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1 MARCH 2012 — thursday

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2 MARCH 2012 — friday

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3 MARCH 2012 — saturday

CENTRAL:
• Saturday Afternoon Poetry features poets published in San Gabriel Valley Poetry Quarterly #53, Winter 2012, poets should send a maximum of three poems in the body of an email to kingfisher1031 @ charter.net by February 18 to be considered for publication, backroom, Santa Catalina branch of the Pasadena Public Library, 999 East Washington Blvd., Pasadena, free, 3:00-5:00 (626/744-7272)
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4 MARCH 2012 — sunday

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5 MARCH 2012 — monday

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6 MARCH 2012 — tuesday

CENTRAL:
• The Redondo Poets present featured reading, 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)
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NORTH:
• Poetry open mic, with featured reader Perie Longo, hosted by Phil Taggart, Artists’ Union Gallery, 330 South California Street, Ventura, free, 7:30 (venturaartistsunion.org)
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7 MARCH 2012 — wednesday

CENTRAL:
• The Poetry Idiots present a reading celebrating How Dirty Girls Get Clean: An Anthology of Wicked Women Writes, Art and Subversive Scholarship, edited Rene Diedrich, contributors to the anthology include Fiona Helmsley, Dominique Lowell, Reverend Jen Miller, Hulga McSwine, Tamara Madison, Lydia Lunch, Joie Cook, Iris Berry, and Jennifer Blowdryer, 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)
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8 MARCH 2012 — thursday

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9 MARCH 2012 — friday

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10 MARCH 2012 — saturday

CENTRAL:
• Saturday Afternoon Poetry holds a poetry writing workshop, 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)
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11 MARCH 2012 — sunday

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12 MARCH 2012 — monday

CENTRAL:
• Moonday, A West Side Reading Series features an evening with poet David St. John, open mic follows, hosted by Alice Pero and Lois P. Jones, Buerge Chapel, Aldersgate Retreat Center, 925 Haverford Avenue, Pacific Palisades, open mic sign up 7:00, reading 7:30 (310/454-6699, pero @ earthlink.net)
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13 MARCH 2012 — tuesday

CENTRAL:
• The Redondo Poets present a reading featuring poet Jerry Garcia, 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)
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NORTH:
• Poetry open mic, with featured poet Carol V. Davis, hosted by Phil Taggart, Artists’ Union Gallery, 330 South California Street, Ventura, free, 7:30 (venturaartistsunion.org)
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14 MARCH 2012 — wednesday

CENTRAL:
• Los Angeles-based novelist Michelle Haimoff reads and signs her debut work, These Days Are Ours, Skylight Books, 1818 North Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, 7:30, free (323/660-1175, www.skylightbooks.com)
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• Writers Bloc presents a conversation between novelist Jonathan Safran Foer and critic David Ulin about the Jewish Haggadah festival and its meaning, Writers Guild Theater, 135 Doheny Drive, Beverly Hills, $20, 7:30 (reservations @ writersblocpresents.com, www.writersblocpresents.com/main)
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15 MARCH 2012 — thursday

CENTRAL:
• Bookplates presents a literary gathering with a conversation and reading by hairdresser and writer Carrie White presenting her new book Upper Cut, Bookplates, 475 South Curson Avenue, Los Angeles, $12 online tickets, 7:00 (323/345-5059; tickets/info: www.bookplatestplb.com)
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• Novelist Jeanette Winterson reads from and signs her memoir Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?, Skylight Books, 1818 North Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, 7:30 (323/660-1175, www.skylightbooks.com)
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16 MARCH 2012 — friday

CENTRAL:
• Ahadada Press holds Japan Earthquake Relief Fundraiser Reading with poets Jesse Glass, Jerome Rothenberg, Marthe Reed, and Amy Uyematsu, Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $7/$5 students and seniors, members free, 7:30 (310/822-3006, www.beyondbaroque.org)
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17 MARCH 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)
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• "Poetry Gets the Blues" reading features award-wining poet Sherman Pearl and his brother, blues master Bernie Pearl performing their combined music and poetry, Palisades Public Library, 861 Alma Real Drive, Pacific Palisades, 2:00 (310/459-2754)
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• Ellyn Maybe's Poetry Rodeo hosts an open reading with the Ellyn Maybe Band, bring five minutes of poetry and the band will back you up, Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $8/students and seniors $5/members free, 7:30 (310/822-3006, www.beyondbaroque.org)
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• Tongue in Groove Reading of prose and poetry by published writers from Cathy Colman's workshop, Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $7/$5 students and seniors, members free, 5:00 (310/822-3006, www.beyondbaroque.org)
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NORTH:
• Arcade Poetry Series presents Elijah Imlay and Aram Saroyan, hosted by Jackson Wheeler, Carnegie Art Museum, 424 South C Street, Oxnard, $3 for nonmembers, 7:00 (www.carnegieam.org/arcade-poetry-series.html)
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18 MARCH 2012 — sunday

