Christine Carter & The New Adolescence at Polytechnic School, Pasadena
Adults in the Poly community and in the greater L.A. area are invited to hear highly acclaimed speaker, sociologist, and author Christine Carter, Ph.D., who will discuss her book, The New Adolescence: Raising Happy and Successful Teens in an Age of Anxiety and Distraction.
NOTE: This is a ticketed event so check website link for details.
Where: Polytechnic School
Date: Monday the 2nd
Time: 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Address: 1030 E. California Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91106
Website: http://www.facebook.com//events/519993178641291
For Freedoms: Town Hall on Freedom of Speech at CAAM
For Freedoms is a platform for creative civic engagement, discourse, and direct action founded by artist Hank Willis Thomas and Eric Gottesman, and partners with CAAM, IDEA, and USC’s RAP to host a Town Hall which is part of the multi-day For Freedoms Congress. This event is to unite artists and activists to discuss freedom of speech in anticipation of the 2020 Presidential Election.
NOTE: Please RSVP at website.
Where: California African American Museum
Date: Monday the 2nd
Time: 7 pm – 9 pm
Address: 600 State Dr., Exposition Park., Los Angeles, CA 91504
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/1044422345904668
Marianne Dissard & Not Me at Book Soup
Author and musician Marianne Dissard will discuss and launch her book, Not Me, with musical guests Lunatraktors.
For years the author orchestrated her public life as a performer around her private disorders world unit. But, no longer able to abide the quicksands of her affliction, she fled her orgiastic wasteland in Tuscon, Arizona to find the discipline needed to maintain her well-being.
Where: Book Soup
Date: Monday the 2nd
Time: 7 pm
Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
Website: https://www.booksoup.com/event/nt/marianne-dissard-discusses-and-signs-not-me
Lydia Fitzpatrick & Lights All Night Long at Vroman’s Bookstore
Author Lydia Ftizpatrick will discuss and sign her book, Lights All Night Long.
Fifteen-year-old Ilya arrives in Louisiana from his native Russia for what should be the adventure of his life: a year in America as an exchange student. But all is not right in Ilya’s world: he’s consumed by the fate of his older brother Vladimir, the magnetic rebel to Ilya’s dutiful wunderkind, back in their tiny Russian hometown. The two have always been for the exchange, Vladimir disappeared into their town’s seedy, drug-plagued underworld. Just before Ilya left, the murders of three young women rocked the town’s usual calm, and Vladimir found himself in prison.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Monday the 2nd
Time: 7 pm – 8:30 pm
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Website: https://www. https://www.vromansbookstore.com/event/lydia-fitzpatrick-discusses-and-signs-lights-all-night-long
Inaugural YALA Book Club Meeting at Skylight Bookstore – YA Event
Join host Marley for the first YALA (young adult) book club at Skylight Books! YALA features an in-person Q&A with the authors themselves.
This first event features a reading and discussion of Heart of Thorns, by author Bree Barton.
Where: Skylight Bookstore
Date: Monday the 2nd
Time: 7 pm
Address: 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/177367370270478
Monday Night Fiction Workshop at Beyond Baroque
Join us for the Monday Night Fiction Workshop led by Jessica Dolby. This seminar will focus on generating creativity and on exploring various topics related tow writing fiction, including narrative technique, language, and plot.
Where: Beyond Baroque
Date: Monday the 2nd
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291
Website: https://beyondbaroque.com/calendar or https://www.facebook.com/events/534987650407119/
Queer Book Club & Phantom of the Opera at The Last Bookstore
Join host CB Lee at Queer Book Club to read and discuss author Misa Sugiura’s debut, It’s Not Like It’s a Secret, the complex first-person story of sixteen-year-old Sana Kiyohara and the secrets around and inside her.
NOTE: All bookstore events are ticketed so check website for details.
Where: The Last Bookstore
Date: Monday the 2nd
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 453 S. Spring St., Los Angeles, CA 90013
Website: http://lastbookstorela.com/#events/queer-book-club-with-cb-lee
Green Poets Workshop with Greg Bell at Beyond Baroque
Bring a poem and 12 (+) copies and come, strike a spark. While we like to ‘learn the rules,’ we also like to break them. Workshop led by Greg Bell.
Where: Beyond Baroque
Date: Tuesday the 3rd
Time: 10:30 am
Address: 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, Ca 90291
Website: https://beyondbaroque.org/workshops.html
Ines Duran Matute & Indigenous Peoples and the Geographies of Power at UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment (IRLE)
As part of the IRLE Colloquia Series, join us for a conversation with Ines Duran Matute on the book, Indigenous Peoples and the Geographies of Power.
This book brings together the experience of a geopolitical locality and the literature from the Latin America Global South into discussions on a transdisciplinary approach to challenge interpretations of power and development while also prioritizing and respecting local production of knowledge.
NOTE: This free event requires registration at the website link.
Where: Haines Hall 144
Date: Tuesday the 3rd
Time: 1 pm – 3 pm
Address: Haines Hall, UCLA, Los Angeles, Ca 90095
Website: https://www.eventbrite.com/events/book-talk-with-ines-duran-matute-tickets-88577875811
We Could Be Heroes Book Launch at Frostig School
Author Margaret Finnegan will present and sign her book, We Could All Be Heroes, a new middle grade novel.
