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14 AUGUST 2016 — sunday

15 AUGUST 2016 — monday

16 AUGUST 2016 — tuesday

    CENTRAL:
  • THE RwIrGiHtTe READ presents "an evening of poetry, purpose, and magic," with James Cushing, The Magicians' Union, Holaday Mason, The Red Bowl, Armine Iknadossian, and David Gale, We're All in the Same Book, curated and hosted by Peggy Dobreer, open readers please bring two poems or four minutes including introductions, metered parking lot, Stories Books & Café, 1716 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, open reading sign up 6:30, reading 7:00 (213/413-3733, storiesla.com)

17 AUGUST 2016 — wednesday

18 AUGUST 2016 — thursday

    CENTRAL:
  • "From the Stage to the Page," reading and book signing by Iris Berry and Vicky Hamilton, on The 80's: Punk Rock to Cock Rock, metered parking lot, Stories Books & Café, 1716 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, reading 6:00 (213/413-3733, storiesla.com)
    NORTH:
  • The EP Foster Library features Ken Jones at its weekly poetry series hosted by Phil Taggart, Poet Laureate of Ventura County, open mic follows, share your own work, EP Foster Library in the Topping Room, 651 East Main Street, Ventura, free and open to the public, 7:30-9:00 (805/648-2716, www.vencolibrary.org)

19 AUGUST 2016 — friday

    CENTRAL:
  • Poetry reading by Jimmy Cvetic, aka Dog, a retired Allegheny County cop who writes like Charles Bukowski with a badge, and S.A. Griffin, co-editor of The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $10 general/$6 students/seniors, free for members, 8:00 (www.beyondbaroque.org)
  • LOUD! storytelling party, hosted by Scott Schultz, part of Echo Park Rising!, metered parking lot, Stories Books & Café, 1716 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, 7:30 (213/413-3733, storiesla.com)

20 AUGUST 2016 — saturday

    CENTRAL:
  • An Evening of Stand-up Comedy, Storytelling and Music, featuring Maureen Cotter, inside/outside seating as some people like to sit outside by the bar and watch it projected up on the fire department wall; this annual show sells out every year so get there early for an inside seat, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $15 at the door, cocktail party 7:00-8:00, show 8:00, party follows (www.beyondbaroque.org)
  • "Vox & Voices" DUM DUM zine spectacular features free popsicles all day, stripped down punk music sets, and literary readings on the patio with Janice Lee, Skye Snell, Art Currim, Dm Collins, Yumi Sakugawa, Shakar Mujukian, Peter Woods with Dez Hope, Iris, Connie Lim, Emily Gold, Taleen Kali, Betty Petty, So Many Wizards, and Bloody Death Skull, with MC Vivian "DUM" Martinez, part of Echo Park Rising!, metered parking lot, Stories Books & Café, 1716 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, 5:00-10:00 (213/413-3733, storiesla.com)
  • Expressions L.A. prose and poetry reading features Marie Lecrivain and Rick Lupert, plus open mic, Studio City Branch Public Library, 12511 Moorpark Street, Studio City, free, sign up 2:30, reading 3:00-5:00 (for more information, contact James Maverick: 323/920-5264, or expressionsreading@gmail.com)
  • Mavericks & Masters Workshop with Elline Lipkin focuses on generating new work and poems as a process of discovery, with exercises meant to spark the imagination and drive unexpected thoughts in new directions, throughout the workshop there will be a series of quick writes and extended times for writing, with the opportunity to share work and receive feedback, online registration required, snacks and drinks, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $35.00 members/$50.00 non-members/$20 to audit (observation only), 11:00 a.m.-3:00 (www.beyondbaroque.org, https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mavericks-masters-workshop-elline-lipkin-tickets-26546424069)

21 AUGUST 2016 — sunday

    CENTRAL:
  • BUSted! storytelling party, stories by writings, comedians, and musicians of getting around Los Angeles without a car, part of Echo Park Rising!, metered parking lot, Stories Books & Café, 1716 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, 4:00 (213/413-3733, storiesla.com)
    NORTH:
  • Corners of the Mouth monthly poetry reading presents featured poet Don Wallis, from San Luis Obispo, reading from his new book For the God of Small Children, with poet Michaelann Dimitrijevich from Atascadero, hosted by Kevin Patrick Sullivan and Patti Sullivan, open reading to follow, five-minute limit to read your original work, Linnaea's Café, 1110 Garden Street, San Luis Obispo, free, 7:00 (www.languageofthesoul.org)

22 AUGUST 2016 — monday

23 AUGUST 2016 — tuesday

24 AUGUST 2016 — wednesday

    NORTH:
  • Spocabulary presents performance poetry workshop and open mic, with host Aaron Garnder, every second and fourth Wednesday of the month, EP Foster Library in the Topping Room, 651 East Main Street, Ventura, free and open to the public, workshop 7:00, open mic 8:00 (805/648-2716, www.vencolibrary.org)

25 AUGUST 2016 — thursday

    CENTRAL:
  • Turning Grief Into Art: Writing Healing Poetry, with poets Chanel Brenner, Vanilla Milk, Madeline Sharples, Leaving the Hall Light On, and Alexis Rhone Fancher, State of Grace: The Joshua Elegies, reading and discussing their poems about the loss of their sons, reception and book signing to follow, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 1221 Wass Street, Tustin, 7:00 (714/544-3141, www.stpauls.org)
  • A reading and book signing by John Doe, Under the Big Black Sun: A Personal History of L.A. Punk, with novelist Chris D., Dragon Wheel Splendor and Other Love Stories of Violence and Dread, metered parking lot, Stories Books & Café, 1716 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, 7:00 (213/413-3733, storiesla.com)
    NORTH:
  • The EP Foster Library features Elaine Alarcon at its weekly poetry series hosted by Phil Taggart, Poet Laureate of Ventura County, open mic follows, share your own work, EP Foster Library in the Topping Room, 651 East Main Street, Ventura, free and open to the public, 7:30-9:00 (805/648-2716, www.vencolibrary.org)

26 AUGUST 2016 — friday

    CENTRAL:
  • Poetry reading by New York City poet George Wallace, writer-in-residence at the Walt Whitman Birthplace, author of two dozen chapbooks of poems, and editor of Poetrybay, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $10 general/$6 students/seniors, free for members, 8:00 (www.beyondbaroque.org)

27 AUGUST 2016 — saturday

    CENTRAL:
  • Peggy Aylsworth reads from her new book of poetry, Under the Unwed Moon, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $10 general/$6 students/seniors, free for members, 5:00 (www.beyondbaroque.org)
  • Poetry Reading features poet Sean Gunning, No Samaritan, plus open mic, Gatsby Books, 5535 E. Spring Street, Long Beach, free, 3:00-4:30 (562/208-5862, www.gatsbybooks.com)
  • Les Femmes Fatales: Los Angeles presents a noir cocktail of literary violence, eroticism and trenchant humor with award-winning arts journalist and cultural provocateur Victoria Looseleaf, Isn't It Rich?, author and actor Mary Woronov, Swimming Underground: My Years In the Warhol Factory, glam-pop poet Kate Crash, Plush Novel, and bassist Benny Reitveld from Santana, with publisher Gordy Grundy, hosted and curated by Richard Modiano, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $10 general/$6 students/seniors, free for members, 8:00 (www.beyondbaroque.org)
  • George Wallace leads a poetry workshop with stimulating exercises based on re-discovering and using imaginative skills that enhance your brain's 'muscle memory' to result in improved writing; imagination-based poetry gives the writer permission to create space for the imagination to explore, invent and roam, limited to twelve participants, online registration required, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $35.00 members/$50.00 non-members, 10:00 a.m. (www.beyondbaroque.org, https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mini-masters-workshop-with-george-wallace-tickets-26787158111)

28 AUGUST 2016 — sunday

    CENTRAL:
  • An Afternoon of Noir Poetry in Chinatown, with poets Brendan Constantine, Tony Barnstone, and Suzanne Lummis, street and lot parking available, A.G. Geiger Bookstore/Gallery, 502 Chung King Court, Chinatown, Los Angeles, $5, 4:00-5:00 (213/505-6957, aggeiger.com)

29 AUGUST 2016 — monday

30 AUGUST 2016 — tuesday

31 AUGUST 2016 — wednesday


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