REMINDER: The first-ever Rumpus LO-FI Film Festival is this Saturday, 7/30! A one-day event at the Brewery Arts Complex in Los Angeles, the festival will screen three films, in addition to the world premiere of After Adderall and two awesome panel discussions. If you haven’t already purchased tickets, what are you waiting for?!
Tuesday 7/26: Red Hen Press presents readings by Kim Addonizio, Jacqueline Derner Tchakalian, and Amy Uyematsu. 6:30 p.m. at the Annenberg Beach House. Free, but parking will cost you.
Adriana Mather discusses and signs her new young adult novel How to Hang a Witch. 6:30 p.m. at Diesel Brentwood.
Jennifer Armstrong, with Peter Mehlman and Fred Stoller, discusses and signs Seinfeldia: How a Show about Nothing Changed Everything. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Jessica Anya Blau signs The Trouble with Lexie, and J. Ryan Stradal signs Kitchens of the Great Midwest. 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Wednesday 7/27: Julie Hamill discusses and signs 15 Minutes with You. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Dr. Therese Huston presents and discusses her new book, How Women Decide: What’s True, What’s Not, and What Strategies Spark the Best Choices. 7 p.m. at The Last Bookstore.
Journalist Ben Ehrenreich, author of The Way to the Spring: Life and Death in Palestine, in conversation with Rabbi Jocee Hudson of Temple Israel. 7 p.m. at Chevalier’s Books.
Tom Lutz discusses his new book Drinking Mare’s Milk on the Roof of the World. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Thursday 7/28: Rick Clemons discusses and signs Frankly My Dear, I’m Gay: The Late Bloomers Guide To Coming Out. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
Lisa Brackman and Tim Hallinan in conversation with Steph Cha. 7 p.m. at Chevalier’s Books.
Anshel Brusilow presents and signs his memoir, Shoot the Conductor: Too Close to Monteux, Szell, and Ormandy. 7 p.m. at The Last Bookstore.
WCCW Reading Series presents Magic, with Jessica Cellabos, Wendy C. Ortiz, Amanda Yates Garcia, and Diana Wagman. 7:30 p.m. at the Women’s Center for Creative Work.
Abigail Ulman reads from her new book of short stories Hot Little Hands. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Friday 7/29: Where’s Waldo? Party. Seriously. You guys. A WHERE’S WALDO? party. For the entire month of July, there have been businesses hiding Waldo within their walls. Now, the grand prize drawing and party caps off the month-long project. Come dressed as your best Waldo and be entered to win a Vroman’s gift card. 5 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
Kerry Hamilton, great-grandson of author Mary Mann Hamilton, presents and signs Trials of the Earth: The True Story of a Pioneer Woman. 7 p.m. at Book Soup.
The Lambda Literary Emerging LGBTQ+ Voices Fellows present a reading of “new and cutting edge LGBTQ writing.” 7 p.m. at Beyond Baroque. $10/members free.
Jesse Reklaw discusses his new book LOVF: An Illustrated Vision Quest of a Man Losing His Mind. 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Saturday 7/30: What year is it again? Blink-182 has a new album out, a Clinton is running for office, Ghostbusters is in theaters, Pokemon are a huge thing, and there’s a Harry Potter book release party. Yeah. HARRY. POTTER. BOOK. RELEASE. At midnight, you can get your copies of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child—Parts One & Two. Here’s how:
- Pre-order your copy by July 29th in person or online at Vroman’s Bookstore, and you get admission to a night of art, dressing up, and camping out like you’re a kid again. It all starts at 9 p.m. at Gallery Nucleus (NOT AT VROMAN’S).
- 10 p.m. at Chevalier’s Bookstore, which is teaming up with Go Get Em Tiger for an evening of special drinks and snacks, a sorting hat, and more.
- 10 p.m. at Skylight Books, with an evening of Trivial Pursuit Dueling, a costume contest, face painting, wine, snacks, and prizes.
Sunday 7/31: Myron Ferdig discusses and signs A Lad From Sardinia, and Cindy Hardie discusses and signs The Last Straw: Bent But Not Broken. 4 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore.
WriteGirl students read their original works. 5 p.m. at Skylight Books.
Tongue & Groove presents readings by Pam Ward, David Darmstaedter, Elizabeth Marquez, Rios de la Luz, and Kristina Wong. 6 p.m. at The Hotel Cafe. $7.
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