Many/Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS
Treehouse Event: & Ziggy Marley & My Dog Romeo via Skylight Books & LA Public Library – Online Kids Event
Skylight Treehouse and the LA Public Library present an interactive kids event celebrating author Ziggy Marley’s new picture book, My Dog Romeo. Illustrations are beautifully done by Ag Jatkowska. This event is presented in partnership with the band Punk Rock Marthas.
This vibrant picture book follows a child and dog throughout their days, sharing their love of music and play. A children’s album of the same title is also available.
Where: Skylight Bookstore Online Kids Event (see site)
Date: Monday the 19th
Time: 11 am
Address: Skylight Books Online (see site)
Scott Shepard, with Julie Clark, & The Last Commandment via Book Soup – Online Event
Author Scott Shepard, in conversation with writer Julie Clark (The Last Flight), will discuss his new book, The Last Commandment.
This mystery is set at Christmas time in London. When three seemingly unconnected victims are murdered with matching sequential Roman numerals carve into their foreheads, investigators learn that each of the deaths correspond to a transgression of one of the Ten Commandments, Then the next murder is found in New York City, turning it into a transatlantic manhunt and more complex case.
NOTE: See site for details, and to register for this free event.
Where: Book Soup – Online Crowdcast event
Date: Monday the 19th
Time: 6 pm
Where: Online event
Website: https://www.booksoup.com/event/scott-shepherd-discusses-last-commandment
Nobuko Miyamoto & Not Yo’ Butterfly via Skylight Books – Online Event
Skylight Books presents author, activist, artist and mother Nobuko Miyamoto and guests to present her book, Not Yo’ Butterfly: My Long Song of Relocation, Race, Love, and Revolution.
This book is a mod-breaking memoir of Asian American identity, political activism, community, and purpose. The event will feature members of Nobuko’s family: Tarabu Betserai Kirkland, Kamau Ayubbi, and Asiyah Ayubbi. It will be moderated by Deborah Wong.
Where: Skylight Bookstore – Online Event (see site)
Date: Monday the 19th
Time: 6:30 pm
Address: Skylight Books Online (see site)
Website: https://www.skylightbooks.com/event/live-crowdcast-nobuko-miyamoto-discusses-not-yo-butterfly
Rosecrans Baldwin, with Jeff Weiss, & Everything Now via Chevalier’s Books – Online Zoom Event
Rosecrans Baldwin, in conversation with Jeff Weiss, will present and discuss his book, Everything Now: Lessons from the City-State of Los Angeles.
In this book, author Rosecrans Baldwin offers a provocative, new understanding of the U.S.’s most confounding metropolis—not just a great city but a full-blown modern city-state. America is obsessed with Los Angeles, and has been thinking about it wrong for decades. Functionally, aesthetically, culturally, and even technologically, it is an independent territory, defines less by borders then by an autonomy, and a sense of unfurling destiny.
NOTE: See site for details, and to register for this free event.
Where: Chevalier’s Books – Online event
Date: Monday the 19th
Time: 7 pm
Where: Online Zoom event
Website: https://www.chevaliersbooks.com/rosecrans-baldwin
Main Library Book Group & The Red Tent via Santa Monica Main Library – Online Zoom Event
Join a community discussion of current and classic books, alternating fiction and nonfiction each month. July’s title is The Red Tent, by Anita Diamant.
Email jeff.schwartz@smgov.net for the Zoom link.
In this book, author Anita Diamant presents the biblical story of the mothers—Leah, Rachel, Zilpah, and Bilhah—the four wives of Jacob. They love Dinah, Jacob’s only daughter, and give her gifts that sustain her through childhood, a calling to midwifery, and a new home in a foreign land.
NOTE: See site for details, and to register for this free event.
Where: Santa Monica Public Library – Online event
Date: Monday the 19th
Time: 7 pm
Where: Online Zoom event
Website: http://calendar.smgov.net/library/eventsignup.asp?ID=33657
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 19th
Time: 7:30pm – 10 pm
Address: Zoom Online
Website: https://beyondbaroque.org/free_workshops.html
Vroman’s Ed: & Elizabeth Prather & Everyday Mindful Strategies via Vroman’s – Online Event
Join us to hear Elizabeth Prather present and discuss Everyday Mindful Strategies: Finding Joy and Fulfillment in Uncertain Times.
