Upcoming events
Contact me at irenelarasilva@gmail.com to book events.
June 2023 Corazon Collective Tour: El Paso, Las Cruces, Albuquerque, Placitas, Santa Fe. Featuring jo reyes-boitel, Angelina Saenz, Carmen Calatayud, Jen Yanez-Alaniz, and ire’ne lara silva
June 16, 2023 7pm Corazon Collective Reading, Cafe Mayapan, El Paso, TX
June 17, 2023 1pm Corazon Collective Workshop, Cafe Mayapan, El Paso, TX $50 Registration (includes lunch)
June 18, 2023 2-4pm Corazon Collective Workshop, Nogalitos Gallery, Las Cruces, NM
June 18, 2023 6pm Corazon Collective Workshop, Nogalitos Gallery, Las Cruces, NM
June 20, 2023 7pm Corazon Collective Reading, Jules’ Poetry Playhouse, Placitas, NM
June 22, 2023 7pm Corazon Collective Reading, National Hispanic Cultural Center, Albuquerque, NM
June 23, 2023 7pm Corazon Collective Reading, El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
June 24, 2023 Time TBA Corazon Collective Workshop, National Hispanic Cultural Center, Albuquerque, NM
July 2023 Texas Rural Tour sponsored by the Texas Commission on the Arts. All events free.
Six events to be offered by Writer:
July 12, 2023 4pm Clyde Public Library, Clyde, TX, Writer’s Workshop (Adult)
July 13, 2023 10:30am Anson Public Library, Anson, TX, Visual Poetry Workshop (Kids)
July 14, 2023 10:30am Stephenville Public Library, Stephenville, TX, Visual Poetry Workshop (Kids)
July 15, 2023 7pm 3Rivers Foundation, Crowell, TX, Reading and Presentation
July 18, 2023 2pm Bicentennial Library, Paducah, TX, Reading
July 19, 2023 1pm Carnegie County Library, Vernon, TX, Reading
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Past Events
May 10-14, 2023 Zoeglossia, Online
May 6, 2023 10am 2023 Department of Mexican American & Latina/o Studies commencement speaker, UT Austin, Austin, TX
April 29, 2023 5:30pm Evening Exploring the Art of Improv through Spoken Word and Latin Jazz; Celebrating National Poetry Month, National Deaf History Month, and Jazz Appreciation Month. Various reading and performances, including panel featuring Richard Blanco, Ruben Quesada, fei Hernandez. Moderator: ire’ne lara silva. Smithsonian National Musuem of the American Latino, Washington, D.C.
April 25, 2023 Class visit, UT-RGV, Edinburg, TX
April 16, 2023 Reading with ire’ne lara silva, Jen Yanez-Alaniz, and Carmen Tafolla, UTSA, San Antonio, TX
April 17, 2023 Class visit, UTSA, San Antonio, TX
April 12, 2023 Letras Latinas presents a symposium on Latinx Poetics with Ruben Quesada, Orlando Menes, Sheryl Luna, and ire’ne lara silva. Notre Dame University, South Bend, IN
April 8, 2023 6pm Reading featuring Luivette Resto, Angelina Saenz, and ire’ne lara silva, Tia Chucha’s, 12677 Glenoaks Blvd, Sylmar, CA.
April 6, 2023 Class visit-Paige Schilt, UT Austin, TX
April 1, 2023 11am-12:40pm, 2023 Chicana Caucus Plenary: Nuestras Voces: Continuing the Revolutionary Act of Chicana/x Thought, featuring ire’ne lara silva, Alexandra Nichole Salazar, and Madeline Alvizo Ramirez, NACCS Conference, Denver, CO
March 30, 2023 Workshop, UC-Boulder, CO
March 28, 2023 7pm Eastern, Online Panel, Still in Love: Multicultural Lesbian Publishing in the 80’s, 90’s, and Beyond! Featuring Aunt Lute Founder Joan Pinkvoss, Aunt Lute Author ire’ne lara silva, Firebrand Books Founder Nancy Bereano, and Firebrand Books author Cherrie Moraga. Register at sinisterwisdom.org/events
February 16, 2023 7pm Writers’ League of Texas Third Thursday: “The Creative Spark-Where Writers Find Inspiration” with Gabino Iglesias, Elizabeth McCracken, and ire’ne lara silva, Free. BookPeople, 600 N. Lamar, Austin, TX
February 10, 2023 10am-12pm Forget Discipline Writing Workshop, Centro Cultural Hispano de San Marcos, San Marcos, TX
February 3, 2023 1pm Grito Writing Workshop, Center for Latinx Literature of the Americas, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
February 2, 2023 7pm Latinx Poetry Anthology release featuring Orlando Menes, Natalia Trevino, ire’ne lara silva, Raina Leon, Juan Morales, Tomas Morin, Sheryl Luna, Blas Falconer, Laurie Ann Guerrero, Ruben Quesada, and more! Poetry Foundation, Chicago, IL
January 27, 2023 6-8pm We Belong in San Antonio: A DreamWeek Poetry Declaration featuring various artists, Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, 723 S. Brazos St., San Antonio, TX.
January 21, 2023 1-2:30pm Central Time Corazon Collective Online Workshop/Platica Series Corazon de Monstruo/Heart of the Divine led by ire’ne lara silva. How can we say our work is truly alive and taking risks without testing the extremes of our emotions, the expanses of our spirits, and the limits of our freedom? Let’s explore this in discussion, guided meditation, and writing prompts.
November 11, 2022 1:30-3:15pm Loud and Proud: La Lucha Continua, 50 Years of (Partial) Freedom, Symposium to Celebrate the Life and Legacies of raulrsalinas. UT Austin Benson Latin American Collection Conference Room, Austin, TX
November 4, 2022 Panel reading: encarnando diosas: readings from Journal of Latina Critical Feminism Volume 5. Five writers published in JLC– Gabriella Gutierrez y Muhs, Violeta Orozco, Araceli Esparza, Jen Yanez-Alaniz, and ire’ne lara silva will be presenting their poetry and fiction. El Mundo Zurdo Conference. UTSA Downtown, San Antonio, TX
November 3, 2022 12pm-1pm Central VIRTUAL Conversation celebrating Latinx Poetics: Essays on the Art of Poetry. Featuring ire’ne lara silva, Daniel Borzutzky, and Sheryl Luna. Moderated by Ruben Quesada. Hosted by UIC’s Center for Latinx Literature of the Americas and Lit & Luz.
October 22, 2022 VersoFrontera, featuring Wendy Barker, Natalia Trevino, Ire’ne Lara Silva, Yvette Benavides, Tomas Q. Morin, Alexandra Van De Kamp, Martha Rivas, Monique Quintana, Matt Sedillo, J Bruce Fuller, Maria Miranda Maloney, Gerard Robledo, Lau Cesarco Eglin, Tony Diaz, Sheila Fiona Black, Andrea Vocab Sanderson, Jenny Browne, Miriam Damaris Maldonado, Fernando Flores, Juan R. Palomo, Reggie Scott Young, James Knippen, Norma Elia Cantú, Carmen Calatayud, Jen Yáñez-Alaniz, Laura Van Prooyen, Gabriel Saxton-Ruiz, Andrew McFadyen-Ketchum, Antoinette Winstead, Joshua Robbins, and more! Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio, TX
October 19, 2022 Online Reading: Aunt Lute Books is excited to announce a special 40th anniversary celebration reading on Wednesday, October 19, 2022 at 6:00 pm Pacific time, featuring acclaimed authors Ginny Z. Berson, ire’ne lara silva, Verónica Sandoval, and Kathya Alexander.
October 17, 2022 Class visit–jo reyes boitel. UT-Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, TX.
September 28, 2022 1pm Class visit. Temple College-Taylor. 6:30pm Reading featuring ire’ne lara silva, Temple College-Hutto, Hutto, TX
September 25, 2022 7pm Carrie Rodriguez’ Laboratorio featuring Amalia Mondragon, Tereso Perfecto Contreras and ire’ne lara silva. Stateside at Paramount, Austin, TX.
