Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS
Speaker Series: Meet Lynne Thompson, New Poet Laureate of Los Angelesvia The Ebell – Online Event
Lynne Thompson, since being appointed our new Poet Laureate in 2021 by Mayor Eric Garcetti, will share her path to this two year appointment, and discuss her writing and literary works.
Thompson is the author of three books of poetry: Start with a Small Guitar, Beg No Pardon, and Fretwork. She serves on the boards of Cave Canem and the Los Angeles Review of Books, and is chair of the Scripps College Board of Trustees. She has received numerous awards, and other recent work is forthcoming in New York Quarterly, New England Review, the 202 Best American Poetry, among others.
NOTE: See site for details, and to register for this free event.
Where: The Ebell – Online event
Date: Monday the 26th
Time: 12 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/130483039055644
Ken Bernstein & Preserving Los Angeles via Vroman’s Books – Online Event
Ken Bernstein will present and discuss his book. Preserving Los Angeles: How Historic Places Can Transform America’s Cities.
City Planner for the City of Los Angeles and author, Ken Bernstein, is a national advocate for historic preservation, and in this book he shares how Los Angeles has led the nation in preservation and how other cities can do the same.
NOTE: See site for details, and to register for this free event.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore – Online Crowdcast event
Date: Monday the 26th
Time: 6 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.vromansbookstore.com/event/ken-bernstein
Translators Marie Iide & Allison Markin Powell & Lady Joker, Volume 1 via Skylight Books – Online Event
Marie Iide & Allison Markin Powell are translators of one of Japan’s great modern masters, Kaoru Takamura, who here makes her English language debut with the two-volume publication of her magnum opus: Lady Joker,Volume 1, (Soho Crime).
In Tokyo, 1955, five men who have little else in common, meet every Sunday at the racetrack to bet on horses. Together they represent the struggles of post-War Japan, and when one man grieves the loss of his grandson from a suspicious death after separation of the family from the segregated buraku community, they are intent on revenge. Inspired by an unsolved true-crime kidnapping case, Lady Joker has become a cultural touchstone since its 1997 publication.
NOTE: See site for details, and to register for this free event.
Where: Skylight Bookstore – Online Crowdcast event
Date: Monday the 26th
Time: 6:30 pm
Address: Online event
Epiphany Open Mic of Los Angelesvia Epiphany Space – Online IG Event
John Cortney and the gang join together for a quick, one-hour open mic event!
All creative types are welcome. We tend to be singer/songwriters and poets, but we love storytellers, dancers and jokes too!
Our special guest artist this month is the brilliant Nathan Benedict of The Ateliers, and you can tune into their sound at the link at our website.
Private message us here or on Instagram to get on the list to perform. Invite a friend.
NOTE: See site for details, and to register for this free event.
Where: Epiphany Space – Online IG event
Date: Monday the 26th
Time: 7 pm – 8 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/908433546673496
Monday Night Fiction Workshop at Beyond Baroque – Zoom Online
The free Monday Night Fiction Workshop led by Raquel Baker is a community writing workshop in which participants are asked to bring copies of 2-3 pages of fiction to read, and for critique and discussion. Registration is required.
Raquel Baker earned a PhD in English Literary Studies from the University of Iowa and an MFA in Creative Writing form Mills College. She is currently Assistant Professor of Postcolonial Studies and Transnational Literatures at CSU Channel Islands. She also has published poetry and non-fiction, and done readings with the Ventura Poetry Project.
Where: Beyond Baroque online (tickets at Eventbrite)
Date: Monday the 26th
Time: 7:30pm – 10 pm
Address: Zoom Online
Website: https://beyondbaroque.org/free_workshops.html
Jenny Lee, with Katherine McGee, & Anna K Away via Vroman’s Books – Online Event
Jenny Lee, in discussion with Katherine McGee,will present and discuss her book. Anna K Away.
