BMI Live Events
BMI Live, our flagship series of live events, celebrates the literary arts – fiction, poetry, memoir, film, performance, and more. Audiences can expect a range of voices, from local to far away, engaging conversations, our annual literary salon, and celebrations that showcase cultural luminaries in Southern Nevada and beyond.
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The Art of Retelling the Truth featuring Melissa Febos, Jamie Hood, and Isle McElroy
Friday, Jan 30th @ 6:00 pm
UNLV Dr. Arturo Rando-Grillot Hall
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Writing the Book You Needed featuring George M. Johnson and KB Brookins
Saturday, Feb 28th @ 5:00 pm
New West Las Vegas Library
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On Persian Poetry and the Art of Translation: Celebrating Ahmad Shamlou’s Centennial featuring Niloufar Talebi and Maryam Ala Amjadi
Tuesday, Mar 10th @ 7:00 pm
UNLV Rogers Literature and Law Building (RLL) Room 101
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Nature is What We Come To in the Practice of Remembering featuring Saretta Morgan with Lazarus Letcher, Erica Vital-Lazare, and Claytee D. White
Friday, Mar 27th @ 7:00 pm
New West Las Vegas Library
Past Events
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Our Dangerous Horizons: A Symposium on Writing Race and Place
Saturday, Jul 19th @ 3:00 pm
UNLV Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art
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Thresholds with Jordan Kisner and Jayson Greene
Saturday, Sep 20th @ 3:00 pm
The Beverly Theater
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StraightioLab with Special Guest Nori Reed
Wednesday, Oct 15th @ 7:00 pm
Vegas Theatre Company
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An Evening with Maz Jobrani and Maryam Ala Amjadi
Tuesday, Nov 18th @ 7:30 pm
Philip J. Cohen Theatre in UNLV Student Union