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3 JUNE 2018 — sunday
CENTRAL:- The thirteenth annual Lummis Days Festival celebrates music, dance, poetry, art, theater, and film, featuring a poetry reading at Lummis Home with poets Olga Garcia Echeverria, Falling Angels: Cuentos y Poemas, Jessica Ceballos y Campbell, End of the Road, Jamie Asaye FitzGerald, Dear Ones, and Steve Abee, Johnny Future, followed by a poetry workshop with poet Lory Bedikian, The Books of Lamenting, Lummis Home, 200 E. Avenue 43, Los Angeles, free, 10:30 a.m.-2:00 (www.lummisday.org)
- Director, producer, and actor Elizabeth Grocey and her daughter Olivia Grocey discuss the newest book in their series, Read, Read and Read, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 3:00 (www.skylightbooks.com)
- Books Soup and Alta Journal present Bethany C. Morrow reading from and discussing her new novel Mem, signing to follow, Book Soup, 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, free, 3:00 (www.booksoup.com/event/bethany-c-morrow-discusses-and-signs-mem)
- Award-winning journalist Christine Pelisek discusses her new book The Grim Sleeper: The Lost Women of South Central, signing to follow, Vroman's Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, free, 3:00 (www.vromansbookstore.com/event/christine-pelisek-discusses-and-signs-grim-sleeper-lost-women-south-central)
4 JUNE 2018 — monday
CENTRAL:- Writer and television producer Stephen Gee discusses his new book, Los Angeles City Hall: An American Icon, signing to follow, Vroman's Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, free, 7:00 (www.vromansbookstore.com/event/stephen-gee-discusses-and-signs-los-angeles-city-hall-american-icon)
- Monday Night Fiction Workshop with screenwriter, playwright, and short story author Barra Grant meets each week, drop in, bring two–three pages of your own writing for reading and discussion, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, free, donation suggested, 7:30 (www.beyondbaroque.org/workshops.html)
- Book Soup and Alta Journal present Dave Weigel discussing his new book, The Show That Never Ends: The Rise and Fall of Prog Rock, signing to follow, Books Soup, 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, free, 7:00 (www.booksoup.com/event/dave-weigel-discusses-and-signs-show-never-ends-rise-and-fall-prog-rock)
5 JUNE 2018 — tuesday
CENTRAL:- PEN presents Belletrist, an online community that celebrates great books and the people who read them, featuring LA-based writers Melissa Broder, The Pisces, and Morgan Parker, There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyonce, with founders Karah Priess and Emma Roberts, in a reading and discussion on the Los Angeles literary community, followed by a book signing and reception, The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever, 6000 Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles, $20, 8:00-10:00 (www.pen.org/event/pen-presents-belletrist)
- Marisha Pessl reads from her new young adult novel Neverworld Wake, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 7:30 (www.skylightbooks.com/event/2018-06)
6 JUNE 2018 — wednesday
CENTRAL:- New York Times best-selling author David Arnold presents and signs his new book The Strange Fascinations of Noah Hypnotik, Vroman's Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, free, 7:00 (www.vromansbookstore.com/event/david-arnold-signs-strange-fascinations-noah-hypnotik)
- Lucas Mann discusses his new memoir, Captive Audience, with writer Joy Press, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 7:30 (www.skylightbooks.com)
7 JUNE 2018 — thursday
CENTRAL:- Vroman's Bookstore and Alta Journal present Mari Andrew discussing her new book, Am I There Yet?: The Loop-de-Lopp, Zigzagging Journey to Adulthood, signing to follow, Vroman's Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, free, 7:00 (www.vromansbookstore.com/event/mari-andrew-presents-and-signs-am-i-there-yet)
- Contributors Brian Evenson, Adam Hirsch, and Amelia Gray discuss their new anthology Tiny Crimes, a collection of very short pieces of crime noir, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 7:30 (www.skylightbooks.com)
NORTH:- EP Foster Library presents a poetry reading by Marcia Meier, Ireland, Place Out of Time, at its weekly series hosted by Phil Taggart, Poet Laureate of Ventura County, open mic follows, share your own work, EP Foster Library in the Topping Room, 651 E. Main Street, Ventura, free and open to the public, 7:30-9:00 (805/648-2716, www.vencolibrary.org)
8 JUNE 2018 — friday
CENTRAL:- Skylight Books presents best-selling author David Graeber discussing his new book, Bullshit Jobs: A Theory, Zipper Concert Hall at the Colburn School, 200 S. Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, $33, 7:30 (www.skylightbooks.com/event/2018-06)
- Emmy Award-winning cameraman and producer Tim Ortman discusses his new bookNewsreal, signing to follow, Vroman's Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, free, catered event with limited space, RSVP appreciated, 7:00 (www.vromansbookstore.com/event/tim-ortman-discusses-and-signs-newsreal)
9 JUNE 2018 — saturday