How the mighty have fallen. Anna K, one the golden girl of Greenwich, CT, and New York City, has been brought low by a scandalous sex tape and the tragic death of her first love, Alexia Vronsky. After her father takes her to South Korea to hide away, she wonders if she’s in exile of if this is her chance to find out who she is. Back in the U.S. three other friends are facing their own dilemmas and follies, in this story of the heartbreaks that mark the three months between the end of one school year and the beginning of another.
NOTE: See site for details, and to register for this free event.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore – Online Crowdcast event
Date: Tuesday the 27th
Time: 5 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.vromansbookstore.com/event/jenny-lee
Voice of the Invisible Man Group Discussion #1 via the Hammer Museum – Online Event
The Hammer Museum is offering a series of programs celebrating the literary, cultural, and social legacies of Ralph Ellison’s groundbreaking work, Invisible Man. Explore this classic American novel with three group discussion, followed by a culminating discussion
Voice of the Invisible Man is an intimate seminar focusing on how Ellison establishes the theme of invisibility and develops the voice of his nameless protagonist.
The next readings and discussions will be held on May 3 & on May 18.
NOTE: Reservations required for this ticketed event at Eventbrite site.
Where: Hammer Museum – Online (see site)
Date: Tuesday the 27th
Time: 5 pm
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: https://hammer.ucla.edu/programs-events/2021/revisiting-ralph-ellisons-invisible-man
Mercedes Helnwein, with Courtney Summers, & Slingshot via Skylight Books – Online YA Event
Join us to hear author Mercedes Helnwein, in conversation with Courtney Summers, to hear them discuss her new YA novel, Slingshot.
Acidly funny and compulsively readable, this debut is a story about two people finding each other and then screwing it all up. It demonstrates all the indignities and bad decisions of being in love for the first time.
NOTE: See site for tickets and event details.
Where: Skylight Bookstore – Online
Date: Tuesday the 27th
Time: 6:30 pm
Address: Online Event
Jessica Koosed Etting & Alyssa Embree Schwartz, & Fade into the Bright via Chevalier’s Bookstore – Virtual YA Event
Authors Jessica Koosed Etting & Alyssa Embree Schwartz, in conversation with Kate Miner,will discuss their book, Fade into the Bright, a contemporary novel about two sisters, one summer, and a diagnosis that changes everything.
In this book two sisters, Abby and Brooke, receive a letter from their estranged dad informing them he has Huntington’s disease, a fatal, degenerative nerve disorder, and when the sisters agree to genetic testing, they find one of them tests positive.
NOTE: Details, registration and event link available at website.
Where: Chevalier’s Bookstore – Online Event
Date: Tuesday the 27th
Time: 7 pm
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: https://www.chevaliersbooks.com//etting-schwartz
Non-Fiction Book Club & Nomadland via Pages Bookstore – Virtual Event
Join us for the non-Fiction Book Club, to discuss this month’s selection, Jessica Bruder’s book, Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century.
This book was the inspiration for Chloe Zhaho’s Golden Globe award-winning film of the same name, starring Frances McDormand.
NOTE: Details, registration and event link available at website.
Where: Pages Bookstore – Online Event
Date: Tuesday the 27th
Time: 7 pm
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: https://www.pagesabookstore.com/event/non-fiction-book-club-virtual-meeting-6
Gothic Book Club with John Palisano & The Deep via The Last Bookstore – Zoom Online
The Gothic Book Club led by John Palisano worms its way into may genres and art forms, all of which have an everlasting allure.
This month’s book selection, The Deep, by Alma Katsu, can be ordered online at the store’s site. In this book a stewardess survives the Titanic disaster only to re-embark on her sister ship, The Britannic.
NOTE: All Last Bookstore events are ticketed, so check site for details.
Where: The Last Bookstore – Zoom online (see site)
Date: Tuesday the 27th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: Zoom Online
Website: https://www.lastbookstorela.com/event-details-details/gothic-book-club-with-john-palisano or https://www.facebook.com/events/777320569879313
Tuesdays at the Virtual Cobalt: Poets Series Presents: Tongo Eisen-Martin & Open Reading – Virtual Zoom Event
The Virtual Cobalt Poets Series, presented by Rick Lupert via Zoom, will feature poet Tongo Eisen-Martin, plus an open reading.
