Literary Arts
Come on out to Big Star Bar and hear me and others read stories about babysitting!
May 2, 2012
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Join Women in the Visual and Literary Arts for Mixed Messages, a signature collaborative event created by partnerships of WiVLA artists and writers. Diverse pairings. Stimulating convergences.
Opening reception May 5, 2012 from 6...
Apr 28, 2012
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//5 POETS + TRIO MUSETTE AND TWO STAR SYMPHONY+H-TOWN STREATS + BRUGAL RUM
April 26th, 2012
6pm to 10pm
Free and open to the public
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1113 Vine Street, Suite 101
Houston, TX 77002
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Apr 20, 2012
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Cool Brains! Inprint Readings for Young People presents an afternoon with bestselling children’s author Trenton Lee Stewart at Johnston Middle School, 10410 Manhattan Drive (77096). Stewart will make a presentation about his new book The...
Apr 16, 2012
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In celebration of National Poetry Month, the 2011/2012 Inprint Margarett Root Brown closes with a reading by W. S. Merwin. Merwin, the 17th Poet Laureate of the United States, has for the last half century written more than 20 collections of poetry...
Apr 16, 2012
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Mildred’s Umbrella Theater Company announces the final reading in their FRESH INK READING SERIES: Simulacrum by Greg Hundemer.
In SIMULACRUM, a woman, Ivory, is haunted by a man in her dreams, who claims that she is simply a character in...
Apr 10, 2012
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Dan Pastorini recently released his autobiography entitled, “Taking Flak, My Life in the Fast Lane.” The tell- all details the life and times of Houston’s own NFL quarterback and drag racing icon.With the assistance of sports...
Apr 9, 2012
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Houston Indie Book Fest, which will take place simultaneously with the Menil Community Arts Festival, and Inprint invite you to a day of readings by award-winning adult and children's authors. Readings are as follows: Laurie Lambeth at 11:30 a.m...
Apr 3, 2012
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Celebrate the fifth annual Houston Indie Book Festival along with dozens of nationally-distributed literary journals, local booksellers, publishers, small presses, literary organizations, and writers at the Menil Park on Saturday, April 14th from 11...
Mar 25, 2012
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The 2011-2012 Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series presents an evening with two of America’s hottest writers, Orange Prize winnerTéa Obreht and New York Times bestselling authorGary Shteyngart. Both authors will give a reading from...
Mar 13, 2012
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The 2011-2012 Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series presents an evening of poetry with Pulitzer Prize winner Rae Armantrout and Poetry magazine editor Christian Wiman. Both authors will read from their work, followed by an on-stage interview...
Feb 21, 2012
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In celebration of National Poetry Month, Writers in the Schools (WITS) is offering A Poem A Day during the month of April. Writers in the Schools selects poetry by local students and shares their words through e-mail campaigns and bookmarks...
Feb 1, 2012
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The Writers in the Schools (WITS) Young Writers Reading on Sunday, May 6 will take place at Discovery Green, on the main stage in downtown Houston at 3:00 pm. Come see why WITS has been named the number one literary organization in Texas....
Feb 1, 2012
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We are pleased to have Neil Ellis Orts, Wanda Harding, Abby Koenig, Dean Liscum and John Pluecker share their responses to the Fall 2011 theme:
I WAS LOOKING FOR A JOB, AND THEN I FOUND A JOB, AND HEAVEN KNOWS I’M...
Jan 9, 2012
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Cool Brains! Inprint Readings for Young People invites you to an afternoon of literary fun with Christopher Paul Curtis, the acclaimed author of the beloved middle grade books Bud, Not Buddy; Elijah of Buxton; and The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963...
Jan 3, 2012
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In coordination with A Fine Romance: Jewish Songwriters, American Songs, 1910-1965 on display in the ERJCC Deutser Art Gallery, the ERJCC is proud to present:
Getting to Know You: An Enchanted Evening with Oscar Andrew...
Dec 30, 2011
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Dan Pastorini recently released his autobiography entitled, “Taking Flak, My Life in the Fast Lane.” The tell-all details the life and times of Houston’s own NFL quarterback and drag racing icon. With the assistance of sports...
Dec 14, 2011
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Join DiverseWorks as we gather at Big Star Bar for the first night of a new series called Slinging Ink. Four readers have been selected to read their own short-form writing on a single theme. This round’s theme is:
I was...
Nov 29, 2011
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In lieu of our bi-monthly Artist SPEAKeasy, Spacetaker will close our 2011 programming with a fun, interactive experiment in collaborative exchange. It's free & open to everyone!
Join NANO Fiction, Spacetaker, and Sketchy Neighbors...
Nov 28, 2011
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LiFuse welcomes Hank Hancock and NANOFICTION editor Kirby Johnson for the December reading!
Kirby Johnson lives in Houston, TX with her two cats.
Hank Hancock is the director of a the DiverseWorks series Slinging Ink, a live contest of words. For...
Nov 27, 2011
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This night of readings from some of Houston’s most accomplished and up-and-coming writers will benefit the Houston Food Bank, a network of nearly 500 food pantries, soup kitchens, senior centers and other agencies that feed a total of 137,000...
Nov 15, 2011
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Terrell James, Steven Felicelli, and Geoffrey Muller host a collaborative evening in honor of Cy Twombly.
Ashley MacLean curated the space at AvantGarden (411 Westheimer) back in 2007 and returns on Friday, November 11th (from 8-11pm) for...
Nov 9, 2011
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Get ready for a wordy amazing evening. Tonight we welcome Ryler Dustin and Christa Forster.
Ryler Dustin represented his native Seattle twice in the National Poetry Slam and once on the final stage of the Individual World Poetry Slam. He is a recent...
Nov 6, 2011
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Newsweek and Wired writer Steven Levy will speak about his book, In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives. Learn about the behemoth that affects our lives every day. From its beginnings as a graduate project at Stanford to a...
Nov 4, 2011
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