All Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS
Vroman’s Live: Stephen Haff & Kid Quixote at Crowdcast Online
Author Stephen Haff presents his book Kid Quixotes: A Group of Students, Their Teacher, and the One-Room School Where Everything Is Possible. The author is the founder of Still Waters in a Storm, which serves Spanish speaking immigrant children in Bushwick, Brooklyn.
Where: Crowdcast Online event (Register in advance)
Date: Monday the 1st
Time: 6 pm
Address: Crowdcast Online
June 2020 Book Study: Leading While Female at Cal Lutheran Online
Join a Book Study Group to discuss Leading While Female, by Trudy Arriaga, presented by the California Lutheran Graduate School of Education.
Where: Online event (Register in advance)
Date: Monday the 1st
Time: 6 pm – 7 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.facebook.com/event/232548068194019
Queer Book Club with CB Lee at The Last Bookstore
Join the Queer Book Club, led by author and Lambda finalist CB Lee, to read and discuss the book Save Yourself, author Carmen Esposito’s hilarious memoir of growing up Catholic and coming out in college.
NOTE: All events by The Last Bookstore are ticketed, so check website link for details.
Where: Zoom Online
Date: Monday the 1st
Time: 7:30 pm – 9 pm
Address: Zoom Online
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/160620765361484/
Monday Night Fiction Workshop at Beyond Baroque
The free Monday Night Fiction Workshop led by Jessica Dolby focuses on generating creativity and writing fiction, including narrative technique, language, characterization, plot, POV, and the realization of an idea. Bring copies of 2-3 pages of fiction for critique and discussion.
Where: Beyond Baroque online (tickets at Eventbrite)
Date: Monday the 1st
Time: 7:30 pm – 10 pm
Address: Zoom Online
Website: https://beyondbaroque.com/calendar or https://www.facebook.com/events/534987650407119/
Gustavo Arellano in Conversation with Jose Ralat & American Tacos!
Join Occidental College’s Institute for the Study of Los Angeles on Instagram to hear ISLA Scholar-in-Residence Gustavo Arellano in conversation with Jose Ralat, taco editor for Texas Monthly who just published a book titled American Tacos!
NOTE: Details available at website.
Where: Instagram Live
Date: Tuesday the 2nd
Time: 12 pm – 1 pm
Address: Instagram Live
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/656502944908356
Blossoming 2020: The Virtual Edition by The Vagrancy
Blossoming 2020: A New Play Reading Series presents the first public reading of five original plays which have been rehearsed, recorded, edited, and illustrated. Be inspired, and then help the play’s development along with post-reading audience talkbacks via Zoom streaming on YouTube Live.
This year’s theme is “When the Political Becomes Personal,” and the first play in the series on June 2 will be The Last One, by Mercedes Segesvary.
NOTE: Details and schedule available at website.
Where: Instagram Live
Date: Tuesday the 2nd
Time: 5 pm
Address: Instagram Live
Website: https://facebook.com/events/2616564501956872
Jocelyn Ramirez & La Vida Verde at Vroman’s Live Online
Author Jocelyn Ramirez will present her book, La Vida Verde Plant-Based Mexican Cooking with Authentic Flavor.
Ramirez transforms the traditional dishes she grew up with cooking alongside her Abuela into wonderfully flavorful plant-based meals, with only a few simple and affordable substitutions..
NOTE: Check with site/bookstore re online platform and registration details.
Where: Vroman’s Live, Crowdcast Online
Date: Tuesday the 2nd
Time: 6 pm
Address: Crowdcast Online
Sandra Tsing Loh with Julia Sweeney at LiveTalks Online Event
Join LiveTalks Online to hear Sandra Tsing Loh in conversation with Julia Sweeney, discussing her book, The Madwoman and the Roomba: My Year of Domestic Mayhem.
Where: Facebook online or YouTube (RSVP and details at website link)
Date: Tuesday the 2nd
Time: 6 pm – 7 pm
Address: LiveTalks Facebook online or YouTube
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/197386031305329
Deepening Your Characters: A Workshop with Leon Martell Online Event
Award-winning playwright, instructor, and actor Leon Martell, teaches a 10-week course on the fundamentals of character development when writing for stage or screen. Develop dialog, action, conflict, and a unique voice, and make your characters three-dimensional.
