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August 2025 Debrief

Debriefings Reading #161

August 2025 Debrief

It feels like this summer has been flying by! Fortunately we have the rhythm of Tuesday Funk to help mark the time. Our show August 5 was standing room only, demonstrating just how much Chicago loves live lit! Courtney Justus got the evening started with a tale of dancing and

Meet the Readers: Scott Smith

Participants Reading #161

Meet the Readers: Scott Smith

Scott Smith works in local government and lives on the South Side with his wife and daughter. He hosts and produces the live lit show The Frunchroom, featuring stories of, by, and about the many neighborhoods, viewpoints, and people on the South Side. You can learn more about it by

Tuesday Funk #161 - Aug. 5, 2025

Readings Reading #161

Tuesday Funk #161: August 5, 2025

Chicago's favorite eclectic reading series makes its triumphant monthly return! Join us in the upstairs bar at Hopleaf on Tuesday, Aug. 5 for readings by Dan Baron, Eiren Caffall, Elizabeth Joy Levinson, Courtney Justus, and Scott Smith! Admission to Tuesday Funk is always free, but you must be

October 2019 Debrief

Debriefings Reading #132

October 2019 Debrief

We had a full house in Hopleaf's upstairs lounge for the 132nd edition of Tuesday Funk -- not surprisingly, because we were showcasing The Chicago Neighborhood Guidebook, a new anthology from the wonderful Belt Publishing. The standing-room-only was enthusiastic, and your favorite eclectic monthly reading series enjoyed sharing

Meet Our Readers: Scott Smith

Participants Reading #132

Meet Our Readers: Scott Smith

Scott Smith is a media strategist and Chicago fundamentalist. A child of the city's southeast suburbs, he's lived in Chicago proper since 1998. He lives on the South Side in Morgan Park with his wife and daughter where he hosts and produces the live lit show

Tuesday Funk #132 - Oct. 1, 2019

Readings Reading #132

Tuesday Funk #132: Oct. 1, 2019

The October edition of Tuesday Funk is going to be special -- not only will reader Gint Aras have a brand new book out, but we'll be showcasing writers from Belt Publishing's The Chicago Neighborhood Guidebook, including Ann C. Logue, Scott Smith, F. Amanda Tugade, Sarah

Meet Our Readers: Scott Smith

Participants Smith Scott

Meet Our Readers: Scott Smith

Scott Smith is a digital strategist and an analog opportunist. A child of the Chicago suburbs, he cites his years attending college in Ohio as his most formative, and his years since, living in Chicago's city proper, as his most enriching. In his spare time, Scott enjoys comic

Tuesday Funk for July 5, 2016

Reading #95 Smith Scott

Tuesday Funk #95 - July 5, 2016

Your favorite eclectic monthly reading series, Tuesday Funk returns the day after Independence Day, July 5! Join us in the upstairs bar at Hopleaf for readings by Leland Cheuk, Hannah Gamble, Maggie Jenkins, Kendra Stevens and Scott Smith! Andrew Huff and Eden Robins are your faithful co-hosts, and Sal will

Meet Our Readers: Scott Smith

Participants Reading #73

Meet Our Readers: Scott Smith

Scott Smith is a digital strategist and an analog opportunist. A child of the Chicago suburbs, he cites his years attending college in Ohio as his most formative, and his years since, living in Chicago's city proper, as his most enriching. In his spare time, Scott enjoys comic

Tuesday Funk for Sept. 2, 2014

Readings Reading #73

Tuesday Funk #73 - Sept. 2, 2014

It may the day after Labor Day, but Tuesday Funk will be working hard for you! Join us for Chicago's eclectic monthly reading series, this time featuring Jasmine Davila, Ryan DiGiorgi, Anne Holub, Scott Smith, and Holly McDowell. And yes, Andrew Huff and Eden Robins will co-host. The

August debriefing

Debriefings Essays

August debriefing

Every episode of Tuesday Funk at Hopleaf seems to feature some emergent, unintended theme, and Tuesday night's show was no exception. The major theme seemed to be old men, with subthemes of brown liquor and Martian exploration. But let's not get ahead of ourselves. Jesse Jordan

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Participants Reading #47

Meet Our Readers: Scott Smith

Scott Smith is 37 years old and the Director of Digital Strategy for Chicago magazine. Scott cites his years attending college in Ohio as his most formative, and his years since, living in Chicago, as his most enriching. In his spare time, Scott enjoys comic books, whiskey, video games and

Tuesday Funk #47: August 7, 2012

Readings Hopleaf

Tuesday Funk #47: August 7, 2012

Hey, Funkers! There's a bounteous harvest of literary goodness coming in August, with the 47th big episode of Tuesday Funk. We'll bring you great readings from Holly McDowell, Scott Smith, Sara Ross Witt, Jesse Jordan, and Vacation on the Island of Ex-Boyfriends author Stacy Bierlein! You&

Debriefings Videos

May debriefing

We're sounding like a broken record at this point, but if you missed Tuesday Funk #34 last night, you definitely missed our best reading yet. Want to hear about it? Okay, fine. Our delighted audience last night heard Scott Smith recount his plan to indoctrinate his newborn daughter

Meet Our Readers: Scott Smith

Participants Reading #34

Meet Our Readers: Scott Smith

Scott Smith has two jobs, at present. The one he gets paid for in dollars involves digital strategy at Chicago magazine. The one he gets paid for in experience and graying hair involves parenting his daughter Abigail with his wife Erin. The limited time he has left in the day

Tuesday Funk #34: May 3, 2011

Readings Hopleaf

Tuesday Funk #34: May 3, 2011

Ah, spring! When birds begin to sing, brooks to babble, books to flit amorously in dappled glens ... and the forecasts call for snow?! But, come sun, rain, or snow, Tuesday Funk will bring you a veritable forest of talent in May, from the likes of Paul McComas, Tim W. Brown,