Bookish goings-on in Texas for the week of March 5-11, 2018: Special Events:
Humanities Texas presents Texas Storytime: A Family Reading Program, Midland, February 8-March 15
122nd Annual Texas State Historical Association Annual Meeting, San Marcos, March 8-10
The Medieval World in a Spanish Context, Dallas, March 8-9
33rd Annual Texas Storytelling Festival, Denton, March 8-11
Houston Writers House Spring Event: How to Write a Bestseller with Robert Dugoni, Bellaire, March 10
Ongoing Exhibits:
OK, I'll Do It Myself: Narratives of Intrepid Women in the American Wilderness, Selections from the Caroline F. Schimmel Collection, Dallas, January 18-March 28
Our Voice: Celebrating the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Awards (NCCIL exhibition), Abilene, February 8-May 19
HOMETOWN TEXAS photography exhibition, Dallas, February 17-May 5
Monday, March 5:
Our Voice: Celebrating the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Awards (NCCIL exhibition), Abilene, February 8-May 19
HOMETOWN TEXAS photography exhibition, Dallas, February 17-May 5
Monday, March 5:
Austin
BookPeople, JACQUELINE JONES speaking & signing Goddess of Anarchy: The Life and Times of Lucy Parsons, American Radical, 7PM
BookPeople, JACQUELINE JONES speaking & signing Goddess of Anarchy: The Life and Times of Lucy Parsons, American Radical, 7PM
UT, Joynes Reading Room Literary Speaker Series: award-winning poet Tarfia Faizullah, 7PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, An Evening with Kayla Cagan (PIPER PERISH) and Marie Marquardt (DREAM THINGS TRUE), 7PM
Tracy Gee Community Center, Houston SCWBI meeting: "Presentation Skills for Authors & Illustrators" with Caroline Leech, 7PM
Huntsville
Sam Houston State University, Jodi Thomas speaking on “Writing Your Own Destiny” for Women’s History Month, ?
Odessa
UTPB Library, Public Lecture: Professor Dominic Boyer and Associate Professor Cymene Howe present "What Is Energy Humanities", part of "Boom or Bust: A Collection and Study of Energy Narratives", 12PM
Tuesday, March 6:
Sam Houston State University, Jodi Thomas speaking on “Writing Your Own Destiny” for Women’s History Month, ?
Odessa
UTPB Library, Public Lecture: Professor Dominic Boyer and Associate Professor Cymene Howe present "What Is Energy Humanities", part of "Boom or Bust: A Collection and Study of Energy Narratives", 12PM
Tuesday, March 6:
St. Edward's University, The Marcia Kinsey Visiting Writers Series: poet TARFIA FAIZULLAH is the author of Registers of Illuminated Villages and Seam, 6PM
Spiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam Grand Slam Finals Hosted by Glori B., 7PM
El Paso
The Black Orchid Lounge, Barbed Wire Open Mic featuring Jesus Gomez, Jr., Rebel Agnostic of Ribo Flavin, 8PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Stephanie Wittels Wachs discussing and signing EVERYTHING IS HORRIBLE AND WONDERFUL, 7PMSpiderhouse Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam Grand Slam Finals Hosted by Glori B., 7PM
Dallas
Temple Emanu-El, Arts & Letters Live hosts Maria Shriver discussing her new book, I've Been Thinking. . .: Reflections, Prayers, and Meditations for a Meaningful Life, with Krys Boyd of KERA's "Think", 7:30PMEl Paso
The Black Orchid Lounge, Barbed Wire Open Mic featuring Jesus Gomez, Jr., Rebel Agnostic of Ribo Flavin, 8PM
Houston
San Antonio
The Brick at Blue Star Arts Complex, Worth Repeating storytellers honor St Patrick's day with stories of luck, both good and bad, 7PM
The Mix, Puroslam with DJ Donnie Dee, 9:30PM
Presidio Gallery, Lecture and Book Signing with Bill Neeley, author of A TEJANO KNIGHT: THE QUEST OF DON JUAN SEGUIN, 6pm
The Twig Book Shop, J.L. Wright reading and signing Unadoptable Joy: A Memoir in Poetry and Prose, 5PM
Wednesday, March 7:
Austin
BookPeople, JOE HOLLEY and PETER BROWN speaking & signing Hometown Texas, 7PM
Bullock Museum, High Noon Talks: author and historian Kyle Shelton discusses how highways have driven every aspect of Houston’s postwar growth in Power Moves: Transportation, Politics and Development in Houston, 12PM
LBJ Library, a conversation between Joseph Califano, Jr. and Bob Schieffer, who will be discussing Califano's new book, Our Damaged Democracy: We the People Must Act, 6PM [a Friends event]
Malvern Books, a reading from poets Heather Tone, Grace Ortman, and Joanna Kaminski, 7PM
Dallas
Aaron Family JCC, Robert Gandt discussing and signing Angels in the Sky, 7PMThe Mix, Puroslam with DJ Donnie Dee, 9:30PM
Presidio Gallery, Lecture and Book Signing with Bill Neeley, author of A TEJANO KNIGHT: THE QUEST OF DON JUAN SEGUIN, 6pm
