{"id":484,"date":"2018-12-31T12:29:06","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T12:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=484"},"modified":"2018-12-31T12:29:06","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T12:29:06","slug":"special-events-45","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=484","title":{"rendered":"Special Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"articleHeader\"><\/div>\n<ul id=\"u109599-12\">\n<li id=\"u109599-5\"><span id=\"u109599-3\">ALL-CON 2016, <\/span>Dallas, March 17 &#8211; 20<\/li>\n<li id=\"u109599-11\"><span id=\"u109599-6\">Wildcatter Exchange, Fort Worth,<\/span><span id=\"u109599-7\"> March 25 &#8211; 26<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u109599-14\">Ongoing Exhibits<\/h1>\n<ul id=\"u109599-30\">\n<li id=\"u109599-17\"><span id=\"u109599-15\">Shakespeare in Print and Performance, <\/span><span id=\"u109599-16\">Austin, December 21 &#8211; May 29<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"u109599-20\"><span id=\"u109599-18\">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=\"u109599-23\"><span id=\"u109599-21\">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=\"u109599-26\"><span id=\"u109599-24\">Shakespeare&#8217;s First Folio Exhibit,<\/span> College Station, March 8 &#8211; April 3<\/li>\n<li id=\"u109599-29\"><span id=\"u109599-27\">In His Own Words: The Life and Work of C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez,<\/span> San Antonio, March 15 &#8211; April 30<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u109599-33\">Sunday, March 20<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u109599-35\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u109599-44\">\n<li id=\"u109599-37\">Half Price Books &#8211; Southpark Meadows, Carla Butler will sell and sign her memoir, This Little Girl\u2019s Journey: My Lifelong Search for My Biological Father and Family, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u109599-39\">Malvern Books, Austin Community Salutes Springtime and the Belle of Amherst, hosted by W. Joe Hoppe and Brett Reeves, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u109599-41\">Malvern Books, The Lion &#038; The Pirate Unplugged inclusive open mic with Special Guest Maria Palacios, 4PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u109599-43\">Recycled Reads, spoken word, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u109599-47\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u109599-52\">\n<li id=\"u109599-49\">B&#038;N &#8211; Preston\/Royal, E. C. Murray signs A Long Way From Paris, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u109599-51\">South Dallas Cultural Center, In The Words of a Sistah: I Am Here &#8211; all female poetry show, 5PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u109599-55\">Galveston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u109599-58\">\n<li id=\"u109599-57\">Congregation B\u2019nai Israel, OLLI class with Writer in Residence Marion Winik, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u109599-61\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u109599-66\">\n<li id=\"u109599-63\">B&#038;N &#8211; San Pedro, T. Irwin Sessions signing San Antonio&#8217;s Historic Architecture, 2PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u109599-65\">The Twig Book Shop, T. Irwin Sessions discusses and signs San Antonio\u2019s Historic Architecture, 11AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u109599-69\">Monday, March 21<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u109599-71\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u109599-74\">\n<li id=\"u109599-73\">BookPeople, Award-Winning Austin Comedian ZACH ANNER speaking &#038; signing If at Birth You Don&#8217;t Succeed, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u109599-77\">Brownsville<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u109599-82\">\n<li id=\"u109599-79\">UT RGV, ire&#8217;ne lara silva conducts the Grito Writing Workshop, 3PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u109599-81\">UT RGV, Celebremos Nuestra Gloria: featuring ire&#8217;ne lara silva and local poets, 6PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u109599-85\">Frisco<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u109599-88\">\n<li id=\"u109599-87\">B&#038;N &#8211; Stonebriar, Omega Rising (Voyagers Series #3) signing with Patrick Carman, 6PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u109599-91\">Tuesday, March 22<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u109599-93\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u109599-100\">\n<li id=\"u109599-95\">BookPeople, Austin Author &#038; Michener Graduate KARAN MAHAJAN speaking &#038; signing The Association of Small Bombs, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u109599-97\">Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u109599-99\">The Cactus Cafe, Bat City Review reading featuring poet Micah Bateman, fiction from James Domingo Madrigal &#038; Marco Verdoni, and a special performance from playwright Megan Tabaque, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u109599-103\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u109599-106\">\n<li id=\"u109599-105\">Horchow Auditorium, Arts &#038; Letters Live presents Hanya Yanagihara, author of A Little Life, in conversation with KERA&#8217;s Krys Boyd, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u109599-109\">Fort Worth<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u109599-112\">\n<li id=\"u109599-111\">The Dock Bookshop, Fort Worth Poetry Slam and Open Mic, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u109599-115\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u109599-118\">\n<li id=\"u109599-117\">Brazos Bookstore, Sandra Zalman discusses and signs CONSUMING SURREALISM IN AMERICAN CULTURE, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u109599-121\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u109599-128\">\n<li id=\"u109599-123\">The Korova, PuroSlam! with DJ Donnie Dee, 10PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u109599-125\">Villa Finale&#8217;s Meusebach House, San Antonio&#8217;s Historic Architecture presentation &#038; book signing with T. Irwin, 5:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u109599-127\">Trinity University &#8211; Chapman Auditorium, Jan Jarboe Russell presents The Train to Crystal City, 6PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u109599-131\">Wednesday, March 23<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u109599-133\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u109599-140\">\n<li id=\"u109599-135\">B&#038;N &#8211; Arboretum, Special Storytime with Tiffany Briggs and the Hardworking Honey Bee, 11AM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u109599-137\">BookPeople, Bestselling Author HANYA YANAGIHARA speaking &#038; signing A Little Life, in conversation with Clay Smith of Kirkus Reviews, 7PM [TICKETS REQUIRED]<\/li>\n<li id=\"u109599-139\">grayDUCK Gallery, Disparate Elements reading series presents Jennifer Whalen, Andrews Sullivan, John Gosslee and Patrick Ryan Frank, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u109599-143\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u109599-148\">\n<li id=\"u109599-145\">Kettle Arts Gallery, Pegasus Reading Series featuring L.E. GOLDSTEIN, JI YOON LEE, and GAYLE REAVES-KING, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u109599-147\">UT Dallas &#8211; Center for Values, Joan Slonczewski, author of Microbiology: An Evolving Science, presents &#8220;The Good Viruses: How Viruses Enhance Life and Improve our Genomes,&#8221; 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u109599-151\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u109599-160\">\n<li id=\"u109599-153\">AvantGarden, Write About Now poetry open mic, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u109599-155\">B&#038;N &#8211; Westheimer, Gary Whitney signs Thistle Downe, 10AM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u109599-157\">B&#038;N &#8211; Westheimer, Suzanne Huffer signing Earl Wilson, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u109599-159\">Brasil Cafe, Glass Mountain reading, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u109599-163\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u109599-168\">\n<li id=\"u109599-165\">Palo Alto College, opening reception for the San Antonio Poetry Archive with San Antonio Poet Laureate Laurie Ann Guerrero, 6PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u109599-167\">The Twig Book Shop, James McGrath Morris discusses and signs Eye on the Struggle: Ethel Payne, the First Lady of the Black Press, 5PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u109599-171\">Thursday, March 24<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u109599-173\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u109599-182\">\n<li id=\"u109599-175\">BookPeople, Austin Author ANTONIO RUIZ-CAMACHO In Conversation With ELIZABETH McCRACKEN and speaking &#038; signing Barefoot Dogs, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u109599-177\">Cheer Up Charlie&#8217;s, Everything Is Bigger reading series presents: Katelin Kelly, Ben Seanor, Paz Pardo and Cyrus Cassells, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u109599-179\">Stateside at the Paramount, Is there life after Lubbock? Stories, poetry and music with Jaston Williams and Kimmie Rhodes, 8PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u109599-181\">UT &#8211; Gender &#038; Sexuality Center, This Bridge Called My Back: a literary celebration with Cherrie Moraga, 6PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u109599-185\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u109599-188\">\n<li id=\"u109599-187\">The Wild Detectives, First Hearings: Miroslav Penkov reads and signs Stork Mountain, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u109599-191\">Frisco<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u109599-194\">\n<li id=\"u109599-193\">B&#038;N &#8211; Stonebriar, Five Kingdoms #4: Death Weavers signing with Brandon Mull, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u109599-197\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u109599-204\">\n<li id=\"u109599-199\">Brazos Bookstore, Wendy Paris discusses and signs SPLITOPIA, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u109599-201\">Murder By the Book, Harlan Coben will sign and discuss his newest stand alone novel, Fool Me Once, 6:30PM [TICKETS REQUIRED]<\/li>\n<li id=\"u109599-203\">Poison Girl Bar, Poison Pen Reading Series presents Jill Talbot, author of Metawritings: Toward a Theory of Nonfiction, 8:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u109599-207\">Lubbock<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u109599-210\">\n<li id=\"u109599-209\">Texas Tech English Auditorium, Creative Writing Reading Series presents Dennis Covington, author of Revelation, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u109599-213\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u109599-222\">\n<li id=\"u109599-215\">B&#038;N &#8211; La Cantera, Omega Rising (Voyagers Series #3) book signing with Patrick Carman, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u109599-217\">Half Price Books &#8211; Broadway, S.K. Alfstad will sell and sign his Christian mystery, Code Name Joshua, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u109599-219\">Half Price Books &#8211; Huebner, S.K. Alfstad will sell and sign his Christian mystery, Code Name Joshua, 6PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u109599-221\">The Twig Book Shop, Jan Tilley discusses and signs Eat Well to Be Well, 5PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u109599-225\">Friday, March 25<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u109599-227\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u109599-232\">\n<li id=\"u109599-229\">BookPeople, Debut Novelist ANDREA DUNLOP speaking &#038; signing Losing the Light, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u109599-231\">Six Square District Office, a literary salon with Cherrie Moraga, editor of This Bridge Called My Back, 6PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u109599-235\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u109599-240\">\n<li id=\"u109599-237\">Brazos Bookstore, Gulf Coast Journal reading series with poet Wayne Miller and fiction writers Dino Enrique Piacentini, Julia Brown and Selena