{"id":1162,"date":"2018-12-31T15:59:05","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T15:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=1162"},"modified":"2018-12-31T15:59:05","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T15:59:05","slug":"special-events-109","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=1162","title":{"rendered":"Special Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"articleHeader\"><\/div>\n<ul id=\"u331357-12\">\n<li id=\"u331357-5\"><span id=\"u331357-3\">7th Annual Austin Writergrrls Book Fest, <\/span>December 10<\/li>\n<li id=\"u331357-8\"><span id=\"u331357-6\">Kwanzaa Fort Worth Poetry &#038; Storytelling,<\/span> December 16<\/li>\n<li id=\"u331357-11\"><span id=\"u331357-9\">Half Price Books Kids &#038; YA Book Giveaway (#HarveyRelief),<\/span> Houston, December 16<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u331357-15\">Ongoing Exhibits<\/h1>\n<ul id=\"u331357-22\">\n<li id=\"u331357-18\"><span id=\"u331357-16\">Fact, Fiction, and the New World: The Role of Books in the Making of America<\/span> (a Humanities Texas exhibition), Midland, October 1-December 31<\/li>\n<li id=\"u331357-21\"><span id=\"u331357-19\">National Center for Children&#8217;s Illustrated Literature exhibition: The Illustrations of Melissa Sweet,<\/span> Abilene, November 9-January 27<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u331357-25\">Sunday, December 10<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u331357-27\"><span id=\"u331357-26\">Austin<\/span><\/p>\n<ul id=\"u331357-30\">\n<li id=\"u331357-29\">Malvern Books, Austin Writers Roulette presents &#8220;Festivus Miracles,&#8221; 4PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u331357-33\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u331357-38\">\n<li id=\"u331357-35\">Half Price Books Mothership, local author Tracy Lawson will sell and sign books from her young-adult series Resistance, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u331357-37\">The Mix Co-Working Space, Writing Workshops Dallas Publication Seminar: &#8220;Submitting to Journals &#038; Magazines&#8221; with Mag Gabbert, 3PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u331357-41\">El Paso<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u331357-44\">\n<li id=\"u331357-43\">Pershing Inn, Cinco Puntos Press presents La Mama Bravo\u2019s Book Club &#038; Social Hour: Benjamin Alire S\u00e1enz reading from The Last Cigarette on Earth, 6PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u331357-47\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u331357-50\">\n<li id=\"u331357-49\">Inprint House, INPRINT CELEBRATES THE STORIES OF OUR ELDERS: A READING, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u331357-53\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u331357-56\">\n<li id=\"u331357-55\">B&#038;N &#8211; San Pedro, A.L. Kaplan signing Star Touched, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u331357-59\">Monday, December 11<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u331357-61\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u331357-64\">\n<li id=\"u331357-63\">Malvern Books, launch of David Taylor\u2019s third collection of poetry, Palm Up, Palm Down, with reading from Taylor, Jim LaVilla-Havelin and Bryce Milligan, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u331357-67\">Groesbeck<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u331357-70\">\n<li id=\"u331357-69\">Maffett Memorial Library, sportswriter Byron Riddle signing Above the Net: 50 Years of the Best Volleyball in Texas, 12PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u331357-73\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u331357-76\">\n<li id=\"u331357-75\">Stages Repertory Theatre, Tintero Projects: Monthly Reading Series featuring Luis Galndo, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u331357-79\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u331357-82\">\n<li id=\"u331357-81\">The Argyle, Private party in celebration for Catherine Nixon and her new book, Powering a City, 5:30PM [Invitation only]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u331357-85\">Webster<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u331357-88\">\n<li id=\"u331357-87\">B&#038;N &#8211; Baybrook, Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery book signing with astronaut Scott Kelly, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u331357-91\">Tuesday, December 12<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u331357-93\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u331357-98\">\n<li id=\"u331357-95\">Austin Bat Cave, Story Department: &#8220;My So Called Life,&#8221; 8PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u331357-97\">Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam featuring Outside Voices, hosted by P. Nevland &#038; Kevin W. Burke, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u331357-101\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u331357-104\">\n<li id=\"u331357-103\">River Oaks Bookstore, William Cannady discusses and signs Four Houses: Design for Change, 5PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u331357-107\">Midland<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u331357-110\">\n<li id=\"u331357-109\">Midland County Library &#8211; Downtown, Holiday Open House, 4PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u331357-113\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u331357-122\">\n<li id=\"u331357-115\">The Brick at Blue Star Arts Complex, &#8220;Worth Repeating&#8221; &#8211; an evening of storytelling, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u331357-117\">The Mix, PuroSlam Poetry, 10PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u331357-121\">The Twig Book Shop, Andrew Tarvin discusses and signs The United States of Laughter: One Comedian&#8217;s Journey Through All 50 States, 5PM<br \/><span id=\"u331361\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetwig.com\/event\/andrew-tarvin-united-states-laughter-one-comedians-journey-through-all-50-states\" id=\"u331362\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"readableLinkWithMediumImage\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"613\" height=\"57\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/twig%20event%20ad%20121217.jpg\"  