The Writer's Garret

to this year's Dallas Is Lit! literary festival when Javier Zamora sat down with Claudia Vega from Whose Books - Your Neighborhood Bookstore to talk about his book Solito at the Texas Theatre. It was electric night we won't ever forget. Thanks to everyone who came out; can't wait to see y'all again next year! 🔥🔥🔥

Janelle Gray is a creative, scholar, and instructor from Dallas, Texas, pursuing a PhD at The University of Texas at Dallas. Her portfolio consists of four books, an album, plays, short films, multiple TV series, and feature films.

Come join Janelle for her workshop "Ready, Set... Dialogue: Writing For The Stage" at The Writer's Garret this Saturday, August 17th at 10am. This workshop, part of The Garret's Lyceum Series, is free, but an RSVP is required, so sign up now!
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The Lyceum Series, curated by Lauren Brazeal Garza, hosts free monthly workshops every third Saturday of the month. Come check them out!

Every year since the inception of the Common Language Project, the Moody Fund for the Arts has supported this unique community poetry project. We are enormously grateful to again join the incredible list of organizations being funded this year, and want to share far and wide that the Moody Fund for the Arts is one of ecosystem-changing grantors that make–and more importantly, sustain–the incredible artistic and cultural community of Dallas. Congratulations to everyone, and thank you Moody Fund for the Arts! 🔥🔥🔥

North Texas fund to award $450,000 in grants to Dallas arts organizations The grants, ranging from $3,000 to $12,000, support groups for art forms like music, dance, visual arts and film.

That's a wrap! What an incredible summer for Rail Writers. Over 400 young writers from neighborhoods all over the city ventured out on the Dallas Area Rapid Transit (Official DART page) light rail to explore amazing places like Nasher Sculpture Center, Architecture and Design Exchange Dallas, and Kimpton Pittman Hotel, then write about their experiences. We hope everyone had a blast, and we have to give a big shout out to our Teaching Artists and Youth & Community Programs Manager Sharon Mansfield for putting in the work (and the steps!) to make this summer a huge success. We'll catch y'all on the rails next summer! Project Transformation North Texas Vickery Meadow Youth Development Foundation All Stars Project of Dallas
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Go go TACA Arts Accelerator!

We're excited to welcome Janelle Gray to The Writer's Garret for this month's Lyceum Series workshop and it's going to be... dramatic! Join us on Saturday, August 17th at 10am for Ready, Set...Dialogue: Writing For The Stage. The Lyceum Series workshops are always free, but an RSVP is required, so sign up now! https://writersgarret.org/event/lyceum-series-janelle-gray/
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The Lyceum Series is curated by Lauren Brazeal Garza

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At only 4' 8" tall, Simone Biles' jump clears more than 7 ft of air. Or, in library terms, she could jump over roughly 65 James Patterson books. 🤸‍♀️ 📚 😆

Thanks to Elizabeth Myong of KERA Arts/The Dallas Morning News for shining a light on the TACA Arts Accelerator program!

‘A more diverse arts community’: TACA announces second cohort of Arts Accelerator program The grantmaker TACA announced the second cohort of its program designed to help small arts organizations with strategic growth. Two members of this year’s...

One week from now, join Hannah Smith for this month's Lyceum Series workshop "No Place Like Home: Poetry Of Place." Considering the relationship between place and home, the workshop will examine a variety of ways to define "home" in poems before having an opportunity to explore the idea in their own writing. As always, Lyceum Series workshops are free, but an RSVP is required https://writersgarret.org/event/lyceum-series-hannah-smith/
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The Lyceum Series is curated by Lauren Brazeal Garza.

We’re thrilled to join these amazing organizations as members of the Arts Accelerator program. A big thanks to TACA (The Arts Community Alliance) for including us and for supporting the Literary Arts in Dallas!

TACA Announces Six Small and Emerging Arts Groups Selected for Second Arts Accelerator Cohort The Learning Program was Created Last Year to Fulfill a Need for Training and Support Among Arts Nonprofits

This month's Lyceum Series is No Place Like Home: Poetry Of Place with facilitator Hannah Smith. We can't wait for you to join us on Saturday, July 20th at 10am. The Lyceum Series is always free, but an RSVP is required, so sign up now! https://writersgarret.org/event/lyceum-series-hannah-smith/
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Artist: Edward Steed

Last call! Join us tomorrow morning at 10am for this month's Lyceum Series workshop "The Graphic Novel Experience Bahar: From Concept to Creation" led by Bahar Momeni. This workshop is free, but RSVP is required https://writersgarret.org/event/lyceum-series-bahar-momeni/
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The Dallas Is Lit! Raffle has been drawn, recorded and closed! Thank you for supporting our organization and the work we do! This raffle is so very special because it is all unrestricted funds that we can use for any of our funding needs- it's not limited to programming.

