Quantum Book Club & Mistborn at The Book Jewel – In-Person Event
The Quantum Book Club will discuss this month’s selection, Mistborn, by author Brandon Sanderson.
This Quantum Book club selection is the wild first installment to an epic fantasy saga: Mistborn: The Final Empire, by Brandon Sanderson, a heist story of political intrigue and magical, martial-arts action. This saga dares to ask a simple question: What if the hero of prophecy fails?
Get 20% off this month’s selection from book clubs hosted at The Book Jewel.
NOTE: See site for RSVP, guidelines, and details.
Where: The Book Jewel
Date: Monday the 30th
Time: 6 pm – 7:30 pm
Address: Online Zoom Event (see site)
Website: https://www.instagram.com/thebookjewel/?hl=en
At Skylight: An Evening with OBJECT LESSONS at Skylight Books – In-Person Event
Join Skylight Books for an evening with OBJECT LESSONS, Bloomsbury Academics’ series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things – featuring Maria Teresa Hart (DOLL), Amanda Parrish Morgan (STROLLER), and Carolyn Purnell (BLUE JEANS)!
Maria Teresa Hart’s DOLL: The haunted doll has long been a trope in horror movies, but like many fears, there is some truth at its heart. Dolls are possessed-by our aspirations. They’re commonly used as a tool to teach mothering to young girls, but more often they are avatars of the idealized feminine self. (The word doll even acts as shorthand for a desirable woman.) They instruct girls what to strive for in society, reinforcing dominant patriarchal, heteronormative, white views around class, bodies, history, and celebrity, in insidious ways. Girls’ dolls occupy the opposite space of boys’ action figures, which represent masculinity, authority, warfare, and conflict. By analyzing dolls from 17th century Japanese Hinamatsuri festivals, to the ’80s American Girl Dolls, and even to today’s bitmoji, Doll reveals how the objects society encourages us to play with as girls shape the women we become.
Amanda Parrish Morgan’s STROLLER: Among the many things expectant parents are told to buy, none is a more visible symbol of status and parenting philosophy than a stroller. Although its association with wealth dates back to the invention of the first pram in the 1700s, in recent decades, four-figure strollers have become not just status symbols but cultural identifiers. All of the many attitudes found about strollers, seemingly about an object, are also revealing of how we believe parents and children ought to move through the world.
Carolyn Purnell’s BLUE JEANS: Few clothing items are as ubiquitous or casual as blue jeans. Yet, their simplicity is deceptive. Blue jeans are nothing if not an exercise in opposites.
Americans have accepted jeans as a symbol of their culture, but today jeans are a global consumer product category. Levi Strauss made blue jeans in the 1870s to withstand the hard work of mining, but denim has since become the epitome of leisure. In the 1950s, celebrities like Marlon Brando transformed the utilitarian clothing of industrial labor into a glamorous statement of youthful rebellion, and now, you can find jeans on chic fashion runways. For some, indigo blue might be the color of freedom, but for workers who have produced the dye, it has often been a color of oppression and tyranny.
Blue Jeans considers the versatility of this iconic garment and investigates what makes denim a universal signifier, ready to fit any context, meaning, and body.
NOTE: See site for RSVP, guidelines, and details.
Where: Skylight Books
Date: Monday the 30th
Time: 7 pm
Address:1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Website: https://www.skylightbooks.com/event/skylight-evening-object-lessons
Bric-A-Brac Monthly Variety Show at Stories Books & Cafe – In-Person Event
Bric-A-Brac Monthly Variety Show will feature: Amber Rollo, Christina Catherine Martinez, Aiden Arata, Alaska Lynch, and Reshma Meister. Hosted by Alexandra Jade.
NOTE: See site for RSVP, guidelines, and details.
Where: Stories Books & Café
Date: Monday the 30th
Time: 7 pm – 8 pm
Address: 1716 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90026
Website: https://storiesla.com/events
Monday Night Fiction Workshop at Beyond Baroque – Zoom Online Event
This 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 to use 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 from Mills College. She is currently Assistant Professor of Postcolonial Studies and Transnational Literatures at CSU Channel Islands. She has published poetry and nonfiction and done readings with the Ventura Poetry Project.
Where: Beyond Baroque – Online event
Date: Monday the 30th
Time: 7:30 pm – 10 pm
Address: Zoom Online Event (see site)
Website: https://beyondbaroque.org/free_workshops.html or https://www.eventbrite.com/e/monday-night-fiction-workshop-tickets-523626901157
Black History Month: African and African American Tales with Michael D. McCarty at Baldwin Hills Branch Library, LAPL – In-Person Kids & Family Event
For Black History Month, Michael D. McCarty will offer through music and performance, some tales from Africa and from African Americans about the challenges and triumphs of Black people throughout history. These tales will entertain and educate children and their guardians.
NOTE: See site for RSVP, guidelines, and details
Where: Baldwin Hills Branch Library, LAPL, Community Room
Date: Tuesday the 31st
Time: 4 pm – 5 pm
Address: 2906 S. La Brea Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90016
Venice Library Book Club: Project Hail Mary at Venice – Abbot Kinney Memorial Library, LAPL – Online Event
The Venice Library Book Club will read and discuss this month’s selection, Project Hail Mary: A Novel, by Andy Weir.
From the author of The Martian, this is a novel about a lone astronaut must save the earth from disaster in this “propulsive” (Entertainment Weekly), cinematic thriller full of suspense, humor, and fascinating science—now in development as a major motion picture starring Ryan Gosling.
Email venice@lapl.org for Zoom link.
NOTE: See site for RSVP, guidelines, and details
Where: Venice – Abbot Kinney Memorial Branch Library, LAPL
Date: Tuesday the 31st
Time: 5 pm – 6 pm
Address: Online Event (see site)
Website: https://lapl.org/whats-on/events/venice-book-club-1
Sharing True Stories: Open Mic via Westwood Branch Library, LAPL – Online Event
The Westwood Library invites patrons to come share something that happened to them in its Sharing Stories Open Mic event held every last Tuesday of the month.
You can read a piece that you wrote or speak off-the-cuff. You are also welcome to just listen. The stories can be funny, sad, or simply slice-of-life. This is your opportunity to express yourself!
To receive a Zoom invitation, please contact wwood@lapl.org.
NOTE: See site for RSVP, link, and details
Where: Westwood Branch Library, LAPL
Date: Tuesday the 31st
Time: 6 pm
Address: Online Event (see site)
Website: https://lapl.org/whats-on/events/life-stories-open-mic
Book Launch: Elise Bryant, with Christina Hammonds Reed, & Reggie & Delilah’s Year of Falling at Bel Canto Books at The Hangout – In-Person Event
Elise Bryant, in conversation with Christina Hammonds Reed, will launch and discuss her book, Reggie & Delilah’s Year of Falling.
From the NAACP Image Award–nominated Long Beach author of Happily Ever Afters comes a dual POV rom-com about Reggie and Delilah, who fall in love through missed connections and chance meetings on holidays over the course of a year.
Elise Bryant is the NAACP Image Award-nominated author of Happily Ever Afters, One True Loves, and Reggie and Delilah’s Year of Falling. She was born and raised in Southern California. For many years, Elise had the joy of working as a special education teacher, and now she spends her days writing swoony love stories and eating dessert. She lives with her husband and two daughters in Long Beach.
Christina Hammonds Reed holds an MFA from the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts. A native of the Los Angeles area, her work has previously appeared in the Santa Monica Review and One Teen Story. Her first novel, The Black Kids, was a New York Times bestseller and William C. Morris Award Finalist.
NOTE: See site for RSVP, guidelines, and details.
Where: Bel Canto at The Hangout
Date: Tuesday the 31st
Time: 6 pm
Address: 2122 E. 4th St., Long Beach, CA,
Website: https://www.shopthehangout.com/product/bcb-author-event-elise-bryant-1-31-6pm/28296
Deborah Royce & Reef Road: A Novel at Diesel Bookstore – In-Person Event
Deborah Royce will present and discuss her new novel, Reef Road.
When a severed hand washes ashore in the wealthy enclave of Palm Beach, Florida, the lives of two women—a lonely writer obsessed with the unsolved murder of her mother’s best friend and a panicked wife whose husband has disappeared with their children—collide as the world shutters in the pandemic lockdown of 2020.
Deborah Goodrich Royce’s thrillers examine puzzles of identity. Ruby Falls won the Zibby Award for Best Plot Twist in 2021 and Finding Mrs. Ford was hailed by Forbes, Book Riot, and Good Morning America’s “best of” lists in 2019. She began as an actress on All My Children and in multiple films, before transitioning to the role of story editor at Miramax Films, developing Emma and early versions of “Chicago” and “A Wrinkle in Time.” With her husband, Chuck, Deborah restored the Avon Theatre, Ocean House Hotel, Deer Mountain Inn, United Theatre, Savoy Bookstore, and numerous Main Street revitalization projects in Rhode Island and the Catskills. She serves on the governing and advisory boards of the American Film Institute, Greenwich International Film Festival, New York Botanical Garden, Greenwich Historical Society, and the PRASAD Project. Deborah holds a bachelor’s degree in modern foreign languages and an honorary doctorate of humane letters from Lake Erie College.
