River Bend Chronicle

2015
Friday, March 27 6:30 p.m.	Cage Dies Bird Flies Eighty-one paintings by Dale Williams, based on texts by Ben Miller 6:30 p.m., doors; 7:30 p.m., performance; 9:30 p.m., artist talk Gowanus Loft The Vanderbilt Republic 61 9th Street, #C8 Brooklyn, NY
Tuesday, April 14 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m.	Mural Speaks! with Radcliffe Institute Fellow Ben Miller Miller has been attempting to gather translations of the William Carlos Williams poem “The Red Wheelbarrow” in each Sioux Falls language in preparation for a massive community reading in 2016 in front of the Meldrum Park mural. Contribute an original translation, enjoy music from the Contab Cowboys, and listen to new translations of “The Red Wheelbarrow.” Music at the top of each hour Readings at a quarter past and a quarter till Skype with Sioux Falls at the bottom of each hour
Sunday, May 3 2–3 p.m.	Follow that Fragrance! Chasing Lilac History White lilacs and Rachmaninov are connected how? Can you name the Walt Whitman lilac poem not addressing President Lincoln’s assassination? Ben Miller and four Harvard College research partners have been harvesting material for a book-length lyric essay about the lilac aura, and ways it has filtered through their own lives and cultures around the globe. The presentation features poems, songs, monologues, and visual art celebrating Syringa vulgaris.  Free, registration requested. Hunnewell Building The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University 125 Arborway Boston, MA

2014
Monday, Oct. 6 7 p.m.	AGNI presents Maggie Dietz, Mary O'Donoghue, and Ben Miller The Roundtable at Porter Square Books 25 White Street Cambridge, MA
Wednesday, Nov. 12 4 p.m.	Fresh Connections: Tributaries to River Bend Chronicle II part of the 2014–15 Radcliffe Institute Fellows Presentation Series Sheerr Room, Day House Harvard University 10 Garden Street Cambridge, MA
2013
Friday, March 8 1:30 p.m.	The Debut Voices of UNCW's Lookout Books featuring Steve Almond, Ben Miller, Edith Pearlman, and John Rybicki AWP Conference Room 203, Level 2 Hynes Convention Center Boston, MA
Tuesday, March 19 7 p.m.	True Story the KGB nonfiction reading series KGB Bar 85 East 4th Street New York, NY
Wed., April 10 8 p.m.	Guest lecture and reading The DeNaples Center 405 University of Scranton Scranton, PA
Sunday, April 14 7 p.m.	Book Launch and reading Kenan Hall courtyard Robert Campagna photography exhibition in the Kenan Lobby University of North Carolina Wilmington reception to follow
Monday, April 15 7 p.m.	The Regulator 720 9th Street Durham, NC co-sponsored by the Duke Center for Documentary Studies and The Hinge Following the reading, the author will discuss his work with Belle Boggs, author of Mattaponi Queen and co-founder of The Hinge.
Tuesday, April 16 7 p.m.	Barnes & Noble Friendly Center 3102 Northline Avenue Greensboro, NC
Wednesday, April 17 7 p.m.	Malaprop's Bookstore 55 Haywood Street Asheville, NC
Thursday, April 18 7 p.m.	Park Road Books 4139 Park Road Charlotte, NC
	NC book tour stops are sponsored by the North Carolina Arts Council
Tuesday, May 14 7 p.m.	BookCourt 163 Court Street Brooklyn, NY
Wednesday, May 15 6–9 p.m.	Reading with Dean King Page Bond Gallery 1625 West Main Street Richmond, VA
Thursday, June 6 time TBA	One Story Literary Debutante Ball Roulette 509 Atlantic Avenue Brooklyn, NY
Friday, June 7 7:30 p.m.	One Story Literary Debutante reading featuring L. Annette Binder, Manuel Gonzales, Ben Miller, Leigh Newman, Ethan Rutherford, Claire Vaye Watkins, and Douglas Watson Greenlight 686 Fulton Street Brooklyn, NY
Tuesday, June 18 6:30 p.m.	A Room of One's Own 315 W. Gorham St Madison, WI
Wednesday, June 19 7 p.m.	Prairie Lights 15 South Dubuque Street Iowa City, IA
Thursday, June 20 7 p.m.	New Bo Books 1105 Third Street, SE Cedar Rapids, IA

More events coming soon! To schedule an appearance please e-mail Lookout Books.