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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

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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

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