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Debriefings Videos

Debrief for June 2020

With our beloved Hopleaf closed due to the coronavirus, Tuesday Funk missed shows in April and May. We finally decided to try bringing the show back in video form, with readers recording their pieces at home and cohosts Andrew and Eden introducing them on a YouTube Live stream at the

Readings Videos

Tuesday Funk - June 2 @ YouTube!

After missing two months due to the pandemic, Tuesday Funk is back! Based on fan feedback, we're going to do a pre-recorded YouTube Live show at our usual time -- Tuesday, June 2 at 7:30pm -- on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/TuesdayFunk Please

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Eight Out of 50 Ain't Bad!

NewCity's 2018 edition of the Lit 50 recently came out, and we noticed that eight past Tuesday Funk readers are on the list. Daniel Kraus (#2) Daniel last read in August 2015. "I hardly ever do readings .... but last time I did it, it was fine."

Videos

Tuesday Funk is on YouTube

It can be difficult to get to Tuesday Funk each month -- and sometimes it can even be difficult just to get into the room. Fortunately, Tuesday Funk now has a YouTube channel featuring videos of nearly every reader since April 2014. Now you can go back and enjoy your

Videos Reading #75

Video: Keesha Beckford Reads an Open Letter to a White Mom

At the 75th edition of Tuesday Funk back in November, blogger Keesha Beckford delivered a heartfelt and sobering plea for the safety of black boys, asking for compassion and action from white moms. Tuesday Funk is back in February to stir your heart once more. Join us in the upstairs

Videos Reading #66

Video: Amelia Beamer's Tale of Zombie Love

Amelia Beamer's story about sexy zombie escapades brought the house down at Tuesday Funk #66, on Feb. 4 of this year. If that sounded like your kind of party, the next edition of Tuesday Funk is this Tuesday, Aug. 5, and the upstairs lounge at Hopleaf will be

Videos Reading #65

Video: Ryan Bartelmay's protagonist becomes a poet

On one of the coldest days of the year, Jan. 7 2014, Tuesday Funk's show still went on -- and with a full house, no less. Author Ryan Bartelmay read an excerpt from his book Onward Toward What We're Going Toward, in which the protagonist, Chic

Videos Reading #64

Video: Davis Schneiderman tastes blood

Author Davis Schneiderman read his first 30 tweets ever, then shared a harrowing and funny tale of taking care of his father, who has brain cancer, December 3rd edition of Tuesday Funk. If you liked that, you'll love our next show, coming up on Tuesday, February 4 and

Videos Reading #64

Video: G.P.A. handles a bully

G.P.A. shared the story of standing up to a school bully at our December 3rd edition of Tuesday Funk. As it happens, it was a continuation of a story he told at our June 4 edition (video of which was unfortunately lost due to battery issues). If you

Videos Reading #63

Video: Rosamund Lannin recalls a key Halloween

At the November 5th edition of Tuesday Funk, Rosamund Lannin shared the story of a seminal Halloween costume and the myths and origin stories of family. And if you enjoyed that, please come out to our next show on Tuesday, January 7, 2014, which features readings from Ryan Bartelmay, Kelly

Poetry Videos

Andrew Huff shares December haiku

At the December 2013 edition of Tuesday Funk, co-host Andrew Huff read some of his patented seasonal haiku ...tinged with a little sadness. O'Hare and Midway I-90 and toll roads, packed with travelers. Football on TV, Black Friday shopping plans made, family's all here. Roast turkey,

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

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,

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

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,

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

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.

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

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,

Videos Humor

Video: Andrew Huff pulls one over on his readers

At our July 2nd edition of Tuesday Funk, co-host Andrew Huff treated us to a series of fake cultural reviews culled from the pages of Gapers Block, and it sounded eerily similar to this... And if you liked that, you won't want to miss our next event, which

Essays Videos

Video: Lania Knight walks us through the fire

At our September 3rd edition of Tuesday Funk, Lania Knight brought us a powerful and evocative recounting of childbirth that sounded quite a lot like this... And if you liked that, you won't want to miss our next event, which takes place Tuesday, November 5, 2013, and will

Fiction Videos

Video: Aleksandar Hemon brings that old John Wayne joke to life

At our September 3rd edition of Tuesday Funk, Aleksandar Hemon read us a section from his work-in-progress "The Making of Zombie Wars," and it sounded a little like this... And if you liked that, you won't want to miss our next event, which takes place Tuesday,