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May 2008

 

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SUNDAY OPEN READINGS

• Open 7:00 pm Little Joy Bar (LA)
• Open 8 pm Psychobable Coffeehouse (LA)

MONDAY OPEN READINGS

• Open 5 pm Drunk Poet's Society - Winston's Beach Club (SD)
• Open 8 pm Word Mocha - E Street Cafe (SD)
• Open 9 pm Back to the Grind (R)

TUESDAY OPEN READINGS

• Open 7 pm NuArt Cafe (LA)
• Open 7 pm Acoustically Speaking - Panera Bread - Studio City (LA)
• Open 7:30 pm Tuesday Night Poets - Artists Union (V)
• Open 8 pm Redondo Poets - Coffee Cartel (LA)
• Open 9 pm Da Poetry Lounge - Greenway Court Theater (LA)
• Open 9 pm Cobalt (LA)

WEDNESDAY OPEN READINGS

• Open 6 pm Verse Things First - Cloud 9 (SBe)
• Open 7 pm Starbucks #5491 (LA)
• Workshop & Open 7:30 pm World Stage (LA) $5
• Workshop 8 pm Beyond Baroque (LA)
• Open 8 pm Velvet Guerilla Cabaret - Un-Urban (LA)
• Open 8 pm Portfolio (LA)
• Open 8 pm Two Idiots Peddling Poetry - Ugly Mug (OC)
• Open 8:45 pm Say What? - Other Side Coffeehouse (SD)

THURSDAY OPEN READINGS

• Workshop 4 pm Pure Poetry - Santa Catalina Library (LA)
• Open 6:30 pm Panera Bread - Santa Clarita (LA)
• Open 6:30 pm Train of Thought - Art Barn (V)
• Open 7 pm Giovanni's (SBa)
• Open 8 pm Cafe Muse (LA)
• Open 8 pm Poet's Jazz House - Kaos Nerworks (LA)
• Open 8 pm Elevated - Arts & Entertainment Center (SD)
• Open 9 pm Mike & Dim Lights - Cal Poly Arts Theater (LA)

FRIDAY OPEN READINGS

• Open 7:30 pm Acres of Books (LA)
• Open 8 pm Coffee Haven (LA)
• Open 8:30 pm Rapp Saloon (LA)
• Open 9 pm Awakenings Coffeehouse (LA)

SATURDAY OPEN READINGS

• Workshop 1:30 pm Beyond Baroque (LA)
• Workshop 2 pm Emerging Urban Poets - Santa Catalina Library (LA)
• Open 8 pm The Maze - Roderick's (OC)
• Open 8:30 pm Turn That Mic Up - Gallery by Dzine (SBe)
• Open 11 pm International Hostel (LA)

SUNDAY RADIO

• Beat Expressions 11:30 pm The Beat (Ra)

MONDAY RADIO

• Bibliocracy KPFK Noon (Ra)
• Revolution Radio KUCR 7 pm (Ra)

TUESDAY RADIO

WEDNESDAY RADIO

• Poet's Cafe Noon KPFK (Ra)

THURSDAY RADIO

• Moe Green Poetry Hour 7 pm World Wide Word Radio (Ra)

FRIDAY RADIO

SATURDAY RADIO

• Beyond Words 3 pm KCLU (Ra)
• Unobstructed 3 pm World Wide Word Radio (Ra)
• Echo in the Sense 8 pm KXLU (Ra)

Thursday 5-1-08

• Protest Song & Open Mike 12:30 pm Grossmont College Student Center (SD)
• Workshop 4 pm Pure Poetry - Santa Catalina Library (LA)
• Open 6:30 pm Panera Bread - Santa Clarita (LA)
• Open 6:30 pm Train of Thought - Art Barn (V)
• Claudia Rankine & Chris Abani 7 pm IAC Library (LA)
• Open 7 pm Giovanni's (SBa)
• Moe Green Poetry Hour 7 pm World Wide Word Radio (Ra)
• Open 8 pm Cafe Muse (LA)
• Open 8 pm Poet's Jazz House - Kaos Nerworks (LA)
• Sekou the Misfit 9 pm Elevated - Eveoke Dance Theater (SD) $5
• Open 9 pm Mike & Dim Lights - Cal Poly Arts Theater (LA)

