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1 MAY 2015 — friday

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2 MAY 2015 — saturday

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3 MAY 2015 — sunday

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4 MAY 2015 — monday

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5 MAY 2015 — tuesday

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6 MAY 2015 — wednesday

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7 MAY 2015 — thursday

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8 MAY 2015 — friday

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9 MAY 2015 — saturday

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10 MAY 2015 — sunday

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11 MAY 2015 — monday

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12 MAY 2015 — tuesday

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13 MAY 2015 — wednesday

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14 MAY 2015 — thursday

NORTH:
• Lummox Press presents a featured poetry reading by Lisa Sewell and Andrea Carter Brown, EP Foster Library, Topping Room, 651 East Main Street, Ventura, 7:30
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15 MAY 2015 — friday

CENTRAL:
• Members of Beyond Baroque's Fiction Workshop read from their works in progress, and Elyce Wakerman reads from her novel, Tale of Two Citizens, inspired by her father's experience as an illegal immigrant during the 1930s, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $10/$6 students and seniors, members free, 8:00 (310/822-3006, http://www.beyondbaroque.org)
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16 MAY 2015 — saturday

CENTRAL:
• The Beyond Baroque Experimental Theater of Poetry (BOXTOP) debuts with a theatrical enactment of Steve Goldman's poem, Gestapos, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $10/$6 students and seniors, members free, 8:00 (310/822-3006, http://www.beyondbaroque.org)
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• Avenue 50 Studio's Bluebird Reading Series and the 10th Annual Lummis Day Festival present Viva Poetry, featuring readings by Jen Hofer, F. Douglas Brown, James Cushing, and Peter J. Harris, Eagle Rock Public Library, 5027 Caspar Avenue, Eagle Rock, 3:00 (avenue50studio.org/bluebird-reading-series)
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• Gallagher Lawson reads from his debut novel The Paper Man, book launch and onstage conversation with Zoe Ruiz, The Last Bookstore, 453 S. Spring Street, Los Angeles, 7:30 (213/488-0599, lastbookstorela.com)
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• John Waters reads from his memoir, Carsick: John Waters Hitchhikes Across America, recently released in paperback, Skylight Books, 1818 North Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, 5:00 (323/660-1175, skylightbooks.com)
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17 MAY 2015 — sunday

CENTRAL:
• Poetry Nite, an open mic poetry reading night, 4th Street Market, 201 East 4th Street, Santa Ana, 7:00 (4thstreetmarket.com/events)
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• The Poetry Salon hosts a reading by its latest group of students, open mic follows, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, 4:00 (www.meetup.com/The-Poetry-Salon)
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18 MAY 2015 — monday

CENTRAL:
• Novelist Leslie Perry reads from and signs Church of Marvels, Vroman's Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, 7:00 (626/499-5320, www.vromansbookstore.com)
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19 MAY 2015 — tuesday

CENTRAL:
• Aimee Bender, Sean Bernard, Dana Johnson, and Alexis Landau, contributors to Watchlist: 32 Short Stories by Persons of Interest, edited by Bryan Hurt, read short stories about surveillance, Bryan Hurt emcees, The Last Bookstore, 453 S. Spring Street, Los Angeles, 7:00 (213/488-0599, lastbookstorela.com)
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• A Seismographic Attention: An Evening Of and On Poetry, Jane Hirshfield on her new books, Ten Windows: How Great Poems Transform the World, essays, and The Beauty, poems, in conversation with Louise Steinman, author and curator of the ALOUD series, Los Angeles Central Library, Mark Taper Auditorium, 630 W. 5th Street, Los Angeles, free, reservation required, parking at standard rates at Westlawn Garage, 524 S. Flower Street, 7:15 (www.lfla.org/event-detail/1126/A-Seismographic-Attention-An-Evening-Of-and-On-Poetry)
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• Jessica Hopper, whose work appears in GQ, Rolling Stone, The Village Voice, and the Chicago Tribune, reads from her collection of music criticism, The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic, pulled from a career of fearless observation of music and the culture around it, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, 7:30 (www.skylightbooks.com)
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• Skylight Books presents a reading by The Grateful Dead's Bill Kreutzmann from his memoir, Deal: My Three Decades of Drumming, Dreams and Drugs with the Grateful Dead, in conversation with co-author Benjy Eisen, Zipper Concert Hall, 200 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, $33/$30 for Friends with Benefits members, ticket includes copy of Deal, 7:30 (www.skylightbooks.com)
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20 MAY 2015 — wednesday

