Many/Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS
Grand Park’s Portraits of Freedom: Building a Life in L.Á. via Grand Park TMC Arts Program – Zoom Online
Grand Park, powered by The Music Center, will magnify the culturally rich and diverse communities that compromise L.A. County with a month-long public art installation that applies an artistic lens to celebrate home and freedom, themes often associated with The Fourth of July, from July 1 – 31, 2021. It features photography and video exhibitions as well as a nighttime projection installation, and on-site programming will illuminate civic pride, identity and engagement while narrating cornerstone stories of the American experience.
Where: Grand Park
Date: Monday the 26th (throughout July only)
Time: 5:30pm – 10:30 pm
Address: 200 N. Grand Ave., Los Angeles, CA
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/516158509582985/ or july.grandparkla.org.
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
Cal Arts CAP Creative Writing Course for Teens via L.A. Public Library – Online Event – Teen Event
Participants must be high school students and all class meetings will take place on Zoom. Class dates are 7/27/21 – 8/12/21.
NOTE: See site for registration and event details.
Where: LAPL – Online Event
Date: Tuesday the 27th
Time: 3 pm – 5 am
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/calarts-cap-creates-library-creative-writing
Santa Monica Book Discussion & The Pull of the Stars via Santa Monica Main Library – Online Zoom Event
Join a community discussion of our Santa Monica Reads book selection, which is The Pull of the Stars, by Emma Donoghue.
In this novel, author Emma Donoghue presents the story of the 100-year-old flu that feels completely current, and a real thriller, down to the same frustrations, and tensions and hopes and dangers as our Covid-19 pandemic.
SMPL book discussions are hosted by trained facilitators and Library staff. Participants are invites to share their thoughts about the book, or are welcome to simply listen and learn more about the book.
NOTE: See site for details, and to register for this free event.
Where: Santa Monica Public Library – Online event
Date: Tuesday the 27th
Time: 4 pm – 5 pm
Where: Online Zoom event
Website: http://calendar.smgov.net/library/eventsignup.asp?ID=33801
Matthew Specktor, with Jonathan Lethem & Dana Spiotta, & Always Crashing in the Same Car via Book Soup – Online Event
Join author Matthew Specktor, in conversation with authors Jonathan Lethem & Dana Spiotta, to hear them discuss his book, Always Crashing in the Same Car: On Art, Crisis, and Los Angeles, California.
In 2006, the author moved to a crumbling L.A. department opposite the one in which his literary idol, F. Scott Fitzgerald, spent the last moments of his life. He was feeling unmoored, by his divorce, career failures, and mother’s cancer diagnosis, so he embarked on an obsessive investigation of the mythologies of success and failure that haunt the artist’s life and the American imagination. Part memoir, part cultural history, part portrait of place, it explores Hollywood through a kind of collapse.
Where: Book Soup – Online event
Date: Tuesday the 27th
Time: 6 pm
Address: Online Event
Vroman’s Live: Willa C. Richards, with Chia-Chia Lin & The Comfort of Monsters via Vroman’s – Online Event
Join us to hear Willa C. Richards, in discussion with Chia-Chia Lin, present and discuss The Comfort of Monsters.
In this heartbreaking thriller, the author’s debut novel is the story of a broken family looking for answers to daughter Dee’s disappearance one summer in Milwaukee. Her sister Peg’s hazy recollections are not easy to interpret, assess, or even keep clear in her mind, and raise doubts or even questions of what she could have done to prevent it. How often are our memories altered by the very act of voicing them, and when are they inherently suspect?
NOTE: Reservations, costs, and details to obtain a copy of the book are at site.
Where: Vroman’s – Online (see site)
Date: Tuesday the 27th
Time: 6 pm – 7 pm
Address: Online event (see site)
Jamie Lowe, with Emily Bazelton, & Breathing Fire via Skylight Bookstore – Online Event
Jamie Lowe, in discussion with Emily Bazelton, will present and discuss her book, Breathing Fire: Female Firefighters on the Front Lines of California Wildfires, a dramatic, revelatory account of female inmate fire fighters who battle California’s wildfires.
