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Lit Hop! Patrick Oliver @ Dallas Young Makers Club
MY STORY, MY VISION
A Workshop with Patrick Oliver
@ Dallas Young Makers Club
5th Floor-J. Erik Johnsson Central Library
Saturday, April 14, 2018, 10:30 am
Patrick Oliver brings his exciting and nationally celebrated program to Dallas youth to enjoy their own Lit Hop experience. Mr. Oliver will guide and engage participants in highly interactive vision book making and vision board sessions, targeting elementary, junior and high school age students. The workshop will conclude in a book display of children and teen books related to vision and dreams, incorporating books from the Dallas Public Library collection.
Patrick M. Oliver is a literary and education consultant, author, radio host and founder Say It Loud! Readers and Writers. He travels extensively, providing his services in book festivals, educational institutions, conferences and mentoring workshops. For More Information on Mr. Oliver and Say It Loud! Readers and Writers, visit www.speakloudly.com
Dallas Young Makers Club is a bi-monthly youth workshop founded and facilitated by artist Monika Bell and computer brainiac Max Bell at the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library. Alongside the art and computer tracks in the program is a Robotics track, led by Buddy Whitenburg and Greg Biggs. For More Information on the Dallas Young Makers Club, visit www.DallasYoungMakers.org.
WordSpace programs are sponsored in part by City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs, National Endowment for the Arts, South Dallas Cultural Center Latino Cultural Center, and Ben E. Keith.
Dallas Lit Hop 2018 Schedule of Events
AT THE HOP…
CALENDAR
UPTOWN
EVENT: FOUNDER’S DAY, A TRIBUTE TO ROBERT TRAMMELL
DATE: Thursday, April 5, 7:00 PM
VENUE: The Dallas Institute of the Humanities and Culture, 2719 Routh Street, 75201
HOSTS: Dr.Larry Allums, Executive Director, Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture; Charles Dee Mitchell, WordSpace Board President
Free
Poet Robert Trammell (1939 – 2006) founded WordSpace in 1994. Join Dallas writers Ben Fountain, David Searcy, Frederick Turner and others in a celebration of Robert’s poetry and his presence in the Dallas literary landscape.
DEEP ELLUM
EVENT: DALLAS LIT HOP KICK OFF PARTY
DATE: April 7, 5:00 – 9:00 PM
VENUE: Deep Ellum Art Co, 3200 Commerce Street, 75226
Free admission with cash bar and food trucks. (Food Trucks!)
Lit Hop really kicks into gear with this multi-media event featuring musical performers The Faded Deejays, Southern Outcasts, and Julissa Martinez. A new performance by the experimental theater group Dead White Zombies. Dance by Jessica Thomas, Spoken Word from Dancing Tongue, and a special guest appearance by MC 900 Ft Jesus and Decadent Dub Team.
BISHOP ARTS
EVENT: THE WRITERS’ LEAGUE OF TEXAS PRESENTS ONE PAGE SALON
DATE: Thursday, April 12, 7:30 PM
VENUE: The Wild Detectives, 314 West 8th Street, 75208
EVENT SPONSOR: The Writer’s League of Texas
Free admission, free tacos and cash bar.
Join novelist and screenwriter Owen Egerton as he engages a group of Texas writers who read from and discuss a single page of a work in progress. The Statesman newspaper declared One Page Salon the Best Literary Series in Austin.
DOWNTOWN
EVENT: WRITING AND BOOKMAKING WORKSHOP AT THE YOUNG MAKERS’ CLUB
DATE: Saturday, April 14 10:30 AM
VENUE: 5TH Floor, J. Erik Johnsson Central Public Library, 1515 Young Street, 75201
EVENT HOSTS: Max and Monica Bell
CO HOST: The Friends of the Dallas Public Library
Free
Patrick Oliver, educator and leader of the Speak Loudly program, leads participants aged five to eighteen in writing and bookmaking projects. This special program is part of the ongoing Dallas Young Makers Club.
EXPOSITION PARK
EVENT: LITERARY PUB CRAWL
DATE: APRIL 14, 5:00 – 9:00 PM
VENUES: Chi Gallery, Craft and Growler, Eight Bells, Las Almos Rotas, Sandaga – all in Expo Park, Across from Fair Park on Exposition and Parry
CO HOST: The Writers’ Garret
Readings and performances by ArtSpeak, Dallas Poetry Slam Youth Poets, Poets on X+, Verse and Rhythm, The WordSpacians
WHITE ROCK LAKE
EVENT: FILMMAKER SHOWCASE WITH PAUL BRYAN, PRESENTED BY RICHARD BAILEY
DATE: Wednesday, April 18, 7:30 PM reception, 8:00 PM film
VENUE: Bath House Cultural Center, 521 E. Lawther Drive, 75218
CO HOST: The Dallas VideoFest
Free admission
Paul Bryan makes haunting and often hilarious films that explore the spiritual life. Host Richard Bailey calls Bryan’s new film, Cordyceps and Convictions, “…a far-reaching, metaphysical trip”
NORTH DALLAS
EVENT: THE DALLAS POETRY SLAM
DATE: April 20, 8:00 PM
VENUE: Heroes Lounge, 7402 Greenville Ave, 75231
TICKETS: $10
WordSpace presents special guest performer Ashe, the Austin-based playwright, poet, and professional daydreamer.
