2009-10 Events Calendar

FALL 2009

November

Poets KATE GREENSTREET, ELIZABYTH A. HISCOX
DOUGLAS S. JONES & ROSE SWARTZ
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Public Reading, 7 p.m.
Changing Hands Bookstore
26428 S. McClintock Dr., Tempe

Author CAITLIN HORROCKS
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Public Reading, 7:45 p.m.
Piper Writers House - ASU Tempe Campus

WORKSHOP: "LANUAGE AS LENS: SEEING ART THROUGH POETRY"
Thursday, November 5, 2009
with Mark Haunschild
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
7374 E 2nd St, Scottsdale

FIRST FRIDAY POETRY
Featuring Geraldine Connolly and Rita Maria Magdaleno
Friday, November 6, 2009, 7 p.m.
Changing Hands Bookstore
26428 S. McClintock Dr., Tempe

Author BARBARA KINGSOLVER
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Public Reading, 7 p.m.
Marcos De Niza High School Auditorium
6000 S Lakeshore Dr, Tempe

WORKSHOP: "LANUAGE AS LENS: SEEING ART THROUGH POETRY"
Thursday, November 12, 2009
with Mark Haunschild
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
7374 E 2nd St, Scottsdale

Author CAROL ANN BASSETT
Monday, November 30, 2009
Public Reading, 7 p.m.
Pima Auditorium (Room 230) - ASU Memorial Union

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December

STRAY CAT THEATRE presents
Speech and Debate by Stephen Karem
December 4-19, 2009
Tempe Performing Arts Center
132 E. 6th St., Tempe

FIRST FRIDAY POETRY
Featuring Patricia Murphy
Friday, December 11, 2009, 7 p.m.
Changing Hands Bookstore
26428 S. McClintock Dr., Tempe

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SPRING 2010

January

An Evening with Visiting Canadian Fulbright RISHMA DUNLOP
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Reception, 6 pm
Reading and Q&A, 7 p.m.
University Club - ASU Tempe Campus

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February

Poet R. DWAYNE BETTS
February 3 or 4, 2010
Public Craft Q&A. Time TBA
Piper Writers House - ASU Tempe Campus

STRAY CAT THEATRE presents
The Play About the Naked Guy by David Bell
February 12-27, 2010
Tempe Performing Arts Center
132 E. 6th St., Tempe

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March

DISTINGUISHED VISITING WRITERS SERIES
Novelist FRANCINE PROSE
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Reading and Booksigning, 7 p.m.
Phoenix Art Museum - Whiteman Hall
Public Craft Q&A - TBA

DISTINGUISHED VISITING WRITERS SERIES
Poet BOB HICOK
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Reading and Booksigning, 7:30 p.m.
Recital Hall
School of Music Building - ASU Tempe Campus
Public Craft Q&A - TBA

DISTINGUISHED VISITING WRITERS SERIES
Author CHARLES D'AMBROSIO
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Reading and Booksigning, 7:30 p.m.
Pima Auditorium (Room 230) - ASU Memorial Union
Public Craft Q&A - TBA

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April

Author and Filmmaker ETGAR KERET
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Public Lecture, 1:30 p.m.
"On Writing and Filmmaking in Israel: From the Bizarre to the Surreal"
Piper Writers House - ASU Tempe Campus

STRAY CAT THEATRE presents
12th Night of the Living Dead by Brian MacInnis Smallwood
April 16 - May 8, 2010
Tempe Performing Arts Center
132 E. 6th St., Tempe

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PAST EVENTS

September

DISTINGUISHED VISITING WRITERS SERIES
Poet & Author STEPHEN DOBYNS
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Public Craft Q&A, 1-2 p.m.
Piper Writers House - ASU Tempe Campus
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Reading and Booksigning, 7:30 p.m.
Pima Auditorium (Room 230) - ASU Memorial Union

STRAY CAT THEATRE presents
Blackbird by David Harrower
September 25 - October 1-10, 2009
Tempe Performing Arts Center
132 E. 6th St., Tempe

October

Author DIANA GABALDON
Friday, October 2, 2009
Public Reading and Booksigning, 7 p.m.
Changing Hands Bookstore
26428 S. McClintock Dr., Tempe

Poet ANDREI CODRESCU
Friday, October 2, 2009
Public Lecture, 5 p.m.
Mercado, Building C, Rooms C340/C350
ASU Downtown Campus

Novelist and Poet LESLIE MARMON SILKO
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Author Talk and Booksigning, 10 a.m.
Labriola Center, Hayden Library - ASU Tempe Campus
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Lecture on Land, Culture, and Community, 7 p.m.
Heard Museum - 2301 N. Central Ave, Phoenix

Author SARAH VOWELL
Monday, October 12, 2009
Public Reading and Booksigning, 7 p.m.
Changing Hands Bookstore
26428 S. McClintock Dr., Tempe

DISTINGUISHED VISITING WRITERS SERIES
Poet KIMIKO HAHN & Author HAROLD SCHECHTER
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Public Craft Q&A with Harold Schechter, Noon-1 p.m.
Public Craft Q&A with Kimiko Hahn, 1:30-2:30 p.m.
Piper Writers House - ASU Tempe Campus
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Reading and Booksigning, 7:30 p.m.
Ventana A Room (Room 241A) *NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE*
Memorial Union - ASU Tempe Campus

APPLYING TO MFA PROGRAMS
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Presented by Peter Turchi, 11 a.m.
Language & Literature Building, Room 316 - ASU Tempe Campus

WORKSHOP: "NEW WRITING FROM REAL LIFE: POSSIBILITIES AND PITFALLS"
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
with Lori Pfeiffer, 6:30 p.m.
Changing Hands Bookstore
26428 S. McClintock Dr., Tempe

Poet ELIZABYTH A. HISCOX
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Public Reading, 7:30 p.m.
Casa Libre en la Solana
228 N. 4th Ave, Tucson, AZ

ASU's CREATIVE WRITING 25TH ANNIVERSARY DISPLAY
October 24 - December 17, 2009
Hayden Library - ASU Tempe Campus

WORKSHOP: "HOW TO BUILD A HOME FOR YOUR STORIES"
Sunday, October 25, 2009
with Tania Katan, 10 a.m.
40th St. and McDowell, Phoenix

WORKSHOP: "WHAT'S YOUR POINT OF VIEW"
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
with alumna Plynn Gutman, 6:30 p.m.
Changing Hands Bookstore
26428 S. McClintock Dr., Tempe

Poet LAURA TOHE
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Superstition Review Reading Series
Public Reading, 4 p.m.
Amphitheatre, ASU Polytechnic Campus
7291 E. Sonoran Arroyo Mall, Mesa, AZ

ASU HOMECOMING
Saturday, October 31, 2009
CLAS Block Party, 9 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Piper Writers House - ASU Tempe Campus
Click here for information on CLAS homecoming activities

Click here for the Department of English Events Calendar

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