Calendar for Southern California

Updated July 8, 2010

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1 JULY 2010---thursday:
NORTH:
• Train of Thought Open Mic, 856 East Thompson Blvd., between Ash and Kalorama, Ventura, 6:30

4 JULY 2010---sunday:
CENTRAL:
• Open reading plus a reading by Annette Sugden, Don’t Make Vincent Gallo Mad, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, free, sign up for open 4:45, reading 5:00 (310/822-3006, www.beyondbaroque.org)

7 JULY 2010---wednesday:
CENTRAL:
• inkSlam 2010, July 7-10, includes daily workshops and international spoken word superstars, over one hundred poets perform in the festival to compete for title of West Coast Regional Spoken Word Championship in this largest spoken word festival on the West Coast, Greenway Court Theatre, 554 N. Fairfax Avenue, LA, (box office: 323/655-7679x100, www.inkslam.org)
• Two Idiots Peddling Poetry presents poet Brendan Constantine, Letters to Guns, open reading follows, Ugly Mug Café, 261 N. Glassel, Orange, $2, 8:00 (714/997-5610, www.poetryidiots.com)

8 JULY 2010---thursday:
CENTRAL:
• inkSlam 2010, July 7-10, includes daily workshops and international spoken word superstars, over one hundred poets perform in the festival to compete for title of West Coast Regional Spoken Word Championship in this largest spoken word festival on the West Coast, Greenway Court Theatre, 554 N. Fairfax Avenue, LA, (box office: 323/655-7679x100, www.inkslam.org)
• M.E.S.S.: activist, author, and paramedia-ecologist Gerry Fialka interviews dancer and writer Simone Forti, Handbook in Motion, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $7/$5 students, seniors, no one turned away for lack of funds, 7:30 (310/822-3006, www.beyondbaroque.org)
NORTH:
• Train of Thought Open Mic, 856 East Thompson Blvd., between Ash and Kalorama, Ventura, 6:30
SOUTH:
• Fallbrook Writers Read presents poet Mai Lon Gittelsohn, open reading follows, Café des Artistes, 103 S. Main Street, Fallbrook, 6:00 (760/522-1064, www.kbgressitt.com/events)

9 JULY 2010---friday:
CENTRAL:
• inkSlam 2010, July 7-10, includes daily workshops and international spoken word superstars, over one hundred poets perform in the festival to compete for title of West Coast Regional Spoken Word Championship in this largest spoken word festival on the West Coast, Greenway Court Theatre, 554 N. Fairfax Avenue, LA, (box office: 323/655-7679x100, www.inkslam.org)
• Red(d)ress poetry series features poets selected by poets, tonight’s reading features Pamela August Russell, B is for Bad Poetry, Darren Clavadetscher, and Douglas Kearney, The Black Automaton, with music by Arlo Klahr and Aisling Cormack, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $7/$5 students, seniors, 7:30 (310/822-3006, www.beyondbaroque.org)
EAST:
• Valley Voices of the Muse presents a reading by Chilean poet/playwright Maria Elena Boekemeyer, plus open mic, hosted by Patricia D’Alessandro, Barnes & Noble, Westfield Center, Highway 111 at Monterey, Palm Desert, free, 6:00 (760/329-6130)

10 JULY 2010---saturday:
CENTRAL:
• inkSlam 2010, July 7-10, includes daily workshops and international spoken word superstars, over one hundred poets perform in the festival to compete for title of West Coast Regional Spoken Word Championship in this largest spoken word festival on the West Coast, Greenway Court Theatre, 554 N. Fairfax Avenue, LA, (box office: 323/655-7679x100, www.inkslam.org)
• Reading by award-winning Argentine-American fiction writer and journalist Mariana Dieti, Confined, a novel, Pegarty Long, a photographer, painter, and filmmaker whose filmic trilogy Incision stars the late Venice poet Philomene Long, and poet and fiction writer Mariano Zaro, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $7/$5 students, seniors, 7:30 (310/822-3006, www.beyondbaroque.org)
NORTH:
• The Poetry Zone presents Perie Longo, open mic, hosted by Suzanne Frost, Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum, 21 West Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara, 2:00-4:00 (05/252-1655)

11 JULY 2010---sunday:
CENTRAL:
• Second Sunday Poetry Series presents an open mic plus a featured poetry reading, hosted by Alex M. Frankel, Café Alibi, 84 South Fair Oaks Avenue, Pasadena, 5:00 (www.secondsundaypoetry.com)
SOUTH:
• Warwick’s Books and La Jolla Library celebrate the 50th Anniversary of To Kill a Mockingbird, screening of the film made from the famed novel, with discussion moderated by author Susan Vreeland, popcorn, La Jolla Library, 7555 Draper Avenue, La Jolla, 2:00-5:00 (858/454-0347, www.warwicks. com)

