Art festival promotes creative literacy

Illustration by Lauren Campbell

By Claire Simpson, Copy Editor
April 20, 2015

Monday, April 20

6:30 p.m. • Beacon Hill Reading @ Hagan Foundation Center for the Humanities, SCC
8 p.m. • Spokane Poetry Slam Finals, hosted by RiverLit @ The Bartlett
8 p.m. • Window Dressing Exhibit Walk @ Window Dressing Exhibit #1

Tuesday, April 21

12 p.m. • Contemporary Issues in Feminist Research: A talk by EWU professor Julie Neuffer @ EWU Cheney campus, Monroe Hall, room 207
8:30 p.m. • From Page to Stage: Presented by Willow Springs and WAAC @ Nyne Bar & Bistro
6 p.m. • Landmarks Reading Presented by Spokane Arts & Get Lit! @ Spokane City Hall Chambers
7 p.m. • “Alice in Wonderland” Presented by Book-It Repertory Theater @ The Lincoln Center, Lincoln Ballroom

Wednesday, April 22

12 p.m. • Storytelling workshop with Anna Witte @ Eastern Washington University, PUB 206
7 p.m. • A Tiny Sense of Accomplishment: Live! LIMITED @ Lair Auditorium, Spokane Community College
6:30 p.m. • Teen & College Poetry Slams, with featured reading by Kris Dinnison! LIMITED @ The Bartlett

Thursday, April 23

11 a.m. • Creative Bootcamp Workshop LIMITED @ EWU Riverpoint Campus
10:30am • Q&A with Sherman Alexie @ Hagan Foundation Center for the Humanities, SCC
7 p.m. • Into the Wilderness with Sharma Shields & Benjamin Percy @ Riverside Place, Commandery Room
9:30 p.m. • 4th Annual Pie & Whiskey Reading LIMITED @ Woman’s Club of Spokane
Friday, April 24
3 p.m. • EWU Workshop with Walter Kirn LIMITED @ EWU Riverpoint Campus
7 p.m. • In Conversation with Walter Kirn and Shawn Vestal @ Riverside Place, Commandery Room
9:30 a.m. • IT’S A BIRD…IT’S A PLANE…IT’S A COMIC ARTIST OF THE INLAND NORTHWEST! @ Spokane Falls Community College, Building 24, room 110
9 p.m. • Poetry Salon @ The Bartlett

Saturday, April 25

4 p.m. • Youth & Middle School Poetry Slams, hosted by WITC @ Auntie’s Bookstore
9:30 a.m. • Workshop: First Impressions with Molly Giles @ Spokane Convention Center
9:30 a.m. • Workshop: From Image to Poem with Yvonne Higgins Leach @ Spokane Convention Center
9:30 a.m. • Workshop: Characters Are People, Too with Bruce Holbert @ Spokane Convention Center
9:30 a.m. • Workshop: Moving the Body, Writing the Mind with Renee D’Aoust @ Spokane Convention Center
11:30 a.m. • A Reading Public @ Spokane Convention Center
12 p.m. • Romance Novels, Alpha Males, and Feminism @ Spokane Convention Center
12 p.m. • A Writing Life that Pays the Bills: Professional Writers on How They Do It @ Spokane Convention Center
1 p.m. • A Reading by Bruce Holbert & S.M. Hulse @ Spokane Convention Center
1:45 p.m. • Writing the Middle East: Panel Discussion @ Spokane Convention Center
1:45 p.m. • Writing for Children & Young Adults: Trends, Issues, and Why We Do It @ Spokane Convention Center
2 p.m. • A Reading by Molly Giles and Melanie Rae Thon @ Spokane Convention Center
3 p.m. • Blue Begonia Reading @ Spokane Convention Center
3:30 p.m. • Workshop: Generating New Work with Melanie Rae Thon @ Spokane Convention Center
3:30 p.m. • Workshop: Reading and Writing Villanelles with Jeremy Pataky @ Spokane Convention Center
8 p.m. • The Round #7: Get Lit! Edition LIMITED @ The Bartlett
5 p.m. • Railtown Almanac Reading @ Whitworth University, Hendrick House