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1 NOVEMBER 2011 — tuesday

    CENTRAL:
  • Valley Contemporary Poets present Elena Secota, open reading, one drink minimum, all ages, The Cobalt Café, 22047 Sherman Way, west of Topanga Canyon Blvd., Canoga Park, free, 9:00 (818/348-3789, www.poetrysuperhighway.com/cobalt)
  • Night and the City: L.A. Noir in Poetry, Fiction, and Film, presented by the Los Angeles Poetry Festival with Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center: “Noir Genius: Weldon Kees and Jorge Luis Borges,” featuring Jamie Fitzgerald, Dana Gioia, Lou Mathews, Robert Mezey, and Mariano Zaro, Libros Schmibros Used Bookstop and Lending Library, 2000 East 1st Street, Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, free, 7:00 (323/302-9408, lapoetryfestival.org
    NORTH:
  • Poetry open mic, hosted by Phil Taggart, Artists’ Union Gallery, 330 South California Street, Ventura, free, 7:30 (805/643-3012, venturaartistsunion.org)

2 NOVEMBER 2011 — wednesday

    CENTRAL:
  • Night and the City: L.A. Noir in Poetry, Fiction, and Film, presented by the Los Angeles Poetry Festival with Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center: "Mood East: Poets Among the Gold Lanterns and Red Dragon Décor," with Beth Ruscio, Cece Peri, Angela Penaredondo, Marcellus, Marilyn Robertson, and friends, must be twenty-one or over, one drink minimum, Good Luck Bar, 1514 Hillhurst Avenue, Los Angeles, 7:00 - 9:00 (323/255-5223, lapoetryfestival.org)
  • Two Idiots Peddling Poetry series presents featured poets Victor Infante and Lea Deschenes, open mic follows, The Ugly Mug Caffé, 261 North Glassell Avenue, Orange, $3, 8:00 (www.poetryidiots.com)
    NORTH:
  • Wednesday Night Habit poetry open reading, Coffee Time, near the Big 5, 245 Town Center West, Santa Maria, 6:00-8:00 (BJ Riley, everlearnmore @ yahoo.com)

3 NOVEMBER 2011 — thursday

    CENTRAL:
  • Seven Dudley Cinema presents Derailed: Inside the Mind of Larry "Wild Man" Fischer with live readings and performances, hosted by Gerry Fialka, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., donations accepted, free, 7:00 (310/822-3006, www.beyondbaroque.org)
  • Night and the City: LA Noir in Poetry, Fiction and Film presents “A Touch of Naomi,” with readings by mystery writer Naomi Hirahara, with music by Doc & Renee, refreshments, South Pasadena Public Library Community Room, 1115 El Centro Street, South Pasadena, free 7:00-9:00 (626/403-7350, www.ci.south-pasadena.ca.us/library)

4 NOVEMBER 2011 — friday

    CENTRAL:
  • Night and the City: L.A. Noir in Poetry, Fiction, and Film, presented by the Los Angeles Poetry Festival with Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center: moderator Richard Modiano with Judith Freeman, Gary Phillips, and Dick Lochte with a panel discussion, "Sundrenched Dark: Raymond Chandler and His Los Angeles Legacy," panel audience members have first seating for "After Dark: A Night with James Ellroy," an event that follows at 9:00, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., $10/$6 members, 7:00 (310/822-3006, www.beyondbaroque.org)
  • Los Angeles Poetry Festival's Night and the City of Los Angeles Noir Event presents "After Dark: A Night with James Ellroy," an "ultimate noir experience" introduced by Doug Knott, first seating for "Sundrenched Dark" attendees, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., special event: $15 for all, 9:00 (310/822-3006, www.beyondbaroque.org)

