Ron Chernow and Grant at Vroman’s Bookstore (off-site)
Please join us to hear the Pulitzer Prize winning author for Hamilton, Ron Chernow, discuss and sign Grant, his newest masterful biography, about Ulysses S. Grant’s life as a general and president, whose fortunes rose and fell with dizzying speed and frequency. In conversation with USC professor and author William Deverell, Chernow offers this sweeping and dramatic portrait, that finds the threads that bind the disparate stores together, and makes sense of all sides of Grant’s life, contradictions, and accomplishments.
Note: This is a ticketed event through Eventbrite link. Tickets include admission for two and one copy of Grant. (Price is approx. cost of one book.)
Where: All Saints Church (with Vroman’s Bookstore)
Date: Monday the 16th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 132 N. Euclid Ave., Pasadena, CA 91101
Andrea Wulf at CalTech University
Come to hear historian and author Andrea Wulf discuss and sign her book, The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859). Wulf tells the story of the great thinker and intrepid explorer who predicted human-induced climate change in 1800, and whose writings inspired naturalists such as Darwin and Goethe, as well as politicians, such as Thomas Jefferson. her talk focuses on the bond between the arts and sciences, between imagination, poetry and meticulous observation.
Andre Wulf will also give lectures on October 15 and October 17 at the Huntington Library.
Where: Baxter Lecture Hall, California Institute of Technology
Date: Monday the 16th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 1200 E. California Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91125
Janet Mock at Central Library, LAPL
Come to hear a conversation with transgender activist and author Janet Mock, led by Drian Juarez. Janet Mock wrote Redefining Realness in 2015, her New York Times bestseller about her journey as a trans teen, and has now written her newest memoir, Surpassing Certainty: What My Twenties Taught Me. A book signing will follow the program.
Free tickets are available at Eventbrite link.
Where: Mark Taper Auditorium, Central Library, LAPL
Date: Monday the 16th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 630 West 5th St., Los Angeles, CA 90071
Website: http://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/conversation-transgender-activist-and-author-janet-mock-2
The Concrete in Poetry & Art at the Getty Museum–PTS Program
Join us for a conversation between Getty curators Nancy Perloff and Zanna Gilbert, who bring two exhibits into dialogue: Concrete Poetry: Words and Sounds in Graphic Space and Making Art Concrete: Works from Argentina and Brazil in the Coleccion Patrica Phelps de Cisneros. With particular emphasis on Brazil, they will be joined by Rachel Price, author of The Object of the Atlantic: Concrete Aesthetics in Cuba, Brazil, and Spain, 1868-1968.
Free advance tickets required, and are available at website link.
Where: Museum Lecture Hall, Getty Center
Date: Tuesday the 17th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 1200 Getty Center Drive., Los Angeles, CA 90049
Website: http://www.getty.edu/visit/cal/events/ev_1926.html
Viktor Frankl Play/Reading at Robertson Branch Library, LAPL
Come to hear a dramatic reading of Cliff Johnson’s play by local actor Arnold Weiss. Viktor Frankl, author of Man’s Search for Meaning, spent three years in a Nazi concentration camp during World War II, and the play explores Frankl’s experiences and beliefs.
Where: Robertson Library, LAPL
Date: Tuesday the 17th
Time: 6:30 pm
Address: 1719 S. Robertson Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90035
Website: http://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/visit-viktor-frankl-4
Lisi Harrison at Chevalier’s Bookstore
We are pleased to present Lisi Harrison to discuss her new book The Dirty Book Club, a story inspired by the author’s own dirty book club. When a group of strangers is selected to inherit a book club that’s been fifty years in the making, they have no idea what they’re in for.
Where: Chevalier’s Bookstore
Date: Tuesday the 17th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 126 N. Larchmont Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90004
Website: https://www.chevaliersbooks.com/lisi-harrison
Khary Lazarre-White at Eso Won Bookstore
Come to hear Khary Lazarr-White, author of Passage, discuss and sign the story of Warrior, a young black man navigating the snowy winter streets of Harlem and Brooklyn in 1993. Warrior is surrounded by deep family love and a sustaining connection to his history that arms him as he confronts the urban forces that surround him. But he is haunted by the spirits of ancestors and demons of the system of oppression.
