WriTeens Workshop at 
, LAPL–Teen Event
Join us for our recurring WriTeens class/workshop throughout the year to work on a poetry book.
Where: Pacoima Branch Library, LAPL
Date: Tuesday the 16th
Time: 4 pm
Address: 13605 Van Nuys Blvd., Pacoima, CA 91331
Website: http://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/writeens-and-poetry-books
MLK Dove of Peace Books & Crafts at John Muir Branch Library, LAPL
Martin Luther King, Jr. was an advocate of peace. Join us for our remembrance of him by coming to make a dove of peace and explore his life in books. This event is for all ages.
Where: John Muir Branch Library, LAPL
Date: Tuesday the 16th
Time: 4 pm – 5 pm
Address: 1005 W. 64th St., Los Angeles, CA 90044
Website: http://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/mlk-dove-peace-books-craft
The Yes Brain at Diesel Bookstore
Join us to hear authors Daniel J. Siegal and Tina Payne Bryson discuss and sign their new parenting book, The Yes Brain: How to Cultivate Courage, Curiosity, and Resilience in Your Child. In this book the authors teach parents how to foster receptivity over reactivity in their children, and nurture positive potential for rich relational connections, meaningful interactions, and emotional equanimity.
Where: Diesel Bookstore, Brentwood, lower courtyard outside store
Date: Tuesday the 16th
Time: 6:30 pm
Address: 225 26th St., Santa Monica, CA 90402
Swimming with Elephants at Vroman’s Bookstore
Join us to hear Sarah Bamford Seidelmann discuss and sign her book, Swimming with Elephants: My Unexpected Pilgrimage from Physician to Healer, which tells the eccentric, sometimes poignant, and occasionally hilarious experience of a working mother shifting from physician to shamanic healer. Along the way she met an elephant who would become an important spirit companion on her journey.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Tuesday the 16th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Michael Moreci at Book Soup
Please join us to hear Michael Moreci discuss and sign his book, Black Star Renegades. In the tradition of Star Wars and Guardians of the Galaxy, this a galaxy-hopping adventure about a galactic kingdom bent on control and the young misfit who must find the power within before it’s too late.
Where: Book Soup
Date: Tuesday the 16th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
Jon Fitzgerald at Pages Bookstore
Please join us to hear author Jon Fitzgerald discuss and sign Film Making for Change: 2nd Edition: Make Films that Transform the World, which explores how you can grab a camera and make a difference, whether you are an experienced filmmaker working to expose social wrongs or someone who has never made a movie but wants to. Whether you are looking to produce a documentary or narrative projects, this is the resource that will help you get your project made.
Where: Pages Bookstore
Date: Tuesday the 16th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 904 Manhattan Ave., Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
Website: http://www.pagesabookstore.com/event/jon-fitzgerald-author-event
Colin Winnette, with Amelia Gray, at Skylight Bookstore
Join us to hear and meet Colin Winnette, with Amelia Gray (Isadora) as he reads from his book, The Job of the Wasp. This book is a coming-of-age tale, a Gothic ghost story, and a murder mystery all in one book. It is a bloodcurdling and brilliantly subversive novel about paranoia, love, and the nightmare of adolescence.
Where: Skylight Bookstore
Date: Tuesday the 16th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Website: http://www.skylightbooks.com/event/colin-winnette-reads-his-novel-job-wasp-amelia-gray
Cynthia Alessandra Briano at Redondo Poets Open Mic
Please join us to hear poet Cynthia Alessandra Briano, our featured poet at the Redondo Poets Open Mic at Coffee Cartel.
Cynthia Alessandra Briano is the host of Rapp Saloon Open Mic in Santa Monica, and is founder of Love on Demand Global, which fundraises for causes through custom-ordered poetry.
Where: Coffee Cartel
Date: Tuesday the 16th
Time: 8 pm
Address: 1820 S. Catalina Ave., Redondo Beach, CA 90277
Website: https://www.facebook.com/RedondoPoets/
Dilemmas of a Trading Nation Launch at USC
Please join us to hear Brookings Institute senior fellow and author Mireya Solis discuss and sign Dilemmas of a Trading Nation: japan and the United States in the Evolving Asia-Pacific Order, which explores their paths ahead as trading nations pursuing contradictory goals: economic competitiveness, social legitimacy, and political viability. Please RSVP at website link.
