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Spoken Word Venues and Poetry Workshops
California
Beyond Baroque
681
Venice Blvd
Venice, CA
310-822-3006
A Venice institution. They run great poetry workshops,
and have a small performance space, that has been host to some
great performances, including the amazing benefit performance
with Saul Williams, Reggie Gibson, Patricia Smith, Luis
Rodriguez, Georgeanne Dean, Viggo Mortensen... I was there -
Incredible. for the Midnight Special Bookstore (RIP) (See my
elegy here). You can purchase a double CD of this performance
at Perceval
Press. Perceval Press is pretty amazing in and of itself for
its promotion of edgy poetry and art.
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Books and Music
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2226 E. 4th St.
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Long Beach, CA, 90814
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562-499-OPEN
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This is a very cool little bookstore that features zines
and chapbooks by local writers and publishers. Lots of
surprises tucked away in these shelves. They also host
readings.
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Utah
The Hive Gallery –
after hours open-mic
600 E. 600 S.
(Trolley Square)
Salt Lake City, UT 84104
801-971-9831
This open-mic occurs, as the name suggests, after mall
hours. There are no content restrictions.
Washington
Richard Hugo House
1634
11th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98122
Phone: (206) 322-7030
Fax: (206) 320-8767
E-mail:
welcome at hugohouse.org
I discovered this venue in March 2010 when I attended a
book launch for a favorite poet Karen
Finneyfrock. Cool events and classes; a great performance
space with... a bar.
I love visiting out of town venues, and spreading the
good word. Drop me a line to tell me about your local venues, and
I'll post them here.
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