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21 MAY 2015 — thursday

CENTRAL:
• Opening reception for a gallery exhibit honoring Armenian poet and artist Seeroon Yeretzian, Roslin Art Gallery, 415 E. Broadway, Suite 100, Glendale, RSVP recommended, 7:00 (www.roslin.com)
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22 MAY 2015 — friday

CENTRAL:
• Cole Cohen reads from her debut memoir, Head Case: My Brain and Other Wonders, based on the discovery, when Cohen was twenty-six, of a hole the size of a lemon in her brain, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, 7:30 (www.skylightbooks.com)
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• Poetry reading by Lisa Sewell, Impossible Object, and Lisa Coffman, Likely, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $10/$6 students and seniors, members free, 8:00 (310/822-3006, http://www.beyondbaroque.org)
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23 MAY 2015 — saturday

CENTRAL:
• Margaret Aldrich and Todd Bol read from and discuss The Little Free Library Book, which recounts Bol's creation of the Little Free Library movement, now consisting of twenty thousand freestanding front-yard libraries, Skylight Books, 1818 Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, 5:00 (www.skylightbooks.com)
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• "Let's Dance," a celebration of the life and words of anarchist Emma Goldman who said, "If I can't dance, it's not my revolution," Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $10/$6 students and seniors, members free, 8:00 (310/822-3006, http://www.beyondbaroque.org)
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24 MAY 2015 — sunday

CENTRAL:
• Poetry reading by Tonya Ingram and Lee Collins, part of the Fourth Sundays event series, Claremont Public Library, 208 Harvard Avenue, Claremont, 2:00 www.facebook.com/fourthsundayspoetry)
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• La Poesía Féstival at Beyond Baroque celebrates the Salvadorian poet Roque Dalton, with Roberto Alvarez Marroquin, Richardo Ventura, and Dora Magana, artists and musicians from Centro Cultural Centroamericano, open mic, bring your multicultural poetry, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, free but donations appreciated, 6:00 (310/822-3006, http://www.beyondbaroque.org)
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• Michael V. Smith reads from his memoir, My Body is Yours, on breaking out of gender norms and reconciling a dangerous childhood, and Robert Gray reads from his short story collection Entropic, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, 5:00 (www.skylightbooks.com)
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25 MAY 2015 — monday

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26 MAY 2015 — tuesday

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27 MAY 2015 — wednesday

CENTRAL:
• Poetry Idiots weekly series presents a reading by Beth McIlvaine, The Ugly Mug Café, 261 N. Glassell Avenue, Orange, 8:00 www.poetryidiots.com)
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• Greg Proops, creator and voice of the podcast The Smartest Man in the World, reads from his comedic book of knowledge, The Smartest Book in the World: A Lexicon of Literacy, a Rancorous Reportage, a Concise Curriculum of Cool, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, 7:30 (www.skylightbooks.com)
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SOUTH:
• J. Elke Ertle discusses the events of her childhood in divided Berlin as depicted in her book, Walled-In: A West Berlin Girl's Journey to Freedom, La Mesa Library, 8074 Allison Avenue, La Mesa, 11:00 a.m. (www.sdcl.org)
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28 MAY 2015 — thursday