September 18, 2022 5pm Xicanext, featuring Vincent Cooper, ire’ne lara silva, Georgie Lee Moreno, Natalia Trevino, and Viktoria Valenzuela. Hosted by Eddie Vega. Dakota East Side Ice House, 433 S. Hackberry, San Antonio, TX 78203
September 12, 2022 Visit with Sonia Gutierrez’ Puente Program students, Palomar College, CA
August 21, 2022 7pm Moderating Book Release for Guadalupe Garcia McCall’s Echoes of Grace. BookPeople, Austin, TX
June 29, 2022 6pm Premiere of Leslie Contreras Schwartz’ short film, “It’s a Mask, It’s a Virus, It’s a Knee” and readings by Leslie Contreras Schwartz and ire’ne lara silva, Holocaust Museum, Houston, TX
May 19, 2022 7pm Moderating Book Release for Natalia Sylvester’s Breathe and Count Back From Ten. BookPeople, Austin, TX
May 13-14, 2022 National Hispanic Cultural Center presents ire’ne lara silva–Book reading and Workshop! May 13: 6pm reception and cash bar, Disney Center for Performing Arts. 7pm Reading, Bank of America Theatre. May 14: 10am-130pm Gritos Writing Workshop. Free. Limited seats. REGISTRATION REQUIRED for reading and workshop: NHCCNM.ORG/EVENTS
April 8, 2022 2-330pm Central , Reading and discussion with poets Carlos Aguasaco, Ire’ne Lara Silva, Urayoán Noel, Octavio Quintanilla, Juana M. Ramos, and Keila Vall de la Ville. Hosted by the Latin American Writers Institute (LAWI) in collaboration with Veladas Hostosianas. Virtual event.
March 30, 2022 7pm Eastern ONLINE, “Right here in our bodies: Latinx Poetry and Disability Justice” with Sheryl Luna, Jasminne Mendez, and ire’ne lara silva. Moderated by Urayoan Noel. Hosted by CantoMundo.
March 12, 2022 9am Central ONLINE, World Poetry Day
February 12, 2022 1-4pm Central Time via Zoom, Sitting in Your Power, Workshop led by ire’ne lara silva So many of our conversations with ourselves and other artists center around doubt, imposter syndrome, being critical of our work, and comparing ourselves to others. In these 3 hours of guided meditations, discussions, and writing prompts, we will focus on claiming our spaces, owning our voices, and dreaming our futures as writers, thinkers, and individuals. To register, send $75 via paypal or zelle to: irenelarasilva@yahoo.com
January 15, 2022 10a-1pm Forget Discipline, Online Writing Workshop led by ire’ne lara silva. Hosted by Writer’s League of Texas. More info coming soon.
December 11, 2021 1-4pm Central Time via Zoom, Sitting in Your Power, Workshop led by ire’ne lara silva
November 20, 2021 5pm Central FlowerSong Press PachangaPOW Virtual reading featuring Angelina Saenz, Luivette Resto, Carolina Hinojosa, jo reyes-boitel, Gris Munoz, and ire’ne lara silva. To register: https://bit.ly/pachangapow
October 30, 2021 2pm, VIRTUAL Texas Book Festival, Panel on Nepantla Anthology with Sergio Troncoso, Oscar Casares, Octavio Quintanilla, and ire’ne lara silva. Austin, TX
October 23, 2021 12:30-3:30pm Writing Workshop led by ire’ne lara silva through Austin Bat Cave: “Contemplating Mortality to Fuel Your Writing Practice” This three-hour virtual workshop will primarily feature discussions and writing exercises centered on mortality, life, and writing goals. The intent is to move away from fear and towards truth, to sit comfortably or uncomfortably with reminders of our mortality, to both grieve and celebrate our losses, and to strategize how a realistic but peaceful relationship with our mortality can fuel us as artists. To register: https://austinbatcave.org/product/contemplating-mortality/
October 2, 2021 5pm. VIRTUAL Release of ire’ne lara silva’s chapbook, Hibiscus Tacos (Alabrava Press) and First Poems: ani’mal, INDiGENA, and furia (FlowerSong Press). Guest poets: Eddie Vega, Cesar L. DeLeon, and Julieta Corpus. Hosted by Octavio Quintanilla.
September 30, 2021 7pm Online Reading and Platica featuring ire’ne lara silva. TAMIU-Laredo. “Art and Transformation: The Stories That Shape Us” To register: https://www.tamiu.edu/coas/lla/diversity-series/silva.shtml
September 22, 2021 7pm. VIRTUAL. Reading with Rodney Gomez, Celina A Gomez, Edward Vidaurre, Julieta Corpus, and ire’ne lara silva. Hosted by South Texas College.
September 21, 2021 6pm Online Reading and Panel featuring Carmen Tafolla, Octavio Quintanilla, ire’ne lara silva, Edward Vidaurre. San Antonio Museum of Art hosting this event in honor of the anthology, Puro Chicanx: Writers of the 21st-Century
August 29, 2021, 7pm. VIRTUAL– Decolonizing Love/LGBT Reading featuring Cesar L. DeLeon, jo reyes-boitel, and ire’ne lara silva. Hosted by the Valley Aids Council. Edinburg, TX Zoom link: bit.ly/decolonizinglove
August 28, 2021, 1-2:30pm. VIRTUAL–Contemplating Mortality Workshop. This workshop will primarily feature discussions and writing exercises centered on mortality, life, and writing goals. Priority given to Rio Grande Valley residents. Open to writers of all genres and levels. Free. Hosted by the Valley Aids Council, Edinburg, TX.
August 26, 2021 Closed Reading, UT-RGV, Edinburg, TX
August 24, 2021 Closed Workshop, UT-RGV, Edinburg, TX
June 28, 2021 Online. The Medical Humanities Book Club at UCSB invites you to join us for a reading of Blood Sugar Canto by auhtor ire’ne lara silva. The event will be followed by a panel discussion focusing on how the sciences and the arts can both contribute to healing.
June 25, 2021, 7pm CDT Online. Bookwoman presents a reading celebrating recent awards by LGBTQ writers featuring KB Brookins, David Meischen, and ire’ne lara silva. Hosted by Cindy Huyser. To register: https://tinyurl.com/queer-reading
June 19, 2021, 6-8pm CDT, World Refugee Day Virtual Poetry Event, with Selected Anthology Poets, Carmen Tafolla, Octavio Quintanilla, ire’ne lara silva, jo reyes-boitel, Eddie Vega, Abril Garcia-Linn, Christopher “Rooster” Martinez, Daisy Bermea, Joy Jimenez, Natalia Trevino, Rod Carlos Rodriguez, Erica de la Rosa.
June 10, 2021 Time 6-730 EDT CLAA’s LatinX Writers Panel at Cornell Reunion with Helena Maria Viramontes, Manuel Munoz, Daniel Pena, Melissa Castillo, and ire’ne lara silva. Moderated by Kety Esquivel. https://alumni.cornell.edu/come-back/reunion/
May 30, 2021 12:3-1:30pm, Sergio Troncoso & ire’ne lara silva KAZI Book Review Interview with Hopeton Hay
May 24, 2021 Featured Reader, Free Minds Celebration, Austin, TX
May 11, 2021 7pm CDT Corridas, Cumbias, y Chicana Poetics: Embodiment of Cultural Trauma & Resilience via Zoom Chicana voices have always been vital and present in the landscape of US Literature but have not been given the room to speak. This panel intends to work against the clear, historical lack of representation of Chicanas in the US canon, Chicanx canon, and professional spaces like AWP as well as present the possibility of resistance through writing on a national level from politically and identity related trauma and cultural erasure. Panel featuring: LESLIE CONTRERAS SCHWARTZ, XOCHITL-JULISA BERMEJO, IRE’NE LARA SILVA, MICHELLE OTERO, FELICIA ZAMORA, JENN GIVHAN, and SARA BORJAS
May 10, 2021 Workshop, Social Justice Praxis Group, UT-Austin CLOSED TO PUBLIC
May 10, 2021 Austin Public Health, CLOSED TO PUBLIC
May 5, 2021 6pm CDT Cinco de Mayo/Celebration of Parque Zaragoza, hosted by Red Salmon Arts featuring ire’ne lara silva, Mauricio Novoa, Gris Munoz, and jo reyes-boitel Austin, TX
May 5, 2021 Class visit via Zoom, Stanford University, CA CLOSED TO PUBLIC
April 29, 2021 Class visit via Zoom, University of Houston, CLOSED TO PUBLIC
April 28, 2021 3pm Nepantla Familias: Special Book Event to celebrate the new book in The Wittliff’s Literary Series: “Nepantla Familias: An Anthology of Mexican American Writers In Between Worlds.” This free virtual event features a conversation with editor Sergio Troncoso, an exclusive interview with author Sandra Cisneros, and special guest readings from nine of the acclaimed writers in the book: David Dorado Romo, Stephanie Elizondo Griest, Francisco Cantú, Diana Marie Delgado, Lorraine López, Octavio Quintanilla, ire’ne lara silva, Diana López, and Severo Perez.
April 24, 2021Time TBA ESB Mexican American Cultural Cente’s event, La Mujer: A Celebration of Womxn, an annual celebration of womxn in the arts, inspired by Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, who is considered the first feminist of the Americas. This year, we are highlighting the accomplishments of mujeres, of womxn, in Austin who inspire us. ONLINE
April 24, 2021 430-530pm CST/530-630EST Annapolis Book Festival Online. Nepantla Familias: Mexican American Literature on Families in Between Worlds Anthology. Panel featuring ire’ne lara silva, Rudy Ruiz, and Sergio Troncoso, .For more information: Annapolis Book Festival | The Key School
April 22, 2021 Class visit via Zoom. California Institute of Integral Studies.
