Monday Roundup: February 8 - 14
Bookish events in Texas for the week of February 8 - 14, 2016:
Special Events:
ConDFW XV, Dallas, February 12 - 14
Dallas ComicCon Fan Expo, Irving, February 13 - 14
Ongoing Exhibits:
Shakespeare in Print and Performance, Austin, December 21 - May 29
Encounters and Discoveries in Literature: Celebrating Arte P�blico Press and Twentieth Century Latina/o Literature, Houston, January 18 - June 30
In His Own Words: The Life and Work of C�sar Ch�vez, Wichita Falls, February 1 - March 5
Texas Writers Exhibition, Johnson City, February 8 - March 4
Monday, February 8:
Rice University - McNair Hall, Bill Higgs presents The Story of Creating and Growing Mustang Engineering, 5:30PM
Brazos Bookstore, Cheryl Gerber discusses and signs NEW ORLEANS: LIFE AND DEATH IN THE BIG EASY, 7PM
Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building, Glassell School Core Program Lecture: Joshua Decter presents Art Is a Problem: Selected Criticism, Essays, Interviews and Curatorial Projects (1986�2012), 7PM
River Oaks Bookstore, Justina Page discusses and signs The Circle of Fire: In the Midst of the Ashes an Ember of Hope Flickered, 5PM
BookWoman, V-Day Erotica Reading hosted by Allyson Whipple and featuring Liz Belile, Muerta-Paz Con-Coraz�n Sin-Guerra, Sarah Moran, and Phoebe Moore, 7PM
grayDUCK Gallery, fields Issue 5 release party, 7PM
Paramount Theatre, Risk! Live podcast storytelling event with Kevin Allison, 8PM
Georgetown
Cianfrani Coffee Shop, Poetry Reading/Open Mic, 6:30PM
HoustonBrazos Bookstore, Alexander Chee reads and signs THE QUEEN OF THE NIGHT, 7PM
Wortham Theater Center - Cullen Theater, Sarah Rothenberg's latest music and literature exploration, A Proust Sonata: 7 tableaux en musique, delves into Marcel Proust and his masterpiece In Search of Lost Time, 8PM
Saturday, February 13:
BookPeople, Houston Editor & Author SAADIA FARUQI speaking & signing Brick Walls: Tales of Hope & Courage From Pakistan, 4PM
Bullock Museum, Book It, Texas! presents Oscar Casares and Brownsville: Stories, 10:30AM
Half Price Books - South Lamar, Mike Begum, a.k.a. �Broly Legs�, will sell signed copies of his autobiography, My Life Beyond the Floor, 1PM
St. Edward's University, Writers' League of Texas workshop: "How to Tackle the Embarrassing, the Forbidden, the Emotionally Difficult" with Nan Cuba, 10AM
B&N - Preston/Royal, Alexa Turczynski signs Whispers of an Enchantress, 1PM
El PasoB&N - Fountains at Farah, Author Storytime Reading: Vanessa Betts, 11AM
Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop: Lucy Hopple presents "The Power of Love; Results Matter", 12:45PM
Frisco
B&N - Stonebriar, Patrice Washington signs Real Money Answers for Every Woman: How to Win the Money Game With or Without a Man, 3PM
HoustonB&N - Vanderbilt Square, The Healing of a Broken Spirit book discussion and signing with Akua Fayette, 2PM
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, David Getsy discusses and signs Abstract Bodies: Sixties Sculpture in the Expanded Field of Gender, 2PM
ConDFW XV, Dallas, February 12 - 14
Dallas ComicCon Fan Expo, Irving, February 13 - 14
Ongoing Exhibits:
Long-Bin Chen's The Book Garden sculpture exhibit, San Antonio, December 10 - February 20
Shakespeare in Print and Performance, Austin, December 21 - May 29
Encounters and Discoveries in Literature: Celebrating Arte P�blico Press and Twentieth Century Latina/o Literature, Houston, January 18 - June 30
In His Own Words: The Life and Work of C�sar Ch�vez, Wichita Falls, February 1 - March 5
Texas Writers Exhibition, Johnson City, February 8 - March 4
Monday, February 8:
Austin
BookPeople, Comedian, Actress, & Internet Celebrity GRACE HELBIG signing Grace & Style:The Art of Pretending You Have It, 7PM
Houston
