Aphasia Book Club of Mid Valley
The Mid Valley Branch is proud to offer a book club designed especially for adults with aphasia, because everyone deserves to enjoy a good book. Aphasia is a language impairment, usually due to stroke, that affects individuals’ ability to speak, understand speech, read, and write. The Aphasia Book Club provides its members with supportive materials to improve their reading comprehension and ability to discuss complex topics. A single book will be discussed over a period of several weeks. Our first book will be Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen.
The Book Club meets weekly and is open to adults with mild to severe aphasia. This program is made possible by a grant from the Library Foundation.
Where: Mid-Valley Regional Library
Date: Monday the 22nd
Time: 1 pm – 3 pm
Address: 16244 Nordhoff Street, North Hills, CA 91343
Website: http://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/aphasia-book-club-mid-valley
Writers at B&N at The Grove
Adam Silvera discusses his debut novel “More Happy Than Not” with moderator Aaron Hartzler and panelists Jennifer Niven, Holly Goldberg Sloan, and John Corey Whaley.
Where: Barnes & Nobel
Date: Monday the 22th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 3rd Street and Fairfax Ave, Los Angeles, CA
Website: http://www.bn.com
Author at Book Soup
Victoria Shorr reads from her new novel “Backlands.” Set in the sparse frontier settlements of northeastern Brazil a dry, forbidding, and wild region the size of Texas, known locally as the Sertao Backlands tells the true story of a group of nomadic outlaws who reigned over the area from about 1922 until 1938. Victoria Shorr is a writer and political activist who lived in Brazil for ten years. Currently she lives in Los Angeles, where she cofounded the Archer School for Girls, and is now working to found a college-prep school for girls on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
Where: Book Soup
Date: Tuesday the 23rd
Time: 7pm
Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA
Website: http://www.booksoup.com/victoria-shorr-2015
Science at Vroman’s
The highest-rated scripted show on TV, “The Big Bang Theory” often features Sheldon, Howard, Leonard, and Raj wisecracking about scientific principles as if Penny and the rest of us should know exactly what they’re talking about. The Science of TV’s The Big Bang Theory lets all of us in on the punchline by breaking down the show’s scientific conversations. From an explanation of why Sheldon would think 73 is the best number, to an experiment involving the physical stature of Wolowitz women, to an argument refuting Sheldon’s assertion that engineers are the Oompa-Loompas of science, author Dave Zobel maintains a humorous and informative approach and gives readers enough knowledge to make them welcome on Sheldon’s couch.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Tuesday the 23rd
Time: 7 pm
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA
Website: http://www.vromansbookstore.com/dave-zobel-june-2015
Author at Vroman’s
Robin Benway reads from her new novel “Emmy & Oliver.” Emmy and Oliver were going to be best friends forever, or maybe even more, before their futures were ripped apart. In Emmy’s soul, despite the space and time between them, their connection has never been severed. But is their story still written in the stars? Or are their hearts like the pieces of two different puzzles–impossible to fit together? Robin Benway is the author of “Audrey, Wait!”, “The Extraordinary Secrets of April, May & June”, and the AKA series. She live in Los Angeles with her extremely stubborn shih tzu, Hudson.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Wednesday the 24th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA
Website: http://www.vromansbookstore.com/robin-benway-june-2015
Author at B&N at the Grove
Jackie Collins launches her new book “The Santangelos: A Novel.”
Where: Barnes & Nobel
Date: Wednesday the 24th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 3rd and Fairfax Ave., Los Angeles, CA
Website: http://www.bn.com
Poetry Reading
Conney Williams, Iris de Anda, Dennis Cruz, and Rebecca Gonzalez read their original poetry for the patrons of L.A.P.L.’s Vernon branch.
Where: Vernon-Leon H. Williams Jr. Branch Library
Date: Thursday the 25th
Time: 5-6 pm
Address: 4504 S. Central Avenue, Los Angeles. CA 90011
Website: http://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/poetry-reading-0
Robyn Schneider at Skylight Books
Robyn Schneider reads from her new young adult novel “Extraordinary Means,” the stunning follow-up to The Beginning of Everything. In Extraordinary Means, Lane is diagnosed with new strain of tuberculosis and is sent to Latham House, a sanatorium for teens battling the disease. Latham house is a wellness center where the sick teens are nursed back to health. It is a place of no homework, naptime, and medical check-ups. But being constantly monitored is suffocating and Lane yearns for his old life back. Robyn Schneider is a 28-year-old writer and videoblogger. She is the author of the critically-acclaimed novel The Beginning of Everything, is a graduate of Columbia University, where she studied creative writing. She lives in Los Angeles, California.