NOTE: See site for RSVP, guidelines, and details.
Where: Diesel, A Bookstore (in the Courtyard)
Date: Tuesday the 31st
Time: 6:30 pm
Address: 225 26th St., Suite 33, Santa Monica, CA, 90402
Website: https://www.dieselbookstore.com/event/deborah-royce-Author-signing
Allison Margolin & Just Dope: A Leading Attorney’s Personal Journey Inside the War on Drugs at Book Soup – In-Person Event
Allison Margolin will present and discuss her book, Just Dope: A Leading Attorney’s Personal Journey Inside the War on Drugs.
Getting high is something most of us do, and in many cases do safely—yet drugs remain a singular public enemy. In a ranging blend of memoir, pop culture, policy critique, and social analysis, LA-based criminal defense attorney Allison Margolin explores why—and what we can do about it.
Informed by Margolin’s experiences as a drug user, advocate, and the daughter of California’s most renowned (and infamous) cannabis attorney, Just Dope offers a look at where our current drug policy fails. It exposes the true history of drug prohibition in the United States, sharing why it started, how it evolved, and where it stands now. And it looks unflinchingly at the false dichotomy between “good” drugs and “bad” drugs and Margolin’s experience with programs like D.A.R.E that misguidedly ask you to “Just Say No.”
NOTE: See site for RSVP, guidelines, and details.
Where: Book Soup
Date: Tuesday the 31st
Time: 7 pm
Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90069
Website: https://www.booksoup.com/event/allison-margolin
At Skylight: Tommi Parrish, with Ron Regé, Jr, & Men I Trust at Skylight Books – In-Person Event
Tommi Parrish, in conversation with Ron Regé, Jr, will present and discuss his graphic novel, Men I Trust.
Tommi Parrish’s sophomore graphic novel establishes them as one of the most exciting voices in contemporary literature.
Eliza is a thirtysomething struggling single mother and poet. Sasha, a twentysomething yearning for direction in life, just moved back in with her parents and dabbles as a sex worker. The two strike up an unlikely friendship that, as it veers toward something more, becomes a deeply resonant exploration of how far people are willing to go to find intimacy in a society that is increasingly not conducive to it.
Tommi Parrish (b. 1989, Melbourne) is a trans Australian cartoonist and painter living in Western Massachusetts. Their debut work, The Lie and How We Told It, won the 2019 Lambda Literary Award for the best LGBTQ graphic novel, was nominated for the Ignatz award, was featured in many best of 2018 lists, and translated into 11 languages worldwide. Tommi was the 2020 recipient of the Center For Cartoon Studies Fellowship and their work has been showcased in The New Yorker, Granta Magazine, The New York Times, Pitchfork, Vice, and many more.
Ron Regé, Jr. is one of the singular cartoonists of his generation, an unusual but skilled stylist and storyteller with an acutely passionate moral and idealistic core that stands out amongst his peers. He lives in Los Angeles, CA. A Plymouth, Massachusetts, native, he is a musician as well as a cartoonist.
NOTE: See site for RSVP, guidelines, and details.
Where: Skylight Books
Date: Tuesday the 31st
Time: 7 pm
Address:1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Website: https://www.skylightbooks.com/event/skylight-tommi-parrish-presents-men-i-trust-w-ron-reg%C3%A9-jr
Kathryn H. Ross & Black Was Not a Label at Vroman’s – In-Person Event
Kathryn H. Ross will present and discuss her new book, Black Was Not a Label.
BLACK WAS NOT A LABEL is a collection of essays that explores the intersection of faith and racial trauma and the attempt to come to terms with instances of otherness, isolation, racism, erasure, anger, and lost love. A look at life within the “veil” W.E.B. Du Bois spoke of in his work, The Souls of Black Folk, this collection is both catharsis and lamentation to God for the self and all who have felt trapped within this (sometimes impenetrable) veil.
NOTE: See site for RSVP, guidelines, and details.
Where: Vroman’s
Date: Tuesday the 31st
Time: 7 pm
Address: 585 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Website: https://www.vromansbookstore.com/event/kathryn-ross-discusses-black-was-not-label
SOM Tuesdays Open Mic at Murphy’s Pub, Long Beach – In-Person Event (Check to verify, pending new location)
SOM Open Mic Tuesdays at Murphy’s Pub takes place in a casual setting in Long Beach. Come and share music, comedy, and poetry with SOM in its new venue!
Featured guest: TBA.
Sign-ups at 6:30 pm.
Where: Murphy’s Pub (Check to verify)
Date: Tuesday the 31st
Time: 7 pm – 10 am
Address: 4918 2nd St., Belmont Shore, Long Beach, CA 90803 (Check to verify)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/somopenmic/
In Conversation: James Hannahan, with Jonathan Lethem, at Hammer Museum – In-Person Event
On the heels of his most recent book, Didn’t Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta, James Hannahan joins fellow author Jonathan Lethem in conversation.
Hannahan is also the author of novels God Says No and Delicious Foods, which won the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award.
Lethem is the author of 12 novels, including The Feral Detective, The Fortress of Solitude, and Motherless Brooklyn.
NOTE: See site for RSVP, guidelines, and information.
Where: Hammer Museum
Date: Tuesday the 31st
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 10899 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90024
Website: https://hammer.ucla.edu/programs-events/2023/james-hannaham-jonathan-lethem
The Virtual Cobalt Series & Open Mic with Darius Atefat-Peckham via Online Zoom Event
The Virtual Cobalt Poets Series, presented by Rick Lupert via Zoom, will feature an Open Reading and guest Darius Atefat-Peckham.
Darius Atefat-Peckham is an Iranian American poet and essayist. The author of How Many Love Poems (Seven Kitchens Press, 2021), Atefat-Peckham was a 2018 National Student Poet. He currently studies English and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at Harvard College. His work has appeared in Poem-a-Day, Indiana Review, Shenandoah, Rattle, The Journal, The Georgia Review, and elsewhere. He is the author of the chapbook How Many Love Poems, (Seven Kitchens Press, 2021). His work has recently appeared in the anthology My Shadow is My Skin: Voices from the Iranian Diaspora (University of Texas Press).
NOTE: Details and Zoom link at event link.
Where: Cobalt Poets – Online Zoom Event
Date: Tuesday the 31st
Time: 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: http://poetrysuperhighway.com/cobalt/calendar.html
The Sunless Sea Open Mic: Poetry and Spoken Word Show – In-Person Event
The Sunless Sea Open Mic: Poetry and Spoken Word Show is offered every week at the Unurban Coffee House. Hosted by DeForest Wright, all are invited to attend.
NOTE: Details at event link.
Where: Unurban Coffee House
Date: Tuesday the 31st
Time: 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Address: 3301 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90405
Website: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1699147113818899
Da Poetry Lounge Tuesday Open Mic: Women & Femmes Night at Greenway Court – In-Person Event
The nation’s largest weekly Open Mic event is 25 years strong. They hold open mic nights. At an open mic, all are welcome to share their poetry or sit in their audience.
Every 5th Tuesday of the month we celebrate Women and Femme voices only on the mic. This open mic is hosted by Yesika Salgado and Jasmine Williams, with music and vibes by DJ Sizzle Fantastic.
$10 donation. Do NOT line up prior to 7:30 p.m. Free parking adjacent to theatre.
See sites for details.
$10 donation. Do NOT line up prior to 7:30 p.m. Free parking adjacent to theater.
Masks are encouraged. All ages are welcome.
Where: Greenway Court Theatre and YouTube Live Stream
Date: Tuesday the 31st
Time: 9 pm – 11 pm
Address: 544 N. Fairfax Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90036
Website: https://www.instagram.com/p/ChLUBSRPCFb/ or https://www.dapoetrylounge.com/events/open-mic-night or https://www.dapoetrylounge.com/events/womenfemmes-night
The Big Read: Book Discussion of Interior Chinatown at Chatworth Branch Library, LAPL – In-Person Event
The Chatsworth Branch Library will discuss The Big Read selection, Interior Chinatown, by Charles Yu.
This novel follows a Generic Asian Man in his efforts to become more than a bit player. “Ever since you were a boy, you’ve dreamt of being Kung Fu Guy,” he tells himself over and over, a mantra for success. He wants to move from the background to the center of the screen. Come and meet new friends and read a new book.
NOTE: See site for RSVP, guidelines, and details.
Where: Chatsworth Branch Library, LAPL
Date: Wednesday the 1st
Time: 1:30 pm – 3 pm
Address: 21052 Devonshire St., Chatsworth, CA 91311
Website: https://lapl.org/whats-on/events/big-read-book-discussion-0
Write Your Novel Event at Platt Branch Library, LAPL – In-Person Event
The Platt Branch Library invites you to write your novel at their library.
Is writing one of your New Year’s resolutions for 2023? Is completing a book on your bucket list? Whether you shouted an emphatic yes or mumbled a hushed maybe to either of those questions, our new novel writing support group is for you. This new group will be a place to learn, practice, and receive support from other writers. We will use LinkedIn Learning courses available on lapl.org to guide us through the novel writing process one step at a time. With weekly goals and the encouragement of your peers, you can spend the year working your way toward a completed novel.
