An Overview of Southland Summer Poetry Readings

SUNDAY

LOS ANGELES--Suzanne Lummis and Marisela Norte read their poetry at Gasoline Alley, 7219 Melrose Ave., (213) 937-5177, 3 p.m. Free, donation requested.

LAGUNA BEACH--Marine Robert Warden and Roger Suva read at the Laguna Arts Museum, 307 Cliff Drive, (714) 494-6531, 3 p.m.; $2 for adults, $1 for senior citizens and students, museum members and children free.

HERMOSA BEACH--Barbara Leff and Craig Cotter read their poetry at Friends of the Arts, 710 Pier Ave., Room 4, (213) 379-2598, 7 p.m. reading follows 6:30 p.m. open reading. Free, donation requested.

SANTA MONICA--Jonathan Jungkans, Shari Able, Jonathan Lantz, David Quail read with comedian Ron King at Lincoln Park, corner of Wilshire and Lincoln boulevards, in the Pablo Neruda’s Poetic Center Cultural series, (213) 752-3193, 2 p.m. Free, donation requested.

MONDAY

SANTA MONICA--Larry Katlan, Kit Glaser, Regina Barton and Jeri Rose read at 2041 Euclid St., Apt. 17, in the Santa Monica Cultural Center series, (213) 452-0067, 7 p.m., $1.

WEDNESDAY

RESEDA--Open reading (anyone can read poems) at Bebop Records and Fine Art, 18433 Sherman Way, (818) 881-1654, 8 p.m. Free.

FRIDAY

VENICE--New York poet and librettist Kenward Elmslie reads at Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Blvd., (213) 822-3006, 8:30 p.m.; $5 non-members, $3 members.

LONG BEACH--Laurel Ann Bogen, Margot Benardo and Mitchelle Tanner read in the A.K.A. Poetry series at The Works Gallery, 2740 E. Broadway, (213) 634-1255, 8 p.m., $3.

LAGUNA BEACH--Bernadette Wehrly reads for the Laguna Poets at the Laguna Public Library, 363 Glenneyre, (714) 494-8375, 8 p.m. Free.

NEXT SATURDAY

LOS ANGELES--Robin Podolsky and Louise Moore will read poetry in the Women’s Writers Series at A Different Light bookstore, 4014 Santa Monica Blvd., (213) 668-0629, 8-9:30 p.m. Free, and free refreshments.

JULY 19

VENICE--Kyle Norwood, Lori Cohen, B. H. Fairchild and Cecilia Woloch read their poetry at the Venice Sculpture Gardens Restaurant, 1031 W. Washington Blvd., (213) 396-5809. Free.

LOS ANGELES--Dick Barnes and Keith Niles read at Gasoline Alley, 7219 Melrose Ave., (213) 937-5177, 3 p.m. Free, donation requested.

SANTA MONICA--Grata Mathus, Daniel Cano, Greg Steward and Pedro Derycz read at Lincoln Park, corner of Wilshire and Lincoln boulevards, in the Pablo Neruda’s Poetic Center Cultural series, (213) 752-3193, 2 p.m. Free, donation requested.

JULY 20 SANTA MONICA--Kwame Mac, Sam Anderson and Regina Barton read at 2041 Euclid Street, Apt. 17, in the Santa Monica Cultural Center series, (213) 452-0067, 7 p.m., $1.

JULY 23 SAN PEDRO--An open reading is scheduled for Angel’s Gate Cultural Center, 3701 S. Gaffey St., in the Black Box Theatre, (213) 540-6039, 8 p.m., $2.

JULY 24 VENICE--Poetry and fiction writers Raymond Carver and Tess Gallagher read at Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Blvd., (213) 822-3006, 8:30 p.m; $5 non-members, $3 members.

LAGUNA BEACH--Laurel Ann Bogen reads at the Laguna Public Library, 363 Glenneyre, (714) 494-8375, 8 p.m. Free.

