{"id":467,"date":"2018-12-31T12:25:42","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T12:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=467"},"modified":"2018-12-31T12:25:42","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T12:25:42","slug":"special-events-43","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=467","title":{"rendered":"Special Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"articleHeader\"><\/div>\n<ul id=\"u100146-15\">\n<li id=\"u100146-4\"><span id=\"u100146-3\">Festival of International Books &#038; Arts (FESTIBA), Edinburg, February 29-March 6<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"u100146-6\"><span id=\"u100146-5\">Little Free Library Texas Tour, various locations, March 2 &#8211; 15<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"u100146-9\"><span id=\"u100146-7\">Staple 2016,<\/span> Austin, March 5-6<\/li>\n<li id=\"u100146-14\"><span id=\"u100146-13\">31st Annual Texas Storytelling Festival, Denton, March 10 &#8211; 13\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u100146-17\">Ongoing Exhibits<\/h1>\n<ul id=\"u100146-30\">\n<li id=\"u100146-20\"><span id=\"u100146-18\">Shakespeare in Print and Performance, <\/span><span id=\"u100146-19\">Austin, December 21 &#8211; May 29<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"u100146-23\"><span id=\"u100146-21\">Encounters and Discoveries in Literature: Celebrating Arte P\u00fablico Press and Twentieth Century Latina\/o Literature,<\/span> Houston, January 18 &#8211; June 30<\/li>\n<li id=\"u100146-26\"><span id=\"u100146-24\">Fact, Fiction, and the New World: The Role of Books in the Making of America,<\/span> Honey Grove, March 1 &#8211; 31<\/li>\n<li id=\"u100146-29\"><span id=\"u100146-27\">Shakespeare&#8217;s First Folio Exhibit,<\/span> College Station, March 8 &#8211; April 3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u100146-33\">Sunday, March 6<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u100146-35\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u100146-42\">\n<li id=\"u100146-37\">BookPeople, Austin children&#8217;s author CARMEN OLIVER speaking &#038; signing Bears Make the Best Reading Buddies, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u100146-39\">Malvern Books, an afternoon with poets Chip Dameron &#038; Larry D. Thomas, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u100146-41\">Waterloo Records and Video, Bruce T. Atkinson and Jenni Finlay sign Kent Finlay, Dreamer: The Musical Legacy Behind Cheatham Street Warehouse, ?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u100146-45\">Midland<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u100146-48\">\n<li id=\"u100146-47\">B&#038;N, Midland Postcard History Series book signing with James Collett and Doug Page, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u100146-51\">Pasadena<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u100146-54\">\n<li id=\"u100146-53\">B&#038;N &#8211; Fairway Market Place, Tarif Youssef-Agha signs A Journey Around the Arab Spring Revolutions, 12PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u100146-57\">Monday, March 7<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u100146-59\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u100146-62\">\n<li id=\"u100146-61\">Brazos Bookstore, Clara Bensen discusses and signs NO BAGGAGE, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u100146-65\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u100146-68\">\n<li id=\"u100146-67\">The Twig Book Store, Reading with poets Chip Dameron and Larry Thomas, 6PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u100146-71\">Tuesday, March 8<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u100146-73\">Abilene<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u100146-76\">\n<li id=\"u100146-75\">Downtown, Illumination Celebration: celebrate Abilene&#8217;s designation as the \u201cStorybook Capital of Texas\u201d with special lighting for its seventeen Storybook Sculptures, 6PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u100146-79\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u100146-84\">\n<li id=\"u100146-81\">BookPeople, Austin authors BARBARA CAVE HENRICKS &#038; RUSTY SHELTON speaking &#038; signing Mastering the New Media Landscape: Embrace the Micromedia Mindset, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u100146-83\">Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u100146-87\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u100146-92\">\n<li id=\"u100146-89\">The Wild Detectives, Dark Moon Poetry and Arts: She Speaks History poetry readings for International Women&#8217;s Day, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u100146-91\">UT Dallas &#8211; Jonsson Performance Hall, Comer Collection 2016 Honored Photographer Lecture: Kim Stringfellow (GREETINGS FROM THE SALTON SEA: FOLLY AND INTERVENTION IN THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LANDSCAPE, 1905-2005) presents Art, Environment and Place, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u100146-95\">Fort Worth<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u100146-98\">\n<li id=\"u100146-97\">The Dock Bookshop, Fort Worth Poetry Slam and Open Mic, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u100146-101\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u100146-106\">\n<li id=\"u100146-103\">Museum of Fine Arts &#8211; Caroline Wiess Law Building, MFAH\/Asia Society Lecture &#8211; The Meeting of Korean and Western Art in the Late Joseon Period by Yi Song-mi, author of Searching for Modernity: Western Influence and True-View Landscape in Korean Painting of the Late Choson Period, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u100146-105\">University of St. Thomas &#8211; Jerabeck Athletic Center, 2016 B.K. Smith Lecture in History: Dr. David R. Woodward, author of World War I Almanac, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u100146-109\">Lubbock<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u100146-112\">\n<li id=\"u100146-111\">Texas Tech, Creative Writing Program Reading Series featuring poet Todd Boss, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u100146-115\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u100146-118\">\n<li id=\"u100146-117\">The Korova, PuroSlam! with DJ Donnie Dee, 10PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u100146-121\">Wednesday, March 