The House of Broken Angels at Evening Book Club Discussion at Pages Bookstore
This month we are discussing Luis Alberto Urrea’s new book, The House of Broken Angels, at our Evening Book Club event. From this Pulitzer Prize finalist we discover a powerful and unforgettable portrait of one Mexican American Family and the American Dream. In his final days, beloved and ailing patriarch Miguel Angel de la Cruz has summoned his entire clan for one last legendary birthday party. But just before the date, his 100-year old mother dies herself, leading a farewell double-header in a single weekend. Among the guests is Big Angel’s half-brother, known as Little Angel, half gringo, who has not actually shared their life, although they have shared a father. This complex family reminds us of what it means to be first generation and live two lives across one border.
Where: Pages Bookstore
Date: Monday the 7th
Time: 7 pm – 8 pm
Address: 9904 Manhattan Ave., Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
Website: http://www.pagesabookstore.com/event/evening-book-club-discussion
Frozen Oranges & Violet Paley at Pages Bookstore
We are presenting the Los Angeles Book Release of Frozen Oranges, by Violet Paley, with illustration by Adrienne Sacks, and invite you to a reading and signing in Echo Park.
Where: Stories Books & Café
Date: Monday the 7th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 1716 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90026
Website: http://storiesla.com/blogs/events
Samuel Miller & A Lite Too Bright at Vroman’s Bookstore
Please join us to hear author Samuel Miller discuss and sign, A Lite Too Bright. Arthur Louis Pullman the Third is on the verge of a nervous breakdown. He’s been steadily losing his grip on reality and has been sent to live with his aunt and uncle, where he discovers a journal written by his grandfather, who went missing the last week of his life and died at home. Arthur embarks on a journey to chase a legacy, as some feel there is no cost too high to find the truth.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Monday the 7th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Website: http://www.vromansbookstore.com/event/samuel-miller-discusses-and-signs-lite-too-bright
Sheila Heti, with Sarah Manguso, at Skylight Bookstore
Please join us to hear author Sheila Heti, in conversation with author Sarah Manguso, read from her new novel, Motherhood. In this book the author asks what is gained and what is lost when a woman becomes a mother, treating that most consequential decision with candor, originality, and humor. In a narrative spanning several years, she struggles to make a wise and moral choice, but ends up finding her answer close to home. This work will spark conversations about how—and for whom—to live.
Where: Skylight Bookstore
Date: Monday the 7th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Website: http://www.skylightbooks.com/event/sheila-heti-reads-her-new-novel-motherhood-sarah-manguso
Poetry Open Mic at Westwood Library, LAPL
Come share your masterpieces at our month Open Mic, hosted by Wyatt Underwood, or just listen and enjoy.
Where: Westwood Library, LAPL
Date: Tuesday the 8th
Time: 6 pm
Address: 1246 Glendon Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90024
Website: http://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/poetry-open-mic-2
Luis Alfaro Play Reading at Annenberg Beach House
Please join us to enjoy a work-in-progress play reading with playwright Luis Alfaro, who is working on a trilogy of plays that explore California’s Central Valley through religion, politics and identity. In “The Golden State, Part I: Delano,” he plunges into Pentecostalism, the fastest growing religion in the world, through the story of a minister and his flock in Delano, birthplace of the United Farmworkers Union.
FREE, but reserve space and parking through Eventbrite link.
Where: Annenberg Beach House
Date: Tuesday the 8th
Time: 6:30 pm – 8 pm
Address: 415 Pacific Coast Hwy at Beach House Way, Santa Monica, CA 90401
Christine Lahti at Diesel Bookstore
Please join us to welcome actress and author Christine Lahti, who will present her collection of essays, True Stories from an Unreliable Eyewitness. This is a fiercely intelligent, hilarious and deeply feminist collection of interrelated personal stories from a multi-award-winning actress and director. She focuses on three major periods of her life, and reveals a stumbling journey towards agency and empowerment as a woman, and her candid insights are not exclusive to one generation.