This book expands on the author’s years of work for The New York Times Magazine, and offers a rare and illuminating look at how fire camps actually operate, and is also a groundbreaking investigation of the prison system.
NOTE: See site for RSVP and event details.
Where: Skylight Bookstore – Online Event
Date: Tuesday the 27th
Time: 6:30 pm
Address: Online Event
Esperanzo Community Housing Event: South Central Dreams: Finding Home and Building Community in South L.A. via Zocola Square – In-Person & You Tube Event
Esperanzo Community Housing &moderator Angel Jennings, in conversation with authors and USC sociologists Paulette Hondagneu-Sotelo and Manuel Pastor will present and discuss their book, South Central Dreams: Finding Home and Building Community in South L.A., and Corey Matthews, chief operating officer of Community Coalition, to explore the lessons of South L.A.’s struggles and successes.
Zocolo is back in-person, live at Mercado La Paloma! Both the in-person and YouTube online audiences will have the opportunity to submit questions to the speakers. Real-time Spanish interpretation will be available on-site.
NOTE: See site fo event details.
Where: Zocolo Public Square – In-Person & Virtual YouTube Event
Date: Tuesday the 27th
Time: 6:30 pm
Address: Mercado La Paloma, 3655 S. Grand Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90007
Website: https://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/event/south-la-forging-new-american-identity/
Gothic Book Club with John Palisano via The Last Bookstore – Virtual Zoom Event
The Gothic Book Club is led by John Palisano via Zoom, and focuses on reading books, old and new, that come from many genres and art forms, from horror to architecture to shoes.
This month’s selection is Sarah Penner’s book. The Lost Apothecary, an addictive, spectacularly imagined debut in which a female apothecary secretly dispenses poisons to liberate women from the men who have wronged them.
NOTE: All bookstore events are ticketed so check site for details.
Where: The Last Bookstore – Online Zoom Event
Date: Tuesday the 27th
Time: 7:30 pm – 9 pm
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: https://www.lastbookstorela.com/event-details/gothic-book-club-with-john-palisano-3 or https://www.facebook.com/events/174595734628577
Tuesdays at the Virtual Cobalt: Poets Series Presents: Open Reading and Guest Poet Jon Wesick – Virtual Zoom Event
The Virtual Cobalt Poets Series, presented by Rick Lupert via Zoom, will feature an Open Reading and guest poet Jon Wesick.
Jon Wesick is a poet and musician, and host of San Diego’s Gelato Poetry Series and an editor of the San Diego Poetry Annual. He has published over 200 poems in journals, and forty short stories.
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 (Confirm at site)
Mystery Book Club & Murder on the Red River via Once Upon a Time Bookstore – Online Event
Our Mystery Book Club meets every fourth Wednesday morning. and whether you loved it or hated it or haven’t finished it, you’re welcome to join in.
This month’s selection is Marcie R. Rendon’s book, Murder on the Red River. This is a novel about a young Anishinabe woman who sees visions and gets drawn into a murder on the North Dakota-Minnesota border.
NOTE: See site for details, and to register for this event.
Where: Once Upon a Time Bookstore – Onlline event
Date: Wednesday the 28th
Time: 9 am
Where: See site
Mena Suvari & The Great Peace via Book Soup – Online Event
Join author Mena Suvari to hear her discuss her memoir, The Great Peace, a harrowing, heartbreaking coming-of-age story set in Hollywood, where teenage-model-turned-actor Mena Suvari lost herself to sex, drugs, and abusive relationships, even as blockbuster movies made her famous..
This is a timeless story of girl empowerment and redemption, as she finds her individual way and a will to live—and thrive. Her story proves that, no matter how hopeless it may seem, there’s always a light at the end.
