Many/Most Events Are Online/Virtual DUE TO CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS
Monday Art Block Writing Workshop via DSTL Arts –Contact DSTL for details
Join DSTL Arts for a new Monday Art Block Writing Workshop. This long-running series of writing workshops is about to resume, and details and registration will be available at site. Submissions are also underway for new publications.
NOTE: See Site for details and registration.
Where: DSTL Arts
Date: Monday the 2nd
Time: 6:30 pm
Address: Registration available at site.
Website: https://www.dstlarts.org/calendar
Meditation Monday: Writing Workshop with Alex Petunia via LA Poet Society – Online Zoom Event
LA Poet Society presents Meditation Monday, with Alex Petunia, which will be held every first Monday of the month, and which will provide self-care for the writer. This new writing workshop will offer breathing meditation, self-check-in, writing prompts, and affirmations. Things to have on hand include, a journal, pen, incense or candles, tea, and be sure to bring your other writing favorites..
NOTE: See Site for details and registration in advance.
Where: LA Poet Society – Zoom Online: 840 2975 5764
Date: Monday the 2nd
Time: 7 pm – 9:30 pm
Address: Registration available at site.
Website: https://www.lapoetsociety.org/events
Queer Book Club & Black Water Sister via The Last Bookstore – Zoom Online
Queer Book Club is led by Lambda finalist CB Lee. and participants read and discuss Queer authors books, and topics across genres—mostly fiction.
This month’s selection is Zen Cho’s Black Water Sister, a fantasy and ghost story, and a horror story about growth—all wrapped up in gorgeous and dangerous prose, yet tied with literary skill.
NOTE: All bookstore events are ticketed, so check site for details.
Where: The Last Bookstore – Online Zoom Event
Date: Monday the 2nd
Time: 7:30pm – 9 pm
Address: Online Zoom Event
Website: https://www.lastbookstorela.com/event-details/queer-book-club-with-cb-lee-8
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 2nd
Time: 7:30pm – 10 pm
Address: Zoom Online
Website: https://beyondbaroque.org/free_workshops.html
Cat Problems Book Launch with Jory John & Lane Smith via Once Upon a Time Books – Online Zoom Event
Join us for the launch of Cat Problems, a funny and fantastic read from author Jory John and illustrator Lane Smith.
Cat people know that cats sure complain a lot about all their problems, and this is a brand new book about the life of a cat.
NOTE: See site for registration and event details.
Where: Once Upon a Time Bookstore – Online Event
Date: Tuesday the 3rd
Time: 11 am – 12 pm
Address: Online Zoom event (see site)
Website: https://www.shoponceuponatime.com/event/cat-problems
Cal Arts CAP Creative Writing Course for Teens via L.A. Public Library – Online Event – Teen Event
Sign up for week two of a three-week, Creative Writing course offered in partnership with CalArts CAP, and learn about poetry, fiction writing, zines and worldbuilding, spoken word, and more!
Participants must be high school students and all class meetings will take place on Zoom. Class dates are 7/27/21 – 8/12/21 on TUE-WED-THU..
NOTE: See site for registration and event details.
Where: LAPL – Online Event
Date: Tuesday the 3rd
Time: 3 pm – 5 am
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/calarts-cap-creates-library-creative-writing
Elizabeth Gilpin, with Molly Bloom, & Stolen: A Memoir via Book Soup – Online Event
Join author Elizabeth Gilpin, in conversation with Molly Bloom, to hear them discuss her book, Stolen: A Memoir.
In this memoir, the author recounts her change from a fifteen-year-old honor student, state-ranked swimmer, and rising soccer star, to a state of undiagnosed depression, anger and drinking. At a loss, her parents turned to an educational consultant who suggested a behavioral modification program, and that decision would change her life for the worse. It began with an abduction, isolation in the woods, with physical and psychological abuse, and after three months she was transferred to a boarding school in Southern Virginia which functioned more like a prison. Finally,, at seventeen, she convinced them she was rehabilitated enough to “graduate” and be released.
In this eye-opening and unflinching book, she recalls the horrors she endured, and how she finally picked up the pieces of her life and reclaimed her identity.