NOTE: See site for RSVP, guidelines, and details.
Where: Platt Branch Library, LAPL
Date: Wednesday the 1st
Time: 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Address: 23600 Victory Blvd., Woodland Hills, CA 91367
Website: https://lapl.org/whats-on/events/write-your-novel
The Year of the Rabbit Storytime: Oliver Shin at Vermont Square Branch Library, LAPL – In-Person Kids Event
Celebrate 2023, the year of the rabbit, with stories about the lunar new year and rabbits.
Storytime will follow with a visit from Oliver Chin, the author of the book, The Year of the Rabbit: Tales from the Chinese Zodiac.
NOTE: See site for RSVP, link, and details
Where: Vermont Square Branch Library, LAPL
Date: Wednesday the 1st
Time: 4 pm – 5:15 pm
Address: 1201 W. 48th St., Los Angeles, CA 90037
Website: https://lapl.org/whats-on/events/year-rabbit-storytime-author-oliver-chin
New Virtual LGBTQ+ Book Club & The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo at West Los Angeles Regional Library, LAPL – Online Event
The new virtual LGBTQ+ Book Club will discuss this month’s selection, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, by Taylor Jenkins Reid.
In this entrancing novel “that speaks to the Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor in us all” (Kirkus Reviews), a legendary film actress reflects on her relentless rise to the top and the risks she took, the loves she lost, and the long-held secrets the public could never imagine.
Please contact westla@lapl.org for more information or to obtain the Zoom link.
NOTE: See site for RSVP, guidelines, and details.
Where: West L.A. Regional Library, LAPL
Date: Wednesday the 1st
Time: 6 pm – 7 pm
Address: Online Event (see site)
Website: https://lapl.org/whats-on/events/west-las-lgbtq-book-club
History Book Club & The Great Bridge at Cellar Door Books – In-Person Event
The History Book Club will discuss this month’s selection, The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge, by author David McCullough.
The dramatic and enthralling story of the building of the Brooklyn Bridge, the world’s longest suspension bridge at the time, a tale of greed, corruption, and obstruction but also of optimism, heroism, and determination, told by master historian David McCullough.
David McCullough (1933–2022) twice received the Pulitzer Prize, for Truman and John Adams, and twice received the National Book Award, for The Path Between the Seas and Mornings on Horseback. His other acclaimed books include The Johnstown Flood, The Great Bridge, Brave Companions, 1776, The Greater Journey, The American Spirit, The Wright Brothers, and The Pioneers. He was the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian award. Visit DavidMcCullough.com.
NOTE: See site for RSVP, guidelines, and details.
Where: Cellar Door Bookstore
Date: Wednesday the 1st
Time: 6 pm
Address: 5225 Canyon Crest Dr., #30A, Riverside CA 92507
Website: https://www.cellardoorbookstore.com/event/history-book-club-great-bridge-0
Rainbow Reads: Teen LGBTQIA+ Book Club: Date Me, Bryson Keller at Once Upon a Time – In-Person Teen Event
The Rainbow Reads Book Club will discuss this month’s selection, Date Me, Bryson Kller, by author Kevin Van Whye.
The Rainbow Reads Book Club celebrates diversity in Young Adult books as we read books featuring various identities and stories. This is a safe space welcome to teens of all identities and allies! Join Iz and Apollo for our proud book club.
Club participation requires purchase of featured title from Once Upon A Time and registration during checkout.
Best for ages 13 and up. Masks required.
This is a discussion-based club. Participants should come prepared to share their thoughts about that meeting’s book choice.
NOTE: See site for RSVP, guidelines, and details.
Where: Once Upon a Time
Date: Wednesday the 1st
Time: 6 pm
Address: 2207 Honolulu Ave., Montrose, CA 91020
Website: https://www.shoponceuponatime.com/event/rainbow-reads-book-club-date-me-bryson-keller-kevin-van-whye
Reading in Bed: Jessica Wilson Cardenas via L. A. Poet Society – Online Event
The Reading in Bed with Jessica Series is held live on Wednesdays at www.radioollin.org and features oldies, interviews, performances, live in-studio.
The mission of the L. A. Poet Society is to create a bridge, fusing the communities of Los Angeles & Southern California Poets. Jessica Wilson Cardenas is a poet, writer, event curator and founder of the L.A. Poet Society. She is the author of the collection Serious Longing.
NOTE: See site for RSVP, link, and details.
Where: L.A. Poet Society
Date: Wednesday the 8th
Time: 6 pm – 8 pm
Address: Online Event (see site)
Website: https://www.instagram.com/losangelespoetsociety/?hl=en
Daniel Suarez & Critical Mass: A Novel at Vroman’s – In-Person Event
Daniel Suarez will discuss his new novel Critical Mass.
In New York Times bestselling author Daniel Suarez’s latest space-tech thriller, a group of pioneering astropreneurs must overcome never-before-attempted engineering challenges to rescue colleagues stranded at a distant asteroid—kicking off a new space race in which Earth’s climate crisis could well hang in the balance.
When unforeseen circumstances during an innovative—and unsanctioned—commercial asteroid-mining mission leave two crew members stranded, those who make it back must engineer a rescue, all while navigating a shifting web of global political alliances and renewed Cold War tensions. With Earth governments consumed by the ravages of climate change and unable to take the risks necessary to make rapid progress in space, the crew must build their own nextgen spacecraft capable of mounting a rescue in time for the asteroid’s next swing by Earth.
NOTE: See site for RSVP, guidelines, and details.
Where: Vroman’s
Date: Wednesday the 1st
Time: 6:30 pm
Address: 585 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Website: https://www.vromansbookstore.com/event/daniel-suarez-discusses-critical-mass
Annalee Newitz, with Ryka Aoki, & The Terraformers at Book Soup – In-Person Event
Annalee Newitz, in conversation with Ryka Aoki, will present and discuss her book, The Terraformers, a sweeping, uplifting, and illuminating exploration of the future.
Destry’s life is dedicated to terraforming Sask-E. As part of the Environmental Rescue Team, she cares for the planet and its burgeoning eco-systems as her parents and their parents did before her.
But the bright, clean future they’re building comes under threat when Destry discovers a city full of people that shouldn’t exist, hidden inside a massive volcano.
As she uncovers more about their past, Destry begins to question the mission she’s devoted her life to, and must make a choice that will reverberate through Sask-E’s future for generations to come.
NOTE: See site for RSVP, guidelines, and details.
Where: Book Soup
Date: Wednesday the 1st
Time: 7 pm
Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90069
Website: https://www.booksoup.com/event/annalee-newitz
Anansi Virtual Writers Workshop at The World Stage – In-Person Event
The Anansi Writers Workshop was founded in 1990 by Kamau Daáood, Akilah Oliver, Nafis Nabawi and Anthony Lyons. In 1993, Michael Datcher initiated the development of a three-part format for the workshop. Our tradition of a community workshop began in the late 1960s at the Watts Writers’ Workshop, where World Stage co-founder Kamau Daáood started his writing career. For general information and booking, contact V. Kali, the Anansi Writers Workshop Coordinator, at vkaliflowers@gmail.com.
- 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm — Formal workshop;
- 8:30 pm – 9:00 pm — Featured readings TBA;
- 9:05 pm – 10:00 pm — Open mic.
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
Date: Wednesday the 1st
Time: 7:30 pm – 10 pm
Address: 4321 Degnan Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90008
Website: https://www.theworldstage.org/events.html
Wednesday Night Poetry Workshop at 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 Jose Hernandez Diaz.
Jose Hernandez Diaz is a 2017 NEA Poetry Fellow. He is the author of The Fire Eater (Texas Review Press, 2020). His work appears in The American Poetry Review, Boulevard, Colorado Review, Huizache, Iowa Review, Poetry, The Southern Review, The Yale Review, and in The Best American Nonrequired Reading Anthology 2011. He teaches creative writing online and edits for Frontier Poetry.
NOTE: See site for further details, tickets, and information.
Where: Beyond Baroque
Date: Wednesday the 1st
Time: 8 pm – 10 pm
Address: Online event (see site)
Website: https://www.beyondbaroque.org/free_workshops.html or
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wednesday-night-poetry-workshop-tickets-525750543027
Poetry Reading & Open Mic by Two Idiots Peddling Poetry & Kristine Rae Anderson at The Ugly Mug – In-Person Event
Join Ben Trigg and Two Idiots Peddling Poetry at the Ugly Mug on Wednesday Night for our Reading & Open Mic, featuring Kristine Rae Anderson.
Kristine Rae Anderson’s poetry has appeared in American Writers Review, About Place Journal, and Copperfield Review, among other publications. She has received Tomales Bay and Fishtrap fellowships as well as first place award in the Mary C. Mohr Poetry Contest (Southern Indiana Review). Her first collection of poetry, the chapbook Field of Everlasting, was published by Main Street Rag in 2022.
