Saturday, September 6th
12pm CT – North Stage

Uxmar Torres is a Spoken Word Poet. He was born on the Southside of Chicago in the 1900s. He started writing poetry at age 10. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Poetry from Augustana College in 2018. He officially released his first spoken word album, The Garden, in 2022. In 2025 he was selected as the first poet laureate of Joliet, IL, making him the first poet laureate of Mexican descent in the state of Illinois.