Where: Book Soup – Online event
Date: Tuesday the 3rd
Time: 6 pm
Address: Online Event
Website: https://www.booksoup.com/event/elizabeth-gilpin-conversation-molly-bloom-discusses-stolen-memoir
Vroman’s Live: Naomi Hirahara & Clark and Division via Vroman’s – Online Event
Join us to hear Naomi Hirahara present and discuss her new novel, Clark and Division.
In this novel set in Chicago, 1944, 22-year-old Aki Ito and her parents have just been released from Manzanar, where they were detained by the government after Pearl Harbor, along with thousands of other Japanese Americans. The life in California they were forced to leave is now gone; instead they are being resettled two thousand mile away in Chicago, where Aki’s older sister, Rose, was sent months earlier, to a new American neighborhood near Clark and Division streets. But on the eve of their reunion, Rose is killed by a subway train. Officials rule the death a suicide, but Aki believes there is more to the story and tries to learn the truth.
NOTE: Reservations, costs, and details to obtain a copy of the book are at site.
Where: Vroman’s – Online (see site)
Date: Tuesday the 3rd
Time: 6 pm – 7 pm
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: https://www.vromansbookstore.com/event/vromans-live-naomi-hirahara-discusses-clark-and-division
Unearthing Tenochtitlan Event: Platica: Xican @ Time 2021 via Re/Arte – In-Person Event
Xican @ Time 2021: Unearthing Anahuac is a Quincentennial interactive Zoom Platica Unearthing Tenochtitlan.
With an overview of Mesoamerican urban planning traditions, indigenous water technologies, the marketplace, leadership, and Aztec books. With Barbara Mundy, Tulane university, and author of The Death of Aztec Tenochtitlan: Life of Mexico City.
NOTE: See site for event details.
Where: Re/Arte centro literario– In-Person Event
Date: Tuesday the 3rd
Time: 6 pm – 8 pm
Address: 2014 ½ E. Cesar Chavez Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90033
Website: https://reartela.com/events%2Feventos
Britta Lundin & Like Other Girls: In-Store Signing at Skylight Bookstore – In-Person YA Event
Brittta Lundin will celebrate her book release with a signing of her YA book, Like Other Girls, (Disney).
After getting kicked off the girls basketball team for fighting, Mara decides to find another sport, and to hit the gridiron with her brother Noah, and best friend Quinn. She turns out to be a natural, but joining the team sets off a chain of events she could not have expected in her small Oregon town. This coming-of-age story is both tear-jerking and funny, and it upends Mara’s notions about gender,, sports, sexuality, and friendship.
NOTE: See site for RSVP and event details.
Where: Skylight Bookstore – In-Person Event
Date: Tuesday the 3rd
Time: 7 pm – 8:30 pm
Address: 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Website: https://www.skylightbooks.com/event/store-signing-britta-lundin-author-other-girls
Tuesdays at the Virtual Cobalt: Poets Series Presents: Open Reading and Guest Host Tara Elliott – Virtual Zoom Event
The Virtual Cobalt Poets Series, presented by Rick Lupert via Zoom, will feature an Open Reading and guest host Tara Elliott.
Tara Elliott is a poet and teacher, whose poems have appeared in numerous journals.
NOTE: Details and Zoom link at event link.
Where: Cobalt Poets – Online Zoom Event
Date: Tuesday the 3rd
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 3rd
Time: 9 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://dapoetrylounge.com/calendar (Confirm at site, which is now under construction)
Cookbook Book Club & Bavel via Pages Bookstore Courtyard – In-Person Event
Our Cookbook Book Club is hosted by Danielle Anderson, and this club reads and meets to participate and share recipes made from the selected book of the month.
This month’s selection is Bavel: Modern Recipes Inspired by the Middle East, by Ori Manashe, Genevieve Gergis, & Lesley Suter. This book from the chefs behind the famous restaurant Bestia, have launched their second restaurant, Bavel. This gorgeous book features eighty recipes and it covers various regions and represents the world before the region was divided into separate nations. This is cooking without borders.
Danielle will make 2 recipes from the book to share, and hopefully you will make 1 or 2 to bring to the potluck we will hold for our meeting in the store courtyard.
NOTE: See site for details, and to register for this event.
