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: The Poetry Center of Chicago PRESENTS : BUKOWSKI: BORN INTO THIS : MOVIE SCREENING : On October 11, 2004, at 6:30 pm. The Poetry Center of Chicago will present Bukowski: Born Into This (Magnolia 2004) at the Ballroom of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 112 South Michigan Avenue. The Poetry Center will be only the 16th venue to show the film, and the first arts organization to feature the picture in its programming. The film has been drawing large audiences to its screenings; one theater reports over 1,600 attended during just one week. : Bukowski: Born Into This is the first complete doc-umentary of Charles Bukowski (1920-1994). The film moves through the extraordinary experiences which shaped this writer’s world— from an abusive childhood; through years working as postal employee; and his eventual success as poet, novelist and cult icon. Bukowski’s readers know the man for his honest depiction of dailiness, and his resolve to illuminate the seedy, the dirty and the foulmouthed lowlifes. : Director John Dullagan spent seven years researching and shooting the film, which draws from interviews with relatives, neighbors, youth pals, fellow post office workers, girlfriend and other poets as well as better-known friends such as Bono, Sean Penn and Harry Dean Stanton. : In the last three decades, The Poetry Center’s Reading Series has presented many of the world’s best-known poets and writers, including: John Ashbery, Margaret Atwood, Joseph Brodsky, Gwendolyn Brooks, William Burroughs, Ana Castillo, Billy Collins, Billy Corgan, Rita Dove, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Carlos Fuentes, Allen Ginsberg, Jorie Graham, David Mamet, Czeslaw Milosz, N. Scott Momady, Gloria Naylor, Derek Walcott, and hundreds of others. Last year, the Poetry Center featured a reading by former Smashing Pumpkin Billy Corgan and an event which joined the talents of singer/songwriter Lucinda Williams with her father, poet Miller Williams. : TICKET INFO : $5 admission, Free for members of The Poetry Center. : To reserve tickets in advance with a Mastercard or Visa, please call 312-899-1229. : CONTACT : Poetry Center Executive Director Kenneth Clarke at 312.899.1229. : ABOUT THE POETRY CENTER : Founded in 1974, the award-winning Poetry Center of Chicago works to make poetry accessible to all Chicago residents, promote and develop the public’s interest in poetry, stimulate and encourage young poets, and advance the careers of poets by offering them professional opportunities. In the last three years, Poetry Center membership has increased 1,000 percent. : The Poetry Center, a not-for-profit organization, is in residence at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. In June 2003, The Poetry Center and its Executive Director Kenneth Clarke received Columbia College’s Paul Berger Arts Entrepreneurship Award for outstanding service in the field of arts management. The Poetry Center was also recognized with recent unsolicited grants from The Fund for Poetry and the Young Leaders Program of The Chicago Community Foundation, honoring excellence in literary programs and outstanding service. : ABOUT THE POETRY CENTER’S AUDIENCE : The Poetry Center’s events draw Chicagoans of diverse ethnic backgrounds, ranging from students of 18 years old to senior citizens. Nearly 70 percent are from within the city limits, and 30 percent are from other areas. Poetry Center events are generally attended by people who actively pursue other cultural events in Chicago. : For more information, visit www.poetrycenter.org, or call 312-899-1229.

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