Calendar for Southern California

Updated August 27, 2010

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3 AUGUST 2010---tuesday:
CENTRAL:
• Cobalt Poets presents an open reading with featured poet TBA, 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)

4 AUGUST 2010---wednesday:
CENTRAL:
• Two Idiots Peddling Poetry presents poet Jeffrey McDaniel, The Endarkenment, open reading follows, Ugly Mug Café, 261 N. Glassel, Orange, $2, 8:00 (714/997-5610, www.poetryidiots.com)

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

7 AUGUST 2010---saturday:
CENTRAL:
• Mommy, Mommy! #8 reading series presents performances by Les Figues Press co-founder and co-director Teresa Carmody, writer Jack Halberstam, conceptual writer Stephen van Dyck, and writer and translator Laura Vena,  Pieter/Performance Art Space Dance, 420 W. Avenue 33, #10, Lincoln Heights, LA, free but bring liquor, snack, or clothing for their clothing exchange shop, doors open 7:30, event 8:00 (www.pieterpasd.com)

8 AUGUST 2010---sunday:
CENTRAL:
• Mathew Timmons discusses his installation, “Credit,” which runs through August 26, based on his book of the same name, LACE/Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, 6522 Hollywood Blvd., LA, artist/writer talk 2:00, kick off event with transcription of the book on the walls, surprise performances 4:00
• 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)

9 AUGUST 2010---monday:
CENTRAL:
• Moonday, A West Side Reading Series presents a reading by Lynne Harbough and Kathabela Wilson, open mic follows, Village Books, 1049 Swarthmore Avenue, just north of Sunset, Pacific Palisades, 7:30 (310/454-4063, www.moondaypoetry.com)

10 AUGUST 2010---tuesday:
CENTRAL:
• Hollywood Institute of Poetics presents an open reading with featured poet Judi Smolker, 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)

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

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

14 AUGUST 2010---saturday:
CENTRAL:
• A Birthday Tribute to poet, novelist and celebrated East Hollywood resident Charles Bukowski, on what would have been his 90th birthday, co-sponsored by the Goethe-Institut Los Angeles, special guests Sue Hodson, manuscript curator of the Bukowski Archive at the Huntington Library, and Bukowski’s friend, poet Gerald Locklin, others to be announced, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, LA, 8:00-11:30 p.m. (323/660-1175, www.skylightbooks.com)
NORTH:
• The Poetry Zone features a reading by Glenna Luschei and Jackson Wheeler, plus open mic with host Suzanne Frost, Karpeles Manuscript Museum, 21 W. Anapamu, Santa Barbara, 2:00-4:00 (host: 805/252-1655)

15 AUGUST 2010---sunday:
CENTRAL:
• Rattle presents a reading by eight poets from the summer 2010 issue: Devika Brandt, J. Scott Brownlee, John Harris, Marvin Klotz, Manuel Paul Lopez, Rick Lupert, Aram Saroyan, and Steve Westbrook, The Church in Ocean Park, 235 Hill Street, Santa Monica, 2:00 (www.rattle.com)
• Rhapsodomancy reading features fiction writer Marisa Matarazzo, Drenched, Argentine-American fiction writer Mariana Dietl, Argentina: Se Me Hace Cuento, stories, poet Matthew Shindell, In Another Castle, poet Steven Reigns, Inheritance, editor of My Life is Poetry, an autobiographical poetry anthology by GLBT seniors, twenty-one and over, The Good Luck Bar, 1514 Hillhurst Avenue, LA, $3 benefits The Saban Free Clinic, door open 7:00, reading 7:30 (rsvp not required but appreciated: rhapsodomancyla @ gmail.com, www.rahpsodomancy.org)
• Featherless reading series presents poet Kirsty Singer, poet and fiction writer Valerie Savior, and Anthony McCann, Father of Noise and the forthcoming I Heart Your Fate, reception follows, $5, free parking, Wordspace, 3191 Casitas Avenue #156, LA, 7:30 (http://featherless-la.blogspot.com) 
NORTH:
• Corners of the Mouth! poetry reading by Michael McLaughlin and poet to be announced, 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)

16 AUGUST 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

17 AUGUST 2010---tuesday:
CENTRAL:
• The Third Annual Philomenian, a celebration of the late and great Venice Poet Laureate Philomene Long celebrates her birthday and the launch of the first collected volume of her poetry, The Collected Poems of Philomene Long, her poems will be read by Los Angeles poets, her films will be screened by Pegarty Long, hosted by Jim Smith, ample libations, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, free, 7:30 (310/822-3006, beyondbaroque.org)
• Valley Contemporary Poets presents an open reading with featured poet Chelsea Bayouth, 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)

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

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

21 AUGUST 2010---saturday:
CENTRAL:
• Even More Prison Stories with Maureen Cotter, reading from her memoir, Prison Stories, tales from her time as a guard in the California State Penitentiary for women, show will be projected outside onto the Fire department wall for those who wish to sit outside, party after with The Shoo Fly’s band, musicians Greg Cruz, Wolf Mauz, Suzy Williams, $10 includes refreshments, $8 children, seniors, students, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, reception 7:00, show 8:00 (310/822-3006, beyondbaroque.org)

22 AUGUST 2010---sunday:
CENTRAL:
• The Pat Pincus Poetry Fest features an afternoon of poetry readings by local poets moderated by Pat Olson and Flo Chotiner, free reception hosted by Friends of the Kaufman Brentwood Library follows, The Donald Bruce Kaufman Brentwood Branch Library, 11820 San Vincente Blvd., LA, 2:00

24 AUGUST 2010---tuesday:
CENTRAL:
• Hollywood Institute of Poetics presents an open reading with featured poet Eve Brandstein, 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)

25 AUGUST 2010---wednesday:
CENTRAL:
• Two Idiots Peddling Poetry presents their Anniversary Show, open reading follows, Ugly Mug Café, 261 N. Glassel, Orange, $2, 8:00 (714/997-5610, www.poetryidiots.com)

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

28 AUGUST 2010---saturday:
NORTH:
• Friday on Saturday presents a poetry reading by Molly Burns, open mic, hosted by friday, new location, Artists Union Gallery, 330 California Street, Ventura, 7:30

31 AUGUST 2010---tuesday:
CENTRAL:
• Indelible Ink, a Vanguard Poetry/Performance Art Series presents writers with music, drama, variety acts, Q&A follows, tonight features singer/songwriter and guitarist Jason Luckett, poet Danielle Mitchell, juggler David Cousin, veteran performance poet Dasha Kelly, and poet poet Eloise Klein Healy, hosted by Monica Lee Copland, POP Champagne and Dessert Bar, 33 E. Union Street, Pasadena, $15, special promotion: two tickets, two glasses of sparkling wine, an appetizer and a book/CD of featured performer $50, 6:30 (advance tickets: 626/578-7267, www.indelibleink.net)
• 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)