Where: Eso Won Bookstore
Date: Tuesday the 17th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 4327 Degnan Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90008
Website: http://www.esowonbookstore.com/event/khary-lazarre-white-booksigning .
Will Kostakis, with John Corey Whaley, at Vroman’s Bookstore–Teen Event
We are pleased to present Young Adult author Will Kostakis, in conversation with John Corey Whaley, to discuss his new book The Sidekicks. Ryan, Harley and Miles are very different people—the swimmer, the revel and the nerd. All they have in common is Isaac, their shared best friend. When Isaac dies unexpectedly, the three boys must come to terms with their grief and the impact he had on their lives. This is a heartwarming, masterfully written novel about grief, self-discovery and the connections that tie us all together.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Tuesday the 17th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Website: http://www.vromansbookstore.com/event/will-kostakis-john-corey-whaley-discusses-and-signs-sidekicks
Eileen Miles at Skylight Bookstore
Please join us to hear prolific and renowned poet, novelist and essayist Eileen Miles discuss and sign her dog memoir, Afterglow (a dog memoir). The author takes her first foray into memoir with a kaleidoscopic portrait of a beloved confidant: the pit bull called Rosie, who became central to her life and work during their sixteen years together. Miles explores grief, intimacy and a host of other topics and myths in this unique family history.
Where: Skylight Bookstore
Date: Tuesday the 17th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Website: http://www.skylightbooks.com/event/eileen-myles-discusses-their-memoir-afterglow
Tuesday Night Café Series Finale in Little Tokyo
Please join us for the Tuesday Night Café Season Finale for the year, bridging Art and Community, co-founded by Traci Kato-Kiriyama, hosted by Johneric Concordia, and featuring poets: George Abe, Sue Jin, Sri Panchalam, Audrey Kno, Beau Sia; with beats by DJ WaxStyles.
You may also watch at home by catching our live feed at our website!
Where: Aritani Courtyard at the Union Center for the Arts
Date: Tuesday the 17th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 120 Judge John Aliso St., Los Angeles, CA 90012
Website: http://www.tuesdaynightproject.org/
PEN Center USA & The Edison Book Club at the Edison
Please join us at our October Book Club to discuss The Handmade’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood. The event will be hosted by LA-based author Siel Ju, author of Cake Time.
Where: The Edison
Date: Wednesday the 18th
Time: 6 pm
Address: 108 W. 2nd St., #101, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Website: http://www.pw.org/calendar
Jaime Lowe at Diesel Bookstore
Please join us to hear Jaime Lowe discuss and sign her memoir Mental: Lithium, Love, and Losing My Mind. Joining her will be Matt Holtzman of KCRW. Now, as she adjusts to a new drug, her pursuit of a stable life continues, as does her curiosity about the history and science of the mysterious element, lithium, that shaped the way she sees the world.
Where: Diesel Bookstore
Date: Wednesday the 18th
Time: 6:30 pm
Address: 225 26th St., Santa Monica, CA 90402
Website: http://www.dieselbookstore.com/event/jaime-lowe-discusses-and-signs-mental
Alexis Okeowo at Eso Won Bookstore
Author Alexis Okeowo will discuss and sign A Moonless Starless Sky: Ordinary Women and Men Fighting Extremism in Africa, which weaves together four narratives that form a powerful tapestry of modern Africa. In the tradition of Behind the Beautiful Forevers, this is a masterful, humane work of literary journalism, and a vivid narrative of Africans who are courageously resisting their continent’s wave of fundamentalism.
Where: Eso Won Bookstore
Date: Wednesday the 18th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 4327 Degnan Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90008
Website: https://www.esowonbookstore.com/event/alexis-okeowo-book-signing
Douglas Brown at Otis Visiting Writers Series
Please join us to hear 2013 Cave Canem Poetry Prize winner and poet F. Douglas Brown discuss and sign his work. He is the author of Zero to Three, co-authored the chapbook Begotten with Geoffrey Davis. He is co-author and curator of un::fade::able—The Requiem for Sandra Bland, a quarterly reading series examining restorative justice through poetry as a means to address racism.
