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May 16, 2013

Release Party JT Dockery’s ‘Despair Vol 1.’ Institute 193

Lexington KY Events Listings May 2013

On May 16, 2013 Institute 193 will host the release party for Despair, Vol. 1, a new book by the artist JT Dockery.

The event will also feature a musical performance by Dockery’s band The Smacks!, and a multi-media puppet performance by the Baltimore artists Eamon Espey and Lisa Krause titled “Ishi’s Brain.”

Start:	May 16, 2013 7:00 pm
End:	May 16, 2013 9:00 pm
Venue:	Institute 193
Address:	193 N. Limestone, Lexington, KY, 40507, United States

May 11, 2013

Books: William Heath, Al’s Bar

Book reading Lexington novelist May 2013

Lexington novelist William Heath reads excerpts from his newly published Devil Dancer 5pm at Al’s Bar.

Start:	May 11, 2013 5:00 pm
End:	May 11, 2013 5:00 pm
Venue:	Al's Bar
Phone:	(859) 309-2901
Address:	601 N Limestone St., Lexington, KY, 40508, United States

Carnegie Center Book Fair

While you are at Mayfest Arts Fair in Gratz Park, stop by the
Carnegie Center for signings and book sales by Kentucky authors.

If you are a Kentucky author interested in selling your book(s), please email
carnegiecenterlex.org.

Start:	May 11, 2013 11:00 am
End:	May 11, 2013 4:00 pm
Venue:	Carnegie Center
Address:	251 West Second Street, Lexington, KY, 40507, United States

May 10, 2013

Books: Erik Reece, Morris Book Shop

Books Lexington Kentucky Novelist May 2013

Erik Reece will discuss and sign his work The Embattled Wilderness at 6 pm, Morris Book Shop.

Start:	May 10, 2013 6:00 pm
End:	May 10, 2013 6:00 pm
Venue:	Morris Book Sop
Phone:	(859) 276-0494
Address:	882 E High St., Lexington, KY, 40502, United States

May 4, 2013

BOOKS: Joe Hill signs NOS4A2, Joseph Beth

This is a ticketed event. Line tickets are free and available with the purchase of NOS4A2, available April 30^th, at Joseph-Beth Booksellers. Vouchers for the book will be available Friday, March 8^th and will come with a line ticket.

Start:	May 4, 2013 7:00 pm
End:	May 4, 2013 7:00 pm
Venue:	Joseph Beth Booksellers
Address:	Lexington, KY, United States

April 29, 2013

Story SLAM!, Lexington Public Library

Can you tell a story in 5 minutes or less?

A Kentucky Storytelling Association Wandering Storytellers event presented in partnership with Lexington Public Library.

Intended Audience: Adults and older Teens.

Prizes.

Info 502-223-4523.

Start:	April 29, 2013 7:00 pm
End:	April 29, 2013 8:45 pm
Venue:	Lexington Public Library Farish Theatre
Address:	140 E. Main Street, Lexington, KY, 40507, United States

April 25, 2013

BOOKS: Frank X Walker, Joseph-Beth

Frank X Walker discusses and signs Turn Me Loose: The Unghosting of Medgar Evers

Poems take on the voices of Evers’s widow, Myrlie; his brother, Charles; his assassin, Byron De La Beckwith; and each of De La Beckwith’s two wives. Except for the book’s title, Turn Me Loose, which were his final words, Evers remains in this collection silent.

Start:	April 25, 2013 7:00 pm
End:	April 25, 2013 7:00 pm
Venue:	Joseph Beth Booksellers
Address:	Lexington, KY, United States

BOOKS: Frank X Walker, Joseph Beth

Start:	April 25, 2013 7:00 pm
End:	April 25, 2013 7:00 pm
Venue:	Joseph Beth Booksellers
Address:	161 Lexington Green Circle, Lexington, KY, 40503, United States

April 24, 2013

Kentucky Writers Day

Kentucky Writers’ Day is an annual event organized by the Kentucky Arts Council that celebrates the Commonwealth’s strong literary history. It is observed on the birth date of Kentucky native Robert Penn Warren, the first poet laureate of the United States and winner of three Pulitzer Prizes.

Lexington writer Frank X Walker will be officially inducted as Kentucky Poet Laureate in a public ceremony on Kentucky Writers’ Day at 10 a.m., April 24, in the Capitol Rotunda in Frankfort.

Date:

April 24, 2013

April 17, 2013

Holler Poets Series #59, Al’s Bar

Start:	April 17, 2013 8:00 pm
End:	April 17, 2013 8:00 pm
Venue:	Al's Bar
Address:	Lexington, KY, United States

April 9, 2013

Lit: KY Great Writers Series, Carnegie Center

Kentucky Great Writers Series at Carnegie Center

6:30 pm – Open Mic Sign-Ups (First Come, First Served)
7:00 pm – Open Mic (3-minute limit per reader)
7:30 pm – Featured Author Readings

Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Featuring readings by:
Lynnell Edwards

Kathleen Driskell

Frederick Smock

Start:	April 9, 2013 6:30 pm
End:	April 9, 2013 8:00 pm
Venue:	Carnegie Center of Lexington
Address:	251 West Second Street, Lexington, KY, 40507, United States

April 6, 2013

Books: Gurney Norman signs Ancient Creek, Morris Book Shop

Start:	April 6, 2013 5:30 pm
End:	April 6, 2013 5:30 pm
Venue:	Morris Book Shop
Address:	882 E. High Street, Lexington, KY, 40502, United States

April 1, 2013

Maurice Manning reading, Carrick House

Transylvania University English Professor and Writer in Residence Maurice Manning will give a poetry reading as part of this year’s Delcamp Visiting Writer Series.

Carrick Theater