9<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u100146-123\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u100146-128\">\n<li id=\"u100146-125\">BookPeople, Founder of The Screenplay Workshop JILL CHAMBERLAIN speaking &#038; signing The Nutshell Technique: Crack the Secret of Successful Screenwriting, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u100146-127\">The Writing Barn, &#8220;Language is the Story&#8221; workshop with visiting author David Elliott, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u100146-131\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u100146-136\">\n<li id=\"u100146-133\">AvantGarden, Write About Now poetry open mic, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u100146-135\">Blue Willow Bookshop, Kathi Appelt and Alison McGhee will discuss and sign their new novel for kids, MAYBE A FOX, 5PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u100146-139\">Thursday, March 10<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u100146-141\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u100146-150\">\n<li id=\"u100146-143\">Blue Owl Brewing, Beer and Books Little Free Library Happy Hour!, 5PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u100146-145\">BookPeople, Debut Novelist &#038; Michener Grad VIRGINIA REEVES speaking &#038; signing Work Like Any Other, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u100146-147\">BookWoman, Second Thursday Poetry Open Mic with Melissa Studdard, 7:15PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u100146-149\">Malvern Books, Novel Night with Joe Giordano &amp; Joseph Pluta, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u100146-153\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u100146-156\">\n<li id=\"u100146-155\">B&#038;N &#8211; Lincoln Park, retired conductor Anshel Brusilow signing Shoot the Conductor, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u100146-159\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u100146-162\">\n<li id=\"u100146-161\">University of St. Thomas &#8211; Jerabeck Athletic Center, Dead Man Walking &#8211; The Journey Continues with Sr. Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u100146-165\">Rio Grande City<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u100146-168\">\n<li id=\"u100146-167\">Kelsey-Bass Museum and Event Center, Alfredo E. C\u00e1rdenas will discuss and sign Balo\u2019s War, A Novel About the Plan of San Diego, 6PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u100146-171\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u100146-174\">\n<li id=\"u100146-173\">The Twig Book Shop, Kayt Sukel discusses and signs The Art of Risk, 6PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u100146-177\">Friday, March 11<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u100146-179\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u100146-182\">\n<li id=\"u100146-181\">BookPeople, Bestselling Author &#038; Entrepreneur GARY VAYNERCHUK speaking &#038; signing #AskGaryVee: One Entrepreneur&#8217;s Take on Leadership, Social Media, &#038; Self-Awareness, 6PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u100146-185\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u100146-192\">\n<li id=\"u100146-187\">B&#038;N &#8211; Lincoln Park, Real Leadership: 9 Simple Practices for Leading and Living with Purpose signing with John Addison, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u100146-189\">Lucky Dog Books &#8211; Oak Cliff, Poets on X+ Series with Opalina and Carlos Salas, 8PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u100146-191\">The Wild Detectives, Korby Lenker reads and signs Medium Hero, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u100146-195\">Georgetown<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u100146-198\">\n<li id=\"u100146-197\">Cianfrani Coffee Shop, Poetry Reading\/Open Mic, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u100146-201\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u100146-204\">\n<li id=\"u100146-203\">Brazos Bookstore, William Guest recites from and signs WHO ARE WE, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u100146-207\">McAllen<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u100146-214\">\n<li id=\"u100146-209\">B&#038;N &#8211; Palms Crossing, Rio Grande Valley ABC signing with Rickey Pittman, 6PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u100146-211\">San Marcos<\/li>\n<li id=\"u100146-213\">Lone Star Music, Brian T. Atkinson and Jenni Finlay sign Kent Finlay, Dreamer: The Musical Legacy behind Cheatham Street Warehouse, ?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u100146-217\">Sugar Land<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u100146-220\">\n<li id=\"u100146-219\">Ismaili Cultural Center, Chase Untermeyer presents How Important People Act, 8AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u100146-223\">Saturday, March 12<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u100146-225\">Amarillo<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u100146-228\">\n<li id=\"u100146-227\">B&#038;N &#8211; Westgate Mall, Rainbow Wings signing with R.R. Ford and C.T. Ford, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u100146-231\">Arlington<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u100146-234\">\n<li id=\"u100146-233\">Half Price Books &#8211; Four Corners, Jonas Perez will sell and sign copies of his modern epic poem Finibus, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u100146-237\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u100146-244\">\n<li id=\"u100146-239\">ACC Highland Campus, Writers&#8217; League of Texas workshop: &#8220;Finding the Best Stories of Your Life&#8221; with Christine Wicker, 10AM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u100146-241\">BookPeople, MysteryPeople Presents Award-winning Author RHYS BOWEN speaking signing Time of Fog and Fire: A Molly Murphy Mystery, 3PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u100146-243\">Half Price Books &#8211; South Lamar, Carin Channing will sell and sign 365 Days of Doodling: Discovering the Joys of Being Creative Every Day, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u100146-247\">Corpus Christi<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u100146-252\">\n<li