Where: Otis College of Art and Design
Date: Wednesday the 18th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 9045 Lincoln Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90045
Website: http://www.otis.edu/mfa-writing/visiting-writers-series
Poetry, Politics & Pozole at dA Center for the Arts
Please join us for Poetry, Politics and Pozole to bring together the spoken word, political realities, and the traditional Mexican stew served as a celebratory dish. We will highlight diversity, strength, sense of place, and community. This event will highlight intercultural communications, community voice, and the contemporary debate around identity and place. FREE!
Where: dA Center for the Arts
Date: Thursday the 19th
Time: 6 pm – 8 pm
Address: 252 D South Main St., Pomona, CA 91766
Website: http://www.meetup.com/thedACenterfortheArts/events/243372011/
David Alan Richards at Diesel Bookstore
Please join us to hear David Alan Richards discuss and sign his new book, Skulls and Keys: The Hidden Histories Behind Yale’s Secret Societies. There’s a progressive side to Yale’s secret societies that we rarely hear about, and in the cultural tumult of the 1960s their efforts helped the election of people of color, women, and gay men, beyond their percentages in the class. The author takes us through their histories as merely social and drinking societies to a progressive view of the system as a whole.
Where: Diesel Bookstore
Date: Thursday the 19th
Time: 6:30 pm
Address: 225 26th St., Santa Monica, CA 90402
Website: http://www.dieselbookstore.com/event/david-alan-richards-discusses-and-signs-skulls-and-keys
Manhattan Beach, with Jennifer Egan, at ALOUD Reading Series, LAPL
Join us to hear Pulitzer Prize winning author Jennifer Egan (A Visit from the Goon Squad), in conversation with Marissa Silver (Little Nothing, Mary Coin), discuss the her first historical novel, Manhattan Beach, which follows the story of a young girl who comes of age with a country at war during World War II.
Check website for RSVP and stand-by seating guidelines.
Where: Mark Taper Auditorium, Central Library, LAPL
Date: Thursday the 19th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 630 West 5th St., Los Angeles, CA 90071
Website: http://lfla.org/event/manhattan-beach-novel-wwii-new-york/
Carino Chacano at Vroman’s Bookstore
Join us to hear Carina Chacano read and discuss her new book, You Play the Girl: On Playboy Bunnies, Stepford Wives, Train Wrecks & Other Mixed Messages, which shows how we metabolize the subtle, fragmented messages embedded in our everyday experience and how our identity is shaped by them. Chacano blends formative personal stories with insightful and emotionally powerful analysis. and shows that our identities are more fluid than we think and more complex than anything we see on screen.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Friday the 20th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Emily Germinder at Skylight Bookstore
Join us to hear Emily Germinder read and discuss her debut collection, Dead Girls and Other Stories. This book charts a vivid constellation of characters fleeing their own stories, with lyric artistry and emotional force. dead girls, both real and fantastic, appear again and again, as obsession, as threat, as national myth, and as collective nightmare.
Where: Skylight Bookstore
Date: Friday the 20th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Playing Monster Book Launch at Human Resources
Join us for the book launch of Playing Monster :: Seiche, by Diana Arterian, her first full length poetry collection, and featuring a stellar lineup of readers/performers/participants, including:
Diana Arterian, Dana Johnson, Jack Sjogren, Emily Lacy, DJ Edie, Soo_n Food.
There will be reading, singing , music and dancing, and boze and delicious food. All are welcome!
Where: Human Resources LA
Date: Friday the 20th
Time: 8 pm – 11 pm
Address: 410 Cottage Home St., Los Angeles, CA 90012
Website: http://humanresourcesla.com/event/book-launch-playing-monster-seiche-by-diana-arterian/
Archives Bazaar at USC Library
Join us for the 12th Annual Los Angeles Archives Bazaar, all day, all in one place. Celebrate the diversity of stories that make Southern California such a place of discovery. Anyone with an interest in the region’s history will find something of value, as experts will show off their collections and answer questions. In addition to exhibits, day-long programming will feature preservation workshops and more.