Where: Pages Bookstore Courtyard – In-Person event
Date: Wednesday the 4th
Time: 6 pm
Where: See site
Website: https://www.pagesabookstore.com/event/cookbook-book-club-1
Young Adult Book Club & Tokyo Ever After via Pages Bookstore – Online Event
Our Young Adult Book Club is facilitated by Charlotte Estrin and Sloane Shevin, and this club reads primarily YA novels.
This month’s selection is Emiko Jean’s book, Tokyo Ever After. This novel is a New York Times bestseller and it’s the story about an ordinary Japanese American girl who discovers that her father is the Crown Prince of Japan. When Izumi travels to Japan to meet the father she never knew, she finds herself caught between two worlds and two versions of herself. At home she never felt “American” enough, and now she must prove she’s “Japanese” enough.
NOTE: See site for details, and to register for this event.
Where: Pages Bookstore – Online event
Date: Wednesday the 4th
Time: 6 pm
Where: See site
Website: https://www.pagesabookstore.com/event/young-adult-book-club-3
Mystery Book Club & The Flight Attendant via Palms-Rancho Park Branch Library, LAPL – Online Event
Join our Mystery Book Club by registering in advance for the meeting at the site link.
This month’s selection is Chris Bohjalian’s book, The Flight Attendant. This novel takes us up in the air, and is it’s about international intrigue, addiction and memory.
NOTE: See site for details, and to register for this event.
Where: Palms-Rancho Park Branch Library, LAPL – Online event
Date: Wednesday the 4th
Time: 6 pm
Where: See site
Website: https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/mystery-book-discussion
Roger Bennett, with Nick Kroll, & (Re)born in the USA via Book Soup – Online Event
Join author Roger Bennett, in conversation with Nick Kroll, to hear them discuss his memoir, (Re)born in the USA: An Englishman’s Love Letter to His Chosen Home.
One half of the celebrated Men in Blazers duo, longtime culture and soccer commentator Roger Bennett, traces the origins of his love of America and how he went from a depraved young Jewish boy in 1980s Liverpool to become the quintessential Englishman in New York. This memoir captures the universality of growing pains, growing up, and growing out of where you come from.
Where: Book Soup – Online event
Date: Wednesday the 4th
Time: 6 pm
Address: Online Event
Website: https://www.booksoup.com/event/book-soup-presents-reborn-usa-“hooray-hollywood”-virtual-event
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 4th
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/2956323641294478/
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 4th
Time: 8 pm – 10 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.beyondbaroque.org/free_workshops.html
Welcome Home Party at the Real Ugly Mug: Open Mic & Poetry Reading & Kelly Gray via Two Idiots Peddling Poetry – In-Person Event
Two Idiots Peddling Poetry and host Ben Trigg presents weekly poetry readings at the Ugly Mug in Long Beach.
For the first time in a year, we will be peddling poetry at the Ugly Mug again. We will be attempting a melding of online/in-person swan song for the virtual Mug that has sustained us in the meantime.
Masks will be required unless you are actively eating or drinking.
NOTE: See site for further details. $3 cover fee, cash only.
Where: In-Person event (see site)
Date: Wednesday the 4th
Time: 8 pm – 10 pm
Address: Online event
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/two-idiots-peddling-poetry or https://www.facebook.com/events/531600314705446?ref=newsfeed
Santa Monica Book Discussion & The Pull of the Stars via Santa Monica 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: Thursday the 5th
Time: 11 am – 12 pm
Where: Online Zoom event
Website: http://calendar.smgov.net/library/eventsignup.asp?ID=33802
Alexandra Kleeman, with Jeff Vandermeer, & Something New Under the Sun via Skylight Bookstore – Online Event
Join us to hear author Alexandra Kleeman, in conversation with author Jeff Vandermeer, present and discuss her book, Something New Under the Sun.
In this novel, writer Patrick Hamlin has come to Hollywood to oversee a film adaptation of one of his books, but California is not as he imagined. He partners with the starlet attached to the film to investigate, and find a catastrophe in the making, and the corruption of our environment in the age of alternative facts. This book is a meticulous and deeply felt accounting of our very human anxieties, liabilities, dependencies, and ultimately, responsibility to the truth.
