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29 JULY 2016 — friday

CENTRAL:
• LAMBDA Literary Emerging LGBTQ Voices presents selected writers from the Writers Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ Voices, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $10/$6 students/seniors, free for members, 7:00 (www.beyondbaroque.org)
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• Jesse Reklaw discusses his new book, LOVF, the sketchbook companion of a man broke, homeless, and literally losing his mind after giving all of his stuff to punk rock heroin dealers; it's filled with wild energy, mad schemes, cartoons, psychedelic portraits, and notes from the road in the form of a comic book complete with cross-hatching, spattered marker, crayons, glitter, tape, nail polish, white-out, fingerpaint, rain, wine, stickers, and word balloons, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 7:30 (323/660-1175, www.skylightbooks.com)
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30 JULY 2016 — saturday

CENTRAL:
• Midnight Release Party for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One & Two, a two-part play script by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne, and John Tiffany, with Harry Potter nineteen years later, a husband and father of three school-age children employed by the Ministry of Magic; costumes welcome—wear your house colors, Hermione's games/trivia, Snape's potion station, Goblet of Fire giveaway, Luan Lovegood's crafts, Live Round Robin reading of the First Act, audience participation—play a part, pre-order Book 8 and you're on the guest list for the party, books also on sale a midnight, Gatsby Books, 5535 E. Spring Street, Long Beach, free, 9:00-Midnight (562/208-5862, www.gatsbybooks.com)
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• Midnight Release Party for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One & Two, a two-part play script by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne, and John Tiffany, with Harry Potter nineteen years later, a husband and father of three school-age children employed by the Ministry of Magic; this evening consists of a costume contest, face painting, wine, snacks, prizes, and Trivial Pursuit Dueling, preorders encouraged through Skylight website or pay when you arrive, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, party begins 10:00, book available for pick up at midnight (323/660-1175, www.skylightbooks.com)
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• Poetry Reading features Cati Porter, My Skies of Small Horses, and Cindy Rinne, Quiet Lantern: A Novel in Verse, Gatsby Books, 5535 E. Spring Street, Long Beach, free, 3:00-4:30 (562/208-5862, www.gatsbybooks.com)
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• Story Time with Barbara Grant, a reading and sharing of picture books for the little ones, every Saturday, Chevalier's in Larchmont Village, 126 N. Larchmont Blvd., Los Angeles, free, 10:00-11:00 a.m. (323/465-1334, www.chevaliersbooks.com)
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NORTH:
• Reception for the Artists Union's "there is me" art exhibit features a reading by Red Grass, Amber Bassett, O. Powers, and Phil Taggart, Art City Studios, 643 Ventura Avenue, Ventura, free, reception 6:00, performance 8:00 (www.artcitystudios.com)
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31 JULY 2016 — sunday

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