{"id":1030,"date":"2018-12-31T15:19:22","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T15:19:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=1030"},"modified":"2018-12-31T15:19:22","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T15:19:22","slug":"special-events-90","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=1030","title":{"rendered":"Special Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"articleHeader\"><\/div>\n<ul id=\"u292097-15\">\n<li id=\"u292097-5\"><span id=\"u292097-3\">ArmadilloCon 39<\/span>, Austin, August 4-6<\/li>\n<li id=\"u292097-8\"><span id=\"u292097-6\">1st Annual Marfa Poetry Festival,<\/span> August 9-13<\/li>\n<li id=\"u292097-11\"><span id=\"u292097-9\">Friends of the Dallas Public Library Book Sale,<\/span> August 11-13<\/li>\n<li id=\"u292097-14\"><span id=\"u292097-12\">Grow-A-Reader Workshop, Frisco,<\/span> August 12<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u292097-18\">Ongoing Exhibits<\/h1>\n<ul id=\"u292097-31\">\n<li id=\"u292097-21\"><span id=\"u292097-19\">Of Texas Rivers and Texas Art,<\/span> Austin, June 5\u2013August 13<\/li>\n<li id=\"u292097-24\"><span id=\"u292097-22\">Illustrator of the Century Garth Williams,<\/span> Abilene, June 8\u2013September 1<\/li>\n<li id=\"u292097-27\"><span id=\"u292097-25\">George Catlin&#8217;s North American Indian Portfolio<\/span>, San Antonio, June 23-September 4<\/li>\n<li id=\"u292097-30\"><span id=\"u292097-28\">In His Own Words: The Life and Work of C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez<\/span> (a Humanities Texas exhibit), Plano, August 7-September 15<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u292097-34\">Sunday, August 6<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u292097-36\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u292097-41\">\n<li id=\"u292097-38\">4th Tap Brewing Co-Op, 2017 REVEL SOLSTICE FEST: &#8220;This Changes Everything&#8221; with the Pat Harris Jazz Trio and poet Ellie Francis Breivogel, 12:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u292097-40\">BookWoman, Torch Wildfire Reading Series featuring Dr. Raina Leon, hosted by Amanda Johnston, 6PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u292097-44\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u292097-47\">\n<li id=\"u292097-46\">Half Price Books Mother Ship, Local Author Sundays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u292097-50\">Frisco<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u292097-53\">\n<li id=\"u292097-52\">B&#038;N &#8211; Stonebriar, local author David Huntley will sign Death Watch Beetle, A Historical Post WWII Spy Thriller, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u292097-56\">Mansfield<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u292097-59\">\n<li id=\"u292097-58\">Half Price Books, local author Danielle Vann will sell and sign her new YA mystery book The Whizbang Machine: Tunney&#8217;s Curse, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u292097-62\">Monday, August 7<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u292097-64\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u292097-67\">\n<li id=\"u292097-66\">BookPeople, JILL GRIFFIN speaking &#038; signing Women Make Great Leaders, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u292097-70\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u292097-75\">\n<li id=\"u292097-72\">Brazos Bookstore, Scott Parazynski discusses and signs THE SKY BELOW, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u292097-74\">Tracy Gee Community Center, Houston SCBWI meeting: National SCBWI Recap \u2013 A Panel Discussion, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u292097-78\">Tuesday, August 8<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u292097-80\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u292097-87\">\n<li id=\"u292097-82\">BookPeople, LIV HADDEN speaking &#038; signing The Adventures of Juice Box and Shame, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u292097-84\">BookWoman, Christine Maynard reads and signs Duped, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u292097-86\">Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam hosted by Tova Charles, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u292097-90\">Cedar Hill<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u292097-93\">\n<li id=\"u292097-92\">Zula Bryant Wylie Library, Dallas Area Writers Group (DAWG) meeting featuring children&#8217;s book author and illustrator Janee Trasler, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u292097-96\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u292097-101\">\n<li id=\"u292097-98\">Congregation Emanu El, During Preservation Houston&#8217;s &#8220;History in Print,&#8221; author Dan M. Worrall will discuss the research that went into his book Pleasant Bend: Upper Buffalo Bayou and the San Felipe Trail in the Nineteenth Century, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u292097-100\">Warehouse Live, Houston Moth StorySLAM: &#8220;Caution,&#8221; 