DEEP ELLUM
EVENT: THE POETS PROM
DATE: April 21, 7:00 pm read carpet; 8:00 pm Let the prom begin
MUSIC: DJ MARK RIDLEN
VENUE: Common Desk, 2919 Commerce St, 75226
CO HOST: Theater Jones
Poets’ Prom — a semiformal affair. Come mix and mingle with poets, writers, and friends. Music, verse, punch (spiked or plain), and fun activities. Dress to impress.
BISHOP ARTS
EVENT: HIDDEN SCRIBES, THE PODCAST LIVE
DATE: April 26, 7:30 PM
VENUE: The Wild Detectives, 314 West 8th St, 75208
HOST: Charles Dee Mitchell
CO HOST: Writing Workshops, Dallas
Free admission and cash bar
Dallas author and actor Mark Millien produces Hidden Scribes, a podcast where actors and musicians bring short stories to life. This live recording session features work by Ben Fountain, Jesus Galvan, and Aubrey Moraif.
LIT HOP HEADLINER
EVENT: WALTER MOSLEY, PRESENTED BY WORDSPACE AND THE SOUTH DALLAS CULTURAL CENTER
DATE: April 29, 8:00 PM
VENUE: The Kessler Theater, 1230 West Davis St, 75208
TICKETS: General Admission, $35, available through Prekindle
Walter Mosley is a bestselling, prize-winning novelist and world-class raconteur. He will read from his new novel Down the River and Unto the Sea and have much to say about the world we find ourselves in now. This will be a great evening and a grand finale for a celebratory month of the Dallas literary scene.
Press Contact: Amber@culture-hype.come
Dallas Lit Hop is a four week, city-wide, interdisciplinary literary festival delivered to diverse Dallas neighborhoods during National Poetry Month. It is the 3rd consecutive Dallas Lit Hop and the 8th literary festival presented by WordSpace in its 24 year history.
Dallas Lit Hop will take place in conjunction with the City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs’ annual Dallas Arts Month. It will be the largest multi-event festival honoring Dallas as a literary destination ever produced in the city.
WordSpace will present visiting writers and publishers together with Dallas writers in traditional and bar crawl readings, performance art events, literary themed parties, youth performances and Headliner performance, partially sponsored by City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs, National Endowment for the Arts and South Dallas Cultural Center.
A full schedule of events for Dallas Arts Months can be found at www.dallasculture.org.
Women of the World Poetry Slam Competition
Dallas welcomes back Women of the World Poetry Slam in 2018!
It’s back. Bigger. Better. Badder.
For the second year in a row, Candy Zantea, SlamMaster of the Dallas Poetry Slam, has scored a big one for the City of Dallas.
THIS IS THE REMIX
After hosting the wildly successful Women of the World Poetry Slam (WOWPS) festival last year in Dallas, Texas, the three-day festival is returning to Big D in 2018! Dallas Poetry Slam is again proud to announce Dallas as the WOWPS host city for its 10th anniversary. This is the first time since Columbus, Ohio in 2011 and 2010 that a city has hosted two years in a row.
Chosen for its vibrant poetry and arts scenes, diverse population, and local resources, Dallas offers the hundreds of participants and attendees a host of amenities. The Majestic Theater is proud to once again be the host venue for the culminating event of the festival, Final Stage, on Saturday, March 17th.
WOWPS will bring women and women-identified poets their friends, family, and fans from around the world to Dallas for a multi-day, multi-venue, multi-sensory experience. WOWPS is a four-day poetry festival, in which 96 of the best female poets in the world compete over two nights of preliminary competitions (referred to as “bouts”). The poets with the top 12 scores move on to Finals, where one poet is crowned the champion! In addition to the competition, day events feature writing workshops, panel discussions, themed open mics, special nighttime events, and parties.
WOWPS kicks off Wednesday, March 14th with the Last Chance Slam. Festival Passes and Finals tickets are available for purchase soon at www.wowps2018.com.
Email: candy@thedallaspoetryslam.com
Presented by the national organization, Poetry Slam Inc.
Additional sponsorship made possible by
WordSpace and Latino Cultural Center
Christopher Michael @ Dallas Poetry Slam
When: May 18th 2018
Where: Heroes Lounge, 7402 Greenville Ave., 75231
Hosted by: Candy (DPS ED and SlamMaster)
Hosted by: Candy (DPS ED and SlamMaster)
WordSpace is honored to partner with Dallas Poetry Slam to present a monthly feature reading.
Christopher Michael is the President of Poetry Slam Inc., Slam Master of Austin Neosoul ATX. In 1999, he ntered first poetry slam and won. In 2013, he tried to take a break from poetry. Failed!
In 2016 Iwps Finalist, and Southern Fried Slam Finalists.
