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Participants Reading #31

Meet Our Readers: Karen Skalitzky

  • Sara Ross Witt

Sara Ross Witt

21 Jan 2011
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Karen Skalitzky is the author of A Recipe for Hope: Stories of Transformation by People Struggling with Homelessness (ACTA Publications, 2006).

An educator by trade, she works as a Reading Specialist and coaches teachers and principals in both underserved and high achieving public schools.

Join Tuesday Funk at Hopleaf's upstairs bar to hear Karen and all of our amazingly talented readers on February 1, 2011!

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Tuesday Funk #175: October 6, 2026

Tuesday Funk #175: October 6, 2026

Join us as Chicago's favorite eclectic monthly reading series marks one hundred and seventy-five shows! We'll feature readings by Shivani Gupta, Darshita Jain, C. Russell Price, Srikanth "Chicu" Reddy, and Carly Travis, as well as Erin's highly specific toast and a
09 Sep 2026 1 min read
Tuesday Funk cohost Erin Watson giving a toast

September 2026 Debrief

The first of September was hot and humid, but the air conditioning in the upstairs lounge of Hopleaf did its job, and the crowd at the 174th edition of Tuesday Funk were cool indeed. Erin J. Watson pulled double duty as cohost and lead-off reader, sharing her brand-new
07 Sep 2026 1 min read
Teresa Dzieglewicz

Meet the Readers: Teresa Dzieglewicz

Teresa Dzieglewicz is a Pushcart Prize-winning poet, educator, and lover of rivers and prairies. She is a fellow with Black Earth Institute, a Poet-in-Residence at the Chicago Poetry Center, and part of the founding team of Mni Wichoni Nakicizin Wounspe (Defenders of the Water School). With Natasha
30 Aug 2026 1 min read
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