Friday,
December 2nd, 7:30 pm
Folger
Shakespeare Library
201
E Capitol St SE, Washington, DC 20003
Given
since 1988 in honor of the late Bernard Malamud, this award recognizes a body
of work demonstrating excellence in the art of short fiction. This year we will
honor Joy Williams, a writer known for her crisp prose, grim wit, and unsparing
explorations of the dark side of hope. Tickets are $25. Discounted tickets
for students, seniors and military members are available.
Monday,
December 5th, 6:30 pm
Busboys
and Poets 14th and V
2021
14th St NW Washington, DC 20009
Join April Ryan, Joy-Ann Reid, Mary Frances Berry,
Wes Moore, Cornell Belcher, and Avis Jones DeWeever for the fourth in an
ongoing series of discussions focusing on race in America. Event is free.
Tuesday, December 6th, 12:00 pm-1:30 pm
Library of Congress-Whittall Pavilion, Thomas
Jefferson Building
101 Independence Ave SE, Washington, DC 20540
Michael Signer will discuss and sign his new book
Becoming Madison: The Extraordinary Origins of the Least Likely Founding Father
(Public Affairs, 2015). Cosponsored with the Law Library.
Saturday,
December 10th, 10:30 am-12:00 pm
The
Writer’s Center
4508
Walsh St, Chevy Chase, MD 20815
Join
us for a free information session on our Memoir Year Program. Starting February
2, serious memoirists who have completed a draft of their memoir or nonfiction
will have the opportunity to workshop their entire manuscript over the
course of a year. Event is free.
Sunday,
December 11th, 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
The
Writer’s Center
4508
Walsh St, Chevy Chase, MD 20815
Poets
Walter Cybulski, author of Nothing to Say and Saying It, and
Piotr Gwiazda, who reads from his recently published third collection, Aspects
of Strangers, are joined by The Writer’s Center Undiscovered Voices
Fellowship 2014 recipient, Caitlin Reid. She has earned several scholarships to
continue her education, including The Gettysburg Review Writer’s Conference and
a Murphy Writing Seminar in Wales. Event is free.
Monday,
December 12th, 7:30 pm
Folger
Shakespeare Library
201
E Capitol St SE, Washington, DC 20003
Co-sponsored
with the Poetry Society of America
“The
surfaces of a Tracy K. Smith poem are beautiful and serene, but underneath,
there is always a sense of an unknown vastness. Her poems take the risk of
inviting us to imagine, as the poet does, what it is to travel in another
person’s
shoes.”
—Toi Derricotte
Tickets
are $15.
Tuesday,
December 13th, 7:00 pm-9:00 pm
Upshur
St. Books
827
Upshur St NW Washington, DC 20011
Paul
Freedman (Ten Restaurants that Changed America) and Robert Simonson (A Proper
Drink) are coming to Upshur Street Books for a moderated talk about the history
of fine dining and fine drinking in America. $6 tickets include a cocktail, the
perfect pairing for discussing fine fare and libations.
Wednesday,
December 14th, 7:30 pm-9:30 pm
Busboys
& Poets-Takoma
235
Carroll St NW, Washington, DC 20012
COME HEAR IT AT THE GRAPEVINE @
Busboys and Poets, Takoma SECOND WEDNESDAYS @ 7:30 PM! Tim Livengood and Noa Baum host The Grapevine
Spoken Word Series. Celebrate the timeless Art of Storytelling, with Truths,
Folktales, Rumors, and everything in between! $15 suggested Donation.
Thursday,
December 15th, 7:00 pm-8:30 pm
Upshur
St. Books
827
Upshur St NW Washington, DC 20011
Friday, December 16th, 6:00 pm-7:30 pm
Epicure Café
11104 Lee Highway Fairfax, VA 22030
Cathy Cruise received her MFA in creative writing
from George Mason University and her BA in English from Radford University. Her
fiction has appeared in American Fiction Volume 14, Blue Mesa Review, New
Virginia Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, and Phoebe. Event is free.
Friday, December 16th, 6:15 pm
Shakespeare Theater Company @ Sidney Harman Hall
610 F St NW, Washington, DC 20004
Bring one (or more) of your beloved children's books
and exchange them for new favorites. Light refreshments provided! This event is
a part of Family Week, seven days of free and low-cost programming that celebrates
The Secret Garden. Event is free with RSVP.
Saturday,
December 17th, 12:00 pm-5:00 pm
The
Writer’s Center
4508
Walsh St, Chevy Chase, MD 20815
On
this day 40 years ago, The Writer’s Center first opened its doors, and has been
inspiring and supporting an extraordinary community of writers ever since.
Celebrate with a day of readings, speed dating with editors (members
only), and a book fair. Workshop leaders and staff will be on hand to offer
advice and help you select gifts for all of the readers in your life. Stay for
birthday cake and a glass of holiday cheer! Event is free and open to all.
Sunday,
December 18th, 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
The
Writer’s Center
4508
Walsh St, Chevy Chase, MD 20815
Come
share your writing at open mic! Sign-up for readers starts at 1:30 and the
reading starts at 2:00. Event is free.
Sunday, December 18th, 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
The Writer’s Center
4508 Walsh St, Chevy Chase, MD 20815
Come share your writing at open mic! Sign-up for readers starts at 1:30 and the reading starts at 2:00. Event is free.
The Writer’s Center presents a reading and publication party
for Martin Galvin’s A Way to Home: New and Selected Poems (Poet’s Choice
Press). Poets Rod Jellema and Liz Hazen will read from the collection, and will
be joined by two of Galvin’s grandsons, Davis Galvin Curry and James Joseph
Curry.
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