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The 1,100-seat Cullen Theater hosts smaller opera and ballet productions and serves as the venue for the Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series, a nationally-renowned series that has featured more than 300 of the world’s most accomplished literary writers. Its intimate size is ideal for solo artists, chamber music, and small touring shows and recitals.
For more than forty years, Just Buffalo Literary Center has brought the world’s greatest writers to Buffalo, hosted poetry events and readings, and supported the development of young writers. They believe in the love of reading, the art of writing, and the power of the literary arts to transform individual lives and communities.
By fostering the art of creative writing, the mission of Inprint is to inspire readers and writers in Houston. A nonprofit organization founded in 1983, Inprint fulfills this mission through the nationally renowned Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series, the Cool Brains! Reading Series for Young People, Escritores en la casa Reading Series, and through literary and educational activities in the community that demonstrate the value and impact of creative writing with support from the UH Creative Writing Program.
The Arab American National Museum (AANM) is the first and only museum in the United States devoted to documenting and sharing Arab American contributions that shaped the economic, political and cultural landscapes of American life. The Museum also brings to light the shared experiences of immigrants and ethnic groups, paying tribute to the diversity of our nation. Included in the museum’s public programming are conferences, multicultural performance series, film festivals, arts collaborations with area ethnic communities, seminars, author readings, and book signings.
Gibson’s was founded in 1898 and is the oldest continuously operating retailer in the Concord area. Current owner Michael Herrmann bought the bookstore in 1994, and in 2013 moved it to its current location on South Main Street.
A seller of used and new books, Pegasus began regularly hosting events in 2008 and to this day, the creative energies of staffers have shaped a unique event program that runs throughout the year. Pegasus has three locations: two in Berkeley and one in Oakland.
Founded in the early 1970s, the Nuyorican Poets Cafe began as a living room salon in the East Village apartment of writer and poet Miguel Algarin. Today, the cafe is a nonprofit organization that provides a forum for innovative poetry, music, hip hop, video, visual arts, comedy, and theatre from underrepresented artists. Programming includes poetry and prose readings, theatrical and musical performances, and visual art exhibits. The cafe is well-known for a popular weekly Poetry Slam judged by randomly selected audience members.
Each semester the University of Idaho’s Creative Writing Program invites Distinguished Visiting Writers to teach a week-long intensive class and to give a public reading. Recent visitors include Maggie Nelson, Roger Reeves, Brian Evenson, Luis Alberto Urrea, Dorianne Laux, and Kate Zambreno.
The Studios of Key West was founded with the vision of bringing artists to the island, connecting them with local audiences and artists, and offering space for both to explore their creativity. Events include lectures, performances, and literary happy hours. Author readings take place at their attached bookstore, Books & Books at The Studios, which was founded by author Judy Blume.The Studios also grants up to 40 month-long residencies to artists and writers every year.
Photo by Nick Doll.
Read 2 Succeed @ Norco College is a college-wide reading program sponsored by the Wilfred J. Airey Library in partnership with various campus constituency groups and programs. Each fall and spring semester, a book is selected to be the focus of a college-wide read that involves our students, faculty, classified professionals, administrators, and local community members. Read 2 Succeed events include a book discussion, student panel, and speaking engagement with a book signing by the author of the book. Refreshments and book-related giveaways are provided at all events.