12 JULY 2010---monday:
CENTRAL:
• Moonday, A West Side Reading Series presents a reading by Marcia Cohee and Heather Derr-Smith, open mic follows, Village Books, 1049 Swarthmore Avenue, just north of Sunset, Pacific Palisades, 7:30 (310/454-4063, www.moondaypoetry.com)
SOUTH:
• Julia Whitty reads from Deep Blue Home: An Intimate Ecology of Our Wild Ocean, Warwick’s Books, 7812 Girard Avenue, La Jolla, 7:30 (858/454-0347, www.warwicks. com)

13 JULY 2010---tuesday:
CENTRAL:
• Cobalt Poets presents an open reading with featured poet Marc Olmsted, one drink minimum, all ages, The Cobalt Café, 22047 Sherman Way, west of Topanga Canyon Blvd., Canoga Park, free, sign up 8:30-8:45, reading 9:00 (818/348-3789, www.poetrysuperhighway.com/cobalt)
NORTH:
• Poetry reading by Chella Courington, open mic with host Roe Estep, Artists’ Union Gallery, 330 South California Street, Ventura, 7:30 (805/320-3524)
SOUTH:
• Ellen Bryson reads from her debut novel The Transformation of Bartholomew Fortuno, Warwick’s Books, 7812 Girard Avenue, La Jolla, 7:30 (858/454-0347, www.warwicks. com)

14 JULY 2010---wednesday:
CENTRAL:
• Two Idiots Peddling Poetry presents poet Jaimes Palacio’s Birthday Show, open reading follows, Ugly Mug Café, 261 N. Glassel, Orange, $2, 8:00 (714/997-5610, www.poetryidiots.com)

15 JULY 2010---thursday:
CENTRAL:
• Third Thursday Poetry featuring Brenda Petrakos and an ultra casual open reading, Harmony Works, 1705 S. Catalina Avenue, Redondo Beach, 8:00-10:00  
NORTH:
• Train of Thought Open Mic, 856 East Thompson Blvd., between Ash and Kalorama, Ventura, 6:30

16 JULY 2010---friday:
CENTRAL:
• Poetry reading by surrealist poet Will Alexander, The Sri Lanka Loxodrome, and Roger Taus, If You Ask Me Where I’ve Been, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $7/$5 students, seniors, 7:30 (310/822-3006, www.beyondbaroque.org)

17 JULY 2010---saturday:
CENTRAL:
• Poetry reading by Michelle Bitting, Good Friday Kiss, and Sklovakia-born poet George Kalmar, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $7/$5 students, seniors, 7:30 (310/822-3006, www.beyondbaroque.org)

18 JULY 2010---sunday:
CENTRAL:
• Poets Panel moderated by S.A. Griffin and featuring Rafael FJ Alvarado, World Wide Word Radio Network; Hugo Machuca, C.R.O.P./Convicts Reading Out to People; poet and writer Luis Rodriguez, Tia Chucha Press; Hannah Wehr, teacher in juvenile incarcerations facilities; A.Razor, member of H.I.P./Hollywood Institute of Poetics, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $7/$5 students, seniors, 3:00 (310/822-3006, www.beyondbaroque.org)
NORTH:
• Corners of the Mouth! poetry reading by Ray Clark Dickson celebrating his ninety-first birthday, open reading follows, five minute slots, hosted by Kevin Patrick Sullivan, Linnaea’s Café, 1110 Garden Street, San Luis Obispo, free, 7:00 (805) 547-1318, www.languageofthesoul.org)

19 JULY 2010---monday:
NORTH:
• Favorite Poems Project third Monday reading with host Lois Klein, all are invited to read a favorite poem (or two), not their own, The Blue Agave, 20 E. Cota, Santa Barbara, 5:15-6:30
SOUTH:
• Don Winslow reads from his thriller, Savages, Warwick’s Books, 7812 Girard Avenue, La Jolla, 7:30 (858/454-0347, www.warwicks. com)

20 JULY 2010---tuesday:
CENTRAL:
• Valley Contemporary Poets presents an open reading with featured poet Bonnie Kaplan, one drink minimum, all ages, The Cobalt Café, 22047 Sherman Way, west of Topanga Canyon Blvd., Canoga Park, free, sign up 8:30-8:45, reading 9:00 (818/348-3789, www.poetrysuperhighway.com/cobalt)
NORTH:
• Poetry reading by Ellyn Maybe, open mic with host Roe Estep, Artists’ Union Gallery, 330 South California Street, Ventura, 7:30 (805/320-3524)

21 JULY 2010---wednesday:
CENTRAL:
• Two Idiots Peddling Poetry presents poet Stephanie Brown, open reading follows, Ugly Mug Café, 261 N. Glassel, Orange, $2, 8:00 (714/997-5610, www.poetryidiots.com)

