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.
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: From 4/28 through 5/1, Beyond Baroque celebrates The Flower of The Season – Spring with “a series of solo dance performances produced by Oguri and Body Weather Laboratory . . . just as the splendor of the flower is fleeting. Each dancer will choose a seasonal flower as subject.” Thu, 4/28, 8pm: Roxanne Steinberg. Steinberg is the founder of Body Weather Laboratory and an artist-in-residence at the Electric Lodge in Venice. She’s worked world-wide in theatres, site-specific performances, film, video and opera. Fri, 4/29, 8pm: Sherwood Chen. Chen, a San Francisco Foundation Arts & Culture Program Fellow, has performed with Min Tanaka in Japan and works with dance pioneer Anna Halprin. Sat, 4/30, 8pm: Boaz Barkan. Barkan, from Israel, began dancing during his army service. In 1993, he began working with Oguri and has performed with Min Tanaka in Japan. Sun, 5/1, 5pm: Oguri. A native of Japan, Oguri began his career as a dancer with master Tatsumi Hijikata and danced in Min Tanaka’s company Mai-Juku. He now conducts Body Weather Laboratory in Venice, CA. 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. Fri, 4/29, 7pm: Lolly Winston signs Good Grief. “ Sat, 4/30, 2pm: UCI MFA Reading Series with Zanni Schauffler, Leslie Harrison, Max Winter and Michael Andreasen. 11975 San Vicente Blvd., Brentwood, (310) 476-6263 or www.duttonsbrentwood.com. Duttons Beverly Hills – 447 N. Canon Drive.
Storyopolis – 116 North Robertson Blvd., LA., (310)358-2512, www.storyopolis.com
The Talking Stick Coffee Lounge – 1630 Ocean Park Blvd., Santa Monica. (310) 450-6052. Thu, 4/14, 7:30pm:
Village Books – Thu, 4/28, 7:30pm: Laura Shepard Townsend launches Gypsy’s Song, the first book in Destiny’s Consent. “It is the saga of a gypsy woman’s life, beginning in prewar Europe and ending in Venice, California…a mythological road map contained within a grand adventure.” Townsend will speak on the Rom in the early 20th century, and be joined by local phenomenons-flamenco artists Charles Henry Schwartz and Patricia Purwin.” Sat, 4/30, 3 – 5pm: Doris E. Gill signs her novel, Red Bird Who Never Flies. Tue, 5/3, Amy Ephron signs One Sunday Morning. 1049 Swarthmore Ave., Pacific Palisades, (310) 454-4063, www.pp90272.com/books