NOTE: Registration, tickets, and details available at website.
Where: Beyond Baroque Online
Date: Tuesdays, June 2nd – July 28th
Time: 7:30 pm – 10 pm
Address: Online event (check details at website link)
Website: http://beyondbaroque.org/intensive_workshops.html
Family Fun Zoom Meeting – Kids Event
Family Fun Zone is a virtual event full of kid-friendly activities and offering storytime, crafts, and more for children ages 0-5.
NOTE: Registration is FREE ticket for this event.
Where: Westside Infant Family Network (WIN)
Date: Wednesday the 3rd
Time: 11 am
Address: Zoom Online
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/2818076744896424/
Red Hen Press Spring Book Tour Online: Mary Odden & Brandi Wells
The RHP Spring Book Tour is a Virtual Reading & Conversation Series held on Wednesday nights at 4 pm.
Today’s final event features memoirist Mary Odden, author of Mostly Water, and Brandi Wells, author of BOY OH BOY, reading in honor of the late Zachary Doss.
NOTE: Check with site/bookstore re online platforms and details. (Books are available for 30% off.)
Where: Red Hen Press Online
Date: Wednesday the 3rd
Time: 4 pm – 5 pm
Address: Online at Facebook or YouTube or linkedin.com (see site)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/event/663475867530533
Michael Connelly, with Naomi Hirahara, & Fair Warning at Vroman’s Live Online
Vroman’s Live Online presents acclaimed bestselling mystery author Michael Connelly, in conversation with author Naomi Hirahara, to discuss his new novel, Fair Warning. We have moved online to meet on Crowdcast for this ticketed event.
The hero of Connelly’s books The Poet and The Scarecrow is back in this new thriller: Jack McEvoy is the journalist who never backs down, and in this book he tracks a serial killer who has been operating completely under the radar—until now. Undetected by law enforcement the killer has been hunting women using the dark web and genetic data to select and stalk his targets.
NOTE: To RSVP and for details, check website link.
Where: Crowdcast Online Event
Date: Wednesday the 3rd
Time: 6 pm
Address: Crowdcast Online
Adult Book Chat Online by Studio City Branch Library
Join us by phone or by web to chat about books you enjoy. Come ready to talk about any book you want, or just listen to others as they tell you what they recommend. Email Emily at site for information on how to connect.
Where: Facebook Online event
Date: Wednesday the 3rd
Time: 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Address: Facebook Online
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/592644539033375/
Elvia Wilk & Oval at Bookish Book Club Online
The Bookish Book Club is reading Oval by Elvia Wilk, who also happens to be a journalist/non-fiction writer who covers art, architecture, and technology for magazines such as Artforum and ID.
Where: Facebook Online event
Date: Wednesday the 3rd
Time: 7 pm – 10 pm
Address: Facebook Online
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/177978003473268
Storytime Online – Kids Event
In this Virtual Live Storytime you can check the site to see what stories will be read to you.
Register using the link provided at website.
NOTE: Check website link for details.
Where: YouTube Online
Date: Thursday the 4th
Time: 10:30 am – 11 am
Address: YouTube Online (check online link for details)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/635540927303643/
Dornslife Dialogues: Social Media & Post Corona Virus Landscape (Online Event)
Join the USC Dornslife Dialogue to discuss the implications of misinformation from political, social and engineering perspectives—and how it could alter the course of social media.
Register for this free Zoom conference using the link provided at website.
NOTE: Check website link for details.
Where: Zoom Online
Date: Thursday the 4th
Time: 12 pm – 1 pm
Address: Zoom Online (check online link for details)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/697125107516456
Robert Kolker & Hidden Valley Road Book Discussion Event Online
UCLA Friends of the Semel Institute & Diesel Bookstore host an online book discussion with renowned author Robert Kolker and his new book, Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family.
