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1 JULY 2019 — monday

2 JULY 2019 — tuesday

3 JULY 2019 — wednesday

4 JULY 2019 — thursday

5 JULY 2019 — friday

6 JULY 2019 — saturday

7 JULY 2019 — sunday

8 JULY 2019 — monday

9 JULY 2019 — tuesday

10 JULY 2019 — wednesday

    CENTRAL:
  • Red Hen Press presents a poetry reading by Red Hen poets Eloise Klein Healy, Ron Koertge, Kim Dower, and Francesca Bell, Skylight Books, 1818 North Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 7:30 (skylightbooks.com)
  • La Palabra is an open mic series, fourth Saturday of every month, followed by featured poets, Avenue 50 Studio, 131 North Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 2:00-4:00 (avenue50studio.org)

11 JULY 2019 — thursday

    CENTRAL:
  • McSweeney releases issue 56 of their literary magazine, McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, contributing writers reading include Emerson Whitney, Jose Antonio Vargas, and Dantiel W. Moniz writing on botched home invasions and perception-heightening witchcraft, disillusioned mailmen and nail-biting prison breaks, Skylight Books, 1818 North Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 7:30 (skylightbooks.com)
    NORTH:
  • EP Foster Library presents a poetry reading with Kim Dower, hosted by Phil Taggart, Poet Laureate of Ventura County, open mic follows, EP Foster Library in the Topping Room, 651 East Main Street, Ventura, free, 7:30-9:00 (805/648-2716, www.vencolibrary.org)

12 JULY 2019 — friday

    CENTRAL:
  • Tim Kirk, Tim Davis, and Rob Zabrecky read from their new anthology The Feral Boy who Lives in Griffith Park, a collection of stories that give birth to new mythology, set in the largest urban park in the nation, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., $10/$6 student, members free, 8:00-10:00 (310/822-3006, www.beyondbaroque.org)
  • David Marlett reads from his new historical novel, American Red, Skylight Books,1818 North Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 7:30 (skylightbooks.com)

13 JULY 2019 — saturday

    CENTRAL:
  • Beyond Baroque and Safe Place for Youth celebrate the Venice-Mar Vista Arts District at the Summer Garden festival, from 2:00 on there will be a book sale and music by Lush Agave, Patrick Shiroishi, Sonoda, Takako Minekawa, and more, from 5:00-8:00 Safe Place for Youth provides a Farm-to-Table community dinner, with special readings and musical performances, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., $20 suggested donation, 2:00-10:00 (310/822-3006, www.beyondbaroque.org)

14 JULY 2019 — sunday

    CENTRAL:
  • Public Works Improvisational Theatre presents "Summer Delight!" an evening of talented writers, storytellers, poets, musicians and comics, hosted by Eric Vollmer, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $10/$6 student, members free, 7:30 (310/822-3006, www.beyondbaroque.org)
  • Soap Box Poets Open Reading, five-minute limit, hosted by Jessica Wilson Cardenas, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, free, donations welcomed, sign up 1:45, reading 2:00 (310/822-3006, www.beyondbaroque.org)
  • Words Uncaged, a creative platform that allows incarcerated artists and writers to speak about their experience, presents a reading by Tobias Tubbs, George Sanchez, and Johana Diaz, hosted by Jose Cubias, community organizer and Words Uncaged editor, Skylight Books,1818 North Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 5:00 (skylightbooks.com)

15 JULY 2019 — monday

16 JULY 2019 — tuesday

    CENTRAL:
  • Bestselling fiction writer Janet Fitch reads from the new addition to her Marina Makarova series, Chimes of a Lost Cathedral (Revolution of Marina M.), Skylight Books,1818 North Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 7:30 (skylightbooks.com)

17 JULY 2019 — wednesday

    CENTRAL:
  • Award-winning journalist Lisa Taddeo reads from Three Women, an of the erotic lives and longing of three women, editor Clarissa Cruz will join in the conversation, Skylight Books,1818 North Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 7:30 (skylightbooks.com)

18 JULY 2019 — thursday

    NORTH:
  • EP Foster Library presents a poetry reading with Sara Borjas, hosted by Phil Taggart, Poet Laureate of Ventura County, open mic follows, EP Foster Library in the Topping Room, 651 East Main Street, Ventura, free, 7:30-9:00 (805/648-2716, www.vencolibrary.org)

19 JULY 2019 — friday

    CENTRAL:
  • Poetry reading by William Benton and Patty Seyburn, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $10/$6 student, members free, 8:00-10:00 (310/822-3006, www.beyondbaroque.org)

20 JULY 2019 — saturday

    CENTRAL:
  • Journalist and screenwriter Mickey Rapkin reads from his new children's picture book, It's Not a Bed, It's a Time Machine, Skylight Books,1818 North Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 3:00 (skylightbooks.com)
  • "The Lit Show," the 14th annual celebration of song and literature, with Suzie Williams and Brad Kay, perform songs based on texts by Tolkien, Oscar Wilde, Hafitz, Kurt Vonnegut, Edna St Vincent Millay, and more, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $20, 7:30 (310/822-3006, www.beyondbaroque.org)

21 JULY 2019 — sunday

    CENTRAL:
  • Max Felker-Kantor reads from his new book, Policing Los Angeles: Race, Resistance and the Rise of the LAPD, the dynamic history of policing, anti-policing abuse movements, race, and politics in Los Angeles from the 1965 Watts uprising to the 1992 Los Angeles rebellion, David Stein will join the conversation, Skylight Books,1818 North Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 5:00 (skylightbooks.com)
  • Salient Sunday Open Reading, hosted by Radomir Luza and Patricia Murphy, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, free, 5:00 (310/822-3006, www.beyondbaroque.org)

22 JULY 2019 — monday

23 JULY 2019 — tuesday

24 JULY 2019 — wednesday

25 JULY 2019 — thursday

    NORTH:
  • EP Foster Library presents a poetry reading with Zayan Reza, hosted by Phil Taggart, Poet Laureate of Ventura County, open mic follows, EP Foster Library in the Topping Room, 651 East Main Street, Ventura, free, 7:30-9:00 (805/648-2716, www.vencolibrary.org)

26 JULY 2019 — friday

    CENTRAL:
  • Poetry reading by Kevin Hearle and Amy Uyematsu, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $10/$6 student, members free, 8:00 (310/822-3006, www.beyondbaroque.org)

27 JULY 2019 — saturday

    CENTRAL:
  • Poets Anne Buxie and Jean Colonomos read from their latest poetic collaborations, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $10/$6 student, members free, 3:00 (310/822-3006, www.beyondbaroque.org)
  • Influx Collectiv presents their monthly Queer Poetry Night featuring May Dale, Molly Thornton, Marinna Benzon, and Anthony Giambra, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $10/$6 student, members free, 3:00 (310/822-3006, www.beyondbaroque.org)

28 JULY 2019 — sunday

    CENTRAL:
  • The Nebraska Girl Open Reading, hosted by Wyatt Underwood, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, free, 2:00 (310/822-3006, www.beyondbaroque.org)

29 JULY 2019 — monday

30 JULY 2019 — tuesday

31 JULY 2019 — wednesday


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