The curators of the Red Rover Reading Series are literary-minded people who don’t take themselves too seriously. So, you can expect some interesting things to happen at each segment, which are known as experiments. The Red Rover Reading Series, which has been around since 2005, is based on the spirit of play, fun and community. And it’s not strictly literary. In order to stay true to the “readings that play with reading” tagline, Red Rover readings often includes non-literary genres, audience participation, exploring a theme, and playing with seating in the space. So instead of rotating different readers through the podium, an experiment might ask the audience to wander between different readers. Or a computer might be generating poems for the audience to vote on. Or an experiment might take place in public, where passersby can pay $3 for an on-the-spot typewritten love letter. more ›

Visit downtown on any given weekend, and you're likely to encounter someone who's handing out free stuff -- from breakfast bars to coupons to tiny booklets filled with "salvation." This Sunday, visit downtown to receive a free word from poet Jennifer Karmin, who will spend the afternoon in front of the U.S. Army Career Center performing "4000 Words, 4000 Dead," in which she passes words out to passersby. Karmin collects the words to represent each American who dies in Iraq; together, the words create a public poem. more ›