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Literary Events Calendar
Editor: Cathy Allen

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2008: December • 2009: January • February

DECEMBER 2008

12/27/2008 5 PM: SlamRichmond’s Poetry Workshop. Admission $5. At ArtSpace Gallery, Zero E 4th St, 804-232-6464. For more details visit http://www.myspace.com/slamrichmond.

12/27/2008 8 PM: SlamRichmond’s Poetry Show. $5 admission. At ArtSpace Gallery, Zero E 4th St, 804-232-6464, http://www.artspacegallery.org/aboutus.htm. For more details visit http://www.myspace.com/slamrichmond or email slamrichmond@gmail.com.

12/28/2008 2 – 4 PM: Shockoe Poets Open Mike Readings (2nd and 4th Sundays) at art 6 Gallery, 6 E. Broad Street, 804-343-1406, http://www.art6.org/. Contact Shann Palmer for information (804-335-9403 or shannp@gmail.com).

12/30/2008 8 PM: “Tuesday Verses”. Admission $7. At Tropical Soul Café, 314 N. 2nd St.

JANUARY 2009

1/4//2009 3 – 5 PM: Book Swap. Meet, greet and talk books with fellow book lovers. At Book People, 536 Granite Avenue, 804-288-4346.

1/6/2009 5:30 – 6:30 PM: Dr. Douglas A. Hicks discusses and signs With God On All Sides: Leadership in a Devout and Diverse America. Free and open to the public. Limited free parking under the library. At The Library of Virginia, 800 E. Broad St, 804-692-3500, http://www.lva.lib.va.us/.

1/9/2009 6:30 PM: Book Release Party, for Stacy Hawkins Adams’ new novel The Someday List. Meet Stacy and get tips to achieve your goals. A portion of sales from the book will be donated to Art 180, a local nonprofit group. For more details visit www.stacyhawkinsadams.com. At Barnes and Noble Libbie Place, 5501 W Broad St, 282-0781.

1/11/2009 2 – 4 PM: Shockoe Poets Open Mike Readings (2nd and 4th Sundays) at art 6 Gallery, 6 E. Broad Street, 804-343-1406, http://www.art6.org/. Contact Shann Palmer for information (804-335-9403 or shannp@gmail.com).

1/12/2009 12 – 1 PM: Professor Douglas R. Egerton signs and discusses Death or Liberty: African Americans and Revolutionary America. Free and open to the public. Limited free parking under the library. At The Library of Virginia, 800 E. Broad St, 804-692-3500, http://www.lva.lib.va.us/.

1/12/2009 7 – 9 PM: The Richmond Playwright's Forum meets monthly at the Barksdale Theatre Willow Lawn conference room. Members share works in progress and discuss the play writing process.  RPF is open to all interested persons, and welcomes your participation as voice actors or active listeners. For more information, contact Margie Langston at margie.langston@yahoo.com.

1/14/2009 5:30 – 7:30 PM: Writers Wednesday. Looking for fellow writers? JRW hosts a casual “meet and greet” every second Wednesday. At Richbrau Brewing Company’s Taphouse Grill, 1212 E Cary St. Parking after 4 pm is only $3 behind The Tobacco Company (enter the deck from 12th Street between Canal and Cary Streets).

1/15/2009: DEADLINE for the Third Annual Best Unpublished Novel Contest. Sponsored by James River Writers and Richmond magazine. $25 entry fee. For details visit http://www.jamesriverwriters.com/jrw_programs/unpublishednovel/.

1/17/2009 9 AM – 4:30 PM: The Online Writer: a Workshop on Website Design, Blogging, and Web-Based Work for Writers. Cost $65. For registration information please visit http://www.writerhouse.org/ or call 434-296-1922. At WriterHouse, 508 Dale Ave, Charlottesville.

1/18/2009 2 – 5 PM: Richmond Christians Who Write meets on the third Sunday of every month. At Grove Avenue Baptist Church, 8701 Ridge Rd. For more information, contact Tom Lacy, 804-749-4050, revtcl@aol.com or Rebekah Robb, 804-527-0913, info@rebekahrobb.com.

1/18/2009 3 – 5 PM: “Bend Your Ear”. Open mike poetry, every 3rd Sunday. At art6, 6 E. Broad Street, 804-343-1406, http://www.art6.org/.

