Robert Lustig at Chevalier’s Bookstore
Come to hear Robert Lustig read and discuss his book, 
. Lusitg delves into why we can’t seem to put down our phones, coffees or sodas, and how we got here in the first place. Spoiler Alert: Marketing, big business, technology, and capitalism all play pivotal roles.
Where: Chevalier’s Bookstore
Date: Monday the 25th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 126 N. Larchmont Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90004
Website: http://www.chevaliersbooks.com/robert-lustig
Red Hen Press at Griffith Observatory
Pope Brock and Alan Lightman, two prominent authors in the scientific community, come together for a reading and discussion moderated by Sandra Tsing-Loh. This is a launch of Brock’s book Another Fine Mess: Life on Tomorrow’s Moon. They will discuss the future of space exploration, physics, and science within a literary context.
Where: Leonard Nimoy Horizon Theatre at Griffith Observatory
Date: Monday the 25th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 2800 E Observatory, Los Angeles, CA 90027
Website: http://redhen.org/events/?uuid=0C6CE4C6-517E-4242-00F1-5A7B8E1C09F8
#90x90LA: Grant Writing Workshop at Cielo Galleries/Studios
Join us for a Grantwriting Workshop, produced and moderated by Jessica Ceballos y Campbell.
Details to come!
Where: Cielo Galleries/Studios
Date: Monday the 25th
Time: 8 pm
Address: 3201 Maple Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90011
Website: http://90x90la.com/grantwriting-workshop-jessica-ceballos-campbell-m-925-8pm/
Book Salon on Dostoevsky at USC
Join us for a Book Salon on Fyodor Dostoevsky’s book, Notes from the Underground, presented in conjunction with the President’s Summer Reading List. FREE, but RSVPs required through link at website.
Where: Tutor Campus Center, Room 302, USC
Date: Tuesday the 26th
Time: 3 pm
Address: Campus Park, Ronald Tutor Campus Center (TCC), Alumni Center Salon, Room 302, Los Angeles, CA 90089
Website: calendar.usc.edu
Nathan Englander at Chevalier’s Bookstore
Join us to hear Nathan Englander read and discuss his new novel, Dinner at the Center of the Earth, his twist on a political thriller in the highly charges territory of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which then pivots to a complex relationship between a secret prisoner and his guard. Englander is the current Distinguished Writer in Residence at New York University, and proving to be an important, potent voice in literature. See link at website to his recent editorial in the New Yorker concerning the rallies in Charlottesville.
Where: Chevalier’s Bookstore
Date: Tuesday the 26th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 126 N. Larchmont Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90004
Website: https://www.chevaliersbooks.com/nathan-englander
Mark Bowden at Vroman’s Bookstore
Join us to hear author Mark Bowden read from and sign his new book, Hue 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam, the story of the centerpiece of the Tet offensive and a turning point in the war, when the North Vietnamese launched over one hundred attacks across South Vietnam. Bowden is also the author of Black Hawk Down, and he narrates each stage of this crucial battle from multiple viewpoints, telling the tale of the bloodiest battle of the war, played out over 24 days and costing 10,000 lives.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Tuesday the 26th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Brad Abraham at Book Soup
Join us to hear author Brad Abraham, discuss and sign his new book, Magicians Impossible. Jason Bishop’s world is shattered when his estranged father commits suicide, but a greater shock comes when he learns his after was a secret agent in the employ of the Invisible Hand, an ancient society of spies wielding magic in a centuries-spanning war. The only thing certain is the magic he himself has slowly begun mastering, which tells him not to trust anybody.
Where: Book Soup
Date: Tuesday the 26th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
Website: http://www.mark-bowden-discusses-and-signs-hue-1968-turning-point-american-war-vietnam
CSU Long Beach MFA Students #1 at Gatsby’s Bookstore
Join us to hear CSULB’s Department of English and Rip-Rap Journal present: Nicole Hakim, Alexandra Umlas, Jose Prado, Mike Bachman, Courtney Countryman, and Rachel Brownell, in an evening of original fiction and poetry by CSULB’s MFA students in Creative Writing, in CSULB’s reading series.
Where: Gatsby’s Bookstore
Date: Tuesday the 26th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 5535 E. Spring St., Long Beach, CA 90808
Website: http://gatsbybooks.com/book-signings/
American Inferno at ALOUD Reading Series
Join us to hear author Danielle Allen, in conversation with Franklin Leonard (The Black List), read from and sign, American Inferno: How My Cousin Became a South Central Statistic. Here the author tries to make sense of a young African American man’s tragic coming-of-age in Los Angeles. She rallies an urgent call for system-wide reform in this deeply personal and poignant story.