Tongo Eisen-Martin is the Poet Laureate of San Francisco and the founder of Black Freighter Press. His book Heaven Is All Goodbyes, received a 2018 American Book Award.
NOTE: Details and Zoom link at event link.
Where: Cobalt Poets – Online Zoom Event
Date: Tuesday the 27th
Time: 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: http://poetrysuperhighway.com/cobalt/calendar.html
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 27th
Time: 9 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://dapoetrylounge.com/calendar (Check site to confirm date)
Mystery Book Group & Lady in the Lake Book Talkvia Once Upon a Time Bookstore – Online Event
Join us on the fourth Wednesday of each month for a lively discussion this month’s selection, Laura Lippman’s Lady in the Lake.
Whether you loved it, hated it, or haven’t finished it, we want to see you at our Mystery Book Group meeting at America’s oldest children’s bookstore.
NOTE: See site for details.
Where: Once Upon a Time Bookstore – Online event
Date: Wednesday the 28th
Time: 9 am
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.shoponceuponatime.com/event/mystery-book-group-lady-lake-laura-lippman
AJU Book Club: Judy Batalion & The Light of Days via American Jewish University (AJU) – Online Event
Join us to hear the AJU Book Club, with facilitator Lori Sagarin, discuss celebrated author Judy Batalion’s new book,The Light of Days.
This book chronicles the unbelievable story of brave Jewish women in Poland who became resistance fighters in World War II.
NOTE: See site for tickets and event details.
Where: American Jewish University (AJU) – Online Event
Date: Wednesday the 28th
Time: 2 pm
Address: Online Event
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/350831769558932
NEH Reading and Conversation Series: Victoria Chang & Affa M. Weaver via Red Hen Press
Join us to hear the NEH & Red Hen Press lecture and conversation series focusing on bending the rules of Formalism in poetry. Kate Gale willmoderate a conversation with Victoria Change and Affa M. Weaver.
Victoria Change is the author most recently of the poetry collection, Obit (Copper Canyon Press, 2020), which evolved as the poet distilled her grief following her mother’s death by writing scores of poetic obituaries for all she lost in the world. Obit has won both the National Book Award and the LA Times Book Prize in Poetry. She directs the MFA program at Antioch University, Los Angeles.
Affa M. Weaver is a poet, short story writer, editor, and director of the Writing Intensive at The Frost Place. He is the author of numerous poetry collections, received a NEA fellowship in poetry, and has won many awards for his work.
NOTE: See site for tickets and event details.
Where: Red Hen Press – Online FB Event
Date: Wednesday the 28th
Time: 4 pm
Address: Online Event
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/299315984945447
Young Adult Book Club & A Shot at Normal via Pages Bookstore – Online YA Event
Join us for the Young Adult Book Club, when we read new releases of YA fiction. This meeting’s selection is A Shot at Normal, by Marisa Reichardt, This is a powerful and timely novel about justice, agency, family, and taking your shot, even when it becomes impossible. This is both a sweet romance and an exploration of navigating the politics of the adult world.
NOTE: See site for details.
Where: Pages Bookstore – Online event
Date: Wednesday the 28th
Time: 6 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.pagesabookstore.com/event/young-adult-book-club-0
Angela Mi Young Hur & Folklorn via Skylight Books – Online Event
Join us to hear author Angela Mi Young Hurpresent and discuss her new book, Folklorn, a wondrous and necessary exploration of the myths we inherit and those we fashion for ourselves.
This book is a genre-defying saga of Korean myth, scientific discovery, and the abiding glove that binds even the most broken families. The author’s debut, The Queens of K-Town, was published in 2007, and Folklorn was chosen by Kelly Link for a Tin House novel mentorship through Tin House Summer Workshop. Novelist Celeste Ng calls it a “… spellbinding shape-shifter of a novel that tackles race, culture, and history head-on…”
NOTE: See site for tickets and event details.
