Literary
A ZOOM Conversation with Author Adam Zmith
Virtual Event via ZoomJoin us on Tuesday, February 1, 2022 at 6:30 pm for a ZOOM conversation with author Adam Zmith. Presented in conversation with SNMA Executive Director Hunter O’Hanian, Adam will discuss his latest book, Deep Sniff: A History of Poppers and Queer Futures. The event is free, open to the public, and conducted via ZOOM. Upon …
A ZOOM Conversation with Author Sarah Schulman
Virtual Event via ZoomJoin us on Tuesday, February 8, 2022 at 6:30 pm for a ZOOM conversation with author Sarah Schulman. Presented in conversation with SNMA Executive Director Hunter O’Hanian, Sarah will discuss his latest book, LET THE RECORD SHOW: A Political History of ACT UP, New York 1987-1993. The event is free, open to the public, and …
A ZOOM Conversation with Author and Historian Jeffrey H. Jackson
Virtual Event via ZoomJoin us on Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at 6:30 pm for a ZOOM conversation with author and historian Jeffrey H. Jackson. Presented in conversation with SNMA Executive Director Hunter O’Hanian, Jackson will discuss his latest book, Paper Bullets. The event is free, open to the public, and conducted via ZOOM. Upon registering a link and …
A ZOOM Conversation with Cultural Critic Allen Ellenzweig
Virtual Event via ZoomJoin us on Wednesday, March 2, 2022 at 6:30 pm for a ZOOM conversation with cultural critic Allen Ellenzweig. Presented in conversation with SNMA Executive Director Hunter O’Hanian, Allen will discuss his latest book, George Platt Lynes: The Daring Eye. The event is free, open to the public, and conducted via ZOOM. Upon registering a …
A ZOOM Conversation with Professor of Portuguese and Writer Steven F. Butterman
Virtual Event via ZoomJoin us on Thursday, March 10, 2022 at 6:30 pm EST for a ZOOM Conversation with Professor and Author Steven F. Butterman Presented in conversation with SNMA Executive Director Hunter O’Hanian, Steven Butterman will discuss his book, Queering and Querying the Paradise of Paradox: LGBT Language, New Media and Visual Cultures in Modern Day Brazil. …
A ZOOM Conversation with Author Aaron Lecklider
Virtual Event via ZoomJoin us on Wednesday, April 6 at 6:30 pm for a ZOOM conversation with author Aaron Lecklider. Presented in conversation with SNMA Executive Director Hunter O’Hanian, Aaron will discuss Love’s Next Meeting: The Forgotten History of Homosexuality and the Left in American Culture. The event is free, open to the public and conducted via ZOOM. …
Leading Neuroscientist David Eagleman
Congregation Emanu El 1500 Sunset Blvd., HoustonOne of the world’s leading science communicators, Stanford University neuroscientist and best-selling author David Eagleman, will discuss his latest book about brain plasticity, Livewired: The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain, at The Progressive Forum on Thursday, April 28, at 7:30 p.m. CT. All ticket buyers attending will receive a free copy of Livewired. The …
A ZOOM Conversation with Author Derritt Mason
Virtual Event via ZoomJoin us on Wednesday, May 11, 2022 at 6:30 pm EST for a ZOOM Conversation with Author Derritt Mason. Presented in conversation with SNMA Executive Director Hunter O’Hanian, Derritt Mason will discuss his book, Queer Anxieties of Young Adult Literature and Culture. The event is free, open to the public and conducted via ZOOM. Upon …
A ZOOM Conversation with Author Robert Jones Jr.
Online EventJoin us on Tuesday, May 17, 2022 at 6:30 pm for a ZOOM conversation with author Robert Jones, Jr.. Presented in conversation with SNMA Executive Director Hunter O’Hanian, Robert will discuss The Prophet. The event is free, open to the public and conducted via ZOOM. Upon registering a link and password will be automatically emailed …
A ZOOM Conversation with Author Robert Jones Jr.
