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SEE+HEAR+DO (6/28-7/4)

THE RATTLING WALL (6/29@7PM, LA)
Book Soup, 8818 Sunset Blvd, W. Hollywood CA 90069

Book Soup hosts the second in a series of readings celebrating the debut issue of The Rattling Wall, a new LA-based literary journal published by Narrow Books with funding from PEN Center USA. The reading will feature Black Clock 12 contributor Samantha Dunn (Failing Paris), alongside Alisa Slaughter, Libby Flores, KM Droney, and Eric Layer. Be sure to purchase a copy of The Rattling Wall Issue 1, which includes offerings from Black Clock contributors Lou Mathews, Tod Goldberg, and Matthew Zapruder, among other notable voices. Free.

MICHAEL SHOWALTER WITH JENNY SLATE (6/28@12:30PM, NY)
The Bryant Park Reading Room at 42^nd Street between 5^th and 6^th, New York, NY 10018

A member of the surreal sketch comedy troupes The State, Stella, and Michael & Michael Have Issues, Michael Showalter also wrote and appeared in the 2001 film Wet Hot American Summer and 2005’s The Baxter. More recently, he has turned his pen to more introspective pursuits with his debut memoir, Mr. Funny Pants, described by comedienne Amy Poehler as “honest, absurd, and absolutely pointless.” Showalter will be joined by Jenny Slate (Dead Millionaire) as part of Bryant Park’s “Word for Word” outdoor reading series. Free.

DAN BERN W/ COMMON ROTATION (7/1@10:30PM, LA)
Bootleg Theater, 2220 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90057

With a voice that channels the likes of Bob Dylan and Tom Petty perhaps a little too well, Dan Bern is a musical storyteller in the grand American tradition. He’s also a secret novelist, having published 2004’s Quitting Science under the nom de plume Cunliffe Merriwether. Joining him exclusively for his Los Angeles performance are LA-based trio Common Rotation. $10.

CODEPINK PRESENTS WOMEN BEHAVING BADLY (7/2@7:30PM, LA)
Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Blvd, Venice, CA 90291

Sponsored by the grassroots peace organization CODEPINK, this all-woman reading features nonfiction writer Jo Scott-Coe (Teacher at Point Blank), Bellwether Prize-winner Gayle Brandeis (The Book of Dead Birds, Delta Girls), two-time Pushcart nominee Stephanie Barbé Hammer, and Donna Hilbert (The Green Season, Traveller in Paradise). Free.

SEE + HEAR + DO (5/3-5/10)

STEVE ERICKSON AT THE JAPAN SOCIETY IN NYC: SEEING STORIES: FICTION, MANGA & GRAPHIC NOVELS (5/03@76:30PM, NY)
East 47th St, New York, NY 10017
American and Japanese artists have been inspiring each other for decades. Tonight, authors Hideo Furukawa and Steve Erickson share their strong apocalyptic imaginations, and Roland Kelts, half-Japanese author of Japanamerica, will discuss the mutual influences in narrative visual art. Followed by a reception. Buy tickets online or call the Japan Society Box Office at (212) 715-1258, Mon– Fri 11AM–6PM, weekends 11AM–5PM. $12/$8 Japan Society members, seniors & students.

LARRY FLYNT + DAVID EISENBACH (5/04@ 7PM, LA)
Book Soup, 8818 Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90069
The authors will discuss and sign their book One Nation Under Sex. Free.

CHICAGO DURUTTI SKOOL: WORKSHOP WITH THE NEXT OBJECTIVISTS (5/05@7PM, CHICAGO)
The Mess Hall, 6932 North Glenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
A free, open-to-the-public poetry workshop dedicated to the study & reproduction of the outsidereal. Free.

THE POETRY OF GLOBAL CITIZENS (5/06@7:30PM)
Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Blvd, Venice, CA 90291
Celebrate the launch of new works by Iranian-American poet and artist KATAYOON ZANDVAKILI in our upstairs Project Room. Readings to follow. Admission $7, students/ seniors/children $5, Free for members.

FREE COMIC BOOK DAY (5/07@ALL DAY)
Various Locations
Free Comic Book Day is a single day–the first Saturday in May each year–when participating comic book shops across North America and around the world give away comic books absolutely Free to anyone who comes into their stores.

MOTHER’S DAY FESTIVAL ON OLVERA STREET (5/8@ 10AM, LA)
Olvera Street, El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historic Site, Main St & Cesar E Chavez Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Food, fun and celebration of moms. Free.

AN EVENING WITH LEONARD NIMOY (5/09@6PM, BOSTON)
Metcalf Hall, Boston University, 775 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02116
The pop-icon and Boston native discusses his life and multi-faceted career. $25 admission, Free to members of the Friends of the Libraries and the BU Community.

SEE + HEAR + DO (3/30-4/05)

The arts collide in this week’s See + Hear + Do.

JOEL SELVIN (3/31 @ 7PM, LA)
Book Soup, 8818 Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90069
For his latest book, Smartass: The Music Journalism of Joel Selvin: California Rock and Roll, famed San Francisco Chronicle pop music critic, Joel Selvin has collected his finest reporting on California rock and roll. Free.

ELLYN MAYBE’S POETRY RODEO (3/31@7:30PM, LA)
Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Bl. Venice, CA 90291
Ellyn Maybe and her band will be perfoming songs from Rodeo for the Sheepish, her poetry/music CD, as well as other works. Attendees can participate! Bring up to five minutes of poetry and the band will improvise behind you. General admission $8, students/seniors/children $5, Beyond Baroque members free.