5 NOVEMBER 2011 — saturday

    CENTRAL:
  • Night and the City: L.A. Noir in Poetry, Fiction, and Film, presented by the Los Angeles Poetry Festival with Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center: "Best of the Hardboiled: Selected Readings from Classic Detective and Crime Stories," with actor/guest readers Dale Raoul, True Blood, and Brad Dourif, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Deadwood, CBS Studios, 4024 Radford Street, Studio City, free, 1:00 (323/255-5223, www.beyondbaroque.org)
  • Night and the City: L.A. Noir in Poetry, Fiction, and Film, presented by the Los Angeles Poetry Festival with Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center: Marcos Villatoro reads from Blood Daughters, his mystery novel, signing follows, Book’em Bookstore, 1118 Mission Street, South Pasadena, 2:00 (626/799-9600, www.beyondbaroque.org)
  • Night and the City: L.A. Noir in Poetry, Fiction, and Film, presented by the Los Angeles Poetry Festival with Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center: Editor Kurt Brown, poets Charles Harper Webb, Suzanne Lummis, and others present "Killer Verse: Poems of Murder and Mayhem," the West Coast debut of the new Everyman's Library poetry anthology, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, members free/$8 nonmembers/$5 students, 4:00 (310/822-3006, www.beyondbaroque.org)
  • Night and the City: L.A. Noir in Poetry, Fiction, and Film, presented by the Los Angeles Poetry Festival with Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center: Los Angeles historian Tom Zimmerman presents “Golden Dark,” a screening of the classic noir movie Union Station, with actress and writer Stefanie Powers, refreshments, South Pasadena Public Library Community Room, 1115 El Centro Street, South Pasadena, free, 7:00 (lapoetryfestival.org)
  • Night and the City: L.A. Noir in Poetry, Fiction, and Film, presented by the Los Angeles Poetry Festival with Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center: Panel discussion, "Why Noir, Why Now, Why L.A.," with moderator Suzanne Lummis, panel participants David Kipen, Bill Krohn, Denise Hamilton, David Lazar, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, members free/$8 nonmembers/$5 students, 7:30 (310/822-3006, www.beyondbaroque.org)
  • Night and the City: L.A. Noir in Poetry, Fiction, and Film, presented by the Los Angeles Poetry Festival with Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center: "Alternative Dark: Not Your Grandma's Noir," night owl event with performance artist Linda Albertano, lyricist, librettist, and cabaret artist Philip Littell, playwright Justin Tanner presents his lunacy noir series, Avenue 43, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, members free/$8 nonmembers/$5 students, 9:30 (310/822-3006, www.beyondbaroque.org)
  • William M. Adler reads from The Man Who Never Died: The Life, Times and Legacy of Joe Hill, American Labor Icon, D.G. Wills Books, 7461 Girard Avenue, La Jolla, 7:00 (858/456-1800, www.dgwillsbooks.com)
  • Ventura Book & Author Fair, speakers, publishers, educational seminars, book signings, a free book expo and a children’s reading area, presented by PIPW/Pacific Institute for Professional Writing, SPAWN/Small Publishers, Artists and Writers Network, and Ventura County Writers Club, Pleasant Valley Community, Park Auditorium, Camarillo, 10:00 a.m.-4:00 ( www.vcbookandauthorfair.com)

6 NOVEMBER 2011 — sunday

    CENTRAL:
  • Night and the City: L.A. Noir in Poetry, Fiction, and Film, presented by the Los Angeles Poetry Festival with Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center: Noir Continental Breakfast with Eddie Muller, founder and president of Film Noir Foundation, host of San Francisco’s Noir City Film Festival, author of Dark City: The Lost World of Film Noir, with poets Dina Hardy and Marsha de la O, refreshments, The Ruskin Club, 800 Plymouth Blvd., Los Angeles, $10, 11:00 a.m. (310/822-3006, www.beyondbaroque.org)
  • Night and the City: L.A. Noir in Poetry, Fiction, and Film, presented by the Los Angeles Poetry Festival with Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center: Big Noir Open Reading with Features, come and read your favorite Raymond Chandler section, hosted by Mike the Poet Sonksen; featured readers at 3:00: fiction writer Cheryl Klein, poet, author Pam Ward; 3:30: Kick off to Open Reading, with Terry McCarty, bring your own wine or noir picnic, soft drinks, coffee provided, Gemini Manor, 1341 N. Mariposa Avenue, Hollywood, $10, sign up 2:30-3:00, event 3:00-5:00 (310/822-3006, www.beyondbaroque.org)
  • Musician Ry Cooder reads from his short story collection, Los Angeles Stories, in conversation with David L. Ulin, book reviewer for the Los Angeles Times, signing for books and CDs purchased at event only, Skylight Books, 1818 North Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, 5:00 (323/660-1175, www.skylightbooks.com)

7 NOVEMBER 2011 — monday

    CENTRAL:
  • Night and the City: L.A. Noir in Poetry, Fiction, and Film, presented by the Los Angeles Poetry Festival with Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center: Fullerton Noir, with host Cece Peri, and poets Lynne Thompson, Sarah M. Chen, Terry Stevensen, and others, featured reading and open mic for noir poetry and crime fiction, read your favorites by others or your own, one drink minimum, no alcohol, Max Bloom's Café Noir, 220 N. Malden Avenue, Fullerton, open sign up 6:30, open mic 7:00, featured reading 7:40 (714/871-2600, www.beyondbaroque.org)