Where: Diesel Bookstore, lower outdoor courtyard
Date: Tuesday the 8th
Time: 6:30 pm
Address: 225 26th St., Santa Monica, CA 90402
Linda Smith & Smashing Glass, Kicking Ass at Book Soup
Please join us to hear author Linda Smith discuss and sign her book, Smashing glass and Kicking Ass: Lessons from the Meanest Woman Alive. In this book the author writes for anyone out in the workforce or stuck somewhere on the ladder to the top, and her formula applies to all women in business.
Where: Book Soup
Date: Tuesday the 8th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
Kids Like Us & Hilary Reyl at Vroman’s Bookstore
Please join us to hear author Hilary Reyl, in conversation with Rafi Simon (AKA Pseudonymous Bosch), discuss and sign, Kids Like Us. This is the story of Martin, an American teen on the autism spectrum living in France for the summer with his mother and sister. He falls for a French girl who he thinks is a real life incarnation of a character in his favorite book. Over time he realizes she is a real person and learns that love is not out of his reach just because he’s autistic.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Tuesday the 8th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Afrofuturism Book Club at The Last Bookstore
Please join us for our Afrofuturism Book Club, led by Tyree Boyd-Pates, and discuss our selection: author Akwaeke Emezi’s Freshwater. This is a novel about identity, with a touch of autobiography, the story of a Nigerian woman in North Carolina and the obanje spirits that are more than mere voices in her head.
NOTE: This is a ticket event, and the book comes with your ticket which can be purchased at the website.
Where: The Last Bookstore
Date: Tuesday the 8th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 453 S. Spring St., Los Angeles, CA 90013
Website: http://lastbookstorela.com/#events
Francesca Lia Block, with Elgin James, at Skylight Bookstore
Please join us to hear author Francesca Lia Block, in conversation with Elgin James, who will read and discuss her book The Thorn Necklace: Healing Through Writing and the Creative Process. She is the bestselling author of more than 25 books, including her award-winning Weetzie Bat series. This is her long-awaited guide to the craft of writing, and reveals the intrinsic value of channeling our experiences onto the page.
Where: Skylight Bookstore
Date: Tuesday the 8th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Poetry Open Mic at Redondo Poets
Please join us for readings by poets Michelle Bitting and Alexis Rhone Fancher, and participate in our weekly Open Mic.
Where: Coffee Cartel
Date: Tuesday the 8th
Time: 8 pm
Address: 180 S. Catalina Ave., Redondo Beach, CA 90277
Website: http://www.facebook.com/RedondoPoets
Max Brooks at Book Soup
Please join us to hear author Max Brooks discuss and sign Strategy Strikes Back: How Star Wars Explains Modern Military Conflict. This book brings together over 3o0 years of today’s top military strategists, experts, writers, and officers to explain the strategy and art of war by way of the Star Wars films.
Where: Book Soup
Date: Wednesday the 9th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
Richard A. McKay & Patient Zero at West Hollywood City Council Chambers
Please join us to hear author Richard A. McKay, in conversation with poet. Writer and former Poet Laureate of west Hollywood, Steven Reigns, discuss and sign Patient Zero and the Making of the AIDS Epidemic. This book brings the story of Gaetan Dugas, a French-Canadian flight attendant, who was widely regarded as responsible for the spread of HIV in the United States. The term and concept of Patient Zero has been loaded with myths, mistruths, and misinformation.
This is a FREE ticketed event, so see Eventbrite link.
Where: Book Soup (off-site at WEHO City Council Chambers; lower level of WWEHO Library).
Date: Wednesday the 9th
Time: 7 pm – 9:30 pm
Address: 625 N. San Vicente Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
Dana L. Davis & Tiffany Sly Lives Here Now at Chevalier’s Bookstore–YA Event
Please join to welcome actress/author Dana L. Davis, who will read and sign her novel, Tiffany Sly Lives Here Now. This is the story of a sixteen-year-old whose life hasn’t been safe or normal for a while. Losing her mom to cancer and now leaving her hometown of Chicago to live with the biological dad she’s never known is a challenge. Anthony Stone, a rich man with four daughters has rules, and Tiffany doesn’t fit in this super-strict home. The strange boy across the street is the only thing that seems to make her life bearable.