All proceeds benefit Frostig School, which for over 60 years has helped children with learning differences discover their strengths and learn to their full potential..
NOTE: This is a ticketed event so check website for details.
Where: Frostig School
Date: Tuesday the 3rd
Time: 6:30 pm – 8 pm
Address: 971 N. Altadena Dr., Pasadena, CA 91107
Website: https://allevents.in/altadena/we-could-be-heroes-book-launch/200018978575652
Debbie Cenziper & Citizen 865 at Museum of Tolerance
Author Debbie Cenziper will present and sign her book, Citizen 865: The Hunt for Hitler’s Hidden Soldiers in America, and participant in the discussion of this free author event.
This is the gripping story of a team of Nazi hunters at the U.S. Department of Justice as they raced against time to expose members of a brutal SS killing force who disappeared in America after World War II. The author is a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author, contributing member of the Washington Post investigative team, and Director of Investigative Journalism at the Northwestern Medill School of Journalism.
NOTE: This is a ticketed event so check website for details.
Where: Museum of Tolerance
Date: Tuesday the 3rd
Time: 7 pm – 9 pm
Address: 9786 W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90035
Website: https://www.facebook.com/event/214631689678749
Your Poem, Your Voice Workshop with Eric Moraga at Whittier First Friends Church
Author and writer Eric Moraga will present and lead a poetry writing workshop titled Your Poem, Your Voice, weekly from March 3 – April 28, at Whittier First Friends Church.
This workshop is designed to help poets nurture their individual style and voice through the use of writing prompts and engage in constructive peer feedback and discussion.
NOTE: This is a 10 week course, and cost is $75, with space limited to 15 spots. See website link for details.
Where: Whittier First Friends Church
Date: Tuesday the 3rd (through April 28th)
Time: 7 pm
Address: 13205 Philadelphia St., Whittier, CA 90601
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/2719542188136677
Tuesday Writers Group at Gatsby’s Bookstore, Long Beach
Gatsby’s Writers Group meets every Tuesday evening at 7pm, and is facilitated by writer and author Francisco Uribe. Everyone is welcome: novelists, short story writers, poets, essayists, screenwriters, and playwrights. Share your work in progress in an encouraging environment.
NOTE: This event requires a $5 Donation or Book Purchase to support this workshop.
Where: Gatsby’s Bookstore
Date: Tuesday the 3rd
Time: 7 pm – 9 pm
Address: 5535 E. Spring St., Long Beach, CA 90808
Website: https://www.gatsbysbooks.com/events/writers-group
Erin Kahr & Strung Out at Skylight Bookstore
Join author Erin Khar, in conversation with Jennifer Pastiloff (On Being Human), when she discusses and signs her book, Strung Out: One Last Hit and OtherLies That Nearly Killed Me.
In this deeply personal and illuminating debut memoir about her fifteen year struggle with heroine, the author sheds profound light on the opioid crisis and gives voice to over two million people battling addiction in America. There is no one path to recovery, but it was in motherhood that Khar found the inner-strength and self-forgiveness to quit heroine and fight for her life.
Where: Skylight Bookstore
Date: Tuesday the 3rd
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/1003444150037529
Cecelia Vicuna Poetry at the REDCAT – CalArts Theatre
Herb Alpert Award winner Cecelia Vicuna has embodied a life of political and social activism through poetry, visual art, film and performance. In her new bilingual collection, New and Selected Poems, she and her translator are artist-witnesses to a natural world that is a storehouse of sacred words, threads and songs. A poetic reading will be followed by a conversation with curator Camila Maramio, the founder/director of Ensayos, a nomadic interdisciplinary research program in Tierra del Fuego.
NOTE: This is a ticketed event so check website link for details.
Where: REDCAT – CalArts Theatre
Time: 8:30 pm
Address: 631 W. 2nd St., Los Angeles, CA 90012
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/1117192811969068
Second Draft Writing Workshop at Art Share LA
Join us for the Second Draft Writing Workshop, which is FREE. Bring your writing, your acting, and your pacing to this new cold reading series every Tuesday at Art Share LA.
Mingle is at 7:30 pm
Casting is at 8 pm
Readings are at 8:30 pm
Where: Art Share LA
Date: Tuesday the 25th
Time: 8:30 pm – 10 pm
Address: 801 E. 4th Pl., Los Angeles, CA 90013
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/533276634157246
Da Poetry Lounge Open Mic at Greenway Court Theatre
About: All you have to do is put your name on the sign-up list. The first half sign-ups occur before the doors open, and sign-ups for the second half do not guarantee entry, so stay in line! Keep in line that each half has its own sign-up list so check details at website or at event. Sorry, you can only perform at one half per night, and 12-15 people are typically called up for each half’s open mic, depending on whether there is a feature that night. There is a time limit of three minutes at the mic to do your poem, as we try to accommodate as many people as possible. So please, arrive early!
Where: The Greenway Court Theater
Date: Tuesday the 3rd
Time: 9 pm – 12 pm
Address: 544 N. Fairfax Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90036
Website: http://dapoetrylounge.com/
Viva Poets! Workshop with Estella Ramirez at Beyond Baroque
This is a supportive poetry critique circle. We favor meaningful discussion over directives. Bring 10 copies of you prom to workshop. This event is led by rotating facilitators.
