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1 MAY 2016 — sunday
2 MAY 2016 — monday
3 MAY 2016 — tuesday
4 MAY 2016 — wednesday
CENTRAL:- Two Idiots Peddling Poetry, featured reader to be announced plus open mic, hosted by Steve Ramirez and Ben Trigg, every Wednesday, The Ugly Mug, 261 North Glassell Avenue, Orange, free, 8:00 www.poetryidiots.com)
5 MAY 2016 — thursday
CENTRAL:- Poetry Bleeding at Viento Y Agua, 4007 East 4th Street, Long Beach, one drink minimum, 7:00-9:00 (Dana Benedict: vientoyaguaevents@gmail.com)
6 MAY 2016 — friday
7 MAY 2016 — saturday
CENTRAL:- Poetry Bleeding at Viento Y Agua, 4007 East 4th Street, Long Beach, 7:00-9:00 (Dana Benedict: vientoyaguaevents@gmail.com)
8 MAY 2016 — sunday
CENTRAL:- Bluebird Reading Series presents an open mic and featured reader to be announced, hosted by Jessica Ceballos, every second Sunday, Avenue 50 Studio, 131 North Avenue 50, Highland Park, free, 2:00 (323/258-1435, (www.avenue50studio.org)
9 MAY 2016 — monday
10 MAY 2016 — tuesday
11 MAY 2016 — wednesday
CENTRAL:- Two Idiots Peddling Poetry presents Cat McIntire Memorial Reading with David McIntire and BC Petrakos, plus open mic, hosted by Steve Ramirez and Ben Trigg, every Wednesday, The Ugly Mug, 261 North Glassell Avenue, Orange, free, 8:00 www.poetryidiots.com)
12 MAY 2016 — thursday
13 MAY 2016 — friday
CENTRAL:- Song of Ourselves: A full reading of Walt Whitman's Song of Myself and fundraiser for Beyond Baroque, featured readers Harry Northup, Brendan Constantine, S.A. Griffin, Lynne Thompson, Steve Abee, and Carlye Archibeque, plus very special musical guest Ross Altman playing Civil War era songs, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $20/$15 students and seniors/$10 members, tickets at Eventbrite, 8:00 (www.beyondbaroque.org)
14 MAY 2016 — saturday
15 MAY 2016 — sunday
CENTRAL:- Second in the Joseph Campbell Roundtable series, Stephen Linsteadt discusses the heart's connection to the cosmos as he introduces Scalar Heart Connection, a revolutionary technique for facilitating growth and transformation, using the heart as a guide toward a happier, healthier, more fulfilled life, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $5 donation/no one turned away for lack of funds, 5:30 (www.beyondbaroque.org)
- Voices in the Well presents Sail On, Silver Girl, a celebration of the Merry Month of May through poetry, comedy, storytelling, and music, features Lauren Ann Bogen, Chaya Silberstein, Vinnie Caggiano, Lisa Marguerite Mora, and more, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $10/$6 students and seniors/free to members, 5:00 (www.beyondbaroque.org)
16 MAY 2016 — monday
17 MAY 2016 — tuesday
18 MAY 2016 — wednesday
CENTRAL:- Two Idiots Peddling Poetry, featured reader to be announced plus open mic, hosted by Steve Ramirez and Ben Trigg, every Wednesday, The Ugly Mug, 261 North Glassell Avenue, Orange, free, 8:00 www.poetryidiots.com)
19 MAY 2016 — thursday
CENTRAL:- Poetry at the Loft: An evening with David Zasloff, Beyond Baroque presents Third Thursdays at The Hotel Eriwn, Larry's Loft on the Fifth Floor, 1697 Pacific Avenue, Venice, $10 donation, doors open 7:30, show 8:00 (www.beyondbaroque.org)
20 MAY 2016 — friday
CENTRAL:- Poets A Plenty features Hiram Sims, Gerald Locklin, Anna Urena, Wendy Rainey, and Curtis Hayes, plus open reading, first 10 sign-ups admitted free, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $10/$6 students and seniors/free to members, 8:00 (www.beyondbaroque.org)
21 MAY 2016 — saturday
CENTRAL:- Mavericks & Masters Mini Workshop: Negative Capability with Laurel Ann Bogen, author of ten books of poetry and short fiction, Bogen focuses on the Keatsian idea of Negative Capability which gives the poet poetic license to step outside the bounds of their own experience; the workshop includes a series of exercises freeing participants to write beyond the self, registration required, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $50/$35 members, $20 audits, tickets at Eventbrite or contact specialevents@beyondbaroque.org, 11:00 a.m.-3:00 (www.beyondbaroque.org)
- An afternoon of poetry with Ricardo Quinones and friends, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $10/$6 students and seniors/free to members, 4:00 (www.beyondbaroque.org)
- Publication party and table-style reading through the entire book, The Red Bowl: A Fable in Poems, featuring Holaday Mason, Sarah Maclay, Mariano Zaro, Brendan Constantine, and more, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $10/$6 students and seniors/free to members, 8:00 (www.beyondbaroque.org)
22 MAY 2016 — sunday
CENTRAL:- Bilingual open mic, hosted by Antonieta Villamil, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $5, 6:00 (www.beyondbaroque.org)
- Nebraska Girl Open Reading, hosted by Wyatt Underwood, five-minute limit open mic, Mike Kelley Gallery, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, free, sign up 1:45, reading 2:00 (www.beyondbaroque.org)
23 MAY 2016 — monday
24 MAY 2016 — tuesday
25 MAY 2016 — wednesday
CENTRAL:- Two Idiots Peddling Poetry presents Holaday Mason, plus open mic, hosted by Steve Ramirez and Ben Trigg, every Wednesday, The Ugly Mug, 261 North Glassell Avenue, Orange, free, 8:00 www.poetryidiots.com)
26 MAY 2016 — thursday
27 MAY 2016 — friday
CENTRAL:- Terri Niccum, Buena Park author/poet reads from her new chapbook, Looking Snow in the Eye; Brenda Yates reads from her new book, Bodily Knowledge, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $10/$6 students and seniors/free to members, 8:00 (www.beyondbaroque.org)
28 MAY 2016 — saturday
CENTRAL:- Beyond Baroque Fiction Showcase: Mathieu Cailler, author of Clothesline and Loss Angeles, which was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in 2015, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $10/$6 students and seniors/free to members, 8:00 (www.beyondbaroque.org)
29 MAY 2016 — sunday
30 MAY 2016 — monday
31 MAY 2016 — tuesday
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