Drew Magary and The Hike at Pages Bookstore
Full of adventure, agony, hilarity and heartbreak, Drew Magary’s novel, The Hike, is a wild, thrilling fantasy saga that chronicles one man’s epic life-or-death quest to return to his family after getting lost on a wooded path that leads him into an alternate, dreamlike world. Join us to hear the author present, discuss and sign his work
We appreciate when you please RSVP at website.
Where: Pages Bookstore
Date: Monday the 10th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 904 Manhattan Ave., Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
Website: http://www.pagesabookstore.com/event/drew-magary-author-event
Janelle Brown at Skylight Bookstore
Join us to hear Janelle Brown read from her new book, Watch Me Disappear. It’s been a year since Billie Flanagan—a Berkeley mom with an enviable life—went on a solo hike in Desolation Wilderness and vanished from the trail, never to be found. Her husband and teenage daughter have been coping with Billie’s death as best they can, but daughter Olive starts havening visions of her mother, still alive, and Jonathan starts unearthing secrets from his wife’s past that bring into question everything he thought he knew.
Where: Skylight Bookstore
Date: Monday the 10th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90026
Website: http://www.skylightbooks.com/event/janelle-brown-reads-her-new-novel-watch-me-disappear
Bonnie Buratti for Vroman’s Bookstore
Join us to hear Bonnie J. Buratti, a leading planetary astronomer, on this personal tour of NASA’s latest discoveries, discussing and signing Worlds Fantastic Worlds Familiar: A Guided Tour of the Solar System. From all over she gives us vivid descriptions of landforms similar to those found on earth, but that are more fantastic. This engaging account of modern space exploration is written for non-specialist readers, from students to enthusiasts of all ages.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Monday the 10th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
90×90: Drunken Masters Comedy at Wolf & Crane Bar
Celebrate! Activate! Investigate!
Join in 90 literary and cultural events in 90 days in our beloved city, with our words, art and performances, discussions and workshops, celebrations and actions, from July 5 – October 1, 2017. Events are curated and offered by Writ Large Press and friends, at Cielo Galleries, venues in Little Tokyo and Downtown LA, and other locations around Los Angeles.
Join us Monday night as three writers read/perform short excerpts from a work-in-progress in front of a panel of judges in the field who provide on-the-spot feedback. The only catch is that these master writers have been plied with drink or PG indulgence of their choosing. A laid back, entertaining (and sometimes riotous) reading!
Event occurs every other Monday and is curated by Chiwan Choi and Judeth Oden Choi.
Featured this week:
Kevin Kataoka (Totally Biased w W Kamau Bell, Newsreaders)
Tamra Brown (Liquid Fleet)
Janine Brito (Totally Biased, Martha and Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party)
Where: Wolf and Crane Bar
Date: Monday the 10th
Time: 8 pm
Address: 366 E. 2nd St., Los Angeles, CA 90012
Website: http://90x90la.com/drunken-masters-comedy/
Summer Author Program at Vernon-Leon H. Washington Jr Memorial Branch Library
Join us at our Summer Author Program for Teens, to meet and connect with authors at your library. Refreshments will be provided and lucky winners will receive a free copy of the author’s book.
This week meet Jen Wang, cartoonist, writer, and illustrator. Her works include In Real Life, with Cory Doctorow, Koko Be Good, and more!
Where: Vernon-Leon H. Washington Jr Memorial Branch Library
Date: Tuesday the 11th
Time: 2 pm
Address: 4504 S. Central Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90011
Website: http://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/summer-author-artist-jen-wang
Poetry Open Mic at Westwood Branch Library
Join us at our monthly Poetry Open Mic to share your masterpiece. Or just listen and enjoy!
Hosted by Wyatt Underwood
Where: Westwood Branch Library
Date: Tuesday the 11th
Time: 6 pm
Address: 1246 Glendon Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90024
Website: http://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/poetry-open-mic-2
Red Hen Press at Annenberg Beach House
Join Red Hen Press for a poetry reading with Lynnell Edwards, t’ai freedom ford, Diane Gilliam, Genevieve Kaplan, and Jessica Piazza, with a musical interlude by Caitlyn Conlin.