As a journalist, Kristine won awards from the San Diego Press Club (arts story) and the Society of Professional Journalists, San Diego Chapter (criticism). Kristine holds an MA in English from San Diego State University and an MFA in poetry from New England College. A former full-time college English professor, she also has facilitated writing workshops and currently volunteers as a literacy tutor for children and adults.
Kristine grew up in California’s Santa Clara Valley when it was transitioning from orchards to tract homes, before it emerged as Silicon Valley. She now lives with her family and their three-legged rescue dog in southern California.
Please visit www.brendanconstantine.com.
The format is to welcome a featured poet for an individual reading, as well as an Open Mic reading.
$4 cover fee, cash only. Masks are required unless eating or drinking.
NOTE: See site for further details, guidelines & information.
Where: The Ugly Mug, Orange
Date: Wednesday the 1st
Time: 8 pm
Address: 261 N. Glassell St., Orange, CA 92866
Website: https://www.facebook.com/Two-Idiots-Peddling-Poetry/ or https://www.facebook.com/events/3298059233766420
Jessica George, with Xochitl Gonzalez, & MAAME via Vroman’s Bookstore – Online Event
Jessica George, in conversation with Xochitl Gonzalez, will present and discuss her book, MAAME
Maame (ma-meh) has many meanings in Twi but in my case, it means woman.
It’s fair to say that Maddie’s life in London is far from rewarding. With a mother who spends most of her time in Ghana (yet still somehow manages to be overbearing), Maddie is the primary caretaker for her father, who suffers from advanced stage Parkinson’s. At work, her boss is a nightmare and Maddie is tired of always being the only Black person in every meeting.
Smart, funny, and deeply affecting, Jessica George’s Maame deals with the themes of our time with humor and poignancy: from familial duty and racism, to female pleasure, the complexity of love, and the life-saving power of friendship. Most important, it explores what it feels like to be torn between two homes and cultures—and it celebrates finally being able to find where you belong.
NOTE: See site for RSVP, link, and details
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Thursday the 2nd
Time: 12 pm
Address: Online Crowdcast Event (see site)
Miriam Toews, with Alissa Nutting, & Fight Night at Book Soup – In-Person Event
Miriam Toews, in conversation with Alissa Nutting, will present and discuss the paperback edition of her book, Fight Night, a compassionate, darkly humorous, and deeply wise novel about three generations of women.
“You’re a small thing,” Grandma writes, “and you must learn to fight.” Swiv’s Grandma, Elvira, has been fighting all her life. From her upbringing in a strict religious community, she has fought those who wanted to take away her joy, her independence, and her spirit. She has fought to make peace with her loved ones when they have chosen to leave her. And now, even as her health fails, Grandma is fighting for her family: for her daughter, partnerless and in the third term of a pregnancy; and for her granddaughter Swiv, a spirited nine-year-old who has been suspended from school. Cramped together in their Toronto home, on the precipice of extraordinary change, Grandma and Swiv undertake a vital new project, setting out to explain their lives in letters they will never send.
NOTE: See site for RSVP, guidelines, and details.
Where: Book Soup
Date: Thursday the 2nd
Time: 7 pm
Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90069
Website: https://www.booksoup.com/event/allison margolinbooksoup.com/event/Miriam-Toews
At Skylight: Chaitali Sen and Bushra Rehman Present: A New Race of Men From Heaven and Roses in the Mouth of a Lion at Skylight Books – In-Person Event
Authors Chaitali Sen and Bushra Rehman, will present and discuss their new books: A New Race of Men from Heaven and Roses in the Mouth of a Lion, respectively.
Chaitali Sen’s A New Race of Men From Heaven is a collection of stories about characters who wander but are never truly lost. A lonely man on a business trip finds himself in the middle of a search party for a missing boy; a grieving widow leaves India to join family in the United States; a writer finds renewed success when an unknown imposter begins publishing under his identity. In these quiet yet deeply knowing stories of migration, power, and longing, A New Race of Men from Heaven offers us, above all else, stories of enduring love and hope.
Bushra Rehman’s Roses in the Mouth of a Lion is a novel about Razia Mirza, who grows up amid the wild grape vines and backyard sunflowers of Corona, Queens, with her best friend, Saima, by her side. When a family rift drives the girls apart, Razia’s heart is broken. She finds solace in Taslima, a new girl in her close-knit Pakistani-American community. They embark on a series of small rebellions: listening to scandalous music, wearing miniskirts, and cutting school to explore the city.
When Razia is accepted to Stuyvesant, a prestigious high school in Manhattan, the gulf between the person she is and the daughter her parents want her to be, widens. At Stuyvesant, Razia meets Angela and is attracted to her in a way that blossoms into a new understanding. When their relationship is discovered by an Aunty in the community, Razia must choose between her family and her own future.
NOTE: See site for RSVP, guidelines, and details.
Where: Skylight Books
Date: Thursday the 2nd
Time: 7 pm
Address: 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Website: https://www.skylightbooks.com/event/skylight-chaitali-sen-and-bushra-rehman-conversation
LARB Book Launch: Craft and Conscience by Kavita Das, with Anthony Ocampos at Stories Books & Cafe – In-Person Event
Celebrate the arrival of longtime LARB contributor Kavita Das’s new book, Craft and Conscience: How to Write about Social Issues, who will be joined by Antony Ocampo in a stirring and instructive discussion about the risks and rewards of weaving together narrative craft, research skills, and conscience to create engaged, transformational prose.
Nominated for a Pushcart Prize, Kavita’s work has been published in WIRED, CNN, Teen Vogue, Catapult, Fast Company, Tin House, Longreads, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Review of Books, Kenyon Review, Electric Literature, Colorlines, and elsewhere. Das is the author of Poignant Song: The Life and Music of Lakshmi Shankar and Craft and Conscience: How to Write About Social Issues, which is inspired by her Writing About Social Issues class.
Anthony Christian Ocampo, Ph.D., is Professor of Sociology at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. He is the author of Brown and Gay in LA: The Lives of Immigrant Sons and The Latinos of Asia: How Filipino Americans Break the Rules of Race. His writing has appeared in GQ, Catapult, BuzzFeed, Los Angeles Review of Books, Colorlines, Gravy, Life & Thyme, and the Chronicle of Higher Education, among others.
NOTE: See site for RSVP, guidelines, and details.
Where: Stories Books & Café
Date: Thursday the 2nd
Time: 7 pm – 8 pm
Address: 1716 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90026
Website: https://storiesla.com/events
Tonalli Thursdays Open Mic & Poetry Readings via L.A. Poet Society – Online Event
The L.A. Poet Society offers the Tonalli Open Mic series on the first Thursday of every month.
All artists are welcome.
NOTE: See site for RSVP, Zoom link, and details.
Where: LA Poet Society (virtual)
Date: Thursday the 2nd
Time: 7 pm
Address: Online Zoom Event
Website: https://www.lapoetsociety.org/events
Poetry Reading: Robert Pinsky & Jersey Breaks: Becoming an American Poet at Hammer Museum – In-Person Event
Celebrated poet Robert Pinsky, in conversation with UCLA Professor Stephen Yenser, will read from his work, including his new memoir, Jersey Breaks: Becoming an American Poet, which offers a candid, engaging, and wry self-portrait and a unique reflection of American culture.
Pinsky served as Poet Laureate to the Library of Congress from 1997 to 2000. He is the author of 19 books, most of which are collections of his poetry. His published work also includes critically acclaimed translations of Dante Alighieri’s Inferno and Czesław Miłosz’s The Separate Notebooks. He teaches at Boston University.
Organized and hosted by poet, literary critic, and UCLA Distinguished Research Professor Stephen Yenser. Cosponsored by the UCLA Department of English and UCLA Recreation.
NOTE: See site for RSVP, guidelines, and information.
Where: Hammer Museum
Date: Thursday the 2nd
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 10899 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90024
Website: https://hammer.ucla.edu/programs-events/2023/robert-pinsky
A Night of Wild Poetry & Calming Music at Beyond Baroque – In-Person Event
This free event of A Night of Wild Poetry & Calming Music features a four-act variety show with: the psychedelic band Mushroom, (with Pat Thomas) and iconic singer/songwriter Cindy Lee Berryhill, and poetry readings by M. L. Liebler & Rich Ferguson.
M .L. Liebler is an internationally known & widely published Detroit poet, university professor, literary arts activist, and arts organizer. He was named The 2017-2018 Murray E. Jackson Scholar in the Arts Award at Wayne State University. Liebler is the author of 15 books and chapbooks including the Award-winning Wide Awake in Someone Else’s Dream (Wayne State University Press 2008) featuring poems written in and about Russia, Israel, Germany, Alaska and Detroit. He is the founding director of both The National Writer’s Voice Project in Detroit and the Springfed Arts: Metro Detroit Writers Literary Arts Organization. His most recent publication RESPECT: Poets on Detroit Music was co-edited with Jim Daniels. The anthology was awarded the 2021 Library of Michigan Notable Book Award.
