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  • StraightioLab with Special Guests

    Vegas Theatre Company 1025 S 1st St,, Las Vegas, NV, United States

    Join BMI for a live show with StraightioLab, a podcast that unpacks the rich, multi-colored tapestry of straight culture.Join BMI at the Vegas Theatre Company theater for a live show with StraightioLab! StraightioLab is an intellectual podcast where smart comedians George Civeris and Sam Taggart unpack the rich, multi-colored tapestry of straight culture. In this […]

  • An Evening with Maz Jobrani and Maryam Ala Amjadi

    Philip J. Cohen Theatre in the UNLV Student Union 4505 S Maryland Pkwy, Las Vegas, NV, United States

    Join BMI for free a conversation with actor, author, and comedian Maz Jobrani.Join BMI’s City of Asylum Fellow Maryam Ala Amjadi in a conversation with actor, author, and comedian Maz Jobrani. They’ll discuss their experiences moving through both Iranian and American cultures, and explore how humor can help us move through the world.Maz Jobrani is […]

  • The Art of Retelling the Truth with Melissa Febos and Jamie Hood

    Dr. Arturo Rando-Grillot Hall 4327-4371 South Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV, United States

    Melissa Febos and Jamie Hood are two of the most astute essayists working today on the subject of trauma and embodiment.Melissa Febos and Jamie Hood are two of the most astute essayists working today on the subject of trauma and embodiment. For Febos, this has taken the form of memoirs like Abandon Me and The […]

  • Writing the Book You Needed featuring George M. Johnson and KB Brookins

    1861 N M.L.K. Blvd 1861 North Martin Luther King Boulevard, Las Vegas, NV, United States

    Join BMI Shearing Fellow KB Brookins for an evening with George M. Johnson, author of All Boys Aren't Blue.Join BMI Shearing Fellow KB Brookins for an evening with George M. Johnson, author of All Boys Aren't Blue. Following a reading of Johnson's work, Brookins will lead a conversation with Johndon about the craft of writing […]

  • On Persian Poetry and the Art of Translation (Ahmad Shamlou’s Centennial)

    UNLV's Beverly Rogers Literature and Law Building (RLL): Room 101 4505 S. Maryland Pkwy, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

    Join Niloufar Talebi and Maryam Ala Amjadi for a conversation on Ahmad Shamlou’s enduring legacy.Niloufar Talebi’s new book, a bilingual edition of Ahmad Shamlou, one of Iran’s most influential twentieth-century poets, showcases her skill and dedication as a translator and cultural worker. In Elegies of the Earth, published to mark the poet’s centennial, Talebi brings […]

  • Nature is What We Come To in the Practice of Remembering

    1861 N M.L.K. Blvd 1861 North Martin Luther King Boulevard, Las Vegas, NV, United States

    Guests Lazarus Letcher, Erica Vital-Lazare, Claytee D. White, and host Saretta Morgan will reflect on their personal eco-histories.This conversation opens a space to celebrate the rich perspectives of Black artists, social change makers, and everyday folks who’ve deepened our capacities to feel, observe, and be present to natural worlds that are often weaponized against us […]

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