{"id":139,"date":"2018-12-31T10:54:11","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T10:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=139"},"modified":"2018-12-31T10:54:11","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T10:54:11","slug":"special-events-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=139","title":{"rendered":"Special Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"articleHeader\"><\/div>\n<ul id=\"u19890-27\">\n<li id=\"u19890-9\"><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hrc.utexas.edu\/exhibitions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alice&#8217;s Adventures in Wonderland Exhibition,<\/a><\/span> Austin, February 10\u2013July 6, 2015<\/li>\n<li id=\"u19890-14\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewittliffcollections.txstate.edu\/exhibitions-events\/exhibitions\/current.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span id=\"u19890-10\">Armadillo Rising: Austin\u2019s Music Scene in the 1970s<\/span>,<\/a> Wittliff Collection, Texas State University, San Marcos, February 9 \u2013 July 3, 2015<\/li>\n<li id=\"u19890-16\">ARCHIZINES celebrates the resurgence of alternative and independent architectural publishing around the world, Houston, January 29 &#8211; April 17<\/li>\n<li id=\"u19890-18\">Texas Writers: a Humanities Texas Exhibition, San Antonio, April 1 &#8211; 29<\/li>\n<li id=\"u19890-22\">A Hemispheric Conversation: Queer\/Feminist Independent Publishing Projects \u2018Belleza y Felicidad\u2019 and \u2018Belladonna\u2019 exhibit, Austin, April 14 &#8211; May 9<br \/>Rio Grande Valley International Poetry Festival, McAllen, concluding April 26<\/li>\n<li id=\"u19890-24\">Austin Food &#038; Wine Festival (includes book signings), concluding April 26<\/li>\n<li id=\"u19890-26\">Houston Writers Guild Annual Spring Conference, concluding April 26<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u19890-30\">Sunday, April 26<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u19890-32\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u19890-35\">\n<li id=\"u19890-34\">Malvern Books, An Afternoon with Issa Nyaphaga, 4PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u19890-38\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u19890-41\">\n<li id=\"u19890-40\">Horchow Auditorium, Harry Bliss &#038; Barney Saltzberg: Imaginative Illustrating, 3PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u19890-44\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u19890-51\">\n<li id=\"u19890-46\">Discovery Green, Space City Grand Slam, 3PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u19890-48\">Johnston Middle School, Chris Grabenstein visits Houston as part of Inprint\u2019s \u201cCool Brains\u201d series, 3PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u19890-50\">Murder By the Book, Susan Wittig Albert will sign and discuss the new China Bayles mystery, Bittersweet, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u19890-54\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u19890-57\">\n<li id=\"u19890-56\">SAY S\u00ed, La Voz de San Antonio, 3PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u19890-60\">The Woodlands<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u19890-63\">\n<li id=\"u19890-62\">B&#038;N &#8211; Woodlands Mall, Dana Perino: And the Good News Is&#8230; Lessons and Advice from the Bright Side, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u19890-66\">Monday, April 27<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u19890-68\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u19890-71\">\n<li id=\"u19890-70\">BookPeople, Debut Novelist SARAH GERARD in conversation with STEPH OPITZ about Binary Star, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u19890-74\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u19890-79\">\n<li id=\"u19890-76\">Hall of State at Fair Park, Kenneth T. Walsh presents Celebrity in Chief: A History of the Presidents and the Culture of Stardom followed by a book signing, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u19890-78\">Horchow Auditorium, Sue Roe &#038; Joshua Wolf Shenk: Matisse, Picasso &#038; the Power of Pairs, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u19890-82\">Fort Worth<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u19890-85\">\n<li id=\"u19890-84\">B&#038;N &#8211; Hulen Center, Dana Perino signs And the Good News Is&#8230; Lessons and Advice from the Bright Side, 12:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u19890-88\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u19890-91\">\n<li id=\"u19890-90\">Brazos Bookstore, Attica Locke reads and signs PLEASANTVILLE, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u19890-94\">Tuesday, April 28<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u19890-96\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u19890-99\">\n<li id=\"u19890-98\">Spider House Cafe &#038; Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u19890-102\">Duncanville<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u19890-105\">\n<li id=\"u19890-104\">Duncanville Public Library, Local author Jill K. Sayre will share stories of her novel, The Fairies of Turtle Creek, and then sign books, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u19890-108\">Fort Worth<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u19890-111\">\n<li id=\"u19890-110\">The Dock Bookshop, Fort Worth Poetry Slam, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u19890-114\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u19890-117\">\n<li id=\"u19890-116\">Brazos Bookstore, George Hodgman reads and signs BETTYVILLE, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u19890-120\">Lubbock<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u19890-123\">\n<li id=\"u19890-122\">Caprock Writers&#8217; Alliance welcomes novelist Tim Lewis, author of Forever Friday, for talk and book signing, 7-8:45 PM, Lubbock Public Library Mahon Branch, 1306 9th St.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u19890-126\">The Woodlands<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u19890-129\">\n<li id=\"u19890-128\">B&#038;N &#8211; Woodlands Mall, Jacob Grey signs Ferals, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u19890-132\">Wednesday, April 29<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u19890-134\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u19890-143\">\n<li id=\"u19890-136\">BookPeople, Owner of Pitmaster &#038; Franklin BBQ Aaron Franklin speaking and signing Franklin Barbeque: A Meat-Smoking Manifesto, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u19890-138\">Cherrywood Coffeehouse, Bat City Review reading, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u19890-140\">Malvern Books, Revista Pterod\u00e1ctilo Bilingual Poetry Reading, 6PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u19890-142\">The Writing Barn, Words and Wine with Nikki Loftin and Joy Preble, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u19890-146\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u19890-149\">\n<li