Events Calendar
Wednesday
April 3
7:00 pm – 9:00 pmWorks of Justice: Publishing Power—Liberating Great Work
Housing Works Bookstore CafeNew York, NY
Thursday
April 4
12:00 pm – 2:00 pmThursday
April 4
7:00 pmThursday
April 4
7:00 pmThursday
April 4
7:00 pm – 9:00 pmMagic City Poetry Festival Kickoff: MLK Day of Remembrance
Spencer Honors House at UABThursday – Tuesday
April 4 – April 16
7:00 pm – 9:00 pmPEN America at the 2019 Magic City Poetry Festival
Birmingham, ALSunday
April 7
2:00 pm – 3:15 pm2019 PEN/Hemingway Award Ceremony
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and MuseumSunday
April 7
2:00 pm – 4:00 pmCommunity Open Mic Poetry Readings
Desert Island Supply CompanyBirmingham, AL
Tuesday – Wednesday
April 9 – April 10
9:00 am – 12:00 pmFree Speech, Hate Speech, and the Future of Campus Community at the University of Minnesota
University of MinnesotaTuesday
April 9
7:00 pm – 9:00 pmPEN Out Loud: Julia Alvarez and Elizabeth Acevedo
CUNY Graduate Center: Proshansky AuditoriumWednesday
April 10
7:00 pm – 10:00 pmIn Translation: Reading and Discussion
Alabama School of Fine Arts Lecture HallThursday
April 11
7:30 pm – 9:00 pmHeid E. Erdrich And Sly Alley
Oklahoma State University-Tulsa AuditoriumFriday
April 12
3:30 pm – 5:00 pmHow to Snag a Story (or Poem) with Heid Erdrich
Oklahoma State University-Tulsa, Tulsa RoomSaturday – Sunday
April 13 – April 14
10:00 am – 5:00 pmPEN America at the 2019 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
University of Southern CaliforniaSaturday
April 13
11:00 am – 1:00 pmSaturday
April 13
1:00 pm – 3:00 pmSouth Side Weekly Workshop Series: Feature Writing
Experimental StationChicago, IL
Saturday
April 13
3:00 pm – 5:00 pmPEN West—Left Margin LIT Celebration of Poetry
Left Margin LITSunday
April 14
6:00 pm – 8:00 pmA Screening of “BaddDDD Sonia Sanchez”
Homewood Public LibrarySunday
April 14
7:00 pm – 9:00 pmTuesday
April 16
7:00 pm – 9:00 pmAn Evening With Sonia Sanchez
Health Sciences Building 129, Multipurpose Room, Jefferson State Community CollegeWednesday
April 17
6:30 pmWednesday
April 17
7:00 pmWednesday
April 17
7:00 pm – 9:00 pmDefending Against Online Harassment—LA
Santa Monica CollegeThursday
April 18
6:00 pm – 8:00 pmDefending Against Online Harassment—LA
Los Angeles City CollegeSaturday
April 20
1:00 pm – 3:00 pmSouth Side Weekly Workshop Series: Collecting Oral Histories
Experimental StationChicago, IL
Saturday
April 20
7:00 pm – 9:00 pmUndocumented: Great Lakes Poets Laureate on Social Justice
Circle City Industrial ComplexTuesday
April 23
2:00 pm – 3:30 pmWednesday
April 24
6:00 pm – 8:00 pmLos Angeles Book Club: The Poet X
Blu Elefant CafeWednesday
April 24
7:00 pmFriday
April 26
7:00 pm – 9:00 pmPEN Out Loud: Viet Thanh Nguyen and Maaza Mengiste
Strand Book StoreNew York, NY
Friday
April 26
8:00 pm – 10:00 pmSaturday
April 27
11:30 am – 5:00 pmPEN America at The Believer Festival
Sixth and BonnevilleSaturday
April 27
1:00 pm – 3:00 pmSouth Side Weekly Workshop Series: Comics Journalism
Experimental StationChicago, IL
Saturday
April 27
7:30 pm – 10:30 pmThe 2019 Emerging Voices at The Virgil
The VirgilSunday
April 28
4:00 pm – 6:00 pmWorld Press Freedom Day: Birmingham, AL
Freedom HouseMonday
April 29
6:00 pm – 7:30 pmA Conversation On Trauma-Informed Immigration Reporting
Chicago Headline ClubTuesday
April 30
6:30 pm – 8:30 pmBoundaries and Borders: The City
The Dallas Institute of Humanities and CultureDallas, TX