Where: Doheny Memorial Library, USC
Date: Saturday the 21st
Time: 9 am – 5 pm
Address: 3500 Trousdale Parkway, University Park Campus, Los Angeles, CA 90089
Website: http://libraries.usc.edu/events/12th-annual-los-angeles-archives-bazaar
Nightlights at Vroman’s Bookstore–Children’s Event
Join us to hear Dan Brewer and Paul Paolili present and sign Nightlights, an illustrated and poetic exploration of things that shine in the world—and in the sky—and which invites us all to see the night in wondrous new ways.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Saturday the 21st
Time: 10:30 am
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Los Angeles, CA 90089
Website: http://www.vromansbookstore.com/event/dan-brewer-paul-paolili-present-and-sign-nightlights
Poetry Readings at Palms-Rancho Park Library, LAPL
Join us to hear former London stage actor Joe Prami read Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s Rime of the Ancient Mariner, and Oscar Wilde’s The Ballad of Reading Gaol.
Where: Palms-Rancho Park Branch Library, LAPL
Date: Saturday the 21st
Time: 12 pm – 2 pm
Address: 2920 Overland Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90064
Website: http://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/reading-works-samuel-coleridge-and-oscar-wilde
Poets with Coffee at Edendale Branch Library, LAPL
Join authors and poets Joseph Rios, Ife-Chudeni and F. Douglas Brown, for coffee/tea and donuts and poetry in celebration of Joseph Rios’ recently published book, Shadowboxing: poems & impersonations. Borrowing the poetic language of boxing lore and in the Rocky films, this book pieces together a poetic portrait of Rios, a Chicano adolescent working and becoming a poet in the farm territories of Central California, and invites the reader to enter his world of memory and experience and talk.
Where: Edendale Branch Library, LAPL
Date: Saturday the 21st
Time: 12 pm – 2 pm
Address: 2011 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90026
Website: https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/brunch-and-poetry-poet-joseph-rios
Noir Films/Authors at Glendale Central Library
Join us to hear Mark A. Vieira, discuss and sign Into the Dark: The Hidden World of Film Noir, 1941-1950, along with Bob Admundson and Catherine Juca who will speak on related topics.
Where: Glendale Central Library
Date: Saturday the 21st
Time: 2 pm – 4 pm
Address: 222 E. Harvard St., Glendale, CA 91205
Website: http://www.glendaleca.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/26620/125?curm=10&cury=2017
Loose Lips Poetry Reading at Topanga Library
Join us for a diverse array of the best contemporary poets, featuring for our October reading:
Helene Cardona, is an actor and writer, whose books include Life in Suspension and Dreaming My Animal Selves.
John Fitzgerald is an award-winning poet, editor, and federal appeals attorney for the disabled. Favorite Bedtime Stories and The Mind, from Salmon Poetry are recent books.
This event is organized by Millicent Borges Accardi and Jean Colonomos, in partnership with Topanga Authors Group.
Where: Topanga Library
Date: Saturday the 21st
Time: 2 pm – 4 pm
Address: 122 N. Topanga Canyon Blvd., Topanga, CA 90290
Website: http://www.pw.org/calendar
Poetry Workshop at Woodland Hills Branch Library, LAPL
Come together for a poetry workshop led by poet David del Bourgo, who has published more than 100 poems in literary journals and anthologies, as well as two books of his own work through small presses. Bring ten copies of your poem-in-progress to share for constructive critique and suggestions from other writers.
Where: Woodland Hills Branch Library, LAPL
Date: Saturday the 21st
Time: 2 pm
Address: 22200 Ventura Blvd., Woodland Hills, CA 91364
Website: http://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/poetry-workshop-6
Language Activism at ALOUD Series at Central Library, LAPL
Join us to hear Bob Holman, Vincent Medina and Odilia Romero Hernandez, with linguist Leanne Hinton, in conversation on the topic of Threat of Extinction: Language Activism and Preservation. The essence of who we are is wrapped up in our languages. What human knowledge is lost when a language goes extinct? Why should we care? Join ALOUD for a free-wheeling conversation among language activists working to reclaim indigenous languages in California and Mexico.
This is a bi-lingual program. Join us for a post-program reception in the courtyard.
See website for details on reservations and stand-by guidelines.
Where: Mark Taper Auditorium, Central Library, LAPL
Date: Saturday the 21st
Time: 3 pm
Address: 630 West 5th St., Los Angeles, CA 90071
Website: http://lfla.org/event/threat-extinction-language-activism-preservation/
Jeffrey Schultz, F. Douglas Brown & Sara Borjas at Beyond Baroque
Join us to welcome Jeffrey Schultz, author of two National Poetry Series selections, who will read from his newly released collection, Civil Twilight. He will be joined by F. Douglas Brown, author of the Cave Canem prize-winning Zero to Three, and Sara Borjas, whose poetry can be found in Acentos Review, Fog Machine, and Miramar.