id=\"u19890-148\">B&#038;N &#8211; Lincoln Park, Rod Dreher signs How Dante Can Save Your Life The Life-Changing Wisdom of History&#8217;s Greatest Poem, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul id=\"u19890-152\">\n<li id=\"u19890-151\">Kettle Arts, Pegasus Reading Series featuring Nate Logan, Opalina Salas, Kara Synhorst, and Kyle Vaughn, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u19890-155\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u19890-158\">\n<li id=\"u19890-157\">Brazos Bookstore, Mitchell Gaynor reads and signs THE GENE THERAPY PLAN, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u19890-161\">Thursday, April 30<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u19890-163\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u19890-168\">\n<li id=\"u19890-165\">BookPeople, Bestselling Author NEAL SHUSTERMAN speaking &#038; signing Challenger Deep, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u19890-167\">Spider House Ballroom, Testify ATX presents Stuck, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u19890-171\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u19890-174\">\n<li id=\"u19890-173\">Tycher Library, David Laskin will be discussing his new book, The Family, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u19890-177\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u19890-188\">\n<li id=\"u19890-179\">Brazos Bookstore, Raphael Rubinstein reads and signs THE MIRACULOUS, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u19890-181\">Houston Museum of Natural Science, Lecture &#8211; Quest to Save Wild Mustangs by H. Alan Day followed by a book signing, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u19890-183\">Murder By the Book, Martin Walker will sign and discuss the latest Bruno book, The Children Return, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u19890-185\">River Oaks Bookstore, Heath Hardage Lee reads and signs Winnie Davis: Daughter of the Lost Cause, 5:PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u19890-187\">Unity of Houston (Unity Church of Christianity), James Van Praagh &#8211; An Evening of Spirit followed by a book signing, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u19890-191\">Friday, May 1<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u19890-193\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u19890-200\">\n<li id=\"u19890-195\">BookPeople, Austin Author NEAL POLLACK speaking &#038; signing Repeat, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u19890-197\">Malvern Books, a reading from poet Dr. Sybil Pittman Estess, who will be introducing her latest collection, Like That, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u19890-199\">Magnolia Lounge, CAKE AND PROSE, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u19890-203\">Denton<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u19890-206\">\n<li id=\"u19890-205\">UNT Willis Library, North Texas Review reception and reading, 5PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u19890-209\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u19890-214\">\n<li id=\"u19890-211\">Brazos Bookstore, Paul Otremba reads and signs PAX AMERICANA &#038; Tomas Q. Morin reads and signs A LARGER COUNTRY, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u19890-213\">Inprint House, First Friday Poetry Reading Series presents Saba Husein, 8:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u19890-217\">Irving<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u19890-220\">\n<li id=\"u19890-219\">Irving Public Library &#8211; Valley Ranch, bestselling author Neal Shusterman discusses his newest book, Challenger Deep, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul id=\"u19890-226\">\n<li id=\"u19890-225\">Katherine Anne Porter Literary Center, reading with Elizabeth Crook, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u19890-230\">Saturday, May 2<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u19890-232\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u19890-239\">\n<li id=\"u19890-234\">B&#038;N &#8211; Arboretum, Meet &#038; Greet Book Signing With Barbara Youngblood Carr, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u19890-236\">Malvern Books, Borderlands: Issue 42 Launch Party, 3PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u19890-238\">Malvern Books, An Evening with Santiago Vaquera-V\u00e1squez &#038; Ire\u2019ne Lara Silva, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u19890-242\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u19890-245\">\n<li id=\"u19890-244\">B&#038;N &#8211; Lincoln Park, Kay Willis Wyma signs I&#8217;m Happy for You (Sort Of&#8230;Not Really) Finding Contentment in a Culture of Comparison, 4PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u19890-248\">Denton<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u19890-251\">\n<li id=\"u19890-250\">B&#038;N &#8211; Golden Triangle Mall, Local Author Laura Maisano, Signing SCHISM, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u19890-254\">Frisco<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u19890-257\">\n<li id=\"u19890-256\">B&#038;N &#8211; Stonebriar, Neal Shusterman signs Challenger Deep, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u19890-260\">Garland<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u19890-263\">\n<li id=\"u19890-262\">B&#038;N &#8211; Firewheel Mall, Discussion and Signing With USA Today Bestselling Author Marc Cameron: Day Zero (Jericho Quinn Series #5), 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u19890-266\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u19890-277\">\n<li id=\"u19890-268\">Blue Willow Bookshop, celebrate Independent Bookstore Day with activities, food, giveaways and limited edition merchandise, all day<\/li>\n<li id=\"u19890-270\">Brazos Bookstore, celebrate Independent Bookstore Day with refreshments, literary luminaries and limited edition swag, all day<\/li>\n<li id=\"u19890-272\">Katy Budget Books, celebrate Independent Bookstore Day with limited edition merchandise, all day<\/li>\n<li id=\"u19890-274\">Murder By the Book, Joy Preble will sign and discuss Finding Paris and Meredith Moore will sign and discuss I Am Her Revenge, 4:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u19890-276\">PJ&#8217;s Coffee, Imagiread presents Books in Bloom: Stories for Families by Families + book swap, 10:30AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u19890-280\">Hurst<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u19890-283\">\n<li id=\"u19890-282\">B&#038;N &#8211; NE Mall, Susan Mead signs Dance With Jesus From Grief to Grace, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u19890-286\">Lewisville<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u19890-289\">\n<li id=\"u19890-288\">B&#038;N &#8211; Vista Ridge, George Arnold book signing, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u19890-292\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u19890-295\">\n<li id=\"u19890-294\">Viva! 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