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19 FEBRUARY 2012 — sunday
CENTRAL:- Moonday, An East Side Reading Series features Rick Smith, poetry open mic follows, hosted by Alice Pero and Lois P. Jones, Flintridge Bookstore and Coffeehouse, 1010 Foothill Blvd., La Cañada Flintridge, open mic sign up 7:00, reading 7:30 (818/790-0717, pero @ earthlink.net)
- Edward St. Aubyn reads from his novel, At Last, book signing follows, Skylight Books, 1818 North Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, 5:00 (323/660-1175, www.skylightbooks.com)
NORTH:- Arcade Poetry Series features poets Florence Weinberger and Polly Bee, hosted by Jackson Wheeler, Oxnard Carnegie Art Museum, 424 South C Street, Oxnard, free, 7:00 (www.sbpoetry.net/ventura.html)
20 FEBRUARY 2012 — monday
21 FEBRUARY 2012 — tuesday
CENTRAL:- The Redondo Poets present a reading featuring poet Diana Sieker, open mic follows, Coffee Cartel, 1820 South Catalina Avenue, Hollywood Riviera, Redondo Beach, free, sign up 7:50, reading 8:10 (310/316-6554, www.redondopoets.com)
NORTH:- Poetry open mic, with featuring Doris Vernon, hosted by Phil Taggart, Artists’ Union Gallery, 330 South California Street, Ventura, free, 7:30 (venturaartistsunion.org)
22 FEBRUARY 2012 — wednesday
CENTRAL:- The Poetry Idiots present a reading by poet Susan Davis, open mic follows for three poems in five minutes or five poems in three minutes, The Ugly Mug, 261 North Glassell Avenue, Orange, free, 8:00 (poetryidiots.com)
- Steve Erickson reads from and signs his novel These Dreams of You, Skylight Books, 1818 North Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 7:30, (323/660-1175, www.skylightbooks.com)
23 FEBRUARY 2012 — thursday
24 FEBRUARY 2012 — friday
25 FEBRUARY 2012 — saturday
CENTRAL:- Saturday Afternoon Poetry Deep Poetry Critique, bring copies of a poem-in-progress, moderated by Don Kingfisher Campbell, backroom, Santa Catalina branch of the Pasadena Public Library, 999 East Washington Blvd., Pasadena, free, 3:00-5:00 (626/744-7272, www.deepcritique.blogspot.com)
26 FEBRUARY 2012 — sunday
27 FEBRUARY 2012 — monday
28 FEBRUARY 2012 — tuesday
CENTRAL:- ALOUD presents Public Culture editor Eric Klinenberg, Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone, in conversation with journalist Laurie Winer, Mark Taper Auditorium, Central Library, 630 West Fifth Street, Los Angeles, 7:00 (www.lfla.org)
- Young Literati presents Eric Klinenberg, Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone, in a cocktail reception, Café Pinot (adjacent to library courtyard), Central Library, 630 West Fifth Street, Los Angeles, $25/ free for Young Literati, 8:15 (www.lfla.org)
- The Redondo Poets present a reading featuring the Underground Poetry Club, open mic follows, Coffee Cartel, 1820 South Catalina Avenue, Hollywood Riviera, Redondo Beach, free, sign up 7:50, reading 8:10 (310/316-6554, www.redondopoets.com)
NORTH:- Poetry open mic, with featured reader Bruce Schmidt, hosted by Phil Taggart, Artists’ Union Gallery, 330 South California Street, Ventura, free, 7:30 (venturaartistsunion.org)
29 FEBRUARY 2012 — wednesday
CENTRAL:- The Poetry Idiots presents singer/songwriter Courtney Montgomery, open mic follows for three poems in five minutes or five poems in three minutes, The Ugly Mug, 261 North Glassell Avenue, Orange, free, 8:00 (poetryidiots.com)
- Leap Forward Poetry Reading Fund Raiser for the 29th annual San Luis Obispo Poetry Festival features poets Dan Gerber, Trying to Catch the Horses, SFSU Poetry Center Book Award-winner Joseph Stroud, Of This World: New and Selected Poems, and Michael Hannon, Trusting Oblivion, San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, 1010 Broad Street, San Luis Obispo, $7/$5 students and seniors, 7:00 (805/547-1318, kpsslopoet @ charter.net)
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