AdReads from AAF Nebraska is a virtual book club and happy hour, where we talk about books about advertising via Zoom meetings. Our tenth session on October 27th from 5:30 to 6:30 will be moderated by David Moore and Aubrey Schieuer with guest author Dan Nelken presenting. Author: Dan Nelken will be joining us for the book discussion Book Title: A Self-Help Guide for Copywriters

AdWars The Ultimate Advertising Trivia Contest Sideshow Spirits, 1630 P St, Lincoln | 6 - 8 PM The AdWars team competition tests your knowledge of advertising practices, terminology and trivia. It's anything but trivial. It’s a brutal display of seemingly useless terms and acronyms. It’s a grueling and treacherous evening of famous jingles and tag lines. It’s always fun! Teams of 6 to 10 people $150 per team Cash bar and snacks provided. Thank you to our Special Event sponsor!

Join us October 18 at 10:30am ET for a conversation with Ashley M. Jones, Alabama’s Poet Laureate! She'll shed light on her journey, share her enthusiasm for life, and her hope for the future. With three published books to her credit, Ashley's writings capture life and emotion in a meaningful and insightful manner. Her poems and essays appear in or are forthcoming at CNN, POETRY, The Oxford American, Origins Journal, The Quarry by Split This Rock, Obsidian, and many others. She teaches Creative Writing at the Alabama School of Fine Arts and in the Low Residency MFA at Converse University. Jones co-directs PEN Birmingham, and she is the founding director of the Magic City Poetry Festival. She recently served as a guest editor for Poetry Magazine.