LARB Recommends


Some recommended happenings in the Los Angeles area this week, for your potential enjoyment.

Friday, October 28th: Libros Schmibros reading group hosted by Colleen Jaurretche and David Kipen exploring Reyner Bahham’s Los Angeles: The Architecture of Four Ecologies beginning at 12:00 pm.

Paul La Farge reads and signs his novel Luminous Airplanes at Skylight Books beginning at 7:30 pm.

Saturday, October 29th: PEN Center USA presents FIVE BY FIVE: Los Angeles Writers Read Classic Noir featuring authors Gary Phillips, Joseph Mattson, Carolyn Kellogg, Martin Pousson, and David Kipen at The Last Bookstore beginning at 6:00 pm.

Sunday, October 30th: Mostly Dead Poets: A Halloween Poetry Reading at the Ruskin Art Club beginning at 2:00 pm.

Philip Fradkin presents Everett Ruess: His short life, mysterious death, and astonishing afterlife at The Autry in Griffith Park beginning at 2:00 pm.

Monday, October 31st: Mark Z. Danielewski’s The Fifty Year Sword returns to Redcat this Halloween for a chilling evening of voices, music, and shadows beginning at 8:30 pm.

Tuesday, November 1st: Join Dana Gioia, Robert Mezey, Jamie Fitzgerald, Mariano Zaro, and Lou Matthews for a discussion on the genius of Weldon Kees and Jorge Luis Borges at Libros Schmibros beginning at 7:00 pm.

Wednesday, Novermber 2nd: Libros Schmibros, the Breed Street Shul Project, and the Jewish Historical Society of Southern California are teaming up for a Dia de Los Muertos beginning at 7:30 pm. AND DON’T MISS THIS ONE:Thursday, November 3rd: Live Talks LA and KCET present Adam Gopnik in conversation with Ed Zwick, to benefit the Los Angeles Review of Books. At Track 16, Bergamot Station, 8:00 pm (reception 6:30 pm.)