Where: Book Soup – Online event
Date: Wednesday the 28th
Time: 6 pm
Address: Online Event
Website: https://www.booksoup.com/event/mena-suvari-discusses-great-peace-memoir
Vroman’s Live: S.A. Cosby, with Kristin Harmel, & Razorblade Tears via Vroman’s – Online Event
Join us to hear S.A. Cosby, in conversation with Kristin Harmel, present and discuss his book, Razorblade Tears.
In this provocative and fast-paced story of bloody retribution and heartfelt change, Ike and Buddy Lee, two ex-cons with little else in common other than a criminal past and a love for their dead sons, band together in their desperate desire for revenge, In their quest to do better for their sons in death than they did in life, these hardened men will confront their own prejudices about their sons and each other.
NOTE: Reservations, costs, and details to obtain a copy of the book are at site.
Where: Vroman’s – Online (see site)
Date: Wednesday the 28th
Time: 6 pm – 7 pm
Address: Online event (see site)
In Conversation: Sanford Biggers, Andrea Andersson & Sergio Bessa & Codeswitch via CAAM – In-Person & Online Event
Stanford Biggers, in discussion with Andrea Andersson & Sergio Bessa, will present and discuss his work, Codeswitch, a singular body of work that is deeply informed by African American history and traditions
Celebrate the opening of this exhibition at his in-person conversation with curators as they discuss, process, language, and migration in art.
NOTE: See site for RSVP and event details.
Where: California African American Museum – Online Event
Date: Wednesday the 28th
Time: 6:30 pm – 8 pm
Address: 600 State Drive, Exposition Park, Los Angeles, CA
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/192420899504517
Jonathan Taplin, with Darryl Holter, & The Magic Years via Chevalier’s Bookstore – Live In-Store Event
Join author and director emeritus of the USC Annenberg Innovation Lab. Jonathan Taplin, in conversation with author, USC professor, and Chevalier’s co-owner Darryl Holter, to hear them discuss his book, The Magic Years: Scenes from a Rock-and-Roll Life.
This book is about the author’s extraordinary journey, which has put him at the crest of every cultural wave of the past half-century: he was tour manager for Bob Dylan, a producer of major films, created the Internet’s first video-on-demand service, and a culture critic and author writing about new technology in the new millennium. He is not just a witness, but a lifelong key player who watched a nation turn form idealism to nihilism, and he offers a convincing case for how we got here and for art’s power to deliver us and rekindle our humanism.
NOTE: See details & RSVP at site. This event is offered in-store.
Where: Chevalier’s Bookstore – Live In-Store Event (see site)
Date: Wednesday the 28th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 133 N. Larchmont Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90004
Website: https://www.chevaliersbooks.com/jonathan-taplin
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 28th
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/2956323601294482/
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 28th
Time: 8 pm – 10 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.beyondbaroque.org/free_workshops.html
The Ugly Mug Open Mic & Poetry Reading & Kelly Gray 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 features writer and educator Kelly Gray. She lives on coast Miwok land, nine miles and seven fence posts away from the ocean, Her book of poetry, Instructions for an Animal Body (Moon Tide Press, 2021) and her audio micro-chap My Fingers are Whales and other stories of Cetology (Moontide Press, 2021), are available at writekgray.com.
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/two-idiots-peddling-poetry or https://www.facebook.com/events/529745741410913/
Amy Solomon, with Karen Chee & Emily V. Gordon, & Notes from the Bathroom Line via ALOUD Reading Series – Online Event
Join us to hear TV producer and author Amy Solomon, joined by contributors Karen Chee and Emily V. Gordon, present her collection of never-before-seen humor pieces, Noted from the Bathroom Line: Humor, Art, and Low-grade Panic from 150 of the Funniest Women in Comedy.
Amy Solomon started out as a couples and family therapist before a career as a writer and producer, and often collaborates with her husband, Kumail Nanjiani.