RSVP at link at website.
Where: Mark Taper Auditorium, Central Library, LAPL
Date: Tuesday the 26th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 630 West 5th St., Los Angeles, CA 90071
Website: http://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/american-inferno-how-my-cousin-became-south-central-statistic
Cobalt Tongue at Tongue & Groove at the Hotel Café (1 of 2)
Join us to participate in an Open Mic prior to our offering of selected writers and performers produced by Conrad Romo.
See website for details!
Where: Hotel Cafe
Date: Tuesday the 26th
Time: 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Address: 1623 Cahuenga Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90028
Website: www.pw.org
Tongue & Groove Literary Variety Show, Hotel Café (2 of 2)
Join us to hear an offering of selected writers and performers produced by Conrad Romo, featuring: Kevin P. Gilday, Eddie Pepitone, Helen Decker, Rick Lupert, Lianne Stokes, and some songs by Drennon Davis.
Where: Hotel Cafe
Date: Tuesday the 26th
Time: 7:30 pm – 8:45 pm
Address: 1623 Cahuenga Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90028
Website: www.pw.org
SoulCentral Writers Workshop at South Central Healin’ Artz
Join us for meeting #15 of the South Central Writers Workshop on 51st/Main, where we welcome any writing in English or Espanol. Bring anything you’d like to work on, and we will have many open discussions of our shared wisdom and knowledge, as there is no designation of “teacher” and ‘student” as we try to empower writers and their imaginations to find the freedom needed to pursue their craft. We have writing utensils and paper. Laptops are discouraged.
Event hosted by Viva Padilla.
Where: South Central Healin Arts Space
Date: Tuesday the 26th
Time: 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Address: 5139 South Main St., South Los Angeles, CA 90037
Website: www.facebook.com/events
The Templars at Book Soup
Join us to hear Dan Jones discuss and sign The Templars: The Rise and Spectacular Fall of God’s Holy Warriors. In this groundbreaking narrative history, the author of The Plantagenets tells the true story of The Templars, a band of elite warriors in Jerusalem in 1119, who give their lives to protect Christian pilgrims after the Frist Crusade. They also established the medieval world’s first global bank and waged private wars against anyone who threatened their interests. Jones brings their dramatic and relevant tale to life, in a compulsively readable book.
Where: Book Soup
Date: Wednesday the 27th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
David Lagercrantz at Vroman’s Bookstore
David Lagercrantz, the author of the international bestseller The Girl in the Spider’s Web, will discuss and sign his new book in the Millennium series, The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye, which began with Stieg Larsson’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
In conversation with Hart Hanson, the author has written a full-tilt novel that brings Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist together again.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Wednesday the 27th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91011
Website: http://www.vromansbookstore.com/event/david-lagercrantz-discusses-and-signs-girl-who-takes-eye-eye
Burning Bridges at Chevalier’s Bookstore
Join us to hear lawyer and professor Peter Afrasiabi read from Burning Bridges, in conversation with author/activist Darryl Holter. Bridges was a progressive labor leader who, in the 1930s, the U.S. government spent two decades and four serial trials trying to prosecute and deport. Bridges fought them all the way to the Supreme Court and won.
See the link to the footage of how protestor s and unions were treated in the ‘30s at the link on website.
Where: Chevalier’s Bookstore
Date: Wednesday the 27th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 126 N. Larchmont Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90004
Website: https://www.chevaliersbooks.com/peter-afrasiabi
The Solace of Trees at Pages Bookstore
Join us to hear author Robert Madrygin discuss and read from the Solace of Trees, the story of Amir, a young boy of secular Muslim heritage who witnesses his family’s murder in the Bosnian War. He then finds sanctuary in a UN camp, and a charity relocates him to the U.S. As Amir enters adulthood, his destiny brings him back to the darkness he thought he’d forever escaped.
Where: Pages Bookstore
Date: Wednesday the 27th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 904 Manhattan Beach Ave., Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
Website: https://www.pagesabookstore.com/event/robert-madrygin-author-event
Scott Esposito, with Rebekah Weikel, at Skylight Bookstore
Join us to hear Scott Espisito, who will present and discuss his novel, The Doubles, with Rebekah Weikel. This is part memoir –through-film, part inquiry into the effect art has on our lives, in a passionate, exquisitely written examination of 14 films that have made him. Retelling one film per year, and covering 20 years of Esposito’s life form 1996-2016, this book also shows the development via film of a critical intelligence and a maturing human being.