CENTRAL:
• Poet and memoirist Gordon Ball reads from and discusses his book East Hill Farm: Seasons with Allen Ginsberg, Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $7/$5 students and seniors, members free, 7:00 (310/822-3006, www.beyondbaroque.org)
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• The Great Beyond Open Reading is presented every third Sunday of the month, hosted by Ellis Martin, poets and writers of all ages welcome, five minute limit, Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, free, sign up 1:45, reading 2:00 (310/822-3006, www.beyondbaroque.org)
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• Moonday, An East Side Reading Series features Melissa Studdard, 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)
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19 MARCH 2012 — monday

SOUTH:
• San Diego's Writers Ink presents a celebration of the fifth release of their anthology series, thirty-seven contributors published in the anthology will read from and discuss their work, Old Town Theatre, 4040 Twiggs Street, San Diego, free, 7:00 (rsvp/information: www.sandiegowriters.org)
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20 MARCH 2012 — tuesday

CENTRAL:
• Cobalt Poets presents open reading and featured guest poet Jason Schossler, one drink minimum, all ages, The Cobalt Café, 22047 Sherman Way, west of Topanga Canyon Blvd., Canoga Park, sign up 8:30-8:45, reading 9:00 (818/348-3789, www.poetrysuperhighway.com/cobalt)
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• UCLA professor of Social Welfare Jorja Leap discusses and signs her book Jumped In: What Gangs Taught Me about Violence, Drugs, Love, and Redemption, Skylight Books, 1818 North Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, 7:30 (323/660-1175, www.skylightbooks.com)
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• The Redondo Poets present a reading featuring poet David Hernandez, 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)
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21 MARCH 2012 — wednesday

CENTRAL:
• Mark Sundeen reads from and signs his book The Man Who Quit Money, a true story, Skylight Books, 1818 North Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 7:30 (323/660-1175, www.skylightbooks.com)
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22 MARCH 2012 — thursday

CENTRAL:
• Coffee House Press reading by poet Joseph Lease, Testify, Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $7/$5 students and seniors, members free, 7:30 (310/822-3006, www.beyondbaroque.org)
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23 MARCH 2012 — friday

CENTRAL:
• Lectures from Beyond discussion by poet and writer Laurel Ann Bogen on the poetry of Erica Erdman, Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $7 /$5 students and seniors, members free, 7:00 (310/822-3006, www.beyondbaroque.org)
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24 MARCH 2012 — saturday

CENTRAL:
• Saturday Afternoon Poetry features readings by CaLokie, Lalo Kikiriki, and Jessica Wilson, plus open reading, 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)
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• Poet Mark Rhodes gives a dramatic reading from The Waste Land by T.S. Eliot, Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $7/$5 students and seniors, members free, 7:00 (310/822-3006, www.beyondbaroque.org)
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25 MARCH 2012 — sunday

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26 MARCH 2012 — monday

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27 MARCH 2012 — tuesday

NORTH:
• Poetry open mic, with featured poet Joyce LaMers, hosted by Phil Taggart, Artists’ Union Gallery, 330 South California Street, Ventura, free, 7:30 (venturaartistsunion.org)
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28 MARCH 2012 — wednesday

CENTRAL:
• The Poetry Idiots present a reading by Jefferson Carter and Ruth Bavetta, 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)
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29 MARCH 2012 — thursday

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30 MARCH 2012 — friday

CENTRAL:
• Poetry reading by Kent Shaw, Carrie Oeding, and Joshua Kryah, Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $7/$5 students and seniors, members free, 7:30 (310/822-3006, www.beyondbaroque.org)
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31 MARCH 2012 — saturday

CENTRAL:
• Saturday Afternoon Poetry holds a poetry writing workshop, 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)
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• What Books Press poetry reading featuring readings by Chuck Soenthal, Monta Houghton, Ramon Garcia, and Katherine Haake, with visual artist Gronk, Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $7/$5 students and seniors, members free, 7:00 (310/822-3006, www.beyondbaroque.org)
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