Date |
Time |
Event
Description |
Presenter(s) |
Location |
Admission |
Wednesday
April 9, 2008 |
5:30 p.m. (open registration begins at 4:45 p.m.) |
EWU Writers in the Community presents: Youth Poetry Slam |
Youth Poets from the community at large |
Kress Gallery
Riverpark Square, 3rd floor |
Audience: free Entrants: $2 plus can of food each. |
| |
Thursday
April 10, 2008 |
11:45 a.m. |
Milk Crate Readings |
Cheney campus (near JFK entrance)
|
Downtown street corners |
Free |
|
Noon |
Milk Crate Readings |
EWU MFA-Creative Writing candidates |
Downtown street corners
|
Free |
| |
Saturday
April 12, 2008 |
9:30-11 a.m. |
Tickle My Ears Workshop |
Carole Lexa Schaefer |
North Spokane Library, 44 E. Hawthorne Rd. |
Donations appreciated |
|
1 p.m. |
Get Lit! KPBX Kids' Concert |
Carole Lexa Schaefer |
Spokane Club
1002 W Riverside Ave. |
Free |
| |
Monday
April 14, 2008 |
9 p.m. |
EWU Creative Writing MFA Student Readings |
EWU MFA Students |
Empyrean
154 S. Madison Street
|
Free |
| |
Tuesday
April 15, 2008 |
7:30 p.m. |
EWU Creative Writing Faculty Readings |
EWU Creative Writing Faculty |
Empyrean
154 S. Madison Street |
Free |
| |
Wednesday April 16, 2008 |
6:30 p.m.
(open registration begins 5:45 p.m.) |
EWU Writers in the Community presents: Teen Poetry Slam |
Teen Poets from the community at large |
Empyrean
154 S. Madison Street |
Audience: free Entrants: $2 plus can of food each. |
|
7:30 p.m. |
SCC Presidential Speaker's Series presents: Holy Fools in Literature & in Real Life |
David James Duncan |
Spokane Community College
Lair Auditorium 1810 N. Greene Street, Bldg 6 |
Free |
| |
Thursday
April 17, 2008 |
7:30 p.m. |
Spokane Community College presents: One culture, many people |
Diana Abu-Jaber
Opening: Joseph Bathanti |
Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague |
$15/$10
|
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Friday
April 18, 2008 |
morning, various start times |
Festival Author Panels |
Festival Authors |
Various Higher-ed campuses |
n/a |
| |
Noon-1 p.m. |
Poetry Reading with origional music composition by Center for Excellence musicians |
Center for Excellence musicians, and Thomas Lynch (poetry) |
EWU Music Building Recital Hall, Cheney |
Free |
|
1-2:15 p.m. |
Lost Horse Poets at Get Lit! |
Lost Horse Press Poets |
Spokane Club
1002 W Riverside Ave., Rm TBA |
Free |
| |
2:30-4 p.m. |
Festival Authors Reading |
Yesho Atil, Elinor Langer, J.W. Marshall, Robert McNamara, and Lex Runciman |
Spokane Club
1002 W Riverside Ave., Rm TBA |
Free |
| |
7:30 p.m. |
An Evening of Poetry and Jazz |
Dorianne Laux, David Wojahn, B. T. Shaw and Glen Moore |
Showalter Auditorium |
$15 plus fees |
|
Saturday
April 19, 2008 |
9:30-11:30 a.m. |
Writing Workshops: Craft and Communication |
Karen Karbo, Elinor Langer, and Katrina Roberts |
Spokane Club
1002 W Riverside Ave., Rm TBA |
$50/$45;
Students $25/$22.50 |
| |
noon-1 p.m. |
Panel: Successful Writing |
Christopher Howell, Robert McNamara, Lex Runciman, B. T. Shaw, Michael Wiegers |
Spokane Club
1002 W Riverside Ave., Rm TBA |
Free |
| |
1-2:30 p.m. |
Black Heron Press Readings |
Black Heron Press Authors |
Spokane Club
1002 W Riverside Ave., Rm TBA |
Free |
| |
1:30 - 2:30 p.m. |
Panel: Getting Serious Books Published |
Rachel Toor & Ivar Nelson |
Spokane Club
1002 W Riverside Ave., Rm TBA |
Free |
|
2:15-4 p.m. |
Willow Springs Workshops for Teen Writers |
Willow Springs editors |
Spokane Club
1002 W Riverside Ave., Rm TBA |
Free |
| |
2:30-4 p.m. |
Festival Authors Reading |
Dan Butterworth, Jennifer Davis, Phillip Garrison, Karen Karbo, and Katrina Roberts |
Spokane Club
1002 W Riverside Ave., Rm TBA |
Free |
|
4:15 p.m. |
Inland NW Center for Writers presents: Undertaking Nonfiction |
Thomas Lynch |
Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague |
$10/$5 plus fees |
| |
7:30 p.m. |
The End of America |
Naomi Wolf
Opening: Doren Robbins |
Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague |
$25/$15 plus fees |
| |
Sunday
April 20, 2008 |
1 p.m. |
An Afternoon with Tobias Wolff
with host Jess Walter |
Tobias Wolff |
Spokane Club
1002 W Riverside Ave., Rm TBA |
$10 |
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