This is the heartbreaking story of a mid-century American family with 12 children, 6 of them diagnosed with schizophrenia, which became science’s great hope in the quest to understand the disease. The author will be joined in discussion by Dr. Stephen Marder, UCLA Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences and world-renowned expert on the disease.
Where: Facebook Online
Date: Thursday the 4th
Time: 4 pm – 5 pm
Address: Facebook Online
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/3248250121866191
Someone Like Us: Undocumented in Higher Ed with Julissa Arce
La Plaza de Cultura y Artes hosts a Zoom or Facebook event, Someone Like Us: Undocumented in Higher Ed. This discussion features Julissa Arce, author and social justice advocate, and Kimberly Hernandez, student at La Verne University.
Where: La Plaza de Cultura y Artes Zoom or Facebook Online
Date: Thursday the 4th
Time: 4 pm – 5 pm
Address: Zoom or Facebook Online
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/851795485310714
Live Author Chats with Upland Public Library Online
Join us on Instagram live every Thursday for Live Author Chats moderated by Molly Ondich from Molly’s Mail and Taryn!
See website for details and scheduled author.
Where: Instagram Online
Date: Thursday the 4th
Time: 5 pm – 6 pm
Address: Instagram Online
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/2515838975332117/
Antony Daparian & City on Fire by USC China Institute
Join the USC China Institute online for a discussion with Hong Kong based author and photographer Antony Dapiran for a look at his new book, City on Fire, to learn about the city’s protests and what they mean for the future of Hong Kong and China.
Where: Online event (see site for link)
Date: Thursday the 4th
Time: 5 pm – 6:30 pm
Address: Online event (see site for link)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/5253731352518971/
Online Book Discussion: White Fragility by Robin Di Angelo
Join us on Facebook or YouTube online to begin a study of the book White Fragility, by Robin Di Angelo,, for a safe place for discussion and introspection about race and racism.
We will discuss chapters 1-3 in this session. More details to follow.
Where: Facebook or YouTube Online
Date: Thursday the 4th
Time: 5:30 pm – 7 pm
Address: Facebook or YouTube Online
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/543803936237087/
David Judson & Judson: Innovation in Stained Glass at Vroman’s Live Online
Five generations of Judsons have worked with artists, architects, and designers to create Old World-style stained glass whose quality and craftsmanship has been compared to Tiffany.
David Judson is president of Judson Studios, and he will present and sign his book, Judson: Innovation in Stained Glass.
NOTE: Check with site/bookstore re online platform and details.
Where: Vroman’s Live, Crowdcast Online
Date: Thursday the 4th
Time: 6 pm
Address: Crowdcast Online
Website: https://www.vromansbookstore.com/event/david-judson-presents-judson-innovation-stained-glass
Ivy Pochoda with Steph Cha, & These Women at Chevalier’s Live Online
Author Ivy Pochoda, in conversation with Steph Cha (Your House Will Pay), will discuss her masterful new novel These Women, which creates a kaleidoscope of loss, power, and hope featuring five very different women whose lives are steeped in danger and anguish, who are connected to one man and his deadly obsession.
NOTE: Check with site/bookstore re online platform and details.
Where: Chevalier’s Online (get link at site)
Date: Thursday the 4th
Time: 7 pm – 8:15 pm
Address: Chevalier’s Online (get link at site)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/565332481067328
Railroads of the San Fernando Valley Event at Studio City Branch Library Online
Join us for an online event to hear David Coscia discuss his book, Railroads of the San Fernando Valley, to learn about the railroad history of the area and changes to the valley due to their presence.
Where: Zoom online event (see site for link)
Date: Thursday the 4th
Time: 7 pm – 8 pm
Address: Online event (see site for link)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/296874127983593
Bishakh Som, with Angela Penaredondo, & Apsara Engine at Skylight Bookstore
Bishakh Som’s debut story collection, Apsara Engine, is a debut collection of eight delightfully eerie stories and a subtle intervention unto everyday reality. Imagining diverse futures and rewriting old mythologies, these comics delve into strange architectures, fetishism, and heartbreak.