Where: Chevalier’s Bookstore
Date: Wednesday the 9th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 126 N. Larchmont Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90004
Website: http://www.chevaliersbooks.com/dana-l-davis
11th Annual Pan-African Studies Forum & Yusef Salaam at CSULA
Please join us at the 11th Annual Pan-African Studies Forum to welcome Dr. Yusef Salaam, of the Central Park Five. In 2002, after the five boys arrested for the assault and rape of a white woman in Central Park had spent between 7 and 13 years of their lives behind bars, their sentences were overturned. Since his release more than 16 years ago, Yusef has committed himself to advocating and educating people on the issues of mass incarceration, police brutality and misconduct, false confessions, press ethics and bias, and related issues for young men of color. This Forum is part of a wider movement for racial/social justice. Join us this year.
Please reserve your tickets to ensure seating and parking. See website link for details. This is a kid-friendly event.
Where: Cal State Los Angeles, Luckman Fine Arts Complex
Date: Wednesday the 9th
Time: 7:30 – 9:30 pm
Address: 5151 State University Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90032
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/719691321754220/
Anansi Writers Workshop & La Dantzler at The World Stage
Please join us for the weekly Anansi Writers Workshop, and to hear our feature, La Dantzler, one magnificent poetic voice. Her work is both honest and strengthening. Must be she knows something about warriorship, and about life.
Where: The World Stage
Date: Wednesday the 9th
Time: 7:30 pm – 10 pm
Address: 4321 Degnan Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90008
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/405234243291304/
Julia Dixon Evans, with Jim Ruland at Skylight Bookstore
Please join us to hear author Julia Dixon Evans, in conversation with Jim Ruland, discuss and sign her debut novel, Set Yourself on Fire. This is a family mystery that slowly reveals a funny and difficult experience that is hard to put down, and ultimately disarmingly touching.
Where: Skylight Bookstore
Date: Wednesday the 9th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Three Authors on Recovery at The Last Bookstore
Please join us to hear three authors, in recovery, and all with remarkable stories on how they lived.
Amy Dresner will present My Fair Junkie—A Memoir of Getting Dirty and Staying Clean.
Erica Garza will present Getting Off.
Timothy Gager will present Every Day There is Something About Elephants, and discuss how he uses his tools of recovery in the craft and subjects matter of flash fiction writing.
Where: The Last Bookstore
Date: Wednesday the 9th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 453 S. Spring St., Los Angeles, CA 90013
Website: http://lastbookstorela.com/#events
Unspeakable Loss at Diesel Bookstore
Please join us to welcome author Nisha Zenoff, who will present her book, Unspeakable Loss: How Do You Live after a Child Dies? This is her story of how the author lost her son in a tragic accident when he was just age 17, and offers her own personal and professional experience as a grief counselor and psychotherapist to others who seek guidance when they suffer a loss. She counsels that our relationships with our children do not end with their deaths, but they are changed and transformed.
Where: Diesel Bookstore, lower outdoor courtyard
Date: Thursday the 10th
Time: 6:30 pm
Address: 225 26th St., Santa Monica, CA 90402
Don’t Stop the Presses with Patt Morrison at Vroman’s Bookstore
Please join us to hear journalist and author Patt Morrison discuss and sign, Don’t Stop the Presses!: Truth, Justice, and the American Newspaper. This is a unique look at newspapers as the voice of a nation, and the author brings her wit and wisdom to this subject, when the topic is a moral and democratic imperative.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Thursday the 10th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Julayne Lee & Not My White Savior at Gatsby’s Bookstore
Please join us for the presentation and discussion of Not My White Savior, by Julayne Lee. This book launch party with poet Julayne Lee and live music is about a provocative and furious book about race, culture, identity, and what it means to be an inter-country adoptee in America. This book is a memoir in poems and follows the author form Korea to Minnesota and finally to Los Angeles.