WEST HOLLYWOOD--Shatterproof in Concert features a production called “Sissy Bar Jungle,” with the poetry and performance art of Afro Sisters, Kevin Jacobs, Victor Banana, Tim Donelly and Antar at the West Hollywood Drug and Alcohol Center, 638 1/2 N. Robertson Blvd., 9:30 p.m. to midnight, $4.50.

JULY 25

LONG BEACH--Mike Martt, Sheley Prez, Cindy Lee Berryhill, Fred Voss and Billy Ransom read their poetry at System M, 213A Pine Ave., (213) 435-2525, 9 to 11 p.m., $6.

JULY 26

LOS ANGELES--Samir Hachem and Richard Boyce read their poetry in the Male Writers Series at A Different Light bookstore, 4014 Santa Monica Blvd., (213) 668-0629, 8-9:30 p.m. Free, and free refreshments.

LOS ANGELES--Robin Carr and Michael Andrews read their poetry at Gasoline Alley, 7219 Melrose Ave., (213) 937-5177, 3 p.m. Free, donation requested.

SANTA MONICA--Domenic Silvestre, Darrel Costa and Pedro Derycz read with comedian Ron King at Lincoln Park, corner of Wilshire and Lincoln boulevards, in the Pablo Neruda’s Poetic Center Cultural series, (213) 752-3193, 2 p.m. Free, donation requested.

JULY 27 SANTA MONICA--”Poetry on the Sand” series features Steve Abee, Carine Topal, Paul Portuges and Cecilia Woloch at the Sand and Sea Club, 415 Pacific Coast Highway, (213) 395-3283 or 451-9239, 8 p.m. Free, donation requested; no-host bar.

Melinda Bertram, Oren Eisaemberg and Odessa Cleveland read at 2041 Euclid St., Apt. 17, in Santa Monica Cultural Center series, (213) 452-0067, 7 p.m., $1.

JULY 31

LAGUNA BEACH--An open reading is scheduled at Laguna Public Library, 363 Glenneyre, (714) 494-8375, 8 p.m. Free.

VENICE--Poet Michael Lally reads with novelist Herbert Selby Jr. at Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Blvd., (213) 822-3006; $5 non-members, $3 members.

AUG. 3 SANTA ANA--Denise Dumars and Todd Mecklem read in the Goat Hill Series at the Good Earth Restaurant, 3810 S. Plaza Drive (in South Coast Village), (714) 557-8433 or 494-6649, 8 p.m. Free, donation requested. (This series’ readings are held the first Monday of each month.)

AUG. 5 RESEDA--Larry Maraviglia reads from the works of Edgar Allan Poe, James Thurber, Shakespeare and other poets at Bebop Records and Fine Art, 18433 Sherman Way, (818) 881-1654, 8 p.m.

AUG. 7 LONG BEACH--”Poetry Factory’s Queen Mary Literary Cruise” features Bernard Sango and other readers reciting poems of their own and works by poets from the last 200 years, in the Queen Mary’s Windsor Room, (213) 491-3555, 5 p.m. and 7 p.m; $5 for adults, $2.50 for seniors, kids under 12 free. (Series readings are the first Friday of each month.)

VENICE--Poet Kate Braverman reads at Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Blvd., (213) 822-3006, 8:30 p.m.; $5 non-members, $3 members.

LAGUNA BEACH--Keith Antar Mason reads at the Laguna Public Library, 363 Glenneyre, (714) 494-8375, 8 p.m. Free.

AUG. 9 HERMOSA BEACH--Mark Rhodes and Cecilia Woloch read their poetry at Friends of the Arts, 710 Pier Ave., Room 4, (213) 379-2598. 7 p.m. reading follows 6:30 p.m. open reading. Free, donation requested.

LOS ANGELES--Frances Dean Smith and Rosella Pace read their poetry at Gasoline Alley, 7219 Melrose Ave., (213) 937-5177. 3 p.m. Free, donation requested.

AUG. 13 SAN PEDRO--Kevin Jacobs reads at Angels Gate Cultural Center, 3701 S. Gaffey, in the Black Box Theatre, (213) 540-6039. 8 p.m. $2.

