bar//DRINK Reading Series & Events
Spices & Staples Community Workshop: The Art of the Short Story
Meet other creatives and draft a new short story toned in the vein of comedy or drama. Learn beginner concepts such as “The Hook” and “Cliff Hanger Endings” and how to spin plates, as they say. We will look at the art of the short story via the works of Barthelme and Lahiri. Free to attend.
Unbroken Wheat Vol. II/ III Release
Release of the consecutive copy of Unbroken Wheat: Unhoused Youth Poetry of Montrose, combined as Vol. II and III, being served like hot cakes on the streets of HTX.
bar//DRINK Reading Series, Autumn 2026
Our fall installment and kick off to year five of our hyperlocal reading series at Drop of the Creator Distillery in the Westbury area of HTX. Featured readers are Hayan Charara, Kionna Walker LeMalle, Stalina Villarreal, and Scott Repass.
Launch Release Party, table//FEAST Literary Magazine - Issue 5
A release of our fifth issue in print aimed at a release sometime in October at Brazos Bookstore featuring three published writers from the issue and guest stand-in reading for The Blossom Contest and other winners by Editor Colin James Sturdevant. Our special guest readers are Nemi Otikor, Sunny Brittain, and Kate McLean. Afterglow at Under the Volcano down the street following the reading/ launch.
Community Poetry Workshop: Translations as Play
An interactive session for makers and thinkers to collaborate, connect, and spark new ideas.