RHINO Reads at Home: Poetry Readings on Home and Belonging

RHINO Reads at Home: Poetry Readings on Home and Belonging 

Thursday, April 30 6:30pm

Free & Open to all. Scroll down to RSVP

In-person event
At the Evanston History Center
225 Greenwood Evanston, IL

Join the History Center and RHINO Poetry to close out National Poetry Month 2026 with a special evening of poetry readings inside the Dawes House. Featured poets from RHINO–all have a connection to Evanston via their work–will read selections curated around the theme of HOME. Home: both a contained dwelling and an expansive emotional concept providing belonging, safety, and comfort.

With Participating Poets

Kimberly Dixon-Mays, Richard Hamilton, Gail Goepfert, Jacob Saenz, Marcy Rae Henry, John McCarthy, and Chris Solis Green

About RHINO Poetry

The Poetry Forum/RHINO Poetry is a non-profit literary organization, primarily devoted to the publication of RHINO Poetry, an annual high-quality print journal featuring well-crafted, diverse poetry, flash fiction, and translations. RHINO Poetry occupies a niche somewhere between academia and the emerging poetry scene – devoted to creative work that tells stories, provokes thought, and pushes the boundaries in form and feeling – while connecting with our readers and audience. RHINO Poetry is the leader of the local poetry scene in Evanston-The Evanston Public Library was home to RHINO’s origins as a free community poetry workshop from the 1970s to 2020- and also a leader in the Chicago area, the Midwest region, nationally, and internationally.

Part of Home: Evanston, an exploration of what it means to make a home, and feel at home, in Evanston.

Through our community’s generosity, we can offer these free programs! Please consider donating $10 to support our ongoing free public programming.

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If you don’t receive a confirmation email, please email Erin Hughes at ehughes@evanstonhistorycenter.org.