NOTE: See site for details, and to register for this event.
Where: ALOUD / LFLA – Online event
Date: Thursday the 29th
Time: 5 pm
Where: Online (see site)
Website: https://lfla.org/event/notes-from-the-bathroom-line/
Rodrigo Garcia & A Farewell to Gabo and Mercedes via L.A. Times Book Club – Online Event
Join us to hear author Rodrigo Garcia, in conversation with L.A. Times editor Steve Padilla, present and discuss his book, A Farewell to Gabo and Mercedes.
This free book is a remembrance of the author’s father, author Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and his mother, Mercedes Barcha. Here he chronicles life, death, family and celebrity in a memoir sprinkled with personal photos and snippets of his renowned father’s work.
Garcia was born in Colombia, grew up in Mexico City and now lives in Los Angeles with his family. He attended Harvard University before becoming a screenwriter and director, and now works as a writer and director. His latest film is “Four Good Days” starring Mila Kunis and Glenn Close.
NOTE: See site for RSVP and event details.
Where: L.A. Times Book Club – Online Event
Date: Thursday the 29th
Time: 6 pm
Address: Online Event
Jessica Goodman, with Karen M. McManus, & They’ll Never Catch Us via Vroman’s Bookstore – Online Event
Author Jessica Goodman, in conversation with Karen M. McManus, will present and discuss her novel, They’ll Never Catch Us.
The Steckler sisters, Stella and Ellie, are only a year apart, but their different personalities make their relationship complicated. Both their lives are upended when new girl Mila comes to town, and they first view her as a cross country track threat. Then Ellie is drawn to her warm personality, and Stella becomes distracted by their similarities. With regionals approaching and college scouts taking notice, Mila suddenly never returns from a training run, and all eyes are then on the Steckler sisters.
NOTE: Reservations and details to obtain a copy of the book are at site.
Where: Vroman’s – Online (see site)
Date: Thursday the 29th
Time: 6 pm
Address: Online event (see site)
Workshop by bridgette bianca & Where Is Your Fire Class Performancevia The Poetry Lab – Online Zoom Event
Join the rebels of the workshop,”Where Is Your Fire” led by bridgette bianca, present a class performance of readings of their work, in a night of poetry and community.
Everyone is welcome. No registration is required.
NOTE: See site for event details.
Where: The Poetry Lab – Online
Date: Thursday the 29th
Time: 7 pm – 8 pm
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: https://www.thepoetrylab.com/upcoming-events/2021/fire-live-performance
Tommy Swerdlow, with David Ritz, & Straight Dope via Chevalier’s Bookstore – Online Zoom Event
Author, actor and screenwriter Tommy Swerdlow, in conversation with author David Ritz, will present and discuss his book, Straight Dope.
This is a sharp, deftly-paced, and observant story of the desperation and panic of addiction, and the even more desperate ambitions of Hollywood. When once successful screenwriter Bobby Zorn is called on by an ex-girlfriend to find his missing old running partner Kyle, he worries that the pull of his old drug life might take him down.
NOTE: Reservations and details to obtain a copy of the book are at site.
Where: Chevalier’s Bookstore – Online (see site)
Date: Thursday the 29th
Time: 7 pm
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: https://www.chevaliersbooks.com/tommy-swerdlow
Book Launch: Josiah Alderete & baby axotls and old pochos via Re/Arte Centro Literario – In-Person Event
Join us for the book launch of baby axotls and old pochos, by Josiah Alderete, featuring readings by Viva Padilla and Nikolai Garcia.
NOTE: See details are at site.
Where: Re/ Arte – In-Person event
Date: Thursday the 22nd
Time: 6:30 pm
Address: 2014 ½ E. Cesar Chavez Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90033
Website: https://reartela.com/events%2Feventos
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/ (Confirm at site)
Let’s Talk About Books Event for Kids via Sun Valley Branch Library, LAPL – Kids Zoom Event
Join us for a book club discussion for kids, Let’s Talk About Books.