Where: Beyond Baroque
Date: Saturday the 21st
Time: 4 pm
Address: 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291
Website: http://beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html
Jessica Bruder at Skylight Bookstore
Join us to hear award-winning journalist Jessica Bruder discuss her book Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century, the story of a set of fighters, idealists, and adventurers trying to carve out a peripatetic existence. In recent years many Americans have had to face tough realities in the midst of massive changes in the economy and a widening wealth gap. One of the hardest hit groups is senior citizens, who have given up the stability of home life to hit the road.
Where: Skylight Bookstore
Date: Saturday the 21st
Time: 5 pm
Address: 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Website: https://www.skylightbooks.com/event/jessica-bruder-discusses-her-book-nomadland
Lullaby of Teeth Anthology at Half Off Books
Join us for a book launch reading for Lullaby of Teeth: An Anthology of Southern California Poetry, hosted by Eric Morago, Moon Tide Press, and Half Off Books.
This collection features poems by: Alexis Rhone Fancher, Armine Iknadossian, Bill Cushing, Boris Ingles, Charles Harper Webb, LeAnne Hunt, Lincoln McElwee, Linda Delmont, Luivette Resto, Michael Cantin, Michael Mark, Mike Gravagno, Nancy Lynee Woo, Robin Axworthy, Ron Kortege, Sonia Greenfield, Victoria Lynne McCoy, and Zachary Locklin.
Where: Half Off Books
Date: Saturday the 21st
Time: 7 pm – 10 pm
Address: 141 W. Wilshire Ave., Suite A, Fullerton, CA 92832
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events
826LA Pop Up Magazine for Kids at the Hammer Museum–Children’s Event
Join us for an event for children ages 5+ for a Pop-Up Studio: Magazine of Me. Radical Women artist Barbara Carrasco will lead kids in creating a magazine of self-portraits that capture the different sides of each child that people don’t often see. Design a cover and catchy title for your one-of-a-kind publication, arrange your self-portraits, and bind them together into a magazine of you!
Where: Hammer Museum
Date: Sunday the 22nd
Time: 11 am – 1 pm
Address: 10899 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90024
Website: http://hammer.ucla.edu/programs-events/2017/10/pop-up-studio-magazine-of-me/
Walter Isaacson, with Michael Govan, on Leonardo Da Vinci at LACMA
Join us to hear bestselling biographer and author Walter Isaacson, in conversation with LACMA CEO and Director Michael Govan, discuss and read from his new book, Leonardo Da Vinci, based on thousands of pages from the artist’s astonishing notebooks and new discoveries about his life and work. This narrative connects Leonardo’s art to his science and shows how his genius was based on skills we can improve in ourselves, such as passionate curiosity, careful observation, and an imagination so playful that it flirted with fantasy.
Note: This event is free, but requires reservations, obtainable at website link.
Where: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Bing Theatre
Date: Sunday the 22nd
Time: 2 pm
Address: Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 900
La Palabra Reading Series at Avenue 50 Studios
Join us to hear five amazing writers and poets discuss and read from their work, including:
V Kali will read from her newest book HYMN, and from the just released anthology Voices From Leimert Park Redux. She is a chef and calligrapher, and has been a doula, midwife and nurse. She also is the Coordinator of The World Stage Anansi Writers Workshop.
Trini Rodriguez is co-founder and Interim Executive Director of Tia Chucha’s, and a bilingual teacher in Los Angeles public schools. She writes, speaks and works to impact systemic social change, and produces The Hummingbird Cricket Hour podcast with her husband, Luis J. Rodriguez.
Olga Garcia Echeverria is the author of Falling Angels: Cuentas y Poemas, and is a teacher of literature and English.
Jessica Gallion aka YELLAWOMAN is the 2016 champion of the Spoken Word Voices Heard Poetry Slam, a graduate of CLI, and the author of Can’t No Woman, Woman Like Me.
Bridgette Bianca is a professor and poet from South Central Los Angeles. Her poetry serves as a witness to moments most forgot or ignore. Her poems do not look away, no matter how much it hurts.