In this hour-long virtual session, you’ll learn mental strategies, mindful tips, a nd a mindfulness meditation practice to help you respond more calmly and effectively to outer stressors, while cultivating peace of mind.
NOTE: Reservations, costs, and details to obtain a copy of the book are at site.
Where: Vroman’s – Online (see site)
Date: Tuesday the 20th
Time: 6 pm – 7 pm
Address: Online event (see site)
Rachel Yoder & NIGHTBITCH via Skylight Bookstore – Online Event
Rachel Yoder will present and discuss her book, NIGHTBITCH, an outrageously original novel about art, power, and womanhood, wrapped in a satirical fairy tale.
This book is a blazingly smart and voracious debut in which an artist turned stay-at-home mom becomes convinced she is turning into a dog. As the mother’s symptoms intensify, she seeks a cure at the library, where she meets a group of mommies involved in a multi-level marketing scheme who may also be more than they seem.
NOTE: See site for RSVP and event details.
Where: Skylight Bookstore – Online Event
Date: Tuesday the 20th
Time: 6:30 pm
Address: Online Event
Website: https://www.skylightbooks.com/event/live-crowdcast-rachel-yoder-reads-nightbitch
AfroFuturism Book Club with Tyree Boyd-Pates via The Last Bookstore– Virtual Zoom Event
The AfroFuturism Book Club is led by Tyree Boyd-Pates via Zoom, and focuses on reading and discussing works of new fiction which spans art, music, theory, everything from this vast, forward-looking movement with solid ro sin the past.
This month’s selection is Octavia Butler’s book. Adulthood Rites, Book Two in the Xenogenesis series. This sequel expands on Dawn, giving us more insight into how culture and biology has adapted to integrate humankind through a fascinating and relatable character of a boy struggling to reconcile his extraordinary gifts.
NOTE: All bookstore events are ticketed so check site for details.
Where: The Last Bookstore – Online Zoom Event
Date: Tuesday the 20th
Time: 7:30 pm – 9 pm
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: https://www.lastbookstorela.com/event-details/the-afrofuturism-book-club-with-tyree-boyd-pates-7
Tuesdays at the Virtual Cobalt: Poets Series Presents: Open Reading and Guest Poet Lee Knight Jr. – Virtual Zoom Event
The Virtual Cobalt Poets Series, presented by Rick Lupert via Zoom, will feature an Open Reading and guest poet Lee Knight Jr.
Lee Knight Jr is a poet and who has inspired poetry slam stages since 2001, and won group piece finals in 2009 and 2014.
NOTE: Details and Zoom link at event link.
Where: Cobalt Poets – Online Zoom Event
Date: Tuesday the 20th
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 20th
Time: 9 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://dapoetrylounge.com/calendar (Confirm at site)
Coffee Time Book Club & Great Circle via Pages Bookstore – In-Person Event
Our Coffee Time Book Club reads new release literary fiction, and book selection is done by voting prior to the event, which will be held in-person on the patio outside, and moderated by Linda McLouglin Figel.
This month our selection is Maggie Shipstead’s book, The Great Circle. This epic novel is about two women 100 years apart, daredevil pilot Marian Graves and Hadley Baxter, the actress cast to play the famous pilot. The film centers on Marian’s disappearance in Antarctica, but the book captures the two women’s separate hungers for self-determination in vastly different geographies and times. It’s a story meticulously researched and gloriously told.
NOTE: See site for details, and to register for this event.
Where: Pages Bookstore – In-Person event
Date: Wednesday the 21st
Time: 10:30 am
Where: 904 Manhattan Ave., Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
Website: https://www.pagesabookstore.com/event/coffee-time-book-club-person
Ann Friedman & Aminatou Sow & Big Friendship via Skylight Bookstore – In-Store Signing Event
Ann Friedman & Aminatou Sow will present and sign their book, Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close, and they will not talk or read form the book, as this is only a signing event.
This book is about two friends and the story of their equally messy and life affirming big friendship, and chronicles their first decade in one another’s lives. As the hosts of Call Your Girlfriend podcast they’ve become known for their frank and intimate conversations.