Children in grades 3-5 may bring books to share and talk about at this meeting,
E-mail ahowe@lapl.org for the Zoom link.
NOTE: See site for event details.
Where: LAPL – Onlline event
When: 3 pm
Address: See site
Website: https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/lets-talk-about-books
LASC Zine Book Club: Zine Medicine Workshop via L.A. Spoonie Collective – Online Event
Join us beginning July 20th when we will, roughly once a month, host a sliding scale NOTAFLOF online event centering on the voices of disabled, chronically ill, and neuro-divergent zinesters. Zine Book Club events will be closed spaces for disabled, neuro-divergent, and chronically ill people in order to make them safer and more affirming for all those participating.
NOTE: See site for event details.
Where: LASC – Onlline event
When: 4 pm – 6 pm
Address: See site
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/484553959302273
May Cobb, with Josh Sabarra, & The Hunting Wives via Book Soup – Online Event
Join us to hear author May Cobb, in conversation with Josh Sabarra, to hear them discuss her book, The Hunting Wives.
This book is about a wife and her family who leave behind an envy-inspiring career and life in big-city Chicago for a new more quiet life in a small Texas town. Sophie is starting to feel bored when she meets Margot Banks, an alluring socialite who is part of an elite clique known as the Hunting Wives. Soon Sophie is wept into her mysterious world of late-night target practice and dangerous partying, and as she becomes obsessed, she slips further away from the safety of her family and deeper into this nest of vipers. When the body of a teenage girl is found in the woods where the Hunting Wives meet, Sophie finds herself in the middle of a murder investigation and her life spiraling out of control
NOTE: See site for RSVP and event locations & details.
Where: Book Soup – Online Event
Date: Friday the 30th
Time: 6 pm
Address: Online Event
Website: https://www.booksoup.com/event/may-cobb-conversation-josh-sabarra-discusses-hunting-wives
Prose Night Reading: Daniel Jose Ruiz via My Place Cafe – Online FB Event
Join us to hear poet Daniel Jose Ruiz read and discuss his work.
Daniel Jose Ruiz is a writer from Los Angeles, but born in Texas. He is a graduate of the CalArts MFA program in Creative Writing, and earned both his BA and MA in English from UC Irvine. He is married to visual artist Flavia Zuniga-West-Ruiz, and has two adorable children. He is an absolute geek, and not in that ironic way. He doesn’t believe in genre so much, but writes whatever comes to mind, whether that be poetry, sic-fi, fantasy, or literary fiction. He tries to include brown boys and girls, and all those in between, in his stories, as he felt pretty lonely reading all those other stories growing up.that never has them.
NOTE: See site for FB link and event details.
Where: My Place Cafe – Online Event
Date: Friday the 30th
Time: 6 pm
Address: Online Event
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/361339325572982
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 31st
Time: 10 am – 12:30 pm
Address: Online event (see website)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/1256929618015811/
Children’s Bilingual Storytime for Kids via Re/Arte – In-Person Event – Kids Event
Join us for a new weekly event, Chlldren’s Bilingual Storytime, offered on Saturday mornings, in English & Spanish.
NOTE: See website for registration and further details.
Where: Re/Arte – In-Person Event
Date: Saturday the 31st
Time: 10 am – 11:30 am
Address: 2014 ½ E. Cesar Chavez Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90033
Website: https://reartela.com/events%2Feventos
Middle Grade Readers Book Club via Brentwood & Palisades Branch Libraries, LAPL – Online Events
Join us every last Saturday of the month, for a Book Club for Middle Grade Readers. We meet monthly to discuss our favorite books.
The Palisades group will discuss Hello, Universe, by Erin Entrada.
Please email Ms. Ashley (akagan@lapl.org) or Ms. Gail (gkm@lapl.org) for additional information.
NOTE: See website for registration and further details.