id=\"u331362_img\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u331357-125\">Wednesday, December 13<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u331357-127\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u331357-130\">\n<li id=\"u331357-129\">Malvern Books, Novel Night with Nancy Smith (Tainted Harvest), Linda Hanna Lloyd (The Syrian Peddler), and Christy Esmahan (A Cricket of a Girl), 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u331357-133\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u331357-136\">\n<li id=\"u331357-135\">The People&#8217;s Last Stand, Writing Workshops Dallas Holiday Cocktail Meet &#038; Greet, 5PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u331357-139\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u331357-146\">\n<li id=\"u331357-141\">Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry Slam, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u331357-143\">The Ballroom at Bayou Place, Dan Rather discusses his latest book, What Unites Us: Reflections on Patriotism, 7:30PM [ticketed event]<\/li>\n<li id=\"u331357-145\">River Oaks Bookstore, Ron Schutz reading and signing American Father\u2019s:A tale of Intrigue, Inspiration, and the Entrepreneurial Spirit, 4PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u331357-149\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u331357-156\">\n<li id=\"u331357-151\">San Antonio Public Library &#8211; Central, Talking Tamales: An Evening with Dr. Ellen Riojas Clark and San Antonio Poet Laureate Dr. Carmen Tafolla as they read from their book, Tamales, Comadres and the Meaning of Civilization, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u331357-155\">The Twig Book Shop, Gemini Ink Poetry at the Twig: Reading &#038; Book Signing with Natalie Diaz, Joe Jim\u00e9nez, and Saretta Morgan, 6:30PM<br \/><span id=\"u331364\"><a href=\"http:\/\/geminiink.org\/event\/poetry-at-the-twig-2\/\" id=\"u331365\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"readableLinkWithMediumImage\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"591\" height=\"55\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/twig%20event%20ad%20121317.jpg\"  id=\"u331365_img\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u331357-159\">Tyler<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u331357-162\">\n<li id=\"u331357-161\">Half Price Books, local author Sharon Thayer will sell and sign copies of her children&#8217;s book The Story of Santa&#8217;s Beard, 4PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u331357-165\">Thursday, December 14<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u331357-167\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u331357-176\">\n<li id=\"u331357-169\">Austin Books &#038; Comics, Ladies Night Special Event: Q&#038;A with Janet Harvey, author of Angel City: A Town Without Pity, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u331357-171\">BookWoman, Second Thursday Open Mic featuring poet Christia Madacsi Hoffman, hosted by Cindy Huyser, 7:15PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u331357-173\">CAMIBA Art, Bat City Review reading with a performance by Anasteeja, and readings from Nick Courtright, Shangyang Fang, Raye Hendrix, and Zain Saeed, 6PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u331357-175\">Paramount Theatre, The Moth: Storytelling, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u331357-179\">Burnet<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u331357-182\">\n<li id=\"u331357-181\">Herman Brown Free Library, Author Coffee Talks series with Cinda Adams Brooks, author of Heartprints of Africa, 1:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u331357-185\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u331357-188\">\n<li id=\"u331357-187\">World Affairs Council Office, Mark Updegrove will discuss and sign The Last Republicans: Inside the Extraordinary Relationship Between George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush, 6PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u331357-191\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u331357-194\">\n<li id=\"u331357-193\">Houston Marriott South, Houston Military Affairs Committee presents Peaceful Bones book signing and presentation by Dr. Samuel Axelrad, M.D., 11:30AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul id=\"u331357-200\">\n<li id=\"u331357-199\">James E. Taylor High School Performing Arts Center, Dan Rather presents his new book, What Unites Us: Reflections on Patriotism, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u331357-203\">Midland<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u331357-208\">\n<li id=\"u331357-205\">George W. Bush Childhood Home, Laura Bush Literacy Program Reading Event, 4:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u331357-207\">Midland County Library &#8211; Centennial, Holiday Open House, 4PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u331357-211\">Sugar Land<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u331357-214\">\n<li id=\"u331357-213\">B&#038;N &#8211; First Colony, Story time with local author Maria Ashworth, 10AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u331357-217\">Friday, December 15<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u331357-219\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u331357-222\">\n<li id=\"u331357-221\">Malvern Books, an evening with visiting poet Anton Yakovlev, with readings from Anton, plus special guests Heather Tone and James Arthur, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u331357-225\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u331357-228\">\n<li id=\"u331357-227\">Gemini Ink, Annual Holiday Open House: Potluck and Open Mic, 3PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u331357-231\">Saturday, December 16<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u331357-233\">Amarillo<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u331357-236\">\n<li id=\"u331357-235\">Town and Country Emporium, Dianne Smithwick-Braden will sign copies of the entire Wilbarger County Series, including the brand-new release, Flames of Wilbarger County, 4PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u331357-239\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u331357-244\">\n<li id=\"u331357-241\">Austin