Lit & Luz: La hora de oro, an evening live poetry, storytelling, and music at The Whistler – Chicago, IL

The Lit & Luz Festival is back in Chicago and with it returns our annual gathering at The Whistler for an intimate golden hour of original poetry, storytelling, and music by artists from Mexico and Chicago.

Presented in partnership with the Lit & Luz Festival and The Whistler

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Acompáñanos a una tarde de poesía, narración oral y música originales con artistas de México y Chicago, durante La hora de oro de Lit & Luz en The Whistler, uno de los bares de cócteles más mágicos de Chicago.

Presentado en asociación con el Lit & Luz Festival y The Whistler

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The 12th annual Lit & Luz Festival of Language, Literature, and Art—as featured in, WBEZ’s Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons, Chicago Review of Books, Block Club Chicago, and more—takes place November 9 to November 14, 2025. This one-of-a-kind cross-cultural, bilingual festival brings together writers, poets, and visual artists from Mexico and Chicago for a week-long series of public programming at venues throughout Chicago.

This year’s festival––under the theme of “Repair/Reparar”–– explores how writers, poets, and artists from Chicago and Mexico critically examine the artist’s role in impacting and offering new perspectives on what it takes to face and reimagine our shared realities.

To learn more, visit litluz.org