Tuesday, December 21:
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, December 22:
Prosody
91.3 WYEP Radio
7:00pm
Do you have a literary event you want to see listed on our calendar?
E-mail details to: joel.weavezine@gmail.com
December 20, 2010
December 13, 2010
Pittsburgh Lit Events: December 13 - 19
Tuesday, December 14:
Toys for Naughty Kids Event
Area poetry fixture Jimmy Cvetic reads to support a holiday toy drive.
Mitchell's
304 Ross St Pittsburgh, PA (downtown)
7:30pm - bring a new toy or $10 - (412) 471-3663
Release: Open Mic
Open Mic for poets, emcees and vocalists.
Shadow Lounge
972 Baum Blvd Pittsburgh, PA (East Liberty)
9:00pm(18+) - $5 - (412) 363-8277
Wednesday, December 15:
Prosody
91.3 WYEP Radio
7:00pm
Thursday, December 16:
Pittsburgh Writes
Weekly writers workshop.
Crazy Mocha Coffee
531 Beaver Street Sewickley, PA
Call for time - (412) 741-4444
Do you have a literary event you want to see listed on our calendar?
E-mail details to: joel.weavezine@gmail.com
Toys for Naughty Kids Event
Area poetry fixture Jimmy Cvetic reads to support a holiday toy drive.
Mitchell's
304 Ross St Pittsburgh, PA (downtown)
7:30pm - bring a new toy or $10 - (412) 471-3663
Release: Open Mic
Open Mic for poets, emcees and vocalists.
Shadow Lounge
972 Baum Blvd Pittsburgh, PA (East Liberty)
9:00pm(18+) - $5 - (412) 363-8277
Wednesday, December 15:
Prosody
91.3 WYEP Radio
7:00pm
Thursday, December 16:
Pittsburgh Writes
Weekly writers workshop.
Crazy Mocha Coffee
531 Beaver Street Sewickley, PA
Call for time - (412) 741-4444
Sunday, December 19:
Carnegie Library Sunday Reading Series
The Carnegie Library’s Sunday Poetry Reading Series hosts a featured reading by Holly Coleman.
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (Main Branch)
Quiet Reading Room, Main Floor
4400 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA (Oakland)
2:00pm - free – (412)622-3151
The Carnegie Library’s Sunday Poetry Reading Series hosts a featured reading by Holly Coleman.
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
December 6, 2010
Pittsburgh Lit Events: December 6 - 12
Monday, December 6:
Free Poetry Workshop
Pittsburgh Poetry Exchange hosts open poetry workshop on the first Monday
of each month. Call for details.
Borders Books - Eastside
5986 Penn Circle South Pittsburgh, PA (East Liberty)
7:00pm - free - (412) 481-7636
Authors Night - Three Greenfield Poets
Area poets Nancy Krygowski, Richard St. John, and Jonathan Loucks read.
Greenfield Presbyterian Chruch
3929 Coleman St Greenfield, PA
7:30pm - free - (412) 422-3199
Drue Heinz Lecture Series - Lee Child
Lee Child, author of the Jack Reacher novels, speaks in Pittsburgh.
Carnegie Music Hall
4400 Forbes Ave Pittsburgh, PA (Oakland)
7:30pm - $35+ - (412) 622-8866
Tuesday, December 7:
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
Release: Open Mic
Open Mic for poets, emcees and vocalists.
Shadow Lounge
972 Baum Blvd Pittsburgh, PA (East Liberty)
9:00pm(18+) - $5 - (412) 363-8277
Wednesday, December 8:
Prosody
91.3 WYEP Radio
7:00pm
Thursday, December 9:
Pittsburgh Writes
Weekly writers workshop.
Crazy Mocha Coffee
531 Beaver Street Sewickley, PA
Call for time - (412) 741-4444
Do you have a literary event you want to see listed on our calendar?
E-mail details to: joel.weavezine@gmail.com
Free Poetry Workshop
Pittsburgh Poetry Exchange hosts open poetry workshop on the first Monday
of each month. Call for details.
Borders Books - Eastside
5986 Penn Circle South Pittsburgh, PA (East Liberty)
7:00pm - free - (412) 481-7636
Authors Night - Three Greenfield Poets
Area poets Nancy Krygowski, Richard St. John, and Jonathan Loucks read.
Greenfield Presbyterian Chruch
3929 Coleman St Greenfield, PA
7:30pm - free - (412) 422-3199
Drue Heinz Lecture Series - Lee Child
Lee Child, author of the Jack Reacher novels, speaks in Pittsburgh.
