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Essays Videos Reading #54 Bohan Mary Pat

Video: Mary Pat Bohan can't carry your baggage too

  • William Shunn

William Shunn

28 Feb 2013
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At our Not Your Parents' Valentine's Day Edition of Tuesday Funk, Mary Pat Bohan read her personal essay "Brutally Honest," and it went just a little like this...

And if you enjoyed that, please join us at 7:30 pm on Tuesday, March 5th, 2013, upstairs at Hopleaf, for an evening with Mairead Case, Lania Knight, Dana Norris, Zoe Zolbrod, and 2nd Story's CP Chang!

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Tuesday Funk #167: February 3, 2026

Tuesday Funk #167: February 3, 2026

Fight, fight against the dregs of winter and head to the upstairs lounge at Hopleaf for Chicago's favorite eclectic monthly reading series. Join us on Tuesday, Feb. 3, when we'll feature readings by Dawn Angelicca Barcelona, PJ Bauman, Robin Billadeau, Robert Loerzel, and Lori Rader-Day! Admission
13 Jan 2026 1 min read
Dmitry Samarov reads at Tuesday Funk #166, Jan. 6, 2026

January 2026 Debrief

We love a packed room at Tuesday Funk, and the upstairs lounge at Hopleaf was indeed filled to capacity for our 166th edition on January 6, 2026. A queue formed on the stairs ahead of the 7pm door time! Once everyone was settled in where they could, Dmitry Samarov got
13 Jan 2026 2 min read
Kelsey McGrath

Meet the Readers: Kelsey McGrath

Kelsey McGrath (she/they) is a multi-hyphenate creative and has been in the Chicago theater scene since 2015, most recently dipping her toes in live lit and storytelling. As a performer, she's acted with Northwestern University, Northlight Theatre, Steep Theatre, Red Theater, and Lifeline Theater. As a writer,
30 Dec 2025 1 min read
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