{"id":783,"date":"2018-12-31T13:59:14","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T13:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=783"},"modified":"2018-12-31T13:59:14","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T13:59:14","slug":"ongoing-exhibits-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=783","title":{"rendered":"Ongoing Exhibits"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"articleHeader\"><\/div>\n<ul id=\"u201638-12\">\n<li id=\"u201638-5\"><span id=\"u201638-3\">Xu Bing: Book from the Sky, a meditation on the nature of language, by celebrated Chinese artist Xu Bing,<\/span> Austin, June 19-January 22<\/li>\n<li id=\"u201638-8\"><span id=\"u201638-6\">The Alchemy of Mind and Spirit: Intersections of Science and Poetry, <\/span>Austin, September 26-January 13<\/li>\n<li id=\"u201638-11\"><span id=\"u201638-9\">The Festival Book for San Fernando: Celebrating Sainthood in Baroque Seville, <\/span>Dallas, through January 29<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u201638-15\">Special Events<\/h1>\n<ul id=\"u201638-19\">\n<li id=\"u201638-18\"><span id=\"u201638-16\">Kwanzaa at The Dock,<\/span> Fort Worth, Dec 26-Jan 1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u201638-22\">Saturday, December 24\u00a0 HAPPY HANNUKAH \u2014 Enjoy a good read during this season of light<\/h1>\n<h1 id=\"u201638-25\">Sunday, December 25\u00a0 MERRY CHRISTMAS! Give a Texas book as a gift to someone today<\/h1>\n<h1 id=\"u201638-28\">Monday, December 26\u00a0 HAPPY KWANZAA!<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u201638-30\">Fort Worth<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u201638-33\">\n<li id=\"u201638-32\">Kwanzaa at The Dock, Fort Worth, Dec 26-Jan 1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u201638-36\">Tuesday, December 27<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u201638-38\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u201638-41\">\n<li id=\"u201638-40\">Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u201638-44\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u201638-47\">\n<li id=\"u201638-46\">Lucky Dog Books &#8211; Oak Cliff, Soup&#8217;s On: Stone Soup Showcase hosted by Jolee Davis, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u201638-50\">Fort Worth<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u201638-53\">\n<li id=\"u201638-52\">The Dock Bookshop, Fort Worth Poetry Slam and Open Mic, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u201638-56\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u201638-59\">\n<li id=\"u201638-58\">Black Labrador, Houston Writers House December Social featuring guest speaker Houston Poet Laureate Dr. Robin Davidson, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u201638-62\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u201638-65\">\n<li id=\"u201638-64\">The Korova, PuroSlam with DJ Donnie Dee, 10PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u201638-68\">Wednesday, December 28<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u201638-70\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u201638-75\">\n<li id=\"u201638-74\">Austin Books &#038; Comics, artist David Marquez signs Civil War II #8, 4PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u201638-77\">Houston<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u201638-80\">\n<li id=\"u201638-79\">Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry Slam, 7:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u201638-83\">Thursday, December 29<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u201638-85\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u201638-88\">\n<li id=\"u201638-87\">Mr. Catfish &#038; More, NeoSoul Poetry ATX, 8PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u201638-91\">Dallas<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u201638-94\">\n<li id=\"u201638-93\">Deep Vellum Books, Dark Moon Poetry Reading &#038; Performance, 6:30PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u201638-97\">Friday, December 30<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u201638-99\">Austin<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u201638-102\">\n<li id=\"u201638-101\">Malvern Books, an evening with poets Micah Bateman, Katy Chrisler, and Paula Cisewski, 7PM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u201638-105\"><span id=\"u201638-104\">San Antonio<\/span><\/p>\n<ul id=\"u201638-108\">\n<li id=\"u201638-107\">The Twig Bookshop at the Pearl, Miss Anastasia&#8217;s Wild and Wacky Pre -Weekend TWIGLET Story Time!, 10:30am<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u201638-111\">Saturday, December 31\u00a0 CELEBRATE NEW YEAR&#8217;S