Carnegie Music Hall
4400 Forbes Ave Pittsburgh, PA (Oakland)
7:30pm - $35+ - (412) 622-8866
Tuesday, December 7:
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
Release: Open Mic
Open Mic for poets, emcees and vocalists.
Shadow Lounge
972 Baum Blvd Pittsburgh, PA (East Liberty)
9:00pm(18+) - $5 - (412) 363-8277
Wednesday, December 8:
Prosody
91.3 WYEP Radio
7:00pm
Thursday, December 9:
Pittsburgh Writes
Weekly writers workshop.
Crazy Mocha Coffee
531 Beaver Street Sewickley, PA
Call for time - (412) 741-4444
Do you have a literary event you want to see listed on our calendar?
E-mail details to: joel.weavezine@gmail.com
November 29, 2010
Pittsburgh Lit Events: Nov 30 - Dec 4
Tuesday, November 30:
Hungry Sphinx Reading Series
Wednesday, December 1:
Prosody
91.3 WYEP Radio
7:00pm
Thursday, November 4:
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 Weave Fiction Editor Bridgette Shade!
Sphinx Cafe
401 Atwood St Pittsburgh, PA (Oakland)
8:00pm - free - (412) 621-1153
room of the Sphinx Hookah Cafe. Featured readers Weave Fiction Editor Bridgette Shade!
Sphinx Cafe
401 Atwood St Pittsburgh, PA (Oakland)
8:00pm - free - (412) 621-1153
Wednesday, December 1:
Prosody
91.3 WYEP Radio
7:00pm
Thursday, November 4:
Pittsburgh Writes
Weekly writers workshop.
Crazy Mocha Coffee
531 Beaver Street Sewickley, PA
Call for time - (412) 741-4444
Friday, December 3:
Chatham MFA Reading Series
In conjunction with Unblurred First Fridays on Penn, selected readers from Chatham's MFA program read, followed by an open mic.
Most Wanted Fine Art Gallery
5015 Penn Ave Pittsburgh, PA (Lawrenceville)
6:00pm - free - (412) 328-4737
Gist Street Reading Series
Pittsburgh's world-renowned reading series welcomes Jericho Brown (poetry) and Holly Goddard Jones (fiction) for its FINAL reading ever.
James Simon Sculpture Studio (3rd floor)
305 Gist St Pittsburgh, PA (Uptown)
8:00pm – $10 - (412) 434-5629
Weekly writers workshop.
Crazy Mocha Coffee
531 Beaver Street Sewickley, PA
Call for time - (412) 741-4444
Friday, December 3:
Chatham MFA Reading Series
In conjunction with Unblurred First Fridays on Penn, selected readers from Chatham's MFA program read, followed by an open mic.
Most Wanted Fine Art Gallery
5015 Penn Ave Pittsburgh, PA (Lawrenceville)
6:00pm - free - (412) 328-4737
Gist Street Reading Series
Pittsburgh's world-renowned reading series welcomes Jericho Brown (poetry) and Holly Goddard Jones (fiction) for its FINAL reading ever.
James Simon Sculpture Studio (3rd floor)
305 Gist St Pittsburgh, PA (Uptown)
8:00pm – $10 - (412) 434-5629
Solitude: Poetry Readings and Discussion
An evening of poetry readings and discussion in response to the gallery exhibit "Solitude"
Christine Frechard Gallery
5871 Forbes Ave Pittsburgh, PA (Squirrel Hill)
7:00pm - free
Saturday, December 4:
PDA: Performing Dangerous Art or Public Displays of Affection
ArtDimensions will present an array of performing arts
including readings from Pittsburgh poets Bernadette Ulsamer and Daniel Friedson
Istanbul Grille
634 Liberty Ave Pittsburgh, PA (Lawrenceville)
7:00pm - $8
Book Release: The Lake Has No Saint by Stacey Waite
Free food and drink. Book signing. Sponsored by Carlow University's Madwomen, U. of Pitt's Women Studies Program, the Pittsburgh City Paper and WYEP-FM.
WYEP-FM Community Broadcast Center
67 Bedford Square Pittsburgh, PA (South Side)
7:30pm - free
Do you have a literary event you want to see listed on our calendar?
E-mail details to: joel.weavezine@gmail.com
E-mail details to: joel.weavezine@gmail.com
November 1, 2010
Pittsburgh Lit Events: November 1 - 7
Tuesday, November 2:
Carnegie Mellon University Press Poetry Reading
John Hoppenthaler, author of Lives of Water (Carnegie Mellon Univ Press, 2003) and Anticipate the Coming Reservoir (2008), and Heather Hartley, Knock Knock (CMU Press, 2010) appear in Pittsburgh to help celebrate 35 years of Carnegie Mellon University Press.
