Community Corner
the Bluebird Reading ft. Rachel McKibbens, Conrad Romo, Iris de Anda and Detrick Hughes
Avenue 50 Studio
and
Hollywood Institute of Poetics
present
the BLUEBIRD READING series
April 13th at 2PM
It's National Poetry Month, or something, but since we celebrate poetry EVERY MONTH…the special thing about this weekend's Bluebird is that you can hang out at the Kaya Press/ Writ Large booth at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books at USC and then kinda just take the Red Line to the Gold Line to the Highland Park station and BOOM, you're at Avenue 50 Studio!
No car necessary for a weekend of good poetry in LA!
We're super duper duper DUPER excited to feature:
Iris De Anda
Detrick Hughes
Rachel Mckibbens
Conrad Romo
and in collaboration with
Arroyo Arts Collective's "Poetry in the Windows VI"
we welcome a guest poet who will be sharing his poem in our window…
Charles Hood
with OPEN MIC after the feature
SIGN UP begins at 1:45
Hosted by:
Jessica Ceballos
Books will be available for purchase and signing
as always - FREE!
2pm
at the most AWESOMEST space in the woooorld...
Avenue 50 Studios
131 North Avenue 50
Highland Park, CA 90042
the Bluebird Reading series is a component of the Avenue 50 Studio Inc. literary arts programming.
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IRIS DE ANDA is a writer, activist, and practitioner of the healing arts. A womyn of color of Mexican and Salvadorean descent. A native of Los Angeles she believes in the power of spoken word, poetry, storytelling, and dreams. She has been published in Mujeres de Maiz Zine, Loudmouth Zine: Cal State LA, OCCUPY SF poems from the movement, Twenty: In Memoriam, Revolutionary Poets Brigade Los Angeles Anthology, Seeds of Resistance, In the Words of Women, and online at La Bloga. She is an active contributor to Poets Responding to SB 1070. She performs at community venues and events throughout the Los Angeles area & Southern California. She hosts The Writers Underground Open Mic at the Eastside Cafe every third Thursday of the month. Author of CODESWITCH: Fires From Mi Corazon. www.irisdeanda.com
DETRICK HUGHES was born and raised in Beaumont Texas. He attended the University of Houston and Ashland University. Although he has lived in other states, Texas has remained home. He currently resides and works in the Houston area. His latest book, 'Sugar-Tooth Confession', was released November 6th (2012) by the Nebo Media Group. His other books are 'I Am Poet', 'Chocolate Covered Raisins', and 'Paper Walls'. Detrick is an Adjunct Professor at the Houston Community College and the Director of the American Root Reading Series.
Twitter: @detrickhughes / @americanroot
Free App: poet.detrickhughes.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/thepoetdetrickhughes
Website: www.detrickhughes.com / www.americanroot.com
RACHEL MCKIBBENS is the author of two full-length books of poetry, Into the Dark & Emptying Field (2013) and Pink Elephant (2009.) She is a New York Foundation for the Arts poetry fellow and the 2009 Women of the World poetry slam champion. Her essays, poems and nonfiction have been featured in numerous publications including The Academy of American Poets poem-a-day, HER KIND, Muzzle Magazine, The Los Angeles Review and The Nervous Breakdown. She co-curates the critically acclaimed reading series Poetry & Pie Night in upstate New York. For more information, go to www.rachelmckibbens.com
CONRAD ROMO is the producer/host of a monthly literary variety show called Tongue and Groove at the Hotel Cafe in Hollywood.. It will turn 11 this summer. He is a lot older than that. He is a second generation L.A. native. He grew up on the other side of the tracks (Cypress Park) short, stocky and swarthy. The first album that he bought was the soundtrack to the movie Bonnie and Clyde. The first concert he attended was in '68 for The Cream. He has been the subject of artwork five times. On the Oprah show during a segment on safe sex a comedian girlfriend referenced him as having participated in prolonged and very enjoyable kissing which then brought a response from the audience that in unison went oooooOOOOOoooo. Conrad has made his daily bread as a door to door salesman and as a telephone solicitor for over 30 years and some of the things that he's sold has been boxed meat, bad art, eel skin leather products, office supplies, oil and gas leases, chimney cleaning, DVD/CD replication services, and fund raising for the Libertarian, Democratic parties and police benevolent associations just to mention a few. He grew up Catholic, then a Scientologist and is now a Zen Buddhist for the duration. He would like to thought of as a man's man and a lady's man neither of which are true, but at least he is a dogs best friend and his rescue mutt is named Abbie, a Lab/Pit mix.
He has studied writing with Lynda Barry and Jack Grapes. He's been published in Los Angeles Review, Wednesday Mag, Latinos in Lotusland, Tu Ciudad, Huizache, Palehouse, Silver Birch and online at Splicetoday.
www.tongueandgroovela.com
CHARLES HOOD grew up in Atwater but now lives on the other side of the mountains, on the edge of the Mojave Desert. He has been a dishwasher, a factory worker, a ski instructor, and a nature guide in Africa. Currently Charles is a Research Fellow at the Center for Art + Environment in Reno and is on faculty at Antelope Valley College. His books include Río de Dios, a survey of the Los Angeles River, and South x South, a book based on his National Science Foundation residency in Antarctica. He wrote the chapter on trees in the forthcoming L.A. Atlas and is finishing three manuscripts, including a book about all 150 moons in the Solar System.
His website is www.charleshoodbooks.com.
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