Mythcon 41: War in Heaven
3-day event: July 9-12, 2010
From the great epic poems of ancient Greece and ancient India to the Book of Revelation and the Poetic Edda; from John Milton and William Blake to J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and Charles Williams; from Philip Pullman to Neil Gaiman and beyond, conflict amongst and against the gods has been a perennial theme in mythology and mythopoeic literature.
Scholar Guest of Honor
Janet Croft is editor of Mythlore, one of the premier periodicals on the Inklings and fantasy literature. She has published many articles and three books on J.R.R. Tolkien, including War in the Works of Tolkien (2005).
Author Guest of Honor
Tim Powers is a science-fiction and fantasy author. He has received numerous awards and nominations for his works, including the World Fantasy Award for his novels Last Call (1992) and Declare (2000).
Web: http://www.mythsoc.org/mythcon/41
Local support provided by the SMU CAPE Creative Writing program
Open Mic at Bill’s Records
Location: Bill’s Records, 1317 South Lamar (S of Downtown Dallas)
Description: Open Mic at Bill’s! Sundays at 9:00 PM until no artist is left standing! Come out for a night of spoken word, poetry, music, and comedy
Hosted by Alex P and presented by Knife Six Productions!
Bill Wisener has been a legendary Proprietor, Host and special Friend, at his store, Bill’s Records to artists for over 30 years, welcoming everyone equally as family–from you and me to Radiohead, NIN, Beastie Boys, Ben Harper, Erika Badu, and so many others; with ongoing songwriter showcases,and past and present open mic projects, including WordSpace sponsored readings. Bill’s Records is the subject of Jeffrey Liles documentary, The Last Record Store.
Cliff Notes Prolonged Media
Cliff Notes Prolonged Media is the love child born of 20 plus years of bookselling experience and a lifetime of loving literature local and worldwide, mainstream and underground, shared between husband and wife team, Carlos Salas and Opalina Salas. Carlos is also a member of the WordSpace Board of Directors and serves on the Programming Committee. As spoken word artists, Carlos and Opal have been part of the DFW open mic circuit for over 15 years and have lived in Oak Cliff for just as long. Their unique bookstore is located adjacent The Kessler at 1230 Davis in Oak Cliff . Stay in touch with their Reading Events by joining their Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/group.php?gid=127632978107 or follow them on Twitter
http://twitter.com/OakCliffNotes
Mad Swirl Open Mic
Mad Swirl continues to do the poetic & musical open mic voodoo that’s what they doo doo every 1st Wednesday of the month at Absinthe Lounge! Hosted Johnny O and MH Clay, callin’ all the mad poets, musicians, singers & performers & a few other miscellaneous mad ones in Absinthe Lounge to come & strut their mad stuff!
Absynthe Lounge-1409 South Lamar Street
Check out the Mad Swirl Website: www.madswirl.com
Mochalux Open Mic
Saturday Night Poetry Readings
MOCHALUX OPEN MIC
spoken word / poetry / music
SATURDAYS at 8:00 pm
Open Mic, hosted by Paul Sexton,
Devorah Titunik, or an occasional
guest host.
*** NO COVER CHARGE ***
Mochalux Coffee & Tea Co.
1101 E. Bardin Rd, Suite 101
Arlington, TX 76018
Phone: 817-468-0488
All poets / spoken word artists and musicians are invited to participate in the open mic.
Listeners are always welcome, too!
Poetry Workshop - fourth Sunday
Christoper Soden writes:
Barring any unforeseen circumstances, our next poet’s workshop should be 1PM, May 30th, the 4th Sunday in May, at 1/2 Price Books at Central & Northwest Highway. We bring copies of our poems, and discuss them, in the traditional approach, i.e. let the group extrapolate what they can before the writer reveals intent. We are a burgeoning group of dedicated, avid, intelligent, tactful writers who are trying to learn from each other and grow as craftsmen of poetry. We need others of the same inclination and welcome them.
SMU Literary Festival
Thursday, April 22
6:00 PM - Gilbert Lecture Reception, Texana Room, DeGolyer Library
6:30 PM - Readings by fiction writer Jill McCorkle
Stanley Marcus Reading Room, DeGolyer Library
Cosponsored with Lit Fest
Friday, April 23
3:00 PM - Reading by fiction writers Elizabeth Eslami and Robert Redick
Stanley Marcus Reading Room
6:30 PM - Reception, Texana Room
7:00 PM - Reading by fiction and nonfiction writers Tracy Daugherty and Marjorie Sandor
Stanley Marcus Reading Room
Saturday, April 24
12:00 – 2:00 PM - Luncheon with the authors
Participate in discussion, meet and congratulate the winners of SMU’s undergraduate writing prizes.
Hughes Trigg Student Center
Promenade A and B
RSVP required - RSVP to 214-768-2945 or smulitfest@gmail.com
2:00 PM - Reading by poet Mary Stewart Hammond and fiction writer Robin Black
Stanley Marcus Reading Room
8:30 PM - Closing Caberet: Stomping at the Grand Terrace with Philip S. Bryant and Carolyn Wilkins
The Varsity, Hughes Trigg Student Center
Forged in Fire The Jefferson Collection at the Library of Congress
A Lecture by Mr. Mark Dimunation,
Chief of Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress
The nucleus of the Library of Congress was forged in fire. In 1815 Congress purchased Thomas Jefferson’s personal library - then the largest private book collection available in North America - to replace the congressional library destroyed when the British burned the U.S. Capitol the previous year. Jefferson’s collection would serve as the core of the Library of Congress for the next thirty-five years, until catastrophic fire again struck the Capitol on Christmas Eve 1851, destroying two-thirds of Thomas Jefferson’s original collection. Reconstructing this landmark collection provides fresh insights into the mind of Thomas Jefferson, the world of the Enlightenment, and the nature of collecting in the eighteenth century.
In Memoriam - Jack Myers
November 29, 1941 - November 23, 2009
Jack Myers taught and directed the creative writing program at Southern Methodist University. He served on the Board of Directors of the Writer’s Garret, with his wife, Thea Temple, as its Executive Director.
Jack was a past Vice-President of the 15,000-member Associated Writing Programs, taught creative writing in the low-residency Vermont College MFA Program in Writing and in 2003 was named Poet Laureate of the State of Texas.
His work has been widely anthologized and has appeared in hundreds of literary journals, from Esquire and The Nation to POETRY and The American Poetry Review. His book of poems, As Long As You’re Happy, was a National Poetry Series selection by (Nobel Laureate poet Seamus Heaney) for 1985. He has been granted many fellowships and awards for his work: among them, two from both the National Endowment For the Arts, and two from the Texas Institute of Letters.
A Memorial Celebration for Jack Myers will be held on the campus of Southern Methodist University, Saturday, January 30th, 2010 at 3 PM in the Hughes-Trigg Theater. A reception (in Ballroom West Central) will follow at 4:30 PM.
Dallas Poets Community Events
- FIRST FRIDAY OPEN MIC READING - On the first Friday of each month at 7 pm at Half Price Books (NW Hwy just east of Central). FREE!
- SECOND WEDNESDAY POETRY WORKSHOP - On the second Wednesday of each month at Half Price Books (NW Hwy just east of Central). FREE!
- FOURTH WEDNESDAY POETRY WORKSHOP - On the fourth Wednesday of each month at Half Price Books (NW Hwy just east of Central). FREE!