The Twig Book Shop, J.L. Wright reading and signing Unadoptable Joy: A Memoir in Poetry and Prose, 5PM
Wednesday, March 7:
Austin
BookPeople, JOE HOLLEY and PETER BROWN speaking & signing Hometown Texas, 7PM
Bullock Museum, High Noon Talks: author and historian Kyle Shelton discusses how highways have driven every aspect of Houston’s postwar growth in Power Moves: Transportation, Politics and Development in Houston, 12PM
LBJ Library, a conversation between Joseph Califano, Jr. and Bob Schieffer, who will be discussing Califano's new book, Our Damaged Democracy: We the People Must Act, 6PM [a Friends event]
Malvern Books, a reading from poets Heather Tone, Grace Ortman, and Joanna Kaminski, 7PM
Dallas
SMU - Tower Center, Paul B. Stares discusses his new book, Preventive Engagement: How America Can Avoid War, Stay Strong, and Keep the Peace, 12PM
Denton
UNT, Dr. Ivy Schweitzer (Dartmouth) presents "Writing and Beyond in Indigenous North America: The Occom Network", 3:30PM
Houston
Houston
Avant Garden, Write About Now Poetry Slam, 7:30PM
Katy Budget Books, Adult Spelling Bee Benefiting Creech Elementary, which was flooded by Hurricane Harvey, 5PM
Odessa
UTPB, Creative nonfiction writing workshop with Dr. Jason Lagapa, part of "Boom or Bust: A Collection and Study of Energy Narratives", 7PM
Katy Budget Books, Adult Spelling Bee Benefiting Creech Elementary, which was flooded by Hurricane Harvey, 5PM
Odessa
UTPB, Creative nonfiction writing workshop with Dr. Jason Lagapa, part of "Boom or Bust: A Collection and Study of Energy Narratives", 7PM
San Antonio
OLLU, "Mujeres en Acción/Women in Action: Grassroots Scholars & Intellectuals in San Antonio" symposium featuring Sr. Diane Langford, Dr. Norma Elia Cantú, and spoken-word artist Ariana Brown, 6PM [an #SA300 tricentennial event]
Witte Museum, San Antonio Holocaust Memorial Museum's Hope For Humanity Benefit: Jennifer Teege, who is half-Nigerian, half-German, speaking about the memoir she and co-author Nikola Sellmair wrote, My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me, 6PM
Thursday, March 8:
OLLU, "Mujeres en Acción/Women in Action: Grassroots Scholars & Intellectuals in San Antonio" symposium featuring Sr. Diane Langford, Dr. Norma Elia Cantú, and spoken-word artist Ariana Brown, 6PM [an #SA300 tricentennial event]
Witte Museum, San Antonio Holocaust Memorial Museum's Hope For Humanity Benefit: Jennifer Teege, who is half-Nigerian, half-German, speaking about the memoir she and co-author Nikola Sellmair wrote, My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me, 6PM
Thursday, March 8:
Austin
BookPeople, BRAD PARKS speaking and signing Closer Than You Know, and CHAD ZUNKER speaking & signing Shadow Shepherd, 7PM
BookWoman, Second Thursday OPEN MIC featuring Katrinka Moore, 7:15PM
BookWoman, Second Thursday OPEN MIC featuring Katrinka Moore, 7:15PM
UT, Joynes Reading Room Literary Speaker Series: award-winning author Antonio Ruiz-Camacho, 7PM
Burnet
The Herman Brown Free Library, Coffee Talks Series VII: Karen Casey Fitzjerrell reading and signing Forgiving Effie Beck, 1:30PM
Dallas
Highland Park United Methodist Church, Friends of the SMU Libraries present Mark Weinberg and MOVIE NIGHTS WITH THE REAGANS, 7PM [RSVP-required author reception 6PM]SMU - Fondren Library, Friends of the SMU Libraries and the DeGolyer Library invite you to an evening of murder, mystery, and mirth as distinguished professor of art history emerita Alessandra Comini solves The Kandinsky Conundrum, her latest Megan Crispi mystery series novel, 5:30PM
The Wild Detectives, Despina Stratigakos will present her book Where Are the Women Architects? (in conversation with Jessica Stewart Lendvay), 7:30PM
Fort Worth
Central Library, Janice Branch Tracy discussing Adopted in Texas: The Story of Homestead, 6PM
Frisco
B&N - Stonebriar, The Case for Jamie book signing with Brittany Cavallaro, 7PM
Houston
Blue Willow Bookshop, Special Story Time: Mary Sullivan reads her picture book, Nobody's Duck, 10AM
Brazos Bookstore, Elise Broach reading and signing MY PET WANTS A PET, 4PM
San Antonio
Trinity University, Gemini Ink Autograph Series: Margaret Atwood, world-renowned novelist and author of The Handmaid's Tale, will present a public reading, Q&A, and book signing, 7PM
San Marcos
Texas State - Alkek Library, The Wittliff presents PEN USA-winning authors Steve Davis (the Wittliff’s literary curator) and Bill Minutaglio discussing their acclaimed new book, The Most Dangerous Man in America: Timothy Leary, Richard Nixon and the Hunt for the Fugitive King of LSD (moderated by Dr. Mark Busby), 3:30PM
