Launch party for V9 // the gold issue 11-11-23
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Westside
The Village Well in Culver City
9900 Culver
11 Nov 2023 at 4:30 p.m.
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Eastside
The North Figueroa Bookshop
in Highland Park
6040 Figueroa
29 November 2023 at 7:00 p.m.
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Join artists from The Los Angeles Press for a very special featured reading on 14 Oct. 2:00 p.m.
The End of Conquest
Reading Venue: Hart’s Haven Bookstore (950 N Van Ness Ave in Fresno)
- Linda Ravenswood de Montaño
- Brian Sonia Wallace
- Dr. Diana Magaloni
- Darren de Leon
- Matt Sedillo
We are 500 years out from the so-called Conquest of Mexico by Cortez and the Spanish army. But the reverberations of that Cataclysm continue. We grapple with assimilation, continuity, artistry, & migration as we navigate new Roads to authenticity, beauty, and Community. Our four readers will present work created before and after pandemic, and elucidate how that work is connected to the 500 years of emotional, psychological, and structural rebuilding work that perseverates. The readers, as well, will discuss subtle ethics surrounding LGBTQA+ links, tethers to the plague in 1521 and 2021 and to bridge workers who continue the vital examination of the borderlands.
https://www.lithopfresno.org/2-to-245pm
Artists from The LAPress join Lit Quake San Francisco
Sunday, October 15 · 3:30pm PDT
Esplanade, Yerba Buena Gardens761 Mission Street San Francisco, CA 94103
El Martillo founder Matt Sedillo & LAPress founding editor Linda Ravenswood
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/litquake-out-loud-el-martillo-press-tickets-709696139257
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The Los Angeles Press presents The New Poetry Festival
October 6, 7, 8, at The Long Beach Shakespeare Company
4250 Atlantic Avenue
Long Beach, California 90807
Join us for 3 days of Live, In Person Readings, Open Mics, Experimental Theatre, Workshops, and Featured Readings from some of the most loved writers and artists in Los Angeles, plus an evening of Lit from the pen of the Bard himself, in The Shakespeare Collection.
10/7 Workshop 2:00-2:50 Reimagining Shakespeare
Led by Linda Ravenswood
We’ll read, appreciate, snip, cut, glue, move lines, braid, dream, and reshape some of the most treasured sonnets, monologues, and lit from Shakespeare. Bring anything you love to write with, we’ll provide copies of sonnets, plays, paper, glue, scissors, pens.
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Open Mic Info
Open mic on 10/6 is at 7:15 PM (sign up at 6:00 & sign up closes at 6:15)
10/7 open mic at 4:00 PM
sign up at 3:00 PM (open mic sign up closes at 3:15)
10/8 open mic at 4:15 PM
Sign up at 2:00 PM (sign up closes at 2:15)
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New Book Release
Frankie Tan’s new book! A Jungle Refuses to Give Up
Launching at North Figueroa Books
November 24 at 7:00 p.m. with special guests and readers! Join us!
press queries or information please email thelosangelespress@gmail.com
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Join The LA Press for The West Hollywood Book Fair
Saturday June 24th
10:00 a.m. til 5:00 p.m.
at Plummer’s Park
Readings for V8 / The Chain
The Village Well / 27 May
Diana Dinerman christy roberts berkowitz Christina Cha John Andrew Fredrick Diosa Xochiquetzalcoatl Kimberly Esslinger Rick Lupert David A. Romero Bernadette McComish Melanie Zoey Weinstein Raffi Joe Wartanian Ronna Magy Roksana Zeinapur X.C. Atkins
Special guests Matt Sedillo and Arthur Kayzakian Presentation by Linda Ravenswood
North Figueroa Bookshop / 11 June
Brian Sonia Wallace christy roberts berkowitz Christina Cha Terry Wolverton John Andrew Fredrick Diosa Xochiquetzalcoatl Rick Lupert Frankie Tan Jessie Lian David A. Romero Bernadette McComish Sara Harris (Ben-Ari) Yago Cura Darren De Leon Raffi Joe Wartanian Ronna Magy X.C. Atkins
Special Guests Matt Sedillo and Arthur Kayzakian Presentation by Linda Ravenswood
Join The Los Angeles Press on 12 August at 6:00 p.m. for a special reading in support of V6/the dance edited by Linda Ravenswood with Lynne Thompson, Christina Cha, Rick Lupert, Colleen Shoshana McKee, Bernadette McComish, Brian Sonia Wallace, Anna Talhami and special guest Matt Sedillo at Tia Chucha’s Centro Cultural, 12677 Glenoaks Boulevard, Sylmar, California 91342
2 August 2022 is Press Night at Micky’s WeHo from 6 to 9 PM.
We’ll kick off the evening with tacos, books & merch on the patio, kibitzing, cocktails & frivolity, typewriter poetry & the best people watching on Santa Monica Blvd. Then it’s upstairs for your featured poetry reading with féi hernandez, Jose Richard Aviles, Christina Cha, Carla Sameth, Brian Sonia-Wallace, & Linda Ravenswood. Then a generous open mic till 9 PM. You’ll be home in time for the dogs. What’s not to love!?
