Programs
Neighborhood Writing Alliance
The Neighborhood Writing Alliance provokes dialogue, builds community and promotes change by creating opportunities for adults in Chicago’s underserved communities to write, publish and perform works about their lives. These works are published in the award-winning Journal of Ordinary Thought.
Writing Workshops
Please call (773) 684-2742 for more information and to confirm times and locations. Please contact the Neighborhood Writing Alliance regarding other accommodations.
Workshops that meet at branches of the Chicago Public Library are canceled on days that the Library is closed.
| Albany Park 5150 N. Kimball Avenue (312) 744-1933 |
Friday: 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. |
| Bezazian 1226 W. Ainslie Street (312) 744-0019 |
Wednesday: 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. |
| Chicago Bee 3647 S. State Street (312) 747-6872 |
Thursday: 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. |
| Hall 4801 S. Michigan Avenue (312) 747-2541 |
Monday: 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. The Hall Branch workshop will meet from 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. January 9, January 23 and January 30 at the Hyde Park Arts Center, 5020 S. Cornell Avenue. |
| King 3436 S. King Drive (312) 747-7543 |
Tuesday: 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. |
| Manning 6 S. Hoyne Avenue (312) 746-6800 |
Monday: 4:15 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. |