Where: Skylight Bookstore
Date: Wednesday the 28th
Time: 6:30 pm
Address: Online (see site)
Website: https://www.skylightbooks.com/event/live-crowdcast-angela-mi-young-hur-reads-folklorn
Ken Bernstein & Preserving Los Angeles via Chevalier’s Bookstore – Virtual Event
Author Ken Bernstein, a Principal City Planner for the City of Los Angeles and a national advocate for historical preservation, will discuss his book, Preserving Los Angeles: How Historic Places Can Transform America’s Cities.
In this book the author discusses the competing images of L.A. as the “City of the Future” and as a “throwaway metropolis” that cares little about its history and architectural legacy. He also points the way to how other cities can preserve and revitalize their neighborhoods and build community.
NOTE: Details, registration and event link available at website.
Where: Chevalier’s Bookstore – Online Event
Date: Wednesday the 28th
Time: 7 pm
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: https://www.chevaliersbooks.com/ken-bernstein
Anansi Virtual Writers Workshop & Poetry Showcase 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.
Tonight we will feature a Poetry Showcase followed by the Writers Workshop, so bring a poem you’d like to workshop. Our featured poets include:
Andy Sanchez N/A
Tommy Domino is a spoken blues poet from Pasadena, now living in Long Beach. He is an open mic performer and joined the Still Waters Writers Collective at Vibrations in Inglewood.
Yaa Asantewaa Farajoi is a spoken word poet and bestselling author of Calabama, published through World Stage Press. She is a monthly Da Poetry Lounge slam champion, as well as a marketing consultant, workshop curator, and public speaker.
Melaina Williams is a poet, vocalist, and actor, and has performed at The World Stage Performance Gallery. She is the author of the collection. Bless Your Sweet Bones, which is dedicated to the power of ancestry.
Shonda Buchanan is the author of five books, and her memoir Black Indian won the Indie New Generation Book Award for Memoir and was chosen by PBS NewsHour as a “top 20 books to read” selection. She is a literary activist, teaching artist, and mentor for young writers. She lives and writes in Los Angeles.
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 28th
Time: 7:30 pm – 10 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.theworldstage.org/ or https://www.facebook.com/AnansiVirtual Workshop/ or https://www.facebook.com/events/1110611476086555/
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 Beth Ruscio.
NOTE: See site for further details, tickets and information.
Where: Online event (Eventbrite)
Date: Wednesday the 28th
Time: 8 pm – 10 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.beyondbaroque.org/free_workshops.html
The Ugly Mug Open Mic Reading with Julianna McCarthy via Two Idiots Peddling Poetry – Zoom Online
Two Idiots Peddling Poetry and host Ben Trigg presents weekly poetry readings at the Ugly Mug and the events are now virtual.
This week’s feature is poet Julianna McCarthy.
Julianna McCarthy is an award-winning poet based in Los Angeles. Her poems have appeared in The Antioch Review, Catamaran, Nimrod, Hole in the Head, and others. Her first full-length collection, Night Surgery, will debut in April 2021 from Blue Horse Press.
You can join in at the Zoom event via link provided, and sign up to read via Google Sheets at site.
NOTE: See site for further details.
Where: Online Zoom event (see site)
Date: Wednesday the 28th
Time: 8 pm – 10 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/434946167600341
Story Salon: I Knew I Would Remember This Night via Story Salon – Online Event
Story Salon presents I knew I Would Remember This Night, a themed event hosted by Beverly Mickins, where you can listen to stories from veteran storytellers that will make you laugh, cry, and celebrate each individual.
Join us for a night of connection, connection, community and sharing!
NOTE: See site for tickets and further details.
Where: Online Zoom event (see site)
Date: Wednesday the 28th
Time: 8 pm – 9:30 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/205367977682625
10th Annual Classic Slam via Get Lit- Words Ignite – Online Zoom Event
In the 10th Annual Classic Slam, world renowned artists come together to celebrate youth.
