fayetteville
monday, november 27 th
University of Arkansas Talk and English Department Visit Exact locations and times TBA Fayetteville, Arkansas
chicago
saturday, october 21st
Judge Mathis Youth and Education Expo I Know I Can Be What I Want To Be... Click here and find out more. On their path to self-awareness, youth are encouraged to identify their goals and talents. In this workshop professionals with "Dream Jobs" share their success stories and offer advice and guidance. Panelists: Deborah Brown-Director of Station Relations/NBC5; Kalisha Buckhanon/Award winning Author; Dave Jeff/Entrepreneur-Nike Boutique Owner; Allison Hunter-Willimas/Executive Producer-WGN Morning News; Curtis Monday-State Farm Insurance Agent and host of WVON's Dollars and Sense. Olive Harvey College 10001 S. Woodlawn Chicago, IL
new york
friday, september 8th
Reading, Signing & Discussion with Kalisha and poet Tara Betts (SWITCH, Def Poetry Jam, numerous anthologies) Brownstone Books 7:00 pm 409 Lewis Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11233
new york
thursday, september 7th
Reading and Appearance Bronx Library Center 4:00 pm 310 East Kingsbridge Road Bronx, NY 10458
new york
wednesday, september 6th
Live taping of OPEN!, Bronxnet Television's freeform open discussion series Lehman College, Carman Hall 10:00 - 11:00 am Bronx, New York
new york
tuesday, august 8th
Reading and Appearance Teen Central at Donnell Library Center 3:00 pm 20 West 53rd Street New York, NY 10019-6185
new york
monday, august 7th
Reading and Appearance 96th Street Branch Library 3:00 pm 112 East 96th Street New York, NY 10128-2597
atlanta
friday, august 4th - monday, august 7th
National Book Club Conference Kalisha will participate in three events as a part of the National Book Club Conference. Registration required. Click here for more details. All events will take place at: The Westin Peachtree Plaza 210 Peachtree Street Atlanta, Georgia
atlanta
saturday, august 5th
Panel discussion: Young Black Men -- Lives Worth Saving Featuring Terrie Williams (moderator, "Black Pain: It Just Looks Like We're Not Hurting," Scribner 2007), Hill Harper ("Letters To My Young Brother"), Steve Perry ("Man Up!"). Dashaun "Jiwe" Morris ("The War of the Blood In My Veins"), Kalisha Buckhanon (Upstate) Sponsored by The Stay Strong Foundation. Plaza Ballroom 11:30 am - 12:45 pm Atlanta, Georgia
atlanta
friday, august 4th
Luncheon Terry McMillan Young Author Award Luncheon honoring Kalisha Buckhanon.  Terry McMillan will present Kalisha with this inaugural award in her name as part of the National Book Club Conference. Banquet Room 12:30 pm Atlanta, Georgia
atlanta
friday, august 4th
Book Signing 7:30 pm Overlook Area Atlanta, Georgia
new york
saturday, july 22nd
Booksigning and Appearance Harlem Book Fair 11:00 am - 6:00 pm West 135th Street, between 5th and 7th Avenues New York, New York
buffalo
friday, july 7th - saturday, july 8th
Panel Discussion and Booksigning Harlem Book Fair, Buffalo Buffalo, NY
buffalo
saturday, july 8th
Surviving Urban America: Chasing the American Dream Central Meeting Room - 4:20 pm - 5:30 pm “We all have a destiny, but most of us need choices to figure out what that is.” -  Hil Harper, actor and author of the new book, Letters to a Young Brother: Manifest Your Destiny. Most Americans and immigrants to this country are reaching for the” American Dream” The question is how does one break  the cycle of poverty and unfulfilled dreams? The Discussion will begin with a trailer of the new Buffalo documentary, The Forgotten City by Knuckle City Films. Moderator: Dennis Watlington – Author of the memoir Chasing America Kalisha Buckhanon – author of UPSTATE, Addison Henderson – Pres. Knuckle City Films and Co. Producer Korey Green, John Elmore, Esq. – author of Fighting For Your Life, Dr. William Smalls – author of Money Does Grow on Trees and Surprising Secrets of the Fortune 500 Harlem Book Fair, Buffalo Buffalo, NY
hyde park
thursday, june 15th
Reading and Booksigning Borders-1539 E. 53rd Street 7:00 pm Chicago, IL
hartford
monday, may 8th
Reading and Discussion East Hartford High School 10:00 - 3:00 pm East Hartford, CT
evanston
friday, march 24th
Reading and Discussion Evanston High School in partnership with Literature for All of Us 2:00 - 3:30 pm Evanston, IL
chicago
tuesday, feburary 7th
Reading and Signing University of Chicago’s Emerging Writers Series 5:30 pm Rosenwald 405, 1101 E. 58th Street Chicago, IL
chicago
friday, january 27th
Dinner/Talk Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship 6:00 pm Harper Memorial Library/Amandla, 1116 E. 59th Street Chicago, IL
evanston
monday, january 23rd - tuesday, january 24th
Public Lecture: “Loving “Our Best Thing”: African-American Women (Re)Write Family and Reproductive Freedom Workshop Leader: Conceiving Conception: The Political Genesis of a Humanistic Work Alice Berline Kaplan Center for the Humanities Lecture Series 5:00 - 6:30 pm Northwestern University Haagstrum Room, 201 University Hall 1897 Sheridan Road Evanston, IL