BookPeople, Comedian, Actress, & Internet Celebrity GRACE HELBIG signing Grace & Style:The Art of Pretending You Have It, 7PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Paul Lisicky discusses and signs THE NARROW DOOR, 7PM
Kingwood
Lone Star College, Robert Jacobus presents Houston Cougars in the 1960s: Death Threats, the Veer Offense, and the Game of the Century, 1PM
South Padre Island
Paragraphs on Padre, Reverend Eli H. Sheldon signs South Padre Island & Port Isabel Colorful Stories, 1PM
Tuesday, February 9:
Kingwood
Lone Star College, Robert Jacobus presents Houston Cougars in the 1960s: Death Threats, the Veer Offense, and the Game of the Century, 1PM
South Padre Island
Paragraphs on Padre, Reverend Eli H. Sheldon signs South Padre Island & Port Isabel Colorful Stories, 1PM
Tuesday, February 9:
Austin
BookWoman, Austin Book Launch for The i�Mpossible Project with Dana Sayre, 7PM
Home Slice Pizza, Austin Bat Cave Fundraiser: Storytellers Kris Kovach and Kate Caldwell will tell tales of their Young Loves and Austin Playback Theater will make you tell yours, 8PM
Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM
Dallas
Home Slice Pizza, Austin Bat Cave Fundraiser: Storytellers Kris Kovach and Kate Caldwell will tell tales of their Young Loves and Austin Playback Theater will make you tell yours, 8PM
Spider House Ballroom, Austin Poetry Slam, 8PM
Dallas
The Dock Bookshop, Fort Worth Poetry Slam and Open Mic, 8PM
Houston
Brazos Bookstore, Stephen Harrigan reads and signs A FRIEND OF MR. LINCOLN, 7PM
Domaine Cellars, Bill Boyce presents Miss Fortune�s Last Mission, 6:30PM
Murder By the Book, Lisa Gardner will sign and discuss Find Her, 6:30PMHouston
Brazos Bookstore, Stephen Harrigan reads and signs A FRIEND OF MR. LINCOLN, 7PM
Domaine Cellars, Bill Boyce presents Miss Fortune�s Last Mission, 6:30PM
Rice University - McNair Hall, Bill Higgs presents The Story of Creating and Growing Mustang Engineering, 5:30PM
San Antonio
The Korova, PuroSlam! with DJ Donnie Dee, 10PM
Seabrook
Harris County Public Library - Evelyn Meador Branch, Robert Jacobus will discuss and sign Houston Cougars in the 1960s: Death Threats, the Veer Offense, and the Game of the Century, 7PM
Wednesday, February 10:
Seabrook
Harris County Public Library - Evelyn Meador Branch, Robert Jacobus will discuss and sign Houston Cougars in the 1960s: Death Threats, the Veer Offense, and the Game of the Century, 7PM
Wednesday, February 10:
Austin
BookPeople, Debut Novelist MO DAVIAU speaking & signing Every Anxious Wave, 7PM
Half Price Books - North Lamar, Mike Begum, a.k.a. �Broly Legs�, will sell signed copies of his autobiography, My Life Beyond the Floor, 12PM
Malvern Books, launch of Last Word/First Word: A Poetic Conversation by David Jewell and Ric Lance Scow Williams, 7PM
St. Edward's University, Marcia Kinsey Visiting Writers Series presents Sasha West, 5:30PM
Dallas
Highland Park United Methodist Park, Authors Live! presents Dawn Tripp and Georgia, 7:30PM
SMU - Dallas Hall, the Western History Association presents the David J. Weber-William P. Clements Prize for the Best Non-Fiction Book on Southwestern America to Andrew Needham for Power Lines: Phoenix and the Making of the Modern Southwest, 5:30PM
Houston
BookPeople, Debut Novelist MO DAVIAU speaking & signing Every Anxious Wave, 7PM
Half Price Books - North Lamar, Mike Begum, a.k.a. �Broly Legs�, will sell signed copies of his autobiography, My Life Beyond the Floor, 12PM
Malvern Books, launch of Last Word/First Word: A Poetic Conversation by David Jewell and Ric Lance Scow Williams, 7PM
St. Edward's University, Marcia Kinsey Visiting Writers Series presents Sasha West, 5:30PM
Dallas
Highland Park United Methodist Park, Authors Live! presents Dawn Tripp and Georgia, 7:30PM
SMU - Dallas Hall, the Western History Association presents the David J. Weber-William P. Clements Prize for the Best Non-Fiction Book on Southwestern America to Andrew Needham for Power Lines: Phoenix and the Making of the Modern Southwest, 5:30PM