CENTRAL:
• Book launch party and reading by novelist Lorraine Devon Wilkes, Hysterical Love, on the consequences of a broken marriage, Gatsby Books, 5535 E. Spring Street, Long Beach, 7:00 (gatsbybooks.com)
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• Viet Thanh Nguyen appears at Diane Leslie's Book Group to discuss his novel The Sympathizer, about a spy living in 1975 Los Angeles with former leaders of the South Vietnamese Army, Diesel, A Bookstore, Brentwood, 225 26th Street, Santa Monica, reservations required, $20, you must purchase the book from Diesel, 5:00-7:00 (www.dieselbookstore.com)
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• ALOUD presents Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Tracy K. Smith discussing her new memoir, Ordinary Light, in conversation with LA journalist and essayist Lynell George, Mark Taper Auditorium, Central Library, 630 W. 5th Street, Los Angeles, reservation required, 7:15 (www.lfla.org/event-detail/1127/Ordinary-Light-A-Memoir)
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NORTH:
• The EP Foster Library hosts an All Open Mic as part of its weekly poetry series hosted by Phil Taggart, Topping Room, EP Foster Library, 651 East Main Street, Ventura, 7:30 (805/648-2716 www.vencolibrary.org)
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29 MAY 2015 — friday

CENTRAL:
• Book release featuring a poetry reading by Mo Piquette, Born to Waltz, hosted and with performances by Lady Arianna Basco, Palms Up, and Hiram Sims, Photoetry: Poetry and Photograph from South Central LA, a peformance by Gyasi Parker Ross, The Last Bookstore, 453 S. Spring Street, Los Angeles, 7:30 (213/488-0599, lastbookstorela.com)
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30 MAY 2015 — saturday

CENTRAL:
• Book launch party for D. McKinney's Morrissey FAQ: All That's Left to Know About This Charming Man, uncovering debated details on the famed lyricist and musical front man, Gatsby Books, 5535 E. Spring Street, Long Beach, 5:00 (gatsbybooks.com)
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• Viva Poetry – A Lummis Day Event presents a reading in conjunction with Wide Awake: The Poets of Los Angeles and Beyond, an anthology, featuring poets Erika Ayon, Luis Campos, Larry Colker, Jawanza Dumisani, Jamie Asaye Fitzgerald, Charlotte Innes, Ron Koertge, and Phoebe Ozuna, Arroyo Seco Regional Library, 6145 North Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, 3:00 (323/255-0537, www.lapl.org)
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• The Washington Irving Branch Library presents a poetry reading by Los Angeles Poet Laureate Luis J. Rodriguez and Peter J. Harris, Washington Irving Branch Library, 4117 West Washington Blvd., Los Angeles, 1:30 (323/732-6303, www.lapl.org)
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• Friends of the La Cañada Flintridge Library present novelist Lisa See reading from her New York Times best-seller China Dolls, La Cañada Flintridge Library, 4545 North Oakwood Avenue, La Cañada Flintridge, 6:00 (818/790-3330, www.colapublib.org)
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• The Westwood Branch Library presents John Sharer reading his most recent novel, The Cockney Lad and Jim Crow, Westwood Branch Library, 1246 Glendon Avenue, Los Angeles, 10:00 a.m. (310/474-1739, www.lapl.org)
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• "Song of Ourselves: Walt Whitman and the Birth of American Poetry," a reading of the poetry of Walt Whitman, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $10/$6 students and seniors, members free, 4:00 (310/822-3006, www.beyondbaroque.org)
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31 MAY 2015 — sunday

CENTRAL:
• Michael C. Ford and Dani Roter read the poetry of twentieth century French poet and screenwriter Jacques Prevert, Paroles in 1945, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, free but donations appreciated, 4:00 (310/822-3006, www.beyondbaroque.org)
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• "Sherman Pearl: Poetry Gets the Blues," a book launch for the poet and former president of Beyond Baroque, Sherman Pearl reads from his new book, Elegy for Myself, with a performance by his brother, Bernie Pearl, acoustic guitarist and master of the blues, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, 8:00 (310/822-3006, www.beyondbaroque.org)
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• James Roman reads from his new history of Los Angeles, Chronicles of Old Los Angeles: Exploring the Devilish History of the City of Angels, Mark Taper Auditorium, Los Angeles Central Library, 630 West 5th Street, Los Angeles, 2:00 (213/228-7000, www.lapl.org)
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• Corie Skolnick reads from her humorous novel, America's Most Eligible, on the struggle to become a great American novelist, Diesel, A Bookstore, Brentwood, 225 26th Street, Santa Monica, 3:00 (www.dieselbookstore.com)
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