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.