Houston
AvantGarden, Write About Now poetry open mic, 7:30PM
Murder By the Book, Alex Berenson will sign and discuss The Wolves, 6:30PM
San Antonio
San Antonio Country Club, author Kelly Corrigan featured speaker at Mums and Mimosas, 11:30AM
Thursday, February 11:
Murder By the Book, Alex Berenson will sign and discuss The Wolves, 6:30PM
San Antonio
San Antonio Country Club, author Kelly Corrigan featured speaker at Mums and Mimosas, 11:30AM
Thursday, February 11:
BookPeople, Environmentalist, Essayist, Poet TAYLOR BRORBY speaking & signing Fracture: Essays, Poems, and Stories on Fracking in America, 7PM
BookWoman, Second Thursday Poetry Open Mic with Sarah Frances Moran and Jenuine Poetess, 7:15PM
Malvern Books, Novel Night with Scott Semegran & Dwaines Lawless, 7PM
pump project, Conflict of Interest reading in celebration of the release of Micah Bateman's first chapbook, Polis, 7PM
UT - Avaya Auditorium, Michener Center for Writers Reading Series presents an evening with LAURA KASISCHKE, 7:30PM
Dallas
BookWoman, Second Thursday Poetry Open Mic with Sarah Frances Moran and Jenuine Poetess, 7:15PM
Malvern Books, Novel Night with Scott Semegran & Dwaines Lawless, 7PM
pump project, Conflict of Interest reading in celebration of the release of Micah Bateman's first chapbook, Polis, 7PM
UT - Avaya Auditorium, Michener Center for Writers Reading Series presents an evening with LAURA KASISCHKE, 7:30PM
Dallas
B&N - Lincoln Park, screen writer Greg Cope White discusses and signs his memoir The Pink Marine, 7PM
Wordspace Salon with John Slate: Confessions and Revelations of a Teen Punk Fanzine Editor, 7PM [RSVP for residence address]
Houston
Wordspace Salon with John Slate: Confessions and Revelations of a Teen Punk Fanzine Editor, 7PM [RSVP for residence address]
Houston
Museum of Fine Arts - Audrey Jones Beck Building, Glassell School Core Program Lecture: Joshua Decter presents Art Is a Problem: Selected Criticism, Essays, Interviews and Curatorial Projects (1986�2012), 7PM
River Oaks Bookstore, Justina Page discusses and signs The Circle of Fire: In the Midst of the Ashes an Ember of Hope Flickered, 5PM
Wortham Theater Center - Cullen Theater, Sarah Rothenberg's latest music and literature exploration, A Proust Sonata: 7 tableaux en musique, delves into Marcel Proust and his masterpiece In Search of Lost Time, 8PM
Friday, February 12:
Friday, February 12:
Austin
BookPeople, Writer, Fillmmaker & Austinite DANIEL OPPENHEIMER speaking & signing Exit Right: The People Who Left the Left and Reshaped the American Century, 7PMBookWoman, V-Day Erotica Reading hosted by Allyson Whipple and featuring Liz Belile, Muerta-Paz Con-Coraz�n Sin-Guerra, Sarah Moran, and Phoebe Moore, 7PM
grayDUCK Gallery, fields Issue 5 release party, 7PM
Paramount Theatre, Risk! Live podcast storytelling event with Kevin Allison, 8PM
Georgetown
Cianfrani Coffee Shop, Poetry Reading/Open Mic, 6:30PM
Houston
Wortham Theater Center - Cullen Theater, Sarah Rothenberg's latest music and literature exploration, A Proust Sonata: 7 tableaux en musique, delves into Marcel Proust and his masterpiece In Search of Lost Time, 8PM
Saturday, February 13:
Amarillo
Cavender's, Jodi Thomas signs Rustler's Moon, 12PM
Austin
BookPeople, Children's Authors CORY PUTMAN OAKES, JO WHITTEMORE, MARI MANCUSI speaking & signing Dinosaur Boy Saves Mars (Oakes), Confidentially Yours (Whittemore), and Golden Girl (Mancusi), 12PMCavender's, Jodi Thomas signs Rustler's Moon, 12PM
Austin
BookPeople, Houston Editor & Author SAADIA FARUQI speaking & signing Brick Walls: Tales of Hope & Courage From Pakistan, 4PM
Bullock Museum, Book It, Texas! presents Oscar Casares and Brownsville: Stories, 10:30AM
Half Price Books - South Lamar, Mike Begum, a.k.a. �Broly Legs�, will sell signed copies of his autobiography, My Life Beyond the Floor, 1PM
