Chicago is home to some of the best musicians in the country.  From Sun Ra and experimental jazz to Chance the Rapper and acid rap, artists continue to burgeon.  #LTAB2014 Mixtape Release Party features the hottest music from this city’s newest young performers. Tickets are available online at www.youngchicagoauthors.org. 

Louder Than A Bomb (LTAB), is the largest youth poetry slam in the world. Over 1,000 youth from more than 100 Chicago land area schools will come together for one month (feb 15th – mar 15th 2014) to participate in an Olympic style poetry competition, in hopes of being one of the four teams on finals stage.