Winners will be contacted and arrangements will be made to pick up prizes!

Thanks to all of our generous donors!
Milagro Taco Cantina Swank - On Beckley 1115 Bishop Arts Massage Cenzo's Pizza & Deli Cigar Art Oak Cliff DIRT Flowers Lockhart Smokehouse Sheraton Dallas Hotel by the Galleria Zsa Zsa’s Unique Boutique Common Ground Games Bruno's Place: a self-serve dog wash in Oak Cliff Lucky Dog Books - Oak Cliff https://www.facebook.com/NovaDallasTX

Congratulations to our winners!!
Michael Diaz
Kathy Kibbel
Carlin Seale
Abigail De Jesus
Petrine Abrahams
Lyrik Hunter
Sarah Marguccio
Kaitlin Siebert
Dean Bringe
Taylor Hemby
Brandy Wicker
Matt Cobb
Joanie Peacock
Alexis Yancey
Felicity Miago
Matt Drake

Bahar Momeni is an Iranian-American award-winning writer, poet, translator, and human rights activist. She’s working toward her Ph.D. in Literature at UT Dallas, where she teaches creative writing and literature.

She has published works in both Farsi and English. Her writings explore themes of women’s resilience and everyday resistance, contributing to ongoing conversations in modern literature. In 2023, Bahar received the “Outstanding Emerging BIPOC Creator Award” from UT Austin, highlighting her impact as a BIPOC creator. She also receives the “2024 Future Art Writers Award” from MOZAIK Philanthropy and San Francisco State University. Currently engrossed in her debut semi-autobiographical graphic novel, The Trees We Carry, Bahar aims to extend her discourse on identity, displacement, and resistance.

Join Bahar for this month's Lycuem Series workshop "The Graphic Novel Experience: From Concept to Creation" this Saturday, June 15th at 10am. RSVP at https://writersgarret.org/event/lyceum-series-bahar-momeni/
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One of the many reasons we know is the support we receive from local funding sources. We're incredibly thankful to TACA (The Arts Community Alliance) for their continued support of the work we do illuminating the North Texas literary landscape.

TACA is thrilled to announce the recipients of the 2024 Catalyst Grants! Congratulations to all for your dedication and commitment to the Dallas arts community.
Read the announcement here:
https://taca-arts.org/taca-announces-catalyst-grant-funding-bringing-total-investment-in-2023-2024-to-over-1-million/

Featured Photo: Dallas Children's Theater - Photo by Lawrence Jenkins

Join us on Saturday, June 15th for this month's Lyceum Series workshop The Graphic Novel Experience: From Concept To Creation lead by Bahar Momeni! Learn about what makes the unique form powerful, and take the opportunity to develop foundational concepts for a graphic novel of your own. Curated by Lauren Brazeal Garza, the Lyceum Series is every third Saturday at 10am. Attendance is free, but you have to RSVP https://writersgarret.org/event/lyceum-series-bahar-momeni/
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This lineup is 🤩AMAZING! We can't wait to hear from so many incredible local poets. See you Saturday at 6! At The Wild Detectives 🔥🔥🔥

We are still putting the tables away (and sorting raffle tickets 🎟), but we just wanted to say a big huge THANK YOU to everyone who came out to Dallas Is Lit! this year. It was an amazing week bringing so many different folks together for literary activities. Thank you so much for illuminating our literary landscape.

It's today! Come say "hey!" to Aunt Marge at Drag Story Time, where she'll be reading a story or two celebrating the unique, wonderful individuals we all are. Stick around for a cupcake and a photo!
Whose Books | 512 W. Davis St.
2pm | RSVP at https://writersgarret.org/event/drag-story-time-2/

Coming up in an hour; don’t miss it!

Ya’ll…thoughts, prayers and TUMS are appreciated. 🔥We are bringing the heat to ! 🌶️🌶️

It’s LitTalk but with a spicy twist! Series creator and curator Alex Temblador will moderate a discussion with three panelists, including me, as we sample progressively hotter salsas provided by Milagros Taco Cantina. Based on the popular YouTube series Hot Ones, this may be the hottest literary panel you’ve ever seen!

LitTalk: An Extremely Lit Literary Panel will take place during the Dallas Is Lit! Book & Author Fair at Turner House on Saturday, May 18th at noon.

To register for the event, click here: https://writersgarret.org/event/littalk-an-extremely-lit-literary-panel/

Bring laughter and milk. Thanks to The Writer's Garret, Writing Workshops and Alex for inviting me to participate!

Buy One Ticket, Bring A Friend To Tonight's Events!

We're so excited for you to see what we have lined up, we want you to bring a friend for FREE! Simply buy a ticket to any of tonight's events (Lit Fusion, One Page Salon, Touch U With My Mind and Spooky Stories), in advance or at the door, and bring a plus one with you. Tickets for all events available through https://www.ticketdfw.com/
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