Tour Dates

Latvia Tour Dates

Riga:

Satori bookstore | Berga Bazaar, Rīga (Poetry Talk)   18:30–20:00 9/7

Homo Novus (Reading to the Mixed Sounds of Sergejs Timofejevs) 22:00 9/7

http://www.totaldobze.com/ArtCenter/events/urban-poetry/workshops   9/8

Totaldobze Art Center at VEF (Author's Evening) *Featured Musicians Deniss Paskevics and Arturs Tigulis   19:00 – 21:00 9/8

*Poet Van G. Garrett will present his creative activities and communicate how poetry falls under the umbrella of creative arts. Audience will be able to hear and see Van G. Garrett poetry performances, ask him questions and listen about urban culture in Houston.Workshops of poets Jacob Sam-La Rose and Aoife Mannix (UK)       11:00 9/9

Live interview at Radio 101 along with poets Jacob Sam-La Rose and Aoife Mannix (UK)          20:00     9/10   Poetry Slam Venues: Purvciems and Totaldobže Art Center 21:00-01:00   9/10

Gertrudes St. Theater 18:00 9/12

Daugavpils: Young Adult Poetry Workshop: Latgola, 10th Floor 19:00 9/13

Talk and Reading With 11th Grade Students: Daugavpils Centre Gimnasium 9:00 9/14

Workshop 1: High School Creative Writing: American Corner Daugavpils 10:00-13:00 9/14

Lecture 1: Daugavpils University 14:00-15:35 9/14

Young Adult Poetry Workshop 2: Latgola, 10th Floor 17:00-19:00 9/14

Workshop 2: High School Creative Writing: American Corner Daugavpils 10:00-13:00 9/15

Lecture 2: Daugavpils University 14:00-15:35 9/15

Workshop 3: High School Creative Writing: American Corner Daugavpils 10:00-13:00 9/16

* Special Jazz Performance and Talk: Daugavpils University School of Music    12:00-13:30 9/16

TOUR DATES

LOVERS, SAINTS, AND SINNERS TOUR

FEATURING:
Nina Foxx / Cynnamon Foster
ReShonda Tate Billingsley
Tamika Newhouse
www.ninafoxx.com
www.tamikanewhouse.com
www.reshondatatebillingsley.com

* Denotes that an event is part of Van's touring schedule. It does not mean that the other featured authors are certain to attend these functions.

* Book People Cafe (Meet and Greet), Austin, TX 7-8 p.m. 1/21
* MoJoe Room (Official Party) 1/21
. Carver Library, Lovers, Saints, and Sinners Event (Part 1), San Antonio, TX 4-6 p.m. 1/22
* The Elephant Room (Official Party), Austin, TX 1/22
* Mojoe Room (Official Party/Appearance) 1/22
* Barnes & Nobel (Meet and Greet), The Arboretum (Upstairs in "Art"), Austin, TX 1-2 p.m. 1/23

. Lovers, Saints, and Sinners Tour (Part 2)
The Cellar Wine Bar, Clear Lake, TX 3-5 p.m. 3/5
*** Other dates and appearances TBA

SNOWBIRD TOUR
Fort Lauderdale, FL
December Tour Dates:
Westfield Mall (Meet and Greet) 12/19
15th Street Fisheries (Official Party) 12/19
Off The Hookah Bar (Official Party) 12/19
Living Room (Official Party) 12/19
African American Research Library and Cultural Center (Public Reading, Meet and Greet, Poetry Critiques) 12/20
Las Olas (Photo Shoot) 12/20
Blue Moon (Official Dinner Party) 12/20
West Regional Library (Meet and Greet) 12/21
Art Center / South Florida, Miami (Author Appearance) 12/21
Sosta, Miami (Meet and Greet) 12/21
Deco Blue, Miami (Official Party) 12/21
Hyatt Cafe (Poetry Talk) 12/22

The Van G. Garrett 2010 Cap Tour Dates:

Washington, DC (ALA Writers Connection) 6/26
Tuscany, Italy (Private BID Fellows Reading) 6/29
Montespertoli, Italy (Center of Town Park) 7/2
Paris, France (Video Shoot with Kwame Alexander) 7/8
Paris, France (Le 9 Jazz Club with Sylvia Howard Trio) 7/9
Florence, Italy (Writers Collective) 7/12
Rome, Italy (At Video Shoot for the Film Zen) 7/13
Ostia, Italy (Book Festival) 7/15
Ostia, Italy (Book Signing with Author Tinesha Davis) 7/16
Ostia, Italy (World Cup Skateboarding Concert Appearance) 7/16
Sterling, VA (Author Reception and Signing at Doubletree) 7/17
New Orleans, LA (Playing With Fire at the House of Blues *Concert / Party) 7/31
Austin, TX TBA
Houston, TX TBA

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