{"id":1391,"date":"2018-12-31T17:00:26","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T17:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=1391"},"modified":"2018-12-31T17:00:26","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T17:00:26","slug":"special-events-138","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=1391","title":{"rendered":"Special Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"articleHeader\"><\/div>\n<ul id=\"u397498-25\">\n<li id=\"u397498-5\"><span id=\"u397498-3\">33rd Texas Shakespeare Festival, <\/span>Kilgore, June 28-July 29<\/li>\n<li id=\"u397498-8\"><span id=\"u397498-6\">Macondo Writers Workshop,<\/span> San Antonio, July 25-28<\/li>\n<li id=\"u397498-11\"><span id=\"u397498-9\">The Texas Playwright&#8217;s Festival,<\/span> Houston, July 26-29<\/li>\n<li id=\"u397498-14\"><span id=\"u397498-12\">AME: Authors Marketing Event, <\/span>Dallas, July 27-29<\/li>\n<li id=\"u397498-17\"><span id=\"u397498-15\">El Tallercito&#8217;s Writers Conference,<\/span> Dallas, July 28<\/li>\n<li id=\"u397498-20\"><span id=\"u397498-18\">Texas Latino Comic Con 2018,<\/span> Dallas, July 28<\/li>\n<li id=\"u397498-24\">T<span id=\"u397498-22\">exas Writers&#8217; League Summer Writing Retreat,<\/span> Nacogdoches July 29-August 3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u397498-28\">Ongoing Exhibits<\/h1>\n<ul id=\"u397498-35\">\n<li id=\"u397498-31\"><span id=\"u397498-29\">Routine Fables,<\/span> Houston, May 25-July 29<\/li>\n<li id=\"u397498-34\"><span id=\"u397498-32\">Oliver Jeffers: 15 Years of Picturing Books, <\/span>Abilene, June 7-September 30<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u397498-38\">Sunday, July 22<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u397498-40\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u397498-45\">\n<li id=\"u397498-42\">BookPeople, ASHLEY HERRING BLAKE speaking &#038; signing Ivy Aberdeen&#8217;s Letter to the World, and BRANDY COLBERT speaking &#038; signing Little &#038; Lion, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u397498-44\">The Highball Austin, Austin Poetry Slam vs Austin Neo Soul: Battle of the Slams 2018, 3PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u397498-48\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u397498-55\">\n<li id=\"u397498-50\">B&#038;N &#8211; Preston\/Royal, Sharon Ervin signs Do You Love Me?, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u397498-52\">The Foundry Club, Writing Workshops Dallas seminar: &#8220;Criminal Minds: The Elements of Crime Writing&#8221; with Kathleen Kent, 3PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u397498-54\">Half Price Books &#8211; The Mother Ship, local author Jane Giddan will sell and sign her children&#8217;s book, Grackles of Green Grove Protect Their Land, and local author Chris Langlois will sell and sign his illustrated storybook, How Easy Company Became a Band of Brothers, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u397498-58\">Edinburg<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u397498-61\">\n<li id=\"u397498-60\">Museum of South Texas History, Sunday Speaker Series: Poetry from the Forgotten Words of Coahuiltecans, 4PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u397498-64\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u397498-69\">\n<li id=\"u397498-66\">Alliance Fran\u00e7aise de Houston, David Rosenfelt will sign and discuss the newest Andy Carpenter novel, Rescued, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u397498-68\">Murder By the Book, Daniel Silva will sign and discuss his new book, The Other Woman, 4PM [line number required for signing]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u397498-72\">Monday, July 23<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u397498-74\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u397498-77\">\n<li id=\"u397498-76\">BookPeople, OTTESSA MOSHFEGH speaking &#038; signing My Year of Rest and Relaxation, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u397498-80\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u397498-87\">\n<li id=\"u397498-82\">Congregation Shearith Israel, Jewish Book Festival event: Daniel SilvaiIn conversation with Michael Granberry of Dallas Morning News about his new novel, The Other Woman, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u397498-84\">Dallas Museum of Art, World Affairs Council of DFW hosts a 100th anniversary celebration of the birth of Nelson Mandela with Sahm Venter, author of The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela, and Zamaswazi Dlamini-Mandela, Nelson Mandela\u2019s Granddaughter, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u397498-86\">Interabang Books, Timothy Zahn THRAWN reading and signing ALLIANCES (Star Wars), 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u397498-90\">Fort Worth<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u397498-93\">\n<li id=\"u397498-92\">Black Rooster Cafe, Sara Triana Mitchell presents her children&#8217;s book, Love Love Bakery: A Wild Home for All, 10:30AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u397498-96\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u397498-101\">\n<li