The Brick Presents

Evil Hour Evening Reading

“Isolation”

Joanna C. Valente, K Chiucarello, Boice-Terrel Allen, Jade Gomez

Hosted by Lance Scott Walker

The series title comes from Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s 1962 novel in which rumors going around a small Colombian village stir violence and unrest, compelling a corrupt mayor to declare martial law and exact revenge on his political enemies. This reading series (and this country’s evil hour) started in 2017, with writer Lance Scott Walker (Houston Rap Tapes, DJ Screw) hosting a lineup of artists from different disciplines and diverse backgrounds reading stories that touch on a central theme, with an emphasis on performance and the energy created from paths that might not have otherwise crossed. The theme for this Evil Hour is Isolation. Previous themes have included Past Lives, Translations, and Escape, with readers Kaiama L. Glover, Kim Barker, Liesl Schillinger, Anna Godberson, Magus Magnus, Tod A, Shenequa Golding, Quincy Flowers, and JB Roté.