Openly gay poet Richard Blanco and the late playwright August Wilson will be among those featured during Poetry Foundation's winter/spring 2015 events season.
On Thursday, Jan. 8, "Las Chavas: Poetry and Film from Honduras" will feature Blanco, the fifth inaugural poet of the United States; Brad Coley, director of the forthcoming documentary Las Chavas; and Cheryl Chapman, executive director of Our Little Roses, the only all-girl orphanage in Honduras.
"August Wilson: From Poet to Playwright" will take place Wed., March 25, at 7 p.m. As part of Goodman Theatre's celebration of Wilson's life and career, the Poetry Foundation will co-present a special program of his poetic writings.
Among some of the other upcoming events are "Love, What Language Do You Speak?" on Valentine's Day; "From Senegal to Seeger" ( Thursday, Feb. 26 ), which features the musical and written works of Pete Seeger, Carl Sandburg, Woody Guthrie, Walt Whitman, Johann Sebastian Bach, Mark Twain and others; and one at Harold Washington Library Center, 400 S. State St., that will feature poet, critic and librettist Dana Gioia on Saturday, April 25.
The events are free and open to the public on a first-come, first-served basis, and will mostly take place at the Poetry Foundation, 61 W. Superior St. Visit poetryfoundation.org/programs/events .