Anderson, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u109599-239\">Murder By the Book, Lyndsay Faye will sign and discuss her newest novel, Jane Steele, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u109599-243\">Saturday, March 26<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u109599-245\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u109599-254\">\n<li id=\"u109599-247\">Austin Community College &#8211; Highland, Writers&#8217; League of Texas workshop: &#8220;Building a Novel Out of Scenes&#8221; with Brian Yansky, 9AM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u109599-249\">BookPeople, Local Author DOUGLAS BRINKLEY speaking &#038; signing Rightful Heritage, 3PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u109599-251\">BookPeople, Austin Author &#038; Political Historian CHUCK BAILEY speaking &#038; signing Picturing Texas Politics: A Photographic History from Sam Houston to Rick Perry, 6PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u109599-253\">Half Price Books &#8211; South Lamar, children\u2019s author Jennifer Rustgi will sell and sign her A Moon of My Own, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u109599-257\">Ballinger<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u109599-260\">\n<li id=\"u109599-259\">Bickel and Company, F.C. Pearce signing her first novel, Listen for the Morning Dove, 10:30AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u109599-263\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u109599-266\">\n<li id=\"u109599-265\">B&#038;N &#8211; Preston\/Royal, Gerald Brence signs Ox in the Culvert, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u109599-269\">El Paso<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u109599-272\">\n<li id=\"u109599-271\">Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop: &#8220;Riding the Range with your Voice&#8221; with Sheela Wolford , 12:45PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u109599-275\">Galveston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u109599-280\">\n<li id=\"u109599-277\">Galveston Bookshop, Kelton D. Sams, Jr. signs Growing Up in Galveston, Texas: Walls Came Tumbling Down, 12PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u109599-279\">Galveston Bookshop, Mike Cox signs Gunfights and Sites in Texas Ranger History, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u109599-283\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u109599-290\">\n<li id=\"u109599-285\">Brazos Bookstore, Travis Ian Smith reads and signs INDIE DARLING, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u109599-287\">Murder By the Book, J. Aaron Sanders will sign and discuss Speakers Of The Dead: A Walt Whitman Mystery, 4:30PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u109599-289\">River Oaks Bookstore, Denise Ditto reads and signs The Tooth Collector Fairies: Batina&#8217;s Best First Day, 3PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u109599-293\">Lubbock<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u109599-296\">\n<li id=\"u109599-295\">B&#038;N, Images of America: Slaton by Cathy Whitten book signing, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u109599-299\">Midland<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u109599-302\">\n<li id=\"u109599-301\">B&#038;N, Book Signing: C.T. Ford, author of Rainbow Wings, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u109599-305\">Plano<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u109599-308\">\n<li id=\"u109599-307\">B&#038;N &#8211; Creekwalk Village, Nick Farrell signs In Spite of Me, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u109599-311\">Round Rock<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u109599-314\">\n<li id=\"u109599-313\">B&#038;N &#8211; La Frontera, Romance Author Double Header: Mary Alford, author of Rocky Mountain Pursuit, and Jolene Navarro, author of A Texas Christmas Wish, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u109599-317\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u109599-324\">\n<li id=\"u109599-319\">Esperanza Peace and Justice Center, The Power of \u201cThis Bridge:\u201d A pl\u00e1tica with Cherr\u00ede Moraga, 7PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u109599-321\">Half Price Books &#8211; Broadway, Lesli Hicks will sell and sign her memoir about her adopted special needs child, Slow Takes a Long Time, 1PM<\/li>\n<li id=\"u109599-323\">Palo Alto College Performing Arts Center, Gemini Ink Autograph Series: Public reading with Sandra Cisneros, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u109599-327\">Southlake<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u109599-330\">\n<li id=\"u109599-329\">B&#038;N &#8211; Town Square, Book Signing for Author Michelle Stewart signs Complete Faith: 31 Days of Practical Teachings for Complete Faith in God, 1PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u109599-333\">The Woodlands<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u109599-336\">\n<li id=\"u109599-335\">B&#038;N &#8211; Woodlands Mall, Beauty Begins: Making Peace with Your Reflection book signing with Chris Shook and Megan Shook Alpha, 11AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u109599-339\">Sunday, March 27\u00a0 EASTER<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u109599-341\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u109599-344\">\n<li id=\"u109599-343\">B&#038;N &#8211; Preston\/Royal, William Vargas signs A Family Living in Darkness and A Father&#8217;s Covenant, 2PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u109599-347\">* * * * *<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ALL-CON 2016, Dallas, March 17 &#8211; 20 Wildcatter Exchange, Fort Worth, March 25 &#8211; 26 Ongoing Exhibits Shakespeare in Print and Performance, Austin, December 21 &#8211; May 29 Encounters and Discoveries in Literature: Celebrating Arte P\u00fablico Press and Twentieth Century Latina\/o Literature, Houston, January 18 &#8211; June 30 Fact, Fiction, and the New World: The [&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-484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484","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=484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}