8 NOVEMBER 2011 — tuesday

    CENTRAL:
  • Valley Noir reading, part of the LA Poetry Festival and the City of Los Angeles Noir event, featuring poets Brendan Constantine and Mehnaz Turner, open reading, one drink minimum, all ages, The Cobalt Café, 22047 Sherman Way, west of Topanga Canyon Blvd., Canoga Park, free, sign up 8:30-8:45, reading 9:00 (818/348-3789, www.poetrysuperhighway.com/cobalt)
    NORTH:
  • Poetry open mic, hosted by Phil Taggart, Artists’ Union Gallery, 330 South California Street, Ventura, free, 7:30 (805/643-3012, venturaartistsunion.org)

9 NOVEMBER 2011 — wednesday

    CENTRAL:
  • Anna Solomon, two-time Pushcart Prize winner, reads from her novel, The Little Bride, Skylight Books, 1818 North Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, 7:00 (323/660-1175, www.skylightbooks.com)
  • Two Idiots Peddling Poetry series presents featured poets Corrina Bain, open mic follows, The Ugly Mug Caffé, 261 North Glassell Avenue, Orange, $3, 8:00 (www.poetryidiots.com)
    NORTH:
  • Language of the Soul, 28th Annual San Luis Obispo Poetry Festival presents an evening with Glenna Luschei and Clayton Eshleman, with selected reader Benjamin Daniel Lawless, San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, 1010 Broad Street, San Luis Obispo, $7/$5, general, students/seniors, 7:00 (805/547-1318, www.languageofthesoul.org)
  • Wednesday Night Habit poetry open reading, Coffee Time, near the Big 5, 245 Town Center West, Santa Maria, 6:00-8:00 (BJ Riley, everlearnmore @ yahoo.com)

10 NOVEMBER 2011 — thursday

    CENTRAL:
  • Night and the City: L.A. Noir in Poetry, Fiction, and Film, presented by the Los Angeles Poetry Festival with Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center: "Full Moon Night, The Lighter Side of Noir (because without light there can be no shadow)," reading to preview the group art opening "Luna Moods," with novelist and memorist Samantha Dunn, poets Helene Cardona, Robert Mezey, Angela Penaredondo, Lynne Thompson, Avenue 50 Studio, 131 N. Avenue 50, Highland Park, Los Angeles, free, 7:00 (323/258-1435, www.beyondbaroque.org)

11 NOVEMBER 2011 — friday

    CENTRAL:
  • Night and the City: L.A. Noir in Poetry, Fiction, and Film, presented by the Los Angeles Poetry Festival with Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center: “Cine Negra: The Lost Tradition of Mexican Film Noir,” a screening of the great noir Aventurera, presented by Libros Schmibros Lending Library and Used Bookshop, at Mariachi Plaza, 1711 East 1st Street, Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, free, 7:00 (www.beyondbaroque.org)

12 NOVEMBER 2011 — saturday

    CENTRAL:
  • Night and the City: L.A. Noir in Poetry, Fiction, and Film, presented by the Los Angeles Poetry Festival with Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center: “Laughing at the Dark: Comedy Noir,” with host Eve Brandstein, featuring Taylor Negron, Rick Overton, Rick Shapiro, and others, Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Blvd, Venice, $10, 9:00 (310/822-3006, www.beyondbaroque.org)
  • Night and the City: L.A. Noir in Poetry, Fiction, and Film, presented by the Los Angeles Poetry Festival with Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center: "Writers in the City's Shadow: A Night of Poetry Noir and Storytelling," with host Billy Burgos, featuring Mike the Poet Sonksen, Peter Coca, Jim Bolt, Mehnaz Turner, and others, The Last Bookstore, 453 Spring Street, ground floor, downtown Los Angeles, 7:30 (www.beyondbaroque.org)
    NORTH:
  • Language of the Soul, 28th Annual San Luis Obispo Poetry Festival presents featured readers former San Luis Obispo Poet Laureate Rosemary Wilvert, Jacqueline Berger, and Christopher Buckley, San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, 1010 Broad Street, San Luis Obispo, $7/$5, 7:00 (805/547-1318, www.languageofthesoul.org)
  • Santa Barbara Poetry Series presents An Evening of Poetry and Song, featuring Jeff Alfier, Paul Willis, Dorothy Barresi, and Frances Pettey Davis, hosted by Carol DeCanio, musical performance by Arturo Tello, refreshments, Contemporary Arts Forum, Paseo Nuevo Mall, Upper Arts Terrace, Santa Barbara, $5/$3 students, 7:00 (805/966-1423, www.santabarbarapoetryseries.org)
  • The Poetry Zone presents a poetry reading by John Ridland, open mic follows, hosted by Suzanne Frost, Karpeles Manuscript Museum, 21 W. Anapamu, Santa Barbara, 2:00-4:00 (805/252-1655)

