Events and Appearances

Miscellaneous appearances include:
Evany Thomas has appeared on Playboy Radio, WMXG, KUOW, and KQED's Writers Block (a podcast show). She's also performed in San Francisco's NoisePop Festival, Seattle's Bumbershoot Festival, McSweeney's The World Explained series, and the NYC comedy reading series, How to Kick People.
San Francisco
Thursday, March 1, 2007
7pm
"Vital and hygienic presentations, often with accompanying slideshows, from a few of McSweeney's best: Evany Thomas, Salvador Plascencia, Gary Rudoren, Eric Hoffman, and Wells Tower. Hearts will break and then heal themselves, stronger than ever." All at the Wholphin screening, which is part of the Noise Pop Festival!
San Francisco
Thursday, February 8, 2007
6-9pm
Evany signs books and shares tender, Valentine-appropriate sleep pose tips while you fill your mouth with cupcakes and champagne, all at the sweetest clothing shop ever, Minnie Wilde (on 21st at Valencia). Bonus: Minnie Wilde's entire Fall line will be reduced 39 percents!
San Francisco
Wednesday, December 6, 2006
7-9pm
Come to this boozy book-signing (and mini-reading) with with Evany and Lisa Brown at The Candy Store (on 16th at Valencia), the cutest little clothing and doo-dad store in the City. (Read all about it in Daily Candy)!)
San Francisco
Sun, October 15, 2006
6pm
McSWEENEY'S UNDER THE SEA TOUR: Free drinks, brief movies, and appearances by three of McSweeney's authors. CHRIS ADRIAN will read from THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, his newest novel; EVANY THOMAS will discus the latest McSweeney's research into the way you sleep and what lives in the ocean; and LISA BROWN will teach your baby to fix a car. And Wholphin -- the McSweeney's short-film DVD quarterly -- will offer a slate of clips from its upcoming issue. All at Cody's Books in San Francisco, 6pm.
Seattle
Sat, September 2, 2006

4:30 to 5:45
Evany will be joining the "Hot for Teacher" lineup of Swivel-lady readers (including Swivel-creator Brangien Davis, plus Starlee Kine, Holiday Reinhorn, Tami Sagher, and The Vis-a-Vis Society) at this year's Bumbershoot Music and Arts Festival in Seattle.
Berkeley
Wed, August 2, 2006

7:30
Evany and Dustin, together again for a special home-town reading at Black Oak Books, located at 1492 Shattuck Avenue!
Los Angeles
Sat, July 22, 2006

5pm
Evany and Lisa Brown (author of Baby, Make Me Breakfast and Baby, Make Me a Drink) will be reading at Book Soup at 8818 Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles.
Dustin volunteers! (at Black Oak Books in Berkeley, August 2)

Portland, OR
Friday, July 14, 2006

8pm
$10 to $20, sliding scale
Evany, Dustin, Lisa Brown, and Zoe Trope will be reading in the Reading Frenzy-sponsored fundraiser (with MUSIC and DRINKS) for 826 Valencia at Nocturnal (1800 E Burnside, Portland, OR).
Seattle
Wednesday, July 12, 2006

8pm
Evany and Dustin will be reading at Elliott Bay Book Company, 101 S. Main Street, Seattle, WA.
NYC
Wednesday, June 28, 2006

7pm
Evany will appear in the How to Kick People show at Mo Pickin's, 34 Avenue A, New York City.
Los Angeles
Saturday, June 10, 2006

8pm
General Admission: $20
Show plus special reception: $50
Evany will be presenting her ideas via the powers of Powerpoint in "McSweeney's Presents: The World, Explained," a benefit for 826LA. Other guests include: Davy Rothbart (creator of Found Magazine), Starlee Kine (of This American Life), Joshua Davis (author of The Underdog: How I Survived the World's Most Outlandish Competitions), and Bill Hader (of Saturday Night Live). Hosted by Andy Richter, music by Jon Brion. The Barnsdall Theater, 4800 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA.

Read the LA Times review of the show!

NYC
Wed., June 7, 2006

12:30 to 1:45
Evany and Dustin will do a lunch-time reading at the Bryant Park Reading Room in New York City.
Washington, DC
Monday, June 5, 2006

7pm
Evany will present excerpts from The Secret Language of Sleep alongside Dustin Long (author of Icelander) at Olsson's Books and Records, 1307 19th Street NW, Washington, DC.

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