Please RSVP at website.
Where: Annenberg Beach House
Date: Tuesday the 11th
Time: 6:30 pm – 8 pm
Address: 415 Pacific Coast Hwy., Santa Monica, CA 90402
Website: http://www.annenbergbeachhouse.com/activities/cultural-programs-events-and-tours.aspx#BEACH=CULTURE
Maile Meloy & Marisa Silver at ALOUD Reading Series
Join us for Two Missing Persons: Two Novelists, featuring authors Maile Meloy and Marisa Silver, reading and in conversation.
Maile Meloy is an award-winning writer of short stories, children’s book, and novels, and her new novel, Do Not Become Alarmed, is a masterfully executed emotional thriller about what happens when two American families go on a tropical vacation and the children go missing.
Marisa Silver’s latest novel, Little Nothing, follows the electrifying story of a young girl, scorned for her physical deformity, whose passion and salvation lie in her otherworldly ability to transform herself and the world around her.
Please RSVP at website. (Stand-by seating begins at 7 pm)
Where: Mark Taper Auditorium, Central Library, LAPL
Date: Tuesday the 11th
Time: 7:15 pm
Address: 630 W. 5th St., Los Angeles, CA 90071
Website: http://lfla.org/event/missing-persons-two-novelists/
Love Her Wild by Atticus at the Last Bookstore
Join us to hear Atticus discuss Love Her Wild: Poems, a collection of new and beloved poems, read by Atticus, the popular Instagram poet.
Please RSVP at website.
Where: The Last Bookstore
Date: Tuesday the 11th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 453 S. Spring St., Los Angeles, CA 90013
Website: http://lastbookstorela.com/#events
Zinzi Clemmons at Eso Won Bookstore
Join us to hear Zinzi Clemmons discuss and sign What We Lose, a debut novel about a young African-American woman coming of age—a deeply felt meditation on race, sex, family, and country. Raised in Pennsylvania, Thandi views her mother’s childhood in Johannesburg as both impossibly distant and ever present. She is an outsider wherever she goes, caught between being black and white, American and not, she tries to connect the pieces of her life and searches for an anchor to love, as her mother succumbs to cancer.
Where: Eso Won Bookstore
Date: Tuesday the 11th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 4327 Degnan Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90008
Website: http://www.esowonbookstore.com/event/zinzi-clemmons-booksigning
90×90: People of Critique at Cielo Galleries/Studios
Celebrate! Activate! Investigate!
Join us for a panel discussion on culture, race and politics by critics of culture who are people of color. The panel will be moderated by Los Angeles-based artist, educator and arts advocate Nathalie Sanchez and features Lina Lecaro (LA Weekly music critic), Desiree Zamorano (LARB book critic) and others TBA.
Event curated by Peter Woods.
Where: Cielo Galleries/Studios
Date: Tuesday the 11th
Time: 8 pm
Address: 3201 Maple Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90011
Website: http://90x90la.com/people-of-critique/
Maurene Goo, with Elana K. Arnold, at Pages Bookstore
Join us to hear YA author Maurene Goo, in conversation local YA author Elana K. Arnold, discuss and sign I Believe in a Thing Called Love, a story about learning that real love is about way more than just drama. Goo is also the author of Since You Asked…, and lives in Los Angeles. Arnold is the author of What Girls Are Made Of, and is a parent and educator.
Where: Pages Bookstore
Date: Wednesday the 12th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 904 Manhattan Ave., Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
Website: http://www.pagesabookstore.com/event/maurene-goo-elana-k-arnold
All Our Waves Are Water at the Last Bookstore
Join us to share the book release and screening of All Our Waves Are Water: Stumbling Toward Enlightenment and the Perfect Ride, by Jaimal Yogis, in discussion with local author and yoga teacher Dave Romanelli. After discussing his memoir, there will be a screening of Saltwater Buddha, the new feature documentary based on Yogis first hit book.