Pushcart Prize-nominated poet Rich Ferguson has shared the stage with Patti Smith, Wanda Coleman, Moby, and other esteemed poets and musicians. Ferguson was selected by the National Beat Poetry Foundation, Inc. (NBPF), to serve as the State of California Beat Poet Laureate (Sept. 2020 to Sept. 2022). He is a featured performer in the film, What About Me? featuring Michael Stipe, Michael Franti, k.d. lang, and others. His poetry and award-winning spoken-word music videos have appeared in numerous anthologies and festivals, and he was a winner in Opium Magazine’s Literary Death Match, L.A. He is the author of the poetry collection 8th& Agony (Punk Hostage Press) and the novel New Jersey Me (Rare Bird Books). Ferguson is the lead editor of an anthology of CA poets entitled Beat Not Beat (Moon Tide Press). His newest poetry collection, Everything Is Radiant Between the Hates, has also been released by Moon Tide.
NOTE: See site for RSVP, guidelines, and details.
Where: Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center
Time: 8 pm
Address: 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291
Website: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-night-of-wild-poetry-calming-music-tickets-518496215137
First Fridays Book Club at Memorial Branch Library, LAPL – Online Event
Join the Memorial Branch Library for a lively book discussion. Call or email us to find out what book we’re reading this month.
E-mail dmatthews@lapl.org for more information.
NOTE: See site for RSVP, guidelines, and details.
Where: Memorial Library, LAPL
Date: Friday the 3rd
Time: 1 pm
Address: 4625 W. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90019
Website: https://lapl.org/whats-on/events/first-fridays-book-club-0
Big Read Book Discussion: Interior Chinatown at Westchester – Loyola Village Branch Library, LAPL – In-Person Event
The Big Read book discussion will be about the novel Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu.
Interior Chinatown is both a funny Hollywood satire and a deeply personal novel. It’s about race, pop culture, immigration, assimilation, and escaping the roles we are forced to play.
The first 10 people to RSVP will receive a complimentary copy of the title. Please RSVP at wstchs@lapl.org.
NOTE: See site for RSVP, link, and details.
Where: Westchester Library, LAPL
Date: Friday the 3rd
Time: 3:30 pm
Address: 7114 W. Manchester Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90045
Website: https://lapl.org/whats-on/events/big-read-book-discussion-1
BOOKISH Event: Noteworthy Books of 2022 via Once Upon a Time & Southern California News Group – Online Zoom Event
Bookish is saluting the top 10 noteworthy authors and books for 2022.
Discover new book releases, meet interesting people and learn about a variety of topics with host Sandra Tsing Loh, writer, actress and radio personality.
NOTE: See site for RSVP, link, and details.
Where: Once Upon a Time & Southern California News Group
Date: Friday the 3rd
Time: 5 pm
Address: Online Zoom Event (see site)
Website: https://www.shoponceuponatime.com/event/bookish-noteworthy-2022
Jenny Liou, with Patrick Coleman, & Muscle Memory at Beyond Baroque – In-Person Event
Jenny Liou, in conversation with Patrick Coleman, will present and discuss her poetry collection, Muscle Memory. The reading will be hosted by Kaya Press’s Editor-in-Chief, Neelanjana Banerjee.
This debut poetry collection conjoins the world of cage fighting and the traumas of immigration. In Muscle Memory, Washington-based poet Jenny Liou grapples with violence and identity, beginning with the chain-link enclosure of the prizefighter’s cage and radiating outward into the diasporic sweep of Chinese American history.
Liou writes with spare, stunning lyricism about how cage fighting offered relief from the trauma inflicted by diaspora’s vanishing ghosts; how, in the cage, an elbow splits an eyebrow, or an armbar snaps a limb, and, even when you lose a fight, you’ve won something: pain. Liou places the physical manifestation of violence in her sport alongside the deeper traumas of immigration and her own complicated search for identity, exploring what she inherited from her Chinese immigrant father―who was also obsessed with poetry and martial arts. When she finally steps away from the cage to raise children of her own, Liou begins to question how violence and history pass from Jenny Liou (born 1983) is an English professor at Pierce College, and a retired professional cage fighter. She lives and writes in Covington, Washington.
Patrick Coleman makes things from words, sounds, and occasional pictures. His first novel, The Churchgoer, was released by Harper Perennial on July 30, 2019. It is being adapted for television starring Matthew McConaughey for FX. His debut collection of poems, Fire Season, was written after the birth of his first child by speaking aloud into a digital audio recorder on the long commute between the art museum where he worked and his home in a rural neighborhood that burned in the Witch Creek Fire of 2007. It won the 2015 Berkshire Prize and was released by Tupelo Press.
NOTE: See site for RSVP, guidelines, and details.
Where: Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center
Date: Friday the 3rd
Time: 7 pm
Address: 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291
Website: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kaya-press-presents-jenny-liou-patrick-coleman-tickets-523933618557
At Skylight: Ali Winston & Darwin BondGraham, with James Queally, & The Riders Come Out at Night at Skylight Books – In-Person Eventonce upon
Authors and journalists Ali Winston and Darwin BondGraham will discuss their decades-in-the-making book The Riders Come Out at Night: Brutality, Corruption, and Cover-up in Oakland with James Queally of the LA Times.
No municipality has been under court oversight to reform its police department as long as the city of Oakland. It is, quite simply, the edge case in American law enforcement.
The Riders Come Out at Night is the culmination of over twenty-one years of fearless reporting. Ali Winston and Darwin BondGraham shine a light on the jackbooted police culture, lack of political will, and misguided leadership that have conspired to stymie meaningful reform. The authors trace the history of Oakland since its inception through the lens of the city’s police department, through the Palmer Raids, McCarthyism, and the Civil Rights struggle, the Black Panthers and crack eras, to Oakland’s present-day revival. This book is the story of one city and its police department, but it’s also the story of American policing—and where it’s headed.
Ali Winston is an independent reporter covering criminal justice, privacy, and surveillance. His work has been rewarded with several awards, including the George Polk Award for local reporting in 2017. Ali is a graduate of the University of Chicago and the University of California, Berkeley. He lives in New York. You can follow him on Twitter @AWinston.
Darwin BondGraham has reported on gun violence for The Guardian and was an enterprise reporter for the East Bay Express. BondGraham’s work has also appeared with ProPublica and other leading national and local outlets. He holds a doctorate in sociology from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and was the co-recipient of the George Polk Award for local reporting in 2017. He lives in Oakland, California. You can follow him on Twitter @DarwinBondGraha.
James Queally is a journalist, author, and general arbiter of fact from horse shit. He’s spent the past decade writing about crime, policing and chaos: first in Newark, NJ for The Star-Ledger and currently for the Los Angeles Times. He’s covered hurricanes, hate crimes, street racing, way too many murders, protests in Ferguson, Mo. that sparked a national movement and tragic killings on street corners in Jersey that you’ve never heard of and probably never will.
NOTE: See site for RSVP, guidelines, and details.
Where: Skylight Books
Date: Friday the 3rd
Time: 7 pm
Address:1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Friday Night Open Micat Tia Chucha’s Centro Cultural & Bookstore – In-Person Event
Join Tia Chucha for their Friday Night Open Mic and poetry readings event. All artists and talents are welcome.
NOTE: See site for RSVP, guidelines, and details.
Where: Tia Chucha’s Centro Cultural & Bookstore
Date: Friday the 3rd
Time: 7 pm – 9 pm
Address: 12677 Glenoaks Blvd., Sylmar, CA 91342
Website: https://www.facebook.com/TiaChuchasCentroCultural/events
First Fridays Rapp Saloon Reading Series, with host Cynthia Alessandra Briano, via Rapp Saloon – Hybrid In-Person & Online Event
First Fridays at Rapp Saloon Open Mic & Featur1342ed Readers is an event offered every 1st Friday of the month by host Cynthia Alessandra Briano.
This is a HYBRID event, with a return to live in-person events while maintaining at HISUA Zoom option for our performers and guests.
All languages are welcome.
Featured guest poets and artists this month TBA
Share your voice at the Open Mic, where there is a time limit of 4 minutes max. Sign-ups are at 8 pm – 8:30 pm. Zoom ID posted 3 hours prior to event.
NOTE: See site for event details.
Where: Rapp Saloon at HISUA
Date: Friday the 3rd
Time: 8:30 pm – 10:30 pm
Address: 1436 2nd St., Santa Monica, CA 90401 (Zoom link in bio @RappSaloon)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/RappSaloonReadingSeries/photos/
SWAAM Spoken Word Art & Music Event & Open Mic by Lorenzo Frank at Park Hills Community Center – In-Person Event (Check to verify)
Join us to hear a featured poet, plus an Open Mic, hosted by Lorenzo Frank on the first and third Friday of the month.
Featured artist TBA
NOTE: See site for costs, guidelines, and details.
Where: Park Hills Community Center
Date: Friday the 3rd
Time: 8:30 pm
Address: 5245 Overdale Dr., View Park-Windsor Hills, Los Angeles, CA 90043
Website: https://www.facebook.com/swaampoetry/ (Check to verify)
Book Club Discussion: Crying in H-Mart at Palms – Rancho Park Branch Library, LAPL – In-Person Event
The Palms – Rancho Park Branch Library book discussion will be about the novel Crying in H-Mart: A Memoir, by Michelle Zauner, from the sensation known as Japanese Breakfast.