Where: Ronald Tutor Campus Center (TCC), Rosen Family Screening Room
Date: Wednesday the 17th
Time: 2 pm
Address: USC, University Park Campus, Los Angeles, CA 90089
Steven J. Ross at Glendale Central Library
Please join us to hear USC Professor of History and author Steven J. Ross discuss and sign Hitler in Los Angeles: How Jews Foiled Nazi Plots Against Hollywood and America, which explores the chilling little-known story of a Jewish spy ring in Los Angeles that operated from August 1933 to the end of World War II, fighting the rise of Nazism in the U.S.
Where: Glendale Central Library
Date: Wednesday the 17th
Time: 7 pm – 8:30 pm (Special reception at 6 pm)
Address: 222 East Harvard St., Glendale, CA 91205
Website: http://www.glendaleca.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/31149/125
Reza Aslan at USC’s Outside the Box
We invite you to join us for an evening with Reza Aslan, in conversation with Dean Varun Soni, about his new book, God: A Human History. A book signing will follow, and short clips from Believer will also be screened.
FREE admission. Open to the public. RSVPs required (at website)
Where: Ray Stark Family Theatre (SCA), SCA108, at USC
Date: Wednesday the 17th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 900 W. 34th St., Los Angeles, CA 90007
Website: http://calendar.usc.edu/event/god_a_human_history#.WlPYgainFPY
Prince: A Private View at Vroman’s Bookstore
Please join us to hear Afshin Shahidi discuss and sign his book, Prince: A Private View. The author met Prince in 1993 and soon became his cinematographer and later one of the only people allowed to photograph him. This compilation of his photographic work is also a journey through Prince’s extraordinary life.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Wednesday the 17th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Website: http://www.vromansbookstore.com/event/afshin-shahidi-discusses-and-signs-prince-private-view
Tribute to Denis Johnson at Skylight Bookstore
Please join us to hear writers Eli Horowitz, Aimee Bender, and David Ulin pay tribute to the late, great writer Denis Johnson, on the publication of his final collection, The Largess of the Sea Maiden. The second story collection from the late Johnson (Jesus’ Son) is a masterpiece of deep humanity and astonishing prose. This book is an instant classic, and able to articulate what it means to be alive and to have hope.
Where: Skylight Bookstore
Date: Wednesday the 17th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Stephanie V. Yu Release at The World Stage
Please join us to hear writer Stephanie V. Yu with her poetry book release of The Landscape Is Always Changing. There will also be a writing workshop preceding the featured artist, per our regular schedule. Check website for details.
Where: The World Stage
Date: Wednesday the 17th
Time: 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm
Address: 4321 Degnan Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90008
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/124784948316791/?active_tab=discussion
Matthew de la Pena & Loren Long at Manhattan Beach Library/Pages Bookstore–Kids Event
Please join us to hear Newbery award-winning author Matthew de la Pena and illustrator Loren Long discuss and sign Love, which is a story about the strongest bond there is and the diverse and powerful ways it connects us all. This lyrical text depicts the many ways we experience this universal bond, from the day we are born, throughout the years of our lives.
RSVP at link at website.
Where: Manhattan Beach Library (off-site with Pages Bookstore)
Date: Thursday the 18th
Time: 6 pm
Address: 1320 Highland Ave., Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
Website: http://www.pagesabookstore.com/event/matthew-de-la-pena-and-loren-long-author-event
Denis Johnson Tribute at Book Soup
Join us for a tribute to author Denis Johnson, and his long-awaited last story collection, The Largess of the Sea Maiden. Twenty-five years after Jesus’ Son, this haunting new collection of stories on mortality and transcendence finds Johnson in new territory, contemplating the ghosts of the past and the elusive and unexpected ways the mysteries of the universe assert themselves. Finished shortly before his death, this last word from the author will live on for many years.
Special guest readers appearing include: Geoff Dyer, Rachel Kushner, Jade Chang, Tony DuShane, and David Ulin.