NOTE: See site for details, and to register for this event.
Where: Skylight Bookstore – Online event
Date: Thursday the 5th
Time: 5 pm
Where: Online (see site)
John Kruth, with Pat Thomas, & Hold on World via Book Soup – Online Event
Join author John Kruth, in conversation with Pat Thomas, to hear them discuss his book, Hold on World: The Lasting Impact of John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s Plastic Ono Band, Fifty Years on.
This book revisits Lennon and Ono’s love affair and startling collaborations. In hts album Plastic Ono Band, Lennon wrote the most powerful song cycle of his career, confronting fear,, disappointment, and illusion, all while espousing his love for Ono. It inspired many other bands to employ pure sound to express their deepest feelings.
Where: Book Soup – Online event
Date: Thursday the 5th
Time: 6 pm
Address: Online Event
Hermosa Beach Historical Society Presents Anthology: The Silver Waves of Summer Reading via Pages Bookstore – Online Event
Join us for an evening celebrating the launch of the anthology, The Silver Waves of Summer, with contributing authors Michael Scott Moore, Tod Goldberg, Naomi Hirahara, Antoine Wilson, and others, who will be sharing stories and signing books.
Michael Scott Moore, author of The Desert and the Sea, takes us back to the famed Lighthouse Cafe, and will read “”Lighthouse Scene for Miles,” a story featuring the great jazz legend Miles Davis.
Tod Goldberg, author of Gangsterland, brings us a compelling new short story, “The Summer of ‘86,” in which recently released bank robber Mitch Lenney, travels to sleepy Monterey Bay to help his sister run a bike shop after her boyfriend disappears.
Naomi Hirahara, author of Clark and Division, offers the story “Off the 405,” and takes us on a beach excursion of three families which ends with a high-speed chase on the 405, against traffic.
Antoine Wilson, author of Panorama City, offers “In the Bank,” the story of two friends trying to intercept a drug cartel’s shipment by disguising an old fishing boat as US Coastguard, to disastrous consequences.
Plus, see details of more contributors at site.
NOTE: See site for details, tickets, and to register for this event.
Where: The Hermosa Beach Historical Society
Date: Thursday the 5th
Time: 6 pm
Where: 710 Pier Avenue, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254
Website: https://www.pagesabookstore.com/event/silver-waves-hermosa-beach-historical-society
Richard Lange, with Ed Komenda, & Rovers via Vroman’s Bookstore – Online Event
Join us to hear author Richard Lange, in conversation with Ed Komenda, present and discuss his book, Rovers.
Summer,1976. Jesse and his brother, Edgar, are on the road in search of victims. They’re rovers, nearly indestructible nocturnal beings who must consume human blood in order to survive. For 70 years they’ve lurked on the fringes of society, roam ing from town to town, stalking the transients, addicts, and prstitutes the feed on.
This hard-boiled supernatural hell ride kicks off when they encounter a young woman who disrupts their grim routine, and plunges the present into a deadly chaos. It all comes to a shattering conclusion in Las Vegas on the eve of the American Bicentennial.
NOTE: See site for RSVP and event details.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore – Online Event
Date: Thursday the 5th
Time: 6 pm
Address: Online Event
Allison Larken, with Julia Claiborne, & The People We Keep via Chevalier’s Bookstore – Online Event
Join author Allison Larkin, in conversation with Julia Claiborne, to hear them discuss her novel, The People We Keep.
This book is about a young songwriter and her longing to find a home in the world. In April 1994, living in a motor-less motor home with her gambling father, April Sawiki finds success in performing at an Open Mic night, she sets off on a journey to find a life that’s all hers. When she stops to rest in Ithaca, her only plan is to look for work, but soon she begins to heal and love her life there, and as she moves through the world she sings the songs she writes and begins to change her life. She discovers that where she came form does not dictate who she has to be and where she may choose to belong.
NOTE: See details & RSVP at site.