Angela Penaredondo (Maroon, All Things Lose Thousands of Times) joins Bishakh Som in conversation, to discuss her comics, painted in rich sepia-toned watercolors, and showcasing a series of fraught, darkly humorous, and seemingly alien worlds—which ring all too familiar.
Where: Skylight Bookstore (check to dee if this is a Zoom Online event)
Date: Thursday the 4th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: See website link for details
Home Share Weeklies at ArtShare Online
Welcome to Home share Art Share from Home, a variety style showcase of emerging talent, hosted by Mathew Cuban.
This week we welcome: the incredible art critic, curator, and author Shana Nys Dambrot, the vocal stylings of Eddila Edule, the hysterical Carment Moralis, and the multi-talented musician Theo Lee!
Where: Zoom Online event
Date: Thursday the 4th
Time: 8 pm
Address: See website link for details
Website: http://www.facebook.com/event/2717037085186
Virtual Open Mic – First Fridays at SOLA Contemporary Instagram
Join us at the SOLA Contemporary Virtual Open Mic every First Friday for an Open Mic, now through November 6, 2020.
See website link for details.
Where: Instagram Online
Date: Friday the 5th
Time: 6 pm – 8 pm
Address: Instagram Livecast
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/527314294791719/
Facebook Live with Luke Tarzian & World Maker Parable
Flintridge Books presents a Facebook Live event. Dark fantasy author Luke Tarzian, in conversation with Flintridge Bookstore Book buyer Jenny Wannier Tarzian, will present and discuss his second book in the Shadow Twins series The first book, Vultures, was published in 2019.
NOTE: See website link for details.
Where: Facebook Live Online
Date: Friday the 5th
Time: 6 pm – 8 pm
Address: Facebook Live Online
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/2527752657442004
Jules Boykoff, with Anne Orchier, & Nolympians at Skylight Bookstore
Jules Boykoff will present and discuss his nonfiction book, Nolympians: Inside the Fight Against Capitalist Mega-Sports in Los Angeles, Tokyo and Beyond, in discussion with Anne Orchier.
Check website for details and whether event is in-person or online.
Where: Skylight Bookstore (check to dee if this is a Zoom Online event)
Date: Friday the 5th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: See website link for details
ASL Literature SLAM at The Long Beach Shakespeare Company
Join us for the ASL Literature SLAM event, which is conducted through the medium of American Sign Language You may also submit to be part of this production as a performer.
See website for further details.
Where: The Long Beach Shakespeare Company
Date: Friday the 5th
Time: 8 pm – 9:30 pm
Address: See website link for details.
Website: https://www.faceebook.com/events/121338482549386/
Oliver Gee Author Talk: Alliance Francais Los Angeles Online
Alliance Francais de Los Angeles is honored to introduce author Oliver Gee, host of the award-winning podcast The Earful Tower, live form Montmartre! From the comfort of your home, discover the Paris Oliver will bring to you live via Zoom.
NOTE: Check website for Zoom link and further details.
Where: Zoom Online event (see details at website link)
Date: Saturday the 6th
Time: 10 am – 11 am
Address: Zoom Online (see website)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/2846817112020073
Western Edge Writers Online Event by Eagle Rock Branch Library
Join us for the Western Edge Writers Online Writing Workshop where we meet to support writing endeavors of all genres. Prompted writing motivates inspiration. Have your work reviewed and receive constructive critiques.
See website for further details.
Where: Eagle Rock Branch Library Online
Date: Saturday the 6th
Time: 10 am – 12 pm
Address: See website link for details.
Website: https://www.faceebook.com/events/553177372012509
Kali Wallace Workshop: Writing Effective Description and Atmosphere at California Writers Club – Orange County
Join us for the workshop on Writing Effective Description and Atmosphere, by Kali Wallace.
NOTE: Check website for further details.
Where: Check website to verify if event is online
Date: Saturday the 6th
Time: 11 am- 12:30 pm
Address: See website link for details.