Where: Beyond Baroque
Date: Wednesday the 3rd
Time: 11 am
Address: 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, Ca 90291
Website: https://beyondbaroque.org/workshops.html
Chaffey College Zine Fest at Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art Patio
Join us to celebrate zines, meet the artists, enjoy music from dj Trickmilla, light refreshments, learn more about Chaffey College Zine Collection, make buttons with the library and with Tierra del Sol artists. The event is free and open to the public, but zines are for sale.
Where: Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art Patio
Date: Wednesday the 4th
Time: 12:30 pm – 2 pm
Address: 5885 Haven Ave., Rancho Cucamonga, Ca 91737
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/603429507120376
Courtney Friel & Tonight at Ten: Kicking Booze and Breaking News at Book Soup
Author Courtney Friel will present her book Tonight at Ten: Kicking Booze and Breaking News..
AS a teen, Courtney Friel was a shy girl tormented by constant, cruel bullying. Then, at age 15, she got drunk for the first time, and formed her alter ego, “Reporter Friel”—a whip smart girl who partied hard, bulldozed any haters, and went on to become the youngest on-air anchor ever hired at Fox News. After moving to NYC, marriage and two kids, her career and status were skyrocketing while she lived a double life. Her spiral increased until she ended up in rehab and the tried to find a new sober life, and celebrates how to maintain your inner party girl while living a full and sober life.
Where: Book Soup
Date: Wednesday the 4th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
Jenny Lee & Anna K: A Love Story at Chevalier’s Bookstore
Author Jenny Lee will present, discuss, and sign her new novel, Anna K: A Love Story, which is a brilliant reimagining of Leo Tolstoy’s timeless love story.
Dazzlingly opulent and emotionally riveting, this re-telling of Anna Karenina is a novel about the dizzying, glorious, heat-stopping experience of first love and first heartbreak.
Where: Chevalier’s Bookstore
Date: Wednesday the 4th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 126 N. Larchmont Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90004
Website: https://www.chevaliersbooks.com/jenny-lee
Anansi Writers Workshop at The World Stage
The Anansi Writers Workshop was founded in 1990 by Kamau Daáood, Akilah Oliver, Nafis Nabawi and Anthony Lyons. In 1993, Michael Datcher initiated the development of a three-part format for the workshop. Their tradition of a community workshop began in the late 1960s at the Watts Writers’ Workshop, where World Stage co-founder Kamau Daáood started his writing career. The Anansi Writers Workshop is coordinated by V. Kali and Conney Williams.
Where: The World Stage
Date: Wednesday the 4th
Time: 7:30 pm– 10 pm
Address: 4321 Degnan Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90008
Website: http://www.theworldstage.org/ or https://www.facebook.com/events/theworldstage
Emily Beyda & The Body Double at Skylight Bookstore
Join author Emily Beyda when she reads and signs her debut novel, The Body Double.
This cinematic and meticulously plotted noir follows a woman plucked from obscurity by a charming stranger to impersonate a reclusive starlet, Rosanna Feld. At first alluring and exciting, our narrator’s new life as a body double turns sour, and her sense of self deteriorates and doubts arise. This story is a stunning exploration of fame, beauty, and the hidden costs of keeping up appearances.
Where: Skylight Bookstore
Date: Wednesday the 4th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Website: https://www.skylightbooks.com/event/emily-beyda-reads-her-debut-novel-body-double
Dan Pfeiffer & Pod Save America at Wilshire Ebell Theatre
Dan Pfeiffer, co-host of Pod Save America, discusses his new book, Un-Trumping America, with Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, and Tommy Vietor.
NOTE: This is a ticketed event so check website for details.
Where: Wilshire Ebell Theatre
Date: Wednesday the 4th
Time: 8 pm – 10 pm
Address: 4401 W. 8th St., Los Angeles CA 90005
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/454702371893089
RISK! Live in Los Angeles at The Virgil
Risk! is a live show where people tell true stories they never thought they’d dare to share. Hosted by David Crabb, performer, author and storyteller, who is a professor of Autobiographical Performance at Occidental College, our features include:
Rich Tackenberg is an actor, producer and director who blogs at Rob Has a Podcast.
Luce Tomlin-Brenner is a member of UCB Comedy and comedian at Upright Citizens Brigade.
Melanie Maras is an award winning writer, comic, and storyteller who performs all over the world. Her first comedy special BRASH Girls Club starred three diverse comics riffing on sex, love and life.
Navaris Darson is one of the stars of the musical comedy, My 2 Black Girlfriends, and a member of Groundlings, among other endeavors.
Where: The Virgil
Date: Wednesday the 4th
Time: 8 pm – 10:30 pm
Address: 4519 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90029
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/570234910225106
Tonya Foster Poetry Reading at Scripps College
Join Scripps College Press to hear a poetry reading by poet Tonya Foster, who is collaborating this semester with students in the Letterpress class on a set of broadsides featuring her writing.
Tonya Foster is the author of La Grammaire des Os (bilingual chapbook) trans. Oliver Broussard editions joca seria, 2016), A Swarm of Bees in High Court (Belladonna*, 2015), and a co-editor of Third Mind: Creative Writing Through Visual Art. She is an Assistant Professor of Writing & Literature and MFA Writing at California College of the Arts.