Friday 5-2-08

• Kim Calder 7 pm La Cita Bar (LA)
• Open 7 pm The Vessel - Canvas Cafe (SD) $3
• Marge Piercy 7 pm Grossmont College (SD)
• Prose Open 7 pm S.D. Writers Ink Grove (SD)
• Open 7 pm Bart's Outlaw Poets - Bart's Books (V)
• Open 7:30 pm Acres of Books (LA)
• Open 8 pm Coffee Haven (LA)
• Slam Poetry Out Loud 8 pm CSULB Players Theater (LA) $?
• Contemporary Poetry in Translation - Paul Vangelisti, Helene Cardona & Niloufar Talebi 8 pm O.C. Poetry Festival - Tebot Bach (OC)
• Kellner Ford +O 8:30 pm Rapp Saloon (LA)
• Open 9 pm Awakenings Coffeehouse (LA)
• Mike Daily 10 pm The Poetry Show KBeach.org (Ra)

Saturday 5-3-08

• Workshop w-Jim Natal & Jeanette Clough 9 am Plein Air Poets - Desert Institute (R) $50
• Workshop 1:30 pm Beyond Baroque (LA)
• Workshop 2 pm Emerging Urban Poets - Santa Catalina Library (LA)
• Workshop 2 pm Laguna Beach Library (OC)
• Workshop w-William Archila 3 pm Arroyo Seco Branch Library (LA)
• Beyond Words 3 pm KCLU (Ra)
• Unobstructed 3 pm World Wide Word Radio (Ra)
• Tchikonsase Aje, Gloria Alvarez & Peter J. Harris 7 pm Avenue 50 Studio (LA)
• O.C. Poetry Publishers - Sam Pereira, Catherine Clarke-Sayles, Kate Buckley, Brendan Constantine, Gerald Locklin, Donna Hilbert, Regina Nervo & Paul Kareem Tayyar 7 pm O.C. Poetry Festival - Tebot Bach (OC)
• Slam Poetry Out Loud 8 pm CSULB Players Theater (LA) $?
• Open 8 pm The Maze - Roderick's (OC)
• Echo in the Sense 8 pm KXLU (Ra)
• Open 8:30 pm Turn That Mic Up - Gallery by Dzine (SBe)
• Open 11 pm International Hostel (LA)

Sunday 5-4-08

• Poets on Site 2 pm Pacific Asia Museum (LA)
• Lee Balan, Brandy Burrows, Johnny Fathom, Jeff Green, Chrystine Julian, Ruth Nolan, Peter Pereira & Cati Porter 2 pm Palm Springs Book Festival - Palm Springs High School (R)
• O.C. Kids Poetry 3 pm O.C. Poetry Festival - Tebot Bach (OC)
• Open 3 pm Soap Box Poets - Borders - Goleta (SBa)
• Charles Claymore, Stephany Prodromides & Jack Cooper +O 5 pm Beyond Baroque (LA)
• Open 7 pm Elements M&M Soul Food (LA)
• O.C. Teen Poetry 7 pm O.C. Poetry Festival - Tebot Bach (OC)
• Open 8:30 pm Little Joy Bar (LA)
• Open 8 pm Psychobable Coffeehouse (LA)
• Beat Expressions 11:30 pm The Beat (Ra)

Monday 5-5-08

• Bibliocracy KPFK Noon (Ra)
• Open 5 pm Drunk Poet's Society - Winston's Beach Club (SD)
• Ricki Mandeville, Kate Buckley, Jane Hilary, Carrie Pohlhammer, Lily Greenberg & John Gardiner 6 pm O.C. Poetry Festival - Laguna Niguel Library (OC)
• Mike Daily 7 pm Henley Reading Room (OC)
• Tomas Riley, Irene Castruita & Michael "Cheno" Wickert 7 pm The Front - Casa Familiar (SD)
• Revolution Radio KUCR 7 pm (Ra)
• Max 10 7:30 pm Electric Lodge (LA)
• Open 8 pm Village Jester Pub (V)
• Open 8 pm Word Mocha - E Street Cafe (SD)
• Open 9 pm Back to the Grind (R)