AUG. 14 SANTA ANA--Kyle Anne Bates and Margot Benardo read their poems in the Rookery Readings series at the Bowers Museum Center, 2036 N. Main Street, (714) 774-1575 or (213) 924-1972. 8 p.m. $3. (This series’ readings are always the second Friday of the month.

VENICE--Poet Bob Flanagan reads with performance artist Dianne V. Lawrence at Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Blvd., (213) 822-3006. $5 non-members, $3 members.

LAGUNA BEACH--David Keele reads at the Laguna Public Library, 363 Glenneyre, (714) 494-8375, 8 p.m. Free.

AUG. 15 LOS ANGELES--Karen Minns and Chaney Holland read their poetry in the Women’s Writers Series at A Different Light bookstore, 4014 Santa Monica Blvd., (213) 668-0629. 8 to 9:30 p.m. Free, and free refreshments.

AUG. 16

VENICE--A “Good and Evil” theme poetry reading featuring Mimi Pereira, Carol Walker, Steve Gross, Shirley Love, Ann Colburn, Priscilla Lepera and Peter Crawford will be held at the Venice Sculpture Gardens Restaurant, 1031 W. Washington Blvd., (213) 396-5809, 3 to 5 p.m. Free.

LOS ANGELES--Peggy Aylsworth and Norm Levine read their poetry at Gasoline Alley, 7219 Melrose Ave., (213) 937-5177. 3 p.m. Free, donation requested.

AUG. 19:

RESEDA--An open reading will be held at Bebop Records and Fine Art, 18433 Sherman Way, (818) 881-1654. 8 p.m. Free.

AUG. 21 LAGUNA BEACH--Lisa Sellge and Susan Hecht read at the Laguna Public Library, 363 Glenneyre, (714) 494-8375, 8 p.m. Free.

AUG. 23 LOS ANGELES--Jack Grapes reads at Gasoline Alley, 7219 Melrose Ave., (213) 937-5177. 3 p.m. Free, donation requested.

AUG. 26 RESEDA--A reading featuring Valley poets will be held at Bebop Records and Fine Art, 18433 Sherman Way, (818) 881-1654. 8 p.m.

AUG. 28 LONG BEACH--Robert Peters and Robert Sunderman read at The Works Gallery, 2740 E. Broadway, (213) 634-1255. 8:45 p.m., following an 8 p.m. open reading. $3.

VENICE--Poets Janet Gray and Benjamin Saltman read at Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Blvd., (213) 822-3006. $5 non-members, $3 members.

LAGUNA BEACH--An open reading will be held at the Laguna Public Library, 363 Glenneyre, (714) 494-8375, 8 p.m. Free.

AUG. 29 LAGUNA BEACH--Marge Piercy reads in the Laguna Poets Summer Festival, Laguna Moulton Playhouse, 606 Laguna Canyon Road, (714) 494-8022. 8 p.m. $10.

VENICE--Victor di Suvero reads his poetry at Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Blvd., (213) 822-3006, 8:30 p.m. $5 non-members, $3 members.

AUG. 30 LOS ANGELES--An open reading (anyone can bring poetry to read) is scheduled at Gasoline Alley, 7219 Melrose Ave., (213) 937-5177. Free.

LAGUNA BEACH--Julia Stein, Michelle Clinton and Nan Hunt read in the second half of the Laguna Poets Summer Festival, at the Laguna Public Library, 363 Glenneyre, (714) 494-8375. 8 p.m. (See Aug. 29; ticket stub from the Piercy reading covers admission to this event.)

AUG. 31 SANTA MONICA--Judy Long, Philip Daughtry, Mary Simons and Lillian Robinson read in the “Poetry on the Sand” series at Sand and Sea Club, 415 Pacific Coast Highway, (213) 395-3283 or 451-9239. 8 p.m. Free, donation requested; no-host bar. (Series readings are always the last Monday of the month.)

(The best local source of information about future readings is the Shattersheet, a monthly newsletter which costs $2 per issue and can be ordered from 9337 Chaparral Road, Canoga Park, 91304, (818) 716-8861.)