Where: Gatsby’s Bookstore
Date: Thursday the 10th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 5535 E. Spring St., Long Beach, CA 90808
Website: http://gatsbybooks.com/events-2/#/not-my-white-savior-thurs-may-10th-7pm/
Death Cat Comix at L.A. Art Walk & at The Last Bookstore
Please join us for Death Cat Comix (and music) at the L.A. Art Walk, and enjoy live surreal bands, local comic book artists featuring their work and local surreal artists. Death Cat Comics is a blend of wacky, surreal, horror, mystery and true stories, mostly illustrated and some mixed media.
Where: The Last Bookstore
Date: Thursday the 10th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 453 S. Spring St., Los Angeles, CA 90013
Website: http://lastbookstorela.com/#events
SHOUT! OPEN MIC at Half-Off Books
Please join us for our monthly SHOUT! Open Mic at Half-Off Books in Fullerton. Our open mic is held every 2nd Thursday of the month. You bring your poems, music, stories, voices, family and friends. Sign-ups begin by 6:30 pm.
Hosted by Eric Moraga
Where: Half-Off Bookstore
Date: Thursday the 10th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 141 W. Wilshire Ave., Ste. A, Fullerton, CA 92832
Website: http://allevents.in/fullerton/may-shout-the-open-mic-poetry-night/141361616576023
Rachel Kushner, with Danzy Senna, at ALOUD, Central Library
The ALOUD reading Series at the Central Library welcomes acclaimed author Rachel Kushner, in discussion with novelist Danzy Senna, present and sign The Mars Room. This heart-stopping new novel straddles the inside—and outside—of protagonist Romy Hall’s reality: an inmate beginning two consecutive life sentences at Stanville Women’s Correctional Facility, deep in California’s Central Valley, “where you do not see a single star.” the author moves between two polar worlds, and discusses this emotionally acute yet unsentimental story with writer Senna, who often writes about race in America.
Check standby rules and attendance guidelines at website link.
Where: Mark Taper Auditorium, Central Library, LAPL
Date: Thursday the 10th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Website: http://lfla.org/event/the-mars-room/
Three Poets Reading at Poetic Research Bureau
Please join us to hear poets Celina Su, Diane Ward, and SA Smyth read and discuss their work.
Where: Poetic Research Bureau
Date: Thursday the 10th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 951 Chung King Rd., Los Angeles, CA 90012
Website: http://www.poeticresearch.com
UCLA Student Poets Reading at Beyond Baroque
Please join us for an evening of exceptional talents from UCLA’s Writing Program, featuring: Randy James, Dylan Karlsson, Johnathan Lovett, Anousheh Fard, Titiana Giron, Eunice Shin, Tulika Varma, and Kent Tran.
Where: Beyond Baroque
Date: Thursday the 10th
Time: 8 pm
Address: 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291
Website: http://beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html
Ann Shen & Legendary Ladies at Vroman’s Bookstore
Please join us as author Ann Shen discusses and signs her book, Legendary Ladies: 50 Goddesses to Empower and Inspire You. From the author and artist behind Bad Girls throughout History comes this lushly illustrated book of goddesses from around the world. From Aphrodite, the Greek goddess whose love overcame mortality, to Mazu, the Chinese deity who safely guides travelers home, to many others, the author’ signature watercolors make this a unique homage to the mighty women within.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Friday the 11th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Susan Ronald & A Dangerous Woman at Book Soup
Please join us to hear Susan Ronald discuss and sign A Dangerous Woman: American Beauty, Noted Philanthropist, Nazi Collaborator—The Life of Florence Gould. This is a story about a woman born in turn-of-the-century San Francisco to French parents, who believed only money brought respectability and happiness. She was a seductive and utterly amoral woman who loved to say “money doesn’t care who owns it.” And her life was a long journey of acquiring money and prestige, wherever it took her.
Where: Book Soup
Date: Friday the 11th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
Alison Rosen & Tropical Attire Encouraged at The Last Bookstore
Please join us for A Night with Alison Rosen and her new book, Tropical Attire Encouraged. She is the host of the immensely popular podcast “Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend,” and this is her collection of hilarious and unpredictable columns.