Tuesday 5-6-08

• Slam Poetry Out Loud 7 pm CSULB Players Theater (LA) $?
• Open 7 pm Creative Sessions - Viento y Agua (LA)
• Open 7 pm NuArt Cafe (LA)
• Open 7 pm Acoustically Speaking - Panera Bread - Studio City (LA)
• Open 7:30 pm Tuesday Night Poets - Artists Union (V)
• Kathleen Tyler +O 8 pm Redondo Poets - Coffee Cartel (LA)
• Terry Hertzler, Louise Mathias & Ruby +O 8 pm The Factory - Gypsy Den - Santa Ana (OC)
• Open 9 pm Da Poetry Lounge - Greenway Court Theater (LA)
• Mike Daily +O 9 pm Cobalt (LA)

Wednesday 5-7-08

• Poet's Cafe Noon KPFK (Ra)
• Open 6 pm Verse Things First - Cloud 9 (SBe)
• Slam Poetry Out Loud 7 pm CSULB Players Theater (LA) $?
• Open 7 pm Starbucks #5491 (LA)
• Workshop & Open 7:30 pm World Stage (LA) $5
• Open 7:30 pm Another Type of Groove - Phillips Lecture Hall (SLO)
• Workshop 8 pm Beyond Baroque (LA)
• Open 8 pm Velvet Guerilla Cabaret - Un-Urban (LA)
• Open 8 pm Portfolio (LA)
• New Voices - Alley Lever, Elizabeth Aamont, Eric Morago, Heather Love, James Kelly, Kat Sanchez & The Picard Maneuver +O 8 pm Two Idiots Peddling Poetry - Ugly Mug (OC) $2
• Open 8:45 pm Say What? - Other Side Coffeehouse (SD)

Thursday 5-8-08

• IWOSC Westside Satellite 10 am Hamburger Hamlet (LA)
• Workshop 4 pm Pure Poetry - Santa Catalina Library (LA)
• Downtown Poets Crawl 6:30 pm LA CAN (LA)
• Open 6:30 pm Panera Bread - Santa Clarita (LA)
• Open 6:30 pm Train of Thought - Art Barn (V)
• Slam Poetry Out Loud 7 pm CSULB Players Theater (LA) $?
• Open 7 pm Giovanni's (SBa)
• Moe Green Poetry Hour 7 pm World Wide Word Radio (Ra)
• Open 8 pm Cafe Muse (LA)
• Future, Queen Sheba, Thea Monyee, Q. Dixon & Quetzal Guerrero & the Warriors 8 pm Flypoet Showcase - Savoy Entertainment Center (LA) $15
• Open 8 pm Poet's Jazz House - Kaos Nerworks (LA)
• Open 8 pm Elevated - Arts & Entertainment Center (SD)
• Open 9 pm Mike & Dim Lights - Cal Poly Arts Theater (LA)

Friday 5-9-08

• California Legacy Reading 7 pm O.C. Poetry Festival - Tebot Bach (OC)
• Open 7:30 pm Acres of Books (LA)
• Slam Poetry Out Loud 8 pm CSULB Players Theater (LA) $?
• Open 8 pm Coffee Haven (LA)
• IWOSC Pasadena Satellite 8:30 am Coffee Gallery (LA)
• Adam Bresson +O 8:30 pm Rapp Saloon (LA)
• Open 9 pm Awakenings Coffeehouse (LA)
• Amelie Frank 10 pm The Poetry Show KBeach.org (Ra)