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Join The LAPress for LitLit at The Hauser Wirth Gallery on 30-31 July
The LAPress at LitLit at Hauser Wirth
Publication Announcement
V6 of The Los Angeles Press will be out in print & online 31 July — debuting at LitLit at Hauser Wirth.
Just one more reason to come to DTLA this summer!
It’s LA’s best literary and visual arts event for independent publishing!
Oder your copy here —
Or visit us at Hauser Wirth Gallery to pick up a copy in person.
Books available in print & online 30 July / We ship worldwide
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Happy New Year!
January 3 – The Parlour Room of Hollywood – collaboration with Red Light Lit
The show is a mashup of live music, photography, storytelling, and poetry set to a live score by David Williams and Dan Thomas. The performers explore love relationships, sexuality, and gender. At The Parlour Room, we will feature musical guests Kira Lynn Cain and Andrew Miguel Cervantes
Readers include: Aman Batra, Agatha French, Jennifer Lewis, Bernadette McComish, Mackenzie Studebaker, Linda Ravenswood, Chelsea Rector, and Claudia Rodriguez.
The show will project photography and art published in Red Light Lit and The Los Angeles Press. Plus, it will feature photos from THE UNITY PHOTO PROJECT, a visual display of human vulnerability and connection.Transcending the way we view our bodies, love ourselves, and connect with the world around us.
January 16 – The Make Out Room San Francisco – collaboration with Red Light Lit
Red Light Lit and The Los Angeles Press doubleheader with a live musical score by AJ Bahnken
The performers explore love relationships, sexuality, and gender. Featured readers include Miah Jeffra, Thea Matthews, Bernadette McComish, Mackenzie Studebaker, and Linda Ravenswood. With a SURPRISE MUSICAL GUEST
Tickets $10. No one is turned away for lack of funds. Please email Jennifer@redlightlit.com for volunteer opportunities
Jan 23 – Launch of V4 – Beyond Baroque in Venice- 8: 00 p.m.
It’s the launch of volume four – V4 – Dis + placement – The Los Angeles Press online and print edition – with live performances and visual art displays featuring the work of Thea Matthews, Miah Jeffra, Daniel Benyousky, Jennie Gaborno, Emily Jay, Malado Francine Baldwin, Elyse Hart, Jennifer Lewis, Semantha Norris, Sally Stevens, Larissa Nickel, Jason Lipeles, Meg Flores, Alonna Shaw, Gabrielle Brant Freeman and Rachel Cohen, Kristen Simentel, Sea Glassman, Jeremias Leonel Estradas translated by Brian Sonia Wallace. A special reading by members of Project 1521 opens the show. This event is curated by Linda Ravenswood
Broadsides and limited signed print editions for sale
Community Open mic to follow – sign up at 7:00 for limited spots
COLA questionnaire poster, Sandy Rodriguez, co founder of Project 1521
Details about Project 1521
Project 1521 is an artists collective in California collaborating to produce new work resonant with the upcoming 500th anniversary of the so-called Conquest of the Americas by Cortes. The group meets quarterly and produces public events in preparation for an exhibit at LACMA in 2021
Members
Sandy Rodriguez
Adolfo Guzman Lopez
Diana Magaloni
Linda Ravenswood
Darren J De Leon
Eliza Ruiz y Gibson
Yago Cura
Adrian Arancibia
Leticia Hernandez
Gloria Enedina Alvarez
Armine Iknadossian
Julia Bogany
Sara Harris
National Poetry Month
April 2020
TheLAPress at Beyond Baroque
April 3, 2020 8:00 p.m.
Join us at one or more of our many events this summer –
The Ruby LA – 5 July 2019 – 9:30 PM
Piano Fight – San Francisco – 9 July 2019 / 8-10 PM
The Little Literary Fair at Hauser Wirth 20-21 July 2019
https://www.hauserwirth.com/events/25139-litlit-little-literary-fair
Gold Diggers
Sunday 21 July 2019
8:00 p.m.
5632 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90038
Beyond Baroque – East Meets West – Multilingual Poetry – 9 August 2019 – 8 PM
The Poetry Brothel – Los Angeles El Cid – 31 August 2019 – Doors at 7 PM
The Lambda LitFest at Beyond Baroque – 21 September 2019 – 4:00 p.m.
details –
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