Author Maxwell Drake plans to offer free adult writing workshops at 3 p.m. Sundays and 4: 45 PM on 6 December in Centennial Hills library, 6711 n. Buffalo Drive.
Kathryn Kruse started reading series NeonLit in 2009 to showcase the works of students at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, MFA and Ph.d. programs. Since then, the monthly events have taken a standing-room-only crowd of the city centre to hear poems and prose. Oscar Oswald poet and fiction writer of the first year of student Brittany Bronson reader is scheduled to present their work at the Center for the arts, December 9 at The Contemporary Arts Factory, 107 e. Charleston Blvd. doors are set to open at 6 pm with a cash bar, and the reading is scheduled to start at 7 pm for more information, visit neonlit.org.
“Helen j. Stewart, first lady of Las Vegas,” a book by Carrie Townley Porter and Sally Zanjani, scheduled to be shown during the dedication of the statue of Helen j. Stewart at noon Saturday at the Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort State Historic Park, 500 e. Washington Ave. for more information, visit helenjstewart.com or call 486-3511.
Henderson resident Carolyn Schneider plans to sign a copy of the book “Bing: On the Road to Of” from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at the Boulder Dam Hotel lobby, 1305 Arizona St in Boulder City. For more information, visit bingcrosbybooks.com.