Where: Skylight Bookstore
Date: Wednesday the 27th
Time: 7:30 am
Address: 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Website: http://www.skylightbooks.com/event/scott-esposito-discusses-his-book-doubles-rebekah-weikel
90X90LA: Wellness Writing at Aratani Theatre Stage
Celebrate!
Investigate!
Resist!
Hosted by traci akemi kato-kiriyama and featuring a special guest TBA, join us to hear and participate in a themed workshop. We will start with a brief conversation on our writing process and artistic and social practice. We will then facilitate writing exercises throughout the evening, with a brief period of sharing for participants at the end of the night.
Where: Aratani Theatre, JACCC
Date: Wednesday the 27th
Time: 7:45 pm
Address: 224 S. San Pedro St., Los Angeles, CA 90012
Website: http://90x90la.com/wellness-writing-wednesday-w-927-745pm/
Mark Bowden, with Ken Nolan, at Burbank Library
Join us to welcome Mark Bowden, in conversation with Ken Nolan, who wrote the screenplay for his book Black Hawk Down, discuss his new book, Hue 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam. Bowden uses the battle of Hue as a lens into the entire war, telling the story from both sides, and including the cruelty and waste, along with the heroism and sacrifice by all involved.
This book will be coming to the screen as a 8-10 hour mini-series.
Where: Burbank Library
Date: Wednesday the 27th
Time: 8 pm
Address: 3oo N. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91505
Website: http://burbanklibrary.com/events/author-mark-bowden-1968
Code Switch Poetry Reading at Exposition Regional Library, LAPL
Celebrate the Latino-American word and voice this evening with the poetry of poets from the Americas, featuring Luis Antonio Pichardo and Vickie Vertiz. This program is bilingual.
Where: Exposition Park Regional Library, LAPL
Date: Thursday the 28th
Time: 6 pm – 7:30 pm
Address: 3900 S. Western Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90062
Website: www.facebook.com/events
Latina Authors at Central Library, LAPL
We Are Latina Authors offers an evening featuring: Elvia Alicia Leon, Yahira Florentino, Maritere Rodriguez Bellas, Roxanne Ocampo, y Natalie Torres, talking about their experience as writers.
Where: Central Library, LAPL
Date: Thursday the 28th
Time: 6:30 pm
Address: 630 West 5th St., Los Angeles, CA 90071
Website: https://lapl.org
Three Poets Laureate at Bovard Auditorium, USC
U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera, California Poet Laureate Dana Gioia, and Los Angeles Poet Laureate Robin Coste Lewis come together for a reading and discussion about poetry and the role of place—in particular, the many places of California—in their creative work, and how poetry and the written word contribute to our shared yet varied sense of place and community.
Admission is FREE.
RSVPs are required and can be made through link at website.
Where: Bovard Auditorium, USC
Date: Thursday the 28th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 3551 Trousdale Parkway, Los Angeles, CA 90089
Website: calendar.usc.edu/event
James Reston, Jr. & Jack Walker at Chevalier’s Bookstore
In A Rift in the Earth, authors and Vietnam veterans James Reston, Jr., and Jack Walker (Eye Corps: Coming of Age at the DMZ) are in conversation with activist and USC history professor Darryl Holter, as Reston tells the remarkable story of the ferocious “art war” that raged between 1979 and 1984 over what kind of memorial should be built to honor the men and women who died in the Vietnam War. The story intertwines art, politics, historical memory, patriotism, racism, and a fascinating set of characters, from those who fought in the conflict to those who resisted it, to politicians of the highest level.
Where: Chevalier’s Bookstore
Date: Thursday the 28th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 126 N. Larchmont Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90004
Website: http://www.chevaliersbooks.com/reston-walker
Peter Clines at Pages Bookstore
Join us to hear author Peter Clines, present and sign Paradox Bound. Clines brings us an ingenious, irresistible new time-travel thriller, following his books, The Fold, and the Ex-Heroes series.
RSVPs are appreciated. Use the link at the pages bookstore site below.
Where: Pages Bookstore
Date: Thursday the 28th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 904 Manhattan Ave., Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
Website: https://www.pagesabookstore.com/event/stephen-hinshaw-author-event
Poets of Perugia at the Last Bookstore
Join us to hear a reading by Perugia Poets Lynne Thompson, Jennifer K. Sweeney, and L.I. Henley. All have won the Perugia Book Award, among others. Light snacks and wine will be available.
Lynne Thompson is the author of Beg No Pardon, winner of the Perugia Book Award and Great Lakes Colleges New Writers Award. She also serves as Reviews and Essays Editor of Spillway.
Jennifer K. Sweeney is the author of three books of poetry. She teaches privately and at University of Redlands.