NOTE: See site for free tickets and event details.
Where: Get Lit – Online Zoom Event
Date: Thursday the 29th
Time: 9 am -5 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/168206455153542/
Menachem Kaiser & Plunder: A Memoir of Family Property and Nazi Treasure via AJU – Online Zoom Event
Join us to hear a riveting, untold personal story, moderated by Professor Michael Berenbaum.
Menachen Kaiser’s book Plunder chronicles how he found himself on an unexpected adventure that went far beyond the personal quest. This daring interrogation of inheritance raises profound questions about seizing your legacy, and whether reclaimed property can repair rifts among the living.
NOTE: See site for free tickets and event details.
Where: American Jewish University (AJU) – Online Zoom Event
Date: Thursday the 29th
Time: 2:30 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/126708292741175
Virtual Book Fair: Collecting the West from an Easterners Point of View via Rare Bird Books – Online Event
Rare Books Los Angeles offers a Virtual Book Fair: Collection the West From an Easterners Point of View, which is a free online panel event.
George Miles is curator of the Yale Collection of Western Americana at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. He has also taught courses at Yale, Columbia, and University of Virginia.
Nick Aretakis helped launch Book TV Programming and has his own rare book business, specializing in Americana and the American West.
Where: Rare Books Los Angeles – Online
Date: Thursday the 29th
Time: 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/1572671782929128 or https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-book-fair-collecting-the-west-from-an-easterners-point-of-view-tickets-149391529085?aff=efbeventtix&fbclid=IwAR2uh1D5ZvbbcKOqxmX1
Amy Klobuchar , with Preet Bharara, & Antitrust via Live Talks LA – Zoom Online
Join LiveTalks Los Angeles to hear Senator Amy Klobuchar, in conversation with Preet Bharara, to discuss her book, Antitrust: Taking on Monopoly Power from the Gilded Age to the Digital Age.
Amy Klobuchar, senior senator from Minnesota, and former presidential candidate, offers a fascinating look of antitrust in America, and the way forward to protect all Americans from the dangers of curtailed competition, and from vast information gathering, through monopolies.
Preet Bharara served as US Attorney of the Southern District of New York form 2009-2017, and oversaw over 200 US attorneys general who handled cases in terrorism, narcotics and arms trafficking, fraud, cybercrime, public corruption, organized crime, and civil rights violations. He is an expert in antitrust law.
NOTE: This is a ticked event so check site for details.
Where: LiveTalks LA -Online event (see details at website link)
Date: Thursday the 29th
Time: 6 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://livetalksla.org/eventssenator_klobuchar/
Charles Seife & Hawking Hawking via Vroman’s – Online Crowdcast Event
Author and science journalist Charles Seife will present and discuss his book, Hawking Hawking, which explores how Stephen Hawking came to be thought of as the world’s best physicist and even its smartest person. He was neither.
In this comprehensive book, the author notes that Hawking was a master of self-promotion, declaring victories over problems he had not solved, and wooing billionaires and others to use them for his own purposes. This is an insightful expose and powerful biography, the story of a man whose brilliance in physics was matched by his genius for building his own myth.
NOTE: See site for details, and to register for this free event.
Where: Vroman’s – Online event
Date: Thursday the 29th
Time: 6 pm
Address: Online event
Sabor y Cultura: fos_thursdays Open Mic– Instagram Event
Please enjoy the Sabor y Cultura Open Mic on Instagram Live on Thursdays at 8pm PST.
This is an Instagram online event.
NOTE: Sign-ups open on Wednesday at 3 pm.
Where: Online event (see site)
Date: Thursday the 29th
Time: 8 pm
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: https://www.instagram.com/fos_thursdays/
Story Time Live Video with a Gallery Interpreter via Natural History Museum of L.A. County – Facebook Online Kids Event
Please enjoy a family event from the L.A. County Natural History, which hosts a Gallery Interpreter reading event for the little ones, to share a brand new story in a live reading of favorite books, every Friday morning!
This is a Facebook online event.
NOTE: See website link for details.
