Los Angeles Poet Society presents Heartbeats Open Mic hosted by poet Jessica M. Wilson, featuring readings from activist poets: La Neta, Mariana Franco, Family & Other Problems, Anastasia Fenald, Help Me, I'm Here: Poems to Myself, and JD Stephans, The Libros Lincoln Heights, 3422 North Broadway, Los Angeles, free, 6:00 pm PDT (For more information, visit: www.instagram.com/p/C94s1ejJXRj)
Fourth Saturdays Poetry at the Claremont Library presents a reading by Nancy Lynée Woo, poet and teaching artist, and Ron Koertge, Pandora's Kitchen: Poems, award-winning poet and young adult novelist, Helen Renwick Library, 208 North Harvard Avenue, Claremont, free, 2:00 pm (www.claremontlibrary.org/monthly-poetry-readings.html)