AN AFTERNOON OF FAILURE (4/02@3PM, NYC)
MoMA PS1, 22-25 Jackson Avenue, Long Island City, NY 11101
Triple Canopy and Dalkey Archive Press present an afternoon of failure, celebrating the release of the Review of Contemporary Fiction‘s “Failure” issue. Selected readings from the issue will be attempted by Eileen Myles, Helen DeWitt, Sam Frank, Travis Jeppesen, and Keith Gessen. There will also be a botched tribute to the classics of American literature by John Collins and Scott Shepherd of the theater group Elevator Repair Service, a mangled covers of pop songs by US Girls, and an effort to resurrect William Gaddis. Free with museum admission. Museum admission: $10 for adults, $5 for students and seniors, free for MoMA members.

SHAKESPEARE AND FRIENDS, IBSEN AND ENEMIES WITH FIONA SHAW (4/03@4PM, LA)
Hammer Museum, 10899 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90024
Through reading and commentary on how language works in plays, Fiona Shaw, a regular on the London stage, will take us through Western theater. Free. Parking under museum, $3 for 3 hours.

JON GLASER MY DEAD DAD WAS IN ZZ TOP (4/05@7PM, NYC)
Strand Books, 828 Broadway, New York, NY 10003-4805
Comedian Jon Glaser delves into the highly secretive histories of rock and roll’s greatest bands in his book, My Dead Dad Was in ZZ Top: 100% Real,* Never Before Seen Documents from the World of Rock and Roll (*100% Fake). Bordering on blasphemous, Glaser’s book often spectacular, sometimes heartbreaking, and meant for those who love absurd, made-up stories about their favorite real bands. Strand says, “It’s also for everyone who doesn’t love absurd, made-up stories about their favorite real bands; they just might not enjoy it as much.” Free.

$10

for adults, $5.0for students and senior citizens, free for MoMA members.

SEE + HEAR + DO (03/23-03/29)

This week, See + Hear + Do focuses on the act of performance, from stage plays to dramatic readings by renowned actors to poetry slams.

ROOM (3/12-3/27, times vary, NY)
Women’s Project, 55 W End Ave # 2, New York, NY 10023
Director Anne Bogart’s revival of Jocelyn Clarke’s one-woman-play, starring Ellen Lauren, is in its last week. Produced by SITI Company at Women’s Project’s Julia Miles Theater, the play has been adapted from the writings of Virginia Woolf to explore themes of memory, reality, truth, and a brilliant creative mind in crisis. Tickets required. $60.

GRACE KRILANOVICH, J.R.D. MIDDLETON, JAMES GREER (3/26@6PM, LA)
Stories, 1716 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90026
Black Clock contributor and “5 Under 35” author of The Orange Eats Creeps Grace Krilanovich kicks off a night of readings, Q&A, and cocktails at Stories in Echo Park. Also reading are J.R.D. Middleton, author of the surreal, lyrical An Dantomine Eerly, and musician, critic, screenwriter and novelist James Greer, author of Artificial Light and The Failure. Free.

SELECTED SHORTS 2011: DELICIOUS FICTIONS (3/26@3PM, 3/26@7PM, & 3/27@3PM, LA)
The Getty Center, 1200 Getty Center Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90049
This two-day event takes place at the Getty Center’s Harold M. Williams Auditorium. Performers as commanding and varied as Leonard Nimoy, Rene Auberjouois, Denis O’Hare, and Christina Pickles will read short fiction by Raymond Carver, T.C. Boyle, Dorothy Parker, Juan Martinez, and more. The fabulous Tim Curry will be reading “Ziggurat” by Stephen O’Connor, a Black Clock contributor. Tickets required. $30 (students/seniors $25).

MARC SMITH, DERRICK BROWN, PAM WARD, DERRICK WESTON BROWN, DOUGLAS KEARNEY (3/27@2PM, LA)
Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90291
Marc Smith, performance poet, Godfather of Slam, and author of the sourcebook Take the Mic and Stage a Slam as well as the stage plays Flea Market and A House Party For Henry, leads an arresting group of performance poets including former paratrooper, weatherman, gondolier and magician Derrick Brown (founder, Write Bloody Publishing), Pam Ward (Want Some Get Some, Bad Girls Burn Slow), as well as Cave Canem fellows Derrick Weston Brown and Douglas Kearney (Fear, Some, The Black Automaton). Free.

SEXY SUNDAYS: PROFESSIONALLY SEXY (3/27@5:30PM, CHI)
Sono Wood Fired, 1582 N Clybourn Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
This is a tie-in event to the Steppenwolf Theatre Company‘s production of Sex With Strangers, which runs from Jan 20-May 15. Laura Eason’s play, directed by Jessica Thebus and featuring Sally Murphy and Stephen Louis Grush, is a shrewd look at the digital divide in writing, following the love affair between a struggling novelist in her 30s and a successful sex blogger in his 20s at a Michigan writer’s retreat. Professionally Sexy, between showtimes at the nearby Sono Wood Fired, is a panel of actual sex bloggers, including Jenina Nunez (The Relationship Diva), Clarisse Thorn (Time Out Chicago), and Ana Fernatt (Accidentally Sexy). $5.

Posts Tagged ‘Beyond Baroque’—

SEE+HEAR+DO (6/28-7/4)

SEE + HEAR + DO (5/3-5/10)

SEE + HEAR + DO (3/30-4/05)

SEE + HEAR + DO (03/23-03/29)

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