Another busy week full of literary events: readings, open mics, book clubs and workshops and a kids and YA event or two. Local writers reading this week include: Pastiche Queen, Shonda Buchanan, Rosalilia M. Mendoza, Molly McGarry, A.K. Toney, Nancy Lynee Woo and Sarah Thursday, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events: 03/27/23 – 04/02/23
A new bookstore has opened in Highland Parkco-founded by two local independent publishers Unnamed Press and Rare Bird Lit. Continue reading Highland Park’s Latest Artisanal Startup Takes a Bookish Turn
A new independent bookstore is comming to Pasadena that exclusively stocks books by Black, Indigenous and people of color. It called Octavia’s Bookshelf. Continue reading She Left Her Job to Open a Pasadena Bookstore in the Name of Octavia Butler
Atelier Manferdini & Portraits and Landscapes at SCI-Arc College & University
Join us for the Los Angeles launch of Portraits and Landscapes. The monograph collects the work created by Atelier Manferdini during the last six years of design activity. The projects are divided into two large families of explorations, Landscapes and Portraits.
NOTE: This is a ticketed event so check website link for details.
Where: SCI-Arc College and University
Date: Monday the 9th
Time: 6 pm – 7:30 pm
Address: 960 E. 3rd St., Los Angeles, CA 90013
Website: http://www.facebook.com//events/497164191219425
Continue reading “Los Angeles Literature Events 3/09/20 – 3/15/20”
Christine Carter & The New Adolescence at Polytechnic School, Pasadena
Adults in the Poly community and in the greater L.A. area are invited to hear highly acclaimed speaker, sociologist, and author Christine Carter, Ph.D., who will discuss her book, The New Adolescence: Raising Happy and Successful Teens in an Age of Anxiety and Distraction.
NOTE: This is a ticketed event so check website link for details.
Where: Polytechnic School
Date: Monday the 2nd
Time: 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Address: 1030 E. California Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91106
Website: http://www.facebook.com//events/519993178641291
Continue reading “Los Angeles Literature Events 3/02/20 – 3/08/20”
Father Gregory Boyle at Cal State University Los Angeles
Activist priest Father Greg Boyle will discuss his latest book, Barking at the Choir: The Power of Radical Kinship. A book signing will follow the discussion. The Mind Matters Champion Award recipients will be announced during the event.
Where: CSULA, Golden Eagle Ballrooms
Date: Monday the 24th
Time: 3 pm – 4:30 pm
Address: 5151 State University Dr., Los Angeles, CA 91711
Website: http://www.calstatela.edu/event/mind-matters-speaker-series-rev-gregory-j-boyle
Continue reading “Los Angeles Literature Events 2/24/20 – 3/01/20”
Plenty of literary events this week: open mics, book clubs, readings, workshops, kids, teen and LGBTQIA+ events. Local writers reading this week include: Donny Jackson, Iris de Anda, Elvia Susana Rubalcava, Bridgette Bianca and Gabrielle Civil, among others. Continue reading Los Angeles Literature Events 2/17/20 – 2/23/20
Tommy Davidson & Living Color: What’s Funny About Me at Barnes and Noble, The Grove at Farmers Market
Join us at Barnes and Noble, The Grove to hear actor and stand-up comic Tommy Davidson present and sign his book What’s Funny About Me, a revealing memoir about this 1990 start in the award-winning TV show In Living Color, a pioneering sketch comedy show. It featured a multi-racial cast of actors and dancers who spoke to an underrepresented new generation created by Hip Hop Nation.
NOTE: This is a wrist band event so check website for details.
Where: Barnes and Noble, The Grove at Farmers Market
Date: Monday the 3rd
Time: 7 pm
Address: 189 The Grove Drive, Suite K 30, Los Angeles, CA 90036
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/528361937889844/ or http://stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/9780062100856-0
Continue reading “Los Angeles Literature Events 2/03/20 – 2/09/20”
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