NOTE: See site for RSVP and event details.
Where: Skylight Bookstore – In-Store Event
Date: Wednesday the 21st
Time: 2 pm – 4 pm
Address: 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Website: https://www.skylightbooks.com/event/store-signing-big-friendship-ann-friedman-and-aminatou-sow
Middle Grade Book Club & Arrow via Pages Bookstore – In-Person Event
Our Middle Grade Book Club reads new releases of middle grade fiction, and book selection is done by voting prior to each meeting, which will be held in-person at the store.
This month our selection is Samantha M. Clark’s book, Arrow. This book from the author of The Boy, the Boat, and the Beast is a lush and timely tale about a boy who’s grown up as the only human in an enchanted rainforest and what happens when people from the outside world discover his home.
NOTE: See site for details, and to register for this event.
Where: Pages Bookstore – In-Person event
Date: Wednesday the 21st
Time: 4:30 pm
Where: 904 Manhattan Ave., Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
Website: https://www.pagesabookstore.com/event/middle-grade-book-club-person
Pik-Shuen Fung, with Megha Majumdar, & Ghost Forest via Skylight Bookstore – Live Online Event
Join author Pik-Shuen Fung, in conversation with Megha Majumdar, to hear them discuss her debut novel, Ghost Forest.
This novel asks the question, How do your grieve, if your family doesn’t talk about feelings? The protagonist asks this question after her father dies. He was a so-called “astraunaut” father, staying in Hon Kong to work while the rest of the family immigrated to Canada prior to the 1997 Handover, when the British returned sovereignty to China.
Buoyant and heartbreaking, this is a slim novel that envelopes the reader with joy and sorrow. It layers detail and abstraction, weaving memory and oral history to paint a moving portrait of a Chines Canadian astronaut family.
NOTE: See details at site. This event is followed by an in-person signing at 6pm.
Where: Skylight Bookstore – Live Online Event (see site)
Date: Wednesday the 21st
Time: 5 pm
Address: See site
Zakiya Dalila Harris, with Glory Edim, & The Other Black Girl via Book Soup – Online Event
Join author Zakiya Dalila Harris, in conversation with Well-Read Black Girl’s Glory Edim, to hear them discuss her novel, The Other Black Girl, a whip-smart, dynamic thriller.
Young editorial assistant Nelia Rogers is thrilled when Harlem-born and bred Hazel is hired and she starts working in the next cubicle, as she’s tired of being the only Black employee at Wagner Books. But then notes begin to appear on Nelia’s desk: LEAVE WAGNER NOW. As she starts to spiral and obsess over sinister forces at play, she soon realizes there’s more at stake than her career.
Where: LAPL Online Zoom Event (see site for details)
Date: Wednesday the 21st
Time: 6 pm
Address: Online Event
Website: https://www.booksoup.com/event/zakiya-dalila-harris-discusses-other-black-girl
Lin Manuel-Miranda, with Quiara Alegria Hudes & Jeremy McCarter, & In the Heights: Finding Home via LiveTalks- LA – Online Event
Join award-winning composer, lyricist, performer and author Lin Manuel-Miranda, in conversation with Quiara Alegria Hudes & Jeremy McCarter, for a discussion of the book, In the Heights: Finding Home.
This book is a new memoir about the 2008 musical In the Heights, and its transformation for the film version. They give readers an intimate look at the decades-long creative life of In the Heights
NOTE: See details and ticket information at site.
Where: LiveTalks – LA – Online Event (see site)
Date: Wednesday the 21st
Time: 6 pm
Address: Online Event
Website: https://livetalksla.org/events/lin-manuel-miranda/
Chris Struck, with Dana Johnson, & Give My Love to Savages: Stories via Chevalier’s Bookstore – Online Event
Author Chris Struck, in conversation with writer Dana Johnson, will discuss his new book, Give My Love to Savages: Stories.
The nine tales in this book illuminate the multifaceted Black experience, exploring the thorny intersections of race, identity, and Black life through an extraordinary cast of characters. These stories take aim at the ironies and contradictions of the American racial experience.
NOTE: See site for details, and to register for this free event.
