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7 DECEMBER 2013 — saturday

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Poetry in Motion begins its fourth season with "Imagine," presentations by literary, theater, and film artists, tonight: Steve Abee, Anne Beatts, Jon Hess, Sandy Helberg, Diane Sherry Case, Sally Kirkland, Rex Weiner, and musical guest Gary Stockdale, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $20/$15 advance tickets online from Eventbrite/$10 students and seniors/$8 members, 8:00 (www.beyondbaroque.org)
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Breaking the Rules, a quarterly reading and celebration of the works of students from the youth workshop, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, free/donation, 2:00 (www.beyondbaroque.org)
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A celebration of Askew, issue 15, a poetry journal based in Ventura County, reading features Amy Uyematsu, Carol Davis, Holaday Mason, Marjorie Becker, Florence Weinberger, Sarah Maclay, Dorothy Barresi, Suzanne Lummis, Charles Harper Webb, Gerald Locklin, and more, hosted by editors Phil Taggart and Marsha de la O, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $10/$6 students and seniors, 4:00 (www.beyondbaroque.org)
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8 DECEMBER 2013 — sunday

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Poet Cathy Colman presents her Tongue in Groove workshop participants in a reading, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $10/$6 students and seniors, 5:00 (www.beyondbaroque.org)
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Claire Fullerton reads from and signs A Portal in Time, a novel, Diesel, A Bookstore, Malibu Country Mart, 23410 Civic Center Way, Malibu, 3:00 (310/456-9961, www.dieselbookstore.com)
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Poetry reading by Renny Golden, Blood Desert: Witnesses 1820-1880, Michael C. Ford launches his Hen House Studios recording project, Look Each Other in the Ears, and Phoebe McAdams Ozuna, Touching Stone, Mike Kelley Gallery, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $10/$6 students and seniors, 8:00 (www.beyondbaroque.org)
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Rhapsodomancy presents a prose and poetry reading by Tara Ison, Nicole Walker, Sophie Sills, and James Ducat, The Good Luck Bar, 1514 Hillhurst Avenue, east Hollywood/Silver Lake, corner of Hollywood and Hillhurst, Los Angeles, $5 at door, cash bar, twenty-one and over only, doors open 7:00, show 7:30 (rhapsodomancyla@gmail.com, www.rhapsodomancy.org)
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Soap Box Open Reading with featured reader Scott Heron, hosted by Jessica Wilson, five-minute limit, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, free/donation, sign up 1:45, reading 2:00 (www.beyondbaroque.org)
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"1950s History: Needed Now More Than Ever," a slide show and reading with Mel Weisburd, last surviving founding editor of Coastlines, LA's literary magazine of the 1950s that brought new voices to Los Angeles including McGrath, Frumkin, Stanford, Bukowski, Ciardi, Wakoski, Ginsberg, Corso, Rexroth, and more, Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $10/$6 students, seniors/free to members, 7:00 (www.beyondbaroque.org)
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9 DECEMBER 2013 — monday

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Allen Griffiths and Mary Godinez presents their children's picture book, Rusty Finds a Home: A Christmas Miracle, Vroman's Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, 6:00 (626/449-5320, www.vromansbookstore.com)
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Moonday: A West Side Reading presents a poetry reading by Brynn Saito, The Palace of Contemplating Departure, and Jeanette Clough, Island, 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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10 DECEMBER 2013 — tuesday

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The Redondo Poets presents a reading by Carol Potter, plus open mic, hosted by Jim Doane and Larry Colker, Coffee Cartel, 1820 S. Catalina Avenue, Redondo Beach, free, but please order from the menu to support the venue, 8:10 (lcolker@gmail.com)
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Vroman's Bookstore presents novelist Amy Tan reading from and signing The Valley of Amazement, UCLA's Freud Playhouse, 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, $35 plus tax, includes a copy of the book, doors open 6:00, event 7:00 (626/449-5320, www.vromansbookstore.com)
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Valley Contemporary Poets presents featured reader Patrice Mead, plus open reading, Cobalt Café, 22047 Sherman Way, just west of Topanga Canyon, Canoga Park, free, doors open 8:30, reading 9:00 (818/348-3789, poetrysuperhighway.com/cobalt)
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11 DECEMBER 2013 — wednesday

