Reading #160
July 2025 Debrief
It was downright hot on the first of July, but we stayed nice and cool in the upstairs lounge of Hopleaf, ready for the 160th edition of Tuesday Funk! Victoria Montalbano got things started with a funny story about being...
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Meet the Readers: Ursa Miles
Ursa Miles is an Ozark-born and Chicago-based storyteller. She spent her early years playing on the dusty floors of her grandparents’ boat shop taking in the tall tales of fishermen and boat builders. Her love of stories led her to...
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Meet the Readers: Chris Gleason
Chris Gleason is a queer designer, artist, and exuberant Chicago transplant. They make zines and art about poetry, birds, museums, media, nostalgia, and The Queer Experience. They spent their college years writing poetry, and this is the first time they’ve...
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Meet the Readers: Victoria Montalbano
Victoria Montalbano is an actress, solo performer, and recovering improvisor. She has made appearances at storytelling shows across the Chicagoland area, and spends part of the year touring her one-person-shows. Her award-winning show, The Princess Strikes Back: One Woman's Search...
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Meet the Readers: Chris Corlew
Chris Corlew is a writer and musician living in Chicago. His poems, short stories, and articles have been published in Cotton Xenomorph, Moist Poetry Journal, Whisk(e)y Tit, Kicking Your Ass, Cracked.com, and elsewhere. With Bob Sykora, he co-hosts The Line...
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Meet the Readers: Martha Bayne
Martha Bayne is a writer and editor in and around Chicago. Currently a senior acquisitions editor at the University of Illinois Press, she has worked in journalism and publishing for 30 years, since she first started publishing a zine in...
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Tuesday Funk #160: July 1, 2025
July 1 will be the 160th episode of Chicago's favorite eclectic reading series! Join us in the upstairs bar at Hopleaf for readings by Martha Bayne, Chris Corlew, Chris Gleason, Ursa Miles, and Victoria Montalbano. Maybe it will even consistently...
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