Online EventJoin us on Tuesday, May 17, 2022 at 6:30 pm for a ZOOM conversation with author Robert Jones, Jr.. Presented in conversation with SNMA Executive Director Hunter O’Hanian, Robert will discuss The Prophet. The event is free, open to the public and conducted via ZOOM. Upon registering a link and password will be automatically emailed …
A ZOOM Conversation with Author Nawaaz Ahmed
Online EventJoin us on Tuesday, June 14, 2022 at 6:30 pm for a ZOOM conversation with author Nawaaz Ahmed. Presented in conversation with SNMA Executive Director Hunter O’Hanian, Nawaaz will discuss his latest book, Radiant Fugitives. The event is free, open to the public, and conducted via ZOOM. Upon registering a link and password will be …
A ZOOM Conversation with Professor, Author, and Editor Janine Utell
Zoom https://riceuniversity.zoom.us/j/99218982071?pwd=Ukdac2NrVzk4bUVQYkFycWVka0V0dz09, Houston, TX, United StatesJoin us on Tuesday, July 12, 2022 at 6:30 pm for a ZOOM conversation with professor, author, and editor Janine Utell. Presented in conversation with SNMA Executive Director Robert Kesten, Janine will discuss The Comics of Alison Bechdel. Book Synopsis Alison Bechdel is both a driver and beneficiary of the welcoming of comics into the …
A ZOOM Conversation with Artist, Filmmaker, and Writer William E. Jones
Join us on Wednesday, August 17, 2022 at 6:30 pm EST for a ZOOM Conversation with Artist, Filmmaker, and Writer William E. Jones. Presented in conversation with SNMA Executive Director Robert Kesten, William E. Jones will discuss his book, I Should Have Known Better. The event is free, open to the public and conducted via …
An Evening With Nikole Hannah-Jones
Congregation Emanu El 1500 Sunset Blvd., HoustonPulitzer Prize winner Nikole Hannah-Jones will discuss her book, New York Times number one bestseller The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story, at The Progressive Forum Wednesday, August 24, at 7:30 p.m. CT. The ACLU of Texas is the event sponsor and promotional partner. All attendees will receive a copy of The 1619 Project, a …
Immense World Book Discussion Group for the Season of Creation
online United Kingdom, LondonCalling environmentalists, animal lovers, Christians observing the Season of Creation, and people of all faith/spiritual traditions to learn about the amazing sensory abilities of animals in a weekly book discussion group using the bestseller Immense World: How Animals Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us. In the last decade, research on other animals’ ways of …
Alexander Vindman Live in Houston
Congregation Emanu El 1500 Sunset Blvd., HoustonLt. Col. (retired) Alexander Vindman, the man of conscience who reported President Trump’s “perfect call” that led to presidential impeachment, will discuss his book, Here, Right Matters: An American Story, at The Progressive Forum Thursday, October, 13 at 7:30 p.m. CT.
A ZOOM Conversation with Historian and Author Dan Royles
Zoom https://riceuniversity.zoom.us/j/99218982071?pwd=Ukdac2NrVzk4bUVQYkFycWVka0V0dz09, Houston, TX, United StatesJoin us on Wednesday, October 19, 2022 at 6:30 pm EST for a ZOOM Conversation with historian and author Dan Royles. Presented in conversation with SNMA Executive Director Robert Kesten, Royles will discuss his book, To Make the Wounded Whole: The African American Struggle against HIV/AIDS. The event is free, open to the public and …
Houston Reads Day 2023
Bruce Elementary 510 Jensen Dr, Houston, TX 77020, HoustonLiteracy Now, a local nonprofit dedicated to transforming communities by empowering children and families through literacy, leadership, and life skills, will host its third annual Houston Reads Day. Houston Reads Day is a dedicated day for Houstonians to come together to read to students, support Literacy Now’s expansion, and bring awareness to the literacy crisis …
Menil-Themed Trivia Night and Public Beer Launch
Eureka Heights Brewery 941 W 18th St, HoustonThe Menil Collection has partnered with Eureka Heights Brewery to create Hopps Hopps Hopps, a new limited-edition beer inspired by museum’s exhibition "The Curatorial Imagination of Walter Hopps". Join us for a public launch of the beer at a special Menil-themed trivia night held at Eureka Heights Brewery at 941 W. 18th St. Hopps Hopps …
9th Annual Literacy Now Guild Luncheon
The Junior League of Houston 1811 Briar Oaks Lane, HoustonLiteracy Now, a local non-profit organization dedicated to transforming communities by empowering children and families through literacy, leadership, and life skills, will host its 9th Annual Literacy Now Guild Luncheon, Literacy is the Key, at the Junior League of Houston. Luncheon Chairs Lisa Governale and Renee Humphrey along with the Literacy Now Guild will join …
Finding Home: Sober & Out (An Evening with Author Tate Barkley)
Avenue Center 3517 Irvington Blvd, HOUSTON, TX, United StatesJoin Avenue for an evening with Author & Avenue Board President, Tate Barkley. Enjoy mocktails and light bites over a discussion with Tate about his memoir - a Southern boy’s story of surviving in a good ole boys’ world. For years Tate Barkley lived in shame—of living in poverty, of alcoholism and addiction, of being …
Chicana Author To Share Testimony During Book Reading
Brazos Bookstore 2421 Bissonnet St, HoustonAcclaimed LGBTQ+ author Emma Pérez will read from her new book, Testimony of a Shifter, at Brazos Bookstore (2421 Bissonnet St, Houston, TX 77005) at 6:30 pm Friday, April 26, 2024. This fascinating speculative narrative delving into gender transmutation and discrimination has been lauded by Booklist as the “queer, feminist dystopian novel readers have been …
Literacy Now Hosts Tenth Annual Guild Luncheon, Celebrate Reading! Fiesta
The Junior League of Houston 1811 Briar Oaks Lane, HoustonLiteracy Now, a non-profit organization empowering children and families through literacy and life skills, will host its 10th Annual Literacy Now Guild Luncheon, Celebrate Reading! Fiesta, at the Junior League of Houston. Luncheon Chairs Shelby Doehring and Dawn Zieren along with the Literacy Now Guild will join keynote speaker, Belinda Mays, award-winning author and speaker, …
CNN’s Fareed Zakaria in Houston 5/13
Congregation Emanu El 1500 Sunset Blvd., HoustonThe Progressive Forum is pleased to present preeminent public intellectual Fareed Zakaria, who will discuss his upcoming book, Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present. Paying attendees will receive a free copy of Age of Revolutions, and Zakaria will sign books at the evening’s conclusion.