Where: Book Soup
Date: Thursday the 18th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
Website: http://www.booksoup.com/event/denis-johnson-tribute-largesse-sea-maiden-stories
Father Gregory Boyle at Chevalier’s Books
Please join us to welcome Father Gregory Boyle to present and sign his book Barking to the Choir: The Power of Radical Kinship, in conversation with Celeste Fremon (WitnessLA) and hosted by Joe Donnelly. In his first book, Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion, the author introduced us to Homeboy Industries, the largest gang intervention, rehabilitation, and re-entry program in the world. Now, as Homeboy approaches its 30th anniversary, Boyle has written an equally compelling second collection of stories and parables in which he shares three decades of working with gang members in L.A. has taught—about faith, compassion, and the enduring power of human connection.
All net proceeds from this book will go to Homeboy Industries.
Where: Chevalier’s Bookstore
Date: Thursday the 18th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 126 N. Larchmont Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90004
Website: http://www.chevaliersbooks.com/father-boyle
Ken Davis at Vroman’s Bookstore
Join us to hear author Ken Davis discuss and sign In Bed with Broadcasting: A Memoir. The author began his career as a small-town radio DJ during college, and had many unexpected adventures in a colorful Emmy-award-winning career in TV. Readers get inside looks into many classic TV programs, as well as juicy anecdotes about famous people.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Thursday the 18th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Website: http://www.vromansbookstore.com/event/ken-davis-discusses-and-signs-bed-broadcasting-memoir
Attica Uprising at ALOUD Reading Series at Central Library, LAPL
Join us when the ALOUD Reading series hosts Pulitzer Prize winning historian Heather Ann Thompson, in conversation with Kelly Lytle Hernandez, director of Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies at UCLA, to discuss and sign her new book, Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy. This book sheds new light on the infamous riot as a key civil rights story of the last century, chronicling the horrific conditions that led to 1,300 prisoners taking over the facility, and the violent retaking that resulted in the killing of 39 men and severe wounding of more than one hundred others. The author also recounts the ensuing 45-year fight for justice.
Where: Mark Taper Auditorium, Central Library, LAPL
Date: Thursday the 18th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 630 West 5th St., Los Angeles, CA 90071
Website: http://lfla.org/event/blood-water-attica-prison-uprising-1971-legacy/
Sam Graham-Felsen and Green at Skylight Bookstore
Join us to hear author Sam Graham-Felsen read from his debut novel, Green, a novel of race and privilege in America that you have not seen before: a coming-of-age story about a life-changing friendship, propelled by an exuberant, unforgettable voice. Set in Boston in 1992, this is a wildly original take on the struggle to rise in America.
Where: Skylight Bookstore
Date: Thursday the 18th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 1818 N, Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Website: http://www.skylightbooks.com/event/sam-graham-felsen-reads-his-debut-novel-green
Drunken Masters: YA at the Escondite–Young Adults
Join us as Writ Large Press presents the monthly event, Drunken Masters, where three writers read/perform short excerpts from a work-in-progress in front of a panel of three established writers 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 evening and reading!
Featuring: Isabel Quintero (Gabi, a Girl in Pieces); Brandy Colbert (Finding Yvonne, Little & Lion); Amy Spaulding (The Summer of Jordi Perez).
Send your submissions to DMastSub@gmail.co. Deadline: 1/15, 8 pm.
Where: The Escondite
Date: Thursday the 18th
Time: 8 pm – 10 pm
Address: 410 Boyd St., Los Angeles, CA 90013
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/1971792413143065/
Billy Vera Memoir at Book Soup
Join us to hear Grammy-winning entertainer Jimmy Vera discuss and sign his memoir, Billy Vera: Harlem to Hollywood. Although he’s a showbiz lifer, Vera is cut from a wholly different cloth than his peers. Born into a white, suburban family, Vera fell for black music as a child and started down a performer’s path that would buoy him the rest of his life. He started songwriting for others in the sixties, and broke out when Dolly Parton recorded his song, I Really Got a Feeling. A life of producing and music making through a fifty year career followed in the entertainment industry, and he tells it all here.
Where: Book Soup
Date: Friday the 19th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
Website: http://www.booksoup.com/event/billy-vera-discusses-and-signs-billy-vera-harlem-hollywood
Poetry y Pan Open Mic Featuring Poet: Luivette Resto
Luivette Resto, a mother, teacher, poet, and Wonder Woman fanatic, was born in Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico but proudly raised in the Bronx. Her first book of poetry Unfinished Portrait was published in 2008 by Tia Chucha Press and later named a finalist for the 2009 Paterson Poetry Prize. Her second book Ascension was published in April 2013 courtesy of Tia Chucha Press. She has also published in numerous journals and anthologies. Currently, she lives in the Los Angeles area with her three revolutionaries.
