The Butler campus and the City of Indianapolis will keep your calendar filled with fun, unique opportunities for writers and bibliophiles. Check out these events happening this month:

 Butler MFA Events

12th- Spring Semester Classes Begin

22nd Andy Levy Faculty Reading- ECCW, 7:30 PM

Andy Levy, a favorite nonfiction professor of many Butler MFA’ers, will be kicking off the conversations@efromson with a reading and discussion of his latest book, Huck Finn’s America.

27th – Mentor Screening, Howard L. Schrott Center, 7:30

Mentor, written and directed by Butler Visiting Professor Alix Lambert, focuses on the families of Sladjana Vidovic and Eric Mohat, who sued Mentor (Ohio) High School administrators for ignoring the bullying that led to the death of their children.

31st – Butler Bridge Writing Club

Readings and Events around Indy

7th – Crystal Mason Reading – Indy Reads Books, 1-5 PM

Come meet Crystal Mason, author of Flowing Through Me, a Christian book of poetry.

10th – Benjamin J Denen reading – Indy Reads Books, 2-4 PM

Join Bejamin Denen for a reading of her book The Keeper of Edelyndia.

17th- Kate Piscopo Book Launch – Book Mamas

Kate Piscopo will be signing her book 31 Days of Irvington, History and Haunts.

21st- Lucy Corin Reading- Hammes bookstore at Notre Dame, 7:30PM

Lucy Corin is the author of the short story collection The Entire Predicament (Tin House Books) and the novel Everyday Psychokillers:  A History for Girls (FC2).  The collection One Hundred Apocalypses and Other Apocalypses was released in September 2013 from McSweeney’s Books.

28th – Meet the Artists XXVII- Indianapolis Central Library

One of the city’s most celebrated cultural events will return for its 27th annual engagement when the works of 18 locally prominent African-American artists will be on display during “Meet the Artists,” 
January 28 – March 28 at Central Library, 40 E. St. Clair Street.

Old friends reconnected and new friends were made when the Butler MFA family gathered December 12th at the Efroymson Center for Creative Writing for the annual MFA holiday party. A holiday reading, desserts and drinks, and great conversation made the party a perfect capstone to a successful semester.

The Efro house, normally occupied by lively workshops, class discussions, or pen-wielding students, was transformed into a festive scene. Organized by the MFA administrators, the party is a favorite among new and seasoned students. With final portfolios turned in, students and professors had the opportunity to bask in the glow of their classwork success – or at least the glow of the fire.

Although the rooms were filled with laughter, friendly chatter, and discussion of current events, the evening also contained excitement for spring classes and resolutions to continue work over winter break.