The 2nd Annual Cleveland Drafts Literary Festival is here! This unique literary crawl features local writers working in fiction, poetry, nonfiction and playwriting at every stage of their careers. Join us as we invade the Larchmere neighborhood for an afternoon celebration of words, writers, and community!

The Dissident Arts Festival, founded 2006, is the annual gathering of revolutionary creativity, showcasing free jazz, protest poetry, renegade rock, topical song, and visual art from beneath the underground. This year’s Festival is dedicated to women’s empowerment; our theme is #SilentNoMore.   All proceeds will benefit the Dwelling Place of NY, a transitional residence for homeless women. Among the spoken word artists will be Puma Perl, Zigi Lowenberg, Larry Roland, Rose Tang and John Pietaro. 

​It's December 1867, Charles Dickens arrives in New York City for a month of sold-out performances of his beloved holiday classic, A Christmas Carol. Join Mr. Dickens, portrayed by John Kevin Jones, in the elegant and intimate parlor of the Landmark 1832 Merchant's House Museum and be transported back 150 years in this captivating and critically acclaimed one hour performance created from Dickens' own script. 

In 1845 Edgar Allan Poe lived on Amity Street (now W. 3rd Street) just blocks from the Merchant's House. That year his publication of "The Raven" had brought him instant fame and invitations to the city's most fashionable literary salons. Join John Kevin Jones (A Christmas Carol at the Merchant's House) as the great American master of horror for a haunting performance of Poe's thrilling tales, "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Cask of Amontillado," "The Pit and the Pendulum," and "The Raven." The Merchant's House parlor will be set for a funeral, complete with coffin and draped mirrors.

Words & Music: A Literary Feast in New Orleans is thrilled to present four days of celebrating the arts in New Orleans, November 21-24 at the Ace Hotel.

This year's theme, "Mapping Change," allows us to explore how the arts can serve as vehicles for social justice. Through presentations on literature, music, film, and history, we will examine past and present changes in our city.

Beyond Baroque, the Culver City Arts Foundation and Vagabond are happy to announce the creation of the Small Press Book Festival to take place on Saturday, September 21, 2019, at The Wende Museum of the Cold War in Culver City.

In a world of increasing surveillance and virtuality, who controls what we can and can’t watch? Or worse, what we can and can’t want?

Join us on Sunday, September 22 from 10am – 6pm as nearly 300 national and international authors take to the stage at the annual Brooklyn Book Festival. Plus, BKBF Children’s Day on Saturday, September 21 celebrates childhood reading with workshops, and the beloved Picture Book Tent and Young Reader’s Stage. You can also enjoy our Bookend events hosted at venues citywide from September 16-23.

Mike Geffner’s Inspired Word, one of New York’s most popular indie performance series, presents Speak Up Live!, showcasing this city’s rising star performers at the famous Triad Theater.