April 22, 2021 Class visit via Zoom. UT-El Paso.
April 19, 2021 7:30-9:00pm, Roundtop Poetry Festival, Online Workshop “Telling the Truth” led by ire’ne lara silva. Description: My first and last advice to writers about writing is the importance of learning to tell ourselves the truth– to make a practice of reaching beyond surface truths to the deeper truths that make us who we are and inform the creative work to do. This workshop will be writing intensive. Sharing will be optional. All genres and skill levels welcome. To register: Workshops | Poetry at Round Top
April 15, 2021 Class visit, Santiago Vaquera-Vasquez’ Haunted Borderlands Class, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
April 11, 2021 3-4pm CST, San Antonio Book Festival Online. Nepantla Familias: Mexican American Literature on Families in Between Worlds Anthology. Panel featuring Rigoberto González, Octavio Quintanilla, and ire’ne lara silva. Moderator Sergio Troncoso. More info: https://sabookfestival.org/online-edition
November 16, 2020 7pm Central, ACC’s Literary Coffeehouse featuring ire’ne lara silva via Zoom
November 7, 2020, 10am-1pm, Writing the Difficult Writing Workshop offered by Writer’s League of Texas (via Zoom)
October 30, 2020 9-10am CST, CantoMundo Panel: “Crossroads of Latinx,” with other CantoMundo poets, Dodge Poetry Festival, https://www.dodgepoetry.org/
October 14, 2020 Class visits, 10am, Public Health and Latinx Expressive Culture, and 3pm, Latinx Literature for Interdisciplinary Scholars with Julie A. Minich, UT-Austin, Austin, TX
October 9, 2020 Class visit, 12pm, Juan Luis Guzman’s Chicanx Literature class, Fresno City College, Fresno, CA
October 7, 2020 Class visit, 4:30pm, Norma Cantu’s Creative Nonfiction class, Trinity University, San Antonio, TX
October 6, 2020 6pm Marcia Kinsey Visiting Writers Series, featured writer (via Zoom), St Edwards, Austin, TX
October 6, 2020 2pm, Class visit, Sasha West’s Poetry class at St. Edward’s University, Austin, TX
September 29, 2020 4-5:30pm, Writing Workshop led by ire’ne lara silva, The Stories Our Bodies Tell. Hosted by the Health and Humanities Dept at UT Austin.
September 21, 2020 4-5:30pm, Online reading by ire’ne lara silva, Hosted by the Health and Humanties Program at UT-Austin. For more details: https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/humanitiesinstitute/events/rescheduled-poetry-reading-by-ire-ne-lara-silva
August 31, 2020, 4pm, Featured Reader, La Palabra hosted by Angelina Saenz, Los Angeles, CA Link to recording: https://www.facebook.com/la.l.vive/videos/3365638000221805
August 5-26, 2020 “Let’s Write: A Generative All-Genre” workshop led by ire’ne lara silva will meet for a total of four sessions on Wednesday evenings in August: 8/5, 8/12, 8/19, 8/26. Time: 6:00pm to 9:00pm CDT on Zoom. Class Description: In this class — open to poets, fiction writers, memoirists, dreamers, makers, thinkers, lovers of the word — the focus will be on connecting with the joy of writing and, yes, getting words down on the page. Each week’s session will have a focus (detailed below), plus there will be some assignments throughout the month. But mostly registrants can expect to spend time talking and writing, sharing, talking some more, and then writing some more. Prompts will be flexible and will work with whatever kind of writing you do or want to try. The main goal: to surprise ourselves with all the stories we’re holding inside, to learn from the work we love, and to connect to that energy of creation and exploration that will have us filling pages and pages. This workshop is appropriate for writers of all genres and all skill levels. http://www.writersleague.org/calendar/2020SummerWritingRetreatSilva?fbclid=IwAR3VXSMSiGT2-HEvkM83Cujiqfyt_tFnC76egeejis3TevbgvcmablgdsXQ
July 31, 2020 8pm CDT, 12 poets, 12 signs. Y mucho mucho amor. Hosted by Luivette Resto and Angelina Sáenz. Featuring: Rich Villar, Bonafide Rojas, Gris Muñoz, Ire’ne Lara Silva, Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo, Yago Cura, Frankie Hernandez, William Gonzalez, Maya Chinchilla, Angelina Sáenz, Lisbeth Coiman, Hector Rivera, Kenning JP García, Òscar Moisés Díaz, and Alejandro Heredia.
July 16, 2020 8pm, ONLINE, Writer’s League of Texas Live Webinar Series, “The Dreaded Middle” with Becka Oliver, Charlotte Gullick, Donna Johnson, and ire’ne lara silva.
June 13, 2020, 10am-1pm, Writers’ League of Texas presents an online workshop with ire’ne lara silva, Forget Discipline How To Want Your Way Through Writing. More info: http://www.writersleague.org/calendar/ForgetDisciplineSilva2020
May 30, 2020, 12-6pm, DISMANTLING DOUBT: 6 Hour Intensive/Weekend Writing Retreat led by ire’ne lara silva Dismantling Doubt: Everyone—from the beginning writer to the most established writer—has to deal with doubt at some time or another.. In this 6 hour intensive, we’ll discuss some approaches to getting over, under, around, and/or through doubt. Open to writers and non-writers at any level of experience. Cost: $125 per person Online via Zoom. To register: email irenelarasilva@yahoo.com
May 20, 2020 Visit with Dr. Deborah Miranda’s students. Washington and Lee University, VA
April 29, 2020 6/7/8pm, Book Release Party for Gris Munoz’ Coatlicue Girl hosted by Mujeres de Maiz with ire’ne lara silva, Rios De La Luz, and DJ Mala Vida Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKJoHvm2TVE&fbclid=IwAR1-bcwqxkHsY0CSEXPC7FC5TXfKVrlLlHaWF0NpiEedEAL5vCsRmBxDBzE
April 29, 2020 Zoom visit with Dr. Poornima Paidipaty’s students, London School of Economics and Political Science
April 25, 2020, 2-5pm, Forget Discipline: How to Want Your Way Through Writing, Online via Zoom
April 18, 2020 4pm, 2020 New Members of the Texas Institute of Letters read their work: Cyrus Cassells, Emmy Perez, Jessica Powers, ire’ne lara silva, and Octavio Solis. Hosted by Sergio Troncoso. Youtube link: https://youtu.be/Of6GzntIp6k
April 16, 2020, Virtual Class Visit, Sarah Pina’s class, UW- Parkside, Racine, WI
April 16, 2020, 3pm, Free Webinar Celebrating national Poetry Month with ire’ne lara silva, hosted by Catch the Next, https://www.facebook.com/events/653515378775785/
March 13, 2020, Virtual Class Visit, Juan Luis Guzman’s class, Fresno State, CA
March 7, 2020 ) 10:35am-11:50am, La Llorona: Tales of Powerless or Powerful Women?. (Kathleen Alcala and ire’ne lara silva in Conversation, Room 206A, Henry B. González Convention Center, Meeting Room Level. AWP Conference, San Antonio, TX
March 6, 2020 7pm, Queer Voices, Offsite AWP Reading, Esperanza Peace and Justice Center, 922 San Pedro, San Antonio, TX
February 19, 2020 Interfaces with Natalia Sylvester, Esteban Rodriguez, and ire’ne lara silva, Monkey Wrench Books, Austin, TX
February 6, 2020 6-8pm, Featured Author, University Author’s Day, Island Hall/Room 160, Texas A & M- Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, TX
December 12, 2019 7pm Reading with Natalia Trevino and ire’ne lara silva, Bookwoman, Austin, TX
December 6, 2019 3-5pm, Grito Writing Workshop, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Austin, TX
November 16, 2019 7pm, Reading with Esteban Rodriguez and ire’ne lara silva, Malvern Books, Austin, TX
November 14, 2019, 8pm, Carrie Rodriguez’ LABORATORIO w/ guests, Eva Ybarra and ire’ne lara silva, Cactus Café, Texas Union, 2247 Guadalupe, Austin, TX
November 10, 2019 12:30pm, Writer’s League of Texas presents Texas Writes! ACC-Rio Grande, Austin, TX