Where: Scripps College, Steele 101
Date: Thursday the 5th
Time: 2:30 pm – 3:45 pm
Address: 1661 W. Sunflower Ave., Claremont, CA 9
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/505529850337328
One City, One Story & The Secrets We Kept at Pasadena Central Library
One City, One Story selected and presents author Lara Prescott and her book The Secrets We Kept, for our Spring reading and discussion. This story reimagines how the CIA plotted to smuggle Dr. Zhivago back into Russia to promote the western world’s values.
This book was an instant New York Times bestseller and book club selection, which will be translated into 30 languages and adapted for film by The Ink Factory and Marc Platt Productions.
Where: Pasadena Central Library
Date: Thursday the 5th
Time: 7 pm – 9 pm
Address: 285 E. Walnut St., Pasadena, CA 91101
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/886582931762345
James Brown & Apology to the Young Addict at Book Soup
Author James Brown, in conversation with Patrick O’Neil, will present his book, Apology to the Young Addict: A Memoir.
This book is a reinvention of the recovery memoir and a lasting testimony from a master writing at his peak. The third panel in Brown’s masterwork triptych on addiction accomplishes a rare mercy—on the ghosts of memory, the ravages of disease, the brutal hypocrisies of religion, –and on himself.
Where: Book Soup
Date: Thursday the 5th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
Tom Lutz & Born Slippy at Chevalier’s Bookstore
Author, educator, and publisher Tom Lutz will present and discuss his novel, Born Slippy.
This book is a provocative, globe-trotting, time-shifting novel about the seductions of—and resistance to—toxic masculinity. Frank Baltimore is a bit of a loser, and is struggling by as a carpenter and handyman in rural New England when he gets a big break building a mansion in the executive suburbs of Hartford. One of his workers is a charismatic young sociopath, who develops a fascination with his boss, and this leads to a darkly comic meditation and tale of modern life under global capitalism.
Where: Chevalier’s Bookstore
Date: Thursday the 5th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 126 N. Larchmont Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90004
Website: https://www.chevaliersbooks.com/tom-lutz
David Kipen & William Deverell & Journal of Alta California at Vroman’s Bookstore
Authors David Kipen & William Deverell, will present Tomas Pynchon’s California in the Journal of Alta California.
Thomas Pynchon redefined the postwar American novel with Gravity’s Rainbow and The Crying of Lot 49, and explored pop culture, technology and noir. Kipen and Deverell dig into his work, why he is so elusive, and the question of whether he changed the way we see the Golden State.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Thursday the 5th
Time: 7 pm – 8 pm
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Website: https://www.vromansbookstore.com/event/joural-alta-california-presents-thomas-pynchon’s-california
Poets Jazz House Open Mic at Irie Vibes Art Space
About: A Spoken Word and Music Lounge where spilling your heart is art and searching your soul is mandatory to get in the door. They are a beatnik Tea House where there’s snapping instead of clapping. The atmosphere is lax but it Sssizzles. They invite you to come touch, be touched, hear the answer and heed the call. They’re just a cozy little house where everyone feels at home.
Where: Irie Vibes Art Space
When: Thursday the 4th
Time: 7pm – 9pm
Address: 6563 N. Normandie Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90044
Website: Poets Jazz House
Parable of the Sower Graphic Novel at the Huntington Museum
Damian Duffy and John Jennings, the award-winning team behind the #1 bestseller Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation, will discuss their new adaptation of Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower. This event is moderated by author Nalo Hopkinson and a book signing follows.
NOTE: This is a ticketed event so check website for details.
Where: Huntington Library & Museum, Rothenberg Hall
Date: Thursday the 4th
Time: 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Address: 1151 Oxford Rd., San Marino, CA 91108
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/2796123820474829
L.A. Book Launch of The Ruins & Suede’s Mat Osman
Join author Mat Osman, bassist and founding member of iconic British rock band Suede, to launch his debut novel The Ruins, described as a “woozily dream-like novel about music, mystery and imagined worlds” by Ian Rankin.
Mat Osman will read from the book and discuss it with Matthew Spector, co-founder of the Los Angeles Review of Books.
Where: Stories Books & Café
Date: Thursday the 5th
Time: 8 pm – 10 pm
Address: 1716 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90026
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/190751732334910
Tavia Nyong’a on Writing at Pomona College
Tavia Nyong’o, Yale pressor of American Studies and author of Afro-Fabulations: The Queer Drama of Black Life, joins Pomona students Hans Zhou ’20 and Laila Ruffin ’22 for a discussion about his experiences with and advice regarding the craft of writing.
NOTE: This event is free and open to members of the Claremont Colleges community.
Where: Pomona College, Crookshank Hall, Ena Thompson Reading Room
Date: Friday the 6th
Time: 10 am – 11 am
Address: 333 N. College Way, Claremont, CA 91711
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/186930449206763
Steve Carver & Western Portraits at Book Soup
Author Steve Carver will discuss and sign his book, Western Portraits: The Unsung Heroes & Villains of the silver Screen.
Rendered in rare, evocative tones reminiscent of Edward Sheriff Curtis’s immortal photographs, Western Portraits provides readers with a collection of stylized portraits that capture the allure and mystique of the Old West, complete with authentic costuming, weaponry and settings.
From the epic feature film to the TV series and serial, this coffee table book will put the story of character actors and the significance of their memorable roles into an entertaining perspective.
Featured guests include: Bo Svenson (Kill Bill), Jeff Kober (The Walking Dead), and L.Q. Jones (The Wild Bunch). Additional guests will be in attendance.
