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6 SATURDAY The Zen Buddhist Temple resurrected the quarterly magazine Spring Wind: Buddhist Cultural Forum two years ago because after 9/11 “we thought we needed to get Buddhist insight out to the public,” according to a spokesperson. Tonight’s Zen Buddhist Temple Holiday Auction will serve as a fund-raiser for the glossy black-and-white magazine, which is sold via subscription and at bookstores and health food stores around the country. There’ll be a vegetarian buffet and live music, and the bidding starts at 7; items on the block include artwork, meditation courses, massage therapy, and theater tickets. The temple’s at 1710 W. Cornelia, and there’s a suggested donation of $15 ($10 in advance). Call 773-528-8685 or see www.zenbuddhisttemple.org for more.
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The three poets behind the 674-page epic Phoebe 2002: An Essay in Verse envisioned their creation–an obsessively detailed response to the 1950 Bette Davis vehicle All About Eve–as something akin to the scene-by-scene commentary found on a DVD. “We follow the narrative and go all over the place,” explains Columbia College poet in residence David Trinidad. “It kept opening more and more doors.” He, Jeffrey Conway, and Lynn Crosbie spent three years writing the piece, which includes fairy tales and recipes as well as sonnets, haiku, villanelles, and ballads. Next, says Trinidad, “Lynn wants to do a musical based on Jacqueline Susann, Anne Sexton, and pill taking. But I’m a little collaborated out.” Conway, Trinidad, and another Columbia poet in residence, Arielle Greenberg (standing in for Crosbie), will give a free reading of selections from Phoebe 2002 tonight at 5:30 at Columbia’s Conaway Center, 1104 S. Wabash. Call 312-344-8138.
