Pittsburgh Lit Events August 30 - September 6

Sunday, August 30:

WEAVE FEATURED EVENT:
The Typewriter Girls Gone Biblical
Join the ever entertaining Typewriter Girls Cabaret for an evening of
burlesque dancing by The Bridge City Bombshells, magic by Mark Swindler,
readings by Sandra Beasley, Nancy Krygowski, and Sherrie Flick, and music
by Steve Pellegrino.
Howler's Coyote Cafe
4509 Liberty Ave Pittsburgh, PA (Bloomfield)
7:00pm - $5 - (412) 682-0320



Do you have a literary event you want to see listed on our calendar?
E-mail details to: joel.weavezine@gmail.com

Pittsburgh Lit Events THIS WEEKEND!!! August 29 - 30

Saturday, August 29:

WEAVE FEATURED EVENT:
Weave @The Sprout Fund's Hothouse
Come find Weave at The Sprout Fund’s 7th annual Hothouse summer benefit!
Walnut Capital’s Bakery Square development
Penn Ave & East Liberty Blvd Pittsburgh, PA (East Liberty)
9:00pm (7:00pm VIP) - $60 ($150 VIP) ($25 Students) - (412) 325-0646


Sunday, August 30:

The Typewriter Girls Gone Biblical
Join the ever entertaining Typewriter Girls Cabaret for an evening of
burlesque dancing by The Bridge City Bombshells, magic by Mark Swindler,
readings by Sandra Beasley, Nancy Krygowski, and Sherrie Flick, and music
by Steve Pellegrino.
Howler's Coyote Cafe
4509 Liberty Ave Pittsburgh, PA (Bloomfield)
7:00pm - $5 - (412) 682-0320



Do you have a literary event you want to see listed on our calendar?
E-mail details to: joel.weavezine@gmail.com

Weave Issue 03 Submission Deadline: Monday, August 31!

A reminder for all interested writers and artists: Weave's submission deadline
for Issue 03, due out in October, is this Monday, August 31, 2009.

Keep in mind our submission guidelines and submit today!

Pittsburgh Lit Events August 16 - 23

Sunday, August 16:

Carnegie Library Sunday Reading Series: Along These Rivers
Readings from Along These Rivers: Poetry & Photography from Pittsburgh.
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (Main Branch)
Quiet Reading Room, Main Floor
4400 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA (Oakland)
2:00pm - free – (412)622-3151


Tuesday, August 18:

Steel City Poetry Slam
Hosted by DJ Brewer
Local poets perform slam poetry
Shadow Lounge
972 Baum Blvd Pittsburgh, PA (East Liberty)
9:00pm(18+) - $5 - (412) 363-8277

WEAVE FEATURED EVENT:
The New Yinzer Presents
Join The New Yinzer for the kick-off of this year's season of TNYPresents featuring
the literary talents of Scott McClanahan, Cathy Day, Paco Mahone, and Weave
Co-Editor Laura Davis, along with musical guest, Justin Andrew.
ModernFormations
4919 Penn Ave Pittsburgh, PA (Lawrenceville)
8:00pm - $5 (free w/ pot luck contribution) - (412) 362-0274



Do you have a literary event you want to see listed on our calendar?
E-mail details to: joel.weavezine@gmail.com

Pittsburgh Lit Events August 10-16

Thursday, August 13:

The Moth - Building a Bridge: Stories From Both Sides
American Shorts presents The Moth in Pittsburgh. Hosted by The Daily
Show’s Tom Shillue, the cast for the evening includes Pittsburgh’s own
Terrance Hayes (poet and Guggenheim fellow), Boris Timanovsky (a
Moth regular), Stephanie Summerville (actress and singer) and local
musician Liz Hammond (aka UkuLizzy) who will serve as the evenings
timekeeper.
WYEP Community Broadcast Center
67 Bedford Sq Pittsburgh, PA (Southside)
7:00pm - $10 - (412)622-8866


Sunday, August 16:

Carnegie Library Sunday Reading Series: Along These Rivers
Readings from Along These Rivers: Poetry & Photography from Pittsburgh.
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (Main Branch)
Quiet Reading Room, Main Floor
4400 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA (Oakland)
2:00pm - free – (412)622-3151



Do you have a literary event you want to see listed on our calendar?
E-mail details to: joel.weavezine@gmail.com

Pittsburgh Lit Events August 2 - 9

Tuesday, August 4:

Prosody
91.3 WYEP Radio
7:00pm

Zine Collective Release Party
Celebration Zine Collective for Teens' first issue of Closet Culture
Joseph-Beth Booksellers
2705 E Carson St Pittsburgh, PA (South Side)
7:00pm - free - (412) 462-5743


Wednesday, August 5:

Warhol-o-rama
Presentation by Warhol-o-rama author Peter Oresick
Greentree Public Library
10 W Manilla Ave, Pittsburgh, PA (Greentree)
7:00pm - free - (412)921-9292


Thursday, August 6:

Shilpa Agarwal Reading
Fox Chapel native Shilpa Agarwal will discuss her new book "Haunting
Bombay," recipient of a starred review in Library Journal and the First
Words Literary Prize for South Asian Writers.
Lauri Ann West Memorial Library
1220 Powers Run Rd Pittsburgh, PA (O'Hara)
7:00pm - free- (412) 828-9520


Saturday, August 8:

Chatham Summer Reisdency Reading
feat Kathleen George & Ann Fisher-Wirth
Chatham University
Woodland Rd Pittsburgh, PA (Shadyside)
7:30pm - free - (412) 365-1100

Arefa's Espresso Poetry Reading
feat Jill Khoury & Kherry McKay
Arefa's Espresso
5827 Forbes Ave Pittsburgh, PA (Squirrel Hill)
8:00pm - free - (412) 436-0908


Sunday, August 9:

Chatham Summer Reisdency Reading
feat Sheryl St Germain & Pamela Stover
Chatham University
Woodland Rd Pittsburgh, PA (Shadyside)
time? - free - (412) 365-1100

WEAVE FEATURED EVENT!
Autumn House Master Authors Reading Series
feat Phillip Terman & Judith Vollmer
Kiva Han
410 S Craig St Pittsburgh, PA (Oakland)
2:30pm - free - (412) 687-6355



Do you have a literary event you want to see listed on our calendar?
E-mail details to: joel.weavezine@gmail.com