Saturday 5-10-08

• Small Press Book Fair 9:30 am Church in Ocean Park (LA) $
• Workshop 1:30 pm Beyond Baroque (LA)
• Workshop 2 pm Emerging Urban Poets - Santa Catalina Library (LA)
• New Voices Reading +O 2 pm Tarzana Community & Cultural Center (LA)
• Deborah Rasa & Perie Longo +O 2 pm Poetry Zone - Karpeles Manuscript Library (SBa)
• Lory Bedikian 3 pm Eagle Rock Branch Library (LA)
• Beyond Words 3 pm KCLU (Ra)
• Unobstructed 3 pm World Wide Word Radio (Ra)
• Slam Poetry Out Loud 8 pm CSULB Players Theater (LA) $?
• Echo in the Sense 8 pm KXLU (Ra)
• Open 8 pm The Maze - Roderick's (OC)
• Open 8:30 pm Turn That Mic Up - Gallery by Dzine (SBe)
• Open 11 pm International Hostel (LA)

Sunday 5-11-08

• Holaday Mason +O 2 pm DA Center for the Arts (LA) $5
• Open 2:30 pm Our Poetic Souls - Home Brew Coffee (LA)
• Open 3 pm Open Door Books (SD)
• Open 5 pm Off Beat Open Mic - Rebecca's Cafe (SD)
• Jeff Green +O 6 pm Trap Door Poetry - Palm Springs Wine & Art (R)
• Open 7 pm Sunday at Seven - Coalesce - A Bookstore (SLO)
• Open 8:30 pm Little Joy Bar (LA)
• Open 8 pm Psychobable Coffeehouse (LA)
• Beat Expressions 11:30 pm The Beat (Ra)

Monday 5-12-08

• Bibliocracy KPFK Noon (Ra)
• Open 5 pm Drunk Poet's Society - Winston's Beach Club (SD)
• Revolution Radio KUCR 7 pm (Ra)
• Stephanie Prodromides & Eloise Klein Healy +O 7 pm Moonday - Village Books (LA)
• Andrea Brown, Radomir Luza & Richard Weekley +O 8 pm Monday Night Poetry - Santa Catalina Library (LA)
• Open 8 pm Word Mocha - E Street Cafe (SD)
• Open 9 pm Back to the Grind (R)

Tuesday 5-13-08

• Slam Poetry Out Loud 7 pm CSULB Players Theater (LA) $?
• Open 7 pm NuArt Cafe (LA)
• Open 7 pm Acoustically Speaking - Panera Bread - Studio City (LA)
• Open 7 pm Barnes & Noble - Long Beach (LA)
• Open 7:30 pm Tuesday Night Poets - Artists Union (V)
• Marie Lecrivain +O 8 pm Redondo Poets - Coffee Cartel (LA)
• Lee Mallory & Ricki Mandeville +O 8 pm Muckenthaler Cultural Center (OC)
• Tali Stein +O 9 pm Cobalt (LA)
• Open Mike 9 pm El Cid (LA)
• Open 9 pm Da Poetry Lounge - Greenway Court Theater (LA)

Wednesday 5-14-08

• IWOSC San Fernando Satellite 10 am Barnes & Noble - Encino (LA)
• Poet's Cafe Noon KPFK (Ra)
• Open 6 pm Verse Things First - Cloud 9 (SBe)
• Slam Poetry Out Loud 7 pm CSULB Players Theater (LA) $?
• Open 7 pm Starbucks #5491 (LA)
• Workshop 7 pm Barnes & Noble (V)
• Workshop & Open 7:30 pm World Stage (LA) $5
• Workshop 8 pm Beyond Baroque (LA)
• Open 8 pm Velvet Guerilla Cabaret - Un-Urban (LA)
• Open 8 pm Portfolio (LA)
• Lee Mallory & Michael Ubaldini +O 8 pm Alta Coffee House (OC)
• Kate Buckley +O 8 pm Two Idiots Peddling Poetry - Ugly Mug (OC) $2
• Open 8:45 pm Say What? - Other Side Coffeehouse (SD)