Chatham University
Beckwith Lecture Room, Buhl Hall
Woodland Rd Pittsburgh, PA (Shadyside)
8:00pm - free - (412) 365-1274
Release: Open Mic
Open Mic for poets, emcees and vocalists.
Shadow Lounge
972 Baum Blvd Pittsburgh, PA (East Liberty)
9:00pm(18+) - $5 - (412) 363-8277
Wednesday, November 3:
Prosody
91.3 WYEP Radio
7:00pm
Thursday, November 4:
Carnegie Mellon University Press Poetry Reading
John Hoppenthaler, author of Lives of Water (Carnegie Mellon Univ Press, 2003) and Anticipate the Coming Reservoir (2008), and Heather Hartley, Knock Knock (CMU Press, 2010) appear in Pittsburgh to help celebrate 35 years of Carnegie Mellon University Press.
Chatham University
Beckwith Lecture Room, Buhl Hall
Woodland Rd Pittsburgh, PA (Shadyside)
8:00pm - free - (412) 365-1274
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 - (412) 621-1153
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 - (412) 621-1153
Open Mic for poets, emcees and vocalists.
Shadow Lounge
972 Baum Blvd Pittsburgh, PA (East Liberty)
9:00pm(18+) - $5 - (412) 363-8277
Wednesday, November 3:
Prosody
91.3 WYEP Radio
7:00pm
Thursday, November 4:
Pittsburgh Writes
Weekly writers workshop.
Crazy Mocha Coffee
531 Beaver Street Sewickley, PA
Call for time - (412) 741-4444
Carnegie Mellon University Press 35th Anniversary Reading
Poets Dzvinia Orlowsky, Convertible Night, Flurry of Stones (CMU Press, 2008), and James Harms, After West (CMU Press, 2008), read in celebration of 35 years of CMU Press.
Weekly writers workshop.
Crazy Mocha Coffee
531 Beaver Street Sewickley, PA
Call for time - (412) 741-4444
Carnegie Mellon University Press 35th Anniversary Reading
Poets Dzvinia Orlowsky, Convertible Night, Flurry of Stones (CMU Press, 2008), and James Harms, After West (CMU Press, 2008), read in celebration of 35 years of CMU Press.
Adamson Auditorium, Baker Hall
5000 Forbes Ave Pittsburgh, PA (Oakland)
7:00pm - free - (412) 365-1274
Pitt Contemporary Writers Series: Kimiko Hahn
Kimiko Hahn, author of poetry books including Narrow Road to the Interior (W. W. Norton, 2006), and Toxic Flora (W. W. Norton, 2010), reads at the University of Pittsburgh.
University of Pittsburgh
Frick Fine Arts Building - Room 125
650 Schenley Dr Pittsburgh, PA (Oakland)
8:30pm - free - (412) 624-4125
Kimiko Hahn, author of poetry books including Narrow Road to the Interior (W. W. Norton, 2006), and Toxic Flora (W. W. Norton, 2010), reads at the University of Pittsburgh.
University of Pittsburgh
Frick Fine Arts Building - Room 125
650 Schenley Dr Pittsburgh, PA (Oakland)
8:30pm - free - (412) 624-4125
Friday, November 5:
Chatham MFA Reading Series
In conjunction with Unblurred First Fridays on Penn, selected readers from Chatham's MFA program read, followed by an open mic.
Most Wanted Fine Art Gallery
5015 Penn Ave Pittsburgh, PA (Lawrenceville)
6:00pm - free - (412) 328-4737
Gist Street Reading Series
Pittsburgh's world-renowned reading series welcomes Sharon Dolin (poetry) and Lori Ostlund (fiction) for its second-to-final reading ever.
James Simon Sculpture Studio (3rd floor)
305 Gist St Pittsburgh, PA (Uptown)
8:00pm – $10 - (412) 434-5629
Chatham MFA Reading Series
In conjunction with Unblurred First Fridays on Penn, selected readers from Chatham's MFA program read, followed by an open mic.
Most Wanted Fine Art Gallery
5015 Penn Ave Pittsburgh, PA (Lawrenceville)
6:00pm - free - (412) 328-4737
Gist Street Reading Series
Pittsburgh's world-renowned reading series welcomes Sharon Dolin (poetry) and Lori Ostlund (fiction) for its second-to-final reading ever.
James Simon Sculpture Studio (3rd floor)
305 Gist St Pittsburgh, PA (Uptown)
8:00pm – $10 - (412) 434-5629
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