L.I. Henley won the 2017 Perugia Press Prize for her second full-length collection, Sunshine Road.
Where: The Last Bookstore
Date: Thursday the 28th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 453 S/ Spring St., Los Angeles, CA 90013
Website: www.facebook.com/events
Jody Dreyer at Flintridge Bookstore
Please join us to hear Jody Dreyer discuss and sign Beyond the Castle: Discovering Happily Ever After, which offers entertaining and enlightening stories from a Disney insider’s three-decade career. This book looks behind the castle doors and offers playful practical principals that will guide readers on the path to their own “happily ever after.”
Where: Flintridge Bookstore
Date: Thursday the 28th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 1010 Foothill Blvd., La Canada, CA 91011
Christopher Meeks & Sam Gonzalez at Vroman’s Bookstore
Please join us to hear Christopher Meeks read from his book The Chords of War, based on a true story, centering on Max, a singer and guitarist who tries to understand why his life in Florida always teeters between music and mayhem.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Thursday the 28th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Website: http://www.vromansbookstore.com/event/christopher-meeks-sam-gonzalez-discusses-and-signs-chords-war
Santiago Gamboa at Skylight Bookstore
Join us to hear author Santiago Gamboa, read from and sign his new novel, Return to the Dark Valley. This book travels between European cities scarred by terrorism that has turned increasingly xenophobic and Latin American landscapes that carry their own sense of danger enveloped in “new world” promise. This is a richly imagined portrait of a turbulent world where liberation is found in perpetual movement and determined exploration.
Where: Skylight Bookstore
Date: Thursday the 28th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Website: http://www.skylightbooks.com/event/santiago-gamboa-reads-his-new-novel-return-dark-valley
90X90LA: We All Look Alike at TBA
Celebrate!
Investigate!
Resist!
Curated by Sara Borjas, join us to hear and participate in a conversation and reading event, We All Look Alike: The Distance Between Heartbreak & Rage, featuring: Luivette Resto, Sara Borjas, Rocio Carlos, Chiwan Choi, Dae Jung, and MORE!
Come hear all of us/one of us read!
Where: TBA
Date: Thursday the 21st
Time: 8 pm
Address: TBA
Website: http://90x90la.com/wellness-writing-wednesday-w-920-745pm/
Open Door Poetry Reading at Battery Books, Pasadena
Please join us for our monthly Open Door Poetry Reading, featuring:
Sesshu Foster taught in East LA for 30 years, as well as many major universities. Twice winner of the American Book Award, his forthcoming City of the Future will be published by Kaya Press in 2018.
Vickie Vertiz was born and raised in Southeast Los Angeles. Her second collection of poetry, Palm Frond with Its Throat Cut, is now available from University of Arizona Press.
Eric Howard has worked in L.A. as a teacher and editor. His book, Taliban Beach Party (Turtle Point Press, 2016), addresses 9/11 and its aftermath in the context of Los Angeles history, beginning with satire, but concluding with prophecy.
Where: Battery Books, Pasadena
Date: Thursday the 28th
Time: 8 pm – 10 pm
Address: 28 South Los Robles Ave., Pasadena, CA 91101
Website: www.facebook.com/events
Chelsea Martin, with Mira Gonzalez, at Skylight Books
Please join us to hear Chelsea Martin read from her book, Caca Dolce: Essays from a Lowbrow Life, a candid, tender and funny book about relationships, class, art, sex, money, and family.
Where: Skylight Bookstore
Date: Friday the 29th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91001
Website: http://www.skylightbooks.com/event/chelsea-martin-discusses-caca-dolce-mira-gonzalez
90X90LA: Writing on the Wall: Closing Night at Cielo Galleries/Studios
Join us for a visual poem exhibit with an Open Mic and a communal poem. Poems will adorn the walls of Cielo in various creative fashions as poets transform written verse into spoken words. Celebrate poetry and poets during the closing of “The Writing on the Wall” event and purchase something you like, since all are for sale!
Featured poets TBA.
Curated by Skira Martinez
Where: Cielo Galleries/Studios
Date: Friday the 29th
Time: 8 pm
Address: 3201 Maple Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90011
Website: http://90x90la.com/writing-on-the-wall-closing-night-f-929-8pm/
Peter Cherches at Beyond Baroque
Join us to hear Peter Cherches, who Publishers Weekly called “one of the innovators of the short story.” He will appear with special guest Lou Beach.
Where: Beyond Baroque
Date: Friday the 29th
Time: 8 pm
Address: 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291
Website: http://beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html
Poets for Change at Tia Chucha’s Bookstore
Join us to celebrate 10,000 Poets for Change.