Thursday 5-15-08

• Workshop 4 pm Pure Poetry - Santa Catalina Library (LA)
• Open 6:30 pm Panera Bread - Santa Clarita (LA)
• Open 6:30 pm Train of Thought - Art Barn (V)
• Open 6:45 pm Camelback Readings - Sunland-Tujunga Library (LA)
• Slam Poetry Out Loud 7 pm CSULB Players Theater (LA) $?
• Open 7 pm Poet's Night Out - Ye Olde Book Shoppe (SLO)
• Open 7 pm Giovanni's (SBa)
• Moe Green Poetry Hour 7 pm World Wide Word Radio (Ra)
• Open 8 pm Cafe Muse (LA)
• Open 8 pm Poet's Jazz House - Kaos Nerworks (LA)
• Open 8 pm Elevated - Arts & Entertainment Center (SD)
• Taaj Freeman 8:30 pm 4th Annual Performance Poetry Festival - Highways (LA) $15
• Open 9 pm Mike & Dim Lights - Cal Poly Arts Theater (LA)

Friday 5-16-08

• Open 7 pm The Vessel - Canvas Cafe (SD) $3
• Open 7:30 pm Acres of Books (LA)
• Slam Poetry Out Loud 8 pm CSULB Players Theater (LA) $?
• Open 8 pm Coffee Haven (LA)
• Explosion 8:30 pm 4th Annual Performance Poetry Festival - Highways (LA)
• Open 8:30 pm Rapp Saloon (LA)
• Open 9 pm Awakenings Coffeehouse (LA)

Saturday 5-17-08

• Workshop 1:30 pm Beyond Baroque (LA)
• Slam Poetry Out Loud 2 pm CSULB Players Theater (LA) $?
• Workshop 2 pm Emerging Urban Poets - Santa Catalina Library (LA)
• Haiku Study Group 2 pm Pacific Asia Museum (LA)
• Workshop 2 pm Laguna Beach Library (OC)
• Workshop w-Lory Bedikian 3 pm Cypress Park Branch Library (LA)
• Beyond Words 3 pm KCLU (Ra)
• Unobstructed 3 pm World Wide Word Radio (Ra)
• Kathleen Lynch & Christina Pages 7 pm Arcade Poetry Series - Carnegie Art Museum (V) $3
• Queen Sheba, In-Q, Joshua Silverstein & J. Flo +O 7:30 pm Down Home - Cafe Bolivar (LA) $5
• Slam Poetry Out Loud 8 pm CSULB Players Theater (LA) $?
• Open 8 pm The Maze - Roderick's (OC)
• Echo in the Sense 8 pm KXLU (Ra)
• Open 8:30 pm Turn That Mic Up - Gallery by Dzine (SBe)
• Electric 8:30 pm 4th Annual Performance Poetry Festival - Highways (LA)
• Open 11 pm International Hostel (LA)
• Erotica Midnight 4th Annual Performance Poetry Festival - Highways (LA)

Sunday 5-18-08

• Open 2:30 pm San Fernando Poetry Meetup Group - La Frite Cafe - Woodland Hills (LA)
• Open 3 pm Sunset Poets - Flying Bridge Restaurant (SD)
• Open 7 pm Elements M&M Soul Food (LA)
• Open 8:30 pm Little Joy Bar (LA)
• Open 7:30 pm Corners of the Mouth - Linnaea's (SLO)
• Open 8 pm Psychobable Coffeehouse (LA)
• Spoken Funk 8:30 pm MBar (LA) $20
• Beat Expressions 11:30 pm The Beat (Ra)

Monday 5-19-08

• Bibliocracy KPFK Noon (Ra)
• Open 5 pm Drunk Poet's Society - Winston's Beach Club (SD)
• Favorite Poem Open 5 pm Blue Agave (SBa)
• Ivy Warwick & Janet Baker +O 7 pm Barnes & Noble - Hazard Shopping Center (SD)
• Revolution Radio KUCR 7 pm (Ra)
• Open 8 pm Word Mocha - E Street Cafe (SD)
• Open 9 pm Back to the Grind (R)

Tuesday 5-20-08

• Open 7 pm Creative Sessions - Viento y Agua (LA)
• Open 7 pm NuArt Cafe (LA)
• Open 7 pm Acoustically Speaking - Panera Bread - Studio City (LA)
• Open 7:30 pm Tuesday Night Poets - Artists Union (V)
• Open 7:30 pm Neighborhood Cup (OC)
• Carine Topal Workshop Students +O 8 pm Redondo Poets - Coffee Cartel (LA)
• Lisa Marie Sandoval +O 9 pm Valley Contemporary Poets - Cobalt (LA)
• Open 9 pm Cobalt (LA)
• Slam +O 9 pm Da Poetry Lounge Greenway Court Theater (LA) $5

