Events Calendar
Friday
November 1
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm![](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/film-fest-300x240.jpg)
Authoring Advocacy: Bearing Witness in an Era of Mass Incarceration
Asian American Writers’ WorkshopSaturday
November 2
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm![New Approaches to Music Journalism event image](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/South-Side-Weekly_-New-Approaches-to-Music-Journalism-300x170.png)
South Side Weekly Workshop Series: New Approaches to Music Journalism
Experimental StationChicago, IL
Monday
November 4
12:30 pm – 1:50 pm![A Conversation With Chad Sweeney event image](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/A-conversation-with-Chad-Sweeney-300x170.png)
A conversation with Chad Sweeney
Room 109, Papadakis Integrated Science Building Philadelphia, PAMonday
November 4
7:00 pmMonday
November 4
7:00 pmWednesday
November 6
7:00 pm – 9:00 pmWednesday
November 6
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm!['Member When?: A Community Retelling of Downtown Durham event image](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Member-When__-A-Community-Retelling-of-Downtown-Durham-300x170.png)
‘Member When?: A Community Retelling of Downtown Durham
Full Frame Theatre Durham, NCThursday
November 7
5:30 pm – 7:30 pm![Race in the Public Dialogue, Boston Event](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Race-in-the-Public-Dialogue-Event-300x170.png)
Race in the Public Dialogue: Understanding Criminal Justice Reform
Museum of African American HistoryBoston, MA
Thursday
November 7
6:30 pm – 8:00 pm![Shahidul Alam, the renowned Bangladeshi photographer, writer, activist, and institution-builder and a Time magazine Person of the Year in 2018.](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/shahidul-alum-headshot-300x193.jpg)
Shahidul Alam, the renowned Bangladeshi photographer, writer, activist, and institution-builder and a Time magazine Person of the Year in 2018.
Shahidul Alam with Hari Kunzru
Rubin Museum of ArtFriday – Monday
November 8 – May 4
11:00 am – 5:00 pm![Shahidul Alam, the renowned Bangladeshi photographer, writer, activist, and institution-builder and a Time magazine Person of the Year in 2018.](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/shahidul-alum-headshot-300x193.jpg)
Shahidul Alam, the renowned Bangladeshi photographer, writer, activist, and institution-builder and a Time magazine Person of the Year in 2018.
Shahidul Alam at the Rubin Museum
Rubin Museum of ArtSunday
November 10
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm![The World We Live(d) In event image](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Spirit-and-Place-Festival_-The-World-We-Lived-In-300x170.png)
Spirit and Place Festival: The World We Live(d) In
JCC IndianapolisTuesday
November 12
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm![Layers of Constantinia are added to existing barrier infrastructure along the U.S. - Mexico border near Nogales, AZ, on February 4, 2019. Photo: Robert Bushell](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/border-fence-journalists-rights-training-e1578585717450-300x199.jpg)
Reporting at the Border: A Legal Training for Journalists
NBC7 – Telemundo San Diego San Diego, CAThursday
November 14
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm![PEN Women Photo](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/PEN-Women-Photo-e1569263230299-300x225.jpg)
Some PEN Women with guests Jennifer Clement, President of PEN International and author Maaza Mengiste. Photo by Sara Fruner.
2019 PEN America Women: New Work
PEN AmericaFriday
November 15
12:00 pm – 1:15 pm![Stanislav Aseyev](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Ukraine-Writer-300x169.jpg)
Empty Chair Day: Day of action to support Stanislav Aseyev
Russian Consulate GeneralMonday
November 18
6:30 pm – 8:30 pmWednesday
November 20
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm![Poetry Flash and PEN West co-present Marilyn Chin and Genny Lim event image](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Poetry-Flash-and-PEN-West-co-present-Marilyn-Chin-and-Genny-Lim-300x170.png)
PEN West and Poetry Flash co-present Marilyn Chin and Genny Lim
Moe’s Bookstore Berkeley, CAThursday
November 21
7:00 pm – 9:00 pmFriday
November 22
10:15 am – 11:15 amSaturday
November 23
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm![Miami Book Fair: The Power of the Press event image](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Miami-Book-Fair_-The-Power-of-the-Press-300x170.png)
Miami Book Fair: The Power of the Press
Room 3209 (Building 3, 2nd Floor) Miami Dade College Miami, FLSaturday
November 23
7:30 pm – 9:30 pmSunday
November 24
2:30 pm – 4:30 pm![](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Miami-BF-Four-Poets-Black-w_-Photos-Logos-300x170.png)