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Magnus Flyte reads from and signs City of Lost Dreams, a genre-bending romantic mystery, Vroman's Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, 6:30 (626/449-5320, www.vromansbookstore.com)
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Malibu Book Group discusses Heft, a novel by Liz Moore, book group meets second Wednesday of each month, all welcome, Diesel, A Bookstore, Malibu Country Mart, 23410 Civic Center Way, Malibu, free, 5:00 (310/456-9961, www.dieselbookstore.com)
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12 DECEMBER 2013 — thursday

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Stephen Gee presents and signs Iconic Vision: John Parkinson, Architect of Los Angeles, Vroman's Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, 7:00 (626/449-5320, www.vromansbookstore.com)
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13 DECEMBER 2013 — friday

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Singer, songwriter, actor, filmmaker, publisher, and poet Ronee Blakley gives her first solo spoken word reading, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $10/$6 students and seniors, 8:00 (www.beyondbaroque.org)
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James Swanson presents and signs End of Days: The Assassination of John F. Kennedy, Vroman's Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, 7:00 (626/449-5320, www.vromansbookstore.com)
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14 DECEMBER 2013 — saturday

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15 DECEMBER 2013 — sunday

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"Moonday on Soonday" presents a poetry reading by Jeanette Marie Clough and Judith Terzi, plus open reading, come early or email in advance to sign up, every third Sunday of the month, The Little Theater, 12420 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, 4:00 (pero@earthlink.net, www.moondaypoetry.com)
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Local Author Day presents Oliver Flynn, Jitterbug Lift, a novel set in World War II, Julia Park Tracy, Reaching for the Moon: More Diaries of a Roaring Twenties Teen, 1927-1929, and Karrie Ross, Our Ever Changing World: Through the Eyes of Artists, Vroman's Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, 4:00 (626/449-5320, www.vromansbookstore.com)
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The Great Beyond Open Reading with featured reader Karen Rigby, hosted by Jessica Ceballos, for all ages, five-minute limit, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, free/donation, sign up 1:45, reading 2:00 (www.beyondbaroque.org)
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A reading and talk by artist Marilyn LaGrone-Amaral, Music at the Easel: prose, poetry, paintings, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $10/$6 students and seniors, 8:00 (www.beyondbaroque.org)
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Poets Birthday Celebration for the lives and poetry of Kenneth Patchen and Kenneth Rexroth, featured readers include poet Michael C. Ford, hosted by Carlye Archibeque, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $10/$6 students and seniors, 5:00 (www.beyondbaroque.org)
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16 DECEMBER 2013 — monday

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17 DECEMBER 2013 — tuesday

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Cobalt Poets present featured reader plus an open reading, Cobalt Café, 22047 Sherman Way, just west of Topanga Canyon, Canoga Park, free, doors open 8:30, reading 9:00 (818/348-3789, poetrysuperhighway.com/cobalt)
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The Redondo Poets presents a reading by Karen Rigby, plus open mic, hosted by Jim Doane and Larry Colker, Coffee Cartel, 1820 S. Catalina Avenue, Redondo Beach, free, but please order from the menu to support the venue, 8:10 (lcolker@gmail.com)
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18 DECEMBER 2013 — wednesday

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19 DECEMBER 2013 — thursday

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Gerry Fialka discusses "Metaphor as Memory," the work of Marshall McLuhan and Chris Marker, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, free/donation, 7:30 (www.beyondbaroque.org)
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20 DECEMBER 2013 — friday

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La Poesía Festival Migración del Canto anthology celebration with a Caza de Poesía performance and publication party, bring original poetry, prose, and songs in Spanish to share, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $10/$6 students and seniors, 8:00 (www.beyondbaroque.org)
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21 DECEMBER 2013 — saturday

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22 DECEMBER 2013 — sunday

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7 Dudley Cinema presents an evening of Gospel music films through many musical styles into rap and Hip Hop, hosted by Gerry Fialka, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, free/donation, 7:00 (www.beyondbaroque.org)
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Nebraska Girl Open Reading features Conney Williams, hosted by Wyatt Underwood and Melissa Alvarado, five-minute limit, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, free/donation, sign up 1:45, reading 2:00 (www.beyondbaroque.org)
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23 DECEMBER 2013 — monday