Where: The Last Bookstore
Date: Friday the 11th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 453 S. Spring St., Los Angeles, CA 90013
Website: http://lastbookstorela.com/#events
Feminist Politics Reading at Poetic Research Bureau
Please join us for Feminist Politics, Emergent Pedagogies, a reading offered as part of the same-titled symposium, and hosted by Andrea Quaid and Margaret Rhee, and featuring:
Tia Blassingame
Ching-in Chen
Gabrielle Civil
Corrine Dekkers
Lynn Desilva-Johnson
Mashinka Firunts
Emma Gomis
Brenda Iijima
Erica Kaufman
Janie Lee
Eireene Nealand
Jennifer Scappettone
Celina Su
Adrienne Walser
For more information and reader bios go to the symposium site: http://www.feministpoeticsemergentpedagogies.com
Where: Poetic Research Bureau
Date: Friday the 11th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 951 Chung King Rd., Los Angeles, CA 90012
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/228757481208426/
Roda Ahmed & Mae Among the Stars at Vroman’s Bookstore–Kids Event
Please join us to hear author Roda Ahmed present and sign Mae Among the Stars, inspired by the life of Mae Jamison, the first African-American woman to travel in space. This picture book will encourage young girls to reach for the stars, try for the impossible, and persist with childlike inspiration.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Saturday the 12th
Time: 10:30 am
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Website: http://www.vromansbookstore.com/event/roda-ahmed-presents-and-signs-mae-among-stars
Cathartic Vindication Anthology Reading with Ouchi HS Young Authors at The Last Bookstore–YA Event
Join us to hear the public reading of the 2018 Ouchi High School AP Literature Anthology, titled Cathartic Vindication, which delves into concepts of oppression and identity formation through beautifully written prose and poetry pieces.
Where: The Last Bookstore
Date: Saturday the 12th
Time: 12 pm
Address: 453 S. Spring St., Los Angeles, CA 90013
Website: http://lastbookstorela.com/events
Santa Monica Reads Event with Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston at Santa Monica Library
Join us for an Afternoon with Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston , and a discussion of her book, Farewll to Manzanar, our opening to the 16th year of Santa Monica Reads. She shares her thoughts on how the book and her family’s story resonate in today’s world, and a book signing follows the event.
Where: Martin Luther King, Jr. Auditorium, Santa Monica Main Library
Date: Saturday the 12th
Time: 2 pm
Address: 453 S. Spring St., Los Angeles, CA 90013
Website: http://calendar.smgov.net/library/eventsignup.asp?ID=26734
Poetry Reading of Seamus Heaney’s Work at the Westwood Library
Join us for a reading of the poetry of Seamus Heaney, by Joe Prami, who will focus on three of the poet’s themes: the Troubles, the Irish people, and the land and soil of Ireland.
FREE, and everyone is welcome!
Where: Westwood Library, LAPL
Date: Saturday the 12th
Time: 2 pm
Address: 1246 Glendon Ave., Ste. F2, Los Angeles, CA 90024
Website: http://www.lapl.org
Emerging Poets Workshop at Santa Catalina Library
Join us for our Emerging Urban Poets Writing Workshop led by G.T. Foster. Bring 15 copies of your work-in-progress.
Curated by Don Kingfisher Campbell
Where: Santa Catalina Library
Date: Saturday the 12th
Time: 3 pm – 5 pm
Address: 999 E. Washington Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91104
Website: http://saturdayafternoonpoetry.blogspot.com/
Red Hen Press Readings at Bergamot Station
Join us for an exciting afternoon of readings by Red Hen Press poets, as well as stunning photography:
Kim Dower’s first collection of poetry, Air Kissing on Mars, was described by the LA times as “sensual and evocative,” and her second collection, Slice of Moon, was called “unexpected and sublime” by “O” magazine.
Brendan Constantine’s first book, Letters to Guns, is now taught extensively in schools across the nation. He has received many prestigious grants and commissions, and lives in Los Angeles.
Lisa Krueger is a poet and clinical psychologist, and the author of four books of poetry. Her latest is Run Away to the Yard.
Ron Kortege teaches at Hamline University in their low residency MFA program for Children’s Writing. His most recent book, Vampire Planet, is a collection of new and selected poems.
