Club Directory:

14 Below – 1348 14th St., Santa Monica. (310)451-5040. Or go to 14below.com

Amoeba Music – 6400 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood. (323)245-6400

Bigfoot Lodge – 3172 Los Feliz Blvd., LA. (323)662-9227.

Club Lingerie – 6507 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood. (323)466-3416

The Echo – 1822 Sunset Blvd., Echo Park. (213) 413-8200. www.attheecho.com

El Cid – 4212 W. Sunset Blvd., Silverlake. (323) 668-0318.

The El Rey Theater – 5515 Wilshire Blvd., LA. (323)860-7880.

The Gig – 7302 Melrose Ave., Hollywood. (323)936-4440.

Harvelle’s Blues Club – 1432 Fourth St., Santa Monica (310)395-1676, www.harvelles.com

The House of Blues – 8430 Sunset Blvd., W. Hollywood. (323) 848-5100.

The Jazz Bakery – 3233 Helms Ave., Culver City. (310) 271-9039.

The Joint – 8771 W. Pico Blvd., WLA. (310) 275-2619.

The Knitting Factory – 7021 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood. (323)463-0204.

The Malibu Inn – 22969 Pacific Coast Hwy., Malibu (310) 456-6060

McCabes – 3101 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. (310) 828-4403 www.mccabes.com.

The Roxy – 9009 Sunset Blvd., W. Hollywood. (310)276-2222.

Rusty’s Surf Ranch– Every other Thursday: Women Who Cook. Wednesdays: Planet 80’s. 256 Santa Monica Pier (310)393-PIER.

The Scene – 806 E. Colorado St., Glendale. (818) 241-7029

Silverlake Lounge – 2906 Sunset Blvd., Silverlake. (323)666-2407.

The Smell – 247 S. Main St., Downtown LA. (No Phone).

Spaceland – 1717 Silverlake Blvd., Silverlake. (213)833-2843.

Tangier – 2138 Hillhurst Ave., Los Feliz. (323) 666-8666.

Temple Bar –1026 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica (310)393-6611.

The Troubadour – 9081 Santa Monica Blvd., W. Hollywood. (310)276-6168.

The Viper Room – 8852 Sunset Blvd., W. Hollywood. (310) 358-1880.

The Vic – 2640 Main St., Santa Monica. (888) For-Jazz (367-5299, www.thevicforjazz.com (reservations required).

Westside Coffeehouses and Other Spaces

Anastasia’s Asylum – 1028 Wilshire, Santa Monica. (310)394-7113

Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center – FREE Workshops & Readings. This week: Thu, 4/21, 7:30pm: Runes, A Review of Poetry: Storm. Edited in the San Francisco Bay Area by CB (‘Lyn) Follett and Susan Terris, Runes celebrates publication of Storm, their 4th annual anthology. Featuring poets from the book: Tony Barnstone, Cathie Sandstrom, Holaday Mason, Judith Pacht, Jim Natal. Special guest reader will be Venice poet David St. John, whose poetry has appeared in the first three issues. Fri, 4/22, 7:30pm: An Evening Featuring the Santa Monica Review, with Diane Lefer, Ariane Simard, Jim Krusoe. “Celebrate the new issue of Santa Monica Review, sponsored by Santa Monica College. In 20 years, SMR has featured first-time and established literary authors with a focus on So Cal.” Diane Lefer’s work includes Very Much Like Desire, The Circles I Move In and Radiant Hunger. Ariane Simard is a frequent SMR contributor. Jim Krusoe is a critically acclaimed novelist and short story writer, as well as SMR’s founder and a founding member of Beyond Baroque. Ongoing: Monday Night Fiction, 8pm, with Jason Mahanes. Tuesday Night Creative Non-Fiction, 8pm, led by Todd Jackson. 2nd & 4th Tuesdays: Emerging Writers Workshop, 8pm, led by Tuan Nguyen. Wed Night Poetry, 8pm, led by Venice Beat Philomene Long – “The West Coast’s longest running, free workshop and a legendary gathering of poets.” 1st & 3rd Thursdays Poetry Workshop, 8pm, Led by Leilani Squire. Thursday Alt.Screenplay, 8pm. Moderated by Peter Coogan. Saturday Afternoon Poetry, 1pm, with Bob Foster. 681 Venice Blvd., Venice. (310)822-3006, www.beyondbaroque.org

Duttons Books Brentwood & Beverly Hills – Critically acclaimed readings and events. Thu, 4/21, 7pm: Adam Kirsch signs The Wounded Surgeon. Tue, 4/26, 7pm: Amy Ephron signs One Sunday Morning. Wed., 4/27, 7pm: Maria Shriver signs And One More Thing Before You Go… As with Shriver’s earlier book, Ten Things I Wish I’d Known before I Went Out Into the Real World, And One More Thing Before You Go pays homage to Shriver’s remarkable mother Eunice Kennedy Shriver. 1975 San Vicente Blvd., Brentwood, (310) 476-6263 or www.duttonsbrentwood.com. Duttons Beverly Hills – 447 N. Canon Drive.

The Talking Stick Coffee Lounge – 1630 Ocean Park Blvd., Santa Monica. (310) 450-6052. Thu, 4/14, 7:30pm:

Village Books – 1049 Swarthmore Ave., Pacific Palisades, (310) 454-4063. www.pp90272.com/books