In this exquisite story of family, food, grief, and endurance, Michelle Zauner proves herself far more than a dazzling singer, songwriter, and guitarist. With humor and heart, she tells of growing up one of the few Asian American kids at her school in Eugene, Oregon; of struggling with her mother’s particular, high expectations of her; of a painful adolescence; of treasured months spent in her grandmother’s tiny apartment in Seoul, where she and her mother would bond, late at night, over heaping plates of food.
Copies available at reference/information desk and as ebooks.
NOTE: See site for RSVP, guidelines, and details.
Where: Palms – Rancho Park Branch Library, LAPL, Community Room
Date: Saturday the 4th
Time: 11 am – 12 pm
Address: 2920 Overland Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90064
Website: https://lapl.org/whats-on/events/book-club-discussion
Story Time Event: Cátia Chien & All The Beating Hearts at Once Upon a Time – In-Person Kids Event
Cátia Chien. Will read her book, All the Beating Hearts, draw, and answer questions before singing books.
In All the Beating Hearts, the cyclical nature of day and night frames a heartfelt exploration of the shared experiences that bring us all together. Luscious illustrations by Cátia Chien accompany the soulful text. Cleverly emulating the cyclical nature of day and night, it emphasizes an even deeper message: through all of life’s ups and downs, there will always be light after darkness, and most importantly, we have each other—these other beating hearts.
Best for ages 4+.
NOTE: See site for RSVP, guidelines, and details.
Where: Once Upon a Time
Date: Saturday the 4th
Time: 11 am
Address: 2207 Honolulu Ave., Montrose, CA 91020
Website: https://www.shoponceuponatime.com/event/beating-hearts
Narrative Poetry Workshop with Xitlalic Guijosa-Osuna at L.A. Poetry Society at South Gate Art Gallery – In-Person Event
Xitlalic Guijosa-Osuna is leading a Narrative Poetry Writing Workshop of 6 sessions, which started in December. Express yourself and share your story. Free journal and pen.
NOTE: See site for RSVP, guidelines, and details.
Where: LA Poet Society at South Gate Art Gallery
Date: Saturday the 4th
Time: 11 am – 12:30 pm
Address: 8680 California Ave., South Gate, CA 90280
Website: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSclX-SwH95hBJ9UOS8P8Y96J7VsIq_KtmRLucxWe2GRw8icJw/viewform
Tia Chucha’s Book Club & For Brown Girls with Sharp Teeth at Tia Chucha’s Centro Cultural & Bookstore – Online Zoom Event
Join Tia Chucha for their virtual monthly book club discussion. This month’s selection is For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts: A Love Letter to Women of Color, by Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez.
For generations, Brown girls have had to push against powerful forces of sexism, racism, and classism, often feeling alone in the struggle. By founding Latina Rebels, Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez has created a community to help women fight together. In For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts, she offers wisdom and a liberating path forward for all women of color.
NOTE: See site for RSVP, link, and details. Zoom: bit.ly/bookclubtc
Where: Tia Chucha’s Centro Cultural & Bookstore
Date: Saturday the 4th
Time: 11 am – 12:30 pm
Address: Online Event (see site)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=679501593832339&set=pcb.679501617165670
Special Storytime: Bunny Russell & I Love You: A Tale of Comfort Now & After the Loss of a Pet at Vroman’s – In-Person Kids Event
Follow the story of a family & their big fluffy dog. When it’s time to say goodbye, the journey continues.
This beautiful, illustrated, nondenominational picture book gently explores heartbreak, death & heaven. PERFECT GIFT FOR dog lovers, teachers, veterinarians, therapists, librarians. A resource for any parent/ caregiver, told in a way that children can understand & ending with a gentle message that love abides beyond a lifetime.
NOTE: See site for RSVP, guidelines, and details.
Where: Vroman’s
Date: Saturday the 4th
Time: 11 am
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Meet & Greet: Scott Casperson & Sweet Talk at Flintridge Bo0kstore – In-Person Kids Event
Author Scott Casperson will present his book Sweet Talk for Valentine’s Day.
In Sweet Talk a leftover Valentine candy sets out February 15th to find a love of its own and learns that in order to true love it takes a lot of heart. A humorous tale about following your beliefs that the true one is out there for us all if we just don’t give up. A tale sure to be enjoyed by the young at heart no matter your age.
Scott Casperson is an Air Force brat who has been lucky enough to get to explore new & far-away places all his life. After graduating proudly from the University of Florida he worked in stints in advertising, entertainment, hospitality, children’s education & comedy (sometimes all at once!). Now, he’s taking that creativity & channeling it into the perfect medium for him – children’s books.
NOTE: See site for RSVP, guidelines, and further details.
Where: Flintridge Bookstore
Date: Saturday the 4th
Time: 12 pm – 2 pm
Address: 858 Foothill Blvd., La Cañada, Flintridge, CA 91011
Website: https://www.flintridgebooks.com/instore-events/2023/2/4/meet-amp-greet-scott-casperson-sweet-talk-an-appearance-for-valentines-day
No Borders: Zine Fest & Book Launch by Errant Press at Beyond Baroque – In-Person Event
Errant Press Presents: No Borders Zine Fest & Book Launch of Errant Passport, with musical performances by Pochaperuana and Luis Blackaller.
This event is a celebration of tolerance and DIY spirit. The event starts with a Zine Fest in Beyond Baroque’s outdoor patio featuring multiple artists, DIY presses, and zinesters from Mexico & the U.S. of multicultural backgrounds who will share their latest work and printed material. No Borders concludes with the launch of Errant Press’s new artist book, Errant Passport, a publication that plays with the idea of what is “real” or “official.” The author will open a discussion panel about borders and their different meanings where participants will explore the question “What are borders?”
Schedule:
2 – 6 pm: Zine fest
DJ Sets: Pochaperuana and Luis Blackaller
6pm – 7pm: No Borders Panel Discussion
NOTE: See site for RSVP, guidelines, and further details.
Where: Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center
Date: Saturday the 4th
Time: 2 pm – 6 pm (Zine Fest) & 6 pm – 7 pm (Reading)
Address: 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291
Avenues of Latinx Publishing: A Community Conversation – In-Person Event
A Community conversation on Avenues of Latinx Publishing will be held featuring three women professionals with extensive knowledge of the topic:
Dr Beatiz Ruiz Silva is a professor at East Los Angeles College.
Viva Padilla is a bilingual poet, editor, publisher, and founder of Re/Arte Centro Literario in Los Angeles. She is editor-in-chief of sin cesar literary magazine (formerly Dryland), established in 2015 in South Central Los Angeles and of Hombre Lobo. She is currently working on a bilingual poetry collection.
Norma Fabian Newton is a creative that loves storytelling. Her projects challenge the continual erasure of Latinx narratives from mainstream media. Ultimately, she hopes her work empowers, inspires, and shifts culture.
Where: Vincent Price Art Museum, East Los Angeles College
Date: Saturday the 4th
Time: 2 pm – 3 pm
Address: 1301 Avenida Cesar Chavez, Monterey Park, CA 91754
Website: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn7_OUfPMyV/?hl=en
Saturday Afternoon Poetry: Poetry Writing Workshop with Don Kingfisher Campbell – Online Zoom Event
Saturday Afternoon Poetry will host a Poetry Writing Workshop with Don Kingfisher Campbell. (Submit up to 3 poems totaling no more than 150 lines for Spectrum online edition: Spring Solution by emailing donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59pm, February 11th).
All events are curated by Don Kingfisher Campbell.
Where: Saturday Afternoon Poetry
Date: Saturday the 4th
Time: 3 pm – 5 pm
Address: Online Zoom Event (see site)
Website: http://saturdayafternoonpoetry.blogspot.com/
Expressions L.A. Poetry Reading Series & Open Mic at Studio City Branch Library, LAPL – In-Person & Online Hybrid Event
The Expressions L.A. Poetry Reading Series & Open Mic is offered every first and third Saturday of the month, and will feature poetry readings by special guests and Open Mic readers, both in-person and virtually online.
Please email studio@lapl.org for instructions on how to join the program.
NOTE: See site for RSVP, guidelines, and details.
Where: Studio City Branch Library, LAPL
Date: Saturday the 28th
Time: 3 pm – 5 pm
Address: 12511 Moorpark St., Studio City, CA 91604
Website: https://lapl.org/whats-on/events/noho-person-book-club-0
Book Performance: Daniel Eric Finkel & MR. TAFFLE’S PANTS OF INSANITY at The Pop Hop – In-Person Event
The Pop Hop presents Daniel Eric Finkel to celebrate his psychedelic comedy/sci-fi debut novel, MR. TAFFLE’S PANTS OF INSANITY.
The author will be performing songs written specifically to hypnotize you into reading his new book. There will also be a Q&A, and the author will be signing books to make them worth millions!
RSVP recommended but not required.
NOTE: See site for RSVP, guidelines, and further information.
