Monday Roundup: Texas Literary Calendar Dec 24-30

Bookish goings-on in Texas for the week of December 24-30, 2018: 

Ongoing Exhibits:

Finding Sophie Blackall Exhibition, Abilene, October 11-February 1

30 Poems for the Tricentennial: A Poetic Legacy, San Antonio, December 3-April 25, 2019

Monday, December 24:

No public events this Christmas Eve. Please feel free to create your own.

Tuesday, December 25:

Merry Christmas! 

Wednesday, December 26:

Houston

Avant Garden, Write About Now Last Poetry Open Mic of 2018, 7:30PM

Thursday, December 27:

El Paso

B-17 Bombers Oyster Pub, Barbed Wire Open Mic Night, 8PM

Sugar Land

B&N, Story time with local author Maria Ashworth, 10AM

Friday, December 28:

Dallas
Heroes Lounge, Dallas Poetry Slam, 7:30PM

El Paso
Fahrenheit 180, Open Mic featuring Joann "Paradigm" Roberts, 8PM

Houston
La Madeleine French Bakery, Houston Writers Guild Holiday Social, 7PM

Saturday, December 29:

Austin
Malvern Books, a reading from The Lumberjack’s Dove—and a shadow puppet crankie show—with visiting writer GennaRose Nethercott, and with special guest Sean Petrie, 7PM

Fort Worth

The Dock Bookshop, Community Kwanzaa Celebration, 3PM

Houston

Half Price Books - Clear Lake, Local Author Saturdays: Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last

Watauga
Half Price Books, Johnny Dodds will sell and sign copies of his book,The Difference in Me is Christ, 1PM

Sunday, December 30:
Dallas
Half Price Books Mother Ship, Meet local Indie authors and pick up their latest release, while supplies last

Marfa
Crowley Theatre, Pete Gershon signing Collision: The Contemporary Art Scene in Houston, 1972-1985, TBA