id=\"u397498-98\">Brazos Bookstore, Joseph S. Galati; M.D. discussing and signing EATING YOURSELF SICK, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u397498-100\">Night Heron, Join the Inprint staff for happy hour as they reveal the names of the authors appearing in the 2018\/2019 Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series, 5:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u397498-104\">Lubbock<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u397498-107\">\n<li id=\"u397498-106\">B&#038;N, Mike Leach signing Swing Your Sword: Leading the Charge in Football and Life and Geronimo: Leadership Strategies of an American Warrior, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u397498-110\">Lufkin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u397498-113\">\n<li id=\"u397498-112\">Absolutely Fiction Books, Melissa Radke signing Eat Cake. Be Brave, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u397498-116\">Tuesday, July 24<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u397498-118\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u397498-125\">\n<li id=\"u397498-120\">BookPeople, MEGAN ABBOTT speaking &#038; signing Give Me Your Hand and ACE ATKINS speaking &#038; signing The Sinners, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u397498-122\">Central Library, discussion and book signing with Evan Narcisse, the writer of the upcoming graphic novel, Rise of the Black Panther, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u397498-124\">Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam featuring Joanna, 7:15PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u397498-128\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u397498-135\">\n<li id=\"u397498-130\">Deep Vellum Books, Sergio Pitol: An Evening with Translator George Henson, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u397498-132\">Interabang Books, Ottessa Moshfegh reading and signing MY YEAR OF REST AND RELAXATION, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u397498-134\">The Wild Detectives, Short Shorts &#038; Tall Tales: an informal backyard reading of short stories and novel excerpts, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u397498-138\">El Paso<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u397498-141\">\n<li id=\"u397498-140\">The Black Orchid Lounge, Barbed Wire Open Mic series, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u397498-144\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u397498-149\">\n<li id=\"u397498-146\">Blue Willow Bookshop, Beat the Heat: Book Recommendations from Our Publisher Reps, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u397498-148\">Brazos Bookstore, Kent Wascom reading and signing THE NEW INHERITORS, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u397498-152\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u397498-157\">\n<li id=\"u397498-154\">The Mix, PuroSlam Poetry with DJ Donnie Dee, 9:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u397498-156\">The Twig Book Shop, Watt Casey discussing and signing My Guitar is a Camera, 5PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u397498-160\">Wednesday, July 25<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u397498-162\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u397498-169\">\n<li id=\"u397498-164\">BookPeople, LUCAS A. POWE, JR. speaking &#038; signing America&#8217;s Lone Star Constitution: How Supreme Court Cases from Texas Shape the Nation, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u397498-166\">BookWoman, Kristin Casey discussing and signing Rock Monster: My Life with Joe Walsh, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u397498-168\">Terrazas Branch Library, Aural Literature July Reading featuring Chicon Street Poets, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u397498-172\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u397498-175\">\n<li id=\"u397498-174\">Interabang Books, Kent Wascom reading and signing THE NEW INHERITORS, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u397498-178\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u397498-181\">\n<li id=\"u397498-180\">Write About Now, Poetry Open Mic featuring Houston VIP Slam, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u397498-184\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u397498-187\">\n<li id=\"u397498-186\">Central Library, Macondo Workshop Faculty Reading featuring Reyna Grande, Allison Adelle Hedge Coke, and Stephanie Elizondo Griest, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u397498-190\">Thursday, July 26<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u397498-192\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u397498-197\">\n<li id=\"u397498-194\">Interabang Books, Brian Abrams discussing and signing OBAMA: AN ORAL HISTORY, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u397498-196\">The Wild Detective, Robert Escobar discussing and signing Saps, Blackjacks and Slungshots: A History of Forgotten Weapons, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u397498-200\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u397498-205\">\n<li id=\"u397498-202\">Acres Homes