This sounds way cool, but sadly I have to work and I didn't know about it enough in advance to swap schedules, but if you're in town, definitely go..since it's so close to work, I may sneak over if I can for an hour or so....

Chicago—POETRY Magazine is proud to announce  the 1st Annual
Printers’ Ball in celebration  of Chicago print to be held on
Thursday, March 3, 2005. The event  will occur from 6:00  p.m – 9:00
p.m. at the HotHouse, 31 E. Balbo Ave., Chicago,  IL.

Co-sponsored by Another Chicago Magazine, The Bird Machine, Bridge,  Chicago Review, Firebelly Design, FOUND Magazine,  The Guild Complex, In These  Times,  Independent  Press Association of Chicago, Lumpen, NewCity,  Pistil, The Poetry Center of Chicago, Other Voices, Punk Planet, Quimby’s,  The Reader, Stop Smiling, StoryQuarterly, TENbyTEN, THE  2NDHAND, TriQuarterly, and Venus, the event will showcase  a diverse selection of Chicago-based print publications including magazines, journals, and weeklies.

Conceived of as an opportunity  to celebrate and explore Chicago’s
vibrant print scene, the  event offers readers and writers a unique
chance to sample publications  and meet with editors and designers.
“The Printers’ Ball  is a celebration of Chicago print and the
readers who keep it alive,” says  POETRY’s assistant editor Fred
Sasaki. “And how often  are the editors of Punk Planet and POETRY in the same room?”

The  Printers’ Ball is open to the public and admission  is free. For
  more information, please call 312.799.8005.