Join us Friday, January 27 for readings by Greg Wrenn, Erica Cavanagh, and Matt MacFarland. 7:00pm at the Bridge PAI (209 Monticello Road). Always free & open to the public. Refreshments at intermission. Greg Wrenn‘s first book of poetry, Centaur, was selected by Terrance Hayes for the Brittingham Prize. His poems and essays have appeared in The…
Join us Friday, December 16 for readings by Lulu Miller & Kristin Swenson. 7:00pm at the Bridge PAI (209 Monticello Road). Always free & open to the public. Refreshments at intermission. This special holiday reading will be held in conjunction with the Gift Forest, a pop-up market featuring over 50 artists, makers and collectors from across the region. Lulu Miller is co-host…
Join us Friday, November 18 for readings by poet Kate Lynn Nemett & journalist Jordy Yager. 7:00pm at the Bridge PAI (209 Monticello Road). Always free & open to the public. Refreshments at intermission. Kate Lynn Nemett (nee Schirmer) received an MFA in Writing/Poetry from Columbia University in 2006 and a Bachelors of Arts degree from…
Join us October 21 for readings & performances by writers Dahlia Lithwick, Jack Hamilton, and songwriter Abbie Barrett. 7:00pm at the Bridge PAI (209 Monticello Road). Shout out to our sponsor this month, the Bloom Real Estate team at Virginia Select Realty! Abbie Barrett is a singer and songwriter living in Boston, Massachusetts. She’s been featured in Magnet…
Virginia Quarterly Review partners with us this month for readings by Garnette Cadogan, Kelli Jo Ford, and Scott Weaver! Friday, September 23. 7:00pm at the Bridge PAI (209 Monticello Road). Refreshments available at intermission. Garnette Cadogan is Visiting Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia, and Visiting Scholar at the…
The Charlottesville Reading Series is excited to partner with the The Garage (250 1st St N) to bring words and music outside for a summer reading & performance! Grab a blanket, your lawn chairs, and some friends and join us in welcoming writers Aaron Belz and Natasha Oladokun and songwriter Abe Wilson to the series. Aaron…
Join us at Newcomb Ballroom on U.Va.’s campus for readings by Joshua Poteat and Bronwen Dickey on Friday, June 24 at 7:00pm. Refreshments will be available at intermission. Joshua Poteat’s most recent book, The Regret Histories (HarperCollins, 2015), won the 2014 National Poetry Series prize. He is also the author of Illustrating the Machine that Makes the…
Join us at the Bridge PAI (209 Monticello Road) for readings by Emma Eisenberg, Sophia Wiedeman, and Ryan Wilson on Friday, May 13 at 7:00pm. Refreshments will be available at intermission. Emma Copley Eisenberg is a writer of fiction and nonfiction. Her work has appeared in The Los Angeles Review of Books, Salon, Slate, Hyperallergic,…
Join us on Friday, April 22 at 7pm at the Bridge PAI to hear poet Nicole Tong and fiction writer Rion Scott read from their work.
We’re excited to partner with the Virginia Festival of the Book to bring you three incredible writers on Friday, March 18, at 8pm (note we’re starting an hour later than usual, though Julia and Amie will happily entertain you with knock-knock jokes and dance moves if you show up early.) Quan Barry is the author…