Where: Café Con Libros
Date: Friday the 19th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 280 West 2nd St., Pomona, CA 91766
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/167496380520179/
Vermin on the Mount at Book Show LA
Join us for Jim Ruland’s long-running reading series, with an evening of irreverent performances and readings. More info coming soon!
Where: Book Show LA
Date: Friday the 19th
Time: 7:30 pm – 9 pm
Address: 5503 N. Figueroa St., Los Angeles, CA 90042
Website: http://bookshowla.com/event/vermin-on-the-mount-17/
Skateboarding at the Last Bookstore
Please join us to welcome Greg Snyder with his new book, Skateboarding LA with Greg Snyder, to hear about LA-based professional street skateboarder, and meet some of the skaters profiled in the book.
Where: The Last Bookstore
Date: Friday the 19th
Time: 8 pm
Address: 453 S. Spring St., Los Angeles, CA 90013
Website: http://lastbookstorela.com/#events
What Can I Do? (A Poet’s Debate) at Beyond Baroque
Please join us for a night of revolutionary poetry and discussion as we explore solutions to a government gone awry and our role in this fight. Special guest panelists include: Jerry Quickley (KPFK); Vlad Popescu (Indivisible); readings by Vagabond poets and much more!
Where: Beyond Baroque
Date: Friday the 19th
Time: 8 pm
Address: 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291
Website: http://beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html
Fiction Book Group at Ocean Park Library, Santa Monica
Join us for the Ocean Park Fiction Winners Book Group, when we will discuss Salvage the Bones, by Jesmyn Ward.
Where: Ocean Park Library, SMPL
Date: Saturday the 20th
Time: 11 am – 12:30 pm
Address: 2601 Main St., Santa Monica, CA 90405
Website: http://calendar.smgov.net/library/eventsignup.asp?ID=25483
Spirit of the Sixties at Santa Monica Library
Join us for a presentation by photojournalist and peace activist Francesco Da Vinci of a multimedia discussion of the lessons of the 1960s and how they can be applied to today’s divided America.
Where: Martin Luther King, Jr. Auditorium, Santa Monica Main Library
Date: Saturday the 20th
Time: 2 pm – 3 pm
Address: 601 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90401
Website: http://calendar.smgov.net/library/eventsignup.asp?ID=25647
Victor Teran & Creative Writing Workshop at Central Library, LAPL
Join us for a family friendly, multilingual creative writing workshop, led by Zapotec language activist Victor Teran. Participants will have the opportunity to generate creative writing in their native languages and create first drafts of several short texts.
Where: Meeting Room A, Central Library, LAPL
Date: Saturday the 20th
Time: 3 pm – 4:30 pm
Address: 630 West 5th St., Los Angeles, CA 90071
Website: http://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/creative-writing-workshop-víctor-terán
Poetry Reading & Open Mic at Santa Catalina Library, Pasadena
Join us for our weekly Saturday Afternoon Poetry reading series and Open Mic, featuring guest poets: Fernando Castro, Boris Ingles, and Chris Paradox.
Hosted by poet Don Kingfisher Campbell
Where: Santa Catalina Library, Pasadena
Date: Saturday the 20th
Time: 3 pm – 5 pm
Address: 999 E. Washington Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91104
Website: http://saturdayafternoonpoetry.blogspot.com/
London Rock Event at Book Soup
Join us to hear Alec Byrne discuss and sign his stunning photography book on the ‘60s and ‘70s rock scene, London Rock: The Unseen Archive. This deluxe edition, enclosed in a lavishly designed case, contains rare live performance images, intimate portraits, and candid captures of the era, which paint an evocative picture of an inimitable time and place.
Where: Book Soup
Date: Saturday the 20th
Time: 3 pm
Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
Website: http://www.booksoup.com/event/alec-byrne-discusses-and-signs-london-rock-unseen-archive
Garrett Hongo and Jeffrey Schultz at Beyond Baroque
Join us to hear Garrett Hongo and Jeffrey Schultz discuss and read their new work. Hongo’s collections include Yellow Light (1982), The River of Heaven (1988) which received the Lamont Poetry Prize and was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, Coral Road: Collected Poems (2011) and The Mirror Daily (2017). Schultz will read from his newly released collection, Civil Twilight.
