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The Small Press & Alternative Comics Expo (SPACE) The Mid-West’s Largest Exhibition of Small Press, Alternative and Creator Owned Comics Over 170 exhibitors April 21 & 22 Saturday 10am-6pm Sunday 10am-5pm Ramada Plaza Hotel And Conference Center in Columbus. 4900 Sinclair Road Columbus, OH 43229 Off I71 at the Morse / Sinclair exit. Free Parking! Admission $5.00 per day and $8.00 per weekend. http://www.backporchcomics.com SPACE-Columbus’ only locally owned and operated COMICS show! Voted Columbus' 10th Best Art Show in 2011 by Columbus Underground! (BobCorby)… (more)

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Beginning this year, Riverfront Readings will combine its Annual Holiday Open Mic with a tribute to Phil Miller (founder of the Riverfront Readings series) and a benefit for the scholarship fund set up in his name. This year's event will include the dedication of a handcrafted podium built in Phil's honor. Phil, who died in February, was a longtime mainstay of poets and fiction writers in the Kansas City area. All donations from this event will go to the Philip W. Miller Memorial Scholarship Trust, to provide scholarships to English majors. Readers may read one long poem or two short poems, or one very short prose piece, either on holiday and seasonal themes (Christmas, New Year's, winter solstice, cold weather, colds and flu, snow, etc.), or with some connection to Phil Miller. Sign up will take place at the reading. Due to time limitations the number of reading slots may be limited. If you wish to perform music, please contact Carl Bettis in advance at carl.bettis@gmail.com. (caracabe)… (more)

Various reads from Miscellaneous.

Seven Towers' monthly tranatlantic Open Mic rolls around again! Venues in Central Dublin and Brooklyn, New York (Rocky O'Sullivan's of Red Hook) will be as usual hosting an evening free to anyone who wants to read from work new or old, poetry or prose, published or not. The causal listener is, of course, welcome also. (SevenTowers)… (more)

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Join us Saturday July 2nd for our second annual Holiday of History at Moravian Book Shop! To commemorate the 150th anniversary of the start of the war, this year the focus will be on The Civil War. We'll be hosting a book signing, special holiday presentations, and again have American artifacts on display. Some of the events taking place are as follows: All weekend: American Artifacts -- Visit our American heirlooms display throughout the weekend. 1pm to 3pm: Lost Rights Book Signing -- Bicycling magazine executive editor Dave Howard returns to the Book Shop to sign copies of the newly-released paperback version of his debut book, Lost Rights: The Misadventures of a Stolen American Relic. The Emmaus author's book covers the true journey of one of 14 original copies of the Bill of Rights, from its theft by a Civil War soldier in 1865, through shady dealings at elite auction houses, a government sting, and its eventual recovery and return to North Carolina. Copies of the book can be ordered from our event web site. If you'd like your book signed or personalized, please indicate that in the Notes field of the order form. (Personalized copies must be pre-paid.) 3pm to 4pm: Civil War Stories -- Join Civil War Round Table member Warren Beach as he shares stories of his Great Great Grandfather's experiences during the Civil War. Currently in the works for a novel, Beach's tales come directly from his ancestor's journal, detailing the average soldier's daily life. (herstang)… (more)

Various reads from Laurus Magazine.

Lovely Bicycle Reading Series Friday, December 11th, 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. Our friends from UNL's LAURUS magazine return for another installment of their traveling Lovely Bicycle Reading Series. The most recent edition of LAURUS will be available for purchase. For more info on the undergraduate literature journal, visit http://www.laurusmagazine.com . (karhne)… (more)