Lit Hop! Ashe @ Dallas Poetry Slam
When: Friday, April 20, 8 pm
Where: Heroes
Hosted by: Candy and Dallas Poetry Slam
Ashe Vernon is a playwright and poet based in Austin, Texas. A 23 year old professional daydreamer, Ashe has always been restless. They’ve published four collections of poetry, one of which was nominated for a 2015 Pushcart Prize. Currently the Senior Editor of Poetry with the literary magazine, Persephone’s Daughters, Ashe has a talent for over-committing and narrowly making deadlines. They’ve toured the country, crying into microphones at strangers all over the southwest. At 5’2”, Ashe is a very small person with very tiny hands and a whole lot to say about it.
Tony McPherson @ Dallas Poetry Slam
Who: TONY McPHERSON
When: Friday, January 19, 8 pm
Where: Heroes
Hosted by Candy and Dallas Poetry Slam
When: Friday, January 19, 8 pm
Where: Heroes
Hosted by Candy and Dallas Poetry Slam
Anthony McPherson writes biracial poetry, intertwining various art forms such as breakdance, stop-motion animation, and a myriad of character impressions. Ranked 2nd in the world (Individual World Poetry Slam 2017), you can see him perform in “Love Beats Rhymes” (Lionsgate 2017), or watch him break down bigoted arguments in his online videos.
The Stoners @ MFA Gallery
Mighty Fine Arts presents a “Loose Women” Holiday Party with a Wordspace Artspeak performance by The Stoners! Saturday December 16th 6-9pm!
The Stoners are Oak Cliff’s premiere Rolling Stones tribute band and they will be doing a special unplugged acoustic gallery set in conjunction with the “Loose Women” exhibit. If you haven’t seen the show be sure to come by and check out some incredible work by Sara Cardona, Courtney Googe, Leah Hairston, Cynthia Ann Miro and Jenifer Smith! So come on out and indulge in some seasonal revelry and take in some great art and hot jams with some “Loose Women” and The Stoners!
Mighty Fine Arts is located at 409A N.Tyler in Historic North Oak Cliff 75208 mighty fine arts
Walter Mosley @ The Kessler
HEADLINER! The Great Walter Mosley
When: Sunday, April 29, 8 pm
Where: The Kessler Theatre
Host: Patrick Oliver, Founder, Say It Loud! Readers and Writers
DISD School Visit with South Dallas Cultural Center: April 30.
Buy Tickets!
$25 General Admission. Limited VIP Tables for 4 with book and Reception $300
Walter Mosley is one of the most versatile and admired writers in America today. He is the author of more than 43 critically acclaimed books, including the major bestselling mystery series featuring Easy Rawlins. His work has been translated into 23 languages and includes literary fiction, science fiction, political monographs, and a young adult novel. His short fiction has been widely published, and his nonfiction has appeared in The New York Times Magazine and The Nation, among other publications. He is the winner of numerous awards, including an O. Henry Award, a Grammy and PEN America’s Lifetime Achievement Award. He lives in New York City.
WordSpace is honored to present Mr. Mosley for a rare Dallas appearance– Social Commentary, Storytelling and Selected Readings of his work.
New Walter Mosley novel coming in 2018
Best-selling novelist Walter Mosley will publish a new novel with Mulholland Books, an imprint of Little, Brown and Company, EW can announce exclusively.
Titled Down the River Unto the Sea, the novel centers on a former New York City police detective, now working as a Brooklyn PI, who is investigating the case of a Black civil rights activist convicted of murdering two city policemen. At the same time, he’s still trying to piece together the conspiracy that caused his own downfall at the hands of the police.
This novel will mark Mosley’s return to Little, Brown, where he’ll be edited and published by Mulholland Books’ Josh Kendall. Down the River Unto the Sea is slated for a Feb. 20, 2018 publication.
ArtSpeak: Annie Benjamin @ Mighty Fine Arts
What: WordSpace ArtSpeak
Who: Annie Benjamin
When: Saturday, November 4, 8:00 pm; Gallery showing 6-9 pm.
Where: Mighty Fine Arts, 409A N. Tyler Street in Historic North Oak Cliff 75208
Wordspace Artspeak presents a performance by Annie Benjamin as part of Mighty Fine Arts’ Almost Closing Party for the Sharon Neel-Bagley show “Microscopic Cross Sections”, from 6-9 pm.
The multi-talented Annie Benjamin is a remarkable singer songwriter, who recently won the B.W.Stevenson Songwriting Award from Poor David’s Pub. She is also a gifted actress, plays guitar and flute and is radiant and charming. Annie is an accomplished performer and has graced numerous venues in Texas. Check out Annie’s website here.
Be sure to come out and see her in this rare informal gallery setting and enjoy her incredible tunes and ability. And the Sharon Neel Bagley show is a perfect visual compliment to Annie’s music! Come out for a rewarding evening with these two amazing ladies!
Mighty Fine Arts Gallery hours are 12-5 Sat and Sun or by appointment: 214-942-5241. mighty fine arts
“75228/Logscape”
photography 30×30 2017
Sharon Neel-Bagley
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