Where: Chevalier’s Bookstore – Online Event (see site)
Date: Thursday the 5th
Time: 7 pm
Address: (See site)
Website: https://www.chevaliersbooks.com/allison-larkin
FUTURE NOW: DrylandLA Reading & Open Mic Series #5 via Re/Arte Centro Literario – In-Person & Online Event
Join us for this month’s hybrid meeting of the FUTURE NOW: Readings & Open Mic Series #5, held every first Thursday of the month, and hosted by assistant editor Nikolai Garcia, and the Dryland team.
This month our featured readers are drawn from our Issue 10 Dryland contributors:
Devynity Wray (Issue 10, 2021) is a writer, visual artist and performer form South Jamaica, Queens, New York. She was a Nuyorican Poet’s Cafe slam team member in 2002, and is currently pursuing an MFA in Visual Arts at Lesley University.
Luivette Resto (Issue 10, 2021) was born in Puerto Rico, raised in the Bronx, and is a Canto Mundo fellow. Her two books, Unfinished Portrait and Ascension, are published by Tia Chucha Press, and her third book Promises Are Coffee, is forthcoming from FlowerSong Press.
Monique Quintana (Issue 10, 2021) is a Chicana writer form Fresno, CA and the author of the novella, “Cenote City” (Clash Books, 2019).Her work has been nominated for Best of the Net and the Pushcart Prize.
This will be a hybrid open mic event as it’s happening both in-person at Re/Arte Literario located in Boyle Heights, as well as virtually via Zoom. Please sign-up for the Open Mic at the site link on the google form.
NOTE: See site for details and guidelines.
Where: Dryland LA at Re/Arte – In-Person event & Online event (Zoom ID: 878 8950 0444)
Date: Thursday the 5th
Time: 7 pm – 9 pm
Address: 2014 ½ E. Cesar E. Chavez Ave., Los Angeles, CA 900333
Tonalli Open Mic & Author Stacy Dyson via L.A. Poet Society – Online Zoom Event
Please join Tonalli Open Mic and poetry reading event presented by L.A. Poet Society every first Thursday of the month. Tonight’s event features Stacy Dyson, author of Follow Me on This, and Lovely Suffering.
All poets are welcome to participate in the Open Mic..
NOTE: Details at Site.
Where: LA Poet Society -Online Zoom event (see site)
Date: Thursday the 5th
Time: 7 pm
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/LosAngelesPoetSociety/photos/a.1425045900868190/4274492259256859/ or https://www.lapoetsociety.org/events (Confirm at site)
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 5th
Time: 8 pm
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: https://www.instagram.com/fos_thursdays/ (Confirm at site)
Your Author Series: Alex Gino & Rick via L.A. Public Library – Online Kids & Teens Event
Join us to meet author and activist Alex Gino as they present their book,, Rick.
Alex’s work has received the Lambda Award, the Stonewall Award, and the Juvenile California Book Award, and received praise from many authors and publications. Rick is the story of a kid who needs to explore his own identity apart from his jerk of a best friend. When he gets to middle school, new doors and opportunities begin to open to him.
NOTE: See site for event details.
Where: LAPL – Online Kids & Teens event
Date: Friday the 6th
Time: 4 pm – 6 pm
Address: See site
Website: https://www.lapl.org/whats-on/events/your-author-series-alex-gino
Greg van Eekhout & Weird Kid via Once Upon a Time Bookstore – Online Zoom Event
Join us to hear author Greg van Eekhout present and discuss his book, Weird Kid.
This book is about a fully-formed 12-year-old kid names Jake, with a bit of a shape-shifting problem. There is so much love packed into this book: family, music, guitars, comics, and of course a canine companion.
NOTE: See site for RSVP and event locations & details.
Where: Once Upon a Time Bookstore – Online Event
Date: Friday the 6th
Time: 5 pm
Address: Online Event
Website: https://www.shoponceuponatime.com/event/weird-kid
Alvy Ray Smith & A Biography of the Pixel via Vroman’s Bookstore – Online Event
Join us to hear author Alvy Ray Smith read and discuss his book, A Biography of the Pixel.
Pixar co-founder Alvy Ray Smith argues in his book, A Biography of the Pixel, that the pixel is the organizing principle of most modern media, and he presents a few simple but profound ideas that unify the dazzling varieties of digital image making. He approaches his subject form multiple angles—art, technology, entertainment, business, and history. This book is essential reading for anyone who has ever watched a video on a cell phone, played a videogame, or seen a movie.