Where: Chevalier’s Books – Online Zoom event
Date: Tuesday the 13th
Time: 7 pm
Where: Online event
Website: https://www.chevaliersbooks.com/chris-stuck
Santa Monica Reads Book Discussion & The Pull of the Stars via Santa Monica Library – Online Event
Join us for a virtual meeting with Montana Avenue Branch Book Group for a Santa Monica Reads book discussion of The Pull of the Stars, by Emma Donoghue. Discussions are hosted by trained facilitators and library staff, and participants may share their thoughts or just listen and learn more about the book.
The Pull of the Stars moves with the quickness of a thriller, and it’s a novel about the 100-year-old flu pandemic of the World War I-years and after, that feels completely current, down to the same competing frustrations, tensions, hopes and dangers.
NOTE: See details at site.
Where: Santa Monica Library – Online Event
Date: Wednesday the 21st
Time: 7 pm – 8 pm
Address: See site
Website: http://calendar.smgov.net/library/eventsignup.asp?ID=33800
Feminist Book Club & All About Love via The Last Bookstore – Online Event
The Feminist Book Club, led by Julia Callahan, reads an intersectional variety of feminist literature—fiction, nonfiction, memoirs, etc.
This month’s selection to read and discuss is All About Love: New Visions, by the iconic bell hooks. This book offers radical new ways to think about love by showing its interconnectedness in our private and public lives.
NOTE: All bookstore events are ticketed so check site for details..
Where: The Last Bookstore – Online Event
Date: Wednesday the 21st
Time: 7:30 pm – 9 pm
Address: See site
Website: https://www.lastbookstorela.com/event-details/feminist-book-club-with-julia-callahan-6
Anansi Virtual Writers Workshop via The World Stage – In-Person 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.
We return to the building after a 15-month, Covid-19 imposed exile, where the faithful met weekly via Zoom online. We are currently working on the process to continue to include our online community each session. WELCOME HOME!
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.
NOTE: See site for further details, and any change in the schedule. Contact kaliflowers@gmial.com or call (323) 293-2451
Where: The World Stage (Eventbrite)
Date: Wednesday the 21st
Time: 7:30 pm – 10 pm
Address: 4321 Dengan Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90008
Website: https://www.theworldstage.org/events.html or https://www.facebook.com/events/2956323604627815/
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 Luivette Resto.
Luivettte Resto is a mother, teacher, and poet, and the author of two collections: Unfinished Portrait and Ascension, both published by Tia Chucha Press. Her third book is forthcoming from FlowerSong Press.
NOTE: See site for further details, tickets and information.
Where: Online event (Eventbrite)
Date: Wednesday the 21st
Time: 8 pm – 10 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.beyondbaroque.org/free_workshops.html
The Ugly Mug Open Mic & Poetry Reading 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 event is TBA.
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 21st
Time: 8 pm – 10 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/two-idiots-peddling-poetry (Check site to verify)
Jim Kempton, with Jericho Poppler & Shannon Aikman, & Women on Waves via Pages Bookstore – In-Person Event
Join us on our patio to welcome back author Jim Kempton in celebration of his new book, Women on Waves: A Cultural History of Surfing: From Ancient Goddesses and Hawaiian Queens to Malibu Movie Stars and Millennial Champions.
We will be sharing stories and a glass of wine in our courtyard, and all are welcome (check site for guidelines). Jim Kempton will be in conversation with surfers Jericho Poppler and Shannon Aikman, about the narrative of inspiration and fun in female surfing adventures around the world.
NOTE: See site for details, and to register for this event.
Where: Pages Bookstore – In-Person event
Date: Thursday the 22nd
Time: 5 pm
Where: 904 Manhattan Ave., Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
Website: https://www.pagesabookstore.com/event/jim-kempton-jericho-poppler-and-shannon-aikman
Katie Kitamura & Brandon Taylor Discuss: Intimacies and Filthy Animals via Skylight Bookstore – Online Event
Join us to hear authors Katie Kitamura & Brandon Taylor present and discuss their new books: Intimacies and Filthy Animals, respectively.
Katie Kitamura’s Intimacies: A Novel is an electrifying story about a woman caught between many truths. An interpreter has come to The Hague to escape New York and work at the International Court. A woman of many languages and identities, she is looking for a place to finally call home. She soon confronts power, love, and violence and is pushed to the brink, where betrayal and heartbreak threaten to overwhelm her.
