Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS
Tweens Read Graphic Novels Book Club via Northridge Branch Library, LAPL – Online Tween Event
Kids ages 9-12 are invited to a monthly graphic novel book club! Join in the fun as we explore popular graphic novels for tweens. The selection for discussion this month is the award-winning graphic novel, Pie in the Sky, by Remy Lai.
With your library card get free access to the book via OverDrive or the library catalog.
Where: Northridge Branch Library, LAPL – Online event (see site)
Date: Monday the 21st
Time: 4 pm
Address: LAPL – Online event
Website: https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/tweens-read-graphic-novels-book-club
Virtual Book Club Big Read & The Round House via Sherman Oaks Branch Library, LAPL – Online Event
The Virtual Book Club Big Read will discuss this year’s Big Read pick, The Round House, by prize-winning author Louise Erdrich.
Readers are transported to the Ojibwe reservation in North Dakota to unravel a mystery that galvanizes and transforms an entire community. This novel is part of the author’s “Justice Trilogy” and follows the story of a thirteen-year-old boy who becomes frustrated with the investigation into his mother’s gruesome attack and sets out to find the attacker with the help of his best friends. This book won the National Book Award for Fiction in 2012.
Where: Sherman Oaks Branch Library, LAPL – Online event (see site)
Date: Monday the 21st
Time: 6:30 pm
Address: LAPL – Online event
Website: https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/virtual-book-club-0
Main Library Book Group & The Devil’s Highway via Santa Monica Public Library – Online Event
The SMPL Main Library Book Group will read and discuss The Devil’s Highway: A True Story, by Luis Alberto Urrea.
The Devil’s Highway offers brilliant investigative reporting of what went wrong when, in May 2001, a group of 26 men attempted to cross the Mexican border into the desert of southern Arizona. Only 12 men came back out. This is a prize-winning and lauded book by an author who crosses genres in his work.
NOTE: See website link to RSVP and for details.
Where: SMPL, Main Library – Online event (see site)
Date: Monday the 21st
Time: 7 pm – 8 pm
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: https://http://calendar.smgov.net/library/eventsignup.asp?ID=32816
Monday Night Fiction Workshop at Beyond Baroque – Zoom Online
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 21st
Time: 7:30pm – 10 pm
Address: Zoom Online
Website: https://beyondbaroque.org/free_workshops.html
Tea and a Tale Event via Studio City Branch Library, LAPL – Online Event
Brew some tea and relax, and listen to a live reading of one of the humorous Jeeves short stories by P.G. Wodehouse. New day and time! You can dial in by phone or use video conference.
Email Emily at eaaronson@lapl.org for access details.
Where: Studio City Branch Library, LAPL – Online event (see site)
Date: Tuesday the 22nd
Time: 10:30 am
Address: LAPL – Online event
Website: https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/tea-and-tale
Expressions LA Virtual Poetry Readings & Open Mic via Studio City Branch Library, LAPL – Online Event
Expressions LA Poetry Reading Series goes virtual via Zoom!
Join us for featured poetry readings and open poetry mic.
Email Emily at eaaronson@lapl.org for instructions on how to join the program.
Where: Studio City Branch Library, LAPL – Online event (see site)
Date: Tuesday the 22nd
Time: 6 pm
Address: LAPL – Online event
Website: https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/poetry-night
Life Stories Open Mic via Westwood Branch Library, LAPL – Online Event
This is your opportunity to tell your own story! It could be funny, tragic, or simply sliec-of-life. The stories will not be critiqued, just shared and enjoyed. To receive a Zoom invitation, please contact wwood@lapl.org.
Where: Westwood Branch Library, LAPL – Online event (see site)
Date: Tuesday the 22nd
Time: 6 pm
Address: LAPL – Online event
Website: https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/open-mic
Da Poetry Lounge Open Mic at Greenway Court Theatre Is Now Virtual – Online
DPL events at the Greenway Court Theatre are postponed until further notice.