EVE<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u201638-113\">Irving<\/p>\n<ul id=\"u201638-119\">\n<li id=\"u201638-118\">Irving Public Library &#8211; South, Tex Thompson&#8217;s Launch Party for Dreams of the Eaten, Book Bazaar, and Fruitcake Amnesty, 11AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u201638-121\">Sunday, January 1, 2017\u00a0 HAPPY NEW YEAR 2017<\/h1>\n<h1 id=\"u201638-124\">Sunday, January 8<\/h1>\n<p id=\"u201638-127\">San Antonio<\/p>\n<p id=\"u201638-131\"><span id=\"u201639\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetwig.com\/event\/wendy-barker-sarah-cortez-poetry-reading\" id=\"u201640\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"readableLinkWithMediumImage\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"542\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/description\/twig%20event%20ad%20540x50_barker.jpg\"  id=\"u201640_img\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<ul id=\"u201638-134\">\n<li id=\"u201638-133\">The Twig Bookshop at the Pearl, Wendy Barker and Sarah Cortez, Poetry reading, 2:00pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"u201638-137\">* * * * *<\/p>\n<div id=\"u201651\">\n<div id=\"u201652-184\">\n<h1 id=\"u201652-2\"><span>MAJOR BOOK EVENTS BY MONTH<\/span><\/h1>\n<p id=\"u201652-5\">Use this calendar of recurring events and cultural emphases in Texas and those other states to plan ahead in your bookish life. We&#8217;ll add dates for each year as we learn of them.<\/p>\n<h1 id=\"u201652-8\">January<\/h1>\n<ul id=\"u201652-19\">\n<li id=\"u201652-10\">National Book Month<\/li>\n<li id=\"u201652-12\">National Book Week (third full week of January)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u201652-14\">Book Publishers Day (Jan. 16 annually)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u201652-16\">Pulpwood Queen&#8217;s Girlfriend Weekend (Nacogdoches, Jan. 12-15, 2017)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u201652-18\">Austin Book, Paper, &#038; Photo Show<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u201652-22\">February<\/h1>\n<ul id=\"u201652-31\">\n<li id=\"u201652-24\">Black History Month<\/li>\n<li id=\"u201652-26\">Lone Star Literary Life Birthday (Feb. 2 annually)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u201652-28\">ConDFW (Dallas)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u201652-30\">Texas Cowboy Poetry Gathering, Alpine (February)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u201652-34\">March<\/h1>\n<ul id=\"u201652-43\">\n<li id=\"u201652-36\">Women&#8217;s History Month<\/li>\n<li id=\"u201652-38\">Freedom of Information Day (March 16 annually)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u201652-40\">Children&#8217;s Picture Book Day (March 28 annually)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u201652-42\">Lone Star Literary Life&#8217;s Top Ten Texas Bookish Destinations (March 5 and March 12, 2017)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u201652-46\">April<\/h1>\n<ul id=\"u201652-73\">\n<li id=\"u201652-48\">National Poetry Month<\/li>\n<li id=\"u201652-50\">D.E.A.R., &#8220;Drop Everything and Read&#8221; Month<\/li>\n<li id=\"u201652-52\">National Library Week (April 9\u201315, 2017)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u201652-54\">International Children&#8217;s Book Day (April 2 annually)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u201652-56\">Children&#8217;s Book Day, El d\u00eda de los ni\u00f1os\/El d\u00eda de los libros (D\u00eda) (April 30 annually)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u201652-58\">World Book Day (Shakespeare&#8217;s birthday, April 23 annually)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u201652-60\">Austin International Poetry Festival (April 6-9, 2017)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u201652-62\">Books in the Basin (Odessa, April)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u201652-64\">Poetry at Round Top (April)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u201652-66\">NETWO Spring Conference<\/li>\n<li id=\"u201652-68\">Houston Writers&#8217; Guild Conference<\/li>\n<li id=\"u201652-70\">San Antonio Book Festival (Sat, April 8, 2017)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u201652-72\">Texas Institute of Letters Annual Meeting (April\u00a0 8, 2017, El Paso)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul id=\"u201652-87\">\n<li id=\"u201652-78\">Texas Writers Month<\/li>\n<li id=\"u201652-80\">Children&#8217;s Book Week (May)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u201652-82\">National Independent Bookstore Day (April)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u201652-84\">O. Henry Pun-off (Austin)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u201652-86\">BookExpo America (New York, May 31\u2013June 2, 2017)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul id=\"u201652-109\">\n<li id=\"u201652-92\">GLBT Books Month<\/li>\n<li id=\"u201652-96\">Bloomsday (James Joyce&#8217;s <span id=\"u201652-94\">Ulysses,<\/span> June 16 annually)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u201652-98\">CALF (Children&#8217;s Art &#038; Literacy Festival), Abilene (June)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u201652-100\">Western Writers of America Convention (Kansas City, MO, June 21-24, 2017)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u201652-102\">Writers&#8217; League of Texas Agents &#038; Editors Conference (Austin, June)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u201652-104\">Annual Austin African-American Book Festival (June)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u201652-106\">International Christian Retail Show (June)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u201652-108\">Lone Star Literary Life&#8217;s Top Texas Summer and Beach Reads (June 4 and June 11, 2017)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul id=\"u201652-117\">\n<li id=\"u201652-114\">Writers&#8217; League of Texas Summer Writing Retreat, Alpine (Alpine)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u201652-116\">Macondo Writers\u2019 Workshop, San Antonio (July)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u201652-120\">August<\/h1>\n<ul id=\"u201652-130\">\n<li id=\"u201652-125\"><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.etxbookfest.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">East Texas Book Fest<\/a><\/span> (Tyler, August)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u201652-127\">Flor de Nopal Literary Festival, Austin<\/li>\n<li id=\"u201652-129\">Texas Christian Writers\u2019 Conference<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u201652-133\">September<\/h1>\n<ul id=\"u201652-146\">\n<li id=\"u201652-135\">Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15\u2013Oct. 15 annually)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u201652-137\">Banned Books Week (last week of September annually; Sept. 25-Oct. 1, 2016)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u201652-139\">National Cowboy Symposium and Celebration, Lubbock 9second weekend in September annually)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u201652-141\">Permian Basin Writers&#8217; Workshop, Midland (Sept. 16\u201317, 2016)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u201652-143\">West Texas Book Festival,\u00a0 Abilene (Sept. 19-24, 2016)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u201652-145\">NF 4 NF: Nonfiction for New Folks Writing Conference for Nonfiction Children&#8217;s Writers (Rosenberg, Sept. 22-25)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u201652-149\">October<\/h1>\n<ul id=\"u201652-162\">\n<li id=\"u201652-151\">LGBT History Month<\/li>\n<li id=\"u201652-153\">National Friends of Libraries Week (late October annually)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u201652-155\">Teen Read Week (third week of October annually)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u201652-157\">Texas Teen Book Festival, Austin<\/li>\n<li id=\"u201652-159\">Houston LibroFEST, October<\/li>\n<li id=\"u201652-161\">North Texas Book &#038; Paper Show (Grapevine)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u201652-165\">November<\/h1>\n<ul id=\"u201652-176\">\n<li id=\"u201652-167\">Native American Heritage Month<\/li>\n<li id=\"u201652-169\">National Novel Writing Month<\/li>\n<li id=\"u201652-171\">University Press Week (November 14\u201319, 2016)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u201652-173\">Texas Book Festival, Austin Austin (Nov. 5\u20136, 2016)<\/li>\n<li id=\"u201652-175\">Shop Small: Small Business Saturday (Nov. 26,\u00a0 2016)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"u201652-179\">December<\/h1>\n<ul id=\"u201652-182\">\n<li id=\"u201652-181\">World AIDS Day (Dec. 1 annually)<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Xu Bing: Book from the Sky, a meditation on the nature of language, by celebrated Chinese artist Xu Bing, Austin, June 19-January 22 The Alchemy of Mind and Spirit: Intersections of Science and Poetry, Austin, September 26-January 13 The Festival Book for San Fernando: Celebrating Sainthood in Baroque Seville, Dallas, through January 29 Special Events [&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-783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783","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=783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}