This event is hosted by Karineh Mahdessian
Where: Avenue 50 Studios
Date: Sunday the 22nd
Time: 2 pm – 4 pm
Address: 131 N. Avenue 50, Highland Park, CA 90042
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events
The Nebraska Girl Open Reading at Beyond Baroque
Join us for our monthly Nebraska Girl Open Reading, hosted by Wyatt Underwood. Sign-ups begin at 1:45 pm in the Mike Kelly Gallery.
Where: Beyond Baroque
Date: Sunday the 22nd
Time: 2 pm
Address: 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291
Website: http://beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html
Fourth Sundays Poetry Reading at Claremont Library
Join us for our Fourth Sundays Poetry Reading, featuring:
Nan Cohen, the Poetry Director of Napa Valley Writers’ Conference, is the author of two books of poetry, Rope Bridge and Unfinished City. She teaches at Viewpoint School in the San Fernando Valley and at UCLA Extension Writers’ program.
Carol V. Davis is the author of Because I Cannot Leave This Body, Between Storms, and Into the Arms of Pushkin: Poems of St. Petersberg. She is poetry editor of the Jewish Journal and teaches at Santa Monica College and Antioch University, Los Angeles.
Where: Claremont Public Library
Date: Sunday the 22nd
Time: 2 pm
Address: 208 N. Harvard Ave., Claremont, CA 91711
Website: http://www.claremontlibrary.org/uploads/2/7/4/3/27434691/oct_2017_reading_flier.pdf
10,000 Waves of Women’s Voices at Gatsby’s Bookstore
Join us for 10,000 Waves of Women’s Voices returning to share our voices and original work and celebrate the harvest time of year with poetry, music and dancing. Share your voice by contacting Nancy Johnson at 562-426-5401 for an Open Mic slot.
Where: Gatsby’s Bookstore
Date: Sunday the 22nd
Time: 3 pm – 5 pm
Address: 5535 E. Spring St., Long Beach, CA 90808
Website: http://gatsbybooks.com/book-signings/
Pablo Neuruda’s Venture of the Infinite Mind at Book Soup
Join us to hear editors Jessica Powell and Mark Eisner discuss and sign Pablo Neruda’s Venture of the Infinite Mind, his long-overlooked third book of poetry now translated into English for the first time. The legendary Chilean poet and Nobel Laureate pointed to this book as one of his most important, and is a stark stylistic departure from his beloved Twenty Love Poems.
Where: Book Soup
Date: Sunday the 22nd
Time: 3 pm
Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
Mario Ontiveros & Judith Baca at Vroman’s Bookstore
Join us to hear Mario Ontiveros and Judith Baca discuss and sign Baca: Art, Collaboration, and Mural Making. The renowned muralist Judith Baca spearheaded The Great Wall of Los Angeles, a landmark half-mile long mural executed by more than four hundred artists and artists-in-the-making. Scholars from across America join forces to study this work, its inception and creation, and this book shares how Baca was inspired by the works of Los Tes Grandes, and led her team to paint the history of Southern California, which is now a cultural landmark.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Sunday the 22nd
Time: 3 pm
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Austin Strauss Memorial at Beyond Baroque
Join us for a memorial for the late Austin Strauss, who was the founder and co-host of The Poetry Connection on KPFK-FM from 1981-1996. His late wife, the poet Wanda Coleman and he collaborated on a sequence of poems celebrating their three decades of marriage, The Love Project, and his poems were widely published.
Where: Beyond Baroque
Date: Sunday the 22nd
Time: 3:30 pm (Reading starts at 4 pm)
Address: 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291
Website: http://www.flintridgebooks.com/in-store/
Two Poets at Village Poets of Sunland & Tujunga
Join us to hear poets Mary Torregrossa (My Zocalo Heart is forthcoming from Finishing Line Press) and Sharon Alexander (Instructions in My Absence), as they read from their works. We will include two segments of Open mic for guest poets (the average of two poems per person).
Refreshments will be served during intermission.
Where: Bolton Hall Museum
Date: Sunday the 22nd
Time: 4:30 pm
Address: 10110 Commerce Ave., Tujunga, CA 91042
Website: http://villagepoets.blogspot.com/2017/09/village-poets-present-mary-torregrossa.html
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