St. Edward's University, Writers' League of Texas workshop: "How to Tackle the Embarrassing, the Forbidden, the Emotionally Difficult" with Nan Cuba, 10AM
Dallas
El Paso
Memorial Park Public Library, Tumblewords Project workshop: Lucy Hopple presents "The Power of Love; Results Matter", 12:45PM
Frisco
B&N - Stonebriar, Patrice Washington signs Real Money Answers for Every Woman: How to Win the Money Game With or Without a Man, 3PM
Houston
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, David Getsy discusses and signs Abstract Bodies: Sixties Sculpture in the Expanded Field of Gender, 2PM
Kaboom Books, Nathan Brown, former poet laureate of Oklahoma, presents To Sing Hallucinated: First Thoughts on Last Words, 7PM
Katy Budget Books, Texas authors Rebecca Adler and C.A. Szarek sign their latest releases, Here Today, Gone Tamale, and Rogue's Call, respectively, 2PM
Murder By the Book, Martha Grimes and Ken Grimes will sign and discuss the paperback of Double Double, 4:30PMKaty Budget Books, Texas authors Rebecca Adler and C.A. Szarek sign their latest releases, Here Today, Gone Tamale, and Rogue's Call, respectively, 2PM
River Oaks Bookstore, Mike Damante discusses and signs Punk Rock and UFOs: Cryptozoology Meets Anarchy, 3PM
Hurst
B&N - Northeast Mall, Cupid's Concern signing with Ceaser Conrad, 3PM
Hurst
B&N - Northeast Mall, Cupid's Concern signing with Ceaser Conrad, 3PM
Lewisville
B&N - Vista Ridge, Romance Author Celebration with Nikki Duncan, Kishan Paul, Missy Jane and Donna June Cooper, 2PM
Lubbock
B&N, The Corner Room book signing with James Powell, 2PM
B&N - Vista Ridge, Romance Author Celebration with Nikki Duncan, Kishan Paul, Missy Jane and Donna June Cooper, 2PM
Lubbock
B&N, The Corner Room book signing with James Powell, 2PM
McAllen
B&N - Northcross, Karen Klassen reads and signs The Rhythm of Time, 1PMPasadena
B&N - Fairway Market, Robert Jacobus will discuss and sign Houston Cougars in the 1960s, 1PMPearland
B&N - Broadway, Gretchen Dee signs Elemental Fate, 12PMSan Antonio
B&N - La Cantera, San Antonio Romance Authors Q&A: Writing Your Romance Novel with Willa Blair, Pamela Morsi, Sasha Summers, Teri Wilson, 10AM
Carver Library, Robert Jacobus discusses and signs Houston Cougars in the 1960s: Death Threats, the Veer Offense, and the Game of the Century, 3PM
Sugar Land
B&N - First Colony Mall, I Gotta Story: My 30 Years in TV News book signing with Minerva Perez, 1PM
The Woodlands
B&N - Woodlands Mall, Toni Hyler signs Why Me? Why Not Me?: A Journey in Faith, 2PM
Sunday, February 14:
Carver Library, Robert Jacobus discusses and signs Houston Cougars in the 1960s: Death Threats, the Veer Offense, and the Game of the Century, 3PM
Sugar Land
B&N - First Colony Mall, I Gotta Story: My 30 Years in TV News book signing with Minerva Perez, 1PM
The Woodlands
B&N - Woodlands Mall, Toni Hyler signs Why Me? Why Not Me?: A Journey in Faith, 2PM
Sunday, February 14:
Austin
BookPeople, Bestselling Author of Red Rising and Golden Sun PIERCE BROWN speaking & signing Morning Star, 3PM
Farewell Books, 3-year Anniversary Party/Valentine's Party!, 7PM
Malvern Books, Austin Writers Roulette presents �Sex, Love & Virtual Reality,� 4PM
Dallas
Half Price Books Mother Ship, local author Wanda Vassallo will sell and sign her books, I Was the Daughter of a Human Mother and I Was the Mother of a Baby Duck, 1PMBookPeople, Bestselling Author of Red Rising and Golden Sun PIERCE BROWN speaking & signing Morning Star, 3PM
Farewell Books, 3-year Anniversary Party/Valentine's Party!, 7PM
Malvern Books, Austin Writers Roulette presents �Sex, Love & Virtual Reality,� 4PM
Dallas
Mansfield
Half Price Books, local author James Howell will sell and sign his book, Countdown to Atomgeddon: The Race to Build the First Atomic Bomb, 1PM
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