Brandon Taylor’s Filthy Animals is a series of linked stories, set among young creatives in the American Midwest. It’s a group portrait of young adults enmeshed in desire and violence and a series of sexually fraught encounters that test the jagged edges of connection, comfort, and cruelty.
NOTE: See site for RSVP and event details.
Where: Skylight Bookstore – Online Event
Date: Thursday the 22nd
Time: 5 pm
Address: Online Event
Website: https://www.skylightbooks.com/event/live-crowdcast-katie-kitamura-and-brandon-taylor
Dr. Jonathan E. Calvillo & The Saints of Santa Ana via LibroMobile – Online & In-Person Event
Join us to hear author Dr. Jonathan E. Calvillo present and discuss his new book, The Saints of Santa Ana, which compares the experiences of Catholic and Evangelical Mexican immigrants–the two largest religious groupings in the city.
Drawing on five years of research, he argues that these two affiliations set the groups on diverging trajectories with regard to ethnic identity. In particular the two groups have differing perspectives on collective memory and ethnic community.
In conversation with local author and historian Gustavo Arellano & Dr. Manuel G. Galvez of the Scholar Holler Podcast, the author will discuss how faith shapes a community of immigrants’ sense of ethnic identity.
NOTE: See site for event details.
Where: LibroMobile at Alta Baja Market & Online
Date: Thursday the 22nd
Time: 6 pm
Address: 201 E. 4th St., Santa Ana, CA & IG online
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/2932542633695462
Terence Lester & When We Stand via Vroman’s – Online Event
Author and activist Terence Lester, in conversation with Jayson Council, will present and discuss his book, When We Stand: The Power of Seeking Justice Together.
It’s easy to feel overwhelmed by all of the injustices that we see in the world. But by using our gifts in collaboration with others, we can do more together than we ever could on our own. Togetherness and community give visible testimony of the power of the gospel and of standing together.
NOTE: Reservations and details to obtain a copy of the book are at site.
Where: Vroman’s – Online (see site)
Date: Thursday the 22nd
Time: 6 pm
Address: Online event (see site)
Braintrust Workshop with Kelsey Bryan Zwick via The Poetry Lab – Online Event
The free Braintrust Generative Writing Workshop will be led by Kelsey Bryan Zwick. She will be offering Book Binding with Kelsey.
Kelsey Bryan Zwick is the author of three chapbooks that intermix her art and poetry, the most recent being Watermarked (Sadie Girl Press).
NOTE: Reservations and details are at site.
Where: The Poetry Lab – Online (see site)
Date: Thursday the 22nd
Time: 6 pm
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: https://www.thepoetrylab.com/braintrust or https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZctde-orT4sGNYdpQCv3shBGQhc-vREcVlE
Get Lit Virtual Open Mic via Get Lit – Words Ignite – Online Event
Starting July 22nd, join us every third Thursday of the month for our Virtua Open Mic! The show starts at 6:30 pm and features our Summertime Movie Poets, Raul Herrera as host, and Austin Antoine as our special guest performer. Save your spot today and see site for details.
NOTE: See details are at site.
Where: Get Lit – Words Ignite – Online (see site)
Date: Thursday the 22nd
Time: 6:30 pm
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/770365276967216/
Matt Sedillo, with Viva Padilla. & Mowing Leaves of Grass via Re/Arte & Dryland – In-Person Event
Author, activist, and performance artist Matt Sedillo, in conversation with Dryland Journal & Re/Arte founder Viva Padilla, will discuss his poetry book, Mowing Leaves of Grass.
This book is full of the history, struggles, and possibilities of working class people to overcome capitalism and racism, and has met with wide acclaim. The author is an amazing reader, speaker, and force in literary creativity.
NOTE: Details available at site.
Where: Re/Arte & Dryland – In-Person Event (see site)
Date: Thursday the 22nd
Time: 7 pm – 9 pm
Address: 2014 E. Cesar Chavez Ave., Los angeles, CA 90033
Website: https://reartela.com/events%2Feventos or https://www.facebook.com/events/809093449810816/
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 22nd
Time: 8 pm
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: https://www.instagram.com/fos_thursdays/ (Confirm at site)
Your Author Series: John Parra & Waiting for the Biblioburro via LA Public Library – Kids Livestream Event (YouTube or Facebook)
Join us to hear chlldren’s author, educator, and artist John Parra, present his book, Waiting for Biblioburro.