1/19/2009 12 AM – 11:59 PM: Poe’s 24 Hour Birthday Bash/Bicentennial Celebration. Including poetry readings, museum tour, birthday cake, and a candlelight vigil. Admission Adults $6/Senior Citizens $5/Students $5/Poe Museum Members and Philip Morris employees Free. At the Poe Museum, 1914-16 E. Main St, http://www.poemuseum.org/news_and_events/events.html.

1/25/2009 2 – 4 PM: Shockoe Poets Open Mike Readings (2nd and 4th Sundays) at art 6 Gallery, 6 E. Broad Street, 804-343-1406, http://www.art6.org/. Contact Shann Palmer for information (804-335-9403 or shannp@gmail.com).

1/28/2009 6 PM: Poetic Principles continues, with 2001 Pushcart Prize Winner Beth Ann Fennelly (Unmentionables). Co-sponsored by the New Virginia Review. Tickets $9 non-members/$7 members and students. At the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 200 N Boulevard. To register visit http://www.vmfa.museum/poetic.html or call 804-340-1405.

1/29/2009 6:30 – 8:30 PM: JRW presents “The Future of Writing” in this month’s Writing Show. Featuring NPR Book Critic Alan Cheuse and Joshua Kendall, Senior Editor at Viking/Penguin. Hosted by Style Weekly’s Brandon Reynolds. Tickets $10 in advance/$12 at the door/$5 students with valid id. To register please visit http://www.jamesriverwriters.com/jrw_programs/workshops/writing_show/index.htm. At the Eureka Theater, third floor, Science Museum of Virginia, 2500 W Broad St, 1-800-659-1727.

FEBRUARY 2009

2/7/2009 1 – 5 PM: “Scrabbulous”: A fun Scrabble tournament to benefit James River Writers literary programs. Entry Fee $15 in advance/$20 at the door/Spectators $3. At Aurora Café & Lounge, 401 E Grace St. Registration details at http://www.jamesriverwriters.com/jrw_programs/workshops/scrabbulous/index.htm or call 804-230-4575.

2/8/2009 2 – 4 PM: Shockoe Poets Open Mike Readings (2nd and 4th Sundays) at art 6 Gallery, 6 E. Broad Street, 804-343-1406, http://www.art6.org/. Contact Shann Palmer for information (804-335-9403 or shannp@gmail.com).

2/9/2009 7 – 9 PM: The Richmond Playwright's Forum meets monthly at the Barksdale Theatre Willow Lawn conference room. Members share works in progress and discuss the play writing process.  RPF is open to all interested persons, and welcomes your participation as voice actors or active listeners. For more information, contact Margie Langston at margie.langston@yahoo.com.

2/11/2009 4 PM: DEADLINE for the 2009 Student Essay Contest. Open to students in grades 3 through 8. For details visit http://www.jamesriverwriters.com/jrw_programs/contest/student.htm.

2/11/2009 5:30 – 7:30 PM: Writers Wednesday. Looking for fellow writers? JRW hosts a casual “meet and greet” every second Wednesday. At Richbrau Brewing Company’s Taphouse Grill, 1212 E Cary St. Parking after 4 pm is only $3 behind The Tobacco Company (enter the deck from 12th Street between Canal and Cary Streets).

2/15/2009 2 – 5 PM: Richmond Christians Who Write meets on the third Sunday of every month. At Grove Avenue Baptist Church, 8701 Ridge Rd. For more information, contact Tom Lacy, 804-749-4050, revtcl@aol.com or Rebekah Robb, 804-527-0913, info@rebekahrobb.com

2/15/2009 3 – 5 PM: “Bend Your Ear”. Open mike poetry, every 3rd Sunday. At art6, 6 E. Broad Street, 804-343-1406, http://www.art6.org/.

2/22/2009 2 – 4 PM: Shockoe Poets Open Mike Readings (2nd and 4th Sundays) at art 6 Gallery, 6 E. Broad Street, 804-343-1406, http://www.art6.org/. Contact Shann Palmer for information (804-335-9403 or shannp@gmail.com).

2/26/2009 6:30 – 8:30 PM: JRW presents “The Writing Show”. At the Eureka Theater, third floor, Science Museum of Virginia, 2500 W Broad St, 1-800-659-1727. Details coming soon.

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