Where: The Pop-Hop
Date: Saturday the 4th
Time: 4 pm – 6 pm
Address: 5002 York Blvd., Los Angeles, CA
Website: https://www.thepophop.com/calendar?view=calendar&month=01-2023 or https://www.thepophop.com/calendar/2023/2/4/book-performance-mr-taffles-pants-of-insanity
2023 California Tour: Beat Not Beat Poetry Readings at Tia Chucha’s Centro Cultural & Bookstore – In-Person & Online Hybrid Event
Join Tia Chucha for the Beat Not Beat book tour, to hear poet contributors read their work in this anthology of both living and dead California poets that have a connection, both direct and through influence, to a generation and movement with beginnings attributed to the 1950s.
Published by Moon Tide Press, Beat Not Beat readings will be hosted by Rich Ferguson and presented by poets including:
Luis J. Rodriguez is the co-founder of Tia Chucha’s, a poet and writer of many genres, including the acclaimed memoir Always Running, and the former Poet Laureate of Los Angeles.
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Dennis Cruz was born in Costa Rica and came to the U.S. as a young boy. he inhabits the voice of the perpetual outsider and the purely American dissident. Cruz is the author of No One: Poems 2009, and Moth Wing Tea. He has been published in numerous anthologies as well as online publications including THE CHIRON REVIEW, The Nervous Breakdown, Crush Fan Zine, and Sensitive Skin Magazine.
Luivette Resto, a mother, teacher, poet, and Wonder Woman fanatic, was born in Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico but proudly raised in the Bronx. She is a CantoMundo and Macondo Fellow, and a Pushcart Prize nominee. She is on the Board of Directors for Women Who Submit, a non profit organization in Los Angeles focused on women and nonbinary writers. Some of her latest work can be read on Spillway, North American Review, and the latest anthology, Gathering. She is the author most recently of Living on Islands Not Found on Maps.Her first two books of poetry Unfinished Portrait and Ascension have been published by Tía Chucha Press.
Matt Sedillo has been described as the “best political poet in America” as well as “the poet laureate of the struggle” by academics, poets, and journalists alike.His work has been taught at numerous colleges and universities and he has read and performed his work nationally and internationally. He is the author of Mowing Leaves of Grass and City on the Second Floor, and has a third book forthcoming.
NOTE: See site for RSVP, FB link, and details.
Where: Tia Chucha’s Centro Cultural & Bookstore
Date: Saturday the 4th
Time: 4 pm
Address: Online FB Event (see site)
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/564570428924695/?ref=newsfeed
Poetry After Dark Writing Workshop at Café Con Libros, Pomona – In-Person Event
Every 4th Friday of the month, prior to the Open Mic, there will be a Poetry After Dark Erotica Writing Workshop at Cafe con Libros.
$10 minimum donation suggested.
Age requirement of 18+.
NOTE: See site for RSVP, link, and details.
Where: Café con Libros, Pomona
Date: Saturday the 4th
Time: 5 pm – 6:30 pm
Address: 280 W. 2nd St., Pomona, CA 91766
Website: https://cafeconlibrospress.org/event-calendar/
Elise Bryant & Reggie and Delilah’s Year of Falling at The Ripped Bodice – In-Person Event
Elise Bryant, in conversation with 2023 debut authors Danielle Parker and Jade Adia, will present and discuss her new book, Reggie and Delilah’s Year of Falling.
Delilah always keeps her messy, gooey insides hidden behind a wall of shrugs and yeah, whatevers. She goes with the flow—which is how she ends up singing in her friends’ punk band as a favor, even though she’d prefer to hide at the merch table.
Reggie is a D&D Dungeon Master and self-declared Blerd. He spends his free time leading quests and writing essays critiquing the game under a pseudonym, keeping it all under wraps from his disapproving family.
These two, who have practically nothing in common, meet for the first time on New Year’s Eve. And then again on Valentine’s Day. And then again on St. Patrick’s Day. It’s almost like the universe is pushing them together for a reason.
There will be a book signing to follow. This event is free and tickets are not required, however, RSVPs are appreciated when possible!
Can’t attend the event? Signed books are available for in-store pick up and to ship.
NOTE: See site for tickets, guidelines, and details.
Where: The Ripped Bodice
Date: Saturday the 4th
Time: 5 pm – 7 pm
Address: Main Street, Culver City, CA 90323
Website: https://www.therippedbodicela.com/events-and-tickets
At Skylight: Elisabeth Houston, with Gabrielle Civil, & Standard American English at Skylight Books – In-Person Event
Elisabeth Houston, in conversation with Gabrielle Civil, will present her debut collection of poems, Standard American English.
Writer and artist Elisabeth Houston brings her readers deep into the world of baby, a persona she has been developing in performance contexts for nearly a decade. The poems in this debut collection emerge from the abject dialectic of baby’s psyche—where a self in formation staggers under the weight of sexual abuse, body image dysmorphia, rapacious materialism, fame obsession, and racial fetishism. What is witnessed here is the way late capitalism unfolds brutal games of power, affecting all dimensions of life, with the potential to consume and ravage individual actors, as well as entire communities and cultures. Standard American English is a blistering satire of contemporary American values. In the tradition of literary “outlaws” such as Kathy Acker, Marguerite Duras, and Jean Genet, Houston pulls out all the stops.
Elisabeth Houston is a writer and artist based in Los Angeles. Standard American English is her first collection of poems; she teaches at Cal-State LA.
Gabrielle Civil is a black feminist performance artist, poet, and writer, originally from Detroit, MI. She has premiered over fifty performance artworks around the world including the déjà vu—live (2022), Jupiter (2021), and Vigil (2021). Her performance memoirs include Swallow the Fish (2017), Experiments in Joy (2019), (ghost gestures) (2021), the déjà vu (2022), and In & Out of Place (2024). Her writing has appeared in New Daughters of Africa, Kitchen Table Translation, and Experiments in Joy: a Workbook. A 2019 Rema Hort Mann LA Emerging Artist, she teaches at the California Institute of the Arts. The aim of her work is to open up space.
Where: Skylight Books
Date: Saturday the 4th
Time: 5 pm
Address: 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Black History Month Lecture: Drew Hart & Trouble I’ve Seen and Can I Get a Witness at La Canada Congregational Church – Online Event
Author Drew G. I. Hart provides incisive insights into Scripture and history, along with illuminating personal stories, to help us identify how the witness of the church has become mangled by Christendom, white supremacy, and religious nationalism. Hart provides a wide range of practices for communities seeking to show love for and solidarity with the vulnerable.
NOTE: See site for RSVP, cost, guidelines, and details.
Where: La Canada Congregational Church
Date: Saturday the 4th
Time: 6 pm
Address: 1200 Foothill Blvd., La Cañada Flintridge, CA 91011
Website: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/black-history-month-lectures-tickets-457221430607
Vroman’s Live: Aubrey Gordon, with Evette Dionne, & You Just Need to Lose Weight: And 19 Other Myths About Fat People at Vroman’s – Online Event
In You Just Need to Lose Weight, Aubrey Gordon equips readers with the facts and figures to reframe myths about fatness in order to dismantle the anti-fat bias ingrained in how we think about and treat fat people. Bringing her dozen years of community organizing and training to bear, Gordon shares the rhetorical approaches she and other organizers employ to not only counter these pernicious myths, but to dismantle the anti-fat bias that so often underpin them.
As conversations about fat acceptance and fat justice continue to grow, You Just Need to Lose Weight will be essential to ensure that those conversations are informed, effective, and grounded in both research and history.
NOTE: See site for RSVP, link, and details.
Where: Vroman’s
Date: Saturday the 4th
Time: 6 pm
Address: Online Crowdcast Event (see site)
Website: https://www.vromansbookstore.com/event/vromans-live-presents-aubrey-gordon
Poetry After Dark: Grown & Sexy Open Micat Café Con Libros, Pomona – In-Person Event
Poetry After Dark: Grown & Sexy Open Mic is an event hosted by poet and writer James Coats and Pomona Poet Laureate Cesar Avelar, and will have the theme of love, romance, and all the spiciness that comes with it.
This event is for the grown and sexy poets and poetry lovers who want to share their stories around love romance and more or just want to listen in a cool mature atmosphere. We have 4 excellent featured performers who are going to amaze the room. Bring some extra cash for books and merchandise to support the venue and artists:
Cynthia Young N/A
James Evert Jones is a poet, writer, actor, and producer. He is director at Expressions Literary Arts and the author of In a Fever Delirium, and his work has appeared in many anthologies.
Natalie Sierra is a first generation Latinix poet and author of a collection of poetry, Medusa (Fall, 2020), with DSTL Arts. She is also the author of three volumes of poetry and short stories, Nadine: Love Songs for Demented Housewives, Temblors, and Strangelove: Tales of Love and Lust.
Jean-Pierre Rueda is a poet and writer and the author of Her Eyes Were the Moon and I Was the Waves, among others.
NOTE: See site for RSVP, tickets, and details. 18+ event.
Where: Café con Libros, Pomona
Date: Saturday the 4th
Time: 6:30 pm – 9 pm
Address: 280 W. 2nd St., Pomona, CA 91766
ColdscriptCo Publishing Presents: Eyes & Windows & Souls at Village Well Books & Coffee – In-Person Event
Eyes & Windows & Souls is a collection of poetry on the theme of identity, written by college students from around the world.