FREE, and everyone is welcome!
Where: Building Bridges Art Exchange
Date: Saturday the 12th
Time: 4 pm – 6 pm
Address: 2525 Michigan Ave., Ste. F2, Santa Monica, CA 90404
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/202674083826231/
Vandalism at Arcana Bookstore
Please join us to hear John Divola, present and discuss his new book, Vandalism, in conversation with Amanda Maddox.
Where: Arcana Books
Date: Saturday the 12th
Time: 4 pm
Address: 8675 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90231
Website: http://www.arcanabooks.com
Peter J. Harris & Trance at Poetry Reading & Open Mic at LAMG
Please join us to experience the creative process first-hand as Peter J. Harris, COLA 2018 Literary Artist, workshops select elements of his new work, in a rehearsal of Trance. Harris is the author of Bless the Ashes, The Black Man of Happiness, and is featured in several anthologies. Trance features new poetry by Harris and original music by Ed Barguiarena.
Where: Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery (LAMG)
Date: Saturday the 12th
Time: 4 pm – 5 pm
Address: 4800 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Website: http://www.lamag.org/lamaglearnopen-rehearsal-peter-j-harrissaturday-may-12-4-5-pm/
Comic Brian Kiley at Book Soup
Please join us to hear Conan O’Brien Head Writer and Stand-Up Comic Brian Kiley, present and discuss his new book, The Astounding Misadventures of Rory Collins. This book follows the life of college sophomore Rory Collins, who accidentally misses his mother’s funeral and then learns she committed suicide and he’s to blame.
Where: Book Soup
Date: Saturday the 12th
Time: 5 pm
Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
Askew Poetry and Stuff & Sara Borjas at Carnegie Art Museum The Jackson Wheeler Series 2018
Please join us for Askew Poetry and Stuff, organized by Phil Taggert and hosted by Marsha de la O at the Jackson Wheeler Series 2018, and hear features: Sara Borjas and Kim Young, plus CSUCI Student Teresa Gonzalez.
Where: Carnegie Art Museum
Date: Saturday the 12th
Time: 6 pm
Address: 424 South C Street, Oxnard, CA 93030
Website: http://www.carnegieam.org/poetry-at-the-carnegie—the-jackson-wheeler-series.html
Jeff Sweat & Mayfly at Skylight Bookstore–YA Event
Please join us to hear Jeff Sweat, in conversation with Christine Blackburn, present his YA novel, Mayfly. This is a futuristic thriller that pits teens against teens, a provocative debut for fans of James Dasher and Marie Lu. Survival has eclipsed love ever since the Parents died of a mysterious plague. But time is running out, and life is short. Can they outlive it?
Where: Skylight Bookstore
Date: Saturday the 12th
Time: 6 pm
Address: 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Time Next with Carolyn Cohagan at The Last Bookstore–YA Event
Join us to hear author Carolyn Cohagan present her book, Time Next, the second book in the harrowing Time Zero trilogy. This series puts a spin on YA dystopia as it explores what would happen if fundamentalists took over New York City.
NOTE: this is a ticketed event that includes a copy of the book. See website for details.
Where: The Last Bookstore
Date: Saturday the 12th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 453 S. Spring St., Los Angeles, CA 90013
Website: http://lastbookstorela.com/events
Obsidian Tongues Poetry & Open Mic at Café con Libros
Join us for Obsidian Tongues Readings, hosted by Ceasar Avelar and William A. Gonzalez. Tonight our features are:
Irene M. Sanchez has written of her challenges of becoming a mother while finishing the last years of her PhD. She teaches high school Latinx Studies, works for social justice, and attends and leads many community/cultural events, including Poetry y Pan in Pomona.
Luivette Resto writes poems on themes of love and cultural identity, and she is the author of two poetry collections, Unfinished Portrait (2008) and Ascension (2013).
Cynthia Guardado is a Salvadoran-American poet and college professor, whose debut collection, Endeavor, was published by World Stage Press in 2017. She has worked as a translator and transcriber of other artists, and her writing and work for social justice are extensive.