November 9, 2019 7PM, Latinx Showcase with Roberto Tejeda, ire’ne lara silva, and Em Felker. Hosted by Defunkt Magazine, Transart Foundation, 1412 W. Alabama St, Houston, TX
November 9, 2019 10am-1pm Writing Workshop led by ire’ne lara silva,“Forget Discipline: How to Want Your Way Through Writing” Dolce and Cafe, Houston, TX. Fee: $65. To register: irenelarasilva@yahoo.com
November 8, 2019 11a-1pm Reading and workshop with ire’ne lara silva and Leslie Contreras Schwartz, Rice University, Houston, TX
November 1, 2019 Two Panels, 1) 10:30am-1145am/Fiesta Room:“Testimonio, Relationship and Mythic Realities in El Mundo Zurdo: New Fication and Poetry from Queer Tejana Writers” with ire’ne lara silva, Anel Flores, and Maribel Rubio, and 2) 3pm-415pm/Northrup Hall, 312: “Poesia Nueva of the Borderlands: On Faith, History, and Identity” with ire’ne lara silva, Rodney Gomez, Octavio Quintanilla, and Natalia Trevino, Trinity University, San Antonio, TX
October 27, 2019 Texas Book Festival, 2:15-3:30pm, “Compressing and Condensing: Stories in Short Form,” with Edward Vidaurre, ire’ne lara silva, and Gabino Iglesias, Latinx Lit Tent , Austin, TX
October 26, 2019 Texas Book Festival, 2:15-3pm, “Singing to it: Poetry that Moves Through Music,” with Tyree Daye, ire’ne lara silva, and Orlando Ricardo Menes, Capitol Extension Room 2.028 , Austin, TX
October 19, 2019 Forget Discipline: How to Want Your Way Through Writing, Workshop led by ire’ne lara silva, San Antonio, TX
October 15, 2019 Visit with Sara Ramirez’ class on Anzaldua, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
October 4, 2019 “Loving, Grieving, and Surviving: Chicanas Reading the Poetry of Community & Mental Health,” Reading with ire’ne lara silva, Carmen Tafolla, Jen Yañez-Alaniz, Jen Mendoza, and Ilza Garcia, BookWoman, 5501 N. Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX
October 2, 2019 Visit with Norma Cantu’s Creative Non-Fiction Class/Generative Mixed Media Essay Workshop, Trinity University, San Antonio, TX
October 2, 2019 9:30-10:45am Cuicacalli/House of Song: Reading, Platica, and Book-signing with ire’ne lara silva, Northwest Vista College, San Antonio, TX
September 26, 2019 12pm Gritos: Finding the Sources of Our Voices, Education Hall. 6pm Reading, UTEP, Quinn Hall Rm 212, El Paso, TX
September 24, 2019 Skype with Juan Luis Guzman’s class, Fresno City College
September 19, 2019 CORAZON: A Fundraiser for Resistencia Bookstore/Red Salmon Arts featuring: Carmen Tafolla, Oscar Casares, Natalia Sylvester, ire’ne lara silva, Alejandro Puyana, Leticia Urieta, and Marilyse Figueroa. Silent Arts/Craft Auction. Plaza Colombia, 3842 S. Congress, Austin, TX
August 31, 2019 12-7pm DISMANTLING DOUBT: 6 Hour Intensive/Weekend Writing Retreat led by ire’ne lara silva Dismantling Doubt: Everyone—from the beginning writer to the most established writer—has to deal with doubt at some time or another.. In this 6 hour intensive, we’ll discuss some approaches to getting over, under, around, and/or through doubt. Open to writers and non-writers at any level of experience. Cost: $125 per person (includes lunch) $175 with overnight accommodations Location: NHI’s Loma Linda in Maxwell, TX (between Austin and San Antonio). To register: email irenelarasilva@yahoo.com
August 24, 2019 10a-1pm Writer’s League of Texas Workshop: “Forget Discipline: How to Want Your Way Through Writing a Book” In this class, we absolutely will not talk about ‘stealing time,’ writing schedules, writing on a daily basis, creating a physical space for writing, word counts, or creating outlines. Every time the word ‘discipline’ is spoken, the group will loudly boo, bang pots and pans, or stomp their feet in emphatic opposition. What we will discuss here is inspiration and imagination. We’ll investigate what it means to start or re-start a book project, connecting with the root of our desire to write, to create, to speak, to share. We’ll interrogate the internal/external obstacles that keep us from the work we long to do. We’ll question everything we’ve ever thought writing or writers have to be. This workshop will focus on sharpening our hunger to write—day after day, week after week, month after month. To register: http://www.writersleague.org/calendar/ForgetDisciplineSilva
July 29, 2019 Skype with Magda Garcia’s class, UC-Santa Barbara
July 20, 2019 4:15pm. Panel at Gemini Ink Writers’ Conference. “I’m Not From Here: Layering Place and Story Through Outsiders” with Ramona Reeves, Alejandro Puyana, ire’ne lara silva, and Jack Kaulfus. Tropicana Hotel, Room: Bolivar A. San Antonio, TX
June 29, 2019 10am. Panel at WLT’s Agents and Editors Conference, “Character and Voice: They Have that Je Ne Sais Quoi or Nah ” with Nicky Drayden, Sara Goodman, ire’ne lara silva, Lara Prescott. Austin, TX
June 29, 2019 5:30-9pm. Host of “Octavio Quintanilla- San Antonio Poet Laureate in Austin.” Mexican American Cultural Center, Austin, TX
June 21, 2019 -9pm. Reading with ire’ne lara silva,Cynthia Gomez, Tureeda Mikell, and Nazelah Jamison at Nomadic Press, Oakland Peace Center, Hosted by Nomadic Press, Oakland Peace Center, 111 Fairmount Ave., Oakland, CA
June 21, 2019 2:30-4:30pm, Writing Workshop led by ire’ne lara silva, Gritos: On finding the sources of our voices… $60 To register: irenelarasilva@yahoo.com Location: Nomadic Press, Oakland Peace Center, 111 Fairmount Ave., Oakland, CA
June 20, 2019 6:30pm Kim Shuck, Poet Laureate of San Francisco and ire’ne lara silva reading at Alley Cat Bookshop, 3036 24th St, San Francisco, CA 94110
June 8, 2019 Tumblewords Project presents Writing Workshop led by ire’ne lara silva, Gritos: On finding the sources of our voices…While gritos are most often associated with mariachi groups, El Grito de Dolores, or Mexican culture, we will be looking at gritos from another viewpoint—as a way of finding our own deepest personal voice, to ground the creative mind in our bodies, to root the voice in our hearts, and to both release and control emotion in the body and the voice. There will be various visualization exercise, a lot of playing with physical stances, a great deal of sound-making experimentation, and a few short writing/art prompts to examine how we perceive our voices. No experience or familiarity with gritos is needed. FREE! El Paso Library, 501 North Oregon, El Paso, TX.
June 7, 2019 7pm Latinas Writers Showcase with Rios de la Luz, Gris Munoz, jo reyes-boitel, Carolina Hinojosa-Cisneros, and ire’ne lara silva, Cafe Mayapan, 2000 Texas Ave., El Paso, TX
June 4, 2019 7:30pm, One Page Salon, Hosted by Owen Egerton, with Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz, Michael Hall, Ire’ne Lara Silva, and Julie Wernersbach. North Door, Austin, TX.
June 2, 2019 12:30pm Interview with Natalia Sylvester and Hopeton Hays, KAZI Book Review, KAZI, Austin, TX
June 1, 2019 7pm MACC/City of Austin’s Awards of Excellence, MACC, Austin, TX
May 20, 2019 Skype with Cathy Arellano’s Class, Sacramento, CA
May 17, 2019, 7pm, Reading with Ruben Degollado, Natalia Sylvester, Gerard Robledo, and ire’ne lara silva, Malvern Bookstore, Austin, TX
May 10, 2019 7pm, Borderless: Conversations on Art, Action, and Justice. ire’ne lara silva in conversation with Marilyse Figueroa, Malvern Bookstore, Austin, TX
May 7, 2019 Skype with Urayoan Noel’s Class, NYC
April 28, 2019, 8-10am, Reading at Border Wall, Moctezuma Bald Cypress Tree, Abram, TX.
