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Jennifer Schaeffer

Debriefings Reading #169

April 2026 Debrief

The upstairs lounge at Hopleaf filled to capacity within 10 minutes of doors opening on April 7, as fans of Chicago's favorite eclectic reading series poured in. The 169th edition of Tuesday Funk was just that nice! Krystle Ratticus started us off with the tale of the backdoor

Jennifer Schaefer

Participants Reading #169

Meet the Readers: Jennifer Schaefer

Jennifer Schaefer is a Skokie-based writer whose credits include: North American Review, Chicago Tribune, Maudlin House, Tabula Rasa Review, Barstow and Grand, Curbside Splendor, anthologies from Akashic Books and Tortoise Books and more, including an Honorable Mention from Glimmer Train. As a former actress, she loves the live lit scene,

Tuesday Funk #169 - April 7, 2026

Readings Reading #169

Tuesday Funk #169 – April 7, 2026

It will soon be April. Will there be spring flowers? Only time will tell. But there's one thing we can be sure of: Chicago's favorite eclectic monthly reading series will be back in the upstairs lounge at Hopleaf! On April 7, we'll feature readings

Meet Our Readers: Jennifer Schaefer

Participants Reading #146

Meet Our Readers: Jennifer Schaefer

Jennifer Schaefer is a fiction writer whose work has appeared in: North American Review, Chicago Tribune, Barstow & Grand, Curbside Splendor, The Matador Review, Zouch Magazine, Akashic Books' flash fiction series, and Tortoise Books' anthology. She also received an Honorable Mention from Glimmer Train and a Special Mention

Tuesday Funk #146, April 2, 2024

Readings Schaefer Jennifer

Tuesday Funk #146: April 2, 2024

Spring has sprung, and Chicago's favorite live lit reading series is too! Join us Tuesday, April 2 for the 146th edition of Tuesday Funk. The evening will feature readings by Sarah Kokernot, Daniel Kraus, Jennifer Schaefer, Lillian Stone, and Robert Vetter. Andrew Huff and Eden Robins cohost. Admission

Participants Reading #46

Meet Our Readers: Jennifer Schaefer

Jennifer Schaefer was born in nineteen seventy-something in Waukegan. She grew up in Illinois and Wisconsin, but spent her roaring twenties in London, where she lived in youth hostels, an assortment of squalid flats, a rundown old pub, and worked such varied jobs as barmaid, singer in a punk band,

Tuesday Funk #46: June 5, 2012

Readings Hopleaf

Tuesday Funk #46: June 5, 2012

Hey, Funkers! You'll definitely want to tune in for our very special 46th episode of Tuesday Funk, which will feature readings from Samantha Irby, Kristin Lueke, Dion Walton, Jennifer Schaefer, and recent L.A. Times Book Prize winner Alex Shakar! You'll also get a new Poem