Wednesday 5-21-08

• Poet's Cafe Noon KPFK (Ra)
• Open 6 pm Verse Things First - Cloud 9 (SBe)
• Open 7 pm Starbucks #5491 (LA)
• Workshop & Open 7:30 pm World Stage (LA) $5
• Workshop 8 pm Beyond Baroque (LA)
• Open 8 pm Velvet Guerilla Cabaret - Un-Urban (LA)
• Open 8 pm Portfolio (LA)
• Rachel McKibbens +O 8 pm Two Idiots Peddling Poetry - Ugly Mug (OC) $2
• Open 8:45 pm Say What? - Other Side Coffeehouse (SD)

Thursday 5-22-08

• Workshop 4 pm Pure Poetry - Santa Catalina Library (LA)
• Open 6:30 pm Panera Bread - Santa Clarita (LA)
• Open 6:30 pm Train of Thought - Art Barn (V)
• Open 7 pm Giovanni's (SBa)
• Moe Green Poetry Hour 7 pm World Wide Word Radio (Ra)
• Open 8 pm Cafe Muse (LA)
• Open 8 pm Poet's Jazz House - Kaos Nerworks (LA)
• Open 8 pm Elevated - Arts & Entertainment Center (SD)
• Open 8:30 pm Ambrose Pizzeria (LA)
• Open 9 pm Mike & Dim Lights - Cal Poly Arts Theater (LA)

Friday 5-23-08

• Open 7:30 pm Acres of Books (LA)
• Open 8 pm Coffee Haven (LA)
• Open 8:30 pm Rapp Saloon (LA)
• Open 9 pm Awakenings Coffeehouse (LA)

Saturday 5-24-08

• Workshop 1:30 pm Beyond Baroque (LA)
• Workshop 2 pm Emerging Urban Poets - Santa Catalina Library (LA)
• Beyond Words 3 pm KCLU (Ra)
• Unobstructed 3 pm World Wide Word Radio (Ra)
• Echo in the Sense 8 pm KXLU (Ra)
• Open 8 pm The Maze - Roderick's (OC)
• Open 8:30 pm Turn That Mic Up - Gallery by Dzine (SBe)
• Open 11 pm International Hostel (LA)

Sunday 5-25-08

• Open 9:45 am Santa Clarita Senior Center (LA)
• Open 2 pm La Palabra - Avenue 50 Studio (LA)
• Open 2:30 pm Our Poetic Souls - Home Brew Coffee (LA)
• Open 5 pm Off Beat Open Mic - Rebecca's Cafe (SD)
• Tongue & Groove 6:30 pm Hotel Cafe (LA) $5
• Open 8:30 pm Little Joy Bar (LA)
• Open 8 pm Psychobable Coffeehouse (LA)
• Beat Expressions 11:30 pm The Beat (Ra)

Monday 5-26-08

• Bibliocracy KPFK Noon (Ra)
• Open 5 pm Drunk Poet's Society - Winston's Beach Club (SD)
• Revolution Radio KUCR 7 pm (Ra)
• Dick Eiden & Sunset Poets +O 8 pm Monday Night Poetry - Santa Catalina Library (LA)
• Open 8 pm Word Mocha - E Street Cafe (SD)
• Open 9 pm Back to the Grind (R)

Tuesday 5-27-08

• Open 7 pm NuArt Cafe (LA)
• Open 7 pm Acoustically Speaking - Panera Bread - Studio City (LA)
• Open 7:30 pm Tuesday Night Poets - Artists Union (V)
• Jonathan Klages +O 8 pm Redondo Poets - Coffee Cartel (LA)
• Open 9 pm Da Poetry Lounge - Greenway Court Theater (LA)
• Open 9 pm Cobalt (LA)
• Open Mike 9 pm El Cid (LA)