April 20, Queering Religion/ Religion for Queers, Reading and Discussion with John Fry, jo reyes-boitel, and ire’ne lara silva. Bookwoman. Austin, TX
April 18, Class visit and reading, Colby College, Waterville, Maine
April 13, 2019 5pm-615pm, Canto de Mujer featuring authors Anel Flores, jo reyes-boitel, Carolina Hinojosa-Cisneros, Ilza Garcia, Maribel Rubio, and ire’ne lara silva, MACC, Austin, TX
April 6, 2019 7pm, Latina Poets with New Books Showcase featuring Gris Munoz, Leslie Contreras Schwartz, Jo Reyes-Boitel, Natalia Trevino, Carolina Hinojosa-Cisneros, and ire’ne lara silva. Music by Jen Mendoza. Esperanza Peace and Justice Center, San Antonio, TX
April 6, 2019 San Antonio Book Festival, Panel with Leslie Contreras Schwartz and Natalia Trevino. Moderated by Celeste Guzman Mendoza. San Antonio, TX
March 26, 2019 Visiting Writer Featured Reading, Blue Room, Providence Hall, OLLU, San Antonio, TX
March 23, 2019, 7pm, Book Release–CUICACALLI/House of Song by ire’ne lara silva, Music by Jen Mendoza. Moderated by Natalia Sylvester. MACC, Austin, TX
March 21, 2019, 6:30pm-8:30pm, Reading and Q&A, Imaniman: Poets Writing on the Anzalduan Borderlands, with Dan Vera, UT-Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, TX
March 20, 2019, 7pm, Reading featuring David Bowles, Natalia Sylvester, Dan Vera, and ire’ne lara silva, McAllen Public Library, McAllen, TX
March 9, 2019, 10am, Texas Writes, Lake Dallas Public Library, 302 S. Shady Shores Rd, Lake Dallas, TX 75065
March 4, 2019 Class visits, Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio, TX
February 26, 2019 5:30pm-7pm, Book Tips and Sips with Julie Berwald and ire’ne lara silva, Prohibition Creamery, 407 E. 7th St, Austin, TX
February 23, 2019 11:20am-12:05pm, Authors Carrie Fountain, ire’ne lara silva, and Jasminne Méndez, Panel: From Roots to Bloom: Deconstructing Latinidad moderated by Natalia Sylvester, Third Annual Celebration of Diverse Literary Voices of Texas, Austin Central Library, Austin, TX
February 16, 2019 Two panels at NACCS Tejas Foco. 9am: Stories in Progress: New fiction from three queer Tejana writers: Anel Flores, Maribel Rubio, and ire’ne lara silva; and, 10:30am: Alma, Corazon, Cuerpo, y Canto: New Poetry from Natalia Trevino, Leslie Contreras Schwartz, Carolina Hinojosa-Cisneros, and ire’ne lara silva; 9am: Houston Community College-Eastside Campus, Houston, TX
February 4, 2019 Class visits, Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio, TX
January 5, 2019 3-5pm Digging to Find Both the Monster and the Spirit, Writing workshop led by ire’ne lara silva, Austin, TX
November 11, 2018, 1pm, Reading with Leslie Contreras Schwartz and Natalia Trevino, Malvern Books, Austin, TX
November 10, 2018, 7pm, Latinx New Books Showcase featuring Natalia Sylvester, Natalia Trevino, Leslie Contreras Schwartz, Rodney Gomez, and Marilyse V. Figueroa, MACC, Austin, TX
October 27, 2018, 8pm Release party for Huizache Magazine #8, MACC, Austin, TX
October 19, 2018 Class visit, UT-Austin, Austin, TX
October 18, 2018, 7pm, Reading with Leslie Contreras Schwartz, Huff House, Rice University, Houston, TX
October 18, 2018 Class visit, University of Houston, Houston, TX
October 17, 2018 6:30-9:30pm Caressing the Flame: Writing the Difficult Writing Workshop. Price: $65. To register: email irenelarasilva@yahoo.com
Whether we’re writing from personal experience or on behalf of our characters going through difficult life experiences, it can be challenging to write poetry or prose that is alive, present, authentic, and risky. In this workshop, we’ll be trying several different approaches to really enter those places and find what we need there–for ourselves and our characters. Open to writers of all levels and genres. The Black Labrador, 4100 Montrose, Houston, TX
September 17, 2018 Visit to Northwest Vista College, San Antonio, TX
September 17, 2018 7-9pm Feeding the Tiger: Women Writing Graphic Sex Writing Workshop. To register: email irenelarasilva@yahoo.com
Price: $50. In this two hour discussion and writing workshop, we’ll be discussing the relegation of women’s writing of sex to erotica or romance rather than literary fiction. We’ll examine writing by women in a variety of genres that features graphic depictions of sex and examine the strategic use of sex scenes for plot and character development. Our discussion will cover themes of body acceptance, personal experience, the spiritual, shame, and empowerment. Writing prompts will include writing from experience, responses inspired by sex- and desire-associated deities from around the world, and spontaneously generated character scenarios. Some recommended films for discussion: Secretary, Nymphomaniac Volume I, Shame, Blue is the Warmest Color, The Handmaiden
July 28, 2018 ire’ne lara silva delivering keynote address, “Encorazonadxs: On the Art of Writing, Living, and Creating Community From the Heart.” El Tallercito’s First Writers Conference, Dallas, TX
July 27, 2018, 7pm. An Evening with ire’ne lara silva. Reading and Reception for El Tallercito’s First Writers Conference, CocoAndre Chocolatier, 508 W 7th St., Dallas, TX 75208
May 24, 2018 Catch the Next Foundational Summer Summit, Invited Reader, University of Texas Austin, Austin, TX.
May 18, 2018, 7pm Noche de Cultura, El Mundo Zurdo Conference, Featured reader, Esperanza Peace and Justice Center, San Antonio, TX.
May 16th, 2018, 7-9 pm Sister City Literary Exchange, Panel with Manjiri Dhamankar from Pune, India, author Antonio Ruiz-Camacho, poet/writer ire’ne lara silva, Dr. Helena Woodard of the UT English department, and poet Saryu Parikh. City of Austin Asian Resource Center, 8401 Cameron Road, Austin, TX.
May 8, 2018 Interview on Nuestra Palabra’s radio show: Latino Writers Having Their Say
April 19, 2018 Reading and Indigenous Food Community Potluck, Jacobsen Hall, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
April 12, 2018, Featured Presenter, LATINA POETRY ACROSS THE AMERICAS Symposium, Trinity University, San Antonio,TX
March 29, 2018 Screening of Dolores! Panel with Lilia Rosas, ire’ne lara silva, Susana Almanza, MACC, Austin, TX
March 24, 2018 Centro Cultural, Grito Writing Workshop and Reading, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
January 18, 2018 7-8:30pm, Writer’s Panel Discussion: Starting/Re-starting a Writing Project, Writer’s League of Texas, Bookpeople, 3rd floor, Austin, TX.
January 6, 2018 7pm, Hostess/Curator, LATINX POETS SHOWCASE, Featuring Marisol Baca, Rodney Gomez, Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo, Yaccaira Salvatierra, Vanessa Angelica Villarreal, and Gris Munoz, MACC, Austin, TX
December 2017-March 2018, Writing Critique Workshop Master Class Series, Mexican American Cultural Center, Austin, TX
November 11-12, 2017 (12 noon Saturday-3pm Sunday):Building a Writing Life: Getting Out of Our Own Way. Are you a writer struggling to create or maintain a writing life while also living life-life (job, family, self-care)? Are you a self-taught writer or a writer years out of an MFA program trying to map a road for yourself through a writing project? This weekend retreat is focused on various issues that I see come up again and again in workshops but that are never the prime focus: How do we handle our time and energy resources to write? How do we take care of ourselves while writing? What is our relation to ‘a writing life’ or to the label of ‘writer’? What are successful strategies that are helping us move forward–and how are we getting in our own way? Along with writing exercise, we will have plenty of time to discuss all these issues and help ourselves as we help each other. Price $225 with overnight accommodations/$175 without. Loma Linda, Maxwell, TX. Email to register: irenelarasilva@yahoo.com
November 5, 2017 Time TBA, IMANIMAN: Poets Writing in the Anzalduan Borderlands Reading/Panel with Jose Antonio Rodriguez, ire’ne lara silva, Nadine Saliba, and John Fry, Texas Book Festival, Austin, TX
October 28, 2017, 6pm, Latinx Writers Showcase featuring Natalia Sylvester, Guadalupe Garcia McCall, Leticia Urieta, ire’ne lara silva, and Rios de la Luz, Black Box Theatre, Mexican American Cultural Center, Austin, TX
October 12-13, 2017 Reading and Keynote Address, Midwestern Chicana Symposium: Art and Resistence in the Age of Extremism. Other featured writers/artists: Demetria Martinez, Norma E. Cantu, Celeste DeLuna. Mulvane Museum at Washburn University, Topeka, KS
October 7, 2017 3pm Reading at event celebrating the work of Gloria Anzaldua. Rasmuson Auditorium of the National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, DC.