Please RSVP at Website.
Where: The Last Bookstore
Date: Wednesday the 12th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 453 S. Spring St., Los Angeles, CA 90013
Website: http://lastbookstorela.com/#events
90X90: Wellness Writing at Cielo Galleries/Studios
Please join us for Find Your Zen: Writers on Mindfulness, curated by Julia Callahan, with Laura House, Zoe Ruiz, Michelle Williams, and more TBA.
Where: Cielo Galleries/Studios
Date: Wednesday the 12th
Time: 8 pm
Address: 321 Maple Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90011
Website: http://90x90la.com/wellness-writing/
Mike Tyson, with Cus D’Amato, at Eso Won Bookstore
Join us to hear former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, with Cus D’Amato, discuss and sign Iron Ambition: My Life, a powerful look at the life and leadership lessons of Cus D’Amato, the legendary boxing trainer and Mike Tyson’s surrogate father.
Where: Eso Won Bookstore
Date: Thursday the 13th
Time: 5 pm
Address: 4327 Degnan Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90008
Website: http://www.esowonbookstore.com/event/mike-tyson-booksigning-iron-ambition-my-life-cus-damato
Hello Sunshine at Chevalier’s Bookstore
Please join us to welcome warmly praised YA novelist Leila Howland, who will launch Hello Sunshine, about a prep school girl from the East Coast who tries her luck in the land of sunshine, landing in LA with only a few suitcases and a Hollywood dream. A contemporary look at a classic tale, this is a perfect summer read.
Where: Chevalier’s Bookstore
Date: Thursday the 13th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 126 N. Larchmont Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90004
90×90: Read Beats at Los Angeles Theatre Center (LACC)
Read Beats is the intersection of a literary reading and a live musical performance; an improvisation of word and note.Featuring:
DEZ HOPE, performance and sound tracking for F. Douglas Brown, reading from ICON;
The Six Shooters, performance and sound tracking for Sondria Malika Casey, reading from Middle of the Night;
Toni Tee & Liquid Wisdom, performance and sound tracking for Miranda Bowden, reading from From the Family Farm.
Live art by Raul Baltazar & Pablo Damas. Sounds by Street Life.
Event curated by Ivan Robles & Peter Woods.
Where: Los Angeles Theatre Center (LACC)
Date: Thursday the 13th
Time: 8 pm
Address: 514 S. Spring St., Los Angeles, CA 90013
Website: http://90x90la.com/read-beats/
Poetry Workshop at Will & Ariel Durant Library
The Center at Blessed Sacrament presents a poetry workshop moderated by Nathan Sheets. Participants will write to a prompt inspired by a classic poem. all ages, all levels welcome!
Where: Will & Ariel Durant Branch Library, LAPL
Date: Friday the 14th
Time: 6 pm
Address: 7140 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90046
Website: http://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/poetry-workshop-1
Punk History at La Luz de Jesus Gallery
Please join us for the book release, signing and reading of Brick Through the Window: An Oral History of Punk Rock, New Wave & Noise in Milwaukee, 1964-1984, by Stephen Nodine, Eric Beaumont, Clancy Carroll, and David Luhrssen. Compiled from hundreds of interviews, this book brings vividly to life a short-lived period of creativity and excitement in a heartland American town that was home to a musical subculture more prolific and diverse than that of many larger cities.
Where: La Luz de Jesus Gallery
Date: Friday the 14th
Time: 7 pm – 10 pm
Address: 4633 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Website: http://www.http://laluzdejesus.com/brick-through-the-window/#more-21841
90X90: Digging on Sade at Civic Center Studios
In the first of this three event series that celebrates music with poetry, and poetry with music, we will be introduced to the Golden Shovel poem, a form created by Terrance Hayes, that incorporates lines from the poetry of Gwendolyn Brooks. We are then treated to a line up of poets reading their own Golden Shovel poems, but using the lyrics of Sade songs.