Wednesday 5-28-08

• Poet's Cafe Noon KPFK (Ra)
• Open 6 pm Verse Things First - Cloud 9 (SBe)
• Open 7 pm Starbucks #5491 (LA)
• Open 7 pm Spin a Good Yarn Night - Yarn Store (LA)
• Workshop 7 pm Barnes & Noble (V)
• Brian Turner & David J. Morris 7 pm Casa Romantica (OC)
• Workshop & Open 7:30 pm World Stage (LA) $5
• Workshop 8 pm Beyond Baroque (LA)
• Open 8 pm Velvet Guerilla Cabaret - Un-Urban (LA)
• Open 8 pm Portfolio (LA)
• Carine Topal +O 8 pm Two Idiots Peddling Poetry - Ugly Mug (OC) $2
• Open 8:45 pm Say What? - Other Side Coffeehouse (SD)

Thursday 5-29-08

• Workshop 4 pm Pure Poetry - Santa Catalina Library (LA)
• Open 6:30 pm Panera Bread - Santa Clarita (LA)
• Open 6:30 pm Train of Thought - Art Barn (V)
• Open 7 pm Barnes & Noble - Aliso Viejo (OC)
• Open 7 pm Muddy Waters Coffeehouse (V)
• Open 7 pm Giovanni's (SBa)
• Moe Green Poetry Hour 7 pm World Wide Word Radio (Ra)
• Open 8 pm Cafe Muse (LA)
• Open 8 pm Poet's Jazz House - Kaos Nerworks (LA)
• Open 8 pm Elevated - Arts & Entertainment Center (SD)
• Open 9 pm Mike & Dim Lights - Cal Poly Arts Theater (LA)
• Workshop w-David J. Morris 7 pm Casa Romantica (OC)

Friday 5-30-08

• Workshop 7 pm Barnes & Noble - Encino (LA)
• Open 7:30 pm Acres of Books (LA)
• Open 8 pm Coffee Haven (LA)
• Judith Terzi & Lucia Galloway +O 8 pm Tebot Bach (OC)
• Open 8:30 pm Rapp Saloon (LA)
• Open 9 pm Awakenings Coffeehouse (LA)

Saturday 5-31-08

• Workshop 1:30 pm Beyond Baroque (LA)
• Workshop 2 pm Emerging Urban Poets - Santa Catalina Library (LA)
• Beyond Words 3 pm KCLU (Ra)
• Unobstructed 3 pm World Wide Word Radio (Ra)
• Open 7 pm Barnes & Noble - Encino (LA)
• Tim Tipton +O 7:30 pm Bell Arts Factory (V)
• Echo in the Sense 8 pm KXLU (Ra)
• Open 8 pm The Maze - Roderick's (OC)
• Open 8:30 pm Turn That Mic Up - Gallery by Dzine (SBe)
• Open 11 pm International Hostel (LA)

Sunday 6-1-08

• Jackson Browne 10:30 am Lummis Home (LA)
• G. Murray Thomas +O 5 pm Beyond Baroque (LA)

Sunday 6-8-08

• Cati Porter +O 6 pm Trap Door Poetry - Palm Springs Wine & Art (R)
• Nina Revoyr, Jason Bredle, Louis Mathias & Dennis Fulgoni 7 pm Rhapsodomancy - Good Luck Bar (LA) $3
• Beat Expressions 11:30 pm The Beat (Ra)

Monday 6-9-08

• Robert Carroll & Holaday Mason +O 7 pm Moonday - Village Books (LA)
• SGVPQ #38 +O 8 pm Monday Night Poetry - Santa Catalina Library (LA)

Saturday 6-14-08

• Kathy Roxby +O 2 pm Poetry Zone - Karpeles Manuscript Library (SBa)
• Cati Porter 6:30 pm Small Wonder Foundation (R)

Tuesday 6-17-08

• Sarah Maclay & Marsha de la O +O 8 pm Redondo Poets - Coffee Cartel (LA)
• Mark Beaver +O 9 pm Valley Contemporary Poets - Cobalt (LA)

Thursday 6-19-08

• Marlene Hitt, Katerina Canyon, Joe DeCenzo & Ursula Gibson +O 6:45 pm Camelback Readings - Sunland-Tujunga Library (LA)