Saturday, August 26, 2017 10am-2pm Feeding the Tiger: Women Writing Graphic Sex in Literary Fiction, a 4-hour writing workshop led by ire’ne lara silva. To register: email irenelarasilva@yahoo.com.$50 per person/Must register ahead of time. Location: Downtown Austin. My current prose projects have me ruminating on the division between erotica and literary fiction with graphic depictions of sex. What I find necessary in my work is for the graphic sex to be essential to the plot or to the character’s journey. We will begin with discussion about various women writers writing graphic sex in different genres and nomenclature, followed bywriting exercises inspired by sexual deities from around the world and writing prompts inspired by various art films or favorite novels, and end with a discussion about writing sex across various emotional registers. Some recommended films for discussion: Secretary, Nymphomaniac Volume I, I Am Happiness on Earth, Blue is the Warmest Color, Shame, Lady MacBeth….All genres and writing levels welcome. Queer and straight friendly. Open to people of all genders.July 25, 2017 7pm ire’ne lara silva at Malvern Multi-verse (interview and reading), Malvern Books, 613 W. 269th St., Austin, TX
July 22, 2017 Time TBA, Gemini Ink Writers’ Conference. Panel 1: “Politics with Your Fiction or Memoir, Anyone?” with Ramona Reeves, Ito Romo, Paige Schilt, and Jason Dewey Craft. Panel 2: “Imagining Change: Discussing the New Anthology, Imaniman: Poets Reflecting on Anzaldúan Borderlands” with Rodney Gomez, John Fry, Joe Jimenez, and Cesar L. De Leon. El Tropicano Hotel, San Antonio, TX
June 17, 2017 MACC Workshop #2. Master Writing Class Workshop
June 8, 2017 at 6pm. Reading at Catch the Next-Puente Reception, UT-Austin, Austin, TX
May 20, 2017 MACC Workshop #1. Master Writing Class Workshop
May 16, 2017 at 6pm Real County Public Library, Leakey, TX. ire’ne lara silva reading from her work. Part of the Laredo Rural Area Tour sponsored by Texas Commission on the Arts.
April 29, 2017 at 1pm, SWJCC-Crystal City, Crystal City, TX. Workshop by ire’ne lara silva. Part of the Laredo Rural Area Tour sponsored by Texas Commission on the Arts.
April 27, 2017 at 1pm, Carrizo Springs High School (students only), Carrizo Springs, TX. ire’ne lara silva reading from her work. Part of the Laredo Rural Area Tour sponsored by Texas Commission on the Arts.
April 27, 2017 at 4pm, Dimmit County Public Library. ire’ne lara silva reading from her work. Part of the Laredo Rural Area Tour sponsored by Texas Commission on the Arts.
April 13, 2017 at 11am, SWTJC Uvalde, TX (Students only.) ire’ne lara silva reading from her work. Part of the Laredo Rural Area Tour sponsored by Texas Commission on the Arts.
April 13, 2017 at 3pm, El Progreso Memorial Library, Uvalde, TX. ire’ne lara silva reading from her work. Part of the Laredo Rural Area Tour sponsored by Texas Commission on the Arts.
March 31, 2017 at 7pm Reading Celebrating Release of Issue 7 Fields Magazine, First Street Studio, 2400 E. Cesar Chavez, Suite 202, Austin, TX 78702
March 25-26, 2017 (Noon Saturday-2pm Sunday), Building a Writing Life: Balance, Self Care, and Getting Out of Our Own Way, a Weekend Writing Retreat led by ire’ne lara silva, Cost: $250 per person (Price includes 10 page mss review, all activities, overnight accommodations, and Sunday breakfast) Location: NHI’s Loma Linda in Maxwell, TX (between Austin and San Antonio) Spacious house sleeps 12, set on 50 acres of peaceful country. To register, email: irenelarasilva@yahoo.com
Feb 18, 2017 Imaniman Anthology Release, Mexican American Cultural Center, 600 River Street, Austin, TX
February 18, 2017 Outsider Fest, Panel, Austin, TX
December 3, 2016 10am-1pm, Humanities Texas Book Fair, Byrne-Reed House, 1410 Rio Grande, Austin, TX
November 15, 2016 Visit to Trinity University, San Antonio, TX
November 6, 2016 3:30-4:15pm, Capital Extension 2.010, Reading with Emmy Perez, J. Scott Brownlee, and Corinne Lee, Texas Book Festival, Austin, TX
November 4, 2016 7pm Celebrating Huizache’s 6th Issue, Mexican American Cultural Center, 600 River St, 2nd Floor Performance Studio, Austin, TX
October 25, 2016 7-8pm Reading with Alan Altimont, Malvern Bookstore, Austin, TX
October 11, 2016 7:30 Reading with Celeste Guzman Mendoza at Huston-Tillotson University, Student Union, Austin, TX
October 1, 2016 8pm Reading from Blood Sugar Canto, Palabras Libreria/Bookstore, 1023 Grand Avenue, Phoenix AZ
October 1, 2016 12pm Writing workshop (4 hours) Description: Caressing the Flame: Writing the Difficult… Whether we’re writing from personal experience or on behalf of our characters going through difficult life experiences, it can be challenging to write poetry or prose that is alive, present, authentic, and risky. In this workshop, we’ll be trying several different approaches to really enter those places and find what we need there–for ourselves and our characters. Open to writers of all levels and genres. Early bird registration cost: $50. After September 16th, the cost will increase to $60. ONLY 15 SPACES are available in order to create an intentional and intimate space. Mujeres del Sol believes in paying artist for their time, treasure, and truth. Proceeds will go to artist herself.
Please register via Paypal: irenelarasilva@yahoo.com Location: Puente Human Rights Movement, 1937 W. Adams St, Phoenix, AZ
September 15, 2016 11am Reading for the Hispanic Heritage Month Kick-off Event at Northwest Vista College, CCC Lago Vista, San Antonio, TX
September 10, 2016, 5pm, Celebrating the Release of Blood Sugar Canto and Voices of Resistance Anthology, Resistencia Bookstore, Austin, TX
August 14, 2016, 3:30pm, Poetry Reading with Leslie Contreras Schwartz and ire’ne lara silva, Bookwoman, 5501 N. Lamar Blvd, Ste A105, Austin, TX 78751.
August 13, 2016, 7pm, Featured at the Waco Poets Society’s Reading, Rufi’s Cocina, 1801 N. 25th St., Waco, TX
August 13, 2016, 3pm-5pm, Grito Writing Workshop: Finding the Source of Your Voice. $25/participant. Please pay in advance via paypal to: irenelarasilva@yahoo.com or email to make arrangements. Space is limited. Location: Enrichment Training & Counseling Solutions, 6501 Sanger Ave, Suite 102, Waco, TX 76710
July 23, 2016, 11:30am-12:30pm, Panelist for “The Art of Spinning Plates (or Getting the Book Written in the 21st Century)”, Gemini Ink 2016 Writers Conference, El Tropicano Riverwalk Hotel, 110 Lexington Ave, San Antonio, TX 78205. From 1:00-1:30pm, I will be signing and selling books at the Author’s Table at the Gemini Ink Bookfair in the lobby of the El Tropicano Hotel.
April 2, 2016, 1:30-2:30 PM, San Antonio Book Festival, Fighting Words: Joaquín Zihuatanejo, B.V. Olguín, And Ire’ne Lara Silva Read From Their New Poetry, Moderator: Joe Jiménez, San Antonio Library, Café Commerce (1st Floor of Central Library), San Antonio, TX
March 21, 2016. El Retorno Event: Reading and workshop at UT-Rio Grande Valley, Workshop: 3-4pm, Reading 6-7:15pm, Edinburg, TX. Flyer: https://www.facebook.com/events/1234329723263233/
February 26-27, 2016 Book Release Reading for Entre Guadalupe y Malinche: Tejanas in Literature and Art and One-Day Symposium, MACC, Austin, TX
January 23, 2016, 10-3pm with a 1 hour break for lunch, Caressing the Flame: Writing the Difficult Writing Workshop, Resistencia Bookstore, Austin, TX. Price $65 ($20 will benefit Red Salmon Arts)
January 16, 2016, 5-7pm, Book Release Reading for Blood Sugar Canto, Black Box Theatre, MACC, Austin, TX
December 4, 2015 Flor De Nopal Literary Festival Reading Featuring Dan Vera, Sarah A. Chavez, Jose A. Rodriguez, Ben Olguin, Sarah Shaney, Nicole Moore, Wade Martin, Vincent Cooper, and ire’ne lara silva, Auditorium, MACC, Austin, TX
November 8, 2015, 5pm, Language of Crossing by Liza Wolff-Francis Chapbook Release. Special guest, ire’ne lara silva. Resistencia Bookstore, Austin, TX.