GoldScriptCo is a publishing company that seeks to platform the author and artist, and to create community among all creatives.
This event is for ages 18+
NOTE: See site for RSVP, guidelines, and further information.
Where: Village Well Books & Coffee
Date: Saturday the 4th
Time: 7 pm – 8 pm
Address: 9900 Culver Blvd., #1BCulver City, CA 90323
Website: https://shop.villagewell.com/events/22705
Griot Café Open Mic with Sistah Shy & Samuel Rain at Shades of Africa, Long Beach – In-Person Event (Check to Verify)
Sistah Shy & Samuel Rain host the Griot Café Open Mic & Poetry event every Saturday evening at Shades of Africa in Long Beach. See site to subscribe for reminders, etc.
Where: Griot Café at Shades of Africa
Date: Saturday the 4th
Time: 8 pm – 10 pm
Address: 1001 E. 4th St., Long Beach, CA 90802
Website: https://shadesofafrika.com/griot-cafe-open-mic-poetry/
Bel Canto Books Presents: Tracy Badua, with Laurel Flores Fantauzzo, & This Is Not a Personal Statement via BKUBO LB – In-Person YA Event
Join Bel Canto Books to hear Tracy Badua, in conversation with Laurel Flores Fantauzzo, present and discuss YA novel, This Is Not a Personal Statement.
From rising star Tracy Badua comes a poignant, propulsive standalone YA novel about a teen who, after getting rejected from her dream college, forges her own acceptance and commits to living a lie—perfect for fans of Mary H.K. Choi and Gloria Chao.
An incisive, relatable tale of acceptance, self-discovery, and the infinite possibilities that await when we embrace our imperfections.
Tracy Badua is a Filipino American author of books full of humor, magic, and young people with sunny hearts in a sometimes stormy world. By day, she is an attorney who works in national policy and programs, and by night, she squeezes in writing, family time, and bites of her secret candy stash. She lives in San Diego, California, with her family and photogenic Maltese.
Laurel Flores Fantauzzo is an author and a teacher. Her nonfiction book, The First Impulse, was a finalist for the 2018 Philippine National Book Award. Her young adult novel, My Heart Underwater, was named a Kirkus Best Book of 2020. She has taught at Ateneo de Manila, Yale-NUS in Singapore, and the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. She lives between the Philippines and the US with her wife.
NOTE: See site for RSVP, guidelines, and details.
Where: Bel Canto Books at KUBO LB
Date: Sunday the 5th
Time: 11 am – 1 pm
Address: 3976 Atlantic Ave., Long Beach, CA 90807
Book Release Performance: Phillip Brown, with Rain Wilson, & Olivia Jones Comes Alive at The Skirball Cultural Center – Online Event
Enjoy a staged reading of Olivia Jones! Author and advocate Phillip Brown’s new literary work tells the story of a girl raised in the Deep South who seeks to right the wrongs of her father and repair her nation’s past. Told through a series of flashbacks narrated by the determined Olivia, the story takes us on a harrowing journey as she prompts the uncovering of family secrets no one was ever supposed to find out.
For this special book release celebration, Brown’s work of historical fiction is brought to life under the direction of acclaimed spoken word artist Rain Wilson as she weaves the story together with actors, dancers, and live music.
A Q&A, book signing, and reception in Founders Courtyard will follow the performance.
NOTE: See site for RSVP, tickets, guidelines, and details.
Where: Skirball Cultural Center
Date: Sunday the 5th
Time: 1 pm – 3 pm
Address: 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90049
Website: https://www.skirball.org/programs/olivia-jones-comes-alive
ZZYZX Writerz Series at Midnight Books LA in Whittier – In-Person Event
ZZYZX will be hosting their “Word Around” series at Midnight Books, beginning February 5th at 2pm, and then every first Sunday after that!
The @zzyzxwriterz are a talented group of Southern Californian poets, writers, musicians and artists of all kinds. The word-around series is free and open to EVERYONE, you can share your art, get feedback from a community of artists, improve and create new work.
Give @zzyzxwriterz a listen to their podcast on SoundCloud, zzyzx_sundaze
NOTE: See site for details.
Where: Midnight Books LA
Date: Sunday the 5th
Time: 2 pm – 4 pm
Address: 7201 Greenleaf Ave., Ste. D, Whittier, CA 990602, CA 90602
Website: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cnpy_7_S2Ez/?hl=en or https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn2SwQMPe8S/?hl=en
Writers Bloc Presents: Nina Totenberg, with Jessica Levinson, & Dinners With Ruth at JAMS Performing Arts Center – In-Person Event
In her niche for NPR at the Supreme Court, Nina Totenberg has broken scoop after scoop about justices, and nominees. She earned a special spot in American feminist iconography stemming from her bombshell reporting about Anita Hill’s sexual harassment by Clarence Thomas.
In her new book, Dinners With Ruth: A Memoir on the Power of Friendships, Nina Totenberg traces the power of close relationships with her dear friend, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. She recounts her close friendships with her NPR colleagues and some of her great career triumphs—as well as some frustrations. But Nina Totenberg also turns her gaze to her personal life as well. The stories in Dinners With Ruth illustrate a profound relationship that clearly carried both women through the best and worst parts of their lives for over four decades. Like her brilliant reportage, this book is a most moving account of two of America’s most acclaimed women.
Besides being a brilliant and dedicated Supreme Court observer, Jessica Levinson is a professor at Loyola Law School where her work focuses on Constitutional Law and Election Law. She is also the Director of Loyola’s Journalist Law School and Loyola’s Public Service Institute. She is a CBS news legal analyst, a columnist for MSNBC, has a weekly legal segment on NPR member station KCRW, and is host of the Passing Judgment podcast. Levinson is also the past president of the Los Angeles Ethics Commission.
NOTE: See site for tickets, guidelines, and details.
Where: JAMS Performing Arts Center: LA World Affairs Council & Town Hall
Date: Sunday the 5th
Time: 3 pm
Address: 1630 Pear St., Santa Monica, CA 90405
Website: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nina-totenberg-and-jessica-levinson-tickets-477784043937
Emily Pennington & Feral: Losing Myself and Finding My Way in America’s National Parks at Village Well Books & Coffee – In-Person Event
FERAL: Losing Myself and Finding My Way in America’s National Parks is a personal memoir about an LA author who leaves her structured life behind to venture into the great outdoors.
Emily Pennington is Outside Online’s parks and travel columnist. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, Condé Nast Traveler, Lonely Planet, Adventure Journal, REI, and Backpacker, to name a few. Emily lives in Los Angeles, CA.
NOTE: See site for RSVP, guidelines, and further information.
Where: Village Well Books & Coffee
Date: Sunday the 5th
Time: 4 pm – 5 pm
Address: 9900 Culver Blvd., #1B, Culver City, CA 90323
Website: https://shop.villagewell.com/events/23134
Sunday Jump Open Mic & Reading Event: at Pilipino Workers Center – In-Person Event
Celebrating 10 Years!
The open mic is the foundation of Sunday Jump. It is an open forum. It is a creative platform. It is the people’s voice.
We curate three featured performing artists, a visual artist, and a community spotlight at every event. In this curation process, we focus on uplifting artists who are people of color.
Features TBA.
NOTE: See site for RSVP, open mic guidelines, and further information.
Where: Pilipino Workers Center, Pabelonia Room, 1st Floor
Date: Sunday the 5th
Time: 5 pm
Address: 153 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90026
Website: https://www.sundayjump.com/programs/
Book Launches: Jeff Drake & Pleasant Gehman at Stories Books & Café – In-Person Event
Jeff Drake, in conversation with Pleasant Gehman, will present and discuss their books.
Stories Books and Café presents an evening of 1980’s punk rock literary madness with authors Jeff Drake and Pleasant Gehman reading from and signing their latest books.
Jeff’s debut is Guilty: My Life As A Member of The Joneses, A Heroin Addict, Bank Robber and Federal Inmate (HoZac Books, 2023).
Pleasant’s ninth book is Rock And Roll Witch: A Memoir Of Sex Magick, Drugs And Rock’n’Roll (Punk Hostage Press, 2022).
Where: Stories Books & Café
Date: Sunday the 5th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 1716 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90026
Website: https://storiesla.com/events
Happily Everyone After Book Club at The Ripped Bodice – In-Person Event
All book clubs now meet at 7:15 pm on their designated Sunday in the main store, in order to have enough space for everyone!
Book for February: Crumbs, by Danie Stirling.
This story is a delightful graphic novel about falling in love. Based on the beloved webcomic from WEBTOON, this sweet coming-of-age story of friendship and first love comes to life in graphic novel format with gorgeous illustrations and exclusive content.
Bookseller Katherine Z. leads this book club that reads widely across the romance genre.
This book club meets at the store on the 4th Sunday of the month at 7:15 pm.
No membership necessary, feel free to show up!
NOTE: See site for tickets, guidelines, and details.
Where: The Ripped Bodice
Date: Sunday the 29th
Time: 7:15 pm – 8:30 pm
Address: Main Street, Culver City, CA 90323
Website: https://www.therippedbodicela.com/events-and-tickets
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