Book Events at SxSW Interactive

Posted on 02/22/2012 by

South by Southwest is just around the counter, and as usual, the Interactive portion of the festival has some great book events. Here’s a rundown of all the book-related panels and signings. Please see the full schedule at the SxSW Interactive website for complete details.

Friday, March 9th

2:00-2:20 p.m.: Newsjacking Reading

2:30-2:50 p.m.: Meaningful Use and Beyond Reading

2:35-2:50 p.m.: David Meerman Scott Book Signing

3:05-3:20 p.m.: Fred Trotter Book Signing

3:15-3:30 p.m.: Steve Rosenbaum Book Signing

3:30-3:50 p.m.: Unstuck Reading

3:45-4:00 p.m.: Krista Neher Book Signing

4:00-4:20 p.m.: The Accidental Creative Reading

4:00-4:15 p.m.: Gina Rudan Book Signing

4:05-4:20 p.m.: Noah Scalin Book Signing

4:35-4:50 p.m.: Todd Henry Book Signing

4:45-5:00 p.m.: David Eagleman Book Signing

4:45-5:00 p.m.: Sara Benincasa Book Signing

5:00-5:20 p.m.:  Uncertainty Reading

5:00-5:15 p.m.: Peter Bregman Reading

5:30-5:50 p.m.: Unleash Your Practical Genius Reading

Saturday, March 10th

9:30-9:50 a.m.: Digital Vertigo Reading

10:00-10:20 a.m.: 100 Things Designers Need to Know About People Reading

10:05-10:20 a.m.: Eve Blossom Book Signing

10:35-10:50 a.m.: Susan Weinschenk Signing

10:45-11:00 a.m.: Margot Bloomstein Book Signing

10:45-11:00 a.m.: Nilofer Merchant Book Signing

11:00-11:20 a.m.: Programming Social Applications Reading

11:30-11:50 a.m.: Likeable Social Media Reading

11:35-11:50 a.m.: Jonathan LeBlanc Book Signing

12:30-12:45 p.m.: Joe Pulizzi Book Signing

12:30-12:45 .m.: John Bradberry Book Signing

12:30-12:50 p.m.: Salary Tutor Reading

12:45-1:00 p.m.: John Hagel Book Signing

1:00-1:20 p.m.: A Creator’s Guide to Transmedia Storytelling Reading

3:30-3:50 p.m.: The Social Organization Reading

4:00-4:20 p.m.: Winning the Story Wars Reading

Sunday, March 11th

9:30-9:50 a.m.: Material Change Reading

10:00-10:20 a.m.: The Power of Unpopular Reading

11:00-11:20 a.m.: The Science of Habits Reading

11:30-11:50 a.m.: The Plugged-In Manager Reading

12:30-12:50 p.m.: The B2B Social Media Book Reading

1:00-1:20 p.m.: Roads to Power Reading

3:30-3:50 p.m.: Discardia Reading

4:00-4:20 p.m.: Oh, the Places You’ll End Up Hanging Around! Reading

Monday, March 12th

9:30-9:30 a.m.: 101 Social Media for Nonprofits Reading

10:00-10:20 a.m.: Get Bold: Using Social Media Reading

11:00-11:20 a.m.: Remember Anything Reading

11:30-11:50 a.m.: HOW Reading

12:30-12:50 p.m.: Kill the Company Reading

1:00-1:20 p.m.: All the Lesson! (From SciFi) Reading

3:30-3:50 p.m.: What Large Companies Can Learn from Startups Reading

4:00-4:20 p.m.: The Big Squeeze Reading

5:00-5:20 p.m.: The $100 Startup Reading

5:30-5:50 p.m.: Digital Leaders Are Made, Not Born, But How?! Reading

Tuesday, March 13th

9:30-9:50 a.m.: Creating Relationships That Matter Reading

10:00-10:20 a.m.: App Empire Reading

11:00-11:20 a.m.: Get Lucky Reading

11:30-11:50 a.m.: Your Best Just Got Better Reading

12:30-12:50 p.m.: Content is Currency Reading

1:00-1:20 p.m.: A Literacy for Creating What’s Next Reading

3:30-3:50 p.m.: Mobilizing Web Sites Reading

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Audition for Elizabeth: Heart of a King this Saturday

Posted on 02/02/2012 by

The Vortex is preparing for a new production: Elizabeth: Heart of a King. The play, written by  Lorella Loftus, is about the reign of Elizabeth I. There is an open casting call scheduled on Saturday, February 4th, at 1:15 p.m.

From the Vortex newsletter:

Auditions will take place on February 4 at The VORTEX. Auditions are open – 1:15pm-3:30pm. Please prepare a 1-minute classical monologue and resume. Headshot optional. Callbacks will take place on Sunday, February 5.

For further information contact Lorella Loftus at 512-771-3447 or lorellaloftus@gmail.com.

 

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AIPF Date Changed

Posted on 02/01/2012 by

Earlier this week, the governing board of the Austin International Poetry Festival (AIPF) announced a formal date change for the 20th Anniversary Festival. This year, the dates of the festival will be September 27th – 30th, 2012. The new AIPF website is slated to launch on February 18th.

