Seven Days in Chicago
Booze "n' Books
For the last three years, members of the Drinking & Writing Brewery have celebrated the eponymous combination with plays, radio shows, festivals and, of course, beer. This year's festival will honor Charles Bukowski at the beloved Hopleaf on June 9 with words from Northwestern's Bill Savage and journalist Rick Kogan. But organizer Steve Mosqueda says the most popular activity, besides drinking, is the "Two Drink Minimum Writing Contest," where everyone attending has five minutes to write on a given topic. The prize hasn't been announced yet, but Steve convincingly points to last year's prize"”a tour of Goose Island Brewery for the winner and ten friends. "And then they all got to drink beer for free for an hour. Not bad, huh?" Despite the overarching presence of alcohol, Steve wants to make it clear that the festival "is not a drunken free-for-all." He prefers to emphasize the educational value of the event and the undoubted contribution of the authors. "If you like to read or like to write you have to admit that Bukowski is one of the greatest American writers of all time...OK, and he was one of the greatest drinkers of all time too."
Booze "n' Books
For the last three years, members of the Drinking & Writing Brewery have celebrated the eponymous combination with plays, radio shows, festivals and, of course, beer. This year's festival will honor Charles Bukowski at the beloved Hopleaf on June 9 with words from Northwestern's Bill Savage and journalist Rick Kogan. But organizer Steve Mosqueda says the most popular activity, besides drinking, is the "Two Drink Minimum Writing Contest," where everyone attending has five minutes to write on a given topic. The prize hasn't been announced yet, but Steve convincingly points to last year's prize"”a tour of Goose Island Brewery for the winner and ten friends. "And then they all got to drink beer for free for an hour. Not bad, huh?" Despite the overarching presence of alcohol, Steve wants to make it clear that the festival "is not a drunken free-for-all." He prefers to emphasize the educational value of the event and the undoubted contribution of the authors. "If you like to read or like to write you have to admit that Bukowski is one of the greatest American writers of all time...OK, and he was one of the greatest drinkers of all time too."
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