Website: https://www.faceebook.com/events/209736796804204
Dr. Eric Cervini & The Deviant’s War Book Tour at Crowdcast Online
Join us for the Crowdcast Online Book Tour event for The Deviant’s War: The Homosexual vs, The United States of America, by Dr. Eric Cervini.
See website for further details.
Where: Book Soup – Crowdcast Online
Date: Saturday the 6th
Time: 12 pm- 2 pm
Address: See website link for details.
Website: https://www.faceebook.com/events/264001344653328
Cuentos con Crafts at Café con Libros Press – Online
Join us every Saturday for a live reading of a favorite book.
We miss you!
Where: Café con Libros Press – Online (see details at website link)
Date: Saturday the 6th
Time: 2 pm – 2:30 pm
Address: Café con Libros Press – Online (see website)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/547334466220159/
Reimagine – A Virtual Music & Art Festival by Venice Art Crawl, L.A. Food Bank & Others – Online
Join us for a virtual event: Reimagine: A Virtual Music & Art Festival, featuring a number of artists and events we have featured in the past, and benefitting the West Side Food Bank.
Where: Streaming – Online (see details at website link)
Date: Saturday the 6th
Time: 2 pm – 10 pm
Address: Streaming on Facebook, Zoom and YouTube- Online (see website)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/44334121306613344/
Saturday Afternoon Poetry with Pasadena Public Library
Join Saturday Afternoon Poetry online at Zoom to hear featured readings by poets published in SPECTRUM 23. Event is led by Don Kingfisher Campbell.
Where: Online (see details at website link)
Date: Saturday the 6th
Time: 3 pm – 5 pm
Address: Zoom online
Website; https://www.saturdayafternoonpoetry.blogspot.com
Coucou Los Angeles Book Club & The Little Prince at Zoom Online
Join us for the first edition of the Coucou Book Club, hosted by teacher Cynthia, and introducing one of France’s most famous tales; The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint–Exupery. This masterpiece creates deep philosophical reflections for both kids and adults. You will be given the keys to unlock the deep meaning and lessons of this story, as well as an opportunity to debate and discuss it in French, over the course of four Saturday sessions.
NOTE: Check site re online platform and details.
Where: Zoom Online
Date: Saturday the 6th – Saturday the 27th (four sessions)
Time: 4 pm – 6 pm
Address: Zoom Online
Website: https://www.facebook.com/event/539356996946243/
Sunday Power Hour Workshop on Zoom Meeting
Join Breath of Fire Latina Theatre Ensemble for our last one hour writing workshop, followed by social time. See website for details.
Where: Zoom online event (RSVP)
Date: Sunday the 7th
Time: 9 am – 10 am
Address: Zoom online (free via Eventbrite).
Website; https://www.facebook.com/events/859321397886680/
Virtual Brunch & Learn Pandemic Poetry on Zoom
Join a virtual lunch online while you learn pandemic poetry, as we dive into the Psalms, the poetry of the Hebrew Bible at the Open Yad Project.
Where: Online (see details at website link)
Date: Sunday the 7th
Time: 11 am – 12 pm
Address: Zoom online
Website; https://www.facebook.com/events/286535859017031
Sunday Jump Love Forward Open Mic via Facebook Online
Sunday Jump continues online with the theme “With Love,, Without Shame,” dedicated to the many ways we can express love, radically. We are guided by a quote from Grace Lee Boggs, so we “Love Forward” so we can grow, evolving for the better, for ourselves and our community.
See site for open mic guidelines. Hosts are Eddie M. Gana Jr. and Abigail Pidazo.
Where: Facebook online (email link to reserve a space)
Date: Sunday the 7th
Time: 5 pm – 7 pm
Address: Facebook online
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/2965013310258123
Open Words at Ironbark Ciderworks, Claremont (Check of online or at business)
This Open Words Poetry Reading returns to Ironbark Ciderworks in Claremont.
Where: Ironbark Ciderworks ( Contact to check if event status is suspended or resuming.)
Date: Sunday the 7th
Time: 5 pm – 7 pm
Address: 1420 N. Claremont Blvd., Suite 1078, Claremont, CA 91711
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