CENTRAL:- PEN America presents the 2018 Emerging Voices Fellows event, with fellows, alumni, and mentors in conversation for the 2019 application cycle, evening includes summer cocktails, short readings, a fellowship overview, and audience Q&A, featuring Jubi Arriola-Headley, Ron Dowell, Natalie Mislang Mann, Angele M. Sanchez, Francisco Uribe, and more, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 5:00 (www.skylightbooks.com)
- Vroman's Bookstore Education Classes present "Memoir Writing: Childhood," a writing workshop with author Ann Hamer, Writing It Your Way: A Step-by-Step Guide to Telling Stories of Your Life, that focuses on your earliest memories, Vroman's Meeting Room, Suite 120, 709 E. Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, $75 per person, $25 materials fee to be paid day of class, 9:30 a.m. to noon (www.vromansbookstore.com/event/vromans-ed-memoir-writing-childhood-ann-hamer)
- Illustrator Chris Robertson presents and signs his new children's book, If I Didn't Have You, with author Alan Katz, Vroman's Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, free, 10:30 a.m. (https://www.vromansbookstore.com/event/illustrator-chris-robertson-presents-and-signs-if-i-didnt-have-you)
- Kathryn Roszak's Danse Lumière performs a dance noir, "Schubertiana," featuring Marissa Head, Alisha Ragon, Linnea Snyderman, and actor Earll Kingston, an homage with films and poetry inspired by Nobel Prize-winning Swedish poet Tomas Tranströmer; her new short film based on Tranströmer's poetry, "Secrets," and "Östersjöar," James Wine's film adaptation of Tranströmer's poem, "Baltics," will be screened, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, $10 admission, $6 students/seniors, members free, 4:00 (www.beyondbaroque.org)
10 JUNE 2018 — sunday
CENTRAL:- Contributors Susie Bright, Jon Bailiff, Margaret Elysia Gracia, Seana Graham, Naomi Hirahara, Lou Mathews, Liza Monroy, and Tommy Moore discuss their new anthology, Santa Cruz Noir, with editor Susie Bright, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 5:00 (www.skylightbooks.com)
SOUTH:- San Diego Writers, Ink presents "Rasaboxes for Writers: Discovering Emotion and Character in Your Work," with children's author Marcie Colleen, a one-day workshop to help writers get out of their heads, with active writing exercises that call for comfortable clothing, water, a notebook and a pen, San Diego Writers, Ink Arts District Liberty Station, 2730 Historic Decatur Road, Barracks 16, Second Floor above the Women's Museum, San Diego, $54/$45 for members, 10:00 a.m.-1:00 (www.sandiegowriters.org/2018-06-10-rasaboxes-for-writers-discovering-emotion-and-character-in-your-work-with-marcie-colleen)
11 JUNE 2018 — monday
CENTRAL:- Monday Night Fiction Workshop with screenwriter, playwright, and short story author Barra Grant meets each week, drop in, bring two–three pages of your own writing for reading and discussion, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, free, donation suggested, 7:30 (www.beyondbaroque.org/workshops.html)
- Vroman's Bookstore and Alta Journal present fiction writer A.M. Homes reading from and discussing her new book, Days of Awe: Stories, signing to follow, Vroman's Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, free, 7:00 (www.vromansbookstore.com/event/am-homes-discusses-and-signs-days-awe-stories)
12 JUNE 2018 — tuesday
CENTRAL:- Vroman's Bookstore and Alta Journal present novelist Mark Haskell-Smith reading from and discussing Blown, signing to follow, Vroman's Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, free, 7:00 (www.vromansbookstore.com/event/mark-haskell-smith-discusses-and-signs-blown)
- Amy Meyerson reads from her debut novel, The Bookshop of Yesterday, with J. Ryan Stradal, New York Times best-selling author of Kitchens of the Great Midwest, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 7:30 (www.skylightbooks.com/event/2018-06)
13 JUNE 2018 — wednesday
CENTRAL:- Book Soup presents novelist Michael Chabon discussing his new book Pops: Fatherhood in Pieces, with critic and novelist David Ulin The Lost Art of Reading: Why Books Matter in a Distracted Time, Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 North Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles, $20, 8:00-9:30 (www.eventbrite.com/e/book-soup-the-skirball-presents-an-evening-with-michael-chabon-tickets-45123092384)
- Skylight Books presents best-selling writer David Graeber in conversation on his new book, Bullshit Jobs, with science fiction author Cory Doctorow, Barnsdall Gallery Theatre, 4800 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, $30-$40 admission includes a copy of Bullshit Jobs, 8:00 (www.skylightbooks.com/event/skylight-books-presents-david-graeber-barnsdall-gallery-theatre-cory-doctorow?utm_source=June+2018+Events&utm_campaign=June+2018+events&utm_medium=email)
- Maria Hummel reads from her new novel, Still Lives, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 7:30 (www.skylightbooks.com/event/2018-06)
14 JUNE 2018 — thursday
NORTH:- EP Foster Library presents a poetry reading by Richard Jarette, The Beatitudes of Ekaterina, at its weekly series hosted by Phil Taggart, Poet Laureate of Ventura County, open mic follows, share your own work, EP Foster Library in the Topping Room, 651 E. Main Street, Ventura, free and open to the public, 7:30-9:00 (805/648-2716, www.vencolibrary.org)