Where: Beyond Baroque
Date: Saturday the 20th
Time: 4 pm
Address: 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291
Website: http://beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html
Red Clocks at Skylight Bookstore
Join us to hear author Leni Zumas (Farewell Navigator, The Listeners) read from her novel Red Clocks, with Porochista Khakpour (Sick, The Last Illusion, Other Flammable Objects).
Life, liberty and property: for every embryo. This is the effect of the Personhood Amendment, passed by a new president with big ideas. In Red Clocks, four women in Newville, Oregon, are left to navigate this new landscape in their small town, and soon find themselves embroiled in a trial, pitted against the government.
Where: Skylight Bookstore
Date: Saturday the 20th
Time: 5 pm
Address: 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Website: http://www.skylightbooks.com/event/leni-zumas-reads-her-novel-red-clocks-porochista-khakpour
Chicano Sketches at Café Con Libros
Join us to hear the Suarez brothers present their father’s book, Chicano Sketches: Short Stories, by Mario Suarez (University of Arizona Prress).
Mario Suárez was one of the earliest Chicano writers. He was one of five children born to Mexican immigrants in Arizona. Most of Suárez’s literature takes place in “El Hoyo” (The Hole), the name of the Mexican American barrio in Tucson, Arizona, where he was raised. Mario Suárez’s writing pre-dates the Chicano literature movement in the ’60s and ’70s. One reason his work should be heralded is for telling the immigrant story and documenting life in El Hoyo before its demise.
Books will be available for purchase.
Where: Café Con Libros Press
Date: Saturday the 20th
Time: 5 pm – 6:30 pm
Address: 280 West 2nd St., Pomona, CA 91766
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/179100206020173/
Getting Off Launch Event at Book Show
Join us to hear Erica Garza discuss and sign her memoir, Getting Off, a courageous account of one woman’s unflinching and ultimately hopeful journey through sex and porn addiction. The author will read from her memoir, along with readings by Myrium Gurba, Antonia Crane, and Ashley Perez.
Where: Book Show
Date: Saturday the 20th
Time: 7 pm – 9 pm
Address: 5503 N. Figueroa St., Los Angeles, CA 90042
Website: http://bookshowla.com/event/erica-garza-getting-off-book-release-celebration
Poetry Reading Event at Poetic Research Bureau
Join us to hear these featured artists read and discuss their work:
Andrew Kenower runs the audio archive, A Voice Box, has designed books for Trafficker Press, Despite Editions, and Travelin Life, and with Paul Ebenkamp curates the reading series Woolsey Heights in Berkeley CA. Check out his SoundClock.
Sarah Heston has a manuscript-in-progress, Daugher of Endtimes, a true-life survivalist memoir that details a father-daughter relationship built on apocalyptic end-of-days scenarios in L.A.
Justin Clifford Rhody is a photographer and poet based in Oakland, CA, whose work has been seen widely online, through exhibits, traveling slideshows, and in publications, including two different monographs of his work created in Central America between 2009 and 2012: Chichicastenango (Mirro Editions).
Where: Poetic Research Bureau
Date: Saturday the 20th
Time: 7:30 pm (doors); 8 pm (reading)
Address: 951 Chung King Rd., Los Angeles, CA 90012
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/186680575250731/
Poetry and Translations at Beyond Baroque
Join us to hear An Enchanted Reading: Poetry & Translations, with Martha Rhodes, Helena Cardona, John Fitzgerald, Carolyn Tipton, and Stephen Kessler discuss and read their works.
Where: Beyond Baroque
Date: Saturday the 20th
Time: 8 pm
Address: 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291
Website: http://beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html
826LA Event at Hammer Museum–Kids Event
Join us for our 826LA event for kids (ages 8-14), Pigs Will Fly! With your help, pigs and piglets will attempt to take flight. You will write about and illustrate their adventures in a journal and send the lucky swine up in the air via paper airplanes, balloons, catapults, and any other methods we can imagine. Led by Kim Adelman, a nonfiction author and aspiring aviatrix.
