{"id":1181,"date":"2018-12-31T16:06:26","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T16:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=1181"},"modified":"2018-12-31T16:06:26","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T16:06:26","slug":"special-events-111","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=1181","title":{"rendered":"Special Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"articleHeader\"><\/div>\n<ul id=\"u337103-6\">\n<li id=\"u337103-5\"><span id=\"u337103-3\">WITS Winter Slam Camp<\/span> (5th-8th grades), Houston, January 2\u20134, 2018<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u337103-9\">Ongoing Exhibits<\/h1>\n<ul id=\"u337103-16\">\n<li id=\"u337103-12\"><span id=\"u337103-10\">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=\"u337103-15\"><span id=\"u337103-13\">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=\"u337103-19\">Sunday, December 31<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u337103-21\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u337103-24\">\n<li id=\"u337103-23\">Half Price Books Mothership, Local Author Sundays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u337103-27\">Monday, January 1<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u337103-31\"><span id=\"u337103-28\">Happy New Year! May 2018 bring you lots of amazing reading and writing.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"u337103-33\">Tuesday, January 2<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u337103-35\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u337103-38\">\n<li id=\"u337103-37\">Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u337103-41\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u337103-44\">\n<li id=\"u337103-43\">The Mix, PuroSlam with DJ Donnie Dee and Project Mayhem, 10PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u337103-47\">Wednesday, January 3<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u337103-49\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u337103-54\">\n<li id=\"u337103-51\">Bullock Museum, High Noon Talks: Professor Kevin Sweeney discusses Prelude to the Dust Bowl: Drought in the Nineteenth-Century Southern Plains, 12PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u337103-53\">University of Texas Club, Writer and Filmmaker Turk Pipkin will discuss the Book of the every-other Month Club: six new books in a subscription series that\u2019s funding new school libraries in Kenya, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u337103-57\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u337103-60\">\n<li id=\"u337103-59\">Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry Slam, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u337103-63\">Thursday, January 4<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u337103-65\">Sugar Land<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u337103-68\">\n<li id=\"u337103-67\">B&#038;N &#8211; First Colony, Story time with local author Maria Ashworth, 10AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u337103-71\">Friday, January 5<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u337103-73\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u337103-76\">\n<li id=\"u337103-75\">BookPeople, Gene Ames Jr. speaking and signing A Wildcatter&#8217;s Trek, Boyd Taylor speaking and signing Necissities, and Catia Hernandez Holm speaking &#038; signing The Courage to Become, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u337103-79\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u337103-82\">\n<li id=\"u337103-81\">Heroes Lounge, Dallas Poetry Slam, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u337103-85\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u337103-92\">\n<li id=\"u337103-87\">Brazos Bookstore, Kij Johnson reads and signs THE RIVER BANK, 3PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u337103-89\">Inprint House, First Friday Poetry Reading Series presents Joshua Nguyen, 8:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u337103-91\">Murder By the Book, Thomas Perry will sign and discuss his newest book The Bomb Perry, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u337103-95\">Plano<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u337103-98\">\n<li id=\"u337103-97\">B&#038;N &#8211; Legacy West, John &#038; Mackenzie Baldwin signing Almost Gone, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u337103-101\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u337103-104\">\n<li id=\"u337103-103\">Gemini Ink, a special talk, reading, and book signing featuring four California Latinx writers: Marisol Baca, Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo, poet Yaccaira Salvatierra, and Vanessa Ang\u00e9lica Villarreal, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u337103-107\">Saturday, January 6<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u337103-109\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u337103-112\">\n<li id=\"u337103-111\">BookPeople, SCBWI Austin Monthly Meeting: Making a Book with Jessica Lee Anderson, Madeline Smoot, and Jeff Crosby, 10AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u337103-115\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u337103-120\">\n<li id=\"u337103-117\">Deep Vellum Books, Campfireball Dallas: The Los Angeles-based existential variety show with host, Cory Howard, weaves together performances from local comedians, musicians and storytellers with an immersive, audience driven storyline, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u337103-119\">Interabang Books, Karen Harrington reading and signing MAYDAY, and Robin Roe reading and signing A LIST OF CAGES, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u337103-123\">Denton<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u337103-126\">\n<li id=\"u337103-125\">Wine Squared, Party On! with Spiderweb Salon: meet the new editorial team + performances and open mic, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u337103-129\">El Paso<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u337103-132\">\n<li id=\"u337103-131\">El Paso Public Library &#8211; Memorial Park, Tumblewords Project Workshop: &#8220;Writing and Riding The Border: Poems From Your Spinning Wheels&#8221; with Lawrence Welsh, 12:45PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u337103-135\">Midland<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u337103-138\">\n<li id=\"u337103-137\">B&#038;N, Tyler Frick signing Prevailing Soul, 12PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u337103-141\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u337103-144\">\n<li id=\"u337103-143\">The Twig Book Shop, Dirk Weisiger discusses and signs Leave Tomorrow: My Ride to the Bottom of the World, 11AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u337103-147\">The Woodlands<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u337103-150\">\n<li id=\"u337103-149\">B&#038;N &#8211; Woodlands Mall, April Houston signing From Damaged to Destined, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u337103-153\">Sunday, January 7<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u337103-155\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u337103-158\">\n<li id=\"u337103-157\">Malvern Books, an inclusive (mic-less) open mic for writers and musician in association with VSA Texas and the Pen2Paper Creative Writing Contest (a project of the Coalition of Texans with Disabilities), 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul id=\"u337103-161\">\n<li id=\"u337103-160\">The Writing Barn, Workshop: &#8220;New Year, New You! 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