General Schedule
Thursday, July 29
Admission $30. Buffet dinner by Lane Williams-Longhorn Restaurant. Beer and wine included. Meet the authors, enjoy entertainment by Mystic Gitanas dancers. Casual dress.
Directions: From Hwy. 90, head north on N. Harrison, which changes name to Loop Road after several blocks. Turn left (west) just past Alpine Country Club and follow curving road to Lodge.
Friday, July 30
All Friday events take place at the Espino Conference Center, 2nd floor, Morgan University Center. For a map of the Sul Ross campus: www.sulross.edu/pages/3497.asp Directions: From Hwy. 90, head north on N. Harrison to right on E. Ave. B (Entrance 4), located on back side of campus. See large parking lot on right next to big, tall brick building with "University Center" on its side. Park in the lot and walk uphill and around to entrances on Campus Quadrangle side. Take stairs or elevator to 2nd floor.Click here to download a printable schedule of author programs.
Daytime
7:30 a.m. Doors open for vendor set-up and other early birds.
8:15 a.m. Registration. Though there is no charge for daytime author programs, we ask all guests, vendors and visitors to sign guest book and record contact information.
9:00 to 10:45 a.m. Storytime for Young Children: The Gum-Chewing Rattler
Room A. Presenter: Mary Beth Garrett (repeats 3 x)
10:00 to 10:45 a.m. Lucha Libre y Mas Elementary grades
Room B. Author & Illustrator: Xavier Garza
11:00 to 11:45 a.m. A Perfect Season For Dreaming Elementary & Middle grades
Room A. Author: Benjamin Saenz; Intro: Marcia Daudistel
11:00 to 11:45 a.m. How NOT to Be Popular Upper Grades (12-17 yrs)
Room B. Author: Jennifer Ziegler
12:00 to 1:00 p.m. Lunch break. 1st floor dining room open.
1:00 to 1:45 p.m. Coming of Age for Girls: Last of the Menu Girls
Room A. Author: Denise Chavez; Intro: Marcia Daudistel
1:00 to 1:45 p.m. Coming of Age for Boys: Last Night I Sang to the Monster
Room B. Author: Benjamin Saenz
2:00 to 3:00 p.m. Short Takes: Humorous Poems & Readings from the Authors
Room A. Authors: Chavez, Garza, Saenz, Ziegler
3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Free time
Evening
Reception & Banquet Friday evening
Espino Conference Center, admission $35.
Dressy casual attire.
6:00 p.m. Cocktails and light entertainment (cash bar)
7:00 p.m. Banquet is served
After dinner reading and performance by Ms. Denise Chavez.
9:00 p.m. Departure
Saturday, July 31
Espino Conference Center, 2nd floor, UC
9:00 to 9:45 a.m. Keynote Address: Lessons from a Lifetime of Writing
Room A-B. Keynote Speaker: David Morrell; Welcome & Intro: SRSU Pres. Dr. Ricardo Maestas
10:00 to 10:45 a.m. Mr. Kokernot & His Fabulous
Alpine Cowboys Baseball Club
Room A-B. Author: D.J. Stout; Intro: Chris Lacy
11:00 to 11:45 a.m. Tales of a 5th Generation Cowman
Room A-B. Author: J. P. S. Brown; Interviewed by Joel Nelson
12:00 to 1:00 p.m. - Lunch on your own; 1st floor dining room open.
1:00 to 1:45 p.m. True Accounts of Danger and Death
in Big Bend National Park
Room A. Author: Laurence Parent; Intro: John Morlock
1:00 to 1:45 p.m. People of the Big Bend:
Lives That Books Should Be Written About
Room B. Presenter: Lonn Taylor; Intro: Melleta Bell
2:00 to 2:45 p.m. ‘Crazy From the Heat’:
New Work by Photographer James H. Evans
Room A. Introduction: D.J. Stout
2:00 to 2:45 p.m. Three Texas Poets in Performance
Room B. Poets: Rosa Alcalá, Benjamin Saenz, Scott Wiggerman
3:00 to 3:45 p.m. Finale: Selected Readings
Room A. Authors: Debra Monroe, Carol Dawson, W.K. ‘Kip’ Stratton
After 3:45 p.m. - Free time
Vendor tables to be out no later than 4:30 p.m.
The Flatlanders Concert -
Benefiting the Alpine Public Library
Location: Pete P. Gallego Center (SE edge of campus, visible from Hwy 90)
Advance ticket information elsewhere on this website. At door: $30, $45 (depending on availability)
6:00 p.m. Box office open
7:00 p.m. Doors open
8:00 p.m. Opening act: The Doug Moreland Band
9:00 p.m. THE FLATLANDERS, featuring Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore
and Butch Hancock
ca. 10:30 p.m. Departure