The weather? Confusing. The news? Confounding. The earth? Please don’t ask.

In a time where dictators and billionaires are firing and hiring faster than sun turns to snow round here, we need solace. We need our freedom of speech, our freedom to assemble, and our freedom to make a 13th month like The Simpsons told us to. This…is Freedom of Smarch.

Write Club Chicago once again provides a space for artists to express, an audience to cheer, and a timekeeper to make an X with his arms as 7 minutes runs out on the clock.

Here’s your lineup:

LOCAL (Keith Ecker) vs GLOBAL (Eduardo Xavier Curley-Carrillo)

LION (Delilah Orizaba) vs LAMB (Edward Thomas Hererra) 

RELENT (Jitesh Jiaggi) vs REVOLT (Elana Elyce)

It’s gonna get good at heated at GMan Tavern on March 18, but don’t you worry. There are plenty of drinks to keep you cool, an air purifier to keep you healthy, and masks encouraged to keep you safe.

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