EAWP Social + Fundraiser - Live Music and Literary Reading
🎉We’re hosting a community social and fundraiser on Friday, September 12th, at Stargazer Bar off Springdale in East Austin!
Join us for live music, a literary reading, and a chance to meet or catch up with writers, readers, and members of our arts and music community 🎉
🎸Live Music: TAZER VOID — layered psychosomatic electronics wandering between ambient/drone, harsh noise, and psychedelic guitar music
✨Featured Readers✨
Jose Rodriguez is a first-generation latine writer based in Austin, TX. He is the Communications & PR Manager for Texas Book Festival and a Contributing Editor for STORY Magazine.
Aaron David Lawhon writes fiction and teaches English at Austin Community College. He received his MFA in Creative Writing from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, where he served as Fiction Editor for Barely South Review. He lives in South Austin with his cat, Ella.
Noor Iqbal graduated from UT Austin with a degree in Rhetoric and Writing and now teaches high school English and journalism. She enjoys writing poetry, short fiction, and creative nonfiction, taking inspiration from grocery shopping and people-watching.
🎗️Why We’re Fundraising
✍️About Us
Volunteer-led creative writing organization
Free & affordable arts programming
Building community through writing & reading
Supporting East Austin’s writers, artists & musicians
🫶Your Donation
Covers software that makes events easy to find & join
Provides books & materials for craft intensives & book clubs
Supports volunteer writers who give their time & energy
🔥Lineup:
7pm - Grab a drink, food from three new food trucks, and mingle
7:30 - 8:00pm Literary Reading
8:15 - 9:00pm Live Music
9:30pm Event Ends
👉Additional Details:
Drinks are available for purchase from the bar, and purchasing drinks is not part of our fundraiser.
✴️Website: www.eastaustinwrites.org
✴️Instagram: @eastaustinwrites