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Austin Poetry Slam

Hosts vary from week to week, but this is where the fiercest slam action is. Tuesdays, 8pm.

Spider House Ballroom, 2906 Fruth, 512/480-9562

www.austinslam.com/newsite/

Happy Jacks

Tuesdays, 6-9pm. Happy Jacks, 701 Tillery.

Howson Science Fiction Club

goes spacial once a month. Who knows the dimension?

Howson Branch Library, 2500 Exposition, 512/472-3584

Oceans of Grief

Oceans of grief
attend our ships of state
with ultramarine crowds
that swell and subside, swell and subside.
All those lost at sea each day,
flotsam upon the receding waves,
left ashore at last to dry in a merciful minus tide.

– Ken Stalling

Open Mics

Austin Poetry Slam Tuesdays, 8pm. 29th Street Ballroom, 2906 Fruth, 480-9562 . Ruta Maya Poetry Tuesdays, 6-9pm. 1209 S. First. Full English Tea Room Thom hosts. Saturdays, 6-9pm. 2000 Southern Oaks. 240-2748 . Spoken & Heard Sundays, 7-10pm. Kick Butt Coffee, 5775 Airport #725, 454-5425. More listed online!

Peter Heller: The Dog Stars

The award-winning adventure writer and longtime contributor to NPR presents his bestselling novel about a man (and his dog) surviving in post-apocalyptic times. (7:00).

BookPeople, 603 N. Lamar, 512/472-5050

www.bookpeople.com

Playwriting Classes

with award-winning playwright Rosalyn Rosen, artistic director of Remembrance Through the Performing Arts. Classes meet once a week for three hours. Minimum eight-week commitment. Call for location. $35 per class.

329-9118 x1

The Whatever Cafe

is hosted by Jimi Lee. Tuesdays, 7-9pm. The Whatever Cafe, 13590 RR 12, Wimberley.