Southwest Festival of the Written Word, Sept. 29 - Oct. 1

Category: Local Events Local Events
Published: 07 August 2017 07 August 2017

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FESTIVAL EVENTS CALENDAR

Friday, September 29, 2017
Time: 2:00-3:00pm and 3:30-4:30pm
Festival Headquarters: 206 Bullard Street, blue building two doors south of the Pink Store
Festival Venues in historic downtown Silver City, NM: Old Elks Lodge, Seedboat Gallery, Silver City Public Library, Javalina Coffee House, El Sol Theater,

The Southwest Festival of the Written Word presents authors and publishers who live and work in the southwest discussing their work and creative processes in eight festival sessions throughout downtown Silver City, NM. Friday afternoon session topics include: Outdoor Writing, Theater, Biography Memoir, Round Table "Advice for New Authors", Poetry, Journalism and Theatre, and the production of "Blatant Attempts at Understanding" by Melanie Zipin and performed by the Virus Theater of Silver City. All sessions are open to the public free of charge. Visit www.swwordfiesta.org for full Festival information, including the Festival Schedule and presenters' bios, and venue addresses.

Friday, September 29, 2017
5:30-7:00pm
Light Hall, WNMU, 900 W. College, Silver City NM
Keynote Event: Stella Pope Duarte, award winning author and Pulitzer Prize nominee. Open to the public free of charge.

Friday, September 29, 2017
7:00pm
Parotti Hall, WNMU, on E Street between College and 12th St, Silver City, NM
"I, Custer", a one-woman play starring Marissa Bond of the Las Cruces Theater Group and written by Neal Adelman. Open to the public free of charge.

Saturday, September 30, 2017
10:00-11:00am and 11:30am-12:30pm
Festival Headquarters: 206 Bullard Street, blue building two doors south of the Pink Store
Festival Venues in historic downtown Silver City, NM: Old Elks Lodge, Seedboat Gallery, Silver City Public Library, Javalina Coffee House, El Sol Theater

The Southwest Festival of the Written Word presents authors and publishers who live and work in the southwest discussing their work and creative processes in eight festival sessions throughout downtown Silver City, NM. Saturday morning session topics include: Poetry, Fiction, Translation, Publishing Industry, Fiction and Art. All events are open to the public free of charge. Visit www.swwordfiesta.org for full Festival information, including the Festival Schedule and presenters' bios, and venue addresses.
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Saturday, September 30, 2017
1:30-2:30.p.m. and 3:00-4:00 p.m.
Festival Venues in historic downtown Silver City, NM: Old Elks Lodge, Seedboat Gallery, Silver City Public Library, Javalina Coffee House, El Sol Theater

The Southwest Festival of the Written Word presents authors and publishers who live and work in the southwest discussing their work and creative processes in eight festival sessions throughout downtown Silver City, NM. Saturday afternoon session topics include: Fiction, Panels on The Writer's Life, Panel on Establishing a Publishing Imprint, Narrative Non-fiction, Journalism, Poetry, and the production of "Blatant Attempts at Understanding" by Melanie Zipin and performed by the Virus Theater of Silver City. All events are free and open to the public. Visit www.swwordfiesta.org for full Festival information, including the Festival Schedule and presenters' bios, and venue addresses.

Saturday, September 30, 2017
4:30-6:00pm
Seedboat Gallery, 214 W. Yankie Street, Silver City NM

Round Table with Writers plus The Great Book Giveaway Quiz
Algernon D'Ammassa, Matt Bell, Jane Lindskold, Andrea Cote-Botero, Steve Havill do "give and take" conversation among themselves and with the audience.

Saturday, September 30, 2017
4:30-6:00pm
"A" Space Gallery, 110 W. 7th St., Silver City, NM
Open mic/Poetry/Flash Fiction hosted by Damien Davies with Manuel Gonzalez. Open to the public free of charge. Visit www.swwordfiesta.org for full information.
 
Saturday, September 30, 2017
7:30pm
Parotti Hall, WNMU, on E Street between College and 12th St, Silver City, NM

"I, Custer", a one-woman play starring Marissa Bond of Las Cruces Theater Group and written by Neal Adelman. Open to the public free of charge. Visit www.swwordfiesta.org for full information.

Sunday, October 1, 2017
10:00-11:00am and 11:30am-12:30pm
Festival Headquarters: 206 Bullard Street, blue building two doors south of the Pink Store
Festival Venues in historic downtown Silver City, NM: Old Elks Lodge, Seedboat Gallery, Silver City Public Library, Javalina Coffee House, El Sol Theater

The Southwest Festival of the Written Word presents authors and publishers who live and work in the southwest discussing their work and creative processes in eight festival sessions throughout downtown Silver City, NM. All sessions are free and open to the public. Visit www.swwordfiesta.org for full information.

Sunday morning session topics include: Food Writing, History, Graphic Novels, Music, Magazine Writing, Environment, Song Lyrics, and Memoir . All sessions are free and open to the public. Visit www.swwordfiesta.org for full information.

Sunday, October 1, 2017
1:00-2:00pm
Seedboat Gallery, 214 W. Yankie Street, Silver City NM

Round Table with Writers plus the Great Book Giveaway Quiz
Ron Hamm, M. John Fayhee, Jessica Helen Lopez, and Andrea Celt do "give and take" conversation among themselves and with the audience.

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