This book is about the origins of mobile libraries, based on a specific example in Colombia, and involves two burros loaded with books to lend to children, who are led from town to town in remote locations — and one girl who writes her own story while waiting for their return.
Those attending this program will have an opportunity to win a free book.
NOTE: See site for RSVP and event details.
Where: Los Angeles Public Library – Kids Livestream Event
Date: Friday the 23rd
Time: 4 pm
Address: See site
Website: https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/your-author-series-john-parra
Liz Brown, with Matt Tyrnauer, & Twilight Man via Book Soup – Online Event
Join us to hear author Liz Brown, in conversation with Matt Tyrnauer, will present and discuss her book, Twilight Man: Love and Ruin in the Shadows of Hollywood and the Clark Empire. (Now in paperback).
This book, is set in the booming 1920s, when the son of a mining tycoon, William Andrews Clark Jr., one of the richest and most respected men in Los Angeles, took a male love, former salesclerk Harrison Post. Clark launched the L.A> philharmonic and the Hollywood Bowl, but the men’s money and secret homosexuality made them targets– for the district attorney, their employees, and even Post’s family. This is the story of an illicit love and the battle over a family estate that would destroy one man’s life. And it explores how families shape their own legacies, and the lengths they will go in order to do so.
NOTE: See site for RSVP and event locations & details.
Where: Book Soup – Online Event
Date: Friday the 23rd
Time: 6 pm
Address: Online Event
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 23rd
Time: 10 am – 12:30 pm
Address: Online event (see website)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/1256929571349149/
Children’s Bilingual Storytime for Kids via Re/Arte – (Check if online or in-person at site)
Join us for a new weekly event, Chlldren’s Bilingual Storytime, offered on Saturday mornings.
NOTE: See website for registration and further details.
Where: Re/Arte – (check site for details)
Date: Saturday the 23rd
Time: 10 am – 11:30 am
Address: See website
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/178854517604008/ or https://reartela.com/events%2Feventos
Saturday Afternoon Poetry: Publishing Workshop & Radomir Vojtech Luza via Zoom Online
Join Saturday Afternoon Poetry for a Print & Internet Publishing Workshop led by Four Feathers Press, featuring Calokie, Coco, Ken Scott & CLS reading, and SGVPF book contest winner Radomir Vojtech Luza.
All events are curated by Don Kingfisher Campbell.
Where: Zoom Online event
Date: Saturday the 24th
Time: 3 pm – 5 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.saturdayafternoonpoetry.blogspot.com
Trailblazer: Poetry Reading with Yesika Salgado & Guest Readers via The Autry – In-Person Event (check availability)
Join L.A. based Salvadoran poet Yesika Salgado when she hosts femme poetry all stars for a trailblazer reading:
Yesika Salgado celebrates her family, her culture, her city, and her fat brown body, and she is the author of the bestsellers Corazon, Tesoro, and Hermosa, published with Not a Cult. She is recipient of the 2020 International Latino Book Award in Poetry, and an internationally recognized body-positive activist.
Aman K. Batra is a Punjabi-American poet from Artesia, CA, and is currently obtaining her MFA in poetry at Antioch University, She is an educator and activist, sharing her work at 100+ universities and colleges, and poetry venues.
Danyeli Rodriguez del Orbe is a Dominican writer, spoken word performer, and community organizer raised in the Bronx. Her writing focuses on the nuances of Blackness, Latinidad, and migration. She is the author the collection, periodicos de ayer. She currently lives in Los Angeles.
Rhiannon McGavin has performed from the Hollywood Bowl to the Library of Congress, as well as on NPR. She was Youth Poet Laureate of Los Angeles in 2016, her work has been widely published, and her books Branches and Grocery List Poems are available from Not a Cult.
NOTE: See site for ticket information and details.
