Ongoing

L.A. Artist Guild Monthly Assembly

Jom Rivers Studio 801 East 7th Street, Unit 109, Los Angeles, CA 90021, Los Angeles

The Guild brings together visual, literary and performing artists to build community and collaborations across disciplines. The Guild aims to make the arts community more connected, accessible, and collaborative through monthly Assemblies, artist spotlights, professional development, critiques, gallery meetups, film screenings, spoken word/poetry, exhibitions, community partnerships, and an ongoing exchange of opportunities. The Guild brings together visual, literary and performing Read More ...

Banned Book Club

RagTag Art Haus 560 S Main St, Unit 9N, Los Angeles, CA 90013, Los Angeles

Every other Sunday: Banned Book Club at RagTag Art Haus. Currently reading 1984. In-person & virtual. Readers and non-readers welcome. Banned Book Club meets every other Sunday to dig into books that someone, somewhere, decided you shouldn't read. We're currently working through 1984 by George Orwell — no pressure if you haven't finished the pages, and no pressure to have Read More ...

Palm Tree Punk Book Launch + Open Mic Night

North Figueroa Bookshop 6040 North Figueroa Street, Los Angeles

Celebrate the book launch of Palm Tree Punk, M. Lopes da Silva’s debut poetry book from Alien Buddha Press, with a night of food, fun, and poetry at the North Figueroa Bookshop! Karla Lamb will be hosting our open mic, so be sure to sign up on the list when you arrive if you want to read! Featured poets Tiffany Read More ...

Free

CHANCLA at Vroman’s Bookstore

Vroman's Bookstore 695 East Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena

Join author Leslie Priscilla & Julissa Arce Friday, 10/2, for a plática all about Leslie's new book, CHANCLA, at Vroman's in Pasadena, CA 🚨RSVP through Vroman's using the link below to order your signed copy of CHANCLA: vromansbookstore.com/event/2026-10-02/leslie-priscilla CHANCLA: Healing Our Families, Ourselves, and Our Culture Through Nonviolent Parenting by Leslie Priscilla A parenting guide that speaks directly to Latinx Read More ...

Mariano Zaro and Blas Falconer, A Night of Poetry in Translation

Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center 681 Venice Blvd, Venice Beach, Los Angeles

A Reading in celebration of Mariano Zaro's "Padre Tierra" translated by Blas Falconer. Beyond Baroque celebrates the book-length poem, Padre Tierra (Artepoetica Press), by Mariano Zaro, translated from the Spanish by Blas Falconer. A bilingual edition that moves between the rooms of a childhood home in rural Northern Spain and the body of a father becoming, by degrees, the land Read More ...