Where: Brentwood & Palisades Branch Libraries, LAPL – Online
Date: Saturday the 31st
Time: 10 am – 11:30 am
Address: Online events (see site)
Website: https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/book-club-middle-grade-readers-0 or https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/book-club-middle-grade-readers-hello-universe-erin-entrada-kelly
Negative Capability: A Poetry Workshop with Laurel Ann Bogen via Beyond Baroque– Online Event
One of the many tools in a poet’s toolbox, one of the most useful, is Negative Capability. The term, coined by John Keats, is a type of poetic license that gives the poet the ability to inhabit any person, place, or thing he or she or they wish: in other words, to take the personal and make it universal. This one-day workshop, led by Laurel Ann Bogen, will include examples of poetry that use this technique, discussion and in-class exercises, as well as a one-on-one after-class critique, scheduled with the facilitator after the end of the workshop.
Laurel Ann Bogen is the author of eleven books of poetry and short fiction, most recently Psychosis in the Produce Department: New and Selected Poems, from Red Hen Press. A native of Ls Angeles, she was an instructor of poetry and performance art at the Writers Program at UCLA Extension from 1990-2021.
NOTE: See website for registration, costs, and further details.
Where: Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center – Online
Date: Saturday the 31st
Time: 11 am – 1 pm
Address: Online events (see site)
Website: http://beyondbaroque.org/intensive_workshops.html or https://www.eventbrite.com/e/negative-capability-a-poetry-workshop-with-laurel-ann-bogen-tickets-159721203419
July Feature Reading & Open Mic with Brendan Constantine via Beyond Baroque – Online Event
Altadena Poet Laureate events, will presents an exciting poetic morning with the incomparable Brendan Constantine, author most recently of the books Dementia, My Darling and Bouncy Bounce.
Please bring a poem to share during the open mic, and pre-register for the Zoom meeting.
NOTE: See website for further details.
Where: Altadena Poet Laureate Event – Online Zoom event
Date: Saturday the 31st
Time: 11 am – 1 pm
Address: Online events (see site)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/853220665592005/
Inaugural Gallery Weekend Los Angeles: Eastside Saturday at Hauser & Wirth – In-Person Event
Visit our Downtown Los Angeles Arts District gallery to take part in the inaugural Gallery Weekend Los Angeles, designed to encourage visitors back to physical gallery spaces throughout the city. Meet in the courtyard where a special publisher’s pop-up will offer a special pre-release of the new Phyllida Barlow monograph – Phyllida Barlow: Collected Lectures, Writings, and Interviews. You may also marvel at Barlow’s monumental sculpture in the courtyard. There will be outdoor cash bars, specialty food, and a DJ throughout the day, and more special presentations available for your enjoyment.
NOTE: See website for further details.
Where: Hauser & Wirth – In-Person event
Date: Saturday the 31st
Time: 11 am – 6 pm
Address: 901 E. Third Street, Los Angeles, CA
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/597448107902727
Writers Workshop with Viva Padilla via Re/Arte – In-Person Event
Join us for a Writing Workshop with Viva Padilla, which will be an introduction to submitting to journals and magazines, and include career advice and writing feedback. Bring your work and a notebook!
NOTE: See website for registration and further details.
Where: Re/Arte – In-Person Event
Date: Saturday the 31st
Time: 1 pm – 2:30 pm
Address: 2014 ½ E. Cesar Chavez Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90033
Website: https://reartela.com/events%2Feventos
13th Annual Barrio Writers Live Reading via LibroMobile – In-Person in Santa Ana
Barrio Writers aims to empower teens through creative writing through education and cultural arts!
Join us to hear our featured youth writers, who have spent a week reading, writing, and creating their own works with BW writing advisors Elvia Susana Rubalcava, a local Chicana writer and playwright, and AdelinTiburcio, a first generation college graduate from Chapman University—both from Santa Ana.
Let’s celebrate our community, and the dreams and voices of our future!
