Saturday, Feb. 21: For this month’s 3rd Saturday Coffee House at Unity Temple, Charlie Rossiter hosts poetry readings by Al DeGenova and Jared Smith. DeGenova is a blues saxophonist who was a contributing editor to Down Beat magazine. Smith, twice a Pulitzer nominee, is the author of seven volumes of original poetry. Once a mainstay of poetry in Chicago, Smith now lives in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado. He’s on the editorial board of such leading poetry magazines such as New York Quarterly and Home Planet News. An open mic session will precede the appearances of DeGenova and Smith, starting at 7:30. The featured poets will take the stage at 9 p.m. Suggested donation: $5. At Frank Lloyd Wright’s Unity Temple, 875 Lake, Oak Park. 660-9376
Sunday, Feb. 22: Hugo Wolf Quartett, a prize-winning Viennese ensemble that fuses jazz with chamber music, will be performing at Dominican University Performing Arts Center. The show starts at 3 p.m. Tickets are $17. They’re available at www.dom.edu/pac. In Lund Auditorium, 7900 W. Division, River Forest. 488-5000
Sunday, Feb. 22: Grammy winner Ella Jenkins, the Chicago native known as the first lady of children’s music, is coming to Oak Park. She’s bringing her instructive call-and-response style to Wonder Works children’s museum. A believer in the fun of learning, she packs songs, chants, poems, recitations and games in Spanish, Chinese, Hebrew, Korean, Swahili and other languages. The show starts at 4 p.m. Tickets are $10-$14 and can be charged by phone at 383-4815. At 6445 W. North Ave., Oak Park. 383-4815