Neighborhood Library, Houston Poet Laureate Deborah Mouton conducting a youth poetry workshop, &#8220;Honoring the Past, Building the Future,&#8221; 3PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u397498-204\">B&#038;N &#8211; River Oaks, Story time with local author Victoria Martin reading and signing Itty Bitty &#8230; Is That You?, 11AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u397498-208\">Irving<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u397498-211\">\n<li id=\"u397498-210\">South Irving Library, Sweet &#038; Salty Love YA Author Panel with with authors Maurene Goo, Amy Spalding, and Siobhan Vivian, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u397498-214\">Sugar Land<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u397498-217\">\n<li id=\"u397498-216\">B&#038;N &#8211; First Colony, Story time with local author Maria Ashworth, 10AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u397498-220\">Friday, July 27<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u397498-222\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u397498-227\">\n<li id=\"u397498-224\">BookPeople, GRIFFIN MCELROY signing THE ADVENTURE ZONE: HERE THERE BE GERBLINS, 7PM [sold out]<\/li>\n<li id=\"u397498-226\">Malvern Books, I Scream Social Reading &#038; Open Mic, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u397498-230\">Cleburne<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u397498-233\">\n<li id=\"u397498-232\">The Published Page Bookshop, VFW Allmon-Burgess Memorial Post 12152 hosts &#8220;Remember our Legacy: the Korean War,&#8221; 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u397498-236\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u397498-243\">\n<li id=\"u397498-238\">Half Price Books &#8211; Mother Ship, celebrate 46 fabulous years since the first Half Price Books store was opened in 1972 in Dallas wth cookies and balloons, sing Happy Birthday, plus signup for a drawing to win a $46 HPB Gift Card, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u397498-240\">Half Price Books &#8211; Mother Ship, Cristina Curp, creator of the popular food blog The Castaway Kitchen, will discuss and sign her new book, Made Whole: More Than 145 Anti-Inflammatory Keto-Paleo Recipes to Nourish You from the Inside Out, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u397498-242\">Heroes Lounge, Dallas Poetry Slam presents The Battle of the Republic, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u397498-246\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u397498-249\">\n<li id=\"u397498-248\">Visionary Heights, Ocotillo Review reading featuring Russell Ashworth, Gabrielle Langley, Marc Hess, Rebecca Oxley, Diane Heath, Andrea Barbosa, and Tony Burnett, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u397498-252\">New Waverly<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u397498-255\">\n<li id=\"u397498-254\">Honey&#8217;s Coffee &#038; Biscuits, Sara Triana Mitchell presents her children&#8217;s book, Love Love Bakery: A Wild Home for All, 9:30AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u397498-258\">Saturday, July 28<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u397498-260\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u397498-265\">\n<li id=\"u397498-262\">BookPeople, SAMANTHA M. CLARK speaking &#038; signing The Boy, the Boat, and the Beast, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u397498-264\">Half Price Books &#8211; S. Lamar, international street artist and author The Impossible Winterbourne will sell and sign his illustrated children&#8217;s book The AlphaBots, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u397498-268\">El Paso<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u397498-273\">\n<li id=\"u397498-270\">B&#038;N &#8211; Sunland Park, Roxanne Lambie signing Quantum, 3PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u397498-272\">Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop: &#8220;If It Doesn\u2019t Hurt It Doesn\u2019t Matter&#8221; with editor and musician Carlos Fidel Espinoza, 12:45PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u397498-276\">Galveston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u397498-279\">\n<li id=\"u397498-278\">Galveston Bookshop, E. Barry Gray signing Victorian Texas Courthouses and County Histories, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u397498-282\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u397498-293\">\n<li id=\"u397498-284\">Blue Willow Bookshop, Brian Smith will discuss and sign his book LIFTOFF!: THE TANK, THE STORM, AND THE ASTROS&#8217; IMPROBABLE ASCENT TO BASEBALL IMMORTALITY, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u397498-286\">Brasil, Writing workshop followed by a poetry slam hosted by Houston VIP National Poetry Slam Team; poets can earn points toward competing for the national team, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u397498-288\">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=\"u397498-290\">Houston Public Library, Hip Hop for Literacy with Houston Poet Laureate Deborah \u201cD.E.E.P.