National Poetry Month: Get some poems on!

April 13- 30
Some Southern California Poetry Readings & Literary Events

Poems from Guantanamo
presented by the Peace Poets Ensemble
7pm Mon. April 13

A Place of Peace, 896 Main St Ventura, Host Grant Marcus

Favorite Poems Project
Zoey’s Cafe, downtown Ventura
530-7pm April 14

Joyce LaMers
Artists’ Union Gallery
7:30 pm April 14

Artists’ Union Gallery, 330 South California Street, Ventura, Host: Roe Estep, Open-mic

5:15-6:30 pm.Wed Apr 15
Tax Relief Reading: Comic Poems, open mic
Blue Agave, 20  E. Cota St.
Host: Chryss Yost

630pm Thur Apr 16
The Santa Barbara Young Poets  Contest, co-sponsored by the SB Public Library System and the Independent
Downtown library Faulkner gallery

Chris Buckley and David Oliveira
7pm Sat. April 18
Arcade Poetry Series

Oxnard’s Carnegie Art Museum , 424 South ‘C’ Street, Oxnard, Host: Jackson Wheeler

2pm Sun Apr 19
Chasing the Flying Machine: Poets Respond to Yinka Shonibare’s Art
Santa Barbara Museum of Art,
Host: Melinda Palacio

515-630pm Mon Apr 20
Favorite Poem Reading – Sharing poems written by others
Blue Agave, 20 E. Cota St.
Host: Lois Klein

Enid Osborn
Artists’ Union Gallery
7:30 pm Tues. April 21

Artists’ Union Gallery, 330 South California Street, Ventura, Host: Roe Estep, Open-mic

7pm Tues Apr 21
Book Signing: Glenna Luschei signs Salt Lick.
Chaucer’s books, 3321 State St.

Wed, Apr 22, 7 PM
Aloud Series: LA Library
details follow

Three members of the final judging panel for the Kingsley and Kate Tufts Poetry Awards, read from their own prize-winning work.

Presented in collaboration with The Kingsley and Kate Tufts Poetry prizes, administered by Claremont Graduate University, to be awarded on April 23.

730pm Thur Apr 23
An Evening with Robert Bly
Granada Theater
Tickets & info 899-2222

Cal State University Channel Islands
2pm Sat. April 25

Poetry and Social Change
Host: Mary Kay Rummel

3pm Sat Apr 25
The Theme is “Trees”
Open mic reading
Natural History Museum,
Small Stone Amphitheater
Host: Enid Osborn

7-9pm Sat Apr 25
Poetry Marathon: Featured Poets.
Contemporary Arts Forum, 7-9 pm
Host: Barry Spacks

ArtWalk OPEN MIC
730pm April 25 7
Bell Arts Factory (Friday on Saturday)

432 N. Ventura Avenue, Ventura, Host: Friday

plus!

LA Times Book Festival
Sat/Sun April 25 & 25 UCLA

latimes.com/festival of books

A Few More Events to consider in LA
at the LA Central Library Downtown
(reservations recommended):

ALOUD programs are held at:
Central Library
Mark Taper Auditorium
Fifth & Flower Streets,
Downtown Los Angeles
Directions to Central Library

Magically blending sarcasm and gravity, America’s favorite surrealist poet and NPR commentator offers an impractical handbook for practical living in our posthuman world.

It is not advisable, nor was it ever, to lead a Dada life.

— Andrei Codrescu

Wed, Apr 29, 7 PM

Newer Poets
XIV Reading:

Billy Burgos,
Peter Eirich,
Erica Erdman,
Ro Gunetilleke,
Cathie Sandstrom,
and
Mary Torregrossa

Join us for this exuberant annual reading with emerging Los Angeles-area poets.

Co-presented with Beyond Baroque Literary Center & the Los Angeles Poetry Festival

And one to look forward to:

Tue, May 05, 7 PM

Anne Waldman

Manatee/Humanity:
Poetry Performance

Waldman– a “Cat 4 hurricane of unchained imagination, curiosity, and invention, political rage and erotic elation…”—draws on animal lore, animal encounters, dreams, evolutionary biology, neuroscience, and Buddhist ritual in her new investigative hybrid-poem exploring the nuances of inter-species communication and compassion

ALOUD programs are held at:
Central Library
Mark Taper Auditorium
Fifth & Flower Streets,
Downtown Los Angeles
Directions to Central Library

Parking
524 S. Flower St. Garage
$1 weekdays until 9 PM with validation.
$7 maximum after 4 PM without validation.
$1 all day Saturday and Sunday during library hours with validation.
To receive validation, present your Los Angeles Public Library card
and your parking ticket at the Information Desk in the Main Lobby
during Library operating hours.

The Library Store

Visit The Library Store in the lobby of downtown Central Library and online.

You’ll find unique, fun and original gift items, including jewelry, educational toys, and stationery. Select books featured in ALOUD programs can also be purchased here.

All proceeds from The Library Store benefit the Los Angeles Public Library.

Contact Information: (213) 228-7550 or libstore@lapl.org

Events & Exhibits at Central Library

In addition to ALOUD at Central Library, there are a variety of special events for children, teens and adults, as well as informative exhibits that change throughout the year at Central Library.