One Of The Best Literature Festivals In The World Is Heading To Dallas 📚 🎙️

The global literature festival heads to Dallas this fall, with events at the Wild Detectives and the Texas Theatre.

From October 17-19, the Hay Festival Forum Dallas 2025
returns to Dallas yet again with 18 unique events from a stellar lineup of authors and moderators.

https://www.dallasobserver.com/arts/hay-festival-forum-returns-to-dallas-with-all-star-author-lineup-23032663

#HayFestival #Bookstodon #WildDetectives #Dallas #bookstore #WillEvans #JunotDiaz #JasonDeLeón #SurajYengde #JoeSacco

#CattleAustralia’s chief executive, #WillEvans, says the decision to #liftrestrictions on #USbeef #imports will not create an “open slather” domestic market, and told RN Breakfast he’s confident the #US has implemented #robust #biosecurity measures.

#auspol #TrumpRegime has decreased almost all U.S. safeguards. #TariffBackdown #AlboCavedToTrump #Aussie #Clusterfuck

Saw Gary downtown Tuesday night and showed him my modded Casio W-800H. He lauded Casios for their greatness and autographed our copy of his new book: 'Vera, or Faith".

Confessions of a Watch Geek ⌚

My year of getting deep into perlage, three-quarter plates, and micro-rotors.

By Gary Shteyngart

@NewYorker

🆓🔗: https://archive.ph/E6WUi

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/03/20/confessions-of-a-watch-geek

#Horology #Watch #CasioCult #GaryShteyngart #Hodinkee #Bookstodon #VeraOrFaith #WillEvans #Dallas #DMA #ArtsAndLettersLive

Never considered reading as an art form. I'm going to give Will the benefit of the doubt. 📚

The Artful Life Questionnaire: Will Evans (Dallas, TX) | National Endowment for the Arts

"We know about the art of writing, but the art of reading is the magical, chimerical literary art. That has been a big disservice to readers everywhere, especially in places that are not traditional cultural capitals."

https://www.arts.gov/stories/blog/2024/artful-life-questionnaire-will-evans-dallas-tx

#DeepVellum #Dallas #Bookstodon #NEA #WillEvans #DallasPublicLibrary

RHYTHM AND ROOTS FESTIVAL
AUGUST 30 - SEPTEMBER 1, 2024
Mastodon Post

The lineup for the August/September Rhythm and Roots Festival has been announced. It appears in the attached image.

Top billed are Emmylou Harris and the Old Crow Medicine Show.

Next down are the Drive-By Truckers, Larkin Poe, Daniel Donato's Cosmic Country, Ruthie Foster, Shemekia Copeland, Will Evans, and Julia Pratt.

Beyond name recognition, I have no real background with any of the acts in the third group, with the notable exception of Rose and the Bros, who Bandcamp says is out of Ithaca, New York. The folks at Rhythm and Roots say, "Rose & The Bros are a powerhouse ensemble specializing in irresistible Zydeco and Cajun dance grooves, resonating with sweet vocal harmonies and crooning country roots." The band is good too.

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#bandcamp #cajun #cajunmusic #danieldonato #danieldonatoscosmiccountry #drivebytruckers #emmylouharris #folkmusic #ithaca #ithacanewyork #juliapratt #larkinpoe #musicnews #nemsbk #newenglandmusic
#oldcrowmedicineshow #rhodeislandmusic #rhythmandroots #rhythmandrootsfestival #rootsmusic #roseandthebros #ruthiefoster #shemekiacopeland #singersongwriter #willevans #zydeco #zydecomusic

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