Where: Online event (see site)
Date: Friday the 30th
Time: 11 am – 11:30 am
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/3742102979242796
Gavin Turek: In Concert & Conversation via Scripps College Alumnae Association – Online Event
It’s impossible not to become infatuated with Gavin Turek, Scripps Class of ’09. Inspiring comparisons to Tina Turner and Beyonce, she seamlessly blends ‘70s funk-inspired R&B with poignant, honest lyrics. She will be joined in conversation by Scripps Trustee Denise Nelson Nash, Class of ’76.
NOTE: See website link for details.
Where: Online event (see site)
Date: Friday the 30th
Time: 5:30 pm
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/718205868850675
Mira Sethi & Are You Enjoying? via Skylight Bookstore – Online Event
Join author Mira Sethi to hear her read and discuss her collection, Are You Enjoying?
This is an exhilarating debut by one of Pakistan’s most exciting young writers: provocative, funny, disarmingly original stories that upend traditional notions of identity and family, and peer into the vulnerable workings of the human heart.
The author is an actor and a writer who grew up in Lahore and attended Wellesley College, after which she worked as books editor at The Wall Street Journal. She lives in Lahore, Pakistan and San Francisco.
NOTE: Details, registration and event link available at website.
Where: Skylight Books – Online Event
Date: Friday the 30th
Time: 6:30 pm
Address: Skylight – Online event
Website: https://www.skylightbooks.com/event/live-crowdcast-mira-sethi-reads-her-collection-are-you-enjoying
The Definitive Soapbox Open Mic & Nadia Alamah via TDSB – Online Event
Join TDSB on April 30th to hear our feature, Nadia Alamah, bring sown the house!
Nadia Alamah is a Lebanese Muslim American writer and artist, who recently released her chapbook, Baladi. All proceeds will support a relief fund in the wake of Lebanon’s current economic crisis.
While her writing usually dabbles in sci-fi/fantasy and abstract prose, this llama will explore sociopolitical identity poetry in honor of April’s Arab American Heritage month.
Where: TDSB – Online FB event
Date: Friday the 30th
Time: 7 pm – 9:30 pm
Address: Online events (see site)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/173692984621624
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 1st
Time: 10 am – 12:30 pm
Address: Online event (see website)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/1256929544682485/
Get Lit Saturday Class via Get Lit – Words Ignite – Online Teen Event
Join the 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 is a FREE writing technique, performance training and confidence building workshop for poets of all experience levels, ages 13-19.
NOTE: See website for online link and further details.
Where: Get Lit – Words Ignite – Online event (see details at website link)
Date: Saturday the 1st
Time:10 am – 1 pm
Address: Online event (see website)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/670785667128515/
Western Edge Writers Workshop via Eagle Rock Branch Library, LAPL – Online Event
Writers and aspiring writers, join us for a group discussion that supports writing endeavors of all genres: fiction, poetry, non-fiction, and memoirs. Share your work and receive constructive criticism.
NOTE: Email shannah@lapl.org for Zoom participation details.
Where: Eagle Rock Library – Zoom Online event (see details at website link)
Date: Saturday the 1st
Time: 10 am – 12 pm
Address: Online event (see website)
Website: https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/western-edge-writers-1
Scripps Presents: Brunch with Roxana Jullapat & Mother Grains via Skylight Bookstore – Online YouTube Event
Join author and LA pastry chef Roxana Jullapat to hear her read and discuss her forthcoming book, Mother Grains, which focuses on sustainable baking, followed by an inspiring breakfast demonstration.
Scripps Presents is an electric mix of storytellers and artists—and everything in between.
NOTE: Details, registration and event link available at website.
Where: Skylight Books – Online Event
Date: Saturday the 1st
Time: 10 am
Address: Skylight – Online event
Website: https://www.skylightbooks.com/eventscripps-presents-brunch-roxana-jullapat /
Virtual Book Fair: Welcome to Lovecraft Country via Rare Book Los Angeles – Online Event
Welcome to Lovecraft Country. Author Matt Ruff will speak about writing his book Lovecraft Country, and the experience of having it adapted by HBO.