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u292097-104\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u292097-107\">\n<li id=\"u292097-106\">The Korova, Puroslam with DJ Donnie Dee, 9:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u292097-110\">Wednesday, August 9<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u292097-112\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u292097-117\">\n<li id=\"u292097-114\">BookPeople, MIKE COX speaking &#038; signing Legends and Lore of the Texas Capitol, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u292097-116\">Malvern Books, Claude Lalumi\u00e8re reads and signs Venera Dreams: A Weird Entertainment, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u292097-120\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u292097-127\">\n<li id=\"u292097-122\">Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry Slam, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u292097-124\">Blue Willow Bookshop, Reading Without Walls Party, 11AM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u292097-126\">Murder By the Book, Susan Elia MacNeal will sign and discuss The Paris Spy, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u292097-130\">Thursday, August 10<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u292097-132\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u292097-141\">\n<li id=\"u292097-134\">BookPeople, ODIE LINDSEY speaking &#038; signing We Come to Our Senses (in conversation with John Pipkin), 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u292097-136\">BookWoman, Second Thursday Poetry Open Mic featuring Jason Edwards (hosted by Cindy Huyser), 7:15PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u292097-138\">Malvern Books, Novel Night: Evelyn M. Turner reads from The Star and the Cross, and A. R. Ashworth reads from Souls of Men, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u292097-140\">Mr. Catfish &#038; More, NeoSoul Poetry ATX, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u292097-144\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u292097-153\">\n<li id=\"u292097-146\">Deep Vellum Books, David Collins, Mark Phariss, and Vic Holmes participate in a panel discussion and sign Accidental Activists: Mark Phariss, Vic Holmes, and Their Fight for Marriage Equality in Texas, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u292097-148\">Half Price Books Mother Ship, legendary local singer-pianist Mark Carroll will perform several of his songs and follow up with a book signing of his memoir, Reaching for the Moon, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u292097-150\">Interabang Books, Robert Schwab, Dallas physician and author, signs his second novel, BACK SIDE OF A HURRICANE, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u292097-152\">The Wild Detectives, Local author Kendra Greene releases her new chapbook, Vagrants and Uncommon Visitors, with Illustrator Fowzia Karimi, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u292097-156\">El Paso<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u292097-159\">\n<li id=\"u292097-158\">San Jacinto Plaza, FrontEra Poetry&#8217;s &#8220;The Rabbit Hole&#8221; slam poetry workshop, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u292097-162\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u292097-165\">\n<li id=\"u292097-164\">Murder By the Book, Wendy Walker will sign and discuss Emma In The Night, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u292097-168\">Sugar Land<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u292097-171\">\n<li id=\"u292097-170\">B&#038;N &#8211; First Colony, Story time with local author Maria Ashworth, 10AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u292097-174\">Friday, August 11<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u292097-176\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u292097-181\">\n<li id=\"u292097-178\">Austin Books &#038; Comics, artist Ryan Cody signs Doc Unknown, 6PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u292097-180\">BookPeople, STINA LEICHT speaking &#038; signing Blackthorne, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u292097-184\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u292097-187\">\n<li id=\"u292097-186\">Lucky Dog Books &#8211; Oak Cliff, Poets on X+ with Opalina and Carlos Salas, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u292097-190\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u292097-195\">\n<li id=\"u292097-194\">The Twig Book Shop, Holly Castillo reads and signs Texas Desire (Texas Legacy Book 2), 6PM<br \/><span id=\"u292098\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetwig.com\/event\/holly-castillo-texas-desire-texas-legacy-book-2\" id=\"u292099\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"readableLinkWithMediumImage\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"599\" height=\"55\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/twig%20event%20ad%20081117.jpg\"  id=\"u292099_img\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u292097-198\">Saturday, August 