Where: LibroMobile – In-Person in Santa Ana
Date: Saturday the 31st
Time: 2 pm – 4 pm
Address: 220 E. 4th St., # 107, Santa Ana, CA 92701
Website: https://www.libromobile.com/event-details/13th-annual-barrio-writers-live-reading
Saturday Afternoon Poetry & Spectrum 28: Create! Reading via My Pace Cafe & via Zoom Online
Join Saturday Afternoon Poetry for a publication reading of Spectrum 28: Create!, offered at both My Pace Cafe, in-person, and online via Zoom.
All events are curated by Don Kingfisher Campbell.
Where: My Place Cafe &Zoom Online event
Date: Saturday the 31st
Time: 3 pm – 5 pm
Address: 2057 N. Los Robles Ave., Pasadena, CA
Website: https://www.saturdayafternoonpoetry.blogspot.com
Pages on Stages: Poetry Showcase via Sims Library of Poetry – In-Person Event
Join us for Pages on Stages, a Poetry Showcase featuring:
Charlie Becker, V Kali, October BLU, Tommy Domino, Hiram Sims, Conney Williams, Ravina Wadhwani, and hosted by AKoldPlace.
NOTE: See Site for details and registration.
Where: Sims Library of Poetry
Date: Saturday the 31st
Time: 3 pm – 5 pm
Address: 2702 W. Florence Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90043
Website: https://www.simslibraryofpoetry.org/event-details/pages-on-stages
Summer Celebration Release Party & Open Mic via DSTL Arts – In-Person & Virtual Event
Join DSTL Arts for a Summer Celebration and Release Party for 4 new zines, and an Open Mic by contributing authors.
NOTE: See Site for details and registration.
Where: DSTL Arts Pop-Up/ LA State Historic Park
Date: Saturday the 31st
Time: 4 pm
Address: 1245 N. Spring St., Los Angeles, CA 90012
Website: https://www.dstlarts.org/calendar.html or https://meet.google.com/cps-czdz-xnu or https://accounts.google.com/AccountChooser/signinchooser?continue=https%3A%2F%2Fstream.meet.google.com%2Fstream%2F15131762-b99b-47f1-bb1e-432f707f0dfe%3Fddr%3Dtrue&flowName=GlifWebSignIn&flowEntry=AccountChooser
Therapist Book Club & What Happened to You? via allevents.in – Online Zoom Event
Join the Therapist Book Club to read What Happened to You? by Oprah Winfrey & Bruce Perry.
NOTE: Details, costs, logistics are available at site.
Where: Therapist Book Club – Online Event
Date: Sunday the 1st
Time: 4 pm – 5:30 pm
Address: See site
Sunday Jump Un/Rest to Restoration Open via Pilipino Workers Center (PWC) – In-Person & Online Event
Join us as Sunday Jump begins its 9th season!
Our theme this year is restoration. It’s a reflection, a response, a conversation as we navigate the events of the past year, and heal holistically coming out of it. For our opening, we are guided by the words of Roxane Gay: :So many of us are reaching out, hoping someone out there will grab our hands and remind us we are not as alone as we we fear.”
Hosts Eddy M. Gana Jr. and Abigail Pidazo welcome our featured guests:
Vealy – A singer and songwriter.
MT Vallarta – Poet. Their research is an examination of queer futurities in contemporary Filipinx poetry, where they investigate the ways figuration, language, form, and other aesthetic elements of poems provide critiques of the (hetero)normative and imagine the otherwise for queer, trans, non-binary, and gender non-conforming people of color.
Ashley Lanuza – Poet.
DJ LadyBug – Sound selection/music.
Spotlight wil be on Chinatown Community for Equitable Development (CCED).
NOTE: Details, schedule, registration, and link are available at site. Limited capacity of 25 audience members inside site requires that you must register in advance at website.
Where: Sunday Jump at PWC
Date: Sunday the 1st
Time: 4:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Address: 153 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90026
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