Matt Ruff is the award-winning author of seven novels, and his 2016 novel, Lovecraft Country was adapted by Jordan Peele, Misha Green and JJ Abrams as an HBO series. His book explores the conjunction between the horror fiction of H.P. Lovecraft and racism in the U.S. during the era of Jim Crow laws.
This event is part of the Western States Virtual Book Fair and Rare Books LA events, which features more than 100 exhibitors of antiquarian books, fine prints, photography, maps, and ephemera.
NOTE: See website for costs, online link and further details. Tickets are available via Eventbrite.
Where: Online event (see details at website link)
Date: Saturday the 1st
Time: 1 pm – 2 pm
Address: Online event (see website)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/228845145656103
Emerging Writers Fellowship via Get Lit – Online Teen Event
Get Lit’s FREE 15-week Emerging Writers Fellowship is an online publishing course held for teens on Saturdays from 1-3pm PST.
The course is designated for youth (ages 13-19) who are interested in creating their own poetry chapbooks, as well as learning more about submission and media marketing. No previous experience necessary! Priority to LA youth but all are welcome.
Contact Raul@getlit.org with any questions.
NOTE: See website for online link and further details.
Where: Get Lit – Words Ignite – Online event (see details at website link)
Date: Saturday the 1st
Time: 1 pm – 3 pm
Address: Online event (see website)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/418997745979815/
Saturday Afternoon Poetry & Poetry Writing Workshop via Zoom Online
Join Saturday Afternoon Poetry for a Poetry Writing Workshop led by Don Kingfisher Campbell. (Submit up to 3 poems totaling no more than 150 lines for Spectrum 27: Odd or Even).
All events are curated by Don Kingfisher Campbell.
Where: Online event (see details at website link)
Date: Saturday the 1st
Time: 3 pm– 5 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.saturdayafternoonpoetry.blogspot.com
Quartet Reading Series: Spring Editionvia Moon Tide Press – Online Event
To celebrate the Spring season, join the Quartet Reading Series, hosted by Eric Moraga, to hear tow past and two forthcoming Moon Tide authors and indulge in some fantastic poetry.
Terri Niccum is the author of Dead Letter Box.
Lincoln McElwee is the author of This Place Could Be Haunted If I Didn’t Believe in Love.
Kelsey Bryan-Zwick is the author of the forthcoming Here Go the Knives.
Donna Hibert is the author of the forthcoming Threnody.
NOTE: Details, registration and event link available at website.
Where: Moon Tide Press – Online Zoom Event
Date: Saturday the 1st
Time: 4 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/280674113614439
Michael Kearns & Who’s Afraid of Michael Kearns? with Special Guestsvia Skylight Bookstore – Online Event
Join us to hear author Michael Kearns discuss his book, Who’s Afraid of Michael Kearns? This is a collection of three plays by the acclaimed Los Angeles playwright known for “…collisions of sex and death, of eroticism and grief”—The LA Weekly.
Michael Kearns will be in conversation with Tony Abatemarco. A scene form Bloodhound, one of the plays featured in the anthology, will be performed by Maxwell Caulfield and Peter Frechettte, and directed by Mark Bringleson who directed the world premiere of each play in the Kearns collection.
NOTE: Details, registration and event link available at website.
Where: Skylight Books – Online Event
Date: Saturday the 1st
Time: 4 pm
Address: Skylight – Online event
Soulful Sundays Open Mic via SoulfulofNoise Presents – In-Person Event
We’re back! Join us for Soulful Sundays Open Mic, which takes place the first Sunday of every month at 2pm, from the Legendary Leimert Park. We are calling all singers, rappers, poets and musicians to come and showcase their talents!
NOTE: Find rules for Open Mic and tickets at Eventbrite link at site.
Where: Hot and Cool Cafe
Date: Sunday the 2nd
Time: 2 pm – 6 pm
Address: 4331 Degnan Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90008
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