The Parlor presents DECIPHER, a reading of text-based work, in conjunction with MAPS + MONUMENTS, an exhibition of prints by Ben Dimock at The Milk Factory. Join us for the opening reception of MAPS + MONUMENTS from 7–10pm, with The Parlor readings taking place from 8–9pm. Poetry, short stories, and mixed-media projects will be presented by: Tim Hogan, Jeff Sherfey, Jennifer Swann, and Andreas Whillhoff. Please note: This Parlor event will be held on the third Friday of the month, instead of our usual third Wednesday. For more information please visit: http://the-parlor.tumblr.com/ http://www.themilkfactorygallery.com/ Ben Dimock lives and works in Chicago. He received his BFA from The School of the Art Institute with emphasis in Print Media/ Painting and Drawing. His prints and drawings challenge distinctions between abstraction and figuration, composed of fragments of built structures and landscape, mark and gesture. http://cargocollective.com/BenDimock
Tim Hogan is a writer living in Chicago. He has written short stories, poems and screenplays. He is self-publishing a chapbook of stories, poems, quotes and dialogues, Persons, which should be out by the end of June.
Jeff Sherfey is a poet who looks to publish his contemporaries in handmade books—a project he's named Library Cormorant. Jennifer Swann writes stories, some of them true and others containing less truthiness. She has appointed herself writer–in–residence at Clarke's on Damen this summer. Come visit during her office hours, Thursdays from 8pm–2am. www.jennswann.com Andreas Willhoff was birthed in the corn, born in the city.