Where: Skylight Books
Date: Thursday the 25th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 1818 N. Vermont, Los Feliz, CA
Volossal Group Event With Jackie Castro, Catherine Gigante Brown, Allison Sciulla, Joe Bartnick, and Justin Harrison
Where: Book Soup
Date: Friday the 26th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood, CA
Website: http://www.booksoup.com/volossal-group-event-2015
Writer at Skylight Books
Jack Baxter discusses his new graphic memoir “Mike’s Placde: A True Story of Love, Blues & Terror in Tel Aviv.” Written by filmmakers Jack Baxter and Joshua Faudem and illustrated by award-winning cartoonist Koren Shadmi, Mike’s Place chronicles the true story of an infamous terrorist attack in painstaking detail. Rarely has the slow build to tragedy, and the rebirth that follows, been captured with such a compassionate and unflinching eye. Jack Baxter is a filmmaker and freelance journalist from New York City. He and his wife Fran Strauss-Baxter co-produced the award-winning film Blues by the Beach.
Where: Skylight Books
Date: Friday the 26th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 1818 N. Vermont., Los Feliz, CA
An Evening of Dystopian Nightmares: Readings of Love And Murder in America
This reading features authors: Philip Barragan is a writer of fiction and nonfiction stories and essays. He is a graduate of Antioch University Los Angeles’ Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing Program., Rachael Warecki is an alumna of Scripps College, Loyola Marymount University, and the 2008 Teach for America Los Angeles corps. She recently received her MFA in Fiction from Antioch University Los Angeles. Her fiction has appeared in The Masters Review, Midwestern Gothic, The Los Angeles Review, and Connu., K. Imani Tennyson calls herself a teacher/writer and writer/teacher because she is an English/Language Arts teacher for 10 years, 8 of them in a middle school. She also holds an MFA in Creative Writing., and Ashley Perez teach world literature at The Ohio State University.
Where: Bookshow Books
Date: Friday the 27th
Time: 7:30 pm – 9 pm
Writer at Skylight Books
Evie Nagy discusses her book Devo’s Freedom of Choice” together with Jake Fogelnest. Evie Nagy is a staff writer at Fast Company and a former editor at Rolling Stone and Billboard. Her work was published in Best Music Writing 2010, and she co-wrote the afterword to Out of the Vinyl Deeps, an anthology of rock writing by the late Ellen Willis, the New Yorker’s first pop music critic. She’s the author of the 33 1/3 book on Devo’s Freedom of Choice, and lives in Oakland, CA with her husband and two daughters. Jake Fogelnest is a writer for the Netflix series Wet Hot American Summer: First Day Of Camp, the Emmy nominated Funny Or Die’s, Billy On The Street, as well as the upcoming Hulu show, Difficult People.
Where: Skylight Books
Date: Saturday the 27th
Time: 5 pm
Address: 1818 N. Vermont Blvd., Los Feliz, CA
Last Saturday of the Month: Luis Rodriguez at Encino Library
Open mic poetry at the Library. All are invited to participate. Read a classic poem or your own composition. Each presenter will have six minutes. Every month a local poet is featured. June session features 2014 Los Angeles Poet Laureate Luis J. Rodriguez, author of Always Running: La Vida Loca, Gang Days in L.A. (1993)
Where: Encino-Tarzana Branch of LAPL
Date: Saturday the 27th
Time: 2 pm
Address: 18231 Ventura Blvd., Downtown Tarzana, CA 91356
Author Talk – Luis Rodriguez
Luis Rodriguez, author of “Always Running” and Los Angeles Poet Laureate will share his thoughts and a reading. Ask questions and have time to dialoge with a famous author from Los Angeles!
Where: Little Tokyo Branch Library
Date: Saturday the 20th
Time: 11am – 12 pm
Address: 203 S. Los Angeles Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Website: http://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/author-talk-luis-rodriguez-0
Poetry at Avenue 50
La Palabra presents an open mic for community poets with four features. akoldpiece has the special gift for creating haiku and short stories with his wit and humble personality. Teressa Córdova has received her B.A. in Creative Writing with a minor in Business Law from Cal State Northridge. She is working on finishing her poetry manuscript “In Memorandum: Darkness.” Her work will appear in Angel City Review. Maestro Gamin is an actor, spoken word artiest, emcee and contemporary absurdist. Hiram Sims is a Los Angeles poet and Professor at The Los Angeles Film School. He is the founder of The Urban Poets Society. Hosted by Karineh Mahdessian.
Where: Avenue 50 Studio
Date: Sunday the 28th
Time: 2-4 pm
Address: 131 N. Avenue 50, Highland Park, CS
Website: https://www.facebook.com/pages/La-Palabra-Poetry/236744426369598
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