Where: Hammer Museum
Date: Sunday the 21st
Time: 11 am – 1 pm
Address: 10899 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90024
Website: http://hammer.ucla.edu/programs-events/2018/01/826lahammer-pigs-will-fly/
Catch My Breath at Once Upon a Time Bookstore
Please join us for a special story time and book signing with author Paul Briggs, to hear and talk about his picture book, Catch My Breath. in the author’s imagination, a boy’s breath becomes personified, and it zooms away through farm, forest and sea, only to return to him when he least expects it.
Paul Briggs has worked in the animation industry for 20 years, and has worked on Disney’s Frozen and Big Hero 6, among others.
Where: Once Upon a Time Bookstore
Date: Sunday the 21st
Time: 2 pm
Address: 2207 Honolulu Ave., Montrose Shopping Park, montrose, CA 91020
Website: http://www.shoponceuponatime.com/event/catch-my-breath-book-signing-paul-briggs
The Table Reading Series & Discussion at the Hollywood Hotel
Join us for The Table, a reading series which presents: Creating, Nurturing, Sustaining: a reading and conversation with a group of diverse artists/literary supporters in Southern California, including: A. Currim, A. Kuo, B. Dunlap, C.A. Briano, E. Kozloyan, E. Contreras, J. Castillo, J.W. Cardenas, K.G. Thomas, l. gonzalez, L.A. Pichardo, M. Sonksen, N. Patterson, S. Tatro, W. Underwood.
Hosted by Jessica Ceballos Y Cambell, Karineh Mahdessian and Angelina Saenz
Where: Hollywood Hotel, Ground Floor Ballroom
Date: Sunday the 21st
Time: 3 pm – 5 pm
Address: 1160 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/174315229991342/
Beyond Words with Tosh Berman at Beyond Baroque
Join us to hear Tosh Berman, poet, writer and former artistic director of Beyond Baroque, and editor of his press, Tam Tam Books. His two books are Sparks-Tastic and The Plum in Mr. Blum’s Pudding.
Where: Beyond Baroque
Date: Sunday the 21st
Time: 4:30 pm
Address: 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291
Website: http://beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html
DIY Rules for a WTF World at Skylight Bookstore
Please join us to hear Krista Suh, discuss and sign DIY Rules for a WTF World: How to Speak Up, Get Creative, and Change the World. From the creator of the Pussyhat Project comes a manifesto for every woman to create her own distinct and original path to joy, success, and impact. Use your own intuition to decide which rules are right for you to find your inner courage to speak up fearlessly and create a movement of your own.
Where: Skylight Bookstore
Date: Sunday the 21st
Time: 5 pm
Address: 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Website: http://www.skylightbooks.com/event/krista-suh-discusses-her-book-diy-rules-wtf-world
Venice Beach Poetry Night at Venice Beach
Join White Chedda for an evening of poetry at Venice Beach, with: LoL Sugar, Wildfire, Soul STuF, Vi Hamton, LVL, Pure Ponder, Corey Taft, Poet Ronigirl, Jess Will, Willis Writer, Anto, Z Majors.
Guest of Honor: Alonzo ‘Lonzo’ Williams – Straight Outta Compton.
Check website for further details and ticket information. (Tickets cost $15, and some proceeds go to fund for Lyrical Revolution, to build a recording studio for kids in Compton.)
Where: Venice Beach
Date: Sunday the 21st
Time: 6 pm
Address: TBA
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/388764394927044
Noir at the Bar Reading at Mandrake Bar
Join us for Noir at the Bar with a stellar line-up of authors, including: Ivy Pochoda (Wonder Valley); SW Lauden (Hang Time); Hollie Overton (The Walls); Tod Goldberg (Gangster Nation); Christina Hoag (Skin of Tattoos); and Nick Feldman (Asshole Yakuza Boyfriend).
Where: Mandrake Bar
Date: Sunday the 21st
Time: 7 pm – 10 pm
Address: 2692 S. La Cienega Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90034
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/180838925842823/
George Christie at Beyond Baroque
Join us to hear author George Christie read from Marked, the gritty, true stories form his years as a Hells Angel.
Where: Beyond Baroque
Date: Sunday the 21st
Time: 7 pm
Address: 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291
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