Public Library &#8211; Yarborough, Austin Poetry Society Holiday Potluck and Open Mic, 1:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u331357-243\">Malvern Books, launch of Earthly Signs: Moscow Diaries, 1917-1922 by Marina Tsvetaeva, with readings and discussion from the translator, Jamey Gambrel, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u331357-247\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u331357-250\">\n<li id=\"u331357-249\">Deep Vellum Books, Texas launch party celebrating Micheline Aharonian Marcom&#8217;s new novel THE BRICK HOUSE: The reading will be followed by a conversation with Micheline and visual artist Fowzia Karimi, whose illustrations accompany the work, moderated by Awst&#8217;s Editor, Tatiana Ryckman, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u331357-253\">El Paso<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u331357-256\">\n<li id=\"u331357-255\">El Paso Public Library &#8211; Memorial Park, Tumblewords Project Workshop: &#8220;Writing for the Dark Times&#8221; with Donny Snyder, 12:45PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u331357-259\">Galveston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u331357-262\">\n<li id=\"u331357-261\">Galveston Bookshop, World heritage photographer Pino Shah signs Galveston Architecture: A Visual Journey, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u331357-265\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u331357-274\">\n<li id=\"u331357-267\">Blue Willow Bookshop, Nina and Edd Hendee will discuss and sign their new cookbook PERFECTLY AGED: 40 YEARS OF RECIPES AND STORIES FROM THE TASTE OF TEXAS, 3PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u331357-269\">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=\"u331357-271\">Katy Budget Books, Terri Majors signs her biographical novel, Hitch Your Wagon to a Star, 4PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u331357-273\">Writespace, Workshop: &#8220;Jumpstart Your Writing&#8221; with Andreana Binder, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u331357-277\">Lubbock<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u331357-282\">\n<li id=\"u331357-279\">B&#038;N, Texas Size Faith book signing with Autumn Corn, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u331357-281\">Patterson Library, EQUAL OPPORTUNITY HERO: T. J. PATTERSON&#8217;S SERVICE TO WEST TEXAS book launch and signing with T. J. Patterson and author Phil Price, 3PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u331357-285\">Richardson<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u331357-288\">\n<li id=\"u331357-287\">Chocolate Angel, Fresh Fiction&#8217;s Annual Christmas Tea, 3:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u331357-291\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u331357-298\">\n<li id=\"u331357-293\">Dead Tree Books, B\u00e1rbara Renaud Gonz\u00e1lez signs La Nalgas de JLo, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u331357-297\">The Twig Book Shop, Dusti Sheldon signs Izzy Mae Moves Away, 11AM<br \/><span id=\"u331358\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetwig.com\/event\/dusti-sheldon-izzy-mae-moves-away\" id=\"u331359\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"readableLinkWithMediumImage\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"591\" height=\"55\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/twig%20event%20ad%20121617.jpg\"  id=\"u331359_img\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u331357-301\">Sugar Land<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u331357-304\">\n<li id=\"u331357-303\">Half Price Books, local author Shane Lassetter will sell and sign his YA book Outlast: Geeks Will Gather, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul id=\"u331357-310\">\n<li id=\"u331357-309\">Morrison&#8217;s Gifts, sportswriter Byron Riddle signing Above the Net: 50 Years of the Best Volleyball in Texas, 11AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u331357-313\">Webster<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u331357-316\">\n<li id=\"u331357-315\">B&#038;N &#8211; Baybrook, Meet the Author: J.P. McFarland, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u331357-319\">Sunday, December 17<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u331357-321\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u331357-330\">\n<li id=\"u331357-323\">4th Tap Brewing Coop, Revel presents &#8220;Invoke the Light,&#8221; a musical and poetic celebration in the spirit of the season, 12:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u331357-325\">BookWoman, Winter Solstice Celebration with poetry and music, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u331357-327\">Malvern Books, an afternoon with Coco Picard, Devin King, Anthony Madrid, Nadya Pittendrigh, and Julia Hendrickson celebrating the release of Coco\u2019s graphic novel The Chronicles of Fortune, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u331357-329\">Malvern Books, a poetry reading and birthday cake to celebrate the late, great poet laureate of Hyde Park, Albert Huffstickler, 4PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u331357-333\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u331357-336\">\n<li id=\"u331357-335\">Half Price Books Mothership, Local Author Sundays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u331357-339\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u331357-342\">\n<li id=\"u331357-341\">Writespace, Workshop: &#8220;Memoir 101&#8221; with Dr. Holly Ordway, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u331357-345\">* * * * *<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>7th Annual Austin Writergrrls Book Fest, December 10 Kwanzaa Fort Worth Poetry &#038; Storytelling, December 16 Half Price Books Kids &#038; YA Book Giveaway (#HarveyRelief), Houston, December 16 Ongoing Exhibits Fact, Fiction, and the New World: The Role of Books in the Making of America (a Humanities Texas exhibition), Midland, October 1-December 31 National Center [&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-1162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1162","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=1162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1162\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}