12<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u292097-200\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u292097-207\">\n<li id=\"u292097-202\">BookPeople, Austin SCBWI Meeting: an In-Depth Look at Illustrating a Book with Misha Blaise, 10AM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u292097-204\">BookPeople, Chandler Baker speaking &#038; signing This Is Not the End (in conversation with Christina Soontornvat), 6PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u292097-206\">BookWoman, Sharon Solwitz reading and signing Once, in Lourdes, 5:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u292097-210\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u292097-213\">\n<li id=\"u292097-212\">Interabang Books, Will Clarke signs The Neon Palm of Madame Melancon, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u292097-216\">El Paso<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u292097-219\">\n<li id=\"u292097-218\">El Paso Public Library &#8211; Memorial Park, Tumblewords Project Workshop: &#8220;There&#8217;s Nothing There&#8221; with Mzuri, 12:45PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u292097-222\">Frisco<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u292097-225\">\n<li id=\"u292097-224\">B&#038;N &#8211; Stonebriar, Spotlight on Local Author: Beth Bowland signs Polaris, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u292097-228\">Galveston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u292097-231\">\n<li id=\"u292097-230\">Galveston Bookshop, Philip McBride signs his Civil War historical novel, Tangled Honor, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u292097-234\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u292097-241\">\n<li id=\"u292097-236\">Half Price Books &#8211; Clear Lake, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last<\/li>\n<li id=\"u292097-238\">Murder By the Book, Karin Slaughter will sign and discuss The Good Daughter, 4:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u292097-240\">River Oaks Bookstore, L.G. Siller reads and signs The Fulton Parks Scholarship Fund, 3PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u292097-244\">Lubbock<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u292097-249\">\n<li id=\"u292097-246\">B&#038;N, A Minor Fall book signing with Price Ainsworth, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u292097-248\">B&#038;N, Shock book signing with Chad Cartwright, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u292097-252\">New Braunfels<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u292097-255\">\n<li id=\"u292097-254\">The Purple Chair, Lauren Flake signs Where Did My Sweet Grandpa Go?: A Preschooler&#8217;s Guide to Losing a Loved One, 10:30AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u292097-258\">Pearland<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u292097-261\">\n<li id=\"u292097-260\">B&#038;N &#8211; Broadway, Constance Parks signs The Secret Place, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u292097-264\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u292097-267\">\n<li id=\"u292097-266\">Dead Tree Books, Shanalee Sharboneau signs My Mama Loves Me, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u292097-270\">Sunday, August 13<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u292097-272\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u292097-275\">\n<li id=\"u292097-274\">Malvern Books, Austin Writers Roulette presents &#8220;The Other Me,&#8221; 4PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u292097-278\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u292097-283\">\n<li id=\"u292097-280\">Half Price Books Mother Ship, local author Farahana Kassam will sell and sign her parenting book Doing and Being, and local author Wayne Peterson will sell and sign his science fiction book Canopy of Hope, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u292097-282\">The Mix Co-Working Space, Writing Workshops Dallas presents &#8220;The Sounds of Poetry: A Seminar on Poetry&#8221; with Joe Milazzo, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u292097-286\">Southlake<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u292097-289\">\n<li id=\"u292097-288\">B&#038;N &#8211; Town Square, local author Gina Rice signs Finding Christ Through Chaos: A Mother&#8217;s Walk with Christ, Caring for Her Special Needs Son that Couldn&#8217;t, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u292097-292\">* * * * *<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ArmadilloCon 39, Austin, August 4-6 1st Annual Marfa Poetry Festival, August 9-13 Friends of the Dallas Public Library Book Sale, August 11-13 Grow-A-Reader Workshop, Frisco, August 12 Ongoing Exhibits Of Texas Rivers and Texas Art, Austin, June 5\u2013August 13 Illustrator of the Century Garth Williams, Abilene, June 8\u2013September 1 George Catlin&#8217;s North American Indian Portfolio, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1030\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}