NOTE: See site for FB link and event details.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore – Online Event
Date: Friday the 6th
Time: 6 pm
Address: Online Event
Website: https://www.vromansbookstore.com/event/vromans-live-alvy-ray-smith-discusses-biography-pixel
SWAAM Spoken Word Art & Music at the Creative House – In-Person Event
SWAAM Spoken Word, Art & Music at the Creative House , live under the stars, photo.phpfbid_102220476873151788is offered every 1st & 3rd Friday of the month at 8pm.
This event by Lorenzo Frank, features an Open Mic, Live Band, Catered Food, Wine Bar, VIP Booths, and the featured artist of the night, Taylor Harvey.
NOTE: See website link for costs & details.
Where: The Creative House
Date: Friday the 7th
Time: 8 pm – 10 pm
Address: 122 N. Market St., Inglewood, CA 90301
First Fridays Rapp Saloon Poetry Open Mic with Cynthia Alessandra Briano – Virtual Event
The First Fridays Rapp Saloon Open Mic events have been offered virtually recently. Check posts for updates and details. In February, Cynthia Alessandra Briano celebrated 5 years as host!
Features TBA.
NOTE: See website link for details. (TBA)
Where: First Fridays Rapp Saloon (online Zoom ID posted 3 hours before event)
Date: Friday the 6nd
Time: 8:30 pm – 11:30 pm
Address: Virtual event
Website: https://www.facebook.com/rappsaloon
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 7th
Time: 10 am – 12:30 pm
Address: Online event (see website)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/1256929591349147/
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 7th
Time: 10 am – 11:30 am
Address: 2014 ½ E. Cesar Chavez Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90033
Website: https://reartela.com/events%2Feventos/
Black Book Chat: Song of Solomon via CSU Fullerton – Online Event
Join us online at CSUF as we journey through our iconic summer, chatting about Song of Solomon by Pulitzer Prize winning author Toni Morrison,
We explore a variety of nonfiction, poetry, and fiction books by Black authors. You don’t have to have read the book to join in. We are committed to finding creative and community-based approaches to anti-racist theory and practice and we meet virtually every first Saturday of every month at 10am. Contact Dr. Natalie J. Graham at links provided for more information.
NOTE: See website for registration and further details.
Where: CSUF African American Studies Dept.– Online Event
Date: Saturday the 7th
Time: 10 am – 11:30 am
Address: fullerton.zoom.us
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/343652940498950
Writer’s Workshop with Viva Padilla via Re/Arte – In-Person Event
Join us for an introduction to submitting your writing to journals and magazines. Incudes career advice, and writing feedback. Bring your work and a notebook.
NOTE: See website for registration, donation, and further details.
Where: Re/Arte– In-Person Event
Date: Saturday the 7th
Time: 1 pm – 2:30 pm
Address: 2014 ½ E. Cesar Chavez Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90033
Website: https://reartela.com/events%2Feventos/
Richard Lange & Rovers Book Signing via Dark Delicacies Books – In-Person Event
Join us to welcome award-winning author Richard Lange for a book signing of his new novel, Rovers. This is not your ordinary vampire novel, but it’s a gritty, dirty thriller and a crime thriller set in the 1970s with two men seeking revenge.
NOTE: See website for further details.
Where: Dark Delicacies Bookstore
Date: Saturday the 7st
Time: 2 pm – 3 pm
Address: 822 N. Hollywood Way, Burbank, CA 91505
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/1770389323168127
Naomi Hirahara & Clark and Division via JANM Virtual Author Discussion – Online Event
Join JANM’’s Author Talk with Edgar Award-winning author Naomi Hirahara, who will read and discuss her new novel, Clark and Division.
This event will feature a Q&A with the author on blending fiction and history in this powerful new mystery. Set in Chicago in 1944, twenty-year-old Aki Ito and her parents have just been released from Manzanar, and resettled two thousand miles away in Chicago , where Aki’s sister, Rose, was sent moths earlier and moved to the new Japanese American neighborhood near Clark and division streets. But on the eve of the Ito family’s reunion, Rose is killed by a subway train. Although it’s ruled a suicide, Aki’s instincts tells her there is much more to the story,
JANM members are invited to join a virtual meet-and-greet before this program at 1 pm.