November 1, 2015, 5pm, Day of the Dead Reading and Flor De Nopal Fundraiser, featuring Ben Olguin, Sarah Shaney, Muerta-Paz, Cindy Huyser, Wade Martin, Nicole Moore, and ire’ne lara silva. Resistencia Bookstore, Austin, TX
October 27, Various, Class visits, Dr. Jackie Cuevas, UTSA, San Antonio, TX
October 22, 2015, 6-9pm, CantoMundo Poetry Reading and Reception, featuring Carmen Tafolla, Laurie Ann Guerrero, Lupe Mendez, ire’ne lara silva, and Octavio Quintanilla, Koehler House, San Antonio College, San Antonio, TX.
October 16, 2015, 7pm, Flor De Nopal Celebrating the Release of Huizache Magazine’s 5th Issue. Black Box Theatre, MACC, Austin, TX
September 24, 2015, 7pm, “Our Indigenous Flesh,” Reading and Discussion with LeAnne Howe, Galeria de la Raza, San Francisco, CA.
August 1, 2015 2pm “Feeding the Tiger: Writings on Sex” Workshop, Resistencia Bookstore, Austin, TX
June 11, 2015 7pm Reading, Bookwoman, Austin, TX
May 30, 2015 5pm Reading with Dan Vera, Laurie Ann Guerrero, Emmy Perez, Tim Z. Hernandez, and ire’ne lara silva, Resistencia Bookstore, Austin, TX
May 27-30, 2015 Various times and dates: Panel: “Memory Transformation: New Writings From Four Queer Xicanas” with Amelia Montes, Rita Urquijo-Ruiz, Anel Flores, and ire’ne lara silva…Panel: Poetic Essays Reflecting on the Border as Anzaldua’s ‘La Herida Abierta’ with Dan Vera, Laurie Ann Guerrero, Emmy Perez, Tim Z. Hernandez and ire’ne lara silva
May 2, 2015 7pm. Reading with Santiago Vaquera-Vasquez at Malvern Books, Austin, TX
April 29, 2015 7pm. Reading at Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL.
April 25, 2015 2-5pm Two Writing Workshops offered by ire’ne lara silva and Octavio Quintanilla, Resistencia Bookstore, Austin, TX
April 23, 2015 6pm “Singing the Body” Reading with Octavio Quintanilla, UT Poetry Center, Austin, TX
April 18, 2015 3pm 2015 Southwest CantoMundo Poetry Reading featuring Liliana Valenzuela, Octavio Quintanilla, Jose Antonio Rodriguez, and ire’ne lara silva as part of the celebration of the work and legacy of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz. ESB-MACC, Austin, TX
March 8, 2015 4pm. International Women’s Day Poetry Reading with Barbara Bowen, Nicole Moore, Anushka Jasraj, Muerta-Paz Sin-Guerra, and ire’ne lara silva, BookWoman, Austin, TX
February 21, 2015 10am-3pm with a break for lunch. Write the Difficult Workshop, Gemini Ink, San Antonio, TX. Price: $75. For more info or to register: http://geminiink.org/event/write-the-difficult/
Saturday, December 6, 2014 at 5pm Flor De Nopal presents Mouthfeel Press Reading with Maria Miranda Maloney, ire’ne lara silva, Robin Scofield, Celina Villagarcia, Liliana Valenzuela, Carolina Monsivais. Resistencia Bookstore, 4926 E. Cesar Chavez, Unit C-1, Austin, TX
Friday, December 5, 2014 at 7pm, 2014 Flor De Nopal Literary Festival Featured Reading with Erika Wurth, Maria Miranda Maloney, Carolina Monsivais, ire’ne lara silva, Natalia Trevino, Joe Jimenez, Sarah Rafael Garcia, Allyson Whipple, Michael Casares, and Muerta-Paz C.C. Sin-Guerra…ESB-Mexican American Cultural Center, Multi-Purpose Room, 600 River St, Austin, TX
November 20, 2014 7pm, Reading, Rice University, Houston, TX
November 18, 2014 6pm RevisoWrimo Write-In and Reading, ire’ne lara silva with David Roe, Lisa Marie Estus, and Mandy Brown. Hosted by Ramona Reeves. Resistencia Bookstore, Austin, TX
November 6, 2014 3pm Visit with Jackie Cuevas’ class, UTSA, San Antonio, TX
November 6, 2014 12pm ire’ne lara silva Reading, Palo Alto College Native American/Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration 2014, Palo Alto College, Student Center Annex, 1400 W. Villaret, San Antonio, TX
October 25, 2014 3:30pm, Texas Book Festival, Reading and Panel with Tim Tingle, Room 2.028, Texas State Capitol, Austin, TX
October 24, 2014 FDN celebrates Huizache Magazine’s release of their 4th issue, ESB-Mexican American Cultural Center, 600 River St. Austin, TX
October 19, 2014 4:40pm SCMLA Conference, RPM Boardroom, Mixed Indigeneities with Thomas Parrie, Michelle Pichon, and Rain Gomez, Austin, TX
October 18, 2014 4pm, Latina Writers Panel, Festival de las Artes Latinoamericanas, Panel with Natalie Sylvester, Angelica Atondo, and Sandra Snethen, MACC, Austin, TX
October 9, 2014 6pm Austin Gente Viewing and Panel, ESB-MACC, Blackbox Theatre, Austin, TX
September 21, 2014 5pm Reading with Tim Z. Hernandez and Laurie Ann Guerrero, Resistencia Bookstore, Austin, TX
September 12, 2014 8pm Alumni Read, Austin Feminist Poetry Festival, Link & Pin Gallery, Austin, TX
September 7, 2014 7pm In the Bedroom reading with Sarah Rafael Garza, Liz Belile, and Monica T. Ortiz, Bookwoman, Austin, TX
August 26, 2014 6pm Award Ceremony & Reading for the Alfredo Cisneros del Moral Award, San Antonio Main Library, San Antonio, TX
August 9, 2014 1pm Leading a writing workshop, “Spirited Away: Writing Yourself Back”, ESB-Mexican American Cultural Center, 600 River St. Austin, TX
August 2, 2014 6pm Reading/Fundraiser at Resistencia Bookstore, 4926 E, Cesar Chavez St, Austin, TX
June 24, 2014 Invited Poet, First Annual Puente Summer Institute Reception, UT-Austin.
May 31, 2014 Presented with the 2013 Premio Aztlan prize and an Invited Reader for NHCC’s “Poets Conclave: Jose Montoya Celebration”, 7pm, National Hispanic Cultural Center, Bank of America Theatre, 1701 4th St. SW, Albuquerque, NM 87102
May 31, 2014 Reading with Tim Z. Hernandez and Laurie Ann Guerrero, Bookworks Bookstore, Albuquerque, NM
May 27, 2014 Author Guest, South Austin Book Club meeting. Book People, 3rd floor, 603 N. Lamar, Austin, TX 78703
May 20, 2014 Author Guest, North Austin Book Club meeting. La Madeleine’s, Austin, TX
May 19, 2014 Las Comadres de las Americas Teleconference. Nationwide Teleconference with ire’ne lara silva. flesh to bone is May Book of the Month for the National Latino Book Club. All are welcome to participate! For more info: http://lascomadres.com/latinolit/latino-book-club/portfolio/2014-book-month/
April 4-5, 2014, Featured Poet, Austin International Poetry Festival
Friday 4/4: 11:00am: Workshop-Caressing the Flame/Writing the Difficult, ACC-Rio Grande Campus
Saturday 4/5: 4pm & 9pm-Poetry Readings at Huston-Tillotson and Strange Brew Cafe. For more info: http://aipf.org/
February 21, 2014 10:30am-12:00pm Presented talk: “How Not to Tame the Wild Cunt: a Meditation on Creativity” as part of the panel, “Feminist Wars on Bitch, Puta, and Cunt: Debunking the Derogatory Terms in Literary and Social Contexts” with Monica Teresa Ortiz, Sarah Rafael Garcia, and Cesar Ramos. NACCS Tejas Foco Conference, Northwest Vista College, San Antonio, TX
December 6, 2013 7pm Flor De Nopal Literary Festival Reading Featuring Daniel Chacon, Laurie Ann Guerrero, ire’ne lara silva, Monica Teresa Ortiz, John Fry, Lee Francis, Liza Wolff-Francis, Lisa Marie Estus, and Natalie Goodnow. ESB-Mexican American Cultural Center, Austin, TX
November 16, 2013 3pm Reading with Laurie Ann Guerrero and Urayoan Noel, Gallista Gallery, 1913 S. Flores St., San Antonio, TX
November 15-16, UTSA Downtown, Society for the Study of Gloria Anzaldua El Mundo Zurdo Conference, San Antonio. Reading with Xanath Caraza, moderated by Urayoan Noel. Panel on Diabetes and Healing–Featured Panel–with Luz Calvo, Catriona R Esquibel, and Amelia Montes.