Curated by F. Douglas Brown
Where: Civic Center Studios
Date: Friday the 14th
Time: 8 pm
Address: 207 South Broadway, Suite One, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Website: http://90x90la.com/digging-on-sade/
Open Mic Reading Series at Tia Chucha’s Bookstore
Please join us for Tia Chucha’s Night of Music & Spoken Word, a welcoming, creative sanctuary where people are encouraged to share their feelings and talents through various syles of expression: a poem, a story, a song, a joke, or freestyle. Everyone is welcome to be themselves. Sign-ups upon arrival, and held every 2nd, 4th and 5th Friday of the month. Donations are accepted.
Event is hosted by Jeffrey Martin.
Where: Tia Chucha’s Centro Cultural and Bookstore
Date: Friday the 14th
Time: 8 pm – 11 pm
Address: 13197 Gladstone St., Sylmar, CA 91342
Website: https://www.tiachucha.org/programming
90X90: Un::fade::able Workshop
Like its predecessor, The Requiem for Sandra Bland, un::fade::able is an effort to keep Sandra Bland’s voice and legacy alive through education, music and poetry, all revolving around topics of: the safety fo black lives, the criminal justice system, and police brutality. Curated by F. Douglas Brown, and assisted by a team of educators, community organizers, poets and musicians, we will look at her life, and in her name we will act.
Where: Art Share LA
Date: Saturday the 15th
Time: 10 am
Address: 801 E. 4th Pl., Los Angeles, CA 90013
Website: http://90x90la.com/unfadeable-workshop/
SMPL POP UP Library at the Beach
We’re packing up the books and heading back to the shore for fun in the sun with SMPL at our seaside pop-up library! a
Join us at Dorothy Green Park for a fun-filled day of beach reads, beach games, and special surprises. The first 50 visitors will receive a limited edition SMPL gift giveaway.
Where: Dorothy Green Park (where Ocean Park Blvd. ends at the beach). Event sponsored by Santa Monica Public Library.
Date: Saturday the 15th
Time: 10 am – 3:30 PM
Address: Ocean Park Blvd. intersection with SM Beach, 90401
Website: http://calendar.smgov.net/library/eventsignup.asp?ID=24067
Barney Saltzberg at Children’s Book World
Join beloved author/illustrator/singer/songwriter Barney Saltzman for a rollicking storytelling and book signing and see his new books, Chengdu Can Do and My Book of Beautiful Oops!
For children, ages 3-7.
Where: Children’s Book World
Date: Saturday the 15th
Time: 10:30 am
Address: 10580 ½ West Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90064
Website: http://www.childrensbookworld.com/Calendar/calendar.htm
Elise Allen & Daryle Conners at Children’s Book World
Meet the authors of Gabby Duran: Mutiple Mayhem, the third book in the fun middle grade series about a twelve-year-old babysitter among humans and intergalactics alike! Elise Allen and Daryle Conners will be available to sign their books.
For children, ages 8-12.
Where: Children’s Book World
Date: Saturday the 15th
Time: 2:30 pm
Address: 10580 ½ West Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90064
Website: http://www.childrensbookworld.com/Calendar/calendar.htm
Poetry Performance Workshop at Santa Catalina Library
Join us for a Poetry Performance Workshop led by Seven Dhar and G.T. Foster, plus an Open Reading!
Saturday Afternoon Poetry is curated by Don Kingfisher Campbell.
Where: Santa Catalina Library, Pasadena
Date: Saturday the 15th
Time: 3 pm – 5 pm
Address: 999 E. Washington Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91104
Website: http://saturdayafternoonpoetry.blogspot.com/ a
Roger Steffens at Skylight Bookstore
Join us as Roger Steffens reads and discusses his book So Much Things to Say: The Oral history of Bob Marley. .
Where: Skylight Bookstore
Date: Saturday the 15th
Time: 5 pm
Address: 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Website: http://www.skylightbooks.com/event/roger-steffens-discusses-his-book-so-much-things-say
Authors at Chevalier’s Bookstore
Join us to hear Eleanor Brown, Maggie Shipstead, and Jennifer L. Scott in conversation and reading an effervescent new collection of personal essays, A Paris All Your Own: Bestselling Women writers on the City of Light. Eleanor Brown is editor and contributor, and will read and discuss with her fellow contributors, New York Times bestselling authors Jennifer L. Scott (Lessons from Madame Chic) and Maggie Shipstead (Astonish Me). Celebrate Bastille Day weekend with us!