\u201d Mouton and Slick Rick, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u397498-292\">River Oaks Bookstore, Shyrell Hobson discussing and signing Seams of Gold: Discovering Beauty in Brokenness, 3PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u397498-296\">Lubbock<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u397498-301\">\n<li id=\"u397498-298\">B&#038;N, The Adventures of Shadow, the Almost Black Kitten book signing with Debra Steffens, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u397498-300\">B&#038;N, Big Man Blue and Two Man Red book signing with Nicole Locker, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u397498-304\">Lufkin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u397498-307\">\n<li id=\"u397498-306\">Absolutely Fiction Books, Belinda Bluford Ross discussing and signing Grown Up Words with Belinda, 1:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u397498-310\">Midland<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u397498-313\">\n<li id=\"u397498-312\">Centennial Library, Permian Basin Bookies Monthly Membership Meeting: Carl C. Williams will be presenting \u201cThe Making and Marketing of SHERIFF,\u201d 10AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u397498-316\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u397498-325\">\n<li id=\"u397498-318\">B&#038;N &#8211; San Pedro, Daniel Pe\u00f1a reading and signing Bang, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u397498-320\">Dead Tree Books, Christmas in July with author Janet Kaderli, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u397498-322\">Tobin Library, Vampire Brunch with Iuliana Foos, author of Bloodlines: Origins, 11AM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u397498-324\">The Twig Book Shop, Ruby Montalvo signing A Song for Jessica, 11AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u397498-328\">Sugar Land<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u397498-331\">\n<li id=\"u397498-330\">Half Price Books, local author Micole Williams will sell and sign her satirical romance books, Tangled Web of True Love Tales and Toxic Ties Trilogy, 12PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u397498-334\">Watauga<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u397498-337\">\n<li id=\"u397498-336\">Half Price Books, local author Jonathan Bates will sell and sign his Christian children&#8217;s books Jo-Jo the Lamb in Be Not Afraid and Jo-Jo the Lamb in This is the Day That the Lord Made, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u397498-340\">Sunday, July 22<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u397498-342\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u397498-345\">\n<li id=\"u397498-344\">Malvern Books, Making Austin Weirder: New Fantastical Lit from Local Writers featuring Patrice Sarath, Christopher Brown, Stina Leicht, Marshall Ryan Maresca, Jessica Reisman, Robert Ashcroft, and Amanda Downum, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u397498-348\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u397498-357\">\n<li id=\"u397498-350\">The Foundry Club, Writing Workshops Dallas seminar: &#8220;How to Self-Edit: 50 Essential Tips for Honing Every Manuscript&#8221; with Blake Atwood, 3PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u397498-352\">Half Price Books &#8211; Mother Ship, local author Claudette Esmerelda will sell and sign her children&#8217;s book, Leah is Seen, and local author Jose de la Torre will sell and sign his inspirational book, Spiritual Living for Busy People: How to Nourish Your Soul in Today&#8217;s Hectic World, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u397498-354\">Half Price Books &#8211; The Mother Ship, New York Times bestselling author Colleen Hoover will discuss and sign her new novel, All Your Perfects, 6PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u397498-356\">The Wild Detectives, MELANCHOLY HOUR: happy hour for the rest of us, an evening of pensive prose and plaintive music featuring The Grim Readers: Priscilla Rice, Travis Wiley McGuire, Kelsey Grace Capps, and Ruben Carrazana, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u397498-360\">Watauga<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u397498-363\">\n<li id=\"u397498-362\">Half Price Books, local author Daniel Carlson will discuss and sign copies of his memoir, Dear Hippie\u2026We Met at Woodstock: One Cop&#8217;s Memories of the 1969 Woodstock Festival, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u397498-366\">* * * * *<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>33rd Texas Shakespeare Festival, Kilgore, June 28-July 29 Macondo Writers Workshop, San Antonio, July 25-28 The Texas Playwright&#8217;s Festival, Houston, July 26-29 AME: Authors Marketing Event, Dallas, July 27-29 El Tallercito&#8217;s Writers Conference, Dallas, July 28 Texas Latino Comic Con 2018, Dallas, July 28 Texas Writers&#8217; League Summer Writing Retreat, Nacogdoches July 29-August 3 Ongoing [&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-1391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1391","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=1391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1391\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}