November 14, 2013 7pm Book Release Celebration for flesh to bone, with special invited poets, Liza Wolff Francis and Liliana Valenzuela. 2nd Floor Performance Studio, ESB-Mexican American Cultural Center, Austin, TX
November 1, 2013 7pm Day of the Dead/Flor De Nopal Fundraiser Reading, Featuring Liza Wolff Francis, Lee Francis, Monica Teresa Ortiz, Allysson Whipple, Lauren Espinoza, John Fry, Sarah Rafael Garcia, and ire’ne lara silva. Resistencia Bookstore, Austin, TX
October 25, 2013 Flor De Nopal presents Huizache Magazine’s Third Issue! Readers TBA…7pm, Black Box Theatre, Mexican American Cultural Center, Austin, TX
October 10, 2013 Reading with Mandy Alyss Brown at Bookwoman, Austin, TX
JUNE 28-29, 2013 Reading with other CantoMundo poets. Austin, TX, Blackbox Theatre, MACC, 8-10pm.
JUNE 27, 2013 STORIES & QUEER, Bookwoman, 5pm. Also available online at http://storiesandqueer.tumblr.com/
May 17-18, 2013 Austin Feminist Poetry Festival, Huston-Tillotson University, Austin, TX. Grito Workshop followed by reading with Kelsey Erin Shipman. 6pm, Friday
May 6, 2013, 7:30pm, Austin Salon Poetic hosted by Michael Casares featuring ire’ne lara silva and Chris Schroeder
MARCH 8, 2013 7pm Reading with Liza Wolff-Francis, Faylita Hicks, Cindy Huyser, Jessica Ochoa Zamarripa, and Allyson Whipple for International Women’s Day at Bookwoman, Austin, TX.
FEBRUARY 23, 2013 1pm Serving as a judge for the Poetry Out Loud State Finals. Lady Bird Wildflower Center, 4801 LaCrosse Ave, Austin,TX.http://www.poetryoutloud.org/about
Friday, December 7, 2012 Final Reading for Flor De Nopal Literary Festival 2012. Featuring Emmy Perez, Barbara Renaud Gonzalez, Gloria Amesuca, Liliana Valenzuela, John D. Fry, Celeste Guzman Mendoza, Ramona Reeves, jo reyes-boitel, and ire’ne lara silva. Mexican American Cultural Center, Black Box Theatre. 7pm. Free.
December 2, 2012, 2-4pm, Transcultural Poetry Reading at the Women and Fair Trade event, at ‘The Old School,’ 1604 East 11th, Austin, TX
October 6, 2012, A Room of Her Own Foundation Texas Conference. Workshop: “Gritos: On Finding the Sources of Our Voices.” See Conference Schedule. Casa de Luz, Toomey Road, Austin, TX. Reading featuring conference presenters at 7pm at BookWoman, Austin, TX. http://www.aroho.org/tex/
August 25, 2012, 1pm-3pm, “Caressing the Flame: Writing the Difficult,” Writing workshops with ire’ne lara silva. Gloria Amescua leading “A Handful of Ideas” from 3pm-5pm. Mexican American Cultural Center, 600 River St. Reading featuring Gloria Amescua, Joshua Lopez, and ire’ne lara silva, 7pm, Resistencia Bookstore, Austin, TX.
July 13, 2012 Friday, 8pm, CantoMundo Poetry Reading with Aracelis Girmay, Roberto Tejada, and CantoMundo Fellows, UT-Austin, Student Activities Center
June 23 and June 30, 2012 Two Writing Workshops with ire’ne lara silva, “Writing and Fear” and “Gritos”, Resistencia Bookstore, Austin, TX
January 21, 2012 Saturday, 3-5pm, KinCity Poetry Reading, Organizers Judy Jensen and Mariana Aitches are presenting the third reading of this collaborative series which features both Austin and San Antonio poets in alternating cities. Featuring Abe Louise Young, Bob Ayres, Lyman Grant, Cara Zimmer, Naomi Shihab Nye, Roberto Bonazzi, Ire’ne Lara Silva, and Marian Haddad, Twig Bookshop, San Antonio, TX
December 1-3, 2011 Various Times, Flor De Nopal Literary Festival, three days of poetry reading and workshops on creativity and writing. Presented by the Emma S. Barrientos Mexcian American Cultural Center, 600 River St., Austin, TX. For more info: http://flordenopalliteraryfestival.wordpress.com
October 28, 2011 at 7pm: Dia de los Muertos Poetry Reading and Fundraiser for Flor De Nopal Literary Festival 2011 with Laurie Ann Guerrero, Jorge Antonio Renaud, Liliana Valenzuela, and Gloria Amescua. Resistencia Bookstore, Austin, TX.
July 24, 2011 at 1:00 PM: ire’ne lara silva reading from ‘furia’…with special guest poets: Joe Jimenez, Rachel Jennings, and jo reyes-boitel…The Twig Book Shop ~ 200 E. Grayson Street, Suite 124 ~ San Antonio, TX 78215
July 8, 2011 7:30 pm Cantomundo Fellows Reading @ Mexican-American Cultural Center, Austin, TX
February 25, 2011 @7:00 PM – NACCS Tejas Foco Conference: Meet Authors and Book Signing. McAllen Convention Center, 700 Convention Center Blvd, McAllen, TX. Participating authors include: Norma E. Cantú, María E. Cotera, Margaret Dorsey, Dionne Espinoza, Daniel Garcia Ordaz, Grisel Gómez Cano, Katherine Hoerth, ire’ne lara silva, Lady Mariposa, Lara Medina, Manuel Medrano, Josie Méndez Negrete, Cynthia Orozco, Kamala Platt, Marco Portales, Chuy Ramírez, Delia Rodríguez, Vicki Ruiz, Javier Villarreal, and Emilio Zamora..Noche Cultural Featuring Musical Group Huehuetl
February 25, 2011@ 9:00am NACCS Tejas Foco Conference: Mouthfeel Press Poets Panel. South Texas Community College, McAllen, TX.
February 24, 2011 @8pm, Noche de Furia Poetry Reading, Cocina del Caribe, 523 N.Conway, Mission, TX. Poetry reading featuring Emmy Perez, Katie Hoerth, Lady Mariposa, Lina Suarez, Erika Garza Johnson, and Noemi Martinez with special guest reader, ire’ne lara silva, author of furia. Followed by Open Mic & Book-signing. Sponsored in part by the Mexican American Studies program at UTPA, NACCS TEJAS FOCO, and Cocina del Caribe.
February 24, 2011 @11am. Poetry Reading and Discussion with Vidas Cruzadas Writing Group at El Milagro Clinic, McAllen, TX. Sponsored by the Mexican American Studies Program at UTPA.
February 23, 2011 @ 6pm Poetry Reading & Book-Signing, UTPA Library, 3rd Floor Faculty Lounge, Edinburg, TX. Sponsored by the Mexican American Studies program at UTPA.
JAN 28, 2011 7PM CantoMundo/Macondo Latin@ Poets’ Reading featuring poet-members of Macondo and CantoMundo including Emmy Perez, Moises S. L. lara, Celeste Guzman Mendoza, Liliana Valenzuela, Gloria Amescua, and ire’ne lara silva. Resistencia Bookstore, 1801-A S. 1st St., Austin, TX
NOV 17, 2010 7PM. ire’ne lara silva reading from furia. Guest poets and writers include Ramona Reeves and Moises S. L. Lara. Booksigning will immediately follow reading. Bookwoman, 5501 N. Lamar #A-105, Austin, TX http://www.ebookwoman.com/
NOV 10, 2010 5PM. Queer People of Color and their Allies at UT-Austin present Staceyann Chin along with local poets. Multipurpose Room, San Jacinto Dorm, UT-Austin
NOV 6, 2010 7:15-9:30PM. Texas A room of Her Own Foundation “We Roll Big” Reading at Bookwoman with featured conference writers, Austin singer/song-writers, booksignings, refreshments, raffles, and other surprises. 5501 N. Lamar #A-105, Austin, TX. http://www.aroho.org/tex
NOV 5, 2010 4:30pm and 7pm. El Mundo Zurdo: An International Conference on Anzalduan Thought and Art and Performance. Mouthfeel Press Poets Panel at 4:30pm. UTSA Downtown Campus. Noche de Cultura at 7pm at Gallista Gallery, 1913 S. Flores St., San Antonio, TXhttp://colfa.utsa.edu/English/mundozurdo.html
NOV 3, 2010 7pm. Featured Poets: ire’ne lara silva and Moises S. L. Lara. Hosted by Josie Mixon. Barnes & Noble–Ingram Festival, San Antonio, TX\
OCT 24, 2010 7pm furia Book Release with Guest poets: jo reyes-boitel, Moises S. L. Lara. and Enrique Cabrera @ New India Cuisine, 2304 S. Congress, Austin, TX. http://www.newindia.us
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