For those who had already purchased plane tickets anticipating AIPF happening in April, please email api.airline@gmail.com for assistance. Please provide the following information:

Your Full Name

Cell Phone Number and/or e-mail address (International poets, please include the Country Code with your phone number)

Airline carrier

Flight Number(s)

Dates you are traveling

Would you like to attend the Festival in September?

The Board encourages anyone who has input about the date change to contact aipfinput@gmail.com.

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Help Support the Institution Theater

Posted on 01/22/2012 by

The Institution Theater, an improv comedy theater and school, has launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise $20,000 by February 16th.

The campaign is primarily designed to help fund costs for creating an actual theater space. Directors Tom Booker and Asaf Ronen want to convert a 2,500 square foot warehouse into a theater where they will house their 2012 season.

Your donation will also help to produce the four improv shows scheduled for 2012:

“Bad Girls In Plaid Skirts!” - a play with music set in the sixties about a Catholic Reform School that is going to need divine intervention in order to battle the City Zoning Commision and the Anti-Christ! (The Audience will determine which side the girls choose to determine the fate of the Universe!)

“Bye, Bye, Turdie! – The 90′s Grunge Rock Musical” - Turdie is a bored grunge rock superstar (think Cortney Love meets Neely O’Hara) who wants to end it all and broadcast her suicide on this new thing called the internet. Unfortunately she meets Brad, a member of the touring company of “Forever Plaid” and has feelings that she has never experienced before that causes her to question her life choices.

“Zombie & Juliet” - A modern day retelling of Shakespeare’s love story with a little bit of twist. This classic Boy Eats Girl tale answers the question, “Can a girl love a boy that just happens to be one of the Walking Dead?”

“The Love Show” - In 1969, a group of young actors filled with dreams and hope are inspired by the rock musical “Hair” to “Do something like “Hair” only better. You know?” And so they head up to a barn in upstate New York to set up a commune and create the “perfect rock musical.” Only the results are not quite what they expected.

Note that the project will only be funded if the entire $20,000 goal is reached by the 16th. This means that public support is crucial and that every little bit really does matter. Please consider making a donation here.

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Schedule for the UMBH Writer’s Festival

Posted on 01/14/2012 by

The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor in Belton, Texas, is having a literary festival running February 9-11. The keynote speakers are Susan E. Isaacs, Daniel Taylor, Susanna Childress, Brett Foster, and Al Haley.

The schedule began circulating last week, and is as follows:

Thursday, February 9

8:00 AM

REGISTRATION— LORD Conference Center

9:30 AM

POETRY READING

11:00 AM

FICTION READING

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM Lunch (LORD Conference Center)

2:00 PM Workshops (Limited)

POETRY with Susanna Childress

SPIRITUAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY with Susan E. Isaacs

4:00 PM

                SUSANNA CHILDRESS

LORD Conference Center, PAC

5:30 PM

DINNER—on your own

7:00 PM

                SUSAN E. ISAACS, George Memorial Nixon Lecture

LORD Conference Center, PAC

8:30 PM

OPEN MIC NIGHT, with coffee and dessert

LORD Conference Center, PAC

 

Friday, February 10

9:00 AM

POETRY READING

10:15 AM

FICTION READING

11:30 AM

POETRY READING

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM Lunch—LORD Conference Center, PAC

2:00 PM

                BRETT FOSTER

                                LORD Conference Center, PAC

3:30 PM

                DANIEL TAYLOR

                LORD Conference Center, PAC

5:00 PM

PERFORMING SCRIPTURE

                LORD Conference Center, PAC

6:00 PM

DINNER—On your own

7:00 PM  Gallery Showing

Saturday, February 11

9:00 AM – 11:00 AM Workshops (Limited)

SPIRITUAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY with Daniel Taylor

POETRY with Brett Foster

11:30 AM

INTERVIEW by Al Haley

LORD Conference Center, PAC

12:30 PM  Lunch—LORD Conference Center, PAC

The daytime events are all free, though there is a fee for the evening activities.

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RIP Reesa Brown

Posted on 01/13/2012 by

Austin has lost a literary treasure this week. Horror/science fiction author Reesa Brown passed away yesterday afternoon after a long battle with cancer.

Reesa had her first professional story sales in 2008, appearing in two anthologies: Triangulation: Taking Flight and Unspeakable Horror: From the Shadows of the Closet. Although her illness interfered with her ability to write and publish, she always kept up to as her health allowed, and leaves behind a number of pieces, including the Chrysalis project. Reesa also chronicled her cancer journey regularly, until she was too ill to do so.

In addition to her own projects, Reesa was an excellent editor and critic, who was always willing to help her friends develop their projects and careers. In addition to being a writer and supporter, she was a mother, ran a piercing shop, was a skilled poker player, and enjoyed dancing.

Reesa is survived by her daughter, stepson, husband, parents, step-parents, and brother.

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FronteraFest 2012 Schedule Now Available

Posted on 01/09/2012 by

FronteraFest 2012 is just one week away! This theatre event is one of the highlights of the Austin community. For information about Short Fringe (February 17th and 18th), please visit here. If longer fare is what  you’re looking for, the information for the Long Fringe can be found here. And if you can’t attend the festival, you can always make a donation to Hyde Park Theatre to help support FronteraFest and other great Austin events.

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