13 NOVEMBER 2011 — sunday

    CENTRAL:
  • Night and the City: L.A. Noir in Poetry, Fiction, and Film, presented by the Los Angeles Poetry Festival with Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center: “Library Girl Presents: In a Lonely Place,” with hosts Susan Hayden, featuring Hank Bunker, Eve Brandstein, Leon Martell, Beth Ruscio, and Rex Weiner, Ruskin Group Theater, 3000 Airport Avenue, Santa Monica, $7, 7:00 (310/753-7653)
    NORTH:
  • Book release reading for the anthology A Bird Black As the Sun: California Poets on Crows & Ravens, featuring thirty poets including Ron Alexander, Cathryn Andresen, Lisl Auf der Heide, Mary Brown, Frances Pettey Davis, Joan Fallert, Sheila Golburgh Johnson, Katie Goodridge Ingram, Greg Karpain, Lois Klein, Andre Levi, Perie Longo, Glenna Luschei, Melinda Palacio, Peg Quinn, Mary Kay Rummel, Edwin Shaw, David Starkey, Doris Vernon, and Jackson Wheeler, hosted by Paul Fericano, books available for purchase, Faulkner gallery, Santa Barbara Public Library, 40 East Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara, 1:30-3:30 (805/687-6426, sbplibrary.org)
  • Language of the Soul, 28th Annual San Luis Obispo Poetry Festival readings by Samuel Hiram Duarte, Jerry Douglas Smith, with selected reader Tamara Madison, San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, 1010 Broad Street, San Luis Obispo, $7/$5 students, seniors, 7:00 (805/547-1318, www.languageofthesoul.org)
  • Westmont College hosts “Remembering the Tea Fire—Two Years Later: A Community Reading,” hosted by Paul Willis and Gudrun Bortman, Hieronymus Lounge, Kerrwood Hall, 955 La Paz Road, Santa Barbara, 4:00-5:00 (805/565-6000)
    EAST:
  • Release celebration for Inlandia Institute’s Inlandia Creative Writing Workshop Anthology, with featured readings, copies of anthology available for $15, Back to the Grind, 3575 University Avenue, Riverside, free, 2:00 (951/369-1564, inlandiainstitute.org)

14 NOVEMBER 2011 — monday

    CENTRAL:
  • Queer and gender theorist and professor Judith Halberstam discusses her cultural studies book, The Queer Art of Failure, signing follows, Skylight Books, 1818 North Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, 7:30 (323/660-1175, www.skylightbooks.com)
  • Night and the City: L.A. Noir in Poetry, Fiction, and Film, presented by the Los Angeles Poetry Festival with Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center: “The Exegesis of Phillip K. Dick,” in discussion with co-editors Jonathan Lethem, Isa Dick Hackett, and Laura Leslie, moderated by David L. Ulin, sponsored by ALOUD at Central Library, Los Angeles Central Library, Mark Taper Auditorium, 630 West Fifth Street, Los Angeles, 7:00 (213/228-7025, www.lfla.org/aloud)
  • Moonday, A West Side Reading Series features Peggy Dobreer and James Ragan, open mic follows, salon setting at a private home, 14839 West Sunset Blvd., Pacific Palisades, open sign up 7:00, reading 7:30 www.moondaypoetry.com)

15 NOVEMBER 2011 — tuesday

    CENTRAL:
  • Cobalt Poets presents an open reading, featured poet Daniel McGinn, one drink minimum, all ages, The Cobalt Café, 22047 Sherman Way, west of Topanga Canyon Blvd., Canoga Park, free, sign up 8:30-8:45, reading 9:00 (818/348-3789, www.poetrysuperhighway.com/cobalt)
  • American culture critic John Jeremiah Sullivan, Pulphead: Essays, in conversation with Mark Richard, House of Prayer No. 2: A Writer’s Journey Home, memoir and reflection on the American South, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, LA, 7:30 (323/660-1175, www.skylightbooks.com)
    NORTH:
  • Poetry open mic, with featured reader BJ Riley, hosted by Phil Taggart, Artists’ Union Gallery, 330 South California Street, Ventura, free, 7:30 (805/643-3012, venturaartistsunion.org)