But some events are offered via livestream, so check the calendar for information on events offered via the wonderly app link.
We have an open mic every Tuesday night except for the third Tuesday, when we have a poetry slam. There is a sign-up procedure and a three-minute time limit per performer. The event is open to all ages.
Where: Online event
Date: Tuesday the 22nd
Time: 9 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://dapoetrylounge.com/calendar
Mystery Book Group & The Long Call via Once Upon a Time Bookstore – Online Event
The Mystery Book Group meets on the fourth Wednesday of each month.
This month’s book selection is The Long Call, by author Ann Cleeves.
In this book the author embarks on a gripping new series. In North Devon, where two rivers converge and run into the sea, Detective Matthew Venn stands at his father’s funeral, in the strict evangelical community he grew up in. Now, as he turns and walks away, her receives a call from one of his team. A body has been found on the beach nearby: a man with a tattoo of an albatross on his neck, stabbed to death. The case calls Matthew back to the community he left behind, and his past and present collide.
Whether you loved it or hated it, or haven’t finished it, we want you to join us at the Mystery Book Group virtual discussion.
Where: Once Upon a Time Bookstore – Online event
Date: Wednesday the 23rd
Time: 9 am
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.shoponceuponatime.com/event/mystery-book-group-long-call-ann-cleeves
‘Twas the Night Before Christmas Storytime via Fit4Mom Simi Valley – Online Event
This is a fun craft and storytime event for the story The Night Before Christmas.
Where: Fit4Mom – Online event (see site)
Date: Wednesday the 23rd
Time: 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/640570116621453/
New Comic Book Day via Paper Heroes Comics – In-Person Event
New comics come put every Wednesday!
Where: Paper Heroes Comics – In-Person event (see site)
Date: Wednesday the 23rd
Time: 12 pm – 8 pm
Address: 26771 Bouquet Canyon Rd., Santa Clarita, CA 91350
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/526772534849638/
Paws & Pages Online via Wallis Annenberg PetSpace – Online Event
Join a special live streaming Paws & Pages story session!
Where: Wallis Annenberg PetSpace – Online event (see site)
Date: Wednesday the 23rd
Time: 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/602735170660727/
The Art of Getting It Wrong: Poetry Workshop with Brendan Constantine via Beyond Baroque – Zoom Online
Acclaimed Los Angeles poet Brendan Constantine presents a special, four-week poetry intensive for Beyond Baroque. In this unusual class, participants will liberate their strongest poetry by embracing its opposite. “Sometimes, in order to strike gold,” he says, you must dig through lots of mud.”
Since this would be the 3rd of the four meetings, check site for details on attendance.
Brendan Constantine is the author of four books of poetry, most recently Dementia My Darling (2016) and the chapbook Bouncy Bounce (2018), is a popular performer, and currently teaches at the Windward School.
Where: Beyond Baroque online (tickets at Eventbrite link)
Date: Wednesday the 23rd
Time: 7pm – 9 pm
Address: Zoom Online
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/804756383608158
Anansi Virtual Writers Workshop via The World Stage – Online Event
Join this weekly community workshop founded in 1990, and following a three-part format, by joining in via Zoom every Wednesday night at 7:30 pm.
In its 30th year, the Anansi Writers Workshop is a workshop and open mic performance featuring L.A.’s freshest, most inspiring voices speaking their truth in poetry and prose.
Suggested: $5.00 Donation via PayPal: The World Stage Gallery. Check website for Zoom link.
NOTE: See site for further details, and any change in the schedule due to holidays. Contact kaliflowers@gmial.com or call (323) 293-2451
Where: Online event (Eventbrite)
Date: Wednesday the 23rd
Time: 7:30 pm – 10 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.theworldstage.org/ or https://www.facebook.com/AnansiVirtual Workshop/
Wednesday Night Poetry Workshop via Beyond Baroque – Zoom Online
Join Beyond Baroque’s longest running free poetry workshop via Zoom online as we welcome new and seasoned poets to share their work and provide feedback. Facilitators are rotated quarterly, and the current facilitator is James Maverick.
