Alternative Facts Not On Exhibit. Gluten-free Chicano Cooks. Film and Opera News.
by Michael Sedano
From: Labloga.blogspot.com
Resist! What is it good for? Absolutely everything. Saturday evening it was great for a poetry reading and art show that captured the essence of what Resist! looks like: committed, diverse, unrestrained. That was Saturday night’s “Alternative Facts: People of Color Living in White Tides” at CIELO Gallery in South Central Los Angeles.
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My City Centennial Celebration at Vroman’s Bookstore 
Last weekend the sixth Annual L.A. Zine Fest took place at the California Market Center in downtown L.A. Two halls in the buildings basement were packed with Ziners selling and promoting their wares. The DIY spirit and the necessity of marginalized stories and issues permeated the atmosphere. These are the main reasons that pushed the more than 200 exhibitors to pen and draw their necessary stories. Stories that face an extremely difficult up hill battle to get out into the mainstream. Hence the special insider-outsider role they hold in the book world.
s Redding Biography at Vroman’s Bookstore
Good things come in all sizes and shapes, and in the greater Los Angeles basin, distance. Variety spices life but confounds desire and planning when they–the Good things–all come at once. Given eastside westside all around the town, faced with choices last Sunday, I choose the road less traveled.
Compton-born Dr. Robin Coste Lewis was just appointed the new Los Angeles Poet Laureate. Winner of the 2015 National Book Award and a Provost’s Fellow in Poetry and Visual Studies at USC, Lewis is an exceptional choice to follow the sterling benchmark set over the last two and half years by Luis Rodriguez. This essay will not only spotlight Lewis and how she is redefining Los Angeles poetry but also several other voices and their books that are working in the same spirit as Lewis to rewrite the narrative of Southern California poetry.
All adults, kids, and pre-school ages are invited to join us to celebrate Asian-American & Pacific Islander Heritage month with a special morning story-time and craft activity.
‘Tis the season for beach-ready reads to pop up at the top of various web pages, those hot, upcoming picks readers can tear into while on vacation.
nspired, lively and fun, author Maria Felipe will discuss and sign , a real-world approach to living based on A Course in Miracles, to guide you toward a life released from fear and doubt and filled with joy and power.
