On August 16, A Rrose in a Prose is making things even bigger and better, in collaboration with some of the smartest people in town! Maybe it's TOO good for this month's theme, "Just Good Enough?" Look how many double-plus good people are plans are converging on our neck of the literary nape:
1: Stories BooksandCafe is pleased to present A Rrose in a Prose once again as a featured event of Echo Park Rising!
2. We're partnering with ZZyZx WriterZ this time out, as part of their Poetrypalooza" f...
On August 16, A Rrose in a Prose is making things even bigger and better, in collaboration with some of the smartest people in town! Maybe it's TOO good for this month's theme, "Just Good Enough?" Look how many double-plus good people are plans are converging on our neck of the literary nape:
1: Stories BooksandCafe is pleased to present A Rrose in a Prose once again as a featured event of Echo Park Rising!
2. We're partnering with ZZyZx WriterZ this time out, as part of their Poetrypalooza" fest! Poetrypalooza has been coming to every great venue in town one by one this month, with the express purpose of kicking poetic bootay. They'll be doing a lot of stuff at the end of our event that we don't normally do; even an open mic! So if you're not reading as a featured performer at A Rrose in a Prose this time, expect lots of opportunities to share and create art. Think workshops, open mics, and other forms of collaborative art, all slated to happen right after our features conclude!
3. We think we're also getting some love from L.A. Zine Fest, who will have a TON of zines available to read and buy. Who knows, maybe some Zine Fest zenzations will be on hand to help you create your own?
4. Oh, did we mention that Stories BooksCafe also has ICED DRINKS?!? COLD thingies to make you COLD if it is not so COLD! Icey cold things, and lots of them!
5. We also have a very special secret musical treat for all of you, slated to play at 5 p.m.! Or maybe it's more like 4:30 p.m. Ah hell, it's actually Tramp for the Lord, "a new band with former Hangmen bassist Doug Cox crooning moping, loping country-rock ballads in a world-weary growl as Gun Club slide guitar and spaghetti Western canyons open up behind him." We heartily approve of his music, which has hearty approval from the accordion players of America.
6. Our list of featured authors and poets is as talented as it is joyous, somehow even during the "angry" material. You'll leave brimming with new feelings and ideas after seeing this crew:
Beverly M. Collins (Quiet Observations, and loud love!)
Matt Sedillo (Grand Slam champion and socialist scholar)
Emily Hunt (ARiaP newbie who may just outshine us all!)
Laura Avila (young spoken word secret weapon!)
Stephen Kalinich (Beach Boys lyricist and peace activist)
F Douglas Brown (prized teacher/poet and DJ of words)
Legs McNeil (Punk Magazine editor and VICE consigliere)
Gillian McCain (Please Kill Me poet and voice of reason)
... and don't forget hosts DM Collins and Art Currim, who will be organizing the entire afternoon along with great helpers from ZZyZx, soon to be announced!
Plus there'll be a haunting, courageous floor show near the end, where DM will reveal that he was Cecil the Lion all along.
Are you still reading? Good! Then you are ONE OF US! See you on the 16th at 2 p.m. These partnerships are a one time thing, so miss it on August 16 and miss it forever! Until we do it again.