earlier this week at Tuesday Funk, it was also a raucous one. We might have said goodbye to a longtime co-host, but we certainly didn't say goodbye to the eclectic and irreverent spirit of the series! We kicked things off in fine
Reading #64 Reminder: Tuesday Funk #64 is tonight! Don't forget—tonight is Tuesday Funk's 64th episode, featuring G.P.A. (Greatest Poet Alive), Jocelyn Geboy, Davis Schneiderman, J. Michael Grey, and—in his final appearance as a Tuesday Funk co-host—William Shunn! Don't miss it! Our readings take place at Hopleaf Bar,
Participants Reading #64 Meet Our Readers: William Shunn William Shunn has served as co-producer and co-host of Tuesday Funk since our 27th episode in October 2010. He devised our current five-reader format, introduced such popular recurring features as our Poem by Bill, and designed and programmed our website. He also blogs and occasionally podcasts at www.shunn.net.
Videos Reading #63 Video: Vojislav Pejović does some rearranging At our November 5th edition of Tuesday Funk, Vojislav Pejović took us to Belgrade for an excerpt from his powerful new story "Rearrangements," and it sounded just a little like this... And if you enjoyed that, please come out to our next event on Tuesday, December 3, 2013,
Participants Reading #64 Meet Our Readers: G.P.A. (Greatest Poet Alive) G.P.A. (Greatest Poet Alive) hails from Chicago's South Side. He is the author of four books of poetry, inlcuding the 2013 Poetry Book of the Year Revenge of the Orgasm (An Erotic Autobiography).G.P.A. has won the Moth Storytelling Slam twice, won Gold, Silver,
Videos Reading #63 Video: J.H. Palmer sights down a sniper's scope At our November 5th edition of Tuesday Funk, Tuesday Funk veteran J.H. Palmer led us on a most unusual tour of Dallas, and it sounded a little like this... And if you enjoyed that, please come out to our next event on Tuesday, December 3, 2013, which features readings
Participants Reading #64 Meet Our Readers: J. Michael Grey J. Michael Grey is a playwright and essayist. Many of his plays have been acted out at Blue Box World's now ten years running play series, STICKY, in New York City, including NO L. coming up later in December. Please join Michael and all our celebrated readers on
Videos Reading #63 Video: John Rich takes us drinking in the U.P. At our November 5th edition of Tuesday Funk, John Rich took us to the wilds of northern Michigan for a very revealing round of beers, and it sounded just a little like this... And if you enjoyed that, please come out to our next event on Tuesday, December 3, 2013,
Participants Reading #64 Meet Our Readers: Davis Schneiderman Davis Schneiderman's works include the DEAD/BOOKS trilogy (Jaded Ibis), including the blank novel, Blank: a novel, with audio from Dj Spooky, and the newly released [SIC] (Fall 2013), with intro by Oulipian Daniel Levin Becker. His work has has appeared in numerous publications including Fiction International, Harpers.
Videos Reading #63 Video: Paul McComas & Greg Starrett are tailor-made for our mike At our November 5th edition of Tuesday Funk, the dynamic duo of Paul McComas and Greg Starrett donned costumes and makeup to bring us a scene from their new novella Fit for a Frankenstein, and it sounded just a little like this... And if you enjoyed that, please come out
Participants Reading #64 Meet Our Readers: Jocelyn Geboy Jocelyn Geboy is a sixteen-year non-native native of Chicago. She is slightly obsessed with square dogs, bees, and all things mini. She has performed improvisationally with =e, been sketchy with Das Glumlot, and became part of Listen to Your Mother this year. She is the creator of The First Time
Personnel Reading #65 Introducing our new co-host, Eden Robins! As announced at our November 5th edition, we'll have a new co-host soon joining the Tuesday Funk family. We're pleased to introduce Eden Robins! Eden is a great friend and supporter of Tuesday Funk who has read for us on at least three occasions in the
Poetry Videos Andrew Huff delivers November haiku At our November 5th edition of Tuesday Funk, co-host Andrew Huff delivered another fistful of his patented seasonal haiku, and it sounded just a little like this... My lack of sideburns, like so many surprises, is temporary. Man and woman and woman and woman and, yes, man and man: all
Poetry Videos William Shunn makes like a Zen typist At our November 5th edition of Tuesday Funk, co-host William Shunn brought us a brief little poem called "Fiction Wants to Be Free," and it sounded just a bit like this... And if you enjoyed that, please come out to our next event on Tuesday, December 3, 2013,
Poetry Videos Andrew Huff treats us with October haiku At our October 1st edition of Tuesday Funk, co-host Andrew Huff delivered a fistful of his patented seasonal haiku, and it sounded just a little like this... October is now Chicago Artists Month, but what about the rest? Fall in Chicago. Break out your jacket, sweaters and shorts and t-shirts.
Readings Hopleaf Tuesday Funk #64: December 3, 2013 Eight times eight is sixty-four, so it only seems fair that we square the circle at our 64th big episode and bid farewell to longtime co-host William Shunn. The roster on December 3rd will feature G.P.A. (Greatest Poet Alive), Jocelyn Geboy, Davis Schneiderman, a freaking stage play by
Personnel Debriefings November debriefing The folks lucky enough to have squeezed into the upstairs lounge at Hopleaf for our November 5th edition of Tuesday Funk know what a fantastic time was had by all. But if you weren't there, let us break down the awesomeness for you. We kicked things off with
Reading #63 Reminder: Tuesday Funk #63 is tonight! Don't forget—tonight is Tuesday Funk's 63rd big episode, featuring Paul McComas & Greg Starrett, Vojislav Pejović, J.H. Palmer, John Rich, and Rosamund Lannin. Don't miss it! Our readings take place at Hopleaf Bar, 5148 N. Clark St. in Chicago. We get started
Participants Reading #63 Meet Our Readers: J.H. Palmer J.H. Palmer co-produces the monthly live lit series That's All She Wrote, which takes place the second Sunday of the month at Swim Cafe, and which recently celebrated its one year anniversary. She has appeared at a number of storytelling and live lit venues, and her work
Fiction Videos Video: John Everson will put you off pumpkin pie forever (NSFW) Happy Halloween! Tuesday Funk is pleased to ruin both this fine holiday and your upcoming Thanksgiving as well with this tasty tale from John Everson, who stopped by our microphone to treat us with this trick way back in October 2012. This very NSFW story is called "Pumpkin Head,
Participants Reading #63 Meet Our Readers: Paul McComas & Greg Starrett Paul McComas is the author of two novels, two short-story collections, and a novella. His book Unforgettable: Harrowing Futures, Horrors, & (Dark) Humor (2011, Walkabout Publishing) won a Silver Prize at the 2012 Midwest Book Awards. His next novel, Logan's Journey, co-authored with Logan's Run author
Participants Reading #63 Meet Our Readers: John Rich John Rich is predominantly a writer of plays and essays. He earned an MFA in Writing at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where he teaches creativity in the Continuing Studies program. He is a recipient of the Václav Havel Fellowship in Playwriting from Western Michigan University and
Participants Reading #63 Meet Our Readers: Vojislav Pejović Vojislav Pejović is a neuroscientist by training and earns his living as a medical writer. In 2008 he published a novel, The Life and Death of Milan Junak, in his native Montenegro, and in 2010 translations of Charles Simić's poetry in Serbo-Croatian. He also wrote a couple of