Where: Café con Libros
Date: Saturday the 12th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 280 W. Second St., Pomona, CA 91766
Soapbox Open Reading at Beyond Baroque
Please join for a Mother’s Day edition of Soapbox Open Mic. Bring your words. The mic is yours. Sign-ups begin at 1:45 pm. There is a five-minute limit.
Hosted by Jessica Wilson Cardenas
Where: Beyond Baroque
Date: Sunday the 13th
Time: 2 pm
Address: 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291
Website: http://beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html
Mother’s Day Poetry Reading & Open Mic at Gatsby’s Bookstore
Please join us for a Mother’s Day Poetry Reading, with featured poets and an Open Mic reading. Hosted by Suzanne Allen, readings will be given by: Cecilia Woloch, Ana-Lia Marinelli, Joan Jobe Smith, and Katherine Formosa McMurray.
Where: Gatsby’s Bookstore
Date: Sunday the 13th
Time: 3 pm
Address: 5535 E. Spring St., Long Beach CA 90808
Website: http://gatsbybooks.com/events-2/#/mothers-day-poetry-reading-sunday-may-13th-3pm/
UC Riverside MFA Readers at Skylight Bookstore
Please join to hear UCR MFA Students and Professors read from their work, including: Alison Benis White, Steve Erickson, Nora Woolley, Aleksandra Krzywicka, Kate Burns, Carissa Atallah, Carley Besl.
Where: Skylight Bookstore
Date: Sunday the 13th
Time: 5 pm
Address: 1818 N. Vermont Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Website: http://www.skylightbooks.com/event/uc-riverside-mfa-students-and-professors-read-their-work-0
Second Sunday Poetry at The Studio Theatre at St. Denis Building
Please join us at Second Sunday Poetry, hosted by Alex M. Frankel, to hear our featured poet, Robin Wyatt Dunn. Dunn was born in Wyoming in 1979 to two Angelenos. Despite this, he did not move to Los Angeles until thirty years later. Now he is drawn to the frozen north to get a PhD in creative writing in Canada.
Where: The Studio Theater
Date: Sunday the 13th
Time: 5 pm
Address: 3433 Cahuenga Blvd. West, Los Angeles, CA 90068
Website: http://secondsundaypoetry.com
Rattle Poetry Series Readers at Flintridge Bookstore
Please join to hear the Rattle Poetry Series, each second Sunday of the month. This month we are featuring poes from the current issue:
Dalia Elhassan is a Sudanese-American poet by way of Miami and New York City, currently attending The New School. Her poem “Final Portrait of the Sudanese” appears in Rattle #59.
Dion O’Reilly lives on a farm in the Santa Cruz Mountains with her husband and has worked many jobs. She is the creator of the PMS Coloring Book, and her poem “Everything That’s Old” appeared in Rattle’s Poets Respond Series last October.
Lizabeth Yandel is a writer and musician based in San Diego, and is currently completing a lyric novella about the city of New Orleans as well as a poetry chapbook, Service. “Elegy for Charles Porter” appears in Rattle #59.
Where: Flintridge Bookstore
Date: Sunday the 13th
Time: 5 pm – 6:30 pm
Address: 1010 Foothill Blvd., La Canada-Flintridge, CA 91011
Website: http://www.flintridgebooks.com/instore-events/2018/5/13/rattle-poetry-series
Look Before You Leap Reading at Beyond Baroque
Join us for a Public Works Improvisational Theatre presentation of a lively variety arts program celebrating talented writers and artists exploring a specific theme.
Hosted by Eric Vollmer
Where: Beyond Baroque
Date: Sunday the 13th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291
Website: http://beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html
The Electric Woman with Tessa Fontaine at The Last Bookstore
Join us to hear author Tessa Fontaine present her debut memoir about death-defying acts of all kinds, The Electric Woman. This is her story about her time spent with the World of Wonders, the last American traveling circus sideshow.
Where: The Last Bookstore
Date: Sunday the 13th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 453 S. Spring St., Los Angeles, CA 90013
Website: http://lastbookstorela.com/#events
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