Saturday 6-21-08

• David Starkey & friday lubina 7 pm Arcade Poetry Series - Carnegie Art Museum (V) $3

Sunday 6-22-08

• VCP Anthology 4 pm Beyond Baroque (LA)

Monday 6-23-08

• Michelle Angelini, Sarah Maclay & Russell Salamon +O 8 pm Monday Night Poetry - Santa Catalina Library (LA)

Tuesday 6-24-08

• Beth Ruscio +O 8 pm Redondo Poets - Coffee Cartel (LA)

Wednesday 6-25-08

• Marilyn Chin & J. Mark Smith 7 pm Casa Romantica (OC)

Thursday 6-26-08

• Brooke Sprowl, J. Mark Beaver & Mindy Nettifee 7 pm Newer Poets - Mark Taper Auditorium, L.A. Central Library (LA)

Saturday 6-28-08

• Larry Colker +O 7:30 pm Bell Arts Factory (V)

Tuesday 7-1-08

• Carving in Bone +O 8 pm Redondo Poets - Coffee Cartel (LA)

Wednesday 7-2-08

• Maureen Alsop +O 8 pm Two Idiots Peddling Poetry - Ugly Mug (OC) $2

Tuesday 7-8-08

• Kate Buckley +O 8 pm Redondo Poets - Coffee Cartel (LA)

Monday 7-14-08

• Keith Holyoak & Russel Salamon +O 7 pm Moonday - Village Books (LA)
• Pauli Dutton, Richard Dutton & Lindy Hill +O 8 pm Monday Night Poetry - Santa Catalina Library (LA)

Tuesday 7-15-08

• Jack McCarthy +O 8 pm Redondo Poets - Coffee Cartel (LA)
• VCP Anthology +O 9 pm Valley Contemporary Poets - Cobalt (LA)

Wednesday 7-16-08

• Jack McCarthy 6:30 pm Museum of the Living Artist (SD)
• Jaimes Palacio +O 8 pm Two Idiots Peddling Poetry - Ugly Mug (OC) $2

Thursday 7-17-08

• Jack McCarthy +O 8:30 pm Ambrose Pizzeria (LA)

Saturday 7-19-08

• Jack McCarthy +O 7:30 pm Down Home - Cafe Bolivar (LA) $5

Monday 7-21-08

• Jack McCarthy +O 7 pm Barnes & Noble - Hazard Shopping Center (SD)

Tuesday 7-22-08

• Suzanne Roberts +O 7:30 pm Tuesday Night Poets - Artists Union Gallery (V)
• Cati Porter +O 8 pm Redondo Poets - Coffee Cartel (LA)

Wednesday 7-23-08

• Jeffrey McDaniel & Jack McCarthy +O 8 pm Two Idiots Peddling Poetry - Ugly Mug (OC) $2

Friday 7-25-08

• Suzanne Roberts +O 8 pm Tebot Bach (OC)

Wednesday 7-30-08

• Angie Estes & Kathy Fagan 7 pm Casa Romantica (OC)

Saturday 8-2-08

• Cati Porter 2 pm Riverside Public Library (R)

Thursday 8-7-08

• Poemeleon - 7 pm Riverside Art Museum (R)

Tuesday 8-12-08

• Michael C. Ford +O 8 pm Redondo Poets - Coffee Cartel (LA)

Tuesday 8-19-08

• Sandra Hunter +O 9 pm Valley Contemporary Poets - Cobalt (LA)

Wednesday 8-27-08

• Denise Hamilton 7 pm Casa Romantica (OC)

Wednesday 9-24-08

• Elliot Fried & Bill Mohr 7 pm Casa Romantica (OC)

Wednesday 10-29-08

• Sandra Alcosser & Christopher Buckley 7 pm Casa Romantica (OC)

Tuesday 11-18-08

• Jawana Dumisani +O 9 pm Valley Contemporary Poets - Cobalt (LA)

Wednesday 11-19-08

• Jane Hirshfield 7 pm Casa Romantica (OC)

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