16 NOVEMBER 2011 — wednesday

    CENTRAL:
  • ALOUD presents An Evening with Joan Didion, presented as part of the exhibit, “Pacific Standard Time: Art in LA 1945-1980,” Mark Taper Auditorium, Central Library Downtown, 630 W. Fifth Street, LA, free, reservations recommended, 7:00 (213/228-7025, www.aloudla.org)
  • Katherine Karlin reads from her new collection, Send Me Work: Stories, signing follows, Skylight Books, 1818 North Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, 7:30 (323/660-1175, www.skylightbooks.com)
    NORTH:
  • Wednesday Night Habit poetry open reading, Coffee Time, near the Big 5, 245 Town Center West, Santa Maria, 6:00-8:00 (BJ Riley, everlearnmore @ yahoo.com)
    SOUTH:
  • New Alchemy Poetry Series presents Georgette James and Eric Morega, open mic follows, hosted by Seretta Martin, Upstart Crow Bookstore & Coffee House, Seaport Village, 835 West Harbor Drive, San Diego, free two hour parking with minimum purchase, 7:00 (web.mac.com/serettamartin)

17 NOVEMBER 2011 — thursday

18 NOVEMBER 2011 — friday

    NORTH:
  • Language of the Soul, 28th Annual San Luis Obispo Poetry Festival presents feature readers Harry E. Northup and Lisa Coffman, with selected reader Leslie St. John, Performance Arts Center, Phillips Recital Hall, Cal Poly, 1 Grand Avenue, San Luis Obispo, $7/$5 students, seniors, 7:00 (805/547-1318, www.languageofthesoul.org)

19 NOVEMBER 2011 — saturday

20 NOVEMBER 2011 — sunday

    CENTRAL:
  • Border Poets featured reading, new and old voices from the border states, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $7/$5, members free, 8:00 (310/822-3006, www.beyondbaroque.org)
  • "Hitched" features a reading by poet, memoirist, and novelist Terry Wolverton, Stealing Angel, prose writer Brittany Michelson, and poet, photographer, and filmmaker Jerry Garcia, Hitchhiking with the Guilty, with Eric Lawson, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $7/$5, members free, 5:00 (310/822-3006, www.beyondbaroque.org)
  • Make/Shift Magazine celebrates its fifth year and tenth issue, with readings by Stephanie Abraham, Erin Aubry Kaplan, Jessica Lawless, Christine Petit, and Fabiola Sandoval, Skylight Books, 1818 North Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, 5:00 (323/660-1175, www.makeshiftmag.com)
  • Poets and Writers Collective presents a reading of up to forty poets, hosted by Jack Grapes, door prizes and book giveaways, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $5, 12:30 (310/822-3006, www.beyondbaroque.org)
  • Southern California Haiku Study Group celebrates their 2011 haiku anthology, a scent of rain, with a reading by contributors, Pacific Asia Museum, 46 N. Los Robles, Pasadena, 2:00 (dkolodji @ aol.com)
    NORTH:
  • Language of the Soul, 28th Annual San Luis Obispo Poetry Festival featured readings by M. Frias-May and Lisa McCool, with SOLO NOVO poets, Linnaea’s Café, 1110 Garden Street, San Luis Obispo, $7/$5 students, seniors, 7:00 (805/547-1318, www.languageofthesoul.org)

21 NOVEMBER 2011 — monday

    NORTH:
  • Favorite Poem Reading open mic, poets and nonpoets are invited to read a favorite poem not their own, host Lois Klein, The Blue Agave, 20 E. Cota, Santa Barbara, 5:15-6:30

22 NOVEMBER 2011 — tuesday

    NORTH:
  • Poetry open mic, with featured reader Gauvin, hosted by Phil Taggart, Artists’ Union Gallery, 330 South California Street, Ventura, free, 7:30 (805/643-3012, venturaartistsunion.org)

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29 NOVEMBER 2011 — tuesday

    CENTRAL:
  • Cobalt Poets presents an open reading, Ron Dvorkin hosts poet Ron Gregus, one drink minimum, all ages, The Cobalt Café, 22047 Sherman Way, west of Topanga Canyon Blvd., Canoga Park, free, sign up 8:30-8:45, reading 9:00 (818/348-3789, www.poetrysuperhighway.com/cobalt)
  • Indelible Ink, a Vanguard Performance Art Series presents poets and writers with music, drama, variety acts featuring storyteller and poet Jack McCarthy, poet, performer and Write Bloody Press founder Derrick Brown, singer/songwriter Andrea Hamilton, spoken word and haiku by slam artist Charles Ellick, actor and World Stage spoken word artist Matt Jones, Drink Dream Scream, Q&A follows, hosted by Monica Lee Copland, AKA Bistro, 41 Hugus Alley, Pasadena, advance $15/at door $20/$10 students, 6:30 (tickets: 626/578-7267, www.indelibleink.net)

30 NOVEMBER 2011 — wednesday


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