Where: Book Soup
Date: Friday the 6th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
Jerry Mitchell & Race Against Time at Chevalier’s Bookstore
Author Jerry Mitchell will present and sign his book, Race Against Time: A Reporter Reopens the Unsolved Murder Cases of the Civil Rights Era.
This is an astonishing, courageous story capturing the historic race for justice, as the past is uncovered, clue by clue, and long-ignored evils are brought into the light. It took 41 years before the mastermind of the “Mississippi Burning” case was brought to trial and convicted, and the author tells how the killers were brought to justice for the assassination of Medgar Evers, and other crimes.
Where: Chevalier’s Bookstore
Date: Friday the 6th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 126 N. Larchmont Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90004
Website: https://www.chevaliersbooks.com/jerry-mitchell
Jim Pasco & Cottons: The White Carrot at Vroman’s Bookstore
Join us to hear author Jim Pasco present his second book in the Heidi Arnhold series, Cottons: White Carrot.
For the rabbits in the Vale of Industry, cha is everything: the fuel that lights their homes, powers their factories, and makes modern life possible. But to Bridgebelle, cha means so much more: it’s a vital ingredient she uses to make thokchas—beautiful works of art that glow and transform, as if by magic. Outside the Vale, the nefarious foxes have discovered their destructive power, and plan to use them in their age-old war against the rabbits.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Friday the 6th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Website: https://www.vromansbookstore.com/event/jim-pascoe-discusses-and-signs-cottons-white-carrot
CSU Long Beach MFA Creative Writing Reading Series at Gatsby’s Bookstore
Gatsby’s presents readers from the California State University Long Beach’s MFA Program in Creative Writing to read and discuss their work..
Where: Gatsby’s Bookstore
Date: Friday the 6th
Time: 7 pm – 9 pm
Address: 5535 E. Spring St., Long Beach, CA 90808
Website: http://gatsbybooks.com/event#/csulb-mfa-creative-writing-reading-series-friday-march-6th-7pm
Karo Ska & Gathering Grandmothers’ Bones Release Party at Avenue 50 Studios
DSTL Arts hosts the release party for author Karo Ska and her debut chapbook, Gathering Grandmothers’ Bones.
Special appearances will be readings by talented poets Ingrid Calderon-Collins, Giselle Flores, DestinyHash, and fellow DSTL arts poet, Nikolai Garcia.
Where: Avenue 50 Studios
Date: Friday the 6th
Time: 7 pm – 9 pm
Address: 131 N. Avenue 50, Los Angeles, CA 90042
Website: http://www.https://www.facebook.com/events/2565361226907210/
HOUSE Open Mic & Reading Series at Relational Center
Book Show will be popping up with HOUSE Open Mic every 1st Friday evening at a different location. This event is dedicated to amplifying marginalized voices with featured guests and an Open Mic format.
Where: Relational Center
Date: Friday the 6th
Time: 7 pm – 9 pm
Address: 2717 S. Robertson Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90034
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/bookshow
Steffie Nelson & Slouching Towards Los Angeles Anthology at Skylight Bookstore
Join author/ editor Steffie Nelson when she reads and signs the new anthology, Slouching Towards Los Angeles,: Living and Writing by Joan Didion’s Light, with contributors:
Dan Crane is a writer, producer, air guitar legend, and author of “Slouching Towards Jeff Goldblum.”
Jessica Hundley is a writer, editor, author and founder of the collective The Good Word.
Tracy McMillan is a relationship author, TV writer, and matchmaker on NBC’s Ready for Love.
Caroline Ryder is a writer, British journalist, screenwriter, ghostwriter based in L.A. and London.
Margaret Wappler is a journalist, writer, and the author of the novel Neon Green.
Where: Skylight Bookstore
Date: Friday the 6th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
California Fluxfest 2020 at Beyond Baroque
Fluxfest is an art festival celebrating all things Fluxux. There will be performances by the current fluxux worldwide community.
Where: Beyond Baroque
Date: Friday the 6th
Time: 8 pm – 10 pm
Address: 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, Ca 90291
Website: https://beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html
True Story: Herstory Reading Event at the Skirball Cultural Center
In celebration of Women’s History Month, actor, writer and artistic director Lizzy Ross hosts a night of engaging storytelling as part of the True Story reading series, with a lineup of powerhouse women, including:.
Quinn Cummings is an actress, author, and podcaster.
Terre Fallon-Lindeth is a retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel and writer.
Cecil Castellucci is a bestselling author and graphic novelist.
Simone McAlonen is a writer, performer, and Wild West Christian author.
Angela Bullock is a NAACP Theatre Award-nominated actress.
Jihan Crowther is a TV writer, playwright, and essayist.
Where: Skirball Cultural Center
Date: Friday the 6th
Time: 8 pm – 11 pm
Address: 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90049
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/627371431167656
First Fridays Reading Series & Open Mic at Rapp Saloon
Host Cynthia Alessandra Briano will welcome three artists to the reading series:
Radomir Vojtech Luza writes about film, sports, theatre, and literature, and is the author of 26 books. He is an actor and playwright who is also a professional critic.
Arminé Iknadossian writes poetry and prose, and is the author of the collection, All That Wasted Fruit.
Linda Singer N/A
NOTE: Sign-ups for the Open Mic begin at 8pm.