Features TBA and Open Mic where every participant is welcome.
Where: Tia Chucha’s Centro Cultural & Bookstore
Date: Friday the 29th
Time: 8 pm
Address: 13197 Gladstone Ave., Sylmar, CA 91342
Website: http://www.tiachucha.org/programming
Boyd Majors at the Autry Museum
Join us to hear Boyd Majors discuss his new book, A Gathering of Guns: A Half Century History of TV Westerns (1949-2001).
Where: The Autry at Griffith Park
Date: Saturday the 30th
Time: 9:30 am
Address: 4700 West Heritage Way, Los Angeles, CA 90027
Website: http://www.theautry.org/events/lectures-and-workshops/book-talk-and-signing-boyd-magers
100 Thousand Poets for Change at Beyond Baroque
Please join us for our 7th straight year of 100 Thousand Poets for Change. Bring your issues to the mic! Segments hosted by poets Don Kingfisher Campbell, Juan Cardenas, and Jessica Wilson, with a huge line-up of readers and performers.
Where: Beyond Baroque
Date: Saturday the 30th
Time: 11 am – 6 pm
Address: 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291
Website: http://beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html
90X90LA: Pitch Fest at Cielo Galleries/Studios
Come and pitch your wonderful ideas for readings,, discussions, cultural series and events, the things that you want to see in Los Angeles. After the pitches, everyone present will have a chance to join you, offer assistance and other resources, to make it all become a reality. Let’s ACTIVATE our city in a lasting and loving way.
Where: Cielo Galleries/ Studios
Date: Saturday the 30th
Time: 12 pm noon
Address: 3201 Maple Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90011
Website: http://90x90la.com/pitch-fest-sa-930/
Spectrum 12: Poets for Change at Santa Catalina Library
Please join us for Saturday Afternoon Poetry, both here and at Beyond Baroque, for a reading by poets published in Spectrum 12: Poets for Change.
Curated by Don Kingfisher Campbell
Where: Santa Catalina Library
Date: Saturday the 30th
Time: 3 pm – 5 pm
Address: 999 E. Washington Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91004
Website: http://saturdayafternoonpoetry.blogspot.com/
Fran Krause at Skylight Bookstore
Join us to hear Fran Krause read from his new comic The Creeps, a follow-up to his bestselling Deep, Dark Fears, a second volume of comics based on people’s quirky, spooky, hilarious, and terrifying fears. Krause is an animator and cartoonist, and currently teaches at CalArts.
Where: Skylight Bookstore
Date: Saturday the 30th
Time: 5 pm
Address: 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Website: http://www.skylightbooks.com/event/fran-krause-discusses-his-new-comic-creeps
Atonement at Beyond Baroque
Join us to break your fast and feast with Rachel Kann & Linda Ravenswood for an evening of poetry and spirituality, a literary and culinary extravaganza after some of the community will have spent Yom Kippur fasting.
Where: Beyond Baroque
Date: Saturday the 30th
Time: 8 pm
Address: 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291
Website: http://beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html
826LA: Radical, Magical Women Program for KIDS at the Hammer Museum
In this program for children ages 8-14, we discover through writing how we can be just as extraordinary as the magical, powerful, and wild women that came before us.
Alexia “Lexie” Pineda Soto leads our workshop, and she creates online journals for first-generation college students.
Where: Hammer Museum
Date: Sunday the 1st
Time: 11 am – 1 pm
Address: 10899 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90024
Website: http://hammer.ucla.edu/programs-events/2017/10/826lahammer-radical-magical-women/
Jet Tila at Vroman’s Bookstore
Join us to hear Jet Tila present and sign, 101 Asian dishes You Need to Cook Before You Die: Discover a New World of Flavors in Authentic Recipes.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Sunday the 1st
Time: 3 pm
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
First Sunday Open Reading at Beyond Baroque
Join us for our regular monthly reading, with features this month TBA. This event is held in the Scott Wannberg Bookstore and hosted by Steve Goldman. Sign-ups begin at 4:45 pm.
Where: Beyond Baroque
Date: Sunday the 1st
Time: 5 pm
Address: 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291
Website: http://beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html
90X90LA: Closing BBQ/ Potluck/ Cookout
Join us to close out the 2017 90x90LA events with laughter, joy, and food!
Let’s celebrate this summer in which we joined together, held each other, and shared and received and built so much.
Where: TBA
Date: Sunday the 1st
Time: TBA
Address: TBA
Website: http://90x90la.com/closing-bbqpotluckcookout-su-101/
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