Pittsburgh Lit Events: September 20 - 26

Monday, September 20:

Drue Heinz Lecture Series - Annie BarrowsAnnie Barrows, author of The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Society (Random House, 2009), speaks in Pittsburgh.
Carnegie Music Hall
4400 Forbes Ave Pittsburgh, PA (Oakland)
7:30pm - $35+ - (412) 622-8866

Tuesday, September 21:

Hungry Sphinx Reading Series
Weekly poetry and fiction series featuring area students and writers fills the upper
room of the Sphinx Hookah Cafe. Featured readers TBA.
Sphinx Cafe
401 Atwood St Pittsburgh, PA (Oakland)
8:00pm - free - (421) 621-1153

5AM Magazine Benefit Reading
5AM Magazine presents a special reading by Jan Beatty, Lori Jakiela, Dave Newman, Michael Wurster, and 5AM editors Ed Ochester & Judith Vollmer. Cover charge includes issue of the magazine.Hemingway’s Cafe
3911 Forbes Ave Pittsburgh, PA (Oakland)
8:00pm – $5 – (412)621-4100

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

Wednesday, September 22:

Prosody
91.3 WYEP Radio
7:00pm


Thursday, September 23:

Pittsburgh Writes
Weekly writers workshop.
Crazy Mocha Coffee
531 Beaver Street Sewickley, PA
Call for time - (412) 741-4444


Friday, September 24:

Margaret Menamin Tribute Reading
Jay Carson and Judith Robinson read from the late Margaret Menamin's Wayfarer.
Borders EastSide
5986 Penn Circle S Pittsburgh, PA (East Liberty)
6:30pm - free
The Fourth River Release Party
The Fourth River, an annual literary magazine published by Chatham's MFA program, celebrates the release of its newest issue.
Woodland Hall, Chatham University
Woodland Rd Pittsburgh, PA (Shadyside)
7:00pm - $5 - (412) 417-0374
The New Yinzer Presents: SPF Edition
The New Yinzer hosts a night of great writers to kick-off Pittsburgh's Small Press Festival. Feat. readers Noel Sloboda, Micah Ling, and Chris Bowen.
The Beehive Coffeehouse & Dessertery
1327 E Carson St Pittsburgh, PA (Southside)
7:00pm - free

Saturday, September 25:
WEAVE FEATURED EVENT!
Pittsburgh Small Press Festival Expo 2010 (Day 1)Open Thread presents the SPF Expo 2010 featuring small presses and vendors, panels, workshops, food, and multimedia events. Come find Weave's Table at the SPF Expo and say hello!
Artist Image Resource Center (AIR)
518 Foreland St Pittsburgh, PA (East Allegheny)
12:00pm to 5:00pm - free
WEAVE FEATURED EVENT!
Weave's After (SPF) Party
In celebration of Pittsburgh's Small Press Festival, Weave will host an After (SPF) Party and fundraiser to debut Issue 04 and celebrate all things literary! Readings by Rae Bryant, Karla Huebner, Salvatore Pane and Ellen McGrath Smith, along with the performance of "The Elevator Mystique", a one-act play by Cassandra Lewis. The event will also feature raffle prizes, drink specials and performances by Erika May, Brian Francis, Robert Isenberg and many others! Music by DJ Randy Spinster. And of course, the bar is only a short walk from the stage.
Remedy Bar and Lounge
5121 Butler St Pittsburgh, PA (Lawrenceville)
9:00pm - free - (412) 781-6771


Sunday, September 26:
WEAVE FEATURED EVENT!
Pittsburgh Small Press Festival Expo 2010 (Day 2)Open Thread presents the SPF Expo 2010 featuring small presses and vendors, panels, workshops, food, and multimedia events. Come find Weave's Table at the SPF Expo and say hello!
Artist Image Resource Center (AIR)
518 Foreland St Pittsburgh, PA (East Allegheny)
12:00pm to 5:00pm - free




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