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Whether it’s a reading, discussion, craft talk, or interview, find these events and more featuring renowned authors, emerging writers, and talented new and local voices.

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From Page to Voice: Jack Straw Writers Reading

In Person at Lapis Theater

In the first of two events, 2025 Jack Straw writing fellows Mateo Bracken, Bill Hollands, Jenny Harrington Lill, Nhatt Nichols, and Sigrun Susan Lane read some of the poetry and creative non-fiction they’ve been working on this year.

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Playwright Open Mic: A Night of Community & Creativity

In Person at Lapis Theater

Welcome to this special Open Mic Night for Playwrights where writers bring the writing, and the audience does the reading! We encourage dramatic writers of all experience levels to share their work in this low-pressure, welcoming, and exciting evening of scene readings.

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Works in Progress (In-Person)

In Person at Lapis Theater

Works in Progress is Hugo House's open mic series inclusive of diverse formats and storytelling crafts. Read your work—poetry, fiction, essays, memoirs, plays, music, comedy, and more—and connect with our literary community! 

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Ludonarrative in Video Games

In Person at Lapis Theater

Come visit Hugo House's Ludonarrative in Video Games panel for a discussion of what it's like to be a writer in the games industry. Discussion will range from breaking into the games industry, designing procedurally generated stories, writing for AAA games, and more.

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DUNE Mini-Comics Night

In Person at Lapis Theater

DUNE* Mini-Comics Night is where folks are invited to create the contents of a black and white, 5.5” x 8.5” printed anthology within a limited amount of time, in one evening with no prompts or themes. Create whatever you want but it must be physical and finished by the end of the night.

An exclusive edition of the book will be published and distributed to only the contributors at the following DUNE meet-up.

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From Page to Voice: Jack Straw Writers Reading

In Person at Lapis Theater

In the second of two events, 2025 Jack Straw writing fellows Hillary Behrman, Asha Dore, Makayla Danielle Gay, Monique Ouk, and Connor Watkins-Xu read some of the poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction they’ve been working on this year.

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Works in Progress (In-Person)

In Person at Lapis Theater

Works in Progress is Hugo House's open mic series inclusive of diverse formats and storytelling crafts. Read your work—poetry, fiction, essays, memoirs, plays, music, comedy, and more—and connect with our literary community! 

View Details

DUNE Mini-Comics Night

In Person at Lapis Theater

DUNE* Mini-Comics Night is where folks are invited to create the contents of a black and white, 5.5” x 8.5” printed anthology within a limited amount of time, in one evening with no prompts or themes. Create whatever you want but it must be physical and finished by the end of the night.

An exclusive edition of the book will be published and distributed to only the contributors at the following DUNE meet-up.

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