Come see Writer Monkeys Again this Saturday!

LAwritersgroup.com and van Straaten Entertainment, inc. present:

WRITER MONKEYS! - A literary improv show.

Time:
Saturday, October 23rd · 8:00pm - 9:00pm

Location:
bang. studio
457 N. Fairfax Ave
Los Angeles, CA

A new theater experiment where writers create new pieces based on your suggestions, then read them -- live on stage!

This week's lineup of writers:
*J. Keith van Straaten (www.jkeith.net)
Plus two more writers TBA!

Does this mean you will be watching people write? Yes!

However, while they are doing so, you will be entertained by a different live musician each week.

This week: singer/songwriter TBA!

Come feel the literary thunder!

Ticket Price: $10

Created by J. Keith van Straaten and Nicole Criona

Come see Writer Monkeys this Saturday!

LAwritersgroup.com and van Straaten Entertainment, inc. present:

WRITER MONKEYS! - A literary improv show.

Time:
Saturday, October 16 · 8:00pm - 9:00pm

Location:
bang. studio
457 N. Fairfax Ave
Los Angeles, CA

A new theater experiment where writers create new pieces based on your suggestions, then read them -- live on stage!

This week's lineup of writers:
*J. Keith van Straaten (www.jkeith.net)
*Nicole Criona (www.lawritersgroup.com)
*Bart Gold (www.bartgold.com)
*Christian Elder (christianelder.yolasite.com)

Does this mean you will be watching people write? Yes!

However, while they are doing so, you will be entertained by a different live musician each week.

This week: singer/songwriter Jason Luckett (http://www.jasonluckett.com/).

Come feel the literary thunder!

Ticket Price: $10

Created by J. Keith van Straaten and Nicole Criona

File Under: Things to do for Writers in Los Angeles

Saturday, July 17, 2010   
Open Mic Poetry Nite in Chinatown, Los Angeles, Art District   
http://lilibernard.com/Pages/Gigs/PoetryNiteJuly2010.html

Poetry/the Spoken Word   
"OPEN MIC POETRY NITE bringing the spoken word to the Chinatown Art District
FREE ADMISSION FOR ALL
No Entry Fee for Poets

Saturday, July 17, 2010, 6:00 pm - 9:30 pm

LILI BERNARD ART STUDIO
935 Chung King Road, Chinatown
Los Angeles, CA 90012
323-936-3607
www.LiliBernard.com

For a map, click here: http://lilibernard.com/Pages/StudioShowroom.html

Featured Poet: WILLIAM JACKSON III

Also Featuring live musical entertainment by RICHARD OMURA with CHARLIE BRAGG on guitar and vocals

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm - Sign in for Poets. First Come First Serve. Poets, plan on a five minute presentation, but feel free to bring ten minutes of material, in case time permits. Advisory: children may be present.

7:00 pm - 8:30 pm - Poetry Open Mic

8:45 pm - 9:30 pm - Live music by RICHARD OMURA

POETS: please send an email to theartist@lilibernard.com, if you plan on presenting so that we can get an idea of the attendance.

If you would like to be considered as a featured poet or musician in upcoming Open Mic Poetry Nites, please indicate so in your email. Include an attachment of the material you would like to present as a featured guest.

ARTWORK by HUGH O'MARA, JIM STARKS, JR., STAN ROSENTHAL, KEVIN T. WILLIAMS, BOB BRIGHT, RUFUS SANDERS AND LILI BERNARD will be on exhibit in the HABLA Underground (the basement gallery of Lili Bernard Art Studio).                               

Local Poetry Readings

The Valley Contemporary Poets presents:

Tuesday, October 21
Fernando Castro
9:00 pm
open reading sign up 8:30 pm
Cobalt Cafe
22047 Sherman Way in Canoga Park, Canoga Park (just west of Topanga Canyon)
Free – one drink minimum, open reading

Sunday, November 2nd
S.A. Griffin
Dennis Cruz
Rafael Alvarado
3pm
Tarzana Community and Cultural Center
19130 Ventura Blvd
Tarzana, CA 91356

Support Local Poets

The Valley Contemporary Poets present a special night of poetry with Jamie O’Halloran on Tuesday, August 19
9:00 pm
open reading sign up 8:30 pm

Cobalt Cafe
22047 Sherman Way in Canoga Park, Canoga Park (just west of Topanga Canyon)
Free – one drink minimum, open reading

Jamie O’Halloran is an honored past director of the Valley Contemporary Poets who has been published with the VCP Press imprint. She is the recipient of several awards for her poetry including the Ann Stanford Poetry Prize and has been nominated three times for the Pushcart Prize.

Poetry Reading in the Valley

This just in from Valley Contemporary Poets:

The Valley Contemporary Poets Present:
Don Newton
Poet, artist and supporter of the artsfrom the East Valley

Tuesday, February 19
Cobalt Café
22047 Sherman Way
Canoga Park, CA 91303
(just west of Topanga Canyon)

9pm, Free – one drink minimum
Open Mic

Los Angeles Open Mic

This just in:
On November 20th, The Valley Contemporary Poets presents Carine Topal at the :

Cobalt Café
22047 Sherman Way in Canoga Park,
(just west of Topanga Canyon)
9pm
Free – one drink minimum
Open Mic

Open Mic Every Wednesday Evening ~

If you're inclined toward being on stage to share your work with a live audience, and/or enjoy being there while others do so, then you're sure to enjoy Open Mic Wednesdays at Sunset Junction in Silver Lake. Sign-ups are from 7:30 - 7:45 for a show-time of 8:00. The $3.00 cover charge includes a free drink (of the same or less value), and all proceeds go to a good cause: The Sunset Junction Youth Program. Poetry and comedy performers get 5 minutes of stage time, while musical acts can play 2 songs.

Open Mic Reading Event

This just in from the Valley Contemporary Poets:

Tuesday, August 21, 2007, The Valley Contemporary Poets present Mani Suri at
Cobalt Café
22047 Sherman Way in Canoga Park,
(just west of Topanga Canyon)
9pm
Free – one drink minimum
Open Mic

Mani Suri is a veteran of the Poetic License crowd in L.A. Poet Daniel Yaryan said, "Mani is known for crafting images out of thin air and exposing a new perspective on every subject he approaches." He is the author of two chapbooks, Poetry My Wife Hates and the Mistresses I Could Have Had Would Have Loved and Reflection: More Poetry My Wife Hates or the Mistresses I'll Never Have Who Might Have Loved It, and has poems published in several anthologies, online and in print. Mani has read and featured at various venues around Southern California, London's Paddington and Austin's International Poetry Festivals. He co-hosts a weekly reading at the Rapp Saloon in Santa Monica.