Poetry
Through a unique collaboration of musicians, dancers, and poets, The Rumi Concert brings to life the ecstatic poetry of the 13th-century Persian mystic Rumi.
The concert features Coleman Barks, author of numerous Rumi...
May 8, 2012
Events
//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
FotoFest Headquarters
1113 Vine Street, Suite 101
Houston, TX 77002
www.makeplayspeak.com/...
Apr 20, 2012
Events
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
Events
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
Events
Welcome to Slinging Ink, a war of words in which you are invited to submit your own writing about a given theme.
This round’s theme:
Babysitting for Fun and Profit
Deadline for submissions: March 15, 2012.
The selected...
Mar 7, 2012
Artist Opportunity listing
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
Events
The ARTErra is a rural art residency structure that support and encourage artistic creation and production.
Housed in a remarkably small rural village, you will find in ARTErra physical spaces and tools for the reception of the project /...
Feb 6, 2012
Artist Opportunity listing
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
Events
On January 28th, 2012 ChiaroScuro presents her first performance, The Other Woman, a staged concert of opera arias and ensembles interwoven with spoken poetry exploring the intrigues of the love triangle through three dream sequences.
The...
Jan 19, 2012
Press Releases
ChiaroScuro seeks to create an unusual and unique musical and theatrical experience by combining operatic and art song selections and original poetry to explore a theme or storyline.
Jan 19, 2012
Profile
"Intimate Landscape" Juried Writing Competition
Open to Interpretation is now calling on writers to submit images for consideration in a juried book competition.
Project Details
Open to Interpretation is a collaborative book project...
Jan 11, 2012
Artist Opportunity listing
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
Events
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
Events
Harbeer Sandhu
& Hank Hancock
Hank Hancock is the author of the serial fiction and zine project Broke, about Houston during Hurricane Rita.
Harbeer Sandhu is reading from a selection of his new fiction and poetry.
A presentation of works by...
Oct 25, 2011
Events
Welcome to Slinging Ink, a war of words in which you are invited to submit your own writing about a given theme.
This round’s theme:
I was looking for a job and then I found a job and Heaven knows I’m miserable now.
The selected winner...
Oct 10, 2011
Artist Opportunity listing
DiverseWorks Art Space presents Slinging Ink, a war of words in which you are invited to submit your own writing about a given theme.
This round’s theme:
Babysitting for Fun and Profit
http://diverseworks.org/2012/slinging-ink-spring-2012/...
Sep 28, 2011
Artist Opportunity listing
Slinging Ink is a war of words in which you are invited to submit your own writing about a given theme.
This round’s theme:
I was looking for a job and then I found a job and Heaven knows I’m miserable now.
Your resignation letters real...
Sep 28, 2011
Artist Opportunity listing
Slinging Ink is a war of words in which you are invited to submit your own writing about a given theme.
This round’s theme:
I was looking for a job and then I found a job and Heaven knows I’m miserable now.
Your resignation letters real...
Sep 28, 2011
Artist Opportunity listing
Meta-Four Houston presents “Houston Speak Green”
in partnership with Youth Speaks, Houston Arts Alliance, DiverseWorks, Houston Museum of African American Culture and the University of Houston Cynthia Woods
Mitchell Center...
Sep 21, 2011
Locations
a vbb living room art production
Call for Personal Stories about the Third Ward and Karachi
For VBB’s next production, Third Worlds, a two-part project held in three residential homes in Houston’s Third Ward, VBB is asking YOU,...
Sep 21, 2011
Artist Opportunity listing
The mission of Talento Bilingüe de Houston is to educate all by preserving, presenting and promoting Latino culture.
Aug 15, 2011
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