NOTE: See site for further details.
Where: Online event (Eventbrite)
Date: Wednesday the 23rd
Time: 8 pm – 10 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.beyondbaroque.org/free_workshops.html
The Ugly Mug Open Mic Reading via Two Idiots Peddling Poetry – Zoom Online
We would like to focus our attention towards bringing our community together to support Black poets and other poets of color in resistance to injustice. See Site for further details.
You can join us at the Zoom event via link provided at site, and sign up to read via Google Sheets at site.
NOTE: See site for further details on this free event.
Where: Online Zoom event (see site)
Date: Wednesday the 23rd
Time: 8 pm – 10 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/324797038505815/
Nomadic Press Virtual Open Mic #39 (Holiday Edition) via Zoom Event
Nomadic Press and Tula Biederman offer a free virtual open mic to anyone on or off Facebook, and the sign-up link is available at site. Their last virtual open mic of the year offers 30 readers, for 3 minutes each, on Zoom. It’s free and all are welcome, but donation options are offered at the site,
Hosted by J.K. Fowler (with Tula on tech, this event is a continuing experiment.
NOTE: See website link for details.
Where: Zoom online (see site)
Date: Friday the 25th
Time: 6 pm – 7:30 pm (PST)
Address: Online (see site)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/389337872407017/
Get Lit Saturday Class via Get Lit – Words Ignite – Online Teen Event
Join Get Lit Saturday Class, a weekly poetry workshop that is free and open to all teens!
Learn writing techniques, performance training, and confidence-building every Saturday morning, via Zoom. This event is by Kelly Grace Thomas and Get Lit- Worde Ignite.
NOTE: See website for online link and further details.
Where: Get Lit – Words Ignite – Online event (see details at website link)
Date: Saturday the 26th
Time: 9 am – 12 pm
Address: Online event (see website)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/670785723795176/
Creative Writing Workshop via LAwritersgroup.com – Online Event
Get words on the page and meet other writers in this online creative writing workshop.
NOTE: See website for online link and further details. Tickets are available via Eventbrite.
Where: Online event (see details at website link)
Date: Saturday the 26th
Time: 10 am – 12:30 pm
Address: Online event (see website)
Website: https://facebook.com/events/1129862727389168/
Arroyo Seco Book Club via Arroyo Seco Regional Library, LAPL – Online Event
Join us for a lively book discussion. Email ayosco@lapl.org for participation details.
Where: Arroyo Seco Regional Library – Online event (see site)
Date: Saturday the 26th
Time: 3 pm
Address: Online event (see website)
Website: https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/book-club-3
Saturday Afternoon Poetry & Publishing Workshop & Spectrum Special Edition: Looking Back Reading via Zoom Online
Join Saturday Afternoon Poetry for a Print & Internet Publishing Workshop led by Meri Tumanyan & a Spectrum Special Edition: Looking Back publication reading..
All events are curated by Don Kingfisher Campbell.
Where: Santa Catalina Library, Zoom Online event (see details at website link)
Date: Saturday the 26th
Time: 3 pm– 5 pm
Address: Zoom online
Website; https://www.saturdayafternoonpoetry.blogspot.com
AI LA Monthly Book Club – Online via Zoom
What are you reading at home? The AI LA community started a monthly virtual book club a few months ago. Each month we will pick a book to read or Audible to discuss on the last Sunday of the month on Zoom. Please browse our new reading list at link online at site, and add your recommendations.
NOTE: See site for details, for tickets at Eventbrite, and to register on Zoom.
Where: AI LA – Online event (see details at website link)
Date: Sunday the 27th
Time: 1 pm– 3 pm
Address: Online event
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