Calling all trivia enthusiasts and book lovers!
We’re hosting a fun, prize-filled evening of book trivia. Bring your own teams (no larger than 6 people per team) or come and we’ll pair you with new bookish friends.
The team who wins receives $25 gift cards for each person; 2nd place gets $10 gift cards. Free, sign up when you arrive (and start thinking of those creative, book-themed team names!)
Also, we’ll have a tournament at the end of the year with the winning teams. (Still TBD.)
Rule #1: The first rule of Trivia Night is that you can’t talk about Trivia Night (kidding!).
Rule #2: Teams can be up to 6 players. Come with a team or recruit one when you arrive.
Rule #3: No cell phones or any other devices can be used.
Teams work together to answer questions on paper. Scores will be announced after every round. There is no limit to the number of teams. There will be adult and children’s book clues.
You will be required to have a team name, and creativity is encouraged. Past teams have been: Little Random House on the Prairie, Bookslingers on Ice, Poets “R” We, well, you get the drift.
Grand Prize– Bragging rights and Literati Gift Cards.
Consolation Prize: There is no such thing as consolation in the cut-throat world of Trivia Night!
And may the odds be ever in your favor!
local short story writer Alex Kourvo and young adult novelist Bethany Neal discuss the difference between traditional and self-publishing and examine the benefits and drawbacks of each path. For adult and teen (grade 6 & up) fiction and nonfiction writers.
Storytellers Guild members present a program of old tales and personal stories for grownups. Free; donations accepted.annarborstorytelling.org, facebook.com/annarborstorytellers. 665-2757.
Women Writers of Ann Arbor/Ypsi meet four times a year to read their works in all genres.
Visitors and new members welcome to our Spring Read on April 16. Ask for information, RSVP or signup as member atwwaaygroup@gmail.com Website: www.wwaay.com
SAVE THE DATE
WORKSHOPS AND PEER CRITIQUES OCTOBER 15, 2016
Check website for more details
3222 Angell Hall, 435 S. State Street. Donation. 734 545-0586.wwaaygroup@gmail.com www.wwaay.com
The top 12 qualifiers from the weekly slams over the past several months compete for a spot on the team that will represent Ann Arbor in the National Poetry Slam held in Decatur (GA) in August. Also, a performance by featured reader is Tim “Toaster Henderson,” a renowned Chicago slam poet who has represented Berkeley at the National Poetry Slam and the Individual World Poetry Slam .
7 p.m. (doors open at 6:30 p.m.), Espresso Royale, 324 S. State. $10 (students, $8) in advance at a2poetry.org, $15 (students, $14) at the door. (503) 396-3472..
Every 1st & 3rd Sun. All poets invited to compete in a poetry slam judged by a randomly chosen panel from the audience. The program begins with a poetry open mike and (occasionally) a short set by a featured poet.
7-9 p.m. (sign-up begins at 6:30 p.m.), Espresso Royale, 324 S. State. $5 suggested donation. facebook.com/AnnArborPoetrySlam.
Awards for the Winter Term writing contests administered by the Hopwood Awards Program will be announced. A lecture by Susan Choi will follow the announcement of the awards. Susan Choi’s first novel, The Foreign Student, won the Asian-American Literary Award for fiction, and her second novel, American Women, was a finalist for the 2004 Pulitzer Prize. With David Remnick she co-edited the anthology Wonderful Town: New York Stories from The New Yorker. Her third novel, A Person of Interest, was a finalist for the 2009 PEN/Faulkner Award. In 2010 she was named the inaugural recipient of the PEN/W.G. Sebald Award. Her latest novel is My Education (2013).
Monthly open mike storytelling competition sponsored by The Moth, the NYC-based nonprofit storytelling organization that also produces a weekly public radio show. Each month 10 storytellers are selected at random from among those who sign up to tell a 3-5 minute story on the monthly theme. The 3 judges are recruited from the audience. Monthly winners compete in a semiannual Grand Slam. Space limited, so it’s smart to arrive early.
2016 topics:
May 17: “Escape.”
June 21: “Fathers.”
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7:30-9 p.m. (doors open and sign-up begins at 6 p.m.), The Circus, 210 S. First. $10. 764-5118.
Local short story writer Alex Kourvo and young adult novelist Bethany Neal host an open house for writers to connect with one another and/or work on their projects.
Local writer Gregory Fournier discusses his new true crime book about John Norman Collins and the Washtenaw County coed killings of the late 1960s for which he was convicted.
3-5 p.m., Brewed Awakenings, 7025 E. Michigan Ave., suite M, Saline. Free. 681-0078.