15 JUNE 2018 — friday
16 JUNE 2018 — saturday
17 JUNE 2018 — sunday
18 JUNE 2018 — monday
CENTRAL:- Monday Night Fiction Workshop with screenwriter, playwright, and short story author Barra Grant meets each week, drop in, bring two–three pages of your own writing for reading and discussion, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, free, donation suggested, 7:30 (www.beyondbaroque.org/workshops.html)
- Vroman's Bookstore and Alta Journal present Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich in a reading rom her new memoir, The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir, signing to follow, Vroman's Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, free, 7:00 (www.vromansbookstore.com/event/alexandria-marzano-lesnevich-discusses-and-signs-fact-body-murder-and-memoir)
19 JUNE 2018 — tuesday
CENTRAL:- Vroman's Bookstore and Alta Journal present Lauren Groff in a reading from her new novel, Florida, signing to follow, Vroman's Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, free, 7:00 (www.vromansbookstore.com/event/lauren-groff-discusses-and-signs-florida)
- Arts and culture writer Dana Schwartz discusses her new book, Choose Your Own Disaster, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 7:30 (www.skylightbooks.com/event/2018-06)
20 JUNE 2018 — wednesday
CENTRAL:- American-Iranian novelist Porochista Khakpour reads from her new memoir, Sick, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 7:30 (www.skylightbooks.com/event/2018-06)
21 JUNE 2018 — thursday
22 JUNE 2018 — friday
CENTRAL:- Vroman's Bookstore and Alta Journal present novelist Caroline Kepnes in a reading from Providence, and discussion with actress Lena Dunham, signing to follow, Vroman's Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, $27, 7:00-8:30 (www.vromansbookstore.com/event/caroline-kepnes-lena-dunham-providence)
- Writers Kai Wilson and Julia Hannafin host PLAY, a reading featuring the work of emerging writers on the subject of play, Beyond Baroque, 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, free but donations appreciated, 8:00 (www.beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html)
23 JUNE 2018 — saturday
CENTRAL:- Beyond Baroque presents a two-part workshop with poet Dorothy Barresi, American Fanatics, that is focused on "aboutness" or, more specifically, overturning "aboutness," Beyond Baroque, 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, $50 general, $35 members, $15 auditors, limited to fifteen participants, 11:00 a.m.-3:00 (www.beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html)
NORTH:- The Jackson Wheeler Series 2018 presents poets Laure-Anne Bosselaar and Mary Ann McFadden, Carnegie Art Museum, 424 South C Street, Oxnard, $4/members free/$2 seniors/$3 students and children, 6:00 (www.carnegieam.org)
24 JUNE 2018 — sunday
CENTRAL:- Fiction writer Michael Hughes reads from his new novel, Inland Intrigue, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 5:00 (www.skylightbooks.com/event/2018-06)
25 JUNE 2018 — monday
CENTRAL:- Vroman's Bookstore and Alta Journal present journalist Ken Bensinger discussing his new book, Red Card: How the U.S. Blew the Whistle on the World's Biggest Sports Scandal, signing to follow, Vroman's Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, free, 7:00 (www.vromansbookstore.com/event/ken-bensinger-discusses-and-signs-red-card-how-us-blew-whistle-worlds-biggest-sports-scandal)
- Monday Night Fiction Workshop with screenwriter, playwright, and short story author Barra Grant meets each week, drop in, bring two–three pages of your own writing for reading and discussion, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, free, donation suggested, 7:30 (www.beyondbaroque.org/workshops.html)
26 JUNE 2018 — tuesday
27 JUNE 2018 — wednesday
28 JUNE 2018 — thursday
CENTRAL:- Novelist Glen David Gold reads from his new memoir, I Will Be Complete: A Memoir, Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, free, 7:30 (www.skylightbooks.com/event/2018-06)
- Dan Pfeiffer discusses the subject of his book, Yes We (Still) Can: Politics in the Age of Obama, Twitter, and Trump, with Pod Saves America co-hosts Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, and Tommy Vietor, Wilshire Ebell Theater, 4401 West 8th Street, Los Angeles, $52 ticket includes a copy of Yes We (Still) Can, 8:00 (www.writersblocpresents.com/main/dan-pfeiffer)
- Vroman's Bookstore and Alta Journal present David Sedaris for a discussion on his new collection of personal essays, Calypso, signing to follow, no photography or video, Vroman's Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, admission $28, book signing only is also $28, 6:00-9:00 (www.vromansbookstore.com/event/david-sedaris-presents-signs-calypso)
29 JUNE 2018 — friday
30 JUNE 2018 — saturday
CENTRAL:- Poet RD Armstrong reads from and discusses his new collection of poetry, Orphaned Words: Forgotten Poems and a Haphazard Life, with Brendan Constantine, Letter to Guns, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, $10/$6 students, seniors, members free, 4:00 (www.beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html)
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