Where: The Autry Museum of the American West
Date: Saturday the 24th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 4700 Western Heritage Way, Griffith Park, Los Angeles, CA
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/528198038502068
Baby Snack Time at Toddler & Me Book Signing Event via Pixie Toys – In-Person Kids Event
Meet Judy Li, author of bilingual children’s book board Baby Snack Time and get your book autographed. There will also be carnival games and prizes, shopping deals for kids clothing, toys and accessories. Masks are required indoors.
NOTE: Details and tickets are available at site.
Where: Pixie Toys
Date: Sunday the 25th
Time: 1 pm – 3:30 pm
Address: 3914 Atlantic Ave., Long Beach, CA 90807
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/188286733302250
Speculative Poetry with Jeannine Hall via The Poetry Salon – Online Event
Speculative Poetry Workshop with Jeannine Hall will consist of reading like-minded poets such as Lucille Clifton, Margaret Atwood, and Jason Mott, and writing poetry in time-tested genres such as super-heroics, sci-fi, or fairy tales.
NOTE: Details, costs, logistics are available at site.
Where: The Poetry Salon
Date: Sunday the 25th
Time: 2 pm – 5 pm
Address: See site
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/618648445685929
Author Reading with Syd Leilani via My Place Cafe – Online Event
Sydney Leilani Sonnier, known as “Syd Lleilani” is a spoken word artist, poet, author, podcaster, and entrepreneur based in Los Angeles, She is known for her creative content and her inner community, and hopes to create through her experiences a wholesome awareness of self-love, relationships, family love, and purpose.
NOTE: Details available at site.
Where: My Place Cafe
Date: Sunday the 25th
Time: 4 pm – 5:30 pm
Address: See site
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/232777411766788
Roar Shack Poetry Reading Series with David Rocklin & Guests – Online Zoom Event
Join us for a virtual Roar Shack Poetry Reading, hosted by David Rocklin, and featuring poets:
Lucy Rodriguez-Hanley is a creative nonfiction writer, and filmmaker. Her film, The Big Deal, won the Imagen Award for Best Theatrical Short. She is currently writing a memoir and feature film script.
Noriko Nakada writes and teaches middle school in Los Angeles. She writes creative nonfiction, fiction and poetry, and publications include her memoir series, Through Eyes Like Mine, Overduer Apologies, and I Tried Through Eyes Like Mine.
Ryane Nicole Granados has been published in various publications, including Forth Magazine, The Nervous Breakdown, Scarry Mommy, The Atticus Review, and LA Parent Magazine. She is a writer, professor, and devoted wife and mom.
Aruni Wijesinghe is a Sri Lankan-American poet, a project manager, and ESL teacher, who has published in anthologies and journals, both nationally and internationally. She has collections forthcoming from Moon Tide Press and Sliver Star Laboratory.
Lisbeth Coiman is a bilingual author, educator, and speaker, and the author of Uprising Alzamiento (June, 2021) and I Asked the Blue Heron.
Don’t miss it!
NOTE: Details are available at site.
Where: Roar Shack
Date: Sunday the 25th
Time: 4 pm – 5::30 pm
Address: Online Zoom event
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/255879306340839/
Readings at Sunset: A Queer Poetry Night – In-Person Event
Join us for Cuties Los Angeles presents Readings at Sunset: A Queer Poetry Night. We will be showcasing local poets in the LGBTQIA+ community at an outdoor location, hosted by Xavier Brian.
If you would like to share your work, please submit your information at the website, or you can also sign up the night of the event.
NOTE: Detail, location, & Eventbite tickets are available at site.
Where: Cuties Los Angeles (outdoor location TBA)
Date: Sunday the 25th
Time: 6 pm – 8 pm
Address: See site
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/166633812078080
The Thing in the Labyrinth Book Club & The Drowning Kind via The Last Bookstore – Online Zoom Event
The Thing in the Labyrinth Book Club is led by A.E. Santana, and this horror book club meets in the center of our labyrinth.
This month’s selection is Jennifer McMahon’s The Drowning Kind, in which a woman investigates the mysterious qualities of the pool at her ancestral home—which might have healing qualities, bur which definitely took her sister’s life.
NOTE: All bookstore events are ticketed so check site for details.
Where: The Last Bookstore – Online Zoom event
Date: Sunday the 25th
Time: 7:30 pm – 9 pm
Address: Online event
Los Angeles Literature 