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Performances/Publications

Highlights of Featured Readings

Uptown Poetry Show • 2015, 2017, 2018, 2023

Green Mill Jazz Lounge, Chicago, IL 

Facility Theater Benefit • 2023

Facility Theater, Chicago, IL

Art. Heals • 2022 (2 shows)

Ebenezer Lutheran Church

Sponsored by Danztheater, Chicago, IL 

Jarvis Square Pottery Fundraiser • 2022, 2023

Jarvis Square Pottery, Chicago, IL

 

Church of Beethoven • 2022

Good Sheppard Lutheran Church, Oak Park, IL 

Writer’s Week, Niles North High School • 2016, 2017,

2018, 2019, Skokie, IL

Maud Martha Out Loud • 2018

Logan Center for the Arts, University of Chicago

Sponsored by the Poetry Foundation, Chicago, IL

 

Not Your Grandma’s Poetry Show • 2017 

Sulzer Regional Library, Poetry Fest Chicago, IL

 

Pop-Up Poet at the Art Institute of Chicago • 2017

Sponsored by the Poetry Foundation, Chicago, IL

 

Not Your Grandma’s Poetry Show • 2016

Harold Washington Library, Poetry Fest, Chicago, IL

 

Poetry with Vision • 2016

Loyola University, Gender Studies Program Chicago, IL

 

Poetry with Vision • 2015

Women & Children First Bookstore, Chicago, IL

 

Elizabeth’s Crazy Little Thing  • 2015 

Phyllis’ Musical Inn, Chicago, IL

 

“Poet at the End of the World” • 2015

Podcast Series

 

Caffeinated Confessions, • 2015

Everybody’s Coffee, Chicago, IL

Featured Artist/Poet Applied Words • 2011

Guild Complex/Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL

 

The Body Politic of Pierre Marie Brisson • 2011

Th!nkArt Gallery, Chicago, IL,

 

Atropolis, A Celebration of Art, Antiques & Culture •  2011 Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL 

 

War & Peace, Th!nkArt Gallery, Chicago, IL • 2009

Sister Cities International Paris Committee fundraiser

 

Art gallery opening for Encyclopedia Show • 2009

Chopin Theater, Chicago, IL

 

WBEZ Webcast for Poetry Month Celebration • 2009

Harold Washington Library, Chicago, IL 

 

Universe of Poetry • 2008, 2009

Flatfile Gallery, Chicago, IL

 

Chicago Poetry Festival • 2005

Chicago, IL

 

Chicago Poetry Explosion • 2005

Two-day festival at Beat Kitchen, Chicago, IL 

 

Ben Around Town • 2003, WYCC-TV, Chicago, IL

 

Uncommon Ground • 2003, 2004, 2009, Chicago, IL

WHPK Radio, University of Chicago • 2003, Chicago, IL

 

Flyover Zone • 2003, WQNA, Springfield, IL

 

Morning Talk Radio • 2002, WBEZ Chicago, IL

 

Around The Coyote Fall Arts Festival • 2002

Chicago, IL 

 

Civic Center Arts Fest • 2001, 2002 

Fontenay Le Comte, France 

 

WZRD Radio • 1998, 2002

Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL,

 

Cook County Fair, Chicago, IL • 2002

Multicultural arts festival

 

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Guild Literary Complex

Recognized Calvo as

One of 30 Writers to Watch

 

UpComing Events

Come back for the latest info on new events.

To book Emily, 

email her at 

emily@emilycalvo.com

Literary Leadership

One Poetic Voice • 2014 to Present Co-founder,

Organizer of international exchanges, Chicago, IL 

 

Chicago Slam Works, • 2009 to 2017 Co-founder,

Board member and “Slambassador," Chicago, IL 

 

“How to Promote Your Poetry” Panel • 2011, 2017

Harold Washington Library, Poetry Month Fest,

Chicago, IL

 

“Integrating Poetry into Other Subjects” • 2005 

Chicago Public Schools Magnet Cluster Institute Speaker for 100+ CPS elementary school principals and lead teachers, Chicago IL

 

Teaching Artists Collective • 2005 Sulzer Regional Library, Panelist on teaching poetry for arts instructors, Chicago, IL

Publication Highlights

 

Wherever I'm At, An Anthology of Chicago Poetry  •  2022

Print literary journal, Chicago, IL 

East on Central  •  2019, 2021, 2022

Print literary journal, Highland Park, IL

American Gun: A Poem by 100 Chicago Poets  • 2019

Big Shoulders Books, DePaul University, Chicago, IL 

Nourish • 2018

Online literary journal

Dictionary of Midwestern Literature, Volume Two • 2016

Co-authored entry on Poetry Slam with Marc Kelly Smith

University of Kentucky

Lending Color to the Otherwise Absurd • 2014

First collection of original poems and art

Self-published with a grant from the Chicago Dept. of Cultural Affairs and Special Events

 

Helium180, A Journal of Contemporary Writing • 2014

 

Journal of Psychological Poetry • 2010

 

After Hours • 2002, 2004, 2007, 2009

Chicago, IL

Coleré, Coe College • 2002, IA

Oyez Review, Roosevelt University Press • 1998

 

Poetry Instructor

 

South Middle School • 2005, 2008, Mount Prospect, IL

 

Joseph Sears Elementary School, Kenilworth, IL

Performance & Workshops • 2007

Two-days for middle school students

 

Young Women’s Leadership Charter School • 2001 - 2005, Poet-in-Residence for 7th, 8th and 12th graders through

 

The Poetry Center of Chicago’s Hands on Stanza program

(20-week residency per semester), Chicago, IL

 

Unity Junior High School, Cicero, IL • 2004, 2005

One-day workshops for three classes of eighth graders

 

Victor Herbert Elementary School • 2005

Chicago, IL, One-day workshops

 

Roosevelt Elementary School • 2003, 2004, One-day workshops for middle school students

Cicero, IL

 

Awards/Recognition

One of "30 Writers to Watch"  • 2019

Guild Literary Complex, Chicago, IL 

Individual Artist Grant, 2014

City of Chicago Department of Culture and Special Events, Chicago, IL

 

Semi-finalist in the Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Award • 2007

Guild Literary Complex, Chicago, IL 

 

Memberships/Affiliations

American Writers Museum • 2017 Chicago

Writers Association Member • 2011 - Present

The Poetry Center of Chicago • 2005 - 2008 

Board member

Society of Midland Authors • 2002 to Present

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