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1 SEPTEMBER 2013 — sunday

CENTRAL:
• First Sunday Open Reading, with featured readers to be announced, host Billy Burgos, five minute limit, Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, free but donations welcome, sign up 4:45, reading 5:00 (www.beyondbaroque.org)
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2 SEPTEMBER 2013 — monday

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3 SEPTEMBER 2013 — tuesday

CENTRAL:
• Hollywood Institute of Poetics presents featured reader Carolyn Rothstein-Ziel plus open reading, Cobalt Café, 22047 Sherman Way, Canoga Park, free, doors open 8:30, reading 9:00 (818/348-3789, poetrysuperhighway.com/cobalt/calendar.html)
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4 SEPTEMBER 2013 — wednesday

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5 SEPTEMBER 2013 — thursday

CENTRAL:
• Paleontologist Donald Prothero reads from Abominable Science: Origins of the Yeti, Nessie and other famous Cryptids, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, 7:30 (323/660-1175, www.skylightbooks.com)
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6 SEPTEMBER 2013 — friday

CENTRAL:
• Mason's Noise Parlour is the quarterly presentation of L.A.'s best young talents, curated by singer-songwriter Mason Summit, tonight: teenage songstress Camille Pass with Noah Goldman, teenage soliloquist Benji Miller, Summit also performs, Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $10/$6 students, seniors/free to members, 8:00 (www.beyondbaroque.org)
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7 SEPTEMBER 2013 — saturday

CENTRAL:
• A reading by Laure-Anne Brown, Alexis Krasilovsky, Cati Porter, and Kathleen Tyler, contributors to the new anthology Women Write Resistance: Poets Resist Gender Violence, Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $10/$6 students, seniors/free to members, 8:00 (www.beyondbaroque.org)
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• Gorgeous Stories, true stories and solo-show excerpts from work developed in the Beyond Baroque workshop Creative Rites, performance artist and workshop leader Terrie Silverman hosts, Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $8, 1:00 (www.beyondbaroque.org)
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• Gorgeous Stories, true stories and solo-show excerpts from work developed in the Beyond Baroque workshop Creative Rites, performance artist and workshop leader Terrie Silverman hosts, Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $8, 7:15 (www.beyondbaroque.org)
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8 SEPTEMBER 2013 — sunday

CENTRAL:
• Literary Communities Reading features L.A.-based writers Sesshu Foster and Melissa Chaburn with Antioch University students and their Los Angeles inspired poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $10/$6 students, seniors/free to members, 5:00 (www.beyondbaroque.org)
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• Ohio poet, artist and musician Mark Hartenbach exhibits his visual art work, runs through October 8, Mike Kelley Gallery, Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, free, 4:00-7:00 (www.beyondbaroque.org)
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• Soapbox Poets Open Reading, with featured reader Radomir V. Luza and host Jessica Wilson, six minute limit, Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, free but donations welcome, sign up 1:45, reading 2:00 (www.beyondbaroque.org)
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• The New Short Fiction Series presents founder and director Sally Shore and her guest cast performing in L.A.'s "live literary magazine," actors present short fiction by established and emerging West Coast writers, every second Sunday of the month, The Federal Bar, 5303 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood, $10 advance/$15 day of event, doors open for dinner 6:00, performance 7:00 (866/468-3399, www.newshortfictionseries.com)
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9 SEPTEMBER 2013 — monday

CENTRAL:
• Moonday: A West Side Reading presents a poetry reading by Larry Colker, Amnesia and Wings, and Majid Naficy, open reading follows, Buerge Chapel, Aldersgate Retreat Center, 925 Haverford Avenue, Pacific Palisades, sign up for open 7:00, reading 7:30 (310/454-6699, pero@earthlink.net, moondaypoetry.com)
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• Red Hen Press Beach = Culture series presents a reading by Rex Wilder, Dana Gioia, Interrogations at Noon, Jenny Factor, Unraveling at the Name, with guest musicians from the American Composers Forum of Los Angeles, Annenberg Community Beach House, 415 Pacific Coast Highway, Santa Monica, parking is $3 hour/$12 day, event free, 6:30 (310/458-2257, redhen.org)
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10 SEPTEMBER 2013 — tuesday

CENTRAL:
• Valley Contemporary Poets presents featured reader Jahpeto Illiade plus open reading, Cobalt Café, 22047 Sherman Way, Canoga Park, free, doors open 8:30, reading 9:00 (818/348-3789, poetrysuperhighway.com/cobalt/calendar.html)
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11 SEPTEMBER 2013 — wednesday

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12 SEPTEMBER 2013 — thursday

CENTRAL:
• Keeping It Real: a panel featuring Young Adult fiction authors Corey Ann Haydu, OCD Love Story; Maurene Goo, Since You Asked; Stephanie Kuehn, Charm & Strange; Amy Spalding, The Reece Malcolm List; and moderator Aaron Hartzler, Rapture Practice, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, 7:30 (323/660-1175, www.skylightbooks.com)
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13 SEPTEMBER 2013 — friday

