Tucson Weekly: Listings: Literature (September 25

LITERATURE
BOOKSIGNING. Antigone Books. 411 N. Fourth Ave. 792-3715. Tucson author Patricia Lucas reads from her new book Desperada-Desperada at 7 p.m. Friday, September 26.
BOOKSIGNING. The Book Mark. 5001 E. Speedway. 881-6350. Ricardo Pimentel signs House With Two Doors from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, September 25.
Listings COMIC SIGNING. Comics & More. 2243 E. Broadway. 792-9660. John Proudstar and Ryan Huna Smith, from Mystic Comics, sign Tribal Force from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, September 27. Greg Manino of Underground Comics will also be on hand to sign The Redeemers and Bounty Hunter.
BORDER BEAT. Cuppuccinos. 3400 E. Speedway. Border Beat, The Border Arts Journal kicks off its new Border Beat Reading Series at 8 p.m. Tuesday, September 30. Featured is acclaimed Tucson author/poet Demetria Martinez. Call 323-7205 for information.
CALL FOR ENTRIES. The Sonora Review seeks submissions for its Spring publication. Stories must be original and unpublished, and not simultaneous submissions nor novel chapters. Entry fee is $10, and all entrants will receive a copy of the publication. Send SASE if you'd like your manuscript returned. Submission deadline is December 1. Send entries to: Sonora Review Fiction Contest, Sonora Review, Department of English, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721.
POETRY AND MORE. The Casbah. 628 N. Fourth Ave. Join other Tucson poets and storytellers from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Tuesdays to share your own works, or listen to those of others. Call 792-9910 for information.
TEENAGE WRITERS GROUP. Main Library. 101 N. Stone Ave. A writers' group for teenagers, run by teenagers, meets from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday evenings. Share your writing, ideas, read books, go to literary events, and make friends with similar interests. Call Jenny at 791-9942 for information.
TELLING TALES. The art of storytelling is alive and well at the Fourth Annual Tales Of Arizona...Then & Now storytelling festival Friday and Saturday, September 26 and 27. Enjoy a Concert of Stories at the University of Arizona Center for English as a Second Language auditorium on Friday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. for children and families, and from 8:45 to 10:15 for adults and families. Call 795-2823 for tickets and information. Storytelling Conference meets from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Arizona Historical Society auditorium, featuring Keynote speaker Dr. Adela Allen. Also included are workshops on Telling to the Ages and From Page To Stage. Registration at the door is $45, $35 for TOT members. Have colorful fun at a free Tie Dye workshop from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Arizona State Museum lawn. Registration is required; call 623-9133 for information. Kids of all ages will enjoy the free Showcase of Children's Stories from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Arizona Historical Society. Storytellers and story-lovers are invited back to the Arizona State Museum lawn from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. for a free Cric Crac (participatory storytelling) session. Call Don Gest at 327-4809 for information.

Out Of Town

BISBEE POETRY FESTIVAL. Bisbee comes alive with readings, poets, and workshops Friday through Sunday, September 26 through 28. The festival begins at 7 p.m. Friday with readings by Will Inman, Charlie King and Rita Magdaleno at the Lowell School Auditorium. Workshops run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday; followed by readings by Barbara Kingsolver, Cristi Luna and Becky Reyes at the Lowell School Auditorium at 7 p.m. At 9:30 p.m., the Lyric Plaza in Historic Bisbee hosts a street dance. On Sunday, readings by Becky Byrkit, Carlos Cortez, Carlos Cumpian and David Dellinger begin at 2 p.m. at the Lowell School Auditorium. There will also be a Bookfest, Performance Contest, and more. For information, call 1-520-432-5063, or 1-520-432-9088.