Tuesday Funk

05/04/2026

Congrats to frequent TF guest Daniel Kraus on winning the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for "Angel Down!"

A breathless novel of World War I, a stylistic tour-de-force that blends such genres as allegory, magical realism and science fiction into a cohesive whole, told in a single sentence.

04/07/2026

Join us tonight in the upstairs bar at Hopleaf!
Tuesday Funk #169 - April 7, 2026

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03/03/2026

Tonight at Hopleaf: Tuesday Funk #168 - March 3, 2026!

Join us in the upstairs lounge at Hopleaf for Chicago's favorite eclectic monthly reading series and help us bring March in like a lion! Tuesday Funk returns March 3, with readings by Maria Kostas, Elizabeth Marley, Edward McClelland, Mar Romasco-Moore, and Jenn Sodini! Admission to Tuesday Funk is....

01/13/2026

Did you miss last week's show? Here's a recap! Be sure to enter your name in the field at the end so you get a reminder by email for future editions!

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

01/06/2026

Thanks for the plug, Newcity! See you all tonight!

Today in Chicago culture: Tuesday, January 6, 2026.

01/04/2026

Reminder: One of your first opportunities to uphold that resolution not to stay home this winter is coming up on Tuesday. ;)

10/23/2025

Unfortunately Sara Paretsky isn't able to join us for Tuesday Funk #164 - November 4, 2025 — however she will be at Tuesday Funk on January 6 instead!

Taking her place in our November lineup is poet, writer and performer Bridget Gordon!

09/18/2025

Join us in the upstairs bar at Hopleaf on Tuesday, Oct. 7 for readings by Esther Cowie, Miles Harvey, Alan Lake, Jitesh Jaggi, and JH Palmer!

Tuesday Funk #163 - October 7, 2025

08/21/2025

We've switched our website to Ghost.io! Just in time for our next show: https://www.tuesdayfunk.org/tuesday_funk_162_-_sept_2_2025/

See you in September... for Chicago's favorite eclectic reading series! Join us in the upstairs bar at Hopleaf on Tuesday, Sept. 2 for readings by Caitlin Brecht, Susan Buttenweiser, Howard Friedman, Cean Gamalinda, and eri lucia kapling! Admission to Tuesday Funk is always free, but you must be 21....

05/16/2025

As the weather warms up, so does Chicago's favorite eclectic monthly reading series! Join us in the upstairs lounge at Hopleaf on June 3 for readings by Diana Babineau, Dayna Bateman, Mary Anne Mohanraj, Eden Robins, and James Stewart III. It'll be a little of everything — mysterious murders, flash fiction, sci-fi and more!

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