Where: Chevalier’s Bookstore
Date: Saturday the 15th
Time: 5 pm
Address: 126 N. Larchmont Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90004
Summa, Summa, Summa Salon at Private Location
Join us for a Summer Salon hosted by Nancy Lynee Woo and Alex Andra. Bring any of your creations or ideas or whatever to share, or just enjoy the show. Bring poetry, music, plays, scripts, rants, readings, drawings, etc. to share and discuss.
Where: Private Location
Date: Saturday the 15th
Time: 6 pm
Address: 3835 E. 10th St., Long Beach, CA 90804
Luis Fuerte at Glendale Public Library
Please join us, three years after Huell Howser’s death, to hear Luis Fuerte discuss his book, Luis take A Look at This: My Time with Huell Howser, the story behind the making of the popular PBS documentaries and shows on California’s Gold. Fuerte is an award-winning cameraman, and his book is also full of pictures of their adventures.
Where: Glendale Public Library
Date: Saturday the 15th
Time: 7 pm – 8:30 pm
Address: 222 East Harvard St., Glendale, CA 91205
Website: http://www.glendaleca.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/25177/125
Three Poets at Poetic Research Bureau
Join us to hear Kim Vodicka (Aesthesia Balderdash), Josh Stevens (The Bench), and Kristin Sanders (I’ll Always Love You) read and discuss their work.
Where: Poetic Research Bureau
Date: Saturday the 15th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 951 Chung King Rd., Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Website: http://www.poeticresearch.com/
Poetry Writing Workshop at Pipe & Thimble Bookstore
Join us for an Introduction to Poetry Writing Workshop, hosted by Luis Antonio Pichardo, the founder and executive director of DSTL Arts, a non-profit arts mentorship organization that inspires, teaches, and hires creative at-risk youth, ages 16-21, and encourages them to pusue the arts as a sustainable career.
Ever felt the need to express yourself, but feel you don’t know where to begin? Join us for an introduction to writing poetry, and open up a new world of writing for yourself.
Where: Pipe & Thimble Bookstore
Date: Sunday the 16th
Time: 10 am – 12 pm
Address: 24830 Narbonne Ave., Lomita, CA 90717
90X90: Zine Workshop at Cielo Galleries/Studios
Our 90X90 community invites you to join us for a Zine Workshop led by the amazing crew of LA Zine Fest, and curated by Rhea Tepp & LA Zine Fest.
Where: Cielo Galleries/Studios
Date: Sunday the 16th
Time: 2 pm – 4 pm
Address: 3201 Maple Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90011
Website: http://90x90la.com/zine-workshop/
Jennifer Brody & Guests at Skylight Bookstore
Join us to welcome author Jennifer Brody to discuss and sign her new YA novel, The United Continuums: The Continuum Trilogy, Book 3, with Elizabeth Briggs and Xach Fromson.
In this epic conclusion to the Continuum trilogy, as the Dark Thing hurtles toward Earth they must continue the fight against the second coming of the Doom. Elizabeth Briggs is the author of the Future Shock Trilogy and the Chasing the Dream series.
Where: Skylight Bookstore
Date: Sunday the 16th
Time: 5 pm
Address: 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Last 3rd Sunday Open Mic at Skylight Promenade Gallery
Join us to welcome featured CLI author, poet and spoken word artist Derek Brown to the 3rd Sunday Open Mic. Derek is a member of the Still Waters Writers’ Collective and has starred at many Open Mic events throughout Southern California. Articulate Scars, released in Spring 2107, is his first published collection of poetry.
Where: The Promenade Gallery
Date: Sunday the 16th
Time: 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Address: 185 E. 2nd St., Pomona, CA 91766
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