NOTE: See site for event details.
Where: Japanese American National Museum – Online Event
Date: Saturday the 7th
Time: 2 pm – 3 pm (online reception preceding event at 1pm)
Address: Online Event (see site)
Website: https://www.janm.org/events/2021-08-07/author-discussion-clark-and-division-naomi-hirahara
Saturday Afternoon Poetry & Poetry Writing Workshop led by Don Kingfisher Campbell via Zoom Online
Join Saturday Afternoon Poetry for a Poetry Writing Workshop led by Don Kingfisher Campbell. Submit up to three poems totaling no more than 150 lines for Spectrum Online Edition: Fantastic Forms, per online instructions.
All events are curated by Don Kingfisher Campbell.
Where: Online Zoom Event
Date: Saturday the 7th
Time: 3 pm – 5 pm
Address: Online Zoom Event
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 World Stage Press Poetry Showcase, featuring:
Charlie Becker is a retired speech therapist whose earlier poems are collected created by LGBT seniors in “My Life Is Poetry.” He is also a graduate of the Community Literature Initiative program founded by Hiram Sims.
V Kali is a poet and author of the collection, Hymns: Poems by V. Kali, a menagerie of verses that serves as a treatrise on the men in her life, and how she loved them best with her words. She is also regarded as the bedrock of The Anansi Writers Workshop at The World Stage Performance Gallery.
October BLU a published author, poet, warrior, proud Black woman, and introvert, who has published #INMYSPACE OF HONESTY & OTHER HASHTAGS.
Tommy Domino is a spoken blues poet from Northwest Pasadena, now residing in Long Beach. He is the author of Switches, Hot Wheel Tracks and Extension Cords.
Hiram Sims is a poet and a professor of creative writing, and founder of the Community Literature Initiative, a publishing program for L.A. writers who want to publish books at USC. He also is founder of the Sims Library of Poetry. He has published three collections of poetry, one amazing textbook.
Conney Williams is a poet, actor, community activist and performance artist with two collections of poetry: Leaves of Spilled Spirit from an Untamed Poet (2002) and Blues Red Soul Falsetto (2012). His new collection, the distance of observation, will be released in August 2021 by World Stage Press.
Ravina Wadhwani is a writer and the author of Yellow, from World Stage Press (2021), a collection of poetry and prose on the blooming and rebirth of seeds in different soil, scattered but not lost.
This event is hosted by AKoldPeace.
NOTE: See Site for details and registration.
Where: Sims Library of Poetry
Date: Saturday the 7th (Re-scheduled from 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
My March with Cesar Book Launch & Platica with Marco Lopez-Quezada via Zoom Online
Join us for a book launch of My March with Cesar, by Marco Lopez-Quezada, with publisher Edward Vidaurre, of FlowerSong Press. Welcome and facilitation will be offered by publisher Odilia Galvan Rodriguez, of Prickly Pear Publishing.
This memoir is a coming-of-age political memoir of a young Mexican-American who meets Cesar Chavez in 1968 in Delano, CCA where he broke his twenty-five day fast. Here, we get a broader sense of the connections and movement between the U.S. and Mexico during a time of political awakening among people of conscience and the members of the United Farm Workers.
Where: Online Zoom Event
Date: Sunday the 8th
Time: 11 am – 12:15 am
Address: Online Zoom Event
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/955351415262387
AAPI Book Club & What We Carry via Bel Canto Bookstore – Online Event
Join us for the AAPI Book Club reading and discussion of What We Carry, by Maya Shanbhag Lang.
This memoir is a gorgeous story of mothers, daughters, and the tenacity of love that grows between what is said and what is spoken.
Where: Online Event
Date: Sunday the 8th
Time: 12 am – 1 pm
Address: Online Zoom Event
Website: https://belcantobooks.net/book-clubs
Crafting Poems of Love Workshop & Tresha Faye Hefner via The Poetry Salon – Online Event
Join us for a writing workshop held the 2nd Sunday of Every Month, Crafting Poems of Love, led by Tresha Faye Hefner.