id=\"u100146-249\">Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi Literary Reading Series: reading, Q&#038;A and book signing with Jill McCorkle, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u100146-251\">Half Price Books, New York Times bestselling author Raymond Arroyo will discuss and sign his new children\u2019s middle grade book, Will Wilder: The Relic of Perilous Falls, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u100146-255\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u100146-258\">\n<li id=\"u100146-257\">B&#038;N &#8211; Preston\/Royal, Jan Whitaker signs How I Got Over, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u100146-261\">El Paso<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u100146-266\">\n<li id=\"u100146-263\">B&#038;N &#8211; Fountains at Farah, Former El Pasoan J. Michael Orenduff will sign copies of The Pot Thief Who Studied Georgia O\u2019Keeffe, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u100146-265\">Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop: &#8220;Inner Voices&#8221; with Nancy Lorenza Green, 12:45PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u100146-269\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u100146-280\">\n<li id=\"u100146-271\">Brazos Bookstore, Cheryl Beesley discusses and signs LANDSCAPING WITH EDIBLE PLANTS IN TEXAS, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u100146-273\">Half Price Books &#8211; Westheimer\/Montrose, local author Jennifer L. Hinojosa will sell and sign her autobiography, Can\u2019t Kill This Love, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u100146-275\">KIPP Sharpstown, 2016 Space City Poetry Slam Series: Saturn Preliminary, 11AM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u100146-277\">Murder By the Book, Patricia Briggs will sign and discuss the newest book in the Mercy Thompson series, Fire Touched, and Anne Bishop will sign and discuss Marked in Flesh, a novel of The Others, 4:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u100146-279\">River Oaks Bookstore, Maica D. Walker discusses and signs Own Your S#*T in 30 Days: A Daily Guide to Overcome Your Limiting Beliefs, Stop Blaming Others, Become Your Empowered Ideal Self, and Build Your Purposeful Legacy, 3PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u100146-283\">McAllen<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u100146-286\">\n<li id=\"u100146-285\">B&#038;N &#8211; Palms Crossing, children&#8217;s author Iona Cordero reads and signs If Only You Knew, 6PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u100146-289\">Round Rock<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u100146-292\">\n<li id=\"u100146-291\">B&#038;N &#8211; La Frontera, How Did He Get in There? signing with Sandra Lott, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u100146-295\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u100146-302\">\n<li id=\"u100146-297\">B&#038;N &#8211; Northwoods, Lady Byrd signs Controlling Your &#8220;ACE&#8221;, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u100146-299\">B&#038;N &#8211; San Pedro, PF Karlin signs Shattered Fate and Destiny Reborn, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u100146-301\">The Twig Book Shop, Melody Rose Mollis Lindquist reads and signs Oak Tree, 11AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u100146-305\">Southlake<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u100146-308\">\n<li id=\"u100146-307\">B&#038;N &#8211; Town Square, Book Signing for Author Gary Vaynerchuk: #AskGaryVee: One Entrepreneur&#8217;s Take on Leadership, Social Media, and Self-Awareness, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u100146-311\">Webster<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u100146-314\">\n<li id=\"u100146-313\">B&#038;N &#8211; Baybrook II, Dr. Timothy B. Jones signs Dynamics of Public Education: Planning for a Return to Greatness, 11AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u100146-317\">The Woodlands<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u100146-320\">\n<li id=\"u100146-319\">B&#038;N &#8211; Woodlands Mall, Undrai Fizer signs The Excuse-Less Life; 34 Inner-Laws for Living Above Distraction, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u100146-323\">Sunday, March 13<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u100146-325\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u100146-334\">\n<li id=\"u100146-327\">JW Marriott, SXSW: Connecting Through Story Meetup with Diana Ceres, Senior Editor at Greenleaf Book Group, 12:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u100146-329\">Malvern Books, Austin Writers Roulette presents \u201cArbitrary &#038; Nonsensical,\u201d 4PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u100146-331\">Monkeywrench Books, Radical mental health zine project discussion, 6PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u100146-333\">Yarborough Branch-Austin Public Library, Meet the Author: Rhys Bowen, author of Her Royal Spyness, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u100146-337\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u100146-340\">\n<li id=\"u100146-339\">Half Price Books Mother Ship, Margie Norum will sell and sign her memoir Mom\u2019s Journey, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u100146-343\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u100146-348\">\n<li id=\"u100146-345\">B&#038;N &#8211; Westheimer, Seymour Reaches the Sky signing with Elaine O&#8217;Rourke, 1:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u100146-347\">Murder By the Book, C.J. Box will sign and discuss the newest Joe Pickett novel, Off The Grid, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u100146-351\">* * * * *<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Festival of International Books &#038; Arts (FESTIBA), Edinburg, February 29-March 6 Little Free Library Texas Tour, various locations, March 2 &#8211; 15 Staple 2016, Austin, March 5-6 31st Annual Texas Storytelling Festival, Denton, March 10 &#8211; 13 Ongoing Exhibits Shakespeare in Print and Performance, Austin, December 21 &#8211; May 29 Encounters and Discoveries in Literature: [&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-467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467","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=467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}