Sugar Land
B&N - First Colony, Story time with local author Maria Ashworth, 10AM
Webster
B&N - Baybrook, Meet Leonard Zwelling, M.D., author of Congressional Malpractice: Is Affordable Healthcare A Right Or A Privilege?, 4PM
Friday, March 9:
Austin
Webster
B&N - Baybrook, Meet Leonard Zwelling, M.D., author of Congressional Malpractice: Is Affordable Healthcare A Right Or A Privilege?, 4PM
Friday, March 9:
Austin
Malvern Books, "Borderless: Conversations on Art, Action, and Justice": Chaitali Sen (The Pathless Sky) interviews scientist and author Juli Berwald (Spineless: The Science of Jellyfish and the Art of Growing a Backbone), 7PM
Denton
Denton
Wine Squared, Spiderweb Salon hosts Coast to Coast: live music plus Colin Winnette and his frightening new book, The Job of the Wasp, 7PM
Houston
Murder By the Book, Brad Parks will sign and discuss Closer Than You Know, 6:30PMHouston
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, Steven Pinker reading from his book ENLIGHTENMENT NOW, 7PM
Irving
West Irving Library, Rachel Caine and Ann Aguirre discussing and signing their latest YA book, Honor Among Thieves, 7PM
San Antonio
B&N - San Pedro, Rise and Grind: How to Out-Perform, Out-Work, and Out-Hustle the Competition book signing with Daymond John, 7PM
The Twig Book Shop, Ben Longoria reading and signing The Hound of Endtown and Hello Defiant, 5PM
Arlington
Half Price Books - South Cooper, local author Sheryl Grace will sell and sign her novel He Calls Her Blue, 3PM
Austin
Half Price Books - South Cooper, local author Sheryl Grace will sell and sign her novel He Calls Her Blue, 3PM
Austin
Apanas Coffee & Beer, NeoSoul Poetry Slam featuring 310 Brown Street, 6PM
Corpus Christi
Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi Literary Reading Series: New York Times best-selling writer Ron Rash will read from recent works, answer audience questions, and sign books, 7PM
Corpus Christi
Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi Literary Reading Series: New York Times best-selling writer Ron Rash will read from recent works, answer audience questions, and sign books, 7PM
El Paso
El Paso Public Library - Memorial Park, Tumblewords Project Workshop:"Making Revisions" with Robin Scofield, 12:45PM
Houston
Baker-Ripley Neighborhood Center, WITS Space City Preliminary Slam: Houston poets, spoken word artists, and emcees, ages 13-19, compete for a spot on the Meta-Four Houston youth slam team, ranked #5 in the world, 10AMHouston
Brazos Bookstore, Spring Break Kickoff: Houston author and 5th generation Texan Melanie Chrismer entertains with her Western tall tale, PHOEBE CLAPSADDLE, and teaches some roping skills, 10:30AM
Half Price Books - Clear Lake, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last
River Oaks Bookstore, Paul Petronella discussing and signing Paulie's: Classic Italian Cooking in the Heart of Houston's Montrose District, 7PM
Richardson
Chocolate Angel, Fresh Fiction Afternoon Tea Book Club with debut author Amber Royer, 3:30PM
San Antonio
B&N - San Pedro, Special Story Time with Patrice Loge, author of The Learning Buddies, 12PM
Dead Tree Books, Meet the Author: Brian Mata, 2PM
Dead Tree Books, Meet the Author: Brian Mata, 2PM
Sugar Land
First Colony Branch Library, Houston Writers Guild workshop: "Enhance Plot w/Theme" with Fern Brady, 1PM
Half Price Books, local author Keya Briscoe will sell and sign her parenting book Lessons for our Daughters, 1PM
Webster
B&N, Gulf Coast Poets meeting featuring Savannah Blue, 10:30AM
Sunday, March 11:
Austin
BookWoman, Sarah Webb launches her new book of poetry, Red Riding Hood's Sister, 4PM
Malvern Books, Austin Writers Roulette presents "Like Night and Day", 4PM
Malvern Books, Austin Writers Roulette presents "Like Night and Day", 4PM
Dallas
Half Price Books Mothership, local author Jay Gibson will sell and sign his book Men = Responsibility: What It All Means and Why Men, Young and Old, Should Always Embrace Being Responsible, and local author Leonard Critcher will sell and sign his book Welcome to the Metroplex!, a complete guide to DFW, 1PM
El Paso
Ardovino's Desert Crossing, Kermit "Kim" Schweidel discussing and signing Folly Cove: A Smuggler's True Tale of the Pot Rebellion, 5:30PMHouston
Brazos Bookstore, Madame Nielsen reading and signing THE ENDLESS SUMMER, 5PMEQ Heights Coffee & Social House, Spider Road Press presents "A Celebration of Women's Words" in honor of Women's History Month, 3PM
Lawndale Art Center, a conversation with "Intersections and Interactions on Language" artist Daniela Antelo and writer Georgeanne Boardman, 1PM