CENTRAL:
• An evening with poets Suzanne Lummis, In Danger, director of the Los Angeles Poetry Festival, and Charles Harper Webb, What Things Are Made Of, Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $10/$6 students, seniors/free to members, 8:00 (www.beyondbaroque.org)
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14 SEPTEMBER 2013 — saturday

CENTRAL:
• Surrealist thinker and Beyond Baroque poet-in-residence Will Alexander and friends read poetry, with background sounds from a theremin, Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $10/$6 students, seniors/free to members, 8:00 (www.beyondbaroque.org)
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15 SEPTEMBER 2013 — sunday

CENTRAL:
• The Great Beyond Open Reading, with featured reader to be announced and host Jessica Ceballos, five minute limit, this open reading encourages younger poets to read every third Sunday monthly, Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, free but donations welcome, sign up 1:45, reading 2:00 (www.beyondbaroque.org)
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• Moonday: An East Side Reading presents Charles Harper Webb and Ronald Koertge, come early to sign up for the open reading that follows, Flintridge Bookstore & Coffeehouse, 1010 Foothill Blvd., La Cañada-Flintridge, free, 2:00 (818/790-0717, open reading sign up: pero@earthlink.net, moondaypoetry.com/moonday-east.html)
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• Hitched: The Poetry of Emerging Counterparts monthly series presents emerging poets with established poets: Allison Benis White, Lorene Delany-Ullman, Louise Mathias, hosted by Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo, Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $10/$6 students, seniors/free to members, 5:00 (www.beyondbaroque.org)
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16 SEPTEMBER 2013 — monday

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17 SEPTEMBER 2013 — tuesday

CENTRAL:
• Cobalt Poets presents featured reader to be announced plus open reading, Cobalt Café, 22047 Sherman Way, Canoga Park, free, doors open 8:30, reading 9:00 (818/348-3789, poetrysuperhighway.com/cobalt/calendar.html)
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18 SEPTEMBER 2013 — wednesday

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19 SEPTEMBER 2013 — thursday

CENTRAL:
• Aimee Bender reads from The Color Master, her new collection of short stories, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, 7:30 (323/660-1175, www.skylightbooks.com)
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20 SEPTEMBER 2013 — friday

CENTRAL:
• John Dufresne reads from No Regrets, Coyote, a crime novel, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, 7:30 (323/660-1175, www.skylightbooks.com)
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• Poetry reading by David Meltzer, When I Was a Poet, and Julie Rogers, House of the Unexpected, Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $10/$6 students, seniors/free to members, 8:00 (www.beyondbaroque.org)
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21 SEPTEMBER 2013 — saturday

CENTRAL:
• Ellyn Maybe's Poetry Rodeo: The Ellen Maybe Band led by poet Ellyn Maybe backs up the open mic readers, five minutes, bring your favorite dish to share at the potluck that follows, Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $10/$6 students, seniors/free to members, 8:00 (www.beyondbaroque.org)
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• Workshop with Beat poet David Meltzer explores basic mysteries of poetry and poetics, topics include poetry's roots in oral culture, Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $50/$40 seniors, students/$35 members, 2:00-5:00 (www.beyondbaroque.org)
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22 SEPTEMBER 2013 — sunday

CENTRAL:
• The Valley Contemporary Poets present a reading, poets to be announced, Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $10/$6 students, seniors/free to members, 8:00 (www.beyondbaroque.org)
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23 SEPTEMBER 2013 — monday

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24 SEPTEMBER 2013 — tuesday

CENTRAL:
• Cobalt Poets presents featured reader to be announced plus open reading, Cobalt Café, 22047 Sherman Way, Canoga Park, free, doors open 8:30, reading 9:00 (818/348-3789, poetrysuperhighway.com/cobalt/calendar.html)
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25 SEPTEMBER 2013 — wednesday

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26 SEPTEMBER 2013 — thursday

CENTRAL:
• David Schickler reads from his memoir The Dark Path, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, 7:30 (323/660-1175, www.skylightbooks.com)
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27 SEPTEMBER 2013 — friday

CENTRAL:
• Poetry reading by Nancy Shiffrin, The Vast Unknowing, and poet and prose writer Peter Cherches, Lift Your Right Arm, Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $10/$6 students, seniors/free to members, 8:00 (www.beyondbaroque.org)
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28 SEPTEMBER 2013 — saturday

CENTRAL:
• A Day of Poetry Around the World: 100 Thousand Poets for Change is a grassroots organization to call for change through peace and sustainability, some of L.A.'s most noted poets read throughout the day, plus community poets including Norman Molesko and many others, Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, free but donations welcome, 11:00 a.m.-midnight (www.beyondbaroque.org)
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29 SEPTEMBER 2013 — sunday

CENTRAL:
• L.A. poets and writers gather to celebrate and to pay homage to the great poet William Carlos Williams on the anniversary of his birth, readers to be announced, Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $10/$6 students, seniors/free to members, 5:00 (www.beyondbaroque.org)
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30 SEPTEMBER 2013 — monday

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