There’s so much to be grateful for, so much to celebrate, so much to love. But how do you write poems that express these feelings without getting cheesy or cliche? In this free monthly workshop we’ll explore ways we can use poetic techniques to write engaging, dynamic, and unique poems about what we love.
NOTE: See site for costs, details and link.
Where: The Poetry Salon – Online Event
Date: Sunday the 8th
Time: 2 am – 5 pm
Address: Online Zoom Event
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/302187584981395/
David A. Romero Book Launch of My Name Is Romero via Re/Arte Centro Literario – In-Person Event
Join us for a Book Launch with David Romero, and hear him present and discuss his boo, My Name Is Romero.
Appetizers and wine will be served. Books will be for sale. Donations will be welcome for the space.
NOTE: See website for registration and further details.
Where: Re/Arte – In-Person Event
Date: Sunday the 8th
Time: 2 pm – 4 pm
Address: 2014 ½ E. Cesar Chavez Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90033
Website: https://reartela.com/events%2Feventos or https://www.facebook.com/events/352022216282815/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22your_upcoming_events_unit%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22book
Soapbox Poets Open Mic & Featured Readers via LA Poet Society – Online Zoom Event
Join Soapbox Open Mic every 2nd Sunday of the month with LA Poet society.
Featured guest poets today include:
James Coates is a poet, writer and performer from Los Angeles, with a passion for social justice and all things creativ. He offers the Be the Change writing workshop every Wednesday of the month on Zoom, and is the author of All the Ways You Are Wonderful.
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Lady Narrator is a stilletto-wearing Syrian writer, poet, and author, operating a nonprofit organization on the history, culture and stories of Syria, among other things. She is the creator of Scars and Stillettos and connected with Da Poetry Lounge.
NOTE: See website for registration and further details.
Where: LA Poet Society – Zoom Online Event: Zoom ID: 839 1279 4810
Date: Sunday the 8th
Time: 2 pm – 4 pm
Address: See site
Website: https://www.lapoetsociety.org/events
Library Girl: California Stars Readings & Music, with Susan Hayden & Guests– In-Person Event
Join us every second Sunday of the month for Library Girl events with Susan Hayden at the Ruskin Theatre Group.
This event is inspired by the Woody Guthrie/Billy Bragg Wilco songs from “Mermaid Avenue.”
Host Susan Hayden welcomes these featured literary guests:
Paul Body is a writer based in Berlin, and his work explores the relationship between spoken word and melody through radio art,
Lisbeth Coiman is a bilingual poet, educator, and speaker from Brazil, now living in Los Angeles, and she is the author most recently of Uprising/Alimiento, from Finishing Line Press.
Michael C. Ford is a legendary voice in L.A. poetry and spoken word, and the author of many books and recordings. His plays have been staged internationally, and he has appeared and taught in many schools through the PEN Classroom program.
Hilda Weiss is a poet and the Artistic Director of www.PoetryLA, an online video showcase featuring established and emerging poets throughout Southern California. She is the author of the chapbook, Optimism About Trees, nominated for the Pushcart Prize in 2011, and her work has appeared in numerous journals and anthologies.
Susan Hayden is an actor, performer, and the creator, curator, and producer of the Library Girl series, in its 12th year, at the Ruskin Theatre Group.
NOTE: Details, restrictions, and tickets available at site. Check Availability.
Where: Ruskin Group Theatre
Date: Sunday the 8th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 3000 Airport Ave., Santa Monica, CA 90405
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/547306763056915/
We’re All Gonna Die Book Club & What We Carry via The Last Bookstore – Online Zoom Event
We’re All Gonna Die Book Club is led by Peter Clines, and its participants read and explore dystopia and its bewildering array of literary forms.
This month’s selection is The Last Exit, by Michael Kaufman. It’s an imaginative sci-fi mystery set in the future, in which parents must “exit” via a SIM implant when they turn 65, in order to let their children receive the “Timeless” treatment that will spare them a horrific illness and death.
NOTE: All bookstore events are ticketed so check website for details.
Where: The Last Bookstore
Date: Sunday the 8th
Time: 7:30 pm – 9 pm
Address: Online Zoom Event
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