22 JULY 2010---thursday:
NORTH:
• Train of Thought Open Mic, 856 East Thompson Blvd., between Ash and Kalorama, Ventura, 6:30

23 JULY 2010---friday:
CENTRAL:
• Sparring with Beatnik Ghosts (Round VII), features poets Ellyn Maybe and her band, Iris Berry, Michael C. Ford, Mike the Poet, Rachel Kann, Jim Bolt, Jeanne Spicuzza, Brenda Petrakos, Peter Coca, Gary Justice, and special guests, hosted by Mani Suri, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $7/$5 students, seniors, 7:30 (310/822-3006, www.beyondbaroque.org)
• Two-time Book Prize finalist David Mitchell reads from The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, a novel, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, between Hollywood Blvd. and Franklin, LA, 7:30 (323/660-1175, www.skylightbooks.com)

24 JULY 2010---saturday:
CENTRAL:
• Ruskin Art Club presents a book party and reading for Field prizewinner Amy Newlove Schroeder, The Sleep Hotel, poems, books available from Chevalier’s Books, refreshments, Ruskin Art Club, 800 S. Plymouth Blvd., one block from Wilshire at Plymouth and 8th, LA, free, 7:00 (310/936-7484, Edduende @ gmail.com)  
• The Lit Show with Suzy Williams, in her fifth annual celebration of song and literature, Los Angeles’s “Diva Deluxe” performs songs based on words by great writers and poets from Henry Miller and Dorothy Parker and Langston Hughes to Kerouac and Baudelaire, with LA’s own musical maestro Brad Kay, and musical guests, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $15, 7:30 (310/822-3006, www.beyondbaroque.org)

27 JULY 2010---tuesday:
CENTRAL:
• Hollywood Institute of Poetics presents an open reading with featured poet Jason Hardung, one drink minimum, all ages, The Cobalt Café, 22047 Sherman Way, west of Topanga Canyon Blvd., Canoga Park, free, sign up 8:30-8:45, reading 9:00 (818/348-3789, www.poetrysuperhighway.com/cobalt)
SOUTH:
• Novelist Daniel Silva reads from The Rembrandt Affair, Warwick’s Books, 7812 Girard Avenue, La Jolla, 7:30 (858/454-0347, www.warwicks. com)y

28 JULY 2010---wednesday:
CENTRAL:
• Tony O’Neill reads from Sick City, a novel that rides “through Hollywood’s underbelly,” Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, between Hollywood Blvd. and Franklin, LA, 7:30 (323/660-1175, www.skylightbooks.com)
• Two Idiots Peddling Poetry presents poet Ariana Kelly, open reading follows, Ugly Mug Café, 261 N. Glassel, Orange, $2, 8:00 (714/997-5610, www.poetryidiots.com)

29 JULY 2010---thursday:
CENTRAL:
• Written in California Writing Series, co-sponsored by Vroman’s Bookstore, presents a reading by novelist and essayist Danzy Senna, from Where Did You Sleep Last Night? A Personal History, her memoir, Pasadena Museum of Art, 490 East Union Street, Pasadena, event free, museum admission $7/$5, 7:00-9:00 (626/356-4760, www.pmcaonline.org)
NORTH:
• Train of Thought Open Mic, 856 East Thompson Blvd., between Ash and Kalorama, Ventura, 6:30

30 JULY 2010---friday:
CENTRAL:
• Factory School (a learning and production collective involving publishing, media, and community service) poetry reading features Allison Cobb, CA Conrad, Catherine Daly, Sueyeun Juliette, Deborah Meadows, Sarah Menefee, Kathryn Pringle, Frank Sherlock, Brian Kim Stefans, Heriberto Yépez, and Diane Ward, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $7/$5 students, seniors, 7:30 (310/822-3006, www.beyondbaroque.org)

31 JULY 2010---saturday:
CENTRAL:
• Max Sympathy reads from his book Ahistorical Productions with black box audio tagger B.A.T./Best Available Technology, and video by Marlene Koncewicz, featuring the paintings of Austin G. Ohm, and multimedia show featuring the work of poet G.P. D’Alosio, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $7/$5 students, seniors, 7:30 (310/822-3006, www.beyondbaroque.org)
NORTH:
• Poetry reading by Brendan Constantine, open mic, hosted by friday, Bell Arts Factory, 432 N. Ventura Avenue, Ventura, 7:30 (www.bellartsfactory.com)
SOUTH:
• Group reading from the new essay anthology The Devil’s Punchbowl: A Living History of California, edited by Kate Gale, managing editor of Red Hen Press, and Los Angeles Times reporter and editor Veronique de Turenne, D.G. Wills Books, 7461 Girard Avenue, La Jolla, free, 7:00 (858/456-1800, www.dgwillsbooks.com)