Where: Rapp Saloon
Date: Friday the 6th
Time: 8:30 pm – 11 pm
Address: 1436 2nd St., Santa Monica, CA 90402
Website: https://www.facebook.com/RappSaloonReadingSeries/
Literary Women’s Festival of Authors at Long Beach Convention Center
This all-day festival offers the opportunity to hear seven women authors talk about their new books, writing processes, and lives. All of their books will be available for purchase and signing. The day includes morning coffee and snacks as well as lunch.
Presenters include: Elaine Weiss (The Woman’s Hour), Catherine Chung (The Tenth Muse), Casey Cep (Furious Hours), Delia Owens (Where the Crawdads Sing), Whitney Scharer (The Age of Light), Madhuri Vijay (The Far Field), Karen Thompson Walker (The Dreamers).
NOTE: Registration and details are available at Literary Women of Long Beach website: literarywomen.org
Where: Long Beach Convention Center
Date: Saturday the 7th
Time: 9 am – 3:30 pm
Address: 330 E. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach, CA 90802
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/1264824953724071
Susan Lendroth & Here We Go Digging for Dinosaur Bones at Vroman’s Bookstore – Kids Event
Join us to hear author Susan Lendroth present her book for children, Here We Go Digging for Dinosaur Bones.
Hike the trail, scan the ground, and make a find—then discover how to build a T. Rex form its bones.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Saturday the 7th
Time: 10:30 am
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Saturday Morning Prose & Poetry Workshop with Annette Robinson at Beyond Baroque
Annette Robinson will lead a writing workshop on prose and poetry for publication.
Where: Beyond Baroque
Date: Saturday the 7th
Time: 11 am
Address: 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291
Website: http://beyondbaroque.org/workshops
Larissa Theul & A Way with Wild Things at Once Upon a Time Bookstore – Kids Event
Join us to hear author Larissa Theul read and sign her newest children’s book, A Way with Wild Things.
This poetic and evocative story celebrates the shy and introverted kids among us, as well as the other small creatures to be found if we look closely enough.
Where: Once Upon a Time Bookstore
Date: Saturday the 7th
Time: 11 am
Address: 2207 Honolulu Ave., Montrose, CA 91020
Website: https://www.shoponceuponatime.com/event/book-launch-way-wild-things-larissa-theule
Caldecott Medalist Alan Say & ALMOND at JANM – Kids Event
Alan Say will discuss the making of his new children’s book, ALMOND. Through beautiful artwork and a powerful story, his new book explores the story of Almond Biggs as she discovers what it means to have her own unique gifts and talents.
The book will be released on Girls’ Day or Hinamatsuri in Japan, and is a celebration of girl empowerment. The author will be signing copies of the book, which will be available for purchase at this event.
Where: Japanese American National Museum
Date: Saturday the 7th
Time: 11:30 am
Address: 100 N. Central Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90012
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/688270338245795
Boca de Oro Festival of Literary Arts at Calle Cuatro Marketplace, Santa Ana
Join us for the 4th Annual Boca de Oro (Mouth of Gold) Festival of Literary Arts & Culture, with free writing and arts and crafts workshops, panel discussions, author talks and performances throughout downtown Santa Ana. This year’s theme is “The Spirit of Transformation” with nine Greek muses which were illustrated in a stunning poster by local artist Barbie Godoy.
NOTE: This is a limited capacity event so RSVP and confirm details at link at website.
Where: Calle Cuatro Marketplace
Date: Saturday the 7th
Time: 12 pm – 10 pm
Address: 4th St., Santa Ana, CA 92701
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/197514824800593
SheroCon Pop Up Comic Con at Westfield Culver City
Join SHERO comics and Westfield Mall Culver City for our second annual female themed, pop-up comic-con, SheroCon 2020. This is a one-day celebration of female comic creators, cosplayers and local sheroes who are making a difference in the world of comics and entertainment.
NOTE: See futher details at website.
Where: Westfield Culver City
Date: Saturday the 7th
Time: 12 pm – 6 pm
Address: 6000 Sepulveda Blvd., Culver City, CA 90230
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/512697086256396
Wine Party & Book Club & We’re Going to Need More Wine at Baldwin Hills Crenshaw
Join us for Mocha Girls Read’s 100th Book Club meeting will read and discuss a collection of thought-provoking essays infused with unique wisdom and deep humor: We’re Going to Need More Wine, by actress and writer Gabrielle Union. The author tells astonishingly personal stories about power, color, gender, feminism and fame. She tackles a range of experiences, including bullying, beauty standards, and competition between women in Hollywood, growing up in white California suburbia and spending summers with black relatives in Nebraska, and coping with all the challenges of life.
If you haven’t finished the book, come to the event anyway!
Where: Baldwin Hills Crenshaw, Community Room
Date: Saturday the 7th
Time: 1:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Address: 3650 W. Martin Luther King Jr Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90008
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/923868338016024
Ellen Carol Dubois & Suffrage at Central Library, LAPL
Join us for an engaging discussion of a fresh perspective on the long struggle for women’s voting rights. The centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment is an excellent time to look closer at this subject. Ellen Carol Dubois is a Distinguished Research Professor of History and Gender Studies at UCLA, and is the author most recently of Suffrage: Women’s Long Battle for the Vote.
Where: Mark Taper Auditorium, Central Library, LAPL
Date: Saturday the 7th
Time: 2 pm – 4 pm
Address: 630 W. 5th St., Los Angeles, CA 90071
Website: https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/surprising-road-woman-suffrage
Mildred Pitts Walter’s Book Celebration at A.C. Bilbrew Public Library, El Segundo
In celebration of author Mildred Pittts Walter and her book, Something Inside So Strong: Life in Pursuit of Choice, Courage, and Change. Former teacher and author Walter will present and discuss her memoir and her work.
Where: A.C. Bilbrew Public Library
Date: Saturday the 7th
Time: 2 pm – 4 pm
Address: 150 E. El Segundo Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90061
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/502212687112340
Saturday Afternoon Poetry Reading at Santa Catalina Branch Library, Pasadena
Please join us for Saturday Afternoon Poetry and a Sonnet Writing Workshop led by Don Kingfisher Campbell.
Events curated by Don Kingfisher Campbell.
Where: Santa Catalina Branch Library, Pasadena (Back Room)
Date: Saturday the 7th
Time: 3 pm – 5 pm
Address: 999 E. Washington Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91104
Website: http://saturdayafternoonpoetry.blogspot.com/
Martina Reisz Newberry & Blues for French Roast with Chicory at Gatsby’s Bookstore
Poet Martina Reisz Newberry will present her new collection, Blues for French Roast with Chicory. The author is a poet of spiritual surprise, with transcending images pulled from a very real, contemporary, and attentive woman’s life.
Where: Gatsby’s Bookstore
Date: Saturday the 7th
Time: 4 pm
Address: 5535 E. Spring St., Long Beach, CA 90808
Emerson Forester & People of Pasadena at Vroman’s Bookstore
In a country struggling with deep and bitter divisions, ten-year-old Emerson Forester set out to make a difference. She interviewed, photographed and produced her book, People in Pasadena. It’s a powerful reminder that we have far more similarities than differences.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Saturday the 7th
Time: 4 pm – 5 pm
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Website: https://www.vromansbookstore.com/event/emerson-forester-discusses-and-signs-people-pasadena
Poetry Bleeding: The Return of 2020, #1 & Open Mic at Viento y Agua Coffee House
This is the first night of the 2020 edition of this reading series and Open Mic, which NOW occurs every first Saturday of the month, and is hosted by Alan Passman.
Our featured reader today is Nick Dente and the first 10-20 minutes will consist of an Open Mic, followed by the feature(s), followed by a Q&A with our host.
Where: Viento y Agua Coffee House
Date: Saturday the 7th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 4007 E. 4th St., Long Beach, CA 90814
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/187979802288797
Poets Tessa Micaela & Thabile Makue Reading at Poetic Research Bureau
Poets and writers Tessa Micaela & Tahbile Makue will present and discuss their work.
Tessa Micaela writes poems and letters, often to inanimate objects. She is the author of there are boxes and there is wanting (2016), Crude Matters (2016), and Where Bells Begin (2019).
Thabile Makue is a South Africa healer, facilitator and writer. She was the 2016-17 Current State of Poetry National South African Slam champion. Her debut collection, i know how to fix myself was released in 2017, and her work has appeared in multiple journals.
Where: Poetic Research Bureau
Date: Saturday the 7th
Time: 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm
Address: 951 Chung King Rd., Los Angeles, CA 90012
Website: https://www.poeticresearch.com or https://wwwfacebook.com/events/135018307799022
Poetry In Motion Event at Beyond Baroque
Join Eve Brandstein to hear an eclectic array of writers from the literary and Hollywood communities present their work and performances.
Where: Beyond Baroque
Date: Saturday the 7th
Time: 8 pm – 10 pm
Address: 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291
Website: http://beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html
L.A. Vintage Paperback Show at Glendale Civic Center
Join Peter S. Beagle, Richard A. Lupoff, and Tim Powers at the Los Angeles Vintage Paperback Collectors Show at Glendale Civic Auditorium. See Schedule at website link.
Where: Glendale Civic Center
Date: Sunday the 8th
Time: 9 am – 4 pm
Address: 1401 N. Verdugo Rd., Glendale, CA 91208
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/548660742416302
Martha Ronk, Alan Bernheimer & Aaron Kunin Reading at Poetic Research Bureau
Poets and writers Martha Ronk, Alan Bernheimer & Aaron Kunin will present and discuss their work.
Martha Ronk is a poet, fiction writer, and editor and tests the limits of syntax and literary convention in her work. She is the author of Ocular Proof (2016), Partially Kept (2012), Veritgo (2007, and two chapbooks.
Alan Bernheimer is a poet often associated with the San Francisco Language poets, and a mainstay of the Bay Area poetry scene since 1977. He has published approximately one book every decade since 1980, most recently From Nature.
Aaron Kunin is a poet, critic, and novelist. His most recent book is The Sore Throat and Other Poems (2010). Grace Period, a collection of aphorisms, sketches, and fragments, is forthcoming.
Where: Poetic Research Bureau
Date: Sunday the 8th
Time: 1 pm – 3 pm
Address: 951 Chung King Rd., Los Angeles, CA 90012
Website: http://poeticresearch.com
Sarah Koslow & The Queen of Raiders at Book Soup
Sarah Kozloff, author of A Queen in Hiding, continues the breathtaking fantasy series The Nine Realms with book two, The Queen of Raiders, and all four books will be published within a month of each other so you can binge your new fantasy series.
Where: Book Soup
Date: Sunday the 8th
Time: 3 pm
Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
Website: https://www.booksoup.com/event/sarah-kozloff-discusses-and-signs-queen-raiders
Peter Meech & “Billy (the Kid)” at Diesel Bookstore
Welcome author Peter Meech for his publication party for the new book, “Billy (the Kid).”
In the waning says of Prohibition in Pueblo, Colorado, Billy, a retired dentist, is a local celebrity, owing to his rumored past as Billy the Kid. When a stranger named Stokes comes to town, Billy is thrust into the middle of a bootleg war against his will. at stake is nothing less than the life of his best friend and a lst chance at true love.
Where: Diesel Bookstore
Date: Sunday the 8th
Time: 3 pm
Address: 225 26th St., Santa Monica, CA 90402
Mari Naomi, with Myriam Gurba, & Distant Stars at Skylight Bookstore
Author Mari Naomi, in with Myriam Gurba, discusses and signs her new graphic novel, Distant Stars (Life on Earth #3)..
In the final volume of the Life on Earth trilogy, celebrated cartoonist Mari Naomi concludes er tale of growing up, falling in and out of love, and possible alien interventions. All the mysteries are solved as the final plan is set in motion.
Where: Skylight Bookstore
Date: Sunday the 8th
Time: 3 pm
Address: 1818 N, Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Well Read Black Girl Book Club & Sister Outsider at Book Soup
For Women’s History Month the Well Read Black Girl Book Club will read and discuss the book, Sister Outsider, by Audra Lorde. As you are reading, pull some of your favorite quotes to share with the group.
Where: Book Soup
Date: Sunday the 8th
Time: 4 pm
Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
Website: https://www.booksoup.com/event/well-read-black-girl-book-club-0
Silvia Moreno Garcia & Untamed Shore at Vroman’s Bookstore
Author Silvia Moreno Garcia presents and signs Untamed Shore, a coming-of-age story set in Mexico which quickly turns dark when a young woman meets three enigmatic tourists. This blazing novel of suspense, in an eerie seaside setting, the author’s literary edge proves her a master of the genre. Sharks may be dangerous, but ther ar eworsr predators nearby for a naïve young woman like Viridiana.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Sunday the 8th
Time: 4 pm
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Website: http://www.vromansbookstore.com/event/silvia-moreno-garcia-discusses-and-signs-untamed-shore
Second Sunday Poetry Series at The Studio Theatre at St. Denis Building
The Second Sunday Poetry Series, hosted by Alex M. Frankel, occurs every second Sunday of the month is where great poets perform their work and sign their books, and mingle with audience members and Open Mic participants.
Featured poets this month are: Cindy Rinne and Bory Thach.
Cindy Rinne creates fiber art and writes in San Bernardino, CA. She was Poet-in-Residence for the Neutra Institute Gallery and Museum, and collaborates in poetry using her own costume creations based on her books. She is the author of Letters Under Rock, with Bory Thach, as well as her books Knife Me Split Memories and Moon of Many Petals.
Bory Thach was born in a refugee camp on the border of Thailand and Cambodia, and immigrated to the U.S. with his family when he was four years old. He served in the U.S. Army in Iraq, and has an MFA from CSU San Bernardino. For him, poetry is a study of language, an art form in itself. He is co-author of Letters Under Rock.
Where: The Studio Theatre at St. Denis Building
Date: Sunday the 8th
Time: 5 pm
Address: 3433 Cahuenga Blvd. West, Los Angeles, CA 90068
Website: http://www.secondsundaypoetry.com
The New Short Fiction Series at The Federal NoHo
This longest running spoken word series presents Ocean Park and Other Neighborhoods by Squaw Valley Writers Community Fiction co-director, Lisa Alvarez. The performance stars Sally Shore, with guest cast Claudia Choi (This Is Us, Mom), Sherry Mandujano (The Young and The Restless, Monique, Ray Donovan), and Karen Praxel (Blood Corral, That Thing You Do).
NOTE: This is a ticketed event so check website for details.
Where: The Federal NoHo
Date: Sunday the 8th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 5303 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood, CA 91601
Website: http://facebook.com.events/197286344662151
Public Works Improv Reading at Beyond Baroque
Public Works Improvisational Theatre presents an evening of lively entertainment by various artists and is hosted by Eric Vollmer.
Every month we explore a different theme, and this month it’s: If I Were Spring, featuring: Vinnie Caggiano, Deana Barone, Solange Castro, Taylor Barnes, Lisa Marguerite Mora, Lee Boek & Lara Romanoff.
Where: Beyond Baroque
Date: Sunday the 8th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 681 N. Venice Blvd, Venice, CA 90291
Website: http://beyondbaroque.org.calendar or http://www.facebook.com/events/492842861662205
We’re All Gonna Die Book Club at The Last Bookstore
Join us for the We’re All Gonna Die Book Club led by Peter Clines, when we read and discuss Sarah Galley’s book Upright Women Wanted. This book is a western, and it’s about a young woman who flees an unwanted marriage and joins the ranks of queer librarians fighting to overthrow a totalitarian government.
NOTE: All bookstore events are ticketed so check website for details.
Where: The Last Bookstore
Date: Sunday the 8th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 453 S. Spring St., Los Angeles, CA 90013
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