Thomas McGrath's 100th Birthday: Harry E. Northup, Gail Wrongsky, Holly Prado, Will Alexander, Jack Grapes, more

12 NOVEMBER 2016 — saturday

Thomas McGrath's 100th Birthday Celebration with a marathon reading of his magnificent American epic poem, Letter to an Imaginary Friend, featured readers include Richard Modiano, Laurel Ann Bogen, Jerry Garcia, Garrett Brown, Roger Taus, Holly Prado, Phoebe MacAdams, Jack Grapes, Carlye Archibeque, Sarah Maclay, Alexis Rhone Fancher, Michael C. Ford, Harry E. Northup, Gail Wronsky, Paul Vangelisti, Marisela Norte, Holaday Mason, Mike Mollett, Kathleen Tyler, Chuck Rosenthal, James Cushing, Robert Forster, Amelie Frank, Lynne Bronstein, Celeste Goyer, Suzanne Lummis, Pam Ward, Doug Knott, Sandra Cohen, Steve Goldman, Susan Hayden, Danny Baker, Susan Suntree, Phil Taggart, Jeremy Iacone, Mark Rhodes, Jeanette Clough, Aleida Rodríguez, Will Alexander, and S.A. Griffin, curated by Harry E. Northup